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

PARTY LEADERS JOIN RECOGNITION DEMAND mie Casper Daily ee oti GRASH ON AD = HOME OPENING Weather Forecast Unsettied tonight and Saturday; Probably rain or snow in east and rerth portion. Colder Saturday, and | WASHINGTON, March 17.—Declaration that the United States should insist upon payment of its bills of $241,000,000 -re made in the NEAR CHEYENNE Brown Hotel Cigar Gil of Denver Killed When Tire Bursts and Auto Overtums on Highway CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 17.—Miss Mary Gresdal, 30, employed at the cigar coun- ter at the Brown Palace hotel in Denver, was killed, and Sam Wilson, Denver realtor, and Mrs. G. Betts, also of Denver, were injured, at 3™5 o'clock Thurs- day afternoon when a Cadillac touring car overturned at the Lazy D ranch, on the Denver-Cheyenne road, 14 miles south of Cheyenne. The acci- dent was caused by the bursting of a rear tire while the party were return- ing to Denver after a visit to this city. Wilson and Mrs, Betts, neither of whom were seriously hurt, were brought to Cheyenne and@’are at the Plains hotel. Miss Gresdal’s body was taken to Greeley by the coroner of Weld county, Colorado. Wilson had land business tn Chey- enne yesterday and invited Miss Gresdal and Mrs. Betts to ride with him to this city in his car. They ar- rived here at 11 o'clock and began the return trip to Denver shortly aft- er 3 o'clock. Miss Gresdal was driv- ing, Wilson sat beside her and Mrs. Betts occupied the rear seat of the car. The machine was rolling along smoothly at about 26 miles an hour when, just as it passed the Metcalf farm, a. short. distance this side of the Lazy D, the rear right tire ex- ploded, Miss Gresdal lost control, the machine careened for 25 or 50 yards and overturned, pinning all three oc cupants beneath it. Wilson, suffering excrutiatingly from the crushing weight of the car on his chest, managed to wriggle him- self free, and at about the same mo- (ment Mrs, Betts liberated herself by’ tearing away the side cuftains. Miss Gresdal, pinned down by the steering wheel, was feebly. Wilson and Mrs, Betts made frantic efforts to extricate her but could not drag ‘While Wilson continued his efforts Mrs. Betts staggered back to the M-t- calf place, where she obtained the as- sistance of two men and a woman, who hurried with her to the scene of the upset. They found Wilson slow- ly lifting the car with a jack, which he had managed to get from the tool compartment of the machine, and just as they arrived he dragged her free. She was unconscious and died a few minutes later as’ she.lay beside the road. Mrs. Betts returned to the Metcalf place and telephoned io the sheriff's it, west and south portions tonigh: VOLUME VI CASPER, WYO., Crthune FRIDAY, 17, 1922. - CTY EDITION NUMBER 135. for keeping American soldiers in Germany, _ jsenate by both party leaders—Senators La= ise®&%s and Underwood—and Idaho. ORANGEMEN WILL NATIVES DEAD IN IGNORE BOUND YOUNG DODGE IS SENTENCED TOFOUR DAYS DETROIT, Mich., fight to obtain release of John Duval Dodge, young Detroit millionaire from the Detroit house of correction, where he was sent yesterday for a fiveday term by Judge Charles L. Bartlett on a speeding charge was begun by his counsel this morning. As young Dodge was being classified this morning for his term in the workhouse, writ of habeas corpus was served this morning upon the superintendent of the institution, re- turnable thik forenoon. Dodge spent his first night of tm- prisonment on a cot ‘in the jail cc: ridor, having summoned a physician who declared he was suffering from a fever, induced by nervousness and excitement. This morning he was assigned to work with other prisoners. ‘Three “jobs were held out as possibilities, washing dishes, “working on the coal pile or taking care of the pris- on furnace: The writ of habeas came corpus as the “job” was about to be select- ed. U.S. TO KEEP ITS HANDS OFF policy toward wage controversies in the anthracite and bituminous coal i: of “hands off,” it was said by Se tary of Labor Davis. BANK BOOKS TO BE EXAMINED March 17.—A INWAGE FIGHT NEW YORK, March 17.—(By The Associated Press)—The government's dustries is and will continue to be that my IN SMALL CASE office here. Sheriff Géorge Carroll) patie and @ party, accompanied by Dr.| Lacey, immediately started for the scene of the accident and arrived there about an hour after the car overturned. ‘They found Miss Gres- dal's body still beside the road, with|bank and the Curtis Trust company, ‘Wilson, who was suffering keenly| both of Grant Park, IIL, produced in from his injuries, and Mrs. Betts,|court here next Tuesday for exam- ‘also in sharp physical distress from|ination by accountants for the state of the Grant Park Trust and Savings War Threatened tol Hold Territory for Ulster BELFAST, March 17.— (By The Associated Press. )— Not an inch of Ulster territory will be yielded to southern Ireland, speakers at the Kil- keel Orange meeting last evening declared. Harry Mulholland, member of the Ulster parliament, son of Lord Dun- leath, told the meeting the Orangemen had decided to have nothing to do with the boundary commission established by the Anglo-Irish treaty. “Before we yield an inch of our ter- ritory to the rebels they will have to kill twenty or thirty thousand Orange- men in the colonies wifi flock to Ul- ster’s aid.” Lady Craig, wife of the Ulster pre- mier, also spoke, saying the premier’s recent tour had resulted in a deter- mination on his part never to allow an inch of territory “to be filched from Ulster.” Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, who t» formulating plans for maintaining order in Ulster, arrived in Belfast today from England. He will leave fdr a tour of the border after consulting Home Secretary Bates. The men sentenced recently at En- nis Killen to long terms of penal sur- vitude in connection with the kidnap- ing raid have begun a hunger strike in the Londonderry fail. In Balfast the Sinn Fein prisoners, as a protest against confinement, are refusing to exercise, ,. COURT FIGHT FOR HUSBAND BROT TO END CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 17.— The fight here of two women for their “mutual” husband ended when Com- mon Pleae Judge Manuel Levine ruled that Russell McFarland, Washington writer, is legally married to Bessio Lusch McFarland, his second wife, and legally divorced from Rose Tura Mc- Farland, his first. SLAYER HANGED AT WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, March 17.—John LIQUOR COURT FOR CHICAGO IS PROJECTED CHICAGO, March 17.—A special li- quor court for the trial of thou- sands of cases that now are clutter- ing the dockets of federal and state courts was being planned today by States Attorney Robert BE. Crowe. This action followed the request of |, local federal officials yesterday that the state take jurisdiction in some 3,000 cases pending in federal cours The request for the transfer of the cases was made by United States District Attorney Charies F. Cline and -it was believed here that the move was part of a nation-wide plan. United States Attorney Gen- eral Daugherty has recently mde it Rioting Results in| Heavy Casualties at Nairobi LONDON, March 17.—(By The Associated Press. Twenty natives were killed and thirty wounded at Nai- robi, British East Africa, yes- terday in fighting which fol- \wed demonstrations over the arrest ot the Indian ugitator ‘Thukhu, says| a Central News dispatch. ‘Thukuhu was arrested Wednestay and trouble immediately followed. About 1,000 natives armed with sticks| asnembled before the police station and demanded his release, but wero! @ispersed by police forces who used jtheir bayonets. Early yesterday a strike of house boys and other native workers was clear that he wanted state céurts to handle their share of liquor prose- cutions and that there was no inten- tion that all such cases be under announce and further disturbances occurred. Tho efforts of armed po- Tice to clear the streets failed. ‘When the situation became menac- Mrs. Sarah Bancroft, aunt of Pres dent Harcing died at the home of her ARY| AFRICAN REVOLI | —_—<— — —__ REVENUE MEN IN GUN FIGHT, SHIP SEIZED NEW YORK, March }7.—Wifteen special revenue agents today arrest- ed 24 men after a pistol battle aboard a two-masted schooner, said to have been loaded with contra- band liquor, in the East river at tho foot of Tiffany street, the Bronx. More than 30 shots were exchang- ed. The schooner, whose cargo of liquor was said to be worth nearly half a million doMars, was seized to- gether with two automobiles and a large moving van, which the author- ities said were to have been used tn transporting the contraband. spit ke AUNT OF ARDING STEVENS POINT, Wis., DEAD. March 17. Mr. Underwood urged appointmen2 of Massachu- » Republican, an American Senator Ba= Tepresentative o- » allied reparations commission. A Both S-aatori= dge and Under- wood charged th’ les with attempt- ing “by a technic& _s~ to oppose my- ment of the bill for the American troops, while Senator Borah said the allies’ attitude w.s “entirely unwar- ranted.” Senator Underwood maserted the Re publicans were responsible for not baving a member on the reparations commission. This, the Democratic leader asserted, was the only way in which the occupation cltim could be collected. Senators Lodge and Poin- dexter, Republican, Washington, de/ nied this contention, declaring that the obligation to pay for the American soldiers rested upon the armistice agreement nd not upon either the treaty of Berlin or that of Versailies. Senator Borah, brought up the ques. tion today In the senate Ho called attention to reports that Premier Poincare of France had declared that America has no legal right to collect for the keep of American troops in Germany. “Our ar Wag left in"Europe sup- posedly te benefit of the allies,” said Senat - orah. “Certminly it was not for the vonefit of the American people directly. It now appears that our army {s no longer needed in Europe. It soems to me the attitude of the alltes is entirely unwarranted and warrants us bringing home all of our soldiers.” Senator Underwood said he coneur- red in af Senator Borah had said. “I can see no reason,” said the Democratic leader, “why a single Am-| erican soldier shouRl.remain on the| Rhine.” The American troops were ITH BIG FETE - Officers’ Installation and Initiation to Be Held Tonight in New Home on South Center The spacious auditorium of the new Elks’ home on South Center street ll be the 2 of initial ceremonies to- * when initiation of a large cla: tion of offi- cers, a busin followed by entertainment 1a midnight dinner will come off in rapid sacces. sion. Tonight's fete wil be that the new $200,000 E been used for lodge pu the entire structure ts the first time * home has While com- Pletely finished were concentrated ear tion of the auditorium tn order that It could be d tonigh Arrangements have been mado to accommodate the ever attended a r r meeting of the lodge. All members of the local lodge and visiting F are invited to be on hand for tho ivities tonight. uliding ts being 1 in Elks’ colors inal arrangements are being made to perfect the lighting and other necessities s0 that everything will be shipshape for tonight's event. The Columbia theater under the direction of have been impressed into service to largest crowd that and federal jurisdiction. (Continued on Page 4) OPERATORS R CONFERENCE Refuse to Meet Miners to Discuss Com promise on New Wage Agreement, Labor Secretary Announces central competitive bituminous field had refused positively to accept his propesals for a conference with the United Mine Workers to consider a new working agreement to replace that expiring March 31. Bar Silver Is The onty exception to the general refusal of the operators, the secretary operators. The Indiana coal operators association, he added, had tentatively agreed to the joint conference propo- sals but later had withdrawn its de- cision. Unearthed On ~ 7 NEW YORK, March 17.—Anthra Niagara F arm cite op:erators today notified mine WASHINGTON, March 17.—Secretary of Labor Davis to-| day gave out a statement saying that coal operators of the) said was demonstrated by tha Illinois) BUFFALO, March 17—The police and sheriff's office today were trying to solve the problem of how bar silver worth between $3,500 and $4,000 came to be buried on the farm of Lewis Salmon, on the east bank of the Niagara river near Lasalle. Salmon called on a Buffalo jeweler workers that a deflation in the cost of production was imperative and that readjustment of wage rates was the first necessary step in reducing the ‘cost to the consumer and insuring con- tinued stability of the industry. Replying to the nineteen demands made by the miners at a conference Wednesday, the operators continued: “It is obvious then that prosperity A. F. Barrows here. grandson, EJECT PLANS | St. Patrick’s “invited™ by the alles’ to remain in Germany, Mr. Underwood declared and the American claim for their main- Provide part of the program tonight. \FL_F. Comfort, chairman of the Elks* Day Observed In New York 2W YORK, March 17.—The big- | gest St. Patrick’s day celebration in the city’s history was arranged for today. The feature of the program was a parade up Fifth avenue this afternoon with a review at the Met- ropolitan museum of art by Arch- | bishop Hays, Mayor Hylan and other | officials. Thirty divisions were arranged, in- | | cluding Ancient Order of Hibern- | | jans, Clan-Na-Gael, Friends of Irish | | Freedom, Irish county organiza- tions, wortd and Spanish war -yet- j | erans. Organization of the Irish music foundation, a non-sectarian, a non- political body htat aims to foster the ancient folk songs and music of Ire- land, was announced today. soo Fan ee Wound Fatal to tenance was a “just and proper” one.|¢tertainment committee refuses to t , there will be plentyof action an said Mr. Underwood. “the American|tor all tho best. penple aoe fovernment is entitled to stand on the| o same basis and receive Germany | FES aa I regret very much that the allies are CASPER DOWN attempting to stand on a technicality) in cpposing payment.” | an troubles were largely political and economic and suggested that América} would become involved ir them by! Senator Lodge declared the #241,- 4 ee 000,000 bill had “nothing to do with} _ the reparations commission” and that LARAMIE, Wyo., March 17—Cas. other body had the management of apart morning in the state basket claim, which he said, rested on the ar- Surnamant 18, to. 11, etter Glen elie aaa |rock had reached the last eight minutes make othe: nounc i “In right, justice and fair play,” t be yet en a ee from Germany| its proportionate pay for the soldiers.| Senator Poindexter, Repubtican,| Washington, interjected that Eurnpe-} joining the reparation commission. | neither the supreme council nor any|Per hish school defeated Glenrock jot play with a comfortable lead. The argument momentarity was|Teater howev turned into another channel when auced the lead to pep, Fe pa aohs Senator Robinson, Democrat, Arkan-| 2 a 10 bat reported to have been made at Naples, Ttaly, by former Governor Frank ©,|Point lead. Lester added another potnt 0 1a free throw. Lowden, of Iilinols, to the effect tnat|° > * Worland high kept out tn front gn the heavyweight class this mornhig By there were indications the American government made two grave mistakes | by declining to Become a member of Pvercoming a five-point lead in the the League of Nations and by refusing |!™ So TORTURE DEBS Cowley defeated Sheridan, 22 to 3, a place in the Genoa economic con- csetos and Cheyenne defeated Rawlins, 11 to }10 this morning “If the gentienian from Iinots is correctly quoted,” said Senate: Borah, | \“I am satisfied of one thing, at least, / |and that 1s that the Republican con- vention at Chicago did not, make a mis. |take when it declined to nominate him| for president.” | Senator Borah asserted that no reso-} lution by congress was needed to give} the United States representation on Glenrock and Buffalo were elimin ated by today’s defeats. tial Bees aE MORE WORK IN NATION. WASHINGTON, March 17.—Re- ports from widely separated states from Michigan to Texas and from New, York to Kansas show qn im- provement in the employment situa- (Continued on rage Four) in the trial of Gov, Len Small. TWO KILLED AS TRAINS COLLIDE BUTTE, Mont., March 17.—Enst- neer H. F. Caldwell of Livingston on train 220 and an unidentified man said to have been beating his way on 220 were killed this morn- ing when Northern Pacific trains No. 1 and 220 collied at Welsh, 16 miles from Butte. Some passengers were slightly bruised. There were no other serious injuries, according to latest reports. A relief train with the dead and injured is now on the way to Butte from the scene of the accident, Among the passengers the only one injured seriously is Merle ‘Thorpe of Washington, D. C., edi- tor of National Business. He is re- ported to have suffered abdominal injuries but the extent of these cannot be learned. His condition is not critical and later examination, it was said, may disclose that he is not very seriously hurt, McHenry, 24 years of age, was hanged today for the murder of a ‘Washing- city detective and automobile dealer. : Efforts to obtain a commutation to life imprisonment for the youth were continued up to the last but failed, President Harding having refused to intervene, An attempt to prevent the hanging today was made by the local branch of the Sons of Irish Freedom, whose officers said the taking of Mo Henry’s life today would amount to a desecration of the feast day of Ire land’s patriotism. Hep Se MRS. HEPBURN DEAD. OXFORD, Engiand, March 17.— Mrs. Henrietta Hepburn, 83, widow of A. D. Hepburn, former president of Miami university, died today. was the daughter of William Holmes MocGuffey, author of the McGuffey readers. FORD TO MAKE WAR UPON WALL STREET Will Strive to Keep lis Hands Off Muscle Shoals, Auto Maker Declares in Statement of Program DETROIT, Mich., March 17.—Declaring that “if it’s the last thing I do in this world I'll exert every resource and in- fluence at my command to keep the hands of Wall Street off Muscle Shoals,” Henry Ford today broke his silence main- tained during the last two months with regard to his offer to lease and operate the government water power project in Alabama, pecquse of his uilence, the people of ‘Mr, Ford made the statement to the meteors gees pare ig roaee: Fi en intima.) w! er interest in the “Tell these people of the south,” Mr. Ford said, “that Wall street will have no part either in financing or operating Muscle Shoals if I can help it, If its the last thing I do I'll exert every resource and influence at my command to keep the hands of Wall street off the shoals project and per-| petuate it ms a great example to the ‘American people—a living example of what they can do if they will safe- guard the country’s water power and develop it.” “In Muscle Shoals les the freedom of American industry,” Mr. Ford con- tinued. “During the war the coun- try turned its every resource to help freo the world from militarism—a militarism fostered by an internation- (Continued*on Page Four) She! LONDON, March 17—(By The As- yesterday with a sample of the metal which he had turned up with a spade. Learning that it wag real bullion, Salmon reported his find to the police and accompanied by an officer returned to the farm. They dug up forty-four bars, each six inches long, three inches wide and half an inch thick. The soil showed no sign that the bullion had been recently buried. BRITISH AIR FORCES CUT and steady work anthracite coal can be reduced to figure which the consumer can p OPERA SINGER WINS $13,000 NEW YORK, March 17.—Damiges of $13,000 were awarded by a supreme coyrt jury in Brooklyn today to Mrs. Alma Webster Powell, former opera singer and pianist, in her suit against the New York Central raftroad for in- juries received in a raflroad accident July 2, 1920. Her husband, A. Judson Powell, was awarded $2,000 for medical expenses and for loss of her services. Mrs. Powell claimed that the injuries had ruined her career. MAN WANTED BY COUNTY [5 FOUND IN GITY JAIL CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 17— While agents of the sheriff's office sociated Press)—Drastic reductions for ‘the estimates for the air forces for the coming year were announced today. ‘Tho estimates provide 9,935,500 pounds sterling for normal services and 959,- 500 pounds sterling for wer liabilities. Liquor Defense Rests On Briefs in the anthracite ficlds must cease unless the p-ice of! WASHINGTON, March 17—When tho appeal of J. N. McBride against the state of Idaho, involving his con- viction under the laws of that state n 1917, for the possession of intoxi- cating liquor was reached in the su- Preme court today for oral argument, the court was advised that counsel for McBride did not wish to be heard, | but was willing to submit the case on the briefs filed. Under the circum-| stances, counsel for the state pre-| sented no oral argument. | here and a detail from Fort Russell were searching Friday for Private Mitchell Sena, U. S. A. who was sought on a charge of stealing an over- teat, Sena was only a few foct from the county jafl—safely locked up in the city jail on a charge of having created a disturbance in a dance hail. When he was ‘identified as the man the sheriff's office sought he was turned out by the city and taken Into custody by the county, merely moving from one floor of the dounty-city buflding te another floor. McBride. iy his appeal contended that the Idaho law enacted in 1915/ before national prohibition, was un-| constitutional in prohibiting the “‘pos-| session” of intoxicating liquor. =< BOSTON CELEBRATES. BOSTON, Maren 17.—The 146th an: April 1, | Shooting Victim, | ' M Probed| ystery Probe | ATHENS, Ga., March 17.—D. A.| Derrington, aged 21, of Pittsburgh | Pa., was in a local hospital today prob- ably fatally wounded ‘us a result of al mysterious shooting affray near Hull, Ga, last night, which terminated in an automobile trip from Athens. James McAllister, of El Paso, Texas, | and a negro, are said by the authori-| tles to have left Athens with Der- rington. . Bebe So 2S 2 ia WYOMING MINERS TALK NEW WAGE CONTRACTS | CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 17—Rep-| resentatives of the coal mine oper- ators of Wyoming and of District 22,| United Mine Workers of America, Fri-) day began the biennial waxo scale| conference at Labor Hall, in this city. The conference is to discuss and, if possible agree to a new contract, ef-| fective for two years and to date from) next. according to Col. Arthur Woods, man of the e! ency commit- dent's conference on tho reparations commission “because | tion, we are @ member now.” | chs Senator Underwood insistel how-|tee of the pre (Continued on Page Four) | unemployment. FEBRUARY FOOD COST SLIGHTLY LOWER IN U. S. Total Reductions for Last Year Amount to Eleven Per Cent in Prices Paid by the Consumers WASHINGTON, March 17.—Retail food costs for the av- erage family in the United States during February were 0.3 per cent less than during January, according to compila- tions made by the United States department of labor today. This decrease, combined with others that have occurred since February 15, 1921, made the total reductions for a year average 11 per cent. Of 37 articlea of food entering into | mo average diet reduction ranged from niversary of the evacuation of this| port by British forces was cel today. NEW YORK OIL AND GAS OFFICES TO CLOSE FOR CURTIS TRIBUTE Offices of the New York Oil com- pan Casper the gas department and the Gas App! will be closed all tribute to the 1 tis, company, in orrow G. Cur: nd the gas ap se funeral Jamestown, N. Y., tomorrow after- noon. The hour of the funeral has not been announced here, Many messages of condolence have been wired from Casper since the news of received, and his st an occasion of keen sorrow. regret and 28 per cont during the year on grana- lated sugar down to two per cent on canned peas. Increases were found to have been mado in the prices of other articles included in the ral diet amounting to as much as per cent for onions and one per ent for fresh eggs. Whilesale prices during February. however, showed a tendency to in- crease and the weighted index number which the department prepared to in- dicate the gener: price level was placed at 151, = of two per cent ever levels in February. This re- ited from a rapid advance in.cotton, heat and cattle which occurred dur the fore part of the month. Sinse February a year mates, wholesale p 9% per cent, 50, the bureau esti ces have declined