Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 18, 1922, Page 1

TERROR REIGN IN BELFAST IS RESUMED Che Casper Daily Weather Forecast Generally fair tonight and Sunday. Colder tonight. Crihune |! | VOLUME Vi REBEL IS SHOT DEAD Gen. Felix Diaz, Mexican Who Kidnaped | American Mining Man, Killed in Sonora State, j CASPER, WYO., SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1922. CHIEF ¢ COAL FREIGHT IS REDUCED SALT LAE CITY, Utah, March 18. —Freight rates on coal from Wyo- | ming mines to Nevada points will be reduced April 22, as follows, Says Report EL PASO, Texas, March 18.—Gen. Felix Diaz, who was} to announcement made here by Union shot and killed near Hermosillo, Sonora, yesterday, was the | Pacific officials. revolutionist of Carranza days who in the early part of 1920| Between Montelts and Winnemucca kidnaped and killed an American mining man named G. A. Whiteford at Tepic and kidna: releasing the latter, according eclior of tho local Mexican consulate. Diaz was the leader of 8,000 revo-| Intionists in the state of Nayarit dur- About Feb- them to Tepic. He demanded $10,000 ransome for each of them, cutting off threo fingers from the right hand of ‘Whiteford as an example of what he/ might do to him should the ransom yemain unpaid. ‘The family of Whiteford, domin- ‘guce mid, was unable to pay the mon- ey and the American was killed. When tho De La Huerta-Obregon revolution succeeded, Diaz was still holding sway in Nayarit, Land bes stM a prisoner. Dominguez, secreary of the first army division, commanded by Angel Flores, headq.erters at Maz- alatan, acted as emissary from the di- ‘vision to Diaz's beadquarters when latter sent a message that he was . Dominguez and others at the con- sulate were unable to hazard a guess as to who killed Dias, Diaz was not the nephew of former president Portfiro Diaz of Mexico, who has a similar name, Domingucz said. pecans eu ee cos Found Chained To River Log MUSKOGEE, Okla. March 1 Chained to a log weighted with stone, the body of a man was found floating in the Arkansas river near Okay early today. Police and sheriff's forces have failed to identify the body, describ- ed as that of a man between 25 and 30 years old. His clothing was of excellent grade. A handkerchief bore the initial “B.” Belief was expressed that the man might have been chained alive to the log and cast adrift, as no evi- dence of blows or other wounds was found. $5.60 a ton compared with the present rate of 0 hf ped another named Otto Land, | present rene #08 tang 90a cea =. to Guillermo Dominguez, chan-| rate $7.12%. Roosevelt Relics Placed on Display NEW YORK, March i8.—A collection of guns, knives, chaps and cooking utensils—the original equipment used by Theodore Roosevelt during his cowboy days in the Dakotas— was placed on view here today by the Roosevelt Memorial as- sociation for the first time since the collection was assembled. The association received the collection recently from A. W. Erickson of New York, who ob jneia’s explanation of the hele. With tained them from A. W. Merrifiel@ of]tne chaps is an oid hat, sporting & Somers, Mont., one of Colonel Roose-|braided horsehair band made by one velt’s ranch partners in the early|o¢ the cowboys in Roosevelt's outfit. "80s. | ‘The smaller relics contained in the NUMBER 136. 'Several Men and Women Slain Today in Bombing and Sniping Horrors Re- newed After Quiet Passing of St. Pat- rick’s Day; Army Convention Is Barred BEDFAST, March 18—(By The Associated Press. Terrorists, who had remained under cover all of St. Patrick’s day, resumed their activities today. Shortly after the curfew hour a news vender was shot through the breast and a man BONUS ACT UP TO PRESIDENT Proposal for Passage in House Under Suspension of Rules to Be Submitted to Harding at Conference A” WASHINGTON, March 18.—Republican house leaders to confer with President Harding at the White House was shot and killed in Newtonards road. A bomb was thrown in Thompson street, the missile RIME INVESTIGATION BUBBLE BURSTS AGAIN Reported ‘Arrest of Taylor Case at M Murder Suspect in exicali Denied by Los Angeles Prosecutor LOS ANGELES, March 18. murder of William Desmond T: ruary 1, was relegated back to the list of unsolved slayings today when the district attorney’s ofiice exploded a false re- port of an arrest reported last night from Mexica California. Detectives returned here today empty, handed after interviewing © man in Mexicall, who proved to have no connection with the case, it was amnounced. ‘William ©. Doran, chief deputy in charge of the investigation, an- nounced that detectives had been sent to the Imperial Valley city to inter- view a man reported to be a Canadian soldier, who was said by & Santa Ana, Cal, farmer to have made threats to kill a Canadian captain in southern California. across the border, resulted in the send- ing out late yesterday of an errone- ous report by a Mexican individual that a secret arrest had been made. ‘The detectives took no persons In custody and returned here to report that the climes were based upon a mis- taken identity. ——— WILL OF SUICIDE FILED. LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 18.— ‘The will of Julian C. Cumberland, wealthy farmer and philanthrophist, A relic of the colone!’s first experi- ences in big game hunting, inclnded in the collection, is an old 40-60 cali- bre rifle, known to old frontiersmen asa “bear gun.” It is decorated with?) engravings of an elk, a bear and a Rocky Mountain sheep. “Bill” Sewall, visited the association while the relics were being. unpacked, recognized this old gun instantly. “That’s the gun he used when he shot his first bear,” he exclaimed. “It was a favorite with him, and was the one he used on a thief hunt, when he and I caught the three men who | stole his boat.” | Next to the olf rifle rested a queer looking weapon which Roosevelt had made to order to take on his first hunt for big game in the Big Horn moun- tains. It is a three barreiled com: bination shot gun and rifle and while old timerg shook their heads pnd questioned its usefullness, it proved to collection include a pocket compass: carried by the colonel during all his’ years in the west, a silver drinking cup made from the top of a whiskey flask, and 4 pair of nose glasses, |which, according to Merrifield, the colonel always carried with him in Roosevelt's old guide and partner, who|case of accidents, but left on the ranch when he went to New York. PACT AMENDMENT BASED ON SECRET DIPLOMACY URGED Extradition Of Broker Asked be an effective instrument in the col- onel’s hands. ‘The first patr of chaps worn by Roosevelt back in the days when he was hardly more than a “tenderfoot” compared with the ruddy adventurers who made up the “wild west" of that day, is also on view. They show hard usage and have a hole burned in one knee. “It was caused by us aleeping out one night without beddimg and he got} too close to the campfire.” was Merri- ~ CHEYENNE WINS DIVISION TITLE AT LARAMIE LARAMIE, Wyo., March 18— The Cheyenne high school baskefball five Yefeated Rawlins, 19 to 17, here this morning and won the championship of the lightweight division in the state Dasketball tournament. With three minutes to go in the last half and Rawlins leading, 17 to 10, Cheyenne made three field goals and one free throw in rapid succession and tied the score. Pierce of Cheyenne shot the field goal that gave victory. LIGHTWEIGHT — | Cheyenne will play Cowley, cham- pions of the heavyweight dtvision, to- night for tournament honors. eet INDICTED FOR FRAUD. NEW YORK, March 18.—The fed- eral grand jury returned two indict: ments yesterday . against eleven| men charged with conspiracy to de-| fraud the government of huge sums| Of California LANSING, Mich., March 18.—For- mal request for the extradition to De troit of Charles Jonesi, held in San Francisco, was forwarded by Gover- nor Groesbeck to the governor of Cali- fornia. ‘The request asserted that Jonesi seemingly was the head of the brokerage firm of L. J. Sinkula and company, which recently suspend- ed operations in Detroit, following in- vestigation of alleged violations of the state blue sky laws. Brother Of Premier Dead DENVER, Colo, March 18—Dr. D. MacDougal Khirg, brother of W. L. MacKenzie King, premier of Canada, die@ at his home here today following an extended finess. Dr. King was the suthor of several medical text books. by false returns on luxury taxes in the sale of furs. He had resided in Colorado for more than fifteen years. MODEL'S SUICIDE PROBED MYSTERY SEEN IN DEATH BOSTON, March 18.—The setting | for the suicide by benrpaoans oe Virginia Clark was a sul o lice inquiry today. The authorities had established, they said, that the young woman who, as a model a few years ago, was declared by sculptors to be almost perfect in form, ended her life while drinking with a group of friends in her a These friends included Bayard Wharton of Philadelphia, a student and athlete at Harvard college, and Otto Halder Larsen, of Christiania, Norway, student at Massachusetts institu of technology. te : Larsen has As Pauline Herrick, her engage- ment to James Davis, a Harvard student, was announced in 1913. But it was Lieut. Commander William ‘Thomas of the navy that she mar- ried. She was divorced from him a year ago. ‘Wharton sad Miss Clark invited her friends to the party of Wednes- day night. She had been melancholy since her divorce and in financial difficulties recently. ‘Wharton Said bottles, one-of which.she-said_ con- tained»perfume.- “The -other=she-did not describe. It was early Thursday morning as known decided without making a statement. Other members of the party who have been questioned by the police were Robert ‘Christie, described as a. western business man; Joseph Torey, of Worcester, and Miss Annie Cossk- Jey, aiso- of Worcester. Mled for probate here. The estate is ed at “more than $10,000,” and elded an income in —The mvstery drama of the ‘aylor, film director, here, Feb- Lower “Cold Light’ Is Invented By Scientist LOS ANGELES, Calif. March 18. —"Cold light™ was demonstrated here before a group of scientists by M. J. Ritterrath, Los Angeles tn- ‘ventor, who told his hearers his in- vention was the result of four years work. “Cold Tight" m aai@ to be pure white and so free of hent that highly explosive photographic fitm may be subjected to it for hours without burning, it is said. It ts declared the discovery will be of great value in tho projection of motion pictures. sere DEMO CHAIRMAN COMING WEST. SPOKANE, Wash., March 16.—Cor- éeN Hull, chairman of the Democratic national committee, will be the guest of honor at the annual Jefferson Day dinner ‘here April 13, {ft was an- fmounced here following receipt of a dispatch by local Democrats that Mr. excess of $3,500 a year, it was stated. The widow, Clara B. C.mberland, was named sole legates, but she said the six children wold share equally. Hull would be in Spokane on that day. It was stated that he will visit Denver, Salt Lake City and Montana cities en route here. ous Instrum power Pacific treaty to bind son, Democrat, Arkansas, in a setts, the Republican leader, put into the record without comment a state- ment by Rene Vivian! of the French arms conference delegation, cheracter- izing the treaty as standing “outside all alfiances.” Mr. Lodge said he de- sired to present this statement in view of the charges that Mr. Viviani re- garded the pact as an alliance. Senator Shields, Democrat, Tennes- seo, called attention to an address made tn Lee Angeles yesterday by Sir Auckland Geddes, the British ambas- sador, In which he was quoted as say- ing ttmt he treaty had removed a men- lace from the Far East. Senator Rob- inson said the press report made it even appear that Sir Auckland had in- dicated he believed the treaty “avert. ed” a. war that was “imminent” in the Pacific or the Orient. “Does the senator mean to-say,” ask~ ed Senator Jotmson, Republican, Calt fornia, “that the British ambassador now is engaged in making addressea ‘or-this treaty?” Senator Robinson replied thet he i alfiance, which is abrogated by the treaty, was not a menace to the ‘United States. An agreement of 1911, they said, exempted this nation from its operation. Senator Windexter, Repubilcan, ‘Washington, said Senator Reed, Demo. crat, Missouri, one of the most vigor- ous opponents of the treaty, had de. clared the AngioJapanese alliance was ‘& menace. a ee PHYSICIAN IMPROVES. | CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 18.—The condition of Dr. F. L. Beck, throat specialist, who last Sunday submitted to amputation of an infected leg, con tinnestto«show. improvement. | to-an-officiat statement, Senator Robinson of Arkansas Argues Against Pacific Treaty as “Danger- ent” to U.S. WASHINGTON, March 18.—Amendment of the four- the signatories against secret diplomacy was urged in the senate today by Senator Robin- speech attacking the pact as a | dangerous instrument if accepted as it is. In the course of the debate, Senator Lodge, Massachu- WEST VIRGINIA | TO BE FINISHED ‘WASHINGTON, March 18. — Secre-| tary Denby has ordered work on! completion of the battleship West Virginia, bufiding in the yards of the| ‘Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company, resumed, the vessel having been selected for completion instead of the battleship Washington under the terms of the naval limita- tion treaty. | Sid STOLEN BONDS | ARE RETURNED COUNCLL BLUFFS, Iowa, March 18.—Eight thousand dollars worth of| bonds and securities stolen from a Des Moines bank in June, 1921, were re- | Covered here late yesterday by H. V. Yackey, state agerit. No arrests have been made. Mr. Yackey refused to di- pal a ARREST MADE FOR STRIKE JOHANNESBURG, Union of South| Africa, March 18.—(By The Associated | Press}—Joe Thompson, president of| the augmented executive board of the! South African Industrial Foundation, | has been arrested in connection with the mine strike. The rebel leaders, Fisher and Spend-| iff, who were found dead in Trades wounding several persons, A girt who was wounded by the bomb died after being taken to the hospital. Newtonards road was in a turmatl unt after the breakfast hour. Two men dashed into Thompson street in the Sinn Fein district and threw a bomb through an upstairs Window of a small dwelling where an elderly woman, Rose McGreevy, and her niece, Mary Mullan, were sleep- ing. Petdestrians who forced an en trance found Mrs. McGreevy serious- ly wounded and her niece mortally hurt. Miss Mullan dled shortly afterward. Barly this morning the bedy of a man was found in Claremont lane. BELFAST, March 18.—(By The As- sociated Press})—The Ulster hom of. fice in tHe last 48 hours has sup- Pressed five local bodies in the six county area, all having Sinn Fein majorities regarded by the northern government as recalcitrant. Commis. stoners have been appointed to dis. charge their duties. The bodies sup- Pressed were: The Gagherafelt, County Derry, guardians. The Rural cquncils of Cookstown, county Tyrone; Down Patrick, coun- ty Downs; Lisnaskea, county Ferm. anagh, The city councf of Armagh. DUBLIN, March 18. —(By The As- sociated Press)—Approval ts voiced generally in Dublin over the note which Arthur Griffith, President of the Dail Eireann sent to the ministry of defense yesterday in which he for- bade holding the Republican army convention set for March 26. The intention has been evident of submitting at the convention a reso- lution proposing the formation of an executive of the army and the pro. visional government officials regard this as a deliberate attempt to estab- Ush a miMitary government. ‘The action of Mr. Griffith ts looked upon as having agair precipitated the issue set aside temporarily for the re- cent settlement of the army trouble at Limerick; by some ft fs even con- sidered that he has challenged a def- inite decision. Jobn Mactntee, addressing the anti- treaty meeting at Harold's Cross, de- clared that the Irish Republican army convention would be held despite Mr. Griffith’s prohibition. DUBLIN, March, 18.—(By The As- (Continued on Page Four) Shop U nion Head | Continues Plea | In Wage Dispute CHICAGO, March 18. conferences between shop employes railroad labor board by B. M. Jewell president of the skop unions, in continuing his testimony that rail- roads now seeking wage reductions had not complied with the terms of tha transportation act tn preliminary ne- gotiations. He declared the sole ob- ject of calling the conferences was to Present a fixed wage reduction, which the men were expected to reject, and which the roads then brought to the Records of ference ea ex ton ‘w night regarding procedure in handling the com- prot bonus bill. They are hopeful that he will approve their for passage of the measure under suspension of the rules. Several ye leaders were tn con- % day with Speaker Gil- St and | % cements ‘were mada for him to } ~&, najarity members of the ways an * ans committes and other Republi % late today to dis cuss the quest * procedure. Mr. Gillett said he 1 net arrive at a decision toda Representative Lineberger of Call fornia, a former service man, who holds a petition carrying a sufficient number of signatures to insure a call for a party conference nouxt Tuesday evening, called on both Mr. Gillett Representative Mondell of Wyoming, the Republica: house leader. He would not discuss his conferences but it was understood that he had urged the calling together of house Repub Ncans to thresh out the whole bonus question. Leaders do not look with favor on a plan for a party conference until they have talked with the presi dent. After his conference with the house leaders Speaker Gillett announced that he would not make up his mind until Monday aa te. whether he would per-| mit the bonus b!l to come up under a suspension of the rules. Representative Mondell said the question of the bonus had been dis cussed in all of its phases but that no definite conclusion had been reach- ed or any definite arrangement made. He added that he hoped to see the| president tomorrow evening with such other house members as they might desire to consult witn. LARAMIE MAN WOUNDS WIFE, MAY NOT LIVE an¢ BUILOING LAN HOLD UP WORK INGITY, CLAIM Realtors Seek Correction of Provisions of Ordinances Which Add Big Cost to Homes, Holding that the city buflding code. enacted into a law d ministration was detr ing activity of any real estate boa to organtxe sentiment to h statute repealed. Consistent with this plan the Real tars appointed a committee of three members to work with committees of other organization to shape sentiment against the sections of the bill which are said to have fully nated plans for wholesale co! of business and resider ing the coming year. The stringent requirements of many sections of the ordinance, it is claimed would impose building coasts which could not be met and that as a result of the necessary overhead that proper. ty owners here were passing up build- ing plans that they had made. The success of the committee ap- pointed and the co-operation it receives from other organizations will be mead: known to the realtors at the weekly meeting I. Decker, a representattys of the Fidelity Building and Loan association 7 last ad nental to build- . the termi struction © property dur ne: LAMAMIE, Wyo., March 18.—Al- bert O. Clark, formeriy member of the Laramie police force, surrendered to~ day and toid the police he had shot of Salt Lake addressed the realtors dwuiling chiefly on the spirit of co Joperation and helpfulness which exist Jed in the organization and of the fine impression that Casper had made on Mr. Jewell will continue his case on, Monday, the board having other hear-| ings scheduled for tomorrow. | Sia ee PROJECT INSPECTED. HELENA, Mont., March 15.—State| Irrigation Buck left here yeste-day for a final in- spection of the Red Lodgv-Rosebud project preparatory to submitting the! matter finally to the state commis-| sion for its approval. The project| contains. 11,116 acres and will cost approximately $285,750. The average cost per acre, it is said, will be $25.71. DETROIT, March 18.—John Duval j Dodge, who possesses a million and a half in his own right was as- signed to real work in the house of correction today with others who are serving short term sentences. He shoveled coal. | ‘The young millionaire, who is serv- ing five days for speeding, took the | menial work with good gmce. One of his fellow prisoners, apparently in facetious mood, told him if he pre i haN at Fordsburg, after the bombard-| ferred to “‘sit around” all that was ment of the city by government! necessary was a refmsal to work, | forces, committed suicide, .according| which would lead to confinement i in (he.prison dungeon. 2 mE OM : : PUT AT LABOR IN PRISON vulge details of the finding of the| loot. and dangerously wounded his wife fol-| him during the few days of his visit. lowing a St. Patrick's party in their) He paid tribute to the S Ben home here Jast night. Mrs. Clark was) Realty company for the booster cam hurried to a hospital, where it was/paign that firm has launched here said she had Small ‘chance for recov |exclusively through the advertising ery. One bullet pierced her right/columns of The Casper Tribune, and lung, while another lodged tn her neck./ said that he learned more about Cus No reason for the shooting was given.|per from the ful! page advertisement ALS {printed by the Seo Ben company in |The Tribune Thursday than from any | other source. | Soldier Caught By Balloon Is The matter of providing a title in surance company for Casper to guar antee abstracts was taken up and | thoroughly discussed. Tho sentiment a |expressed was that per was not Killed In Leap ready and did not require such pro |tection at this tim — ARBUCKLE JURY PARIS, March 18.—Two soldiers, helping to hold a balloon to the ground during maneuvers yesterday at the Angers flying fleld, were carried aloft when the bag was freed by the break-| ing of one of the ropes. | = One of the men let go when about 120 feet in the air and died of his in- juries. The other succeeded in se- curing the rope about him and was carried some distance at a high alti- tude. The bag finally came down within a reasonable distance of some bushes and the soldier jumped, land- ing unhurt. RA NCISCO, juror, trial of March 18.—One was selected to- C. (Fatty) on a man- an LOS ANGELES, March 18—The jury, interchange yesterday when the jury in the trial of Mrs. Madalynne Con-| returned to hear s« {dence read, nor Obenchain, charged with the mur-| (aor 2 the Lie oo that ry had agreed to ¢ der of J. Belton Kennedy, local| just aw ai broker, here last August, filed into 72 hours of deliberation us the jury room at 9 o'clock to resume] quired before disagreement deliberations, accepted by n Twenty-four hours after the case|charge. M in was report had been given into their hands, the|ed to have y that she was nine men and three women were| still confi but was taken to lunch today and prepared to| sorry took so tong resume deliberations at 2 o'clock. about it Persons who had followed the con-| Corridor gossip gave a jury division duct of the jurors during their brief/of nine to three, with the nine re appearances, and who had heard their’ ported to be for conv AIRE ON SHOVEL Dodge merety shook his head and pushed his shovel into the fuel pile. Dodge last night ate the prison supper of noodle sotip, apple sauce, bread and black coffee and spent his | second night in jail on one of the cots In a corridor, provided for short | term prisoners. would keep him outside” the gteater part of the day. The spirit in which he accepted his nent was shown at breakfa: morning. The repast consisted of pork saus. age, brown gravy Dodge's duties today consisted of end Mon: shoveling coal into a hand cart at | da n and the following morn- the supply pile and wheeling the | ing he is duléd to appear in cart to the furnace rooms where he | Kalamazoo wer charges grow- dumps it within reach of the stok- | ing ou a pats f° there leat Su: He expressed himself as satisfied Up to noon 3 with his assignme “it | (Continued on Page Four)