Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 26, 1922, Page 1

46 LOST IN TEXAS FLOODS ADVANCE GUARD MANY The the Russian delegatibn at Genoa tomorrow, Genoa, points: CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1922. ALLIES TO SILENCE RUSS IN ULTIMATUM Unequivocal R¢plies to Demands for Payment of War and Pre- War Debis, Restitution of Confiscated Property and Indemnity for Damage Will Be Requested LONDON, April 26.—(By The Associated Press.) —The allied note to be presented to a i E says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from will be pract'feally an ultimatum demanding unequivocal replies on four principal First—The payment of war debts, either entirely or without a reduction based on Rus- sian capacity to pay? Second—The payment, of prewar. debts, with the granting. if necessary of @ reasonable morator ibm. Third—Indemnity for all damages caused to foreigners; Fourth—Restitution ¢¢ confiscated property. LONDON, April 26.—({By The Asso ated Press).—The pbable early break-down of the Gengasconference is, more than hinted at jin some of the London newspaper efffforials today. ‘The Northcliffe Jouryals, which have consistently opposed | the conference: and Premier Lioyd George's advocacy} thereof, declare the ringeting a failure.| The Times says: “It 1s daily becoming clearer that the splendid virions “Which the world was asked to expect als a result of the conference are fadiny}iaway, and it is childish of the premfir to try to cover} Mis anistakes and hifle his disappoint ment by casting the blame tor his failure upon the press, whose only fault is that it has Keen too clearsight- oa.” The Dally Mail says the only impor- tant event at the conference is the conclusion of a treaty by the Russians, and Germans behind Lloyd George's back. The Westminster !trazette, although disagreeing with tite French attitude, regards it as the resnit of honest con- viction. ‘The newspaper interprets M. Poincare’s speech ois “the plainest pos- sible declaration ttt the French gov- ernment thinks ‘fhe conference : has lasted quite long enough.” ‘The Daily Chréinicle adopts a hope- ful view and thinks the conference has resisted so 1ffany crises “that it has become alm: st crisis proof.” Ii believes there is .a strong under-cur- rent at the conference in favor of an eventual agrejment which justified the doubt whetli@ir “either France or Russia ultimatelty will find it worth while to kick o fer the traces of the Genoa. peace ch: riot.” SEATTLE, W . April 26.— The body of Bert H. in, former church singer of Seatt! > and well known on the Pacific coast, was found in El- Nott bay here. Casper Daily OF BANKERS TO CITY NUMBER 169. Mother Gives Two Children Death Potion POCATELIA, Idaho, April 26.— | Poison was found tn eacn of the Stomachs of the two Taylor chil- Gren who died Sunday near Firth, 30 miles north of Pocatello. The mother, Mra. Luella Taylor, 33 years of age, wife of James B. Taylor of Kimball a small settle- ment south of Firth, declares she placed the poison in cocoa and gave it to her four children Saturday even- ing, acting under a hallucination that she had been commanded by God to sacrifice her Ioved ones. As @ result Edward, aged 83 years and Leroy, aged 18 months, are dead, to the cocoa and rejected it. ARRIVE TODAY | Wyoming Division to Meet Tomorrow A number of bankers of ‘central Wyoming, especially from Douglas, Glenrock and| near-by towns, are expected to arrive this afternoon in| jcars to attend the convention | which will be held here tomorrow. It is expected that the weather may Minder those who come itn cars, but a) large delegation is looked for never- theless. A get-togeuer meeting will be held this evening, at which time the local bankers will round up their visitors: and take them to the theater. Many more men are to come in on the train in the morning. The open; ing session of the convention will be’ held at a business meeting at the! Henning, tomorrow at § a. m. The Kiwanis club has invited the members of the banking association to) tts regular noon luncheon. The conference will clase about 2 MISSING FIND GRAVES IN TORRENT \Goeilibeascai otk. Canvtval | End of Destruction,’ tponed by Downpour of Rain Again This Morning in Strit Is Delayex 1 Texas City and Search for Bodies . V Further Inundations FORT WORTH, Texas, April . % (By The Associated Press.)—Forty-six persons are j dead or missing in the Trinity river ~ d here, a revised list compiled this morning indi- cates, and fears are entertained that % truction wrought hy the flood may be continued. Fort Worth today was surrounde % .. three sides by a sheet of water extending over an A report to the police sald the Trin. ity had risen two and one haif feet since 10 o'clock last night. Earlier in the night a rise of fourteen inches an hour in the Trinity and eleven inches in Clear Brook was reported. A slight fall then was followed by a further rise of an inch in the former. Bodies of the victims have not all been recovered, and for this reason no casualty list can be compiled. Several persons were seen to fall tn- to the swollen river and others are missing. The missing include the mother of R. A. Pettis; Mrs. Sam Bradley and three children, and a son of G. W. Pettis, all believed drowned. Response was awaited today to the appeal last night for $40,000 with Pp. m. to provide for the visitors get- ting back home on the afternoon train. whieh to care for the flood sufferers. Request for « grand jury investiga- KLAN BLAMES CONSTABLE FOR NIGHT RIDERS’ ROW, GRAND 'Los Angeles Investigation Into Killing of Officer May Result in Indictment of Ku Klax Officials, Intimation LOS ANGELES, April 26.—(By The Associated Press.) — All blame for the night raiders’ raid of Saturday night was placed by William S. Coburn, supreme. attorney and grand goblin of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, upon the slain constable, Medford B. Mosher, in an official statement dic- Henna Bath to Tint Skin Is London Latest LONDON, April 26.—A henna bath cult is forming among London's more ultra seclety women who deem olive skin somecuing worth. acquir- ing. The craze is said to be of French or American origin. Baths strongly tinctured with henna dye are taken monthly and impart a del- feate tint which looks well with the evening dresses’ of Oriental shades and designs now popular here. . ern evening gowns. Four Murdered For Gossiping MANILLA, P. L, April 26.—Under arrest for the murder of four of his countrymen, Lee Long, a Chinese, for- merly a cook on an army transport, explained that he stabbed them to death with a butcher knife, while they slept because they had gousiped about him. TOKIO ROCKED BY EARTHQUAKE, DIAMAGE HEAVY Volcano in Violent Eruption Preceding Shock: Felt in Japanese Metropolis; Diamage Large at Yokohama earth ra quake broke out witli. a loud report, pouring: forth volumes} of ashes, stones and smoke. No serious damage was a few} however, beings Americans or Huro- peans. ‘There were rfuany escapes of thenar- rowest sort frpm collapsing chimneys and walls. ‘The earthqu:hice was one of the most severe experic riod. Officials{stated it lasted 15 min- utes, the longdist in years. The Americrgjn embassy was slight- ly damaged anf many of the exhibits at the peace exfribition were broken. The seismographs at the university’ KI ril 26.—(By The PAY oer ae g in Tokio, I Considerable damage was done to buildings Associated Press.) —A heavy occurred at 10:15 o’clock was preceded by an eruption yesterday uksama-Yama, 90 miles northwest of Tokio, which were making it impossible to obtain an accurate record of the shocks. ‘Telephone and telegraph service was interrupted. MISSING SEAPLANE LOCATED ON ISLAND, PASSENGERS ARE SAFE April 26.—The seaplane MIAMI, there in a long pe-|\Santa Marie, missing since early Mon day when it began a flignt from Key ‘West to Nassau, with six persons aboard, has been found at Wilson island, according to a wireless mes- sage received here today at 11:30 a m. from Havana, |man in whose death it resulted—was tated today to The Associated for the klan. PEOSECUTOR IS SENT WARNING. LOS ANGELES, April 26.—District Atterney Thomas Lee Woolwine, of Los Angeles county today character. ized the Ku Kivx Klan as a “hooded band of outlaws and cowards” in a statement issued shortly after recety- ing by postal card a warning signed “K. K. Kk.” ‘The post card warning, mailed yes- terday in Los Angeles read as follows: “Friend Tom: Better have your force go elow on this Inglewood mat- ter. @igned)—-K. K. K. LOS ANGELES, Cal, April 26— Immediate impaneling of a grand Jury to investigate the raid at Ingle- ‘wood, a suburb, Saturday night — “presumably instigated and directed by members of the Ku Klux Klan,” according to a coroner’s jury which sat at the inquest over the body of the considered probably today by the county officials directly concerned. Judge Frank R. Willis, presiding judge of the Los Angeles county su- perior court, took action leading to that result immediately after he had been informed of the verdict reached at the inquest, which was over the body of Medfor@ B. Mosher, constable: of Inglewood and a member of the armed and masked band of two hun- dred or more men who raided the home of Fidel and Mathias Eiduayen. City, county and federal officials in Press by the general attorney of justice have forwarded to Washing- ton preliminary reports on the case, it is stated. Funeral services were planned for this afternoon for Constable Mosher, who died from gunshot wounds in- flicted by Frank Woerner, night mar- shal at Inglewood, when Woerner re- sponded to calls for help from neigh- bors of the Elduayens and found’ his way blocked by masked and armet men, who, he said, he believed were robbers. He also wounded Mosher's son and deputy, Walter E. Mosher, and Leonard Ruigg, a depaty sher- ite. Young Mosher, slightly wounded, was at the inquest. It had been plan- ned to summon him to the witness stand, but because of ‘his apparent physical collapse and the testimony obtained from others, W. C. Doran, chief deputy district attorney, decided it was not necessary to call him. Ruigg i» in a Foepital in a serious condition. The testimony at the inquest direct- ly involved the Ku Klux Klan and brought into the records the names of several persons as having been pres- ent at a meeting at which the raid was said to have been planned. The raid was “positively not an of- ficial action of the Ku Klux Klan,” according to W. S. Coburn, Los An- geles attorney and grand goblin, Pa- cific domain of the klan. “I am anx- fous to assist thq authorities,” he said. W: C. Price, Los Angeles, king kleagle, said it “had been hinted” he might have been present during the raid. “My alibi on this score is most con- clusive,” he said. Blake E. Shambeau, traffic officer of Inglewood, stated on the witness | stand at the inquest that the raid on the public streets at any time of the day or night,” an offense pun- ishable by a fine of $500, six months in the city jail or both. ‘The Los Angeles countr board of supervisors is expected to take up the matter officially tomorrew, when @ report on the Inglewood affair will be submitted by Sheriff William I. ‘Traeger.* Agents of the federal department | MIAMI, Fla, April 26.—The radio, from one of the naval planes sent out early today stated that the pas- sengers on the Senta Maria were was pluaned last Friday night at a Ku Klux Klan meeting at which he was “placed in the way of becoming a klansman.” Sa age PARALYTIC. SFROKE 19 FATAL TO MRS. KELLER ON RANCH NEAR CITY Mrs. Sarah Matilda Keller, 69 years old, wife of A. M. Keller, a ranchman, 10 mfles west of Alcova, died st their home yesterday at 6. a.m. from a paralytic stroke. ‘The funeral will be held at the Shat- fer-Gay chapel today at 4 o'clock. The Reverend C. M. Thompson will offi- ciate. The deceased leaves a daughter in taken to Nassau by a small boat while the pilot and the mechanician remainod with the plan the person of Mrs. Della Cooper and a grand daughter, Mrs. McGuire, JU RY ORDERED SECOND DEGREE SLAYER BECOMES LIFE TERMER IN STATE PENITENTIARY CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 26— (Special to The Tribune)—Earl BE. Moss, 19 years old, was jubilant. a few weeks ago when a jury in the Laramie county district court found him guilty of murder in the second degree for his participation in the slaying of Louts Failer, Denver texi- cab driver, a year ago. There was reason for his-giadness, for had not his partner in the cold-blooded slay- ing with the motive of robbery, Al- ford E. Walker, been convicted of murder in the first degree, and was awaiting sentence to death? But Moss’ jubilation has given way, now, to profund dejection as he contem- plates his hopeless future—a future that must be spent within the grim walls of the Wyoming state prison. He had hoped to escape with a less- er sentence, the penalty for murder in the second degree ranging from 20 years to Itfe imprisonment in the discretion of the sentencing court, but Judge W. A. Riner shattered his hope by inflicting the maximum pen- alty—"that you he taken to the state penitentiary at or near Rawlins and there confined, witb hard labor, for the rest of your natural life.” Moss, a soldier who was deserting from the army at the time he and Walker slew Failer that they might obtain the taxicab driver's automo- bile in which to flee from military pursuit, stood rigidly at attention while his fate was pronounced. Judge Riner referred pointedly to the fact that Moss, in his effort to exculpate himself by fixing greatest blame for the murder on Walker, had sworn falsely on the witness stand, said that perjury was a thing that could not be overlooked and that must be taken into consideration in prescrib- ing punishment. In view of the equal guilt of Walk- er and Moss, and the fact that Moss | may not be punished more severely than by Iife tmprisonment while un- der the finding of the jury in Walk- er’s caso the latter must be sentenced to death, it is expected that Gover. nor Carey will commute Walker's death sentence to life imprisonment. HOLDUPS DRAW 10-YEAR TERMS. For their bunglesame effort to hold up the State bank at Chugwater last fall Adolf Pfunder, 26, ana Her- | man J. Kusel, 65, will spend the next decade at least. in the Wyoming penitentiary unless their sentences are shortened by death or exercise of the pardoning of commutation power. Judge W. A. Riner, sen- tenced Pfunder to serve from 11 to 13 years, and Kisel to serve from 10 to 12 years. Riner, after Kusel had Pleaded for leniency because of his advanced age, and Pfunder, so ill that he had to be supported by two other prisoners, had said that he had no plea to make, informed Pfun- der that he would be sentenced to greater punishment than his partner in crime because he had lied under cath on the witness stand in an ef- the verge of collapse when the or- deal of undergoing sentence was finished. It was necessary to carry Ptunder from the court ‘room. He has been suffering from influenza for more than a week and his condi- tion is regarded as serious. NEGRO SLAYER GETS 14 YEARS. Joe Mnyo, negro, recently corvict- ed of killing a negro during a quar- rel over Mayo’s common-law wife, under sentence pronounced by Judge ‘William A. Riner will spend from 14 to 16 years in the state prison at Rawlins. He was sentenced for manslaughter. Joe Olquin, convicted of grand lar- ceny, was sentenced to serve from five to seven years. SPECIAL AGENT IS DISMISSED WASHINGTON, April 26-—By Girec-} tion of the Attorney general W. 0.) Watts, special agent for the depart-| ment of justice was removed ‘Tues-| day “for disloyalty to the department” after the admission that he had tur-| nished to Repersentative Johnson, Re- publican, South Dakota, certain infor- mation on which Mr. Johnson based an attack on the department in a re- cent speech in the house. ‘The order of removal was signed by Assistant Attorney General Holland | and was made public by the depart-| ment. In a letter to Mr. Watts, Mr.) Holland said the step was taken “in-| asmuch as you have knowingly and wilfally violated the rules of the de partment, which you must be aware, constitute a breach of trust.” | lay. tion of the alleged dynamiting of te~ vees by unknewn persons was expect ed today. John H. McCain, chairman Of the levee board, declared last night that levees which broke yesterday were dynamtted. On the north side twenty-five square miles of land is said to be under water and that portion of the city virtually is isolated. In other sections the sit uation is nearly as serious. Families within the danger line of Sycamore creek have fled to higher ground. Rescue workers. early today rescued a family from a tree. Relief work was hindered inst night by inky darkness, but rescue workers continued to comb the flooded areas. Power was obtained from Waco, thus saving the city from total darkness. ‘The flood was confined chiefly to the lowlands adjoining the tirbutaries of the Trinity and the disaster is far from elty wide. Marine, Sycamore and Clear Fork creeks and the Trinity are the swollen streams. The flooded areas are rough- ly in the northwest and southeast por- tions of the city, known as North Fort Worth, Arlington Heights and Syca- more, respecttvely. Earty today a torrential rain swept the efty Streets in the business sec tion flowing with a stream, of water that reached curbs. Business, virtually suspendet Tues day, probably will be curtailed today by the-storm. A Rock Island passenger train, the onty train to arrive in Fort Worth last night reached here at 1 a. m. this morning, having left Dallas at 7 p. m. and cominj; via. Cleburne. Other train service was suspended yesterday. The railroad bridge of the Fort Worth and Denver and the Mixsouri, Kansas and ‘Texas railroads has been swept away. Red Cross relief headquarters have been established in various parts of the three flooded districts. Armed sentries were almost the only persons on the streets early today.. ‘They were members of the American Legion who are co-operating with the police department in protecting the city. RECORD FLOOD STAGE REACHED. DALLAS, Texas, April 26.—The | area estimated at 25 to 30 square milés. The property dama. will b bout alli dollars, according to estimates tod. ch Oe eae JUDGE MORRIS ~—-AESIENG POST Perry A. Morris, who has presided over the municipal court for the past two years served notice on Mayor W A. Blackmore last nicht of his inten- tion to resign as soon as an appoint rent had been made to relieve him of his duties, No official action bas been taken on Mr. Morris’ resignation pending the filing of a formal and written resig- nation. t is believed that action on the resignation will be postponed un- til the council meeting Monday night. Mr. Morris would make no comment on his decision to reign other than that he “had enough." It is reported that Mr. Morris’ de- cision to resign followed a run in with members of the city council who out= Uned policies for the conduct of the court to which Mr. Morris refused to subscribe. eee BALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE At Philadelphia— Barnes and Smith; Ring and Henline. om At Boston— Brooldyn Boston Hungling; Fillingim, Oeschger and Gowdy. -— At Chicago— Pittsburgh 2100—x x x Chicago —-100 0O—x x x Batteries—Adams and Gooch; Alex. ander and Hartnett. R. H. E. ‘Trinity river was rising steadily here| / early today with a forty stage predicted. Rain continued to fall earty this morning and probable addi tional precipitation was forecast. Early today water lacked but ten feet of overflowing the Union Ter- minal railroad yards. Interugban service south and west from Dallas has been suspended indefi nitety. Automobile traffic between Dallas and Fort Worth is impossible due to Mountain creek, nine miles west of here, being far out of its bed ‘Traffic on the Texas and Pacific be- tween here and Fort Worth is demoral- ized. Missouri, Kansas and Texas ser vice north and Santa Fe and Cotton Belt schedules are reported normal. ‘With the exception of 1908, when a flood stage of 52.6 feet was registered the river has never reached the forty foot stage forecast for today. City officials and local welfare and relief agencies are preparing to care for all flood victims. THREE DROWN! AT BRECKENRID . BREKENRIDGE, Texas, April 26.— ‘Three persons are reported to have been drowned in the sudden flooding of Gonzales creek near here today. foot flood | s Rixey and Wingo. —_—— AMERICAN LEAGUE At Cleveland— Chicago . 010 202 0200-7 9 0 Cleveland -001 110 000— 3 12 4 Batteries—Robertson und Schalk; Bagby, Morton and Nunamaker. R. H. E. At Washington— Boston ....,.. Washington . Batteries—Pennock, Karr, Dodge and Walters; Gleason and Gharrity. At New York— Philadeiphia ....000 001 0— x New York Batteries—Rommell Jones and Schang. 3 xx and Perkins; At St. Louts— R. H. EL. Detroit . ol0—x «x St. Louis .. «. +. 00— xx £ Batteries—Cole and Bassler; Bayne and Severeid. STATE WINS ROUND ON HABEAS CORPUS IN BRIBERY CASE Bullack and Gallington Remanded to the Custody of Sheriff Pending Hearing to Be Held in Justice Court Another chapter in the series of sensational incidents which have marked the progress of the case against Roy H. Bullack and Curley Gallington, charged with attempting to bribe Sheriff Joe L. Marquis, was closed this morning when fort to avoid conviction, wntlle Kusel had declined to commit perjury by réfraining from giving testimony under oath. Both Kusel and Pfunder -were on. Judge C. O. Brown ordered the defendants into the custody} 9. of the sheriff, to be held until proper recognizance bond had been filed to guarantees their appear ance at preliminary hearing before ‘Tubbe. oda Judge W. E The heari was habeas corpus writ which had been secured in behalf of the defendants re- leasing them from jail Saturday even- ing after (hey had been arrested on a bench warrant signed by Judge W. E. Tubbs of justic court. The bench war- rant was issued by Judge Tubbs after Messrs. Bullack and Gallinger, dis- puting the Jurtsdiction of the justice court, failed to put in their appearance for preliminary hearing. The habeus corpus writ brought about their sub- sequent release, pending a hearing to- ter the defendants were remanded he custody of Sheriff Marquis to- hey were arraigned before Judga Tubbs in justice court and rec- zanee. bonds guaranteeing their (Continued on Page Four)