Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 11, 1922, Page 1

Che Casper Daily | Weather Forecast Unsettled and Sun- day, probably snow. Colder Sunday oon. Critime | st | VOLUME Vi CASPER, WYO., SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1922. NUMBER 130. HAL RINEY SEIZED AS EMBEZZLER BY MI WEST wenees DEMOCRATIC LEADER ARIST |S MADE PLEADS FOR TREATY Will Vote for Pacific Pact in Same Spirit Which Made Him Work for Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations, Senator Underwood Says in Address WASHINGTON, March 11.—Describing the four-power Pacific treaty as “the real Judge Stands STRIKE TURNED INTO REVOLT. SCORE South African Mini Bombing; Hea: Johan: LONDON, March T1.- MUHOISET oyo9 in Union Meeting Blown Up by Aerial sasualties Reported Last Night From burg and Fighting Grows 9 DEAD ; The Associated Press.)—-The trades union hall at Benon!, near Johannesburg, crowd ~ ith South African gold mine strikers, was bombed by an Up for Morals Of Modern Day OTTAWA, Ont, March 11. — Friends of Justico Judson N. West, of Topeka, today were discussing an address that the justice made here yesterday before the Kiwanis club in which he discussed the morals of the country. Justine West took the view that the nation is not going to the “bow- wows” and that it is not going to be submerged in sin and iniquity because ‘of present day fashions and jaxs music. “Conditifns have changed.” Jus- tice West said, “but are no worse than in the time when mixed groups would not talk of trees because they treaty of peace” of the arms conference, Senator Underwood of Alabama, the Democratic senate leader, and a member of the American delegation to the conference, told the senate | today that he would vote for the pact’s ratification in the same spirit which actuated him | to support the treaty of Versailles and the league of nations. we) | The real issue, the Democratic leader declared, was whether the United States was ready to give its sanction to an ar-, rangement for “peace by ‘mutual un-! derstanding” or desired to ex REDUCED ACAIN YORK OIL not regard the treaty as an alliance, | but added that even if it were, and) were founded, on arbitration rather| jthan force, he would support it. ‘To| argue, on the other hand, that be-| cause it was not based on force it| was valueless was declared by the| Alabama semtor to be reverting to\Commercial and Industrial Consumers to Mr. Underwood asserted that he did Recounting how he had supported aviator today, says a Cent: sembled were killed and t._. uilding was destroyed. LONDON, March 11.—The general strike‘ called WNESUPPLYIS =22cee CUT OFF FROM NEW RELIGION ‘The strike is eclipsed by egainst the state, he says. Prohibition Director Fears Californians Have New There was some speculation over Premier Smuts delay in proclaiming Worship for Old Thirst. martial law, but it is understood he was actuated hy fear that such a step would precipitate a conflict in which the strikers, who are mainly Dutch, might be reinforced from their Veldt. The Johannesburg correspondent of the same newspaper reports that members of Dutch farmers in the Bokeburg and Renon!, districts have joined the strikers and formed mount- ed commands which uttacked Ben- ont. The Time's Johamesburg corres- pondent, on the other hand, ascribes the trouble to a widespread bolshe vist plot, and says the Fordsburg command regards itself as a red guard. eH adds that fighting is in Progress throurhout the Rand. He believes that the police will soon gain the upper hand in Johannesburg and Benoni but admits that, owing to the Prevailing chaos, it is very difficult to varify the various reports. SAN FRANCISCO, March. 11. — General Prohibition Agent Andrew B. Stroup today had taken a hand in the affairs of the cult of Holy Rostoru- cians and cut off the supply of wine accessible to them from the cellars of the California Wine association. ‘He stated his action was prompted po Dicer ee harks Tok to JOHANNESBURG, March 11—Vast Bacch' He would like to were still in.the strests.at we they term themselves the the time this dispatch was filed (pre- sae inate” end just ‘what sumably after martial law had been Teniination thay stk. ‘be wine sup-|Aeclared, as recounted in = previous We will be cut off, be said, until he|meemse), and firing is heard every Cieentoen Sa Ge ie we ne.| It is reported from! Benoni that an Helon or roerely anew relteion for an cen gigas Te aed ber Sr ieicroctan erend,, te stated, ee [ALATES TOTALED ‘of wine obligatory, as | CASU: Toxttticle five of the congtitution ot | 32 DEAD LAST NIGHT. the cult, which says: , Union of South ‘The use of well fermented wine| Africa, March 10.—Casualties in the and police had reached thirty-two kill- ed and 67 wounded by 9 o'clock to- night (Friday) when the firing was still continuing. Of the 32 killed 19 were policemen. ‘The workers’ hall at Benoni is re- ported to have been hit by a bomb dropped from an airplane. The heav- iest casualties in the district are be lieved to have been suffered in the ex- treme eastern section of the Rand. General Beeves, commanding the Witwaters Rand, tas ordered the pub- Mec to remain indoors from % p. m. to 6am. Jeppe, a suburb adjoining Johan- nesburg, was secthing with strikers today. Most of the men weie armed Biko, mail airplane pilot, who left 5 Nev., for Salt Lake City at 422 p. 4 ews dispatch from Johannesburg. The majorityot ihose as-| nave timbs and youns women would not change ther minds without re- tiring to another room. “Insomnia is not mmch worse than other complaints for which pa- tent medicines are made and {t does not pay to lose sleep over jazz mu- sic. Some wonderful women havo raised the girls of today and I think these girls will bo credits to both generations.’ / iners’ icadets at Johamnes- had obtained tho upper hand, at last perarily and numbers of dead and ‘wounded were lying in the streets. ——_—— On an average the blood flows 168 miles through the body in one day. Railways Cut and Italian Garrison Is Attacked; Two Towns of the Same Region Evacuated by Forces ROME, March 11.—(By The Associated Press.}—A revo- lution on a large scele has broken out in Tripoli, says a dis- patch to the newspaper Ilmondo from its correspondent in the capital. The rebels hryve cut the railway in many places and attacked the Italian garrison. At Azizia two companies of Italian soldiers surrounded ty rebels are: receiving “food dropped from airships. ‘ The Italians have evacuated Chat: ter,and Zavia. The latter is on the coast about 125 miles east of the city of Tripoli, A Tripoll dispatch by way of Rome on February 13, told of fighting be- tween rebels and the Italian forces at Misurata, near Azizia. It was stated then that the Italian govern- ment regarded the trouble as an iso- lated demonstration. FOUR DROWN IN AUTO ACCIDENT ST, AUGUSTINE, Fia., March 11. —Four persons, two young women and two youths, drowned here today in 30 feet of water when a small closed car ran through the open @raw of the bridge between Anasta- sia island and St. Augustine, Telegraph company report one stretch of sixteen miles ef toll lines on the ground with hundreds of poles down. Although ths storm did several hun- @red thousand dofars damage, it is very beneficial to wheat, most of the moisture entering the ground, causing very lttle rise in the rivers in this ‘territory. fea a Eel i LEGION HELPS JOBSEEKERS, CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 11. — Cheyenne Post No. 6 of the American Legion has organized an employment bureaus, and will -provide all world war veterans applying with jobs. Fif- teen hundred positions, the majority of them in the employe of the Union le esterday and has so far failed to Rica hia whereabouts. As soon As the weather lifts sufficiently planes will be dispatched from the Salt Lake and Elko fields to aid in the search, Claron Nelson, division superintend- ent, announced A snowstorm has been raging In Utah since ‘yester- day afternoon. French Racquet . Star Enters In Tourney at Nice and some carrie’ bombs. At Brakpan and Denoi the st@ikera apparently BELFAST, March 11.—(B. NICE, March 11—(By The Assocl- ated Press)—Mle. Suzanne Lengien ‘thas sent in her name as an entry for the Nice mixed doube tennis tourna- ment which opens Monday. LIMERICK TO — BE EVACUATED settlement of the trouble between the rival forces of the Irish Republican army in Limerick has been reached. Under the agreement both parties will evacuate the city. : Small maintenance units of official forces, it is provided, will ee the military barracks now in possession of the Freo e Pacific Raftroad company are open to veterans. MOTOR CLUB WILL TAKE UP PLANS FOR TOURIST At a meeting Monday night the Casper Motor club will outline plans to continue the management of the Casper Tourist camp during the com- ing season. ‘The meeting has been called for 8 o'clock by President J. 8. “Mochlin, and will be held in the main dining room of the Henning hotel ‘This and other matters including arrangements for raising Caspers pledge to the Park to Park Highway association will be taken up and dis- posed of. W. L. Whitbeck, ficld secretary of yy The Associated Press.)——A CAMP AT MONDAY MEET. the league of nations, he said he had approached the work of the arms con- ference ready to welcome any new ef. fort to establish peace by interna- tional understanding rather than by the power of the sword. “The fourpower treaty,” he con- |sary before the treaty providing for |the limitation of armaments was signed; that is, if the agreement to (Continued from Page Five) REBEL UPRISING REPORTED IN TRIPOLI, BLOOD RUNS the philosophy of past ages. | | Reap Big Saving, Also Hundreds Using Gas for Heating Parposes in City New York Oil company, in following its policy of co-opera- tinued, “represents a political settle-/tion with the public to reduce living expenses in Casper, an- ment which nndoubtedly was neces-| nounced today the approval by the public service commission of its application for a lower ii 1, 1922. Thi: A meeting of Republican state and county committeemen, Repub- cen editors and party workers of Niobrara, Converse, Natrona and Fremont counties was held yester- @ay afternoon in the banquet room thes Henning -hotel, At the con- clusion of iuncheon, party affairs ‘were discussed at length and plans for tho coming campaign. made. The Casper meeting is one of a series to be held during the cam- paign, the state having been divid- ed into five districts in order to facilitate conferences. The meeting was called by Secre- tary P. B. Spencer of the state com- mittee who was prescnt to’ give it proper launching. G. R. Hagens of this city, was made permanent chairman of the local district. DISTRICT REPUBLICANS TALK CAMPAIGN PLANS; G. R. HAGENS, CHAIRMAN Among -those attending were. Otto Bollen, B. J. Erwin, A. A. Claugh, Wilkie Collins, L. C. Bishop, Chas. A. Guenther, Carl Howard, Cc. W. Horr, John Stausbury, A. J. Eggers, John Yocum, George Des, Joseph Garst, Clande McDermott, Judge C. O. Brown and Henry Young from Converse county. (A. M. Teakell of Nigbrara county. Ed. Merriam, J. D. Woodruff, W. M. Megowan, G. H. .Paul, A. H. Max. well and J. W. Wickes of Fremont county. Messrs. Hagens, Free, Johnson, Zalnosky, O'Brien, Hazlett, Porter, Durham, Stirrett, Jourgun- sen, Huntley, Marquis, Winter, Bryne and others of Natrona county. ‘The next meeting will be held at Lusk, May 10. Snowstorm at San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, March 11.—The bls within sight of San Francisco jWere covered with snow today. The snow followed a rain that fell during most of the night. The temperature at midnight in San Francisco was 36 dogrees above zero, the lowest ever recorded so late in March. ficial circles. tends to destroy the whole system of reparations. ‘The Echo ée Paris declares it is un- FORT WORTH, Texas, March 11.—| STAR WITNESS IS SHOT DEAD! C. A. Barngrove, star witness for the| federal government in a series of box| car thefts trials, which were to have| started in United States district court] in the Fort Worth and Denver railroad yards. The killing is a mys-| tery, the police said. refuse to give the United States its) due; the newspaper says, but adds, of} what utility is an American army on industrial, commercial and heating purposes, effective March is the second voluntary redyction in rates by FRENCH SURPRISED AT DEMANDS MADE BY U.S. PARIS, March 11.—(By The Associated Press.)—The demand by the United State: for reimbursement to the extent of $241,000,000 for the expenses of its forces in the Rhine land before any reparations are paid has provoked surprise and perplexity in French of- There is also some pointed comment in several morning newspapers. A French semi-official statement says the American claim comes exactly at the mo-|that © intended to ment when the accord based on the Cannes project was about to be realized, and that it “official This will be rn Sie ese ar r > pe sha ties (Gy ‘tournament play ince she was ‘otces' resumab! British troops feated last summer by Mrs. Molla, Bjur-| Which ; remained in Limertck are stedt Mallory. There have been many recent re- ports that she was still far from her oid championship form. SHERIDAN BANK: ‘CHIEF SUICIDES hand. Coroner C. EH. Stevenson said every indication pointed to suicide, although no motive for such action has been found. Perry was president of the Sheri- @an National bank and of the Sheri- dan Trust and Farmers bank. At 11 o'clock this morning large Ddodies of troops werd leaving the city. SHERIDAN, Wyo., March 11.— The body of George W. Perry, lo- eal banker, was found in a gulch on the outskirts of this town this morning, with his head blown off and with a riot gun clutched in his BELFAST, March 11.—(By the Asso- \ciated Prees).—Casualties in Belfast to- day as a result of continuance of dis- orders included one person killed and three seriously injured. / Work Resumed On Old Mine SAN DIEGO; Cal, March 11— ‘Word reached here today from Julian, & town 60 miles east, which 50 years ago was an important mining center, that work would be resumed soon on the old Golden Chariot mine, once a Jarge produger of free milling gold ore. Supplies and mining equipment have been sent here. Several old mines in the zone are now being work- ed on a small scale. the Park to Park Highway association who ig in Casper organizing a local Park to Park club and will lead the| States its share of the one billion gold) discussion on the pledge end of the|marks paid by the Germans on Au-| meeting and will tell of the necessity| gust 30 last, as Belgium and England and of the benefits that the route will/already have received their allot- Gerive if proper support is secured. ‘ments. The allies certainly eausct| STATE MINERS | | ASK CONFERENCE CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 11— Representative of the miners of Dis- trict 22, United Mine Workers of ‘Wyoming, which includes all mines the district on March: 27,.tn an ef- fort to avert a strike on April 1, ‘The operators have suggested that the conference be held at an earlier Gate, but the miners are demanding and the metting, if held, probably will be convened on the 27th, in Wyoming, are negotiating for a wage conference with operators of ° doubtedly too late to give the United) the Rhino ff it isn’t political corspee™| tion with the allied government.” The allied finance ministers met to-| day to consider the situation created| by the memorandum handed to the reparations commission yesterday by) Roland W. Boyden, the representa- tive of the United States with the/| commission, asking the payment of the $251,000,000. The memoran@um, the text of} which was made public, states that| the cost of the American army of oc-| |cupation up to May 1, 1921, was about! $241,000,000. It sets forth that the} allied governments, with the excep-| | tion perhaps of Great Britain, had re-| jeelved payment for their armies of| occupation, and. that probably | the British also were covered by @ pre- ceding arrangement. Therefore the memorandum states, “the United schedule of rates on gas for the company, the last schedule hav- ing been in effect since November 1, 1922. Tho first reduction was made within less than one year after the company commenced supplying Cas- per with gus. While the tmitial rate remains at 50 cents per thousand cubic fest, a large number of consumers using gas for heating purposes will be material- ly benefitted by the new rates. Be- cause of the costs of operation, main- tenance, and office werk required, which fixed costs are as high for the smatliest consumer as for the largest, the company has not found it possible. to offer a reduction im tts minimum consumption rates, Under the former schedule the tnt tial reduction In rates applied to! the consumption of more than 5,000 cubic feet per day. Under the present schedule the reduction starts at 2,500 cubic feet per day, with greatly re duced rates on larger consumption. ‘The schedule effective March 1, as well as the former is as follows: Former Schedule Minfmum Charge per meter 3,000 cubie feet, $1.50 per month. First 6,000 cubic feet per day, Ste Per 1,000. Next 2,000 cubic feet per day, 45c per 1,000. Next 3,000 cubic feet per day, 40c per 1,000. Next 25,000 cubic feet per day, 35¢ per 1,000: Next 65,000 cubic fest per day, 30c per 1,000, All above 100,000 cubic feet per day on special contract. New Schedule Minimum charge per meter 3,000 cubic feet, $1.50 per month. First 75,000 cubic feet per month 2,500 cu. ft. per day), 50c per 1,000. Next 30,000 cubic fect per month (1,000 cu, ft. per day), 450 per 1,000. Next 60,000 cubic feet per month @,000 cu. ft. per day), 40c per 1,000. Next 135,000 cubic feet per month (4,500 cu, ft. per day), 35¢ per 1,000. Next 300,000 cubic feet per month (10,000 cu. ft. per day), 30c per 1,000. All above 600,000 cubic feet per month (20,000 cu. ft. per day), 30c per} 1,000> or on special contract. | States counts upon obtaining integral payment for the cost. to May 1, with| (Continued on #age Four) $30,000 PAYROLL TAKEN BROWNSVILLE, Pa, March 11. Albert Flemming, manager of the W. J. Rainey and corgpany store at Allison, Pa,, and C. O. Evans,, chief clerk, were robbed of approximately $30,000, the. company‘s mine payroll, by six bandits who held up a trolley car three milés from here today. El- mer Hill, who accompanied Fieni- ming and Evans as guard, was shot Dut not seriousty wounded. The bandits escaped in an automobile. The trolley car had stopped at a lonely spot when the men, each: AT LOS ANGELES ON GHARGE HERE Former Industrial Rela- tions Man Is Short Several Thousands _With the arrest of Hal P. Riney, formerly assistant in- dustrial relations director of the Midwest Refining com- pany, in Los Angeles yester- day evening on a charge of embezzlement, a story of the defexd ant’s involvement ere and of alleged criminal operations, whi have ex. tended over a period of a ar, came to light. Riney'’s arrest was effected at the instance of Shoriff Joe L. Marquis wo wired California authorities yes- terday morning to apprehend him. Sheriff Marquis holds a bench war- rant for Riney in which the latter ts charged with embezzlement of $1,565 from the estate of Peter Johansen. He is said to have waived extradition rights. Deputy Sheriff William Fla herty will leave tonight for Los Angeles. While the embezlement of the Johansen estate money is the specific charge, It is said that Riney ts short thousands of dollars in funds entrust. ed to his supervision from many sources, and it is reported that ac- cording to his own admission he ts short in his accounts between $4,000 and $5,000. Information wag filed against Riney in district court yesterday and a bench warrant for his apprehension sought and granted. ‘The warrant was signed by Judge C. O. Brown. Tho warrant alleges tat on or about March 1, 1922, Riney absconded with the money entrusted to him and has been a fugitive since that time. From the mass of eviience which is being gathered against Riney here it is evident that many pathetic sides will be developed in the case. In addition to the Jonansen estate, Riney served as administrator of tho estates of Thos. E. Lee, and Peter Mc- Coftum. All of these men dled or were killed while in the employ of the Midwest Refining company, and thelr affairs were entrusted to Riney be- cause of his connection with the in- @ustrial relations department. Other inyotyment of Riney’s affairs ts said to include shortage of funds collected in behalf“ of insurance com. panies, shortage in monies handled or loca] investment companies, up fortamate losses occasioned by trust plzeed in Riney and indebtedness other affairs said to total many hui- dreds of deliars. In the case which permftted filing & specific charge against Riney it is said that ‘he collected tmsurance of $2,000 for Peter Johansen, deposited the money to his personal account in a Denver bank instead of depositing the fund to his account as administra- otr at @ local bank and later spending all of the money except $435 for his own personal use. While it is not deftnftely establish- ed what losses will be suffered in the other éstates of wich he had charge. it is believed that the join estates of Thos. EF. Lee and Peter McCollum are several hundred dollars short. Discrepancies in accounts tn the Lee estate have already been partly check- ed and are said to be between $700 and $800 short. In addition the Lee estate owned a small house at the corner of First and St. Botoiph streets. Un- known to the court and without au- thority, Riney ts said to have sold this property for $1,300 over $900 of which has been paid to him. The purchased of the property it is believ- ed is without legal equity in the prop- erty and {s said to stand to lose ail of the money that has been paid in. fiome features of the case came to Nght over two months ago when Riney is said to have missed jail by @ narrow margin when his accounts became involved with insurance com- panies for which he was acting as agent and for local investment com- panies that had entrusted him with the collection of money. It is said that he case was quashed at the time due to the fact that par- ents of both Mr. and Mrs. Riney came to the assistance of Riney and supplied sufficien funds to tide him past the crisis. It is also understood hat the insurance company toek a sonal note from Riney for several undred dollars, thus closing its end of the affair. Riney left here February 25, statine secure enough money to cover his shortages from wealthy California relatives. Part of the money to qefray the expenses of the trip was provided by his wife who (Continued on Page Four) armed with a pistol, got aboard: ‘Two covered the motorman and the others opened fire on the party with the money. Seizing the bag, they jumped thto an automobile which had drawn up beside the trolley car. PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 11.— Four armed men today held up and robbed J. W. Bishop and R. BE. Ma- lone, paymasters for the Bernard Gloekler company at Penn Avenue and Twelfth street, and escaped witl: company payroll of $10,000,