Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 17, 1922, Page 1

piTY PROMISESICONFLICTIN TO CO-OPERATE IN COMMUNITY EXTENSION PLAN Will Loan Engineering Be Derived in Parks and in Other Ways The city will bear the ex-| VOLUME VI of all engineering costs in lent to laying out and staking the . tot of land owned by the Wee a peiaen orporation south of Casper, ba ng about 600 acres of land, according to arrangements com- pleted between the municipal council and @ committee composed of B. B. Brooks, Patrick Sullivan and O, 1. ‘Walker, representing the corporation. In order to facilitate the marketing of the properties of the early date and all the Jand which will be offered to the public will be aid out and propery staked under the supervision of Frank 8. Knittle, city engineer. : While the city will temporarily bear the expzase of the engineering work the community corporation will later reimburse the city yor the work, out of funds derived from the sale of prop- erties ‘The alms and objects of the corp oration were recited by Mr. Brooks who told the council that the corpo- ration expected the co-operation of the city government because much of the land naw jownec by the comparty would at a later date be given to the clty for park and other purposes. Mr. Brooys said that the object in having the work handled at an early date was to enable the derive funds from the sale order’ that it would be a payment of over $15,000 be due and payable to the ly after March 1. z ‘The 600 acre tract from the state cost the corporation $150,000. The original payment of $15,- 000 -was financed by voluntary sub- land & of saving its water system and other e : duties which would re- quire time and action. Frank 8. Knittle upon whom the duty of supervising the new engineer- ing project will devolve served notice that his office was equipped to handle all city wozk In addition to the Com- munity Corporation project. ‘The council then voted to have the work handled by the city engineer, the expense to be borne by the city.and later paid from funds of th? Community Extension corporation. NORTAESTERN TACK CROSSINGS WEST OF CENTER STREET ASKED Streets crossing the Northwestern tracks west of Center street will be G EVIDENCE DEVELOPS IN BURIAL OF SOLDIER GALLOWS VICTIMS Che Casprr Daily NO PASSPORTS |[surch must be TRIED AGAIN FOR KENNEDY MURDER, JURY CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1922. REQUIRED FOR SOUTH BORDER President Harding Prepares for Elimina- tion on Notification of Similar _ Action by President Obregon WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—President Harding upon re- ceipt of official notifica‘ ion of the order of President Obre- gon of Mexico, eliminating requirements for passports for Americans entering Mexico, will issue a proclamation elim- inating similar requirements for Mexicans entering the United States, it was said today at the state department. Although Mexico City advices re- ceived last night at Nogales. Arizona, said a proclamation bad béen issued of] Stiles, ah American mining engineer in Mexico, was received ‘by the state department today in a dispatch from ‘Consul at Chihuahua., The dispatch ‘that Stiles, an employe of an American concern, near Chihua- hua, ‘was captured on January 11 by ® band of robbers and held for $10,- 000ranson. “Imraediately-when Word of\ his capture was received at Chihua- hua, the governor ofthe province or- ganized a band of constabulary and set out in pursuit of the abductors, the consul. reported:. The bandits were overtaken January 13 in Dolores can- yon, near Santa; Eulalia, the dispatch gaid, and after a short fight in whic one bandit. was chot, the bandits were put to flight and Btiles rescued. Fraternity Pays © $350 for Stolen Xmas _ Trees MADISON, Wis., Jan. 17.—Cutting two vauabe spruce trees on the prop- erty of Magnus Swenson, president of the Norwegian-America Steamship Une, In order to decorate for a Christ- mast dence, cost members of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity here $350, settlement was made today. = Ptomaine Ghost Thing of Past, Canners State opened for traffic if the city council chserves the request of 100: orm > property owners residing in the ais- trict effected. ’ ‘The petition which was read beford the council last night called for the opening of David and Ash streets as @ means of facilitating traffic in the districts effected. It was reported tc the council last night that there were no street open- ings south of Midwest avenue between LOUISVILLE, Ky. Jan, 17.— Science has laid low the ghost of ptomaine poisoning, according to members of the National Canners’ as- sociation, who are here for the fit- teenth annuel convention of the or- ganization. Food: polsoning, as it ts ordinarily understood, it was de- clared, is often due to improper diet or the careless handling of food on the prrt of the consumer. the Center street crossing and the Northwestern depot near the refinery. ‘Traffic southbound from Midwest avenue must either return to Center street’ or travel west to the round- house crossing before an exit is avail- able. ‘The petition was referred to the streets and alleys committee for con-j sideration at a meeting this afternoon. The project will be taken up with the Northwestern company and ef- forts made to secure the needed out- lets for traffic. Speakers at a dinner declared that the canners are spending $50,000 an- nually in original reséarch and that some of the notable results have been final eradication of the danger due to botulinus, especially from canned ripe olives. Speakers included Dr. W. J. Bige- low of Washington, D. C., director of the association’s laboratory,and C. H. Bentley of San Francisco, vice presi- dent of the California Packing cor- ITALY EXTENDS YANKS WELCOME ROM#, Jan. 11—(By The Associ- ated Preas)—Rome outdid itself to- day in extending a welcome to the American troops which came hero to participate in tomorrow's cere sone attending the bestowal of the congressional medal of horor upon Italy’a unknown soldier. The Amer- ican composite company from Cob- leng, under Maj. Gen. Henry T. Al- len Was greeted on its arrival by the strains of the "Star Spangled Ban- my’ érom the-band, of the Carabineers; by a picked of the grenatiers as the honor; by scores of bemedaled gen- erals and by a brigade of infantry and by cheering throngs of the pop- ulace. General Allen was met. at the sta- tion by Richard Wasitdurn Child, the American ambassador and Gen- eral Diaz, who recently returned from -America. i Victor Em- manuel was represented by an aide, Col. Morozzo Della Rocea, and Ad- salad ad ow ‘when|: NUMBER 84. DISCHARGED IN COAST COURT LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17.—The date of a second trial of Arthur C. Burch, indicted for the murder of J. Belton Ken- nedy, was expected to be set foday in the superior court, where yesterday a jury of ten women and two men reported a disagreement and were discharged after a first trial last- ing eight weeks. Accomiing to members of the jury} who gave interviews to newspaper re- porters, their vote &» the final ballot was 10 to 2 for conviction. It was expected the second trial would be set to follow that of Mrs.| indicted for the murder of J. Belton Kennedy, was set today for March 27. Burch when‘ asked by the judge whether that date was satistactory re- Diied affirmatively. A fury in the first trial. was dis- Madalynne Obenchain, indicted with|charged yesterday, hav! failed to Burch, which is set to begin February 6. “oy am going to keep after Birch un- tit I get him." declared Thomas Lee Woolwino, district attorney, | LOS ANGELUA, Jan. 11—Date for| the second trial of Arthur C. Burch agree after having the under con- sideration for 71 hours. The first trial lasted eight weeks. The tria} of Mrs. Madalynne Oben- chain indictud jointly with Burch, has been set for February 6. Nothing that occurred today indicated any delay in that trial. —$$<___ ARBUCKLE JURY _ DIEM. SIT MAI ‘IS COMPLETED SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17.—. There was no session of the Roscoe Arbuckle manslaughter trial in su- perlor court this morning, District Attorney Matthew Brady having asked time to study certain phases of the case more thoroughly. ‘The court set the first of a series of ox- tended sessions for 2 p. m. follow- ing the completion.-of» a jary-tast’ . night. Texing of testimony was expect- ed to begin at this session. The long séssions—trota. 2 to 6 o'clock each. afternoon-—are being held to render night sittings of the court unnecessary, it was announced. Both prosecution and defense have expressed a desire to expedite the hewhitges: Morning “arene usual, from'10 to 12 o'clock. CASPER CITY NURS Olive M. Batz, one of tho appl! cants for the position of city nurse, recently left vacant by the resigna- tion of Mary B. McPake, was appoint- ed to the position by Mayor W. A. Blackmore last night. Ropes Not. Left on Hanged Men, Say Men of Graves Registration WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.— Former service men d for duty with the American graves registration service in France denfed before a sen- ate investigating committee today that the bodies of soldiers leg- ally put to death in France were bur- ied with a stub of rope around the neck and the black cap which has been placed on them on the gallows. George A. Bamford of Washington and John R. Flynn of Cambridge, Mass, both testified they had heard of nothing to substantiate such charges. Flynn declared that Rufus P. Hubbard, of New York, who had testified that he saw bodies with rope and cap intact was a “troublemaker” who had to be transferred on that ac- count. 3 The committee went into hanging methods as part of its general inveeti- gution of chorges laid before the son- ate by Senator Watson, Democrat, Georgia, that soldiers were hanged without trial in France. Disagreetng with witnesses who pre- ceded him, Richard C, Sullivan, of Somerville, Mars., an assistant embal- mer with the Graves Registration service declared he saw two bodies taken up with rope and black cap in- tact. ’ “Was there any evidence that the heart and brain was removed from the bodies of the men hanged,” asked Senator Watson. “T did not notice.” Edwin E. Lamb of Hartford, Conn.. @ Meutenant colonel with the exped!- tionary forces was called. “Did you witness any executions in France?” “Yes, two at Bazatles. Both were courtmartials,” he said. « The condemned men were given opiates before the hanging to com- | pose their nerves, the witness de clared, “In the case of the second man hanged, I think the body was placed quickly in a coffin with the rope and cap still on tt,” Lami added. — NOT CANDIDATE AGAIN. ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Repre- sentative Rufus Hardy, Democrat of Besides acting|the Sixth Texas district, announced as city nurse in which capacity she|that he would not be a candidate for will have charge of the free clinic at | re-election. the city hall. ‘Part time tiGant officer find police ma- He ts serving his eighth Miss Batz will act as|term in the house and is the ranking ‘Democratic member of the merchant marine committee. REPAIRS TO BE RUSHED IN SAVING CASPER CITY HALL HAPSBURGS IN POVERTY, EXILES SELL JEWELS throughout Europe the members of the once proud house of Hapsbury are all Uving in relativety pocr cir- cumstances, some of them in pover- by the sale of some of the family Archdukes Eugene and Ferdinand have been permitted by the Swiss Most Suicides Come at End of, Week--Coroner BUTTE, Mont., Jan. 17—¥etween 8 p. m. and 6 a m. on Saturday nights in winter is the fashionable period for suicides, judging by. the records of the officers of Coroner James F. Carey of Silver Bow coun- ty. The psychological explanatoin of Coroner Carey follows. “The hour and day of the week are selected upon the theory that men, on Saturday night, facing an- TO KEEP WOLF AWAY other week of history with no ray. of hope, decide to end it, all. Bright summer skies ‘and cheéry sunshine are not conducive to suicidal brood- ings, hence winter finds more self- killing.” As-to the manner of shuffling off, Coroner Carey announces that men prefer shooting or hanging and women poison. When women do use @ gun they shoot through the heart; the man shoots ‘through the head. a it gens Woman Freed Murder Charge DECORAH, lowa, Jan. 17.—Joh> Cahoe, indicted with Mrs. Ross Ash- baugh on the charge of having mur- dered her. husband, an Towa race horse owner who died of poisoning, has been released from jail. Mrs, Ash- Daugh recently was-acquitted, 4 his mother at Budapest; Leopold Saivatore is staying at a villa near Joseph Ferdi- down in the impérial hunting at Salzburg and Archduchess Maria alone in the Chateau Valnuz edit but none of them haye shown great exthusiasm to. publish“ the books, FIRES, RIOTS MARK STRIKE CHICAGO, Jan. 17.—Three fires which broke out simultaneously last night in the stockyards~ district fol- lowing renewal of strike rioting when sltooting occurred in a clash of union ‘and nonunion workers, wero under in- vestigation today by the fire attorney, ‘The co-operative shop of the William Davies company, packers, and the stables of the Magnus Metal company Were destroyed, 35 harses* losing their lives. The metal company’s building also was damaged. Firemen reported the fires were ap- parently incendiary. Immediate Action Necessary if Building Is Not Dismantled; Engineers Con- fer With Com mittee Today One of the first big problems with which the administra- tion of Mayor W. A. Blackmore is faced is to save the city hall building from destruction. perfect an adequate water system which wil stantly endangered by waters Another of the problems is to not be .con- of the Platte river, and a con- tinual sinkhole for city finances. Both the water system, or that im- portant unit of it which is located at thd (pumping siation southwest of Casper, and the city hall building are now threatened with destruction, ~ ‘The city hall, due to contruction er rors is settling rapidly and great cracks have appeared on the interior of the building. An investigation and examination of the structure during the past week resulted in a verdict be- ing submitted by Arthur M. Garbutt, of the firm of Garbutt, Weldner and Sweeney, architects, that unless im- mediate remedial construction was un- dertaken, the city hall building would settle and crack beyond repair. The structure is in such shave at the present time that the fire de- partment will no longer be permitted to practice scaling the walls, erect aerial ladders or otherwise indulge in tho building practice that {s required to acquaint the department with tho bast methods in saving life and prop- erty in case of fire in high bulldings. ‘The present alarm over the safety of the building resulted from invest!- gations to dctermine the cause of the cracks on the interior of the bulld- ing and the leaky condition of the structure which has partially ruined cell'ngs and walls in some portions of the building. The first steps in correcting con- struction errors suggested by Mr. Gar- butt will be to arrange for inside drain- age to carry off rain water. After this is completed Mr. Garbutt stggested that an apron of concrete five or ix feet in width be built entirely around JAPANESE HONOR MARQUIS OKUMA TOKIO, Jan. 17—(By The Associ- ated Press)—Many thousand Japa- nese today paid tribute to the mem- ory of Marquis Shigenodu Okuma, Japan's noted statesman who died here last week. Before the funeral services were held today, long lines of admirers filed .past the body as it Iay in state in a specially con- structed pavilion in Hibiya Par*. Most of the, members of the imper- ial household, as well as numerous goyernment-officials and diplomats, vinited the Okuma residence yostér- day. to pay tribute to his memory and to offer condolences to the fam- fly. This morning a private religious service was held in the heme after which the body was removed to the park. It was escorted by a special detachment of the cavalry. During the funeral ceremony asalute of 19 guns was fired in front of the de: partment of justice building. The interment waa private, the bullding, sloped to conform with the topography of the grounds. This apron he bolieved would carry drain- age water away from the the build- ing and prevent seepage water from further softening the foundation. Frank 8S. Knittle, city engineer said that such a project termed eas an “apron protection” would not be feasi- ble because of the nature of the soll surrounding the city hall building, un- ‘less the land was excavated for sev- eral feet around the building and filled with gravel and a drainage trench, which could empty into the storm sewer, installed, He cited as his authority the forced destruction of the county building at Douglas several years ago which was torn down when it became a menace. He, said that the building had been constructed in good shape but that the nature of the soll soon terminated the safety of the building. The building committee composed of Councilmen Whisenhunt, Giblin and Jones, will confer with Mayor W. A. Blackmore, Mr. Knittle and Mr. Gar- butt today to devise some means for Protecting the city hall building in order to prevent its destruction or the necessity of tearing it down. Properly heating the buflding is an- other of the projects which will be taken up to attempt to conserve the building by preventing extremes of temperature which might prove dis- astrous fo the structure. ‘The endangered city hall building was erected during the mayoralty re gime of Dr. J. F. Leeper and was com- pleted during 1919. The structure which has been an eye sore here since its completion was planned by J. Mc- Donald, an architect of the old school, who resided in Casper for a few} months. ‘The original estimated cost of the building was placed at $80,000 while the completed cost of the structure is Bald to have approximated $150,000. Pumping Plant Threatened. Due to the constant wear of waters of the Platte river on the protections ‘which haye been thrown up to safe- guard the city pumping plant, the pro- tectlve structures are giving away and the plant itself is threatened. Some ‘of the units of the pumping station now are in such condition that the en- ‘tire water supply of the city would be endangered if the machinery had to work at capacity for any length of Wontinued on Pages 6) IRISH HELD Sinn Feins xX STAFF IN JAIL « Release of ‘Alleged Pseudo Grid. .vers Wearing Army Uniforms on BELFAST, Jan. 17.— (By. O’Dufty, Sinn Fein liaison oft. view today that he had taken “, eS ndonderry Trip Associated Press.)—Owen “© ‘or Ulster, said in an inter- ith the British authorities the arrest Sunday by members -« the royal Irish constabu- lary of 10 occupants of automobiles on their way from Mona- ghan to Londonderry who were reported by the constables ee to have represented themselves as Gaelic football players but who wore Irish Republican army uniforms. O'Duffy declared that onu of the men arrested was Division: Com- manéant Hagan of the northern di- vision of the Republican army, and the others members of his staff. Un- less the men were immediately re- leased, O'Duffy announced, he would take action. DETAILS OF TRANSFER GONE OVER IN LONDON. LONDON Jan. 17.—Details incident to the transfer of authority in south- erm Ireland from the crown govern- ment to the provisional administra- tion established in Dublin were con- sidered here today. Eamonn J. Dug- gan and Kevin O'Higgins, delegates of the Irish provisional government, ar- rived in London to confer with mem- ders of the British cabinet relative to the inyestment of the new regime with government responsibility. The war office has announced that withdrawal of British forces in south- ern Ireland will begin immodiately and that the men will be moved as rapidly as conditions permit. The Morning Post, a newwpaper which has steadfastly shown hostility to Irish home rule and has upheld the princtple of unfonism, today printed the following dispatch from ita Dub- lin correspondent: “The provisional government will make ® great mistake if it does not level Dublin Castle to the ground There’ is an evi sps!l upon it. Ite spirit of intolerant bureaucracy, the type of politician that it harbored and the kind of administrators it bred did more to destroy the union than agi- tators andi treason mongers. “When the exodus begins, the fast. nesses of Dublin Cestle will disgorge high salaried officials who have not in done years.’ stroke of honest work The correspontent intimated the of- ficials against whom -he was writing ‘were tn collusion with “rebeld’?-while titles drawing salaries and wearing reveived from *! own, Proposal Made To Make Park. At ‘Haif-Acre’ Congressman Mondell has been appealed to by the Casper Chamber of Commerce to secure as a public Park the wonderful area Casper and known as “Hell's Half-Acre.” Until it has been de- cided whether the state cr Natrona county will agree to accept and maintain this wonderful bit of Wyo- will effect the Should neither state nor county destre to take over the area, an effort will be made to have it made a national monument. —_..-..., ee NOBLEMAN OF IRELANDIS FOUND DEAD LONDON, Jan. 11.—(By The Asso- clated Press}—The body of an Irish man found dead in a hotel at Hors- ham, in Sussex, on Saturday, was identified today as that of the Hon. Victor Gibson, son of the late Lord Ashbourne, and brother of the pres- ent Baron Ashbourne. His wife was an American girl, Caroline De Bil- Mer, daughter of Frederic De Billier of New York, whom he married in 1909. Gibson, on arriving at the hotel Saturday, asked to be allowed to re- mi in the smoking room, where he was later found dead. He had previ- ously stated at the hotel that he was an Irishman and a rebel, and that he had lived with his father, a former lord chancellor of Ireland, at the vice regal lodge in Dublin 14 years ago. Some broken glass was discovered in the fireplace and a small quantity of Uquid had been spilled on the hearthstone, PARKING RULES CHANGES ASKED BY TAXI UNION Discrimination Charged Objections Outlined by Spokesman for Drivers ‘ - Before Council. in City rules and regulations which Prohibit taxi agencies from using the main business thoroughfares brought Violent objection rom the Taxi union as expressed by Alex B. King, coun- sel for the organization in an address before the city council last night. Mr. King decried the fact that the organization he represented was being discriminated againat in that the peo- ple engaged in the business were dis- criminated against in favor of other busines» institutions and private indi- viduals here. He charged that the discrimination “rose from the fact that in certain areas in the main part of the business district the privilege of 30 minute parking, permissable under city rules Was denied to taxi services. mereic cae are not allowed to park tncludes from Midwest avenue to A. street on Center street; Second street from David to Durbin. The taxi serv- {ces sought the right to park 8¢ min- utes at a stand. The matter was fin- ally referred to the police committes for council action. JAPS INTEND CUT IN ARMY TOKIO, Dec. 28—(By Mail.)— The Japenese war office, regardless of the outcome of the Washington’ confer- enoe, plans reduction to the ‘Tokio Nich! Nichi, Zo make up for the con- sequent loss in effectives, advanced types of machine rifles, anti-aircraft guns, tanks and other engines and arms will be attached to each fighting unit. Proportionate adjustment will be made of clothing, emmunition, for- age, buildings and other land arma- ment property to meet the cut in per- ronnel. Preliminary investigations in the re- duction plan are reported already mader way. STREET CONCESSION PETITION 15 DENIED .Peanut wagon operators and street concession seeks of this kind received a shock at the manner in which a pe- tition for a concession came to a vio- lent death when presented to the city council last night. A petition was" filed in behulf of a man who desired to opsrated # ‘small concession on the streets. After the petition was read and with [little or no discussion the oo cf denied the petition by unanimous vote. This establishes the presedent tor the Blackmore administration and it {s probable that Casper’s streets will bs free fromn obstruction of thia kind during the present regime. panda aw, WIFE SLAYER IS SUICIDE. HACKENSACK, N. J., Jan. 17— Peter Poppe today shot and killed his wife, seriously wounded his daugater | Mary and then committed suicide at his home in Little Ferry. |. Peppe recently had been arrested |for non-support, the police said, and |the theory was advanced that this angered him and led to the tragedy. MATERNITY AID LAW ACCEPTED WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Twen- ty-two states already have accepted the federal aid for maternity care authorized in the maternity act and its probable acceptance by most of the others has been indicated by state officials it was announced to- day by Miss Grace Abbott, chief of maternity and infant hygiene, charged with administration of the act. 4 Five of the atates — Delaware, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New | Mexico and Oregon—have accepted by action of their legislatures while | 17 have done so through their gover: nors. : The states accepted appropria- tions of $10,000 for the fiscal year ending next June 30 and $50,000 in | succeding years, with an additional $5,000 and a proportional share of $710,000 based on population if these amounts are matched by state ap. l-prepriation, + — ek 4 4 The restricted: erea in which com- - weve ? FFVer | ; GRR RIC CRN: 98 | |