Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 24, 1922, Page 1

GIRL SLAYS ASSAILANT IN TEXAS COURT ROOM LEGION AUXILIARY CONVENES HER NATIONAL CHIEF WARNS AGAINST TEWTON MENACE Acting President of State Organization Unable to Attend Meet Weather Forecast and south portions; warmer tonight. VOLUME VI Warning against the mach- FAKE ROBBER BY JERSEY WOMAN FOLDS CLUE TO EARLIER FRAUD nae? 2 aE ms Mostly cloudy tonight and Satur day; possibly rain or snow tn west DEATH TOLL iS | FIXED AT DOZEN Property:Damage in North and Middle West Heavy; Scores of Cattle Are. Killed by Wolves in Montana CHICAGO, Feb. 24—The middle west was beginning to Crthune Che Casper Daily CITY EDITION CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1922. Y “PULLED” Are Skeptical of Story Involving Taylor’s Murder LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 24.—Disbelief in the story of the murder of William Des- mond Taylor related in De- troit within the last three days by Harry M. Fields, in cus- toedy there, was expected earty today by Los Angeles offictals | the case. x They potnted out two changes Fiaids made in his original story. One ‘was the reduction of a $1,000 bill to ® $100 bill tn connection with his siatement that hg was paid $900 for having driven a nese, G man and a white woman to the Taylor spart- ments. ‘The other was his changing’ the lo- cation where he said the pistol with which Taylor was shot would be found. The officers said they found it at neither place he named. A bank teller was found here, how- ever. <xho told of a man entering a bank and acting “suspiciousty” with & $1,000 dill about the time Taylor. ‘Tn addition, Thomas Green, a dilip- uty United States district attorney here was quoted me baving stated a man he believed was Taylor, had sought hia aid a year ago tn stamp- ing out the drug traffic. This latter was pointed to as pos- sible partial proof of Fields’ xtate- ment that the field director wag kill- ed \because of his alleged interference with the drug traffic. ‘The officers learned, also, that a Chinese named Wong Lee—the name NUMBER 117. FE DAMAGE IN ERIN TO BE PAID BY PARTIES RESPONSIBLE FOR DESTRUCTION, OFFICIAL SAYS LONDON, Feb. 24.—~_ today on the supplementary v the Irish settlement, Winston & colonies, explained the procedure w ment between the British and the Iris. ments, for the settlement of claims for da. in Ireland. It had been agreed, he said, that the party responsible for the Gamage should bear the burden, a commission to assess the amount of damage. ‘This commission, the secretary ex- plained, would consist of one member appointed by the British government CRIME CONFESSION NOT BELIEVED ul Los Angeles Police) SCIENCE IS CALLED IN ON GHOST MYSTERY AT | | NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—Police and press having failed to solve the mys- tery of the haunted house of Anti- gonish, Nova Scotia, whose now fa- mous ghost has aroused the entire | | Canadian province, science has been | asked to solve the mystery, ‘The Halifax Herald, which recently sent @ reported to Antigonish valley | only to have a report that he was slapped on the wrist by unseen bat | quite substantial hands, today wired | Dr. Walter Franklin Pierce, director of the American Institute for Scien- tifle Research, requestiong that body to undertake an investigation. Dr. reserving decision. nted horse” in the olé of Alexander MacDonald, red miles, as the crow files, from Halifax. In the dead winter HALIFAX, NO SOLUTION Mr. MacDonald, his wife and their adopted daughter fled the house, ter- rorized by unseen “things” that had chased his horses to a lather, the farmer said, braided the tails of his cattle and started mysterious fires | of ordinarity not highly combustible materials in his home. So seriously was the tale taken by the countryside that the Halifax Herald and the provincial police sent representatives to stay three nights and days in the “haunted house.* They returned a week ago with shaken nerves, endorsing the farm er’s story and adding to it, saying they had been awakened in the night by slaps from unseen bands. Thus baffled, the Canadians have called upon American science to rout the Antigonish ghost. RESERVATION ON TREATY “TO BY AGREED SOLONS |Harmony Restored in Foreign Relations Committee When Agreement on Clause to Protect Nation Is Reached WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—A modified blanket reserva- tion. The motion made in behalf of Mrs. Wagner was withdrawn by Mrs. A. Clowry, 2 delegate from Casper. Mrs. Ralph Harris,’a delegate from corrvention. Mrs. Muenchmeyer was then -es- (Continued on Page Ten) recover somewhat today from the storm which caused a sud- den drop in tgres to below freezing and brought snow and sleet which fell over a large area from Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin down into the north- | Fields said was borne by the Chinese |in the alleged murder party—rhad left } Los Angeles Chinatown three days ago when it was first intimated Fields ‘might have important. tion to the four-power Pacific treaty, said to be satisfactory both to President Harding and to a majority of the members of the senate foreign relations committee, was debated by the committee today and an agreement reached to vote on ern part of Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Tho northwest, where the CONVICTS SCALE * PRISON WALLS SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24.— ‘While the Rev. C. B. Forbes, a San was delivering victs took advantage of the aszem- bly to scale the walls and escape. A fourth donned the minister's robe and hat and waiked past several» guards, but was and stopped at the outer gate when he betrayed a strange nervousness in ihe way he said “good evening.” SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Feb. 24. ing their way through five steel bar riers in the Woodbury county jail, six prisoners, three of whom had been convicted of felonies, escaped early today. ‘A drill, a piece of saw diade and a 20 foot length of rope were left be- hind by the prisoners. The three cells from which the es- cape was made are on the seventh floor @f the county building. 1 (Continued on Page Ten) ON SALES TAX Special Sub-Committee Rejects Proposal|fathers Swap Urged by Harding for Meeting Cash Compensation to Setdiers WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—A proposal to finance the sol- diers' bonus by a sales tax is understood to have been re- jected today by the special sub-committee of the Republican members of the house ways and means committee. The proposition was said to have been supported by only three members, Representative Longworth, of Ohio; Wat- son of Pennsylvania, and Bacherach, Suara faucet <'es| WEGRO HANGED hanged at the Baltimore county jail at Towson today for attempted crim- imal assault upon Miss Marita Lyon of Glen Ridge, N. J., Goucher col lege student and volunteer settlement it} worker. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—The sol- diers’ bonus would tend “still further to destroy the financial equilibrum of the natijon™ even if the sales tax be used to necessary funds, Moses, iblican, New Hampshire, declared in an address to- day in the senate. “I have hitherto advocated such a tax,” said Senator Moses, “as an in WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—Gourge E. Long, 40 years, an employe of taxes and a balancing of the budget (Continued on Page Ten) ingtonions demanding large sums-of Babies, Error Is Cleared Up NEWARK, N. ./., Feb. 24.—Two fathers swapped babies in the ma- ternity ward at City hospital today and the dove of peace finttered into two homes where the stork had been a recent visitor. Mrs. Beasie Verity and Mrs. Sa- Fah Lapore were patients at the hospital at the samo time, When ‘Mrs. Verity was discharged she was given n baby boy although she pro- tested that hers had been a girl. ‘Mrs. Lapore, discharged at the same time, took home with her a newly-born baby girl. “How come?” queried the father. “They told me it was a boy.” So he bundled up the babe, took it back to the hospital and there found Papa Verity with a simflar bundle. The nurse collected her records, admitted that she had made a mistake, redistributed the babies to the proud fathers—and collapsed. SUPSECT SEIZED FOR THREATS iN WASHINGTON meney. Threats of death were made fn case the money was not forth ‘Lon denied authorship of the let- 'the treaty itself and all proposed reservations at tomorrow's FICHT OPENED session. The new reservation was laid before the committee by Senator Brandegee, Republican, Connecticut after a con- ference with President Harding. -The Connecticut senator was said not to have reported {t as embodying the president's views, but the understand- ing of committee members was that it would be acceptable to the White House. The text of the reservation follows: “The United States understands that under the statement in the preamble or under the terms of this treaty there is no commitment to armed force, no alliance, no obligation to join in any defense. Although apparently acceptable to most of the Republican and Demo- cratic reservationists on the commit- tee, the reservation, according to to- day's discussion, will not receive unanimous committee approval. Sen- ator Johason, Republican, California, was said to have shown opposition during the meeting. and it was gener- ally expected that Senator Borah, Re- publican, Idaho, who was absent, would take a similar position. The compromise reservation is more direct and shorter than the original Brandegee blanket proposals, to which a majority of the committee members previously had indicated their support. Under the original reservation the United States would have set forth in detail that it was to dssume no “mior- al or legal” obligation under the treaty or any adjustments resulting from it “without the consent of congress.” Particular reference to the preamble of the treaty is eaid to have been made in the new draft because the preamble states that the agreement is made “with a view to the preservation of the general peace and maintenance of” the rights of the signatory powers. ‘The word “maintenance” does not ap- pear, however, among the commit: ments of th ‘eaty proper. Caruso M. emorial Fund is Planned NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—Walter Dam rosch, musical conductor; Antonio Scotti, singer; Otto H. Kahn, financier, and George W. Wickersham, former United States attorney general are among the twenty men and women named as incorporators of the Caruso Burns of the | American memorial foundation. department cf justice said the writer Of the letters had been traced by = peculiarity in the handwriting and by awater mark used in war depart ment stationery. A fund of $1,000,000 will ba raised to “encourage the musical education of tudents and artists for the purpos® developing the highest mus’ tal | ~ the house of commons *s in connection with ~ecretary for the ‘ed, by agree- %, >al govera- * =, property and another by tim. government with a chairman selé.ed from holders of high judictal office to be appointed by agreement. This commission weuld have the power to hear claims regard ing criminal fnjuries to property, in cluding lowes sustained through the military authorities under martial law. The secretary explained also the Process to te adopted in cases of dis- pute regarding division of the com- pensation awarded by the commission. The matter would be taken in hand by the ministeries of the two gov- ernments and a division made between them, the total of amount deterrained upon as a balance after adjudiciation of all the cases to be included in the general financial settlement between Great Britain and the Irish Free State. As to responsibility, Mr. Churchill said the Irish provisional government had agreed that its responsibility for damage done by {ta forces was unlim- ited in Ireland but damage done in Giasgow and Liverpool also was to be taken into account. The damage done in northern Ireland was of a different category, the secretary added, and the British government considered it had @ greater responsibility regarding {t The chancellor of the exchequer, said Mr. Churchill, had told Sir James Craig that parliamentary authority Would be sought to pay the northern government of Ireland with respect to criminal injuries to persexs and pro- perty in the territory of t! ment sustained before January 14, 1922, a contribution of 1,500,000 pounds sterling. Ss = E Earl Is Given Divorce Decree | On Infidelity LONDON, Feb. 24—(By The As- sociated Press}—The Karl of Cath- cart was granted a divorce today upon proof of Lady Cathcart’s tn- @iscretions with the Karl of Craven. ‘The cass, which originally wes in the dofended list, came before the court as an undefended sult, Lady Cathcart, who is regarded as one of the most beautiful wom- en in England, ts about 30 years old, the daughter of the late John Frazer of Capetown, South Africa, and widow of Capt. De Grey War- ter. She married the Barl of Cath- cart in 1919. He is 69 years old. TRIAL WITHESS IN OBENCHAIN CASE GRILLED LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24.—Detafled explanation of her activities on the night of last August when J. Belton Kennedy was slain, was the subject of croséexamination here today of Mrs. Elizabeth Besanty, one of the leading prosecution witnesses in the murder trial of Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain. Mrs. Besanty lives in Beverly Glen, near the cottage at which Kennedy was shot, Mrs. Besanty’s story was unshaken by an extended cross-examination which lasted until just before noon. Charles C, Blair, chief of police at Beverly Hills, tod of telephone calls On “dey % MAN ACCUSED OF QUTRAGE. KILLED WHILE ON TRIAL Accuser Called to Wit- ness Stand Turns Gun on Law Offender WACO, Texas, Feb. 24. — Miss Marcine Matthews, 17 years of age, shot and instant~ ly killed J. S. Crosslin today during proceedings in the dis- trict court here. He was charged with criminally attacking the girl two years ago. Crosslin was tried, comvicted and sentenced to nine years in the peni- tentiary but the case was reversed on an error in the admission of test! mony and remanded for trial. ‘The preliminaries had been com- pleted and Miss Matthews had bees called to the witness stand. “He disgraced me, ruined my health and deprived me of school privileges,” she stated after the kill- ing. “But he-will never ruin another girl.” Crosslin was 59 yeare old. Miss Matthews walked to the, wit- twas chair, and then turned with pis- tol in hand, fired straight at Cros- ln, who sat in a chair beside his at- torneys 15 feet away. She todk two" or three steps forward and fired again. Advancing to within three feet of the man who had collapsed tn his chair, she shot a thtrd time, the bullet penetrating Crosstin’s side. W. H. Forester, counsel for Crons- Un, seized the girl just after the third shot was fired and almost at the same time Officer Barton reached her and taking her in his arms carried her out of the courtroom. He took the weapon from her and locked her in @ room in the sheriff's offices. Confusion reigned in the courtroom, Judge Munroe dismissed the jury in- defnitely. Crossiin was in the real estate bust- ness and when the charge was filed against him it created a sensation. He had a wife and several chfldren. The Matthews girl, then only 16 years old, testified to her condition, for which she eaid, Crosslin was © sponsible. She had given birth to a child which necessitated an opera. tion. She declares her health was estroyed. She isa little girl, welgh- ing not more than 90 pounds and was as calm as any man while shooting and, remained so, The girt {s the daughter of W. HB. Mathews who resided here when the alleged attack was committed, living in one of Crosslin’s houses. The fam- ily now resides at Rosebud, Texas. The father was in the city but was not in the courtroom when the shoot- ing occurred. Complaint has been filed charging her with murder. ‘The county attorney announced this afternoon he agreed to bond of $4,- 000 for Miss Matthews. Friends of the girl said the bail would be made late toda: Great Steamer Reaches End Of Maiden Voyage NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—Completing her maiden voyage across the At- lantic, the White Star liner Homeric, lergest twin screw steamer in the world and the sixth biggest vessel afloat, steamed to her pler today while sirens of harbor craft whistled a wel- come. ‘The trxurtows 777-foot liner crossed coming from Beverly Glen on the} tne ocean with her 200 passengers in night of the murder, and of the steps his department took in that connec- tion. Billiard Run Of 902 Breaks World’s Record ALAMEDA, Calif., Fed. 24.—A balk- line Dillard run of 902, said to be a new world’s record, was set up last night by Mark Catton of Alameda, na- tionally known Dilliardist, in a regu- lar ycontest here. The former record was held by George Sutton at 799. Catton is the son of W. H. Catton, former national threecushion cham- pio seven days, 23 hour and 23 minutes, two days slower than her expected schedule, her speed having been slack- ened by strong winds and rough seas, The average time wns 15.75 knots. wat ale JAP SLAYER TO DIE IN CHAIR NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—Saito Talzo, 43, the only Japanese ever convicted of murder in New York City, today was sentenced to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison, the week of April 3. Taizo strangled Mitario Yast Hara, a countryman, with a scarf_in an upper Broadway hotel last October and robbed him of $300. RESIGNATION OF LANDIS OPPOSED WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Benja- mine F. Welty, former Democratic member of the house from the Fourth Ohio district, made public today another letter to President Harding urging the resignation of Federal Judge Landis now before the president be not accepted. The former Ohio representative, who as a member of the last con- | gress, sought to ‘o Judge Landis impeached af’ h banrebal!l arbi hir 2 tier to Chairman V put jlica 4 accepted the | the house judiciary committee in which he quoted the chairman as saying the impeachment proceedings still were pending and as promising to call the matter 2s soon as urgent legislation was out of the way. “There is no doubt that the im- peachment proceedings against. Judge Landis are still pending in congress," Mr. Welty wrote in his letter to the president, “and I felt in justice to Judge Landis as well ax i id congress. s tead of | Landis ig either innocent or guilty.”