Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 6, 1922, Page 1

Weather Forecast Somewhat unsettled Sunday; probably snow in perature. in’ worfowest rtion tonight; not much change in CASPER, WYO., MONUA Y, FEBRUARY 6, 1922 NUMBER 1061. PROMINENT NEW YORKER IS: SOUGHT FOR TAYLOR CRIME: Shot to Death WIFE KILLS AS. RESULT THREAT LA CROSSE, Wis., Feb. 6—‘He had often threatened to kill me and I thought I would wound him and get him over thesnotion,” said Mrs. Frank Pitz, age 27, in a. cell at central po- lice station today, when asked why she shot and killed her husband while he slept. New Republic In Africa Is Seen LONDON, Feb. 6.—(By The Assocl- ated Press)—A resolution requesting those members of parliament now in Pretoria to proclaim a provisional government and declare a republic was passed yesterday at a meeting of mine strikers in Johannesburg, ac- cording to dispatches to the Exchange ‘Telegraph company and the* Central News. piers Candas ete MEDICAL SCHOOL DEAN DEAD. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 6—Dr. Young Hancebond, 75 years of axe, former- ly dean of the St. Louis University medical school and founder of a medi- cal college here, died at his home in St. Louis county last night after a brief fliness. Police Believe Former Sweetheart of Ac- tress Who Favored Killed Him Director May Have in Jeqlousy LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6.—The little green-eyed monster, jealousy, police and private detectives say, has directed search for a prominent young New York man, formerly en- gaged to one of the beautiful-stars o* filindom in connection with the mystery murder last Wednesday night of William Desmond Taylor, noted motion picture director here, known in New York prior to 1908 as Wil- liam Cunningham Deane-Tanner, art conrclsseur. This mystery suspect was reported today to have checked out of a hotel here on the day the murder was committeé and left the city the following afternoon. He ts telieved by investigators to have head- ed for San Diego and possibly crossed the border into Mexico. His name is ‘ithheld by the police. ‘The actress to whom this suspect vas at once engaged, accordin-, to” in- estigators was a cloge friena of the lain director, and in this friendship, nvestigators say, they see a possible 1otive of jealousy which would lead of the murder. For sustained interest and thrilling Jenouement, the case continues to vroject. itself farther and farther shove any movie mystery which the ‘enius of thé director ‘ever’ devel- wped, for © the theatergoeys.. Letters written by Mabel Norm&nd to Tay- lor, reported missing, following eee murder, and evidence concerning presence for six months at cast es a woman's silk pink 7/sht gown in the luxuriously appointed dachelor apart+ ment, today add considerable interest o the case. Investigators were retuctant to dis- cuss the woman's night gown. A bit of mystery attaches to it, for Henry Peavey, the negro houseman of Tay- ‘or, told of it having been in the house on the night of the murder. Where it is now. is a police mystery. They will not discuss it, but reports are that it disappeared with the let- ters. ‘The probe daily goes deeper into the motion pictures colony here and the great lst of names of actresses and actors, as well as managers. and employes being questioned by the po- lice, begins to read like a list of those present ata great movie ball, ‘The complexity of affairs in the mo- tion picture colony of Hollywood makes. the tangled skein of circum- stances uncovered by the police full of snarls that are proving difficult to un- ravel and project many posuibilities . into the case. Clues develop which in belng traced to the roots, develop as many roots as a banyan tree. This makes the following of the theory of) revenge through jealousy most diffi- cult, police say, for its developes so many leads, in each case of any ac- tress involved as the woman motive. Police continue a diligent search for Edward F. Sands, known also as! Strathmore, the former butler or secre- tary of Taylor. A prominent Holly-) wood citizen, residing within a block of the murder scene, has informed in- vestigaturs tht he saw Sands thin a few minutes after the time fixed by the police as that of the murder. One of the tangles in the Hollywood skein, police say, concerns one of the widely known actresses and a man INDIAN POLICE SLAIN BY MOB LONDON, Feb. 6.—(By The Associated Press.) —A mob of 2,000 Indian Nationalist volunteers and villagers attacked the ‘police offices at Chauri-Chauri on February 4 and killed the entire staff of officers, the watchman and eight armed police who were sent as reinforcements, Says a telegram re-! ceived by the India office today from "the British commis- sioner at Gorakpur, in the northeast section ef the united provinces. ——<——— CREEK FLOOD EMPTIES HOMES MERIDIAN, Miss., Feb. 6—More than 100 persons had been driven from their homes near hers today when Sowashee creck, swollen by a five- tach rainfall Saturday night, over flowed its banks 4nd the surrounding nde an@ Mond’d the homes of ‘said to be enamored of her. This ac- treas, they said, was frank in express. jing admiration of Taylor, and it is mown he saw much of her. Here, po- lice say, is one or the possible leads to the “Jealousy” theory. Police are looking for the woman's pink silk nightgown, it was declared today by Captain of Detectives David L. Adams. “We have never seen it," he said. “We have had a lot of reports about it, and if it existed, it has disappeared. ‘We have had no definite reports that ft belonged to any actres’. or woman. ‘We do not know that it ad any in- itiale upon it, or other marks of identi- fication, bue we are going to look for tt today.” No persons were under arrest, the captain said. “Mr, Taylor loved Mabel Normand, but I do not believe that she returned his love to any great extent,” Harry Peavey, houseman of Taylor, is re- ported to have told representatives of the. Los Angeles ‘Times. “I was in Mr. Taylor's’ house for almost six months and I know that Mr. Taylor was very much in love with Miss Normand. : “One night, almost a month before Mr, Taylor was killed, Miss Normand came to the house for dinner. After @inner I passed through the front room while they were talking and she stopped me and told me that she and Mr. Taylor were to be married. He was sitting thege and did not say a word. She wanted to know if I would work for them. She never came oft- en. While I worked there sho was only there’ about a dozen times. “She was there the night before the murder and the night of thé mur. der. I know she was there Tuesday night, the night before the murder, because whe told me so. “Mr. Taylor wrote a letter to Miles Normand almost every day ci vhe week. His driver would take notes to Miss Normand’s home by automobile after breakfast in the mornings. He sent flowers to her three days a week. “Once Miss Normand asked me what other girls had dinner with Mr. Taylor. I told her there was only one. She asked me the name and I told her ‘Miss Normand.’ She laughed jand said that Mr. Taylor had me well trained. “Miss Normand was with Mr. Tay-| lor the last time I saw him «live. My master asked me to mix up some cocktails and I did. I placed the liquor in the shaker on a tray with} | two glasses, and Mr. Taylor and Miss Normand were drinking when I left |for the evening. ‘They both said | good night to me and I left the house. ‘When I next saw Mr. Taylor, the next morning, he was deafl on the floor of his living réom. MRS. TANNER SAYS TAYLOR NOT HUSBAND. MONROVIA, Cal, Feb. ae Ada Deane-Tanner, wife of Denn Gage Deane-Tanner, who has od missing since 1912, when he disap- peared from New York, declared here, today that it was impossible that Wil- lam Desmond Taylor, the slain mo- | tion picture director could have been Deane- her husband, Dennis Gage Tanner. IDENTITY OF TAYLOR STILL DOUBTFUL. BUFFALO, N. Y., Feb. 6.—Mrs. J. M. Ketcham, aunt of Mrs. Ada Deane Tanner of Monrovia, today expressed the belief that William Desmond Tay- lor, slain cinema director, is in reality Dennis Deane Tanner, and that Den- (Continued on Page 8.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 6—(By The Associated Press.)}—Six completed trenties, two others agreed to in subs tance, 14 resolutions and 10 separaté or joint declarations of national policy, comprise.the formal and tangible contributions of the arms conference negotiations to history. » By the major agreements of the conference, the great powers put a limit-on their naval strength in capital ships, adjure submarino ‘warfare against commierce and use of poison based on territorial integrity, and the gas, give China a new bill of rights open door, and set up a new interna- tional concord to preserve peace in the Pacific. In addition, Great Britain declares her intention to restore Wei Hei Wei to China and Japan hands ~ Taylor Witness Mabel Normand, wood home on the evening of his death to confer about a new picture. He es- corted her to her auto about 9 p. m., and was shot some time after return- ing to his house. Winter Ascent Of Mt. Rainier Started Today PARADISE INN, Rainier National Park, Wash., Feb. 6.—(By Ito National)—Weather conditions on | Mt. Rainier have been r->“erated and the three mountaineers contemplating |the first winter ascent to the summit planned a start for Camp Mutr, furth- er up-the mountain, sometime today. A 50-mile gale which has Rainier for the last, four days sub- sided somewhat last night snow- jfall had abated. Yesterday was spent by the climb- Jers in preparing thelr equipment for the asceht from Camp Muir to the |summit, which is 14,408 feet above sea level. OWERS SIGN TREATIES, CONFERENCE IS ADJOURNED he Caaper Daily Parewétt ab Address of Harding Features Final Meeting of World Delegates POPE PIUS XI, FORMER ARCHBISHOP OF MILAN WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. st (By The Associated Press. y—} The history-making confer. ence on the limitation of arm-| aments and Far Eastern ques- tions came to its end today with the signing of treaties and a fa sg ig address by President Hard Ww ith its work characterized by Mr. | Harding as “the first deliberate and effective expression of great powers the consciousness of peace, of war's utter fut! the great con ference wi to its niche of history await the judgments and develop. nents of the future. “In the great arsembly hall of the| Daughters of the American Reyolu Uon where all its opin sessions have been held, the delegates of the nine | nations assembled marched in turn to @ space at the great green baize table and affixed their signatures to the! treaties and agréements which are all |parts of the structure built to lift from & war worn world the lurden jof excessive naval armaments; to pro , mote the peace of the Pacific, to give & new bill of rights to China and tc! remove from the Far East, particu: | BENEDIGTION {5 DELIVERED FROM BALCONY AFTER ELECTION TooAY \Vigil of Thousands Is Brought to Close This | Morning When ‘Cardi- nal Dons Papal Robes ROME, Feb. 6.—Cardinal Achille Ratti, archbishop of Milan, was proclaimed elect- ed pope in succession to the late Benedict XV this morn- ling. He has taken the name | of Pius XI. ‘The thousands waiting tn front of St. Peter's for the wisp of smoke which would tell of the election of a }new pope or the failure of the sa- | cred college to reach a decison, gave |a mighty shout at 11:33 o'clock when a thin wisp of 4moke came from the larly, the clouds of war. And as each delegation affixed nig-| chimney leading ‘from the sistine |chapel. It was then known that the | Catholic church had once more a duly elected pontiff. As soon as the two-thirds vote for ee will bo.an important witness in the investigation into the murder of William D. Taylor,! director. She visited him at his Holly- Messenger | | swept natures as plenipotentiaries pledging the honor of their respective nations | to the good faith of the settlements Agreed upon, the ‘great audience ex-| pressed the hopes of the srorld in its loud and prolonged applause. | At tho conclusion of the ceremony | of signing, President’ Harding deliv-| ered his address formally. closing the! conference as he formally had opened | it @ little more than 12 weeks ago. The president, as he read slowly | from his manuscript, frequently was} Dalted py bursts of-applauge. At the| Pope Pius VI., until his election faboriatn iibeen errors bck el today Cardinal Achil{i Ratti, arch- iieaiiobh tho Gonamiaiog: | Bishop of Milan, was for several "May it be in the heart of every na-| years papal nuncio in Poland where tion and everyman," he beseeched, |. his,discharge of important ecclesias- peogiasten the bringing of the era of| vical gmgtions when the Polish ques- ic ." tlow {became acute earned for him he prayer ended, fecretary Hughes! the esteem of Benedict XV. and the tapped with his gavel and announced:| gratitude of vatican authoritigs. It “The ‘conference with the vatican at which time Ratt! was appointed archbishop and was assigned to Poland as the representa- tive of the Holy See. ‘That country was then torn with the estrangements from religion brought about by the Communistic propaganda from Soviet Russia and Archbishop Ratti counteracted the spread,of radicalism. He also won Per is a@journed sine} was because of this servico that | the esteem of Polish Catholica by his Ae A = jetttewred hat was conferre? upon bim | efforta in behalf of Mestitute chil- Se ee eee | on Juno 16, 1921) when a similar | dren orphaned by the war. HELMER FUNERAL HELD. | honor was bestowed on Cardinal Cardinal Ratti az the archbishop Funeral Ha | Laurentl. of Milan presides over one of the é services of Mrs. Oarthie! Cardinal Ratti was born in It most important archdioceses in Ita Romie Helmer, who died last week at; on March 31, 1857. For many year The city being a great industrial cen- her home in Mills, were held yester-| he was Librarian of the Ambrosian ll- | ter, one of its main requirements day morning At 11 o'clock from the! brary and archieves at Milan. Later | js that the cardinal shall possess a Free Methodist church in Mills. Mrs, he became librarian of the vatican. Hattie Lambert conducted the serv- thorough knowledge of political and ‘ In this position he remained until | social problems. He is big physical- ices. Burial was made in Highland the new republic of Poland estab- | ly and is reputed to have Miberal cemetery, this cit lished official diplomatic relations | tendencies. CONGRATULATIONS ON WORK OF ARMS MEETING EXTENDED |Harding Extends Thanks on Behalf of American People for “Worth-While” Accomplishments of Conference at Ad- journment of World Session This Morning , WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—(By The Associated Pre: dent Harding at the concluding session today of the arm “Mr. Chairman and members of the conference: “Nearly three months ago it was my privilege to utter to you sincerest words of wel- come to the capital of our republic, to suggest the spirit in which you were invited and to intimate the atmosphere in which you were asked to confer. haps, I ventured to express a hope fordress the conference, to speak oon-is marked by rejoicing in the things |the things towards which our aspira-;gratulations and to offer the thanks accomplished. If the world has hun- |tions led ns. of our nation, our people perhaps I|gered for new assurance it may feast “Today it-is my greater privilege, |4 volunteer to utter them for the/at the banquet which the conference land even greater pleasure, to come to} World. My own gratification is beyond |has spread. make acknowledgment. It is one of|my capacity to express. am sure the people of the United the supreme compensations of life to “This coi rence has wrought a/States are supremely gratified and yet contemplate a worth-while accom-/truly great achievement. It is haz-jthere is scant appreciation how mar- | plishment. ardous sometimes to speak in super-| “It cannot be other than seemly for |latives and I will be restrained. But )—The address made by Presi. conference follows: (Continued on Page Four.) In a very general way, per-|° { Cardinal Ratt! had been verified, Car. dinal Vannuetelli, as dean of the #a ered collego, arose and proceeded to the throne of the chosen one, accom- panied on either side by Cardinals Logue and Bisleti, respectively, deans of the cardinal priests and the cardi- nal deacons. He’ was asked in jatin |by Cardinal Vannutelli, in acoord ance with custom, if he accepted the election to be supreme pontiff, and | the new pope answered with the for- mal: “Since it is the will of God. I must. obey.” Then the purple canopies over the thrones of the cardinals were let down, one by one, until onky that over the new pontiff remained. ‘This was done to show that the whole sacred college rendered obelsance to the new head of the church. Dean Vanuutelli thereupon exked the new incumbent what name he chose to take during his pontificate and upon his reply, “Pius XI,’ Monsignor Sincero, secre- tary of the conclave, verified his elect tion to the papal chair. ‘The new pope then was escorted to the antercom within the sistine chapel where he discarded his cardi nal's robes, assisted by the conctav- ists, and the papal vestments which had been held tn readiness since the opening of the conclave, were placed upon him. These included the white cassock, white sash, white stockings, red slippers, a red and gold mozetta and finally the stole of red, worked with gold. The pontiff fully vested with the papal garb and accompanied by his jcardinals, thereupon returned to the | throne he had occupied in the sistine | chapel. There the cardinals, accord- ing to their rank, and headed by Van- nutelll, made their first act of adora- tion to His Holiness, kissing first his feet and then his hands, after which the pope received them in embrace and bestowed upon them his first apostilic benediction. “Fisherman's ring was placed on | his finger and he left the chapel, the | whole assembly wending its way | through tho sala ducale and the sala |regia, along the loggias to the sala | clomentina, the pope's official resi- dence. Alli along the way he received jthe homage of the attaches who erved during the conc | _ Meanwhile the dean of the cardinal | deacons, Bisletti, followed by several cardinals, repaired to the central bal cony of Peter’s from which the elections of scores of popes have been officially proclaimed to the world, and solemnly announced to the great crowd awaiting expectantly below: “I announce to your great joy the election of the pont |_| This confirmed to the throngs in St. | Peter's square the election which had | been {indicated by the thin stream of white smoke which came from the metal stovepipe projecting trom the (Continued on Page 8) me, as the only chief of government| will say, with every confidence,’ that (so cireumstanced as to he able to ad-|the faith plighted here today, kept in |national honor, will mark the begin MRS. OBENCHAIN| GOES ON TRIAL: LOS ANGELES, Feb. “6.—The trial of Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain, accused of the murder of J. Belton Kennedy, her former sweetheart, was on the calendar of the supe- rior court here toda: Mrs. Obenchain is charged with having conspired with Arthur C. Burch with which she attended col- lege at Evanston, Ill., to slay Ken- SUMMARY OF ARMS CONFERENC back Shantung and promises to with’ tions there are stabilized. These are the six treaties which, here, have been brought to final completion: Naval limitation treaty, by which the United States, 1 ain, Japan, France and Italy and so limit future construction that, Gt strength will remain at their first-line 915,000 tons, 1 5,000 tons and 1 tonnage of airplane’curriers is limited to 130,000 tons ning of a new and better epoch in human progress. “Stripped to the simplest fact, what jis th spectacle which has inspire a new hope for the world, gathé jabout this table nine great nat the earth—not all, to be esui |those moht directly concerned |the problems at hand—have met was shot in’Bev- |have conferred on questions of |import, and common concern, on prob-| jlems menacing their peaceful relation-/ nedy. Kennedy erly Glen, near here, on the night of August 5 last, it being alleged ‘JACKSKON, Mi: Fes. . Burch did the shooting after Mrs. ship, on burdens threatening a com-|charging Gov. I M’' Russel Obenchain lured Kennedy to the |mon peril. In the revealing light of glen. Burch was placed on trial |the public opinion of the world, with-| last November 22 and the jury was [out surrender of soverignity, without discharged January 16 after dis- |impaired nationality or offended na-| district court here today. agreeing, the final ballot being 10 to |tional pride, a solution has been found | 2eiabads lin unanimity and to ‘s adjournment! NEW ORLEAD 2 for conviction. Feb. 6.—Goy. Lee E RESULTS|: draw from Sit-sria as soon as condi- States and Great Britain, $1,000 tons for Japan and’ 60,000 tons each for France and Italy. Individual capital ships are to be no larger than 35,000 during the 12 weeks of negotiations tons and.carry no guns in excess of, 15 inches. ‘Aircraft. carriers are limited similarly to 27,000 tons and auxiliary Great - eraft to 10,000 tons and neither can carry a gun larger than 8 inches. A agree to scrap or convert 68 capi fortifications atus quo” is set up in the Pacific, under which the after a 10-year building holi¢ ees not to further fortify the Philippines and Guam, and 25,000 tons, 525,00 tons, to observe the same restriction in Formosa, the Bonin 75,000 tons respectively. The respec | 55 — each for the United | (Continued on P Four) - GIRL ACCUSES GOV. RUSSELL —A $100,000 damage suit, 1 of Mississippi with seducing Miss Frances C. Birkhead, a former employe of his office, was led against the chief executive today in the United States M. Russell, of Mississippi, over long ] distance telephone declared today that the filing of a $100,000 damage suit Jagainst him by Miss Frances Birk- | head, charging him with seduction was the “most damnable blackmail con spiracy r attempted in the history (x Mississippi politi urther comment was refused. x special dispatch to the New Or- leans Item gave details of the suit. The first count charges seduction only The second count alleged that at the instigation of the governor Miss Birk: head had submitted to an ope and that her health had bee nd that she would be an invali ainder of t ite complainant in her sworn stu (Continued on Page §)