Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 3, 1922, Page 1

DOOMED MAN BREAKS SILENCE WHEN MOTHER SPEAK OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR RESENTS OATH, GIVES FIGHT GAS SHIPMENTS FOR MONTH HERE AMOUNT 10 FIVE MILLION GALS Movement Is Largely for Export, Large Supplies Being Stored for Home Consumption, Report Although the Standard Oil company shipped nearly 5,- 000,000 gallons of gasoline for foreign trade during the month of February, announce- ment made by T. S. Cooke, Rocky Mountain manager of the com- pany, indicates that shipments for domestic consumption fs still a negtig- reeds to Baton Rouge, La, for toreign trade was consigned from plant No. 3 of the refinery here. Plant No. = the unit that formerly comprised the Midwest refinery. 4M shipments was made from this Decauise of the stipulation in the foreign contract that all gasoline ship- ped must be a virgin cut, or the first gasoline removed from crude ail before ‘the ofl is rerun under Barton pressure * processes patented by the Standard for removing gasoline. In the meantime the protuct of mestic consumption during the sum- mer months. While these plants Nave a market for the product it is compara- tively sai: at this time of the year. ‘The actual shipment from the refin- ery here on the foreign contract dur- ing February was 4,800,000 gallons. To move this gasoline it required 480 cara capacity represents an addition of 5,000 barrels of oil a day, {n the oil run at the plant as compared with the latter days of February. The new firishing units ‘will be put in full operations in the next few days en- abling tho Standard company to make another increase of %,000 barrels daily. ‘The plant capacity will be added to further as soon as demand warrants e@hd as soon as facilities at the plant are increased to meet the operating demand. LATE SUSPECTS IN-THE TAYLOR CASE TO BE FREED BY POLICE = : Weather Forecast Fair tonight and Saturday. Rising temperature VOLUME VI NEGRO ROBBERS FATALLY unknown negro, Cheyenne. Sitton, who was employed by the Union Pacific as a yard watchman, striking Sitton'in the breast. As he fell the negroes fled and“have not been apprehended. Sitton’s death is ex: Pected momentarily. The burglary at /.e Grant home was discovered by Mrs. Grant. The family had been absent during the evening. Sho returned at 10 o’clock and as she started to enter the front door she caught sight of two negroes in the hall. She slammed the door and ran, screaming, but before neighbors were thoroughly ransacked. LE KILLS, THEN SUICIDES SACRAMENTO, Cal, March 3.— Earl Clark, crippled elevator operator, shot and killed Mrs. Emma Rust, 38. ‘wealthy widow, when she remonstrat- POLIGE COMMENDED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT WORK The cooperation and assistance which the Casper police department under the direction of Alexander Nis- bet, chief of police is giving the Fed- erai Prohibition department drew commendation in a letter alldressed Personally to Mr. Nisbet and signed by M. C, Wachtel, federal prohibition director for this district. ‘The operations of the police depart- ment against bootleggers, still opera- tors and other persons charged with violation of prohibition laws are re- ported in detail to the federal author ities so that they may proceed agains? the offenders in both civil and crim- inal actions if they desire. ‘The commendation tn part received by the local department, follows: “Kindly accept my thanks for fur. nishing us with this information. I think your office should be congratu- lated upon the splendid work being carried out.” LOS ANGELES, March 3.—Uniess additional evidence against them is obtained, the stx men arrested here ‘Tuesday on information purporting to connect them with the murder of W1- lam Desmond Taylor, film director, ‘will be released today, according to the potice. Their release, it was said, would mean the police had abandoned plans to arrest a seventh man—a motion pic- ture actor—a possibility they an- nounced after a long questioning of Mrs. John Rupp, housekeeper for the men now in custody,-who apprised the detectives of her belief they were in- volved in the Taylor murder. If the six men are eliminated from suspicion, the police said, they again will have before them only the problem of try- ing to locate Edward F. Sands, miss- ing former butler-secretary to Taylor. Neb., was shot and mortally wounded here last night by an believed to have been implicated Ti the night in a burglary at the home of aay. exane id South CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1922. WOUND U. P. WATCHMAN Jeff L. Sitton, Former Sheriff at Sidne Shot Down on Trying to Stop Burglars Fleeing Through Yards CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 3.—(S; —Jeff L. Sitton, 40 years of age, pecial to The ‘ribune.) former sheriff at Sidney, LONDON, March 3.—(By LLOYD GEORGE TO QUIT POST NEXT WEDNESDAY IF SUPPORT OF COALITION IS NOT GIVEN he Casper Daily —| Orihune | &, | NUMBER 123. | Blows Exchanged Robertson and J.G.F When Latter Swears Melivcen Governor ms, Oil Man, Executive OKMULGEE, Okla., March 3.—Re. at him by James G. Lyons, an oil mai J. B. A. Robertson of Oklahoma this mo % fistic encounter with Lyons in the count} % which was crowdea with lawyers, court oft” A half dozen or so blows were exchat.% tors men before they were separated. Neith er bears any marks of the conflict. ‘rhe gov-:aor had just concluded a DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WYOMING POINTS SHOWN ATFREIGHT RATE HEARING IN SESSION AT CHEYENNE WIFE AWARDED DIVORGE, [Hearing Opened Yesterday Before State Public Serv- BIG FARM AND ust | CHEYENNE. one March 3.—Mrs. |Inger Olson was granted a decine of day, given title to a 320 acre farm nag |carpenter, Wyo. awarded $5,400 cash and given custody of her son, a) of cruelty. The Associated Press.) —-Wed- nesday, March 8, is the date set by Prime Minister Lloyd support of the coalition conse: sent to the king his resignation of the premiership, which he is now fig- uratively carrying in his: pocket, Private mestings of politicians yes- ¥ fe te no announcement of de velopments tending toward a solution of the crisis. One of them, indeed, hardened the opposition of the “die hard” conservatives to Lloyd George's leadership. ‘This meeting was held in a com- mittee: room of the house of com- mone, where more than eighty can- servative members of the commons and house of lords adopted a resolu- Rescuers Save Lad Pinned In Rock Crevice SAN FRANCISCO, March 3.— Bleven year old Harry Firpo, caught and held prisoner in a crevice of the boulders at Baker’s Beach, in the Richmond district this city for hours last night waited for flood tide and death. When the water was.lapping the rocks a few inches from him, he was rescued by life guards from Fort Point. His parents had missed him early in the evening and sound- ed the alarm. He was in a hrepital recovering from bruises, exposure and terror. 55 Descendants Survive Woman GALESBURG, IL, March 3—Mrs. Sarah Thompson, age 87, a great- great-grandmother, died near this city yesterday afternoon, being survived by 55 descendants—three daughters, 14 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchil- dren and three great-great-grandchil- @ren—the youngest of whom is two weeks old. THREE PERISH IN BLAZE FACTORY LOSS $350,00 WAUPUN, Wh., March 3—Three women were burned to death, two large factory building burned to the sreund, one rosidence was demolish- @] and many buildings damaged by « disastrous fire which raged here Yast night and early today. ‘Fhe women cremated in a factory wore Mrs. Howard Carney, Emma Michaela, 40; and Miss Bes- The fire broke out on the escond floor of the C. A. Shaler Vulcan- izing company following an explo- sion. The loss there: was So at $350,090, ‘Howard Carney, Yrasbend of the ‘women whose body was recovered, was saved by firemen after he had clung for ten minutes to a burning ‘window «ill on the third floor of the uilding. Nearly thirty famflies raoved fur- niture from thetr homes to avoid the flames, The total Joss in the fire was ostimated at $400,000, George for fulfillment of his ultimatum to Austen Chamber- lain, according to a report in parliamentary circles. then he has not received satisfactory assurances of the loyal! If by rvatives, it is said, he will pre- tion affirming that “in order to re store confidence throughout the coun- try, and with a view to approaching Fn tod general election, there is for m of the and unionist principles.” “The meet- ing is reported further to have de cided that the utmost shall be done to hasten the formation of a conserva- iveunionist government. ‘The de nation of Mr. Chamber- lain, Chancellor Birkenhead and other conservative leaders to stand by Mr. Lloyd George is unshaken, (Cintinned on Page Nine) drafted measure would be pre: membership, Republicans and ‘The perfected plan will be submit- ted to the majority membership Mon- day. Chsirman Fordney and other members said they did not thing it would be necessary to present the Dill to a Republican conference, but added that the measure probably would not be reported to the house for ton days or two week= so as to give mem- bers ample time in which to study [the compromise. One important change in the orig- inal adjusted service certificate title ‘was made today and members estimut- od that this would reduce the total wl- timate cost of the bonus by perhaps as much as half a billion dollars. Under this change the face value of the certificate would be the sum of the adjusted service pay plus 25 per cent, instead of 40 per cent, as orig inally proposed plus interest at the rate of 4% per cent a year, com pounded annually. ‘The maximum interest rates which banks could charge in making loans to the soldiers of the cert!t-staa was fixed at the amount of the reiiscount rate charged by the regional federal reserve banks plus two per cent. ‘Unéer a new provision, if a service man defnuttel In payments of the benk and the bank mate demand on the government, at the end of three years for the amount due, the govern- ment, instead of taking over and car rying the loan, would cash the certifl- cate at its then value. Tf all the service men took cen tiftcates. and held them until maturity twenty years after their tsaue, it was estimated that the cost of the banus to the government would be appraxt- mately $4,000,000,000, ‘Tt was figured however, that through borrowing and forfeltures this cost would be reduced by something Ike a billion dollars, WASHINGTON, March 8.—The' working out of details | of the compromise soldiers’ bonus bill was completed today | by the special sub-committee of the hotse ways and means | committee Republicans and it was announced that the re-| , 1B nomination at Chicage, Present Arguments CHEYENNE, Wyo., March | divorce in district court here Thurs-|li¢ Service commission today outlined an intrastate freight \tioned by representatives of the rail- roads operating in the state. The |roads represented at the hearing are |the Union Pacific, Colorado & South- jern, Chicags, Burlington & Quincy jand Chicago & Northwestern. | Numerous Instances of glaring dis- crepancies and discriminations in in- tra-state rates between Cheyenne and \Wyeming points, as compared with |Denven and correspondingly distant points and Salt Iake City and corre- spondingly distant points were laid be- for the commission by the Cheyenne chamber.of commerce. An interesting | point brought out was that the freight rate from Hanna, Wyo., on coal is the same to Cheyenne as to Denver, while the rate from Hanna to Carpenter, only 22 miles forther than Cheyenne and approximately $5 miles nearer than Denver, $1.50 » ton greater than the rate to Denver. The Cheyenne Denyer rate from Hanna, ts $2.62% and that to Carpenter $4.11. Rates be- tween Cheyenne, a small jobbing cen- ter, and Wyoming potnts, and Decor, a large jobbing center, and correspon: dingly Jistant Colorado points, and |salt Lake, a large jobbing center, and |correspondingly distant Utsh and | Wyoming points, it further was con- |tended, are so disproportionate that a blanket reduction of 25 per cent in the Cheyenno rates would not effect an equalization. Shippers at Denver and 4 ice cater Continued; Commercial Clubs to Representatives 8.—The Wyoming State Pub- hearing which was begun Thursday, and at which represen- a|tatives of various localities and commercial organizations of student at the University of Wyoming. | the state are urging reductions in freight rates, and are being She sued John Olson on the ground| qyestioned by memibers of the commis: sion and cross-ques- establish, are granted privileges! which are denied to shippers at Chey- enne and which effect a further and serious discrimination against Chey- enne as a jobbing center. State Senator H. S. Kirk of Lingle, representing farmers of Goshen coun- ty, testified illuminating regarding in- terstate and intrastate freight rate discriminatings, stating, among other things, that the rate on potatoes be- tween Lingle and Casper, is 31 cents per hundredweight, while the rate be tween. Lingle and Omaha, which is more than twice as far from Lingle as is Casper, is only 38 cent per hundred. weight. Among witnesses at the hearing are: W. BE. Bachr, Pinedale, Wyo., repre- senting the Pinedale commercial club; F. A. Campbell, Lyman, Wyo., Lyman Dooster’s club; E. L. Coleman, Billings, Mont. Sheridan commercial club: Sheridan county Yarm bnreau and Lovell Sewer Pipe company; C. H. Cbok, Douglas, Wyo., Dougias com- munity club; John Gonin, Lander, Wyo., Lander commercial club and Riverton commercial club; L. F. John- son, Sheridan, Wyo. mercial club and county farm' bureau; Richard Otter, Dousin Wyo., Douglas community clu! Slade, Lyman, Wyo., Lyman commer- cial club; Fred E. Warren, Cheyenne, also ‘Salt Lake, exhibits were presented to BONUS COMPROMISE TO SAVE BILLION IN FINAL PAYMENTS ladriabiecs and Forfeitures Expected to|| Father Orders Cut Down Obligations on 20-Year Certificates of Government sented to the entire committes | Democrats, next Tuesday. | | | NONEWS FROM SHIPREPORTED © TO BE SINKING | | BOSTON, March 3.—Radio stations | wiong the north Atlantic seaboard| today were actively seeking news from the Norwegian steamer Grontoft, Ga®| veston for Esbjerg, which was report-| éd sinking yesterday with 20 men aboard 600 miles southeast of Cape! Race. ‘Tho latest word from the Grontoft) said all her lifeboats had been smashed by the stormy seas. The steamer Es- tonia was reported on her way to the sinking steamer and mariners here be-| Ueved the Estonia had reached the| Grontoft in time to save officers and crew. The Grontoft is a freighter of 1,200 tons. Merchant Marine. Harding’s Hobby WASHINGTON, March 3,—Presi- dent Harding's one outstanding ambi. tion im te be the “president in whose administration the American merohant marine waa put back on the seven yeaa,” Chairman Lasker of the ship: Ding boant today. declared in an- ad (reas before the annual conventian of the National Merchant Marine qasoci- ation, Mr, Lasker sald the president Nita izes seein eee Gl cena Cheyenne chamber of commerce. Him to School, og an oath hurled Okmulgee, Gov. * engaged in a rthouse here, and specta- by the two conference with Jami spburn, coun ty attorney, reintive to the governor's appearing before tho grand jury ir connection with the failure of the Bank of Commerce of Okmulgee. As the governor left Hepburn’s private office, Hepburn’ turned to W. H Crume, a citizen, and asked him to “introduce the governor to the boys. The governor shook hands with sev eral persons when they reached Lyons, who fs president of the Lyons Petrol eum company, and head of the dc positors’ organization formed after the failure of the Bank of Commerce. Mr. Crumo maid: “I want you to meet the governor, Mr. Lyons.” “I wouldn't shake nauds with the * said Lyons \ith an oath, ac cording to Crume and according to Mr. Lyon's admission later. The governor then attempted to strike at Lyons with his right fist, ac- cording to the statement of the affair by Crume, which both the governor and Lyons agreed to as correct. First accounts stated that Lyons struck the first blow. State Senator G. R. Hor- ner, who was standing nearby, inter: cepted the blew but in a moment the state executive and the of! man were exchanging blows and struggling to free themselves from the grasp of spectators who intervened. A half dozen blows were exchanged, according to the spectators. Governor Robertson attempted to remove his overcoat, meanwhile strug: sling, with men who intrferred. Governor Robertson “I will say this, that I can't be bluffed physicaNy, legally, or any other way,” the executive, said. “I wonder if the people know ‘Lycns had a deposit of $18.75 in the bank and owed the bank $10,000 on a note,” he inquired. “Who started the fight? County Attorney Hepburn asked pushing his way through the cruwd to where Gov- ernor Robertson and Lyons stood fac- ing each other. ¢ A spectator spoke up and said, “Mr. Lyons started it.” “Arrest him,’’ Mr. Hepburn ordered. When informed that Governor Hob. ertson was the other principal in tho tient; County Attorney Hepburn or- dered his arrest but later told Sheritt Sowers not to carry out the order. Mr. Lyons is president of the Lyons Petroleum company and a director of the Guaranty State bank. The governor's offer to appear be- fore the grand jury had led to a dra- matic scene in the office of County Attorney Hepburn just before the fight. The county attorney declared Governor Robertson was seeking to supersede him in conducting the in- vestigation of the Bank of Commerce without my consent, I don’t give a d— he is the governor,” shouted Hep- burn, pounding a desk with his clenched fist. “I am going to tell you ust as I told George Short at- torney general) to tell you the other morning, that no man is going to sup- ersede the county attorney of this county.” Hepburn added: “You haven't got} the power to supersede me Governor."’| “You know better than that, Jim, I} have the power to supersede you,” Governor Robertson replied. pon coming out of the conference | with the governor a moment befora| Lad Kills Self DETROIT, Mich., March 3.—Re- senting and brooding over his fath- er’s peremptory order that he must continue to uttend school, Arihur Coleman, 14 years old, shot and kill ed himself in his home here this morning. A bitter quarrel is said to have re- sulted from the father’s order, In 2 note the boy left he bade his father d step-mother farewell and added: “I want to see mother.’* Young Coleman joined in family prayers before retiring last night, and according to his father, tossed about in bai until 4 o'clock this morning. He then arose, obtained a rifle, lay back on the bed and shot himssif through the abdomen. se Bee AFRICAN STRIKE ENDED. LONDON, March 3—The number of strikers returning to work In the coal and gold mines of the Rand dis- tricts of South Africa is growing rap- idty, and conditions are much quiet- er, says & Reuters dispatch from Johannesburg. Nearly 5,000 méu, in- eluding officials, are now back at work, the fight, County Attorney Hepburn said:” “I have no statement to make only that I am county attorney of Okmul gee county and J. B. A. Robertson is governor of Oklahoma.” ages CAMPLIN RESIGNS. CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 3.—Har- ry G. Camplin of Sheridan has resign- ed the office of deputy state insurance commissioner, and has been succeeded by Earl L. Ballinger of Cheyenne. HARVEY CHURCH (3 OTRAPPED 10 DEATH CHAIN ON GALLOWS TRAP Trap Sprung Late Today in Chicago Jail After Visit From Parents BULLETIN. CHICAGO, March 3.—Strapped to a chair and carried to the gallows in the same coma in which he has lain for weeks, Harvey Church slay- er of two automobile saiesmea, pald the penalty for his crime this after- noon. Hoe retained his spparemtily unconscious mein to the end. Last minute attempts by his attorneys to save him failed when both Judge Scanlan and David refused to tnter- cede for the condemned man. CHICAGO, March 3. — After lying on his jail cot for forty days without opening his eyes or uttering a word, Harvey Church today broke his silence five hours before he was scheduled to be hanged for the brutal murder of Bernard Daugherty and Cart Ausm automobile snlés- men, whom h beat to death to ob tain a car to “show off” in his home town of Adams, Wis. A plea from his mother caused Church to speak. “Your father and mother are here. Harvey,” Warden Westbrook told the convicted man. “Your mot er bege you to talk to her—and you have only five more hours to live. Will you talic to them?” The youthful murtorer, whose twitching eyelids have been the only outward sign of life during his seif imposed period of silence, turned over on one side and mumbled. “What did you say?" asked warden, leaning over the prisoner. “Father and mother—yes,” came back tn low but plainly understood words. ‘The prisoner tossed back and forht several times as his parents were brought into the cell. He refused to say whether he would voluntarily eat hig noonday meal or whether it would be necessary to continue the forcible feeding which has kept him alive dur- ing the hunger and silenco strike. During the visit of his parents Church gave no further heed to their pleas that he talk. His mother, al most too weak to walk, was assisted to his bedside. “Harvey, won't you speak to your mother?” sh said, but there was no sign from the motionless prisone~ that he had heard. His father kissed him twice and begged him to speak, but his pleas were of no avail, Church also re- mained silent during pleas from his sister and from his attorneys. As his sister was leaving the ceil the he muttered, “Sister, sister,” but then | again became silent. Mrs. Church collapsed, falling across her son’s bed crying, “Harvey, my boy, speak to me, tell me about it so they won't hang you.” There was no response and Mrs. Church was carried from the cell. After the attempts to converse with Church, his attorneys announced that they would make no further ef- fort to prevent the execution, sched- uled for 4 p. m. today. Despite this announcement, Franic Tyrrell, another attorney, appeared before lige Joseph David for a writ of habeas corpus on th the sentence of dea’ cause Church was sanity hearing. Judge David said he could not en- tertain tho petition. At 2 o'clock the scaffold was com- pleted and the chair in which Church (Cintinued on Page . Nine) d that PRISONERS BEAT ON BARS, CALL FOR RELEASE AS PRISON BURNS FORT MADISON, Iowa, March 3. —(By The Associated Press.}—Prison- ers of tho Towa state penitentiary herp beat upon the bars of their cells and yelled for several hours early today when fire caused damage esti- mated at $250,000 to several buildings within the prison walls. “There goes your old prison,” and “let us out” the prisoners shouted to Suards who tried to quiet them. Seven convicted murderers \in the death block were removed from their cells without trouble when the fire spread to that building. The blaze destroyed the chair fac- tory, the largest, industry at the pris- on, caused heavy damage to the paint shop, the laundry, tailor shop, one of the diningrooms, kitchen and the chapel. At 11 o'clock the prison firemen had it under control. HOPH, R. I, March 3.—(By The Associated Presa—A few broken Deads remained today as souvenirs of yeaterday’s first attempt to re- open eotten milla clesed by the strike nearly six weeks ago, Mean: while the results ef the attempt Were debated throughout the Paw: tuxet and Blackstene valleys where nearly 17,060 textile workers are Informed him ef this aim shertly after ent, The experiment was decided upan when mediation broke down through refusal of both mifl own. @ra and strikers to submit thelr dit. ferences to the chairman of the atate beard af mediation and concil. jation, Manufacturera maintained that a large percentage of the aper- stivea desired to work at the 20 per eent on the wages and the !n- crensed werking schedule . affered them, Wedneaday night evergeera of the Hope Xfilts made a house to house canvass, inyiling operatives TEXTILE WORKERS RIOT STRIKEBREAKERS MOBBED | MS report for duty Thursday morn- ng. At half past six workers began to @rift toward the mills and were greeted with Jeers. Militin moved in to form Ines paralleling the pick- eters, Then Yer the first time In weeks the mil] whistle sounded, calling the qperattves to werk, Twenty-four tn | all out ef a working farce of 200 ran | the mauniet of pickets to get te the | plant, r