Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 29, 1922, Page 1

Weather Forecast change in temperature. VOLUME VI INDICTMENTS DROPPED Caz unset- tled tonight end Thursday; net much per Datly == Crthame | = | CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1922. RICKARD IS FREED BY JURY, THREE SIMILAR Sports Promoter Will Not Be Called On to Answer the Other Charges, Prosecutor I ndicates, but Final Decision Is served; Crowd Applauds Jury Verdict NEW YORK, March 29. quitted of charges of assault will not be called on to answer to three simi him by the grand jury. This was indicated b ney, who conducted the trial of age. After the fury had reported its finding to the court, Mr. Pecora said to comider them yet, as I have con- cantrated on this,one case. Out of the one tried one charging ab- are predicated mame set of allega- jury's decision worth while to submit I the abduction indictment.” statement followed a declara- tion by Max D. Steuer, attorney for who said the assistant dis trict attorney had resrricd the case | the Schoenfeld case failed. Seldom ins there been sucha dem- enstration in the court house as that staged when the jury brought in its Rickard. Hundreds lingered about the building, thinking the jury would not delib- erate long before reaching an agreo- ment. Whon tho first syflable of the verdict fell from the jury’s egg | i throng waiting in tho street outside. Rickard was almost overwhelmed by way through called his apartment and Mrs. Rickard of his acquittal BIG LOCKOUT IS AUTHORIZED LONDON, March 29.—(By The As- sociated Press)—The Engineering Employers’ foundation today posted notices locking out the members of 41 unions in addition to the Amalga- mated Engineers’ union. The lock: out fe to take effect in one week and will affect 600,000 additional men. ‘The grand total of the workers af- fected is 850,000. ‘The engineering union this morning decided to ask the mediators to endeav- or to resumo informal negotiations employers. bi Gonnection with the ship yard strike, all the workers { nthe Teeside Middleshorough yards went out today. Simflar conditions prevail in the yards at Barrow, on the Tyne at Jarrow, and at Sunderland. Pioneer Indian Fighter Dead WALLACE, Iaiaho, March 29 — George Turner, 70 years old, a west- orn pioneer and Indian fighter, ts dead here, He was woundet at the battle of. Wounded Knee and was in Colonel Perry’s command at the time of the battle of the Little Big Horn. He is said to have been fireman on the first locomotive on the Union Pa- cific railroad to enter Cheyenne, Wyo. He was born at Dethigh, Iowa, and had resided In the Coeur d'Alene since 1889. —George L. and abduction i (Tex) Rickard, sports promoter, who was ac- n supreme court here early today, probably lar indictments that have been found against Ferdinand Pecora, assistant district attor- of Rickard on accusations made by Sarah Schoenfeld, 16 years DEPORTATION OF ALIEN LIQUOR VIOLATORS IS URGED BY DRYS WASHINGTON, March 29.—Depor- fair to state that in|tation of aliens who persistently vio- would| late the Volstead and narcotic laws was urged today by the prohibition it facts to another jury on| enforcement department as a means of breaking up the business of the Mictt drug dealer and bootlegger. J. P. Jones, axsistant prohibition immi- gration committee that a large per- 4 and had promise’ not to try|centage of those convicted in drug ‘other indictments if|%md liquor cases were aliens who saree Se came “from countries where prohibi- A letter from commissioner, told the house tion had few friends.” the district attorney of Denver, Mr. Jones said; prt the alien average at 80 per cent whfle a report from Los Angeles said that three-fourths of the Persons convicted of violating both the drug and liquor laws were aliens. Los Angeles officials declared if some of them were deported it would have & good effect, he aAded. a MRS. ROOSEVELT RETURNS. NEW YORK, March 29.—Mrs. Theo- ore Roosevelt, widow of the former President arrived here today on the Olympic from a long trtp abroad which took her to Capetown, Africa. NUMBER 145. JOINED TWINS STILL LIE A DEATH'S DOOR CHICAGO, March 23.—Death still jurked In the shadows of the hos- pital room where le Josepfa and Rom Blazek, the twins who were Snined at birth and have been call ed “the Slamnese twins.” They con- tinued in virtual unconsciousness Josepfa entirely obfivious of her | surroundings and Rosa in a coma- | tose condition. The long talked of operation to | Separate them is entirely contin- | gent on the death of one, which, | Dhysicians have said, would mean the death of the other. Should Josepfa die of the yellow jaundice which has stricken both, Rosa might possibly live two or threo days, but death would be certain without an operation, Dr. Benjamin Breakstona said. ‘The success of an operation, the physicians have mid, would depend upon whether | the sisters each constitute a separ- ate physical and psychological en- tity. The mere separation of flesh and bone would be easy, according to the physictans, but the effect of the operation upon the mental and nervous systems has been consid- ered highly problematical. Each of the sisters heve individual heart, mgs and stomachs. Josepfa, who was stricken first, is most des- perately ill The disease communi- cated to Rosa. Until last night the temperature and pulse of the twins had been virtually identical. But last night Josepfa’s temperature | mounted to 99 and her pulse to 100 | while Rosa's temperature and pulse remained about normal. An attorney has been at the bed- side ready should Ross's 12-year-old son Franz, the mother’s brother, Frank, ro- matin constantly at the bedside. NURSE RIDDLED BODY IN FATAL SHOOTING HAL P. RINEY {a RETURNED HERE Hal P. Riney, wanted in Casper on a charge of embezzlement of funds while serving as administrator of sev- eral estates here, arrived this morn. ing in custody of William Flaherty, who took him in charge in Los An- geles. Riney refused to make any state ment regarding the case pending the hearing on the matter which is scheduled for this afternoon. He asked however that The Trib- une refute a story which was origin- ally printed when a warrant for Riney’s apprehension was issued, re- |garding his departure from Casper with a woman. He says that there ims been no woman in the case in |amy way and that the statement was | prejudicial in the case. MOUNT ETNA IS FLOWING LAVA LONDON, March 29—Mount Etna 4s in violent eruption, says a Central News dispatch from Rome} quoting advices from Palermo. Streams of lava are flowing from all sides of the crater, and tho inhabitants of the vil- ages on the mountain side have fled from thetr homes. Several earthquakes have occurred in Palermo and Messina provinces tn the last few days. BURCH J URY NOT YET COMPLETED LOS ANGELES, March 29—A new venire was summoned to Judge Sidney N. Reeve today when the drawing of a jury was resumed for the trial of Arthur C, Burch, charged with the murder of J. Bel- ton Kennedy, The first yenieo was exhausted yesterday when 17 of its 3@ members deciared they had scruples against capital punishment and one announced a fixed opinion concerning the case. The Rev. and Mra, W. A. Burch of Evanston, Ill, parents of the de fondant, who arrived in Los An- geles, declared they would be in court with thelr son throughout the trial. 'So Says Witness Against Olive Stone, on Trial for Kinkead Murder; Told | Police She Wanted to Kill Him | | Olive M. P. Stone, a graduate Mrs. Marie Gormley Kinke sat among the spectators, constantly eyeing Miss Stone and occasionally giving way to tears. Court recessed in the forenoon to gtve the prosecu- | tion opportunity to locate a clerk at |the Hotel Martinique where Miss | Stone is alleged to have registered | before slaying Kinkead. James C. Nottage, cigar dealer, who lives near the spot tn Brooklyn where Kinkead was shot, August 5, last, tes-| tifled he looked out a window when he heard a shot and saw a woman fire several times at a man. The man fell and the woman continued to fire, he said. John J. Barwick testified he saw Miss Stone fire two chots at the man’s back—then three more after he toppled into the gutter. Detective Flynn testified that Miss Stone slept an hour in a chair when she was taken to the Clason avenue police station and that upon awaken- ing she inquired: “Did I kill him?” She was told that she had only shot Kinkead in the leg, Flynn testified, whereupon she said: “I wish I had killel him. Ia be willing to go to hell and heave hot coals on him.” ROBBER FACES | NEW YORK, March 29.—Weeping continuously, Miss TO FAGE TRIAL |of eight more witnesses called by the prosecution in an ef- fort to convict her of the murder of Ellis Guy Kinkead, for- mer corporation counsel of Cincinnati. |4g to be created an earl, the Evening nurse, today heard the stories ad, widow of the slain lawyer, (a he cacao he OS COUPLE FOUND "SHOT TO DEATH WOODSTOCK, N. B., March 29.—} Harvey Trenholme and his housekeep- er. Mrs. Olive Swim were shot to death} in the Trenholme home at Benton} Ridge. | The body of Trenholine was found! lying across the rear step of his home| and that of the housekeeper in a pan- try adjoining the kitchen. Barry Swim, the woman s husband, jis sought by police. Balfour to B Made an Earl LONDON, March 29.—(By The As- sociated Press}—Sir Arthur Balfour News says. It asserts he has found life in the house of commons dull without official duties to perform, and remarks that he wovld be a god- send to the house of peers where his ability as a dialectitian would be in- MURDER TRIAL OMAHA, Neb., March 29. — Otto Cole, confessed slayer of Harry Hahn pawn broker, shot to death tn his store yesterday, and who admitted police say, that he escaped from Jol- fet, IIL, prison two years ago, will be charged with murder while at- tempting to rob, according to Ray Coffey, chief deputy county attorney, who made this announcement after a coroner’s jury had recommended that Cole be held to district court in con- nection with the pawn broker's death. Cole, who said he came here from Burlington, Kan., recently probably will be placed on trial within two weeks, Mr. Coffey said, adding the state would ask the death penaity. valuable. Senator France of Maryland, Repub- lican, Only One to Oppose Treaty WASHINGTON, March 29. —The arms conference naval treaty limiting the navies of all the great sea powers was ratified today by the senate. The senate’s approval of the pact was voted without reserva- tions or amendments and with Re publican and Democratic “regulars” end “irreconcilables” generally stand. ing together in its support. + NAVAL LIMITATION PACT RATIFIED BY SENATE CONFERENCE ON IRISH Ulster and Southern Ireland Representatives in Attendance at Meeting Opened in London Today; Reign of Terror in Many » Associated Press.)—A Irish Dis tricts Continues. DISTURBANCES OPENED | LONDON, March 29.—(By perial government to consider th sation growing out of t The matification vote wes 74 to 1,/ opened here today. Senator France Republican, Mary- land casting the only negative vote. Of the seventy four affirmative, 48 were Republicans and 26 Democrats,| attending, and some members of the Bri GAS AND SUBMARINE VOTE 1S UNANIMOUS. WASHINGTON, March 29.—Virtu- ally without opposition the senate ratified Iate today the arms confer. ence treaty regulating the use of sub_ marines and poison gases. The vote on the gas and submarine treaty was unanimous, 71 to 0. pacibcrmose ates delta EX-ARCHDUKE NOW PAUPER BASEL, Switzerland, March 29.— The former Austrian Archduke Leo. be.d, who broke with the house of psburgs 10 years ago, as a result of his marriage to a Viennese actress, has applied to the Uttle town of Re gensberg for ald from the pauper'’s fund., His wife, whom he divorced, also has asked for aid. The archduke took the name of Leo pold Woelfing at the time of his break with his royal relatives. Hoe ts living in Vienna and his former wife is in BOMB CARRIED FROM CHURCH GREEN BAY, Wis, March 29.—In- vestigation was begun by the police today to determine the origin of a bomb which was set off in the Con- gtegational church here last ploded as tt was being carried from the building by E. C. Walker. Walk- er’s arm was severely burned. (Pussyfoot) Johnson internationally known prohibition worker, remained seated although about ten ran from the church and one woman fainted. Johnson spoke as sdhetuled but made no reference to the bomb inci dent. ee ee TARIFF ACT TO BE OUT SOON WASHINGTON, March 29.—Confi dence that the tariff bill would be reported to the senate by the finance committee this week was expressed by Senator Watson, Indiana, a mem- ber of the committee and Senator Curtis, of Kansas, avistant Repub- lican leader of the senate, on leaving the White House after a conference with President Harding. Both senators said the president de- sired to know the status of the tariff bill and when they expected to get it before the senate. Senator Watson declared that “ wo expect to clean it all up this week” and to transfer the bill to the senate floor. ee Woman Slayer Goes to Asylum NEW ORLEANS, La., March 29.— Mrs. Mathilde Levee, who shot and killed Ker husband, Frederick Levee, attorney of Los Angeles, Cal., last year at a street intersection here, today ‘was committed to the East Louisiana hospital for the insane at Jackson, La., ‘by Judge Humphrey in criminal dis- trict court. Sse AEMOUR CHILD SAVED. CHICAGO, March 29. — Medical science, unable to save the life of six year-old Gwendolyn Armour, has brought her 3-year-old brother, Philip ‘D. Armour IV., safely through an at- tack of the disease that proved fatal to the little girl. The child is a great grandson of the founder of Armour and company. A corps of five per. sons and four nurses have been at- tending the boy. BRITISH CABINET BREACH AVERTEL LONDON, March 23.—(By The Associated Press}—The threatened breach in the cabinet over Prime Minister Lloyd George's program for the Genoa conference has been averted, in the opinion of the polit- ical correspondents of today’s news- papers. Everything . has been smoothed out in preparation-for the Premier's appeal to the house of commons on Monday. It is understood that the compro- mise was arranged on the basis of the resolutions adopted by the’ su- Breme council at Cannes regarding the conditions under which Russitr would be allowed to participate at Genoa, Nl Pah) we night] after the shooting. to write thelr wills | during an address by Lewis R. Horton| course of the bullet, saying it evi- they become conscious. | Spokane, Wash., prohibition worker. | dently had ‘The bomb mate from gunpowder} though no andl loosely packed in a small box, ex- The meeting was under the pre. Spencer Churchill. Five members of t of the imperial s INQUEST HM. LD INTO KILLING OF E. C. BELL Additional Evidence to Be Presented To- morrow at Le Sueur, Minn.; Wife | Unable to Take Stand Today LE SUEUR, Minn., March 29.—After hearing the testi- mony of a physician who was summoned following the fatal shooting of E. C. Bell of Casper, Wyo., on a Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railway passenger train Monday night, Corpner Benjamin Y. Thomas of Le Sueur county yes- terday adjourned his inquiry until 10 o’clock a. m. Thursday when additional evidence is expected members of the train crew, who had to be avafiable. jeontinued on their run to Sioux City. Bel! was shot while traveling in the| Mrs. Hell was in no condition to stateroom of a sleeping car with his! testify, Dr. Dodge, who is attending wife. A drinking party preceded the|her, stated’ However, Coroner shooting, according to Mrs. Bel’, and| Thomas said ber condition was nor- it was while struggling with her hus.|mal last night and she will be kept band for possession of a revolver that under supervision at a hotel here un- four shots were fired, one entaring til the inquest had been completed. the husband's bedy. Tho couple were|No charge has been lodged against on their way from Minneapolis to|her. Mrs. Bell told the coroner that their home at Casper. |her husband carried life insurance to Dr. F. D. Dodge testified the man|the amount of’ $15,000, was dead when he arrived at the sta-| 2 tion, where Bell was taken shortly) FIANCEE OF KIDNAPED MAN. He described the) ST JOSEPH, Mo., March 29.—Ctyde ‘Townsend, 20 years old, who Iives passed through the heart, here wich her widowed mother, said Post-mortem exarnination| today that she is dmgaged to marry had been made. | Jesse Mansfield, who was held captive Coroner Thomas thdn adjourned'at San Bernardino, Cal, by kid the inquest to await the return of the napers Saturday night. RAIL RATES IN RIVER RECION | ARE APPROVED terstate Commerce Commission Rules That Existing Tariffs in Mississippi Valley Are Justified In WASHINGTON, March 29.—Mississippi valley railroad | rates were found to be justified today by the interstate com-| merce commission in decreasing rates from Chicago territory on freight destined to the Pacific coast via gulf ports and the Panama canal.. The order of suspension which the commis- sion isused asfainst the new schedules and which prevented ~ {the lower charges from becoming ef. fective February 15 5 was withdrawn and the raliroads were allowed to| | continue the lower rates on and after April 1 Nearly all commodities shipped by freight were affected by the sched- ules which the Mississippi Valley rail- "ARMY EXPENSE |roads proposed last January. The WASHINGTON, March 29.—With-| principle followed in making the re- out the roll call, the house today|ductions was that of estiblashing passed the army appropriation bill/rates on freight consignments origi- carrying approximately $: 000,000 to| nating in Chicago territory and des. meet military and non-military ex jtined to the Pacific coast via the penses of the war department during! gulf which would not exceed rates on the coming fiscal year. | similar products originating at sim- ee flar points and consigned via New the similar rates from Chicago to gulf ports. transcontinental rail-| initiated here today. Huff claims that he originated the magneto now York and the ocean route to Pacific! ports. In practically all cases the rates uf meee roads therefore attacked the proposal | MIAMI, Fia., March 29.—Damases| before the commission, both on. the| in the sum of $11,000,000 aro sought| ground tHat the lower rates qi that the entire rate structure would used tbe modified by the effects. on motor cars manufactured by Ford”, and claims that Ford has not paid him| (The commission, ig full for the invention. the Mississippi every respect. however Valley conference called by the im- he recent disorders in Ireland eeretary for colonies, Winston ister government and four southern ministers are »abinet besides Secretary Churchill will be pres- emt at least part of the time The t E have cal he ts of the ome known, SECRECY RULES BIG CONFERENCE. LONDON, March 29.—(By The Asso- clated Press.—The conference between represm:tatives of northern and south ern Ireland and British govern- ment this morning for the discussion of the Irish crisis with much’ official secrecy. The conference was probably the most thorough’ resented held in London since the peace negotiations earliest days of the und it was the first time the north and south had been brought together in a formal conclave of this kind. At the conclusion of the morning session no word was given as to the Proceedings of the conference. ST, March 29.—(By The As- sociated Press)—William Fleming was shot and wounded fatally on his farm in County Armagh. He died in the Armagh infrmary. Fleming’s broth- er is a member of the special con- stabulary and the attack is believed to have been in reprisal for the shoot- ing of @ man by the specials on St. Patrick's day. Lislap lodge, a manston tn Tyrone county, was destroyed by fire today. The rapid spread of flames indicated that petrot had been used freely by the incendiaries, A freight and mail train bound from Belfast to Dublin was derailed by a large party of armed men near Newry early today. Nine cars were burned. In consequence of this Incident the Great Northern sail decided to suspend operation of all main line trains out of Belfast at night except 8. Ulsicr specials Armagh-Louth f on when dvertently into Free te territor One con stable was wounded. ne fire was returned, with unknown results. DICTATORSHIP BY REPUBLICANS PLANNED. DUBLIN, March (By The Asso- clated Press). convention on Sunday of revolting members of the Patrolling the tier were fired up- crossed Irish Republican army debated the question of declaring a military dic tatorship, but deferred action there- on, says the correspondent here of the London Star in a dispatch to his pa per. He gives statement issued as his authority from the Beggars’ hh barrarks this mornings, which says the proposal before the convea- tion was to overthrow all parties in Ireland opposed to a repul According to the correspondent the report of the convention is voucied for by the regular eral headquar- s of the Irish Republican army a statement which says the following resolution was offered by Thomas Barry and Frank Barrett: »ived. That matters of imme- ern for the executive will maintaining Irelaiid as an independent republic ‘Second, appointment of a chief of staff who will appoint a general head. quarters staff. Appofmtments can be vetoed by the exe e, “Third, declaration of dictatorshtp. For this purpose the executive shall be empowered to secure the services of others, who need not be members if the executive, with a view to or. dering the dissolution of all pretend j ed governments in Ireland by the pro- hibition of par! elections un- til such time as an election without the threat of war by Great Britain can be held on adult suffrage.” ‘The statem “The dictatorship would overthrow the three governments in Ireland op- Posed to the republic, namely, the Dail Eireann, British and northern governments.” t proceeds ion into the cause of the present and into the 1 price of cotto: ed under a resolution Dial. Democrat, South adopted today by the senate. from Chicago to New York and adja-| cent Atlantic ports were low han | from Henry Ford by Edward S. Huff,! Miami electrical engineer, in a suit’ Court Cleared si ¥ For Trial O WAUKEGAN, IIL, March 29. —| SAN FRANCISCO, March 29.— Night sessions have been inaugurated | Kate Brennan, one of the princi- by Judge Claire C. Edwards in an! pal defense witnesses in the third effort to clear his court docket for) maslaughter trial eC. the trial of rnor Small next Mon atty) Arbuckl ared, day. The first night session was held| acc ording to affidavits pr ed in last night and was occupied with ob. court today by the defense taining a jury for the trial of Ign: She was a maid at the Hotel St Potz, charged with murdering Wil Francis who testified in vious liam Peterson, a, nfotor fieeg cB Winthrop Hart trials that shortly after t in Arbuckle’s suito ty she wi , ARBUCKLE CASE Governor Small) RESUMED TODAY the door on which, according to the Prosecution testimony, finger of Arbuckle « Rappe sequently were The defense ¢ rubbing with a t ficient to obliterate any © print which the door might have shown. At the se rial the prosec introduced to show (Cont Five)