Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 8, 1922, Page 4

THREAT TO BLOW UP_ i.X. HUGHES STARTS CAREER ON SHOESTRING ROLL _U. S. LEGATION MADE j0W CLOSE SECOND TO COLONEL A. E. HUMPHREYS SOFTA, Bulgaria, May’8.—(By The Associated Press.)—A threat to biow up the Amer. ss the United States brings about the release of Sacco. and Vanzei r conviction for murder in Massachasetts, has been received atthe legation. ican legation here un! communists un The threat is contained in an article in an anarchist newspaper, which, encased in a CIVIL WAR IN CHINABREAKS IN NEW SPOT ilroad Cut and Gen- Peking-Hankow Ra eralWu Is Attacked From South; Allies Order Him to HANKOW, M -(By Peking-Hankow railway nort and it is reported that Chao . provinve of Honan, has starte of Wu Pei-ts 3 Fighting was proceeding to terday- at Che north cr the ern most point is in Honar (Peking - Hanke Chao Ti ha: an since Jun 2870, and ec Htary acader 8.—(By the J neral Wu Pei-Fu, om Peking in p sock who jsnit of the Manchurian general, Chang *Tso-Lin, was ordered yesterday by the mallied mil commanders here to Jeave the c’ as his presence was theld in violation of the 1901 protocol, CHe refused to lease-on the ground that the-was. acting governor of Chihli pro }vince and’would remain as long as nec Leave Tientsin “The A ociated Press.)—The h of Kwangshui has been cut Ti, military governor of the d hostilities against the forces | day at Sinyangchow, 100 miles y purposes. jould Wu accede to the allied de- mands to leave, he would have to move back toward Peking, as rail com: ion to the east and north ha by the burning of th nese destroye @ispatch of his force or in barges. The situa fore, is that, while Chang 4 uninterrupeted use of the raflway for two weeks during ive operatiéés, his pursuer is able to use the road to com victory plete hi: A tug conveying the commander of the British cruiser Curlew~to this city betwaen the hostile troops on anks who are firing continu » British gunboat Marazion, a the river to convey the dow Maneburian soldiers last night south of the former German concession here. Anterican and Chines guards, urm wit gun, were reatty to} beat off any attempt at invasion, but the men proved quite docile and are| reported to have agreed ‘to lay down their arms if given food. ot were discovered a red wrapper, was sent to the Ameri- can minister, Charles S. Wilson. “The second bon: will not fail,” the article says. referring to the explosion f an infernal machine at the legation on March 11. The building is being watched day and night by special agents. ASS URGED TO ACCEPT TEAMS (Continued from Page One) been broken when dissolution seemed | certain. | ‘The report is circulated that Livyd | George will © a direct govern mI loan the soviets if they the allied memorandum, An that the conference will be inued, even if Franco and Bel. m drop out in protest against the nition, embodied in the allied nemorandum, of Russia's right to id foreigners’ property sequestrated the soyiet nationalization pro- pron to h le | ree under gram. Those who predict a breakup think {t will take the form of an adjourn mer | France has announced through her | chief spokesman, M, Barthou, that she will not go on with the negotia- tions unless the Russians give a cat egorical answer to the memorandum. A dilatory reply, one which meant merely “playing for time,” said M. Barthou, would bring the instant withdrawal of France. This action would include refusal to consider the non-aggression past proposed by Lioyd George, as such a pact would be impossible unless there was an arrangement with Russia. Meanwhile the Italian leaders con- tinue their role of peacemakers and Foreign Minister Schanzer is devoting all his attention to the problem of finding some formula which will sat- isfy the French and Belgians, Little hope is‘ held out, however, that this is possible, and Czecho-Slovakia is aid to be leading the way in nego. tiating a separate economic accord with Russia in leu of the collective agreement which seems improbable of attainment. DISTINCTION BETWEEN | RANCHER AND FARMER IS UP FOR ism Wyoming rancher a farmer , he owns 1,000 acres of land and 1s umier the meaning of the national bankruptcy laws, is the tmportant question that Judge T. Blake Ken- nedy must decide before he can make an order in the petition for in- votuntary bankruptcy filed against Wilfam A. Stubbs, pioneer rancher ) and merchant of Natrona county. With no ruling on record to guide the deliberAtions of the court Judge Kermedy has taken the case under advisement and will reopen it in fed- eral court again Monday. At this time attorneys for the plaintiff seeking the bankruptcy will be al lowed to-cite authorities on the sub Sect. Judge Kennedy-announced that would delay his decision as he want ed to be extremely careful In making the right adjudication of the action as tt 2 case of first impression The date of Mr. Stubbs con- tends that while the action bro' against thel litors of his store at not deprive him of exemption under the bank- uptcy law which makes immune, “farmers, tillers of the soil and Babore The ade chalf of Mr. Stubt ‘ t was-s0 t he por- arity short It 1 that TOO LATE’ TO CLASSIFY. PWANTED—Wor take care /0t| family. ¢ eco: street. Phone 1 POR SALE heifers; fresh tested;.one or all FOR SALE. Fourroom moc bath) completels c six blocks from t ess S€ of ity; very co ern railway sponsible p niture on jance to suit Call Van Gord cewpmmnnms UP FOR FIRST DEFEAT COURT RULE| running 1,100 head of cattle on his central Wyoming ranches. The answer filed in bis behalf showed that his chief occupation was that of a rancher which the de- | fense constructed gave him the | tecunecieeemiptvon 1 EGRESS CUTS UP ASGAILANT (Continued from Page One) ing determination of the injuries of her victim, It said that bitter feeing be- een the two women culminated urday when Edith McShane was arrested on a charge of prostitution in the wholesale cleanup launched by the county. Whether she charged the rter woman with respons.pllity for her arrest unknown but it is be- lieved that the arrest brought the af- fair to a head, : SMOKEHOUSE HUMBLES LEGION, 12 10 4, EVENS s victory last Sund |E 8 brace of three- |was t feature of aldwin of the Legion other circuit drive. The fielding |feature was the errorless fielding of |the Smokehouse club. The soviet repty is expected within two days. Although the Italian parlianment is bs session, Premier Facta returned to Genga from Rome this morning, uc- ie mpanied by Signor Bertone, the min- ter of finance and Signor Sbarba, the ministed of labor, called here by the &ravity of the conference situation. The text of the non-appression pact, which may never see the light of day has virtually been agreed upon. It is a British proposition modifie’ to meet the suggestions of the other powers. It is learned authoritatively that the draft provides that after signature at Genoa it must be ratified by the re- spective governments before it becomes operative. ne NOTICE. Not responsible for any bills con- tracted by anybody but myself. J. BE. 5-8-3t* A. E. Thompson, superintendent of the Standard Refinery here loft last night for Florence, Colo., where he will spend several days inspecting the plant. Mr. Thompson’s visit will be for the purpose of assisting in work- ing out plant details during the ab- sence of J. C. Parks, Florence super- intendent who 4s suffering from pneu- mYonia and from injuries due to a fall. Mr. Thompson will return via Lara- mie where he will spend several days inspecting the Laramie plants. (Continued from Page One) county jail hurried disposition of any of the cases had to be made. Each victim who could produce bond to mtee appearance at trial, the e of which is to be set later, was freedom. The disposed of temporarily allowed Prostitution: bond. Clara. Hill, ray, $200 bond: i lian Smith, $500 $250 bond; May Mur- auline Hall, $500; Bessie White, Elsie De Camp, $500; Vera Hudson, $400; Florence Clark, $400. Francis Murry, own recog- nizance; Grace Iowa, $201 lary Cha- vez, $1,800 bond; Hazel Melrose, $1,- 800 bond; Bahe W ams, own recog-| nizance; Anne Walker, held; Florence hy The sco R H B f Second street ‘East Second s' mise 1%. 6 ——— — 4°66 Reon RENT — Furr Smokehouse, J. Mapel, apartment; ee ro r and Pearson, Sullivan; Le- \eas in and on the pavement. « and Pettigrew. 1224 East Second street. GOOD paying bu sonable. Inquire A-42, Tribu FOR RENT—Strictly modern new apartments. Inquire 41 (Washington street. garage, first $100 cash takes }HEMSTITCHING and picot ed first’ ‘class work. Balcony K. [Dry Goods store. 5-8. r FOR SALE. Studebaker touring car with wtnte- ttop; tires practically new; self-starter; small payment down fwill sell for $450; on terms to suit. Van Gord + Co. 218 Bust r ness for male; rea Blanchard, car for bond; Neilie Porter $500; Evelyn Hamilton,, car for bond; Mrs. Nedra Hunter, car for bond; Ma. bel Gilmore, $200; Hattie Lewis, $500; Helen Sanders, $500; Mrs. Cliff Cook, $500; Hilda Spencer, $500; Mary 2/owned by followin oft by burned be in the de e blower whose body recognition was found : we ATAL (FOR SALE—Red bug at Vellowsten: OMABA, Neb., May 8.—The postoffice about 10 miles south of Omaha, located William Trent, was destroyed by fire early today in explosion believed by authorities to have been explesion precede? the|seen two strange men driving about also damaged an adjoin-| the town in a automobile before the cvore to the night | c = 0. YEGG at Bellevue, Neb., | in a grocery store | telephone operator at Bellevue. The night watchman of a training school for disabled war veterans said he had ‘Thomas, hel €de Casper Daily Cridune 3. K. rick on April J. K. HUGHES. MEXIA, May 8.—Somebcdy start ed a discussion recently regarding the big winners in the Mexia field. It was pretty generally conceded that Co?. Albert E. Humphreys head- ed the list, with Jesse K. Hughes a close second. Ifumphreys brought én the discov- ery well. He came here from Wyo- ming, initiated his campaign on a $3,000,000 bank roll, earned in the Big Muddy, Wyoming fields. ‘The Humphreys companies are now capi- talized at £83,000,000 and the colon- el's friends insist that he controls 75 per cent of the combination. The Pure Oil comrany of Ohio became associated with Humphreys in the development of the properties. Lucky Jess itughes. On the other hand, J. K. Hughes embarked on his Mexia career with a shoestring bankroll. Some say $2,000. Be that as it may, this same J. K. Hughes is now sitting on top of the Mexia world, so to speak. Ho is the dominating figure in five oil compunies, controls the Majestic ho- tel, is building the largest office building ‘in Mexia, owns the largest garage and has become such an im- portant factor in the town that they asked him to run for mayor this svring. Hughes’ luck in Mexia has been simply phenomenal. Everything ho touches goes good. Just to illustrate how he gets the breaks, some inside history of the Ed Ellis is related. TWO SCORE ARRESTS, OVER 30 PLACES CLOSED OSED BY INJUNCTION Freda Akins, held; R. Merril, held; Edith McShane, $500. Other charges of contributory crimes were filed against J. W. Wilson, Var- non Ross, James J. Wertz and John Visoky. The latter js also charged with wife beating. A specific charge of gambling was filed against 'T. J. McKeon, duo to his alleged connection with the Dennie G. Wyatt club. Charges of both gambling and selling liquor wero filed against J. R. Branniman, Fred W. Dralle, Bar- ney Lesperance, Pete Carberry, R. M. jMcDermott, William White, and Ed- ward Mellem. These cases grew out of the closing of the Dennie O. Wyatt club. All defendants were released upon supplying $500 bond guarantec- ing appearance at preliminary trial. With the arrest of five additional “|persons this morning, bringing the to- tal number of arrests in the cleanup drive which was launched here Sat urday by county law enforcement agencies, up to 47, but three persons for whom warrants were issued were at large today. Two of these per. sons will be in custody before night according to the statement of officials Those arrested today include Bessic Martin, and Dixie Porter on prostitu tion charges-and Emmett Davey, B. Kirchner and Azio Sanara on bootleg sing charges. Kirchner was arreste this morning at 216 North Boye street and Sanara at 142 North Ash street. It was definitely announced this |morning that all case sin which war- rants have been issued will be heard directly in district court. Judge C. 0 Brown will return here Friday morn ing from Lander to open the hearings in the cases, a NOTIC The Victory Workers of the Metho. dist church will hold a bake sale {Thursday afternoon at the Casp: Storage Grocery, 5-8-2t es ap te tea compan; a Hughes drilled the lease for the J. K. Hughes Oil company. When he got down 300 fect with’ Ellis No. 3 the drilling contractor broke a leg. This mishap held up the operation. In the meanwhile “another driller named Skinner completed a ary hole off-setting Ellis No. 3, Hughes then abandoned the operation and re- moved the derrick to another part of the Ellis lease. Before he could spud in a wind storm wrecked the derrick. A few days later the Texas | company completed a dry hole off- setting No. 17 Ellis, Thirteen Producers. Hughes now has thirteen produc- ers and one drilling well on the Ea Ellis lease. Before he started to | sicana test this week. Corsicana shallow fields. | Charter No. 6850. Loans and discounts . Overdrafts, unsecured U. S. government securities owned: drill this lease Hughes rejected sev- par value) cencesee-- 50,000.00 eral fabulous offers for the lease. ‘All other U. S. government securities... 143,28300 193,285.00 His most intimate advisers urged |Other bonds, stocks, securities, etc. --——-—-..- 69,234.56 him to sell, but J. K., decided to take |Banking house .... eac-seecee 129,000.00 the chance and drill the lease for |Furniture and fixtures . —-—--= 9,056.23 138,056.23 his own company. Lawful reserve with federal reserve bank .....-.- 108,226,83 leasq Hughes has developed in. the 4 Mexia field. Hoe started off by drill- companies in the United States .....-- - ee in the Mills lease, got a big. well | Exchanges etalee ng house Bae 4 % and sold nineteen and a half acres to | Checks on banks Jocated outside or town panes : the Magnolia Petroleum for $600,- reporting bank . : 486 090. Hughes has invested most of |Miscellanvous cash items . eee his profits in Mexia realty and | Redemption fund with the U. S. treasurer... Ber 500. 612,264.37 other ofl leases. He is now drilling a well for the J. K. Hughes Devel- Total -—-.-- tee $2,520,883.47 oping company on the Freeman lease in the Fish Pond district. The fund 3 Hanoped J. K. Hughes Developing company is ephcyy Ciee Bh apes seer crepes ts 150,000. J. K, Hughes’ fifth oil company in | U2 ial eae bo tens Coen’ Speers 5,042.32 Mexia. Fees Mota al 042.32 Circulating notes outstanding .—— 50,000.00 pconce ‘In and: Cemnty Amount due to national banlcs - + (1,998.01 3. K. Hughes made a dash for | Amount due to state banks, bankers and trust Hunt county, Texas, last week, and petpanieree Ard leased 1,500 acres ‘around Green- | certified checks, outstanding .. eae ville in the eastern part of the coun- Cashiers checks on own bank-outstanding 32,911.02 ty before the oll sharks knew where | Individual deposits subject to check -..-...~ 2,177,804.60 he was headed. ‘They follow Hugh- | Certificates af deposit due in less than 30 days... 39,943.84 es like a hawk in Mexia. Certificates of deposit ~ cctecceced, 202,794.68 Mr. Hughes is trying to establish | Other time deposits . far “i Soares be a record for rapid drillingjin the |Tetters of credit sold for cash and outstanding.. 1,000.00 _2,066.091.15 Fish Pond distirct. He spudded in | pig payable with federal reserve bank on liberty : with the Freeman No. 1 on March | bonds actually owned ....... AE I er ee 119,250.00 21 and is now past the 1,800-foot | Notes and bills rediscounted with federal reserve mark. The rain delayed the opera- Sank Wes Lis Rape < HH, tion during the week. The heaviest rains of the season halted operations generally. Offsetting the J. K. Hughes-Free- man on the east, the Kirby Petrol- eum company has been bailing oil for a week in a hole that is expect- ed to come in for gusher production. The Humble’s Sherrer, south of the | | Total Subscribed and sworn to before be found north of Mexia, and is in- vesting heavily around Currie, Rich. Freeman No. 1, Mexia, Texas field caught just as it painted the der- more than 300 barrels an hour or 7,500 barrels a day. land and Corsicana. He leased a tract near Colonel Humphrey’s Cor- Corsicana has = been the home of the Magnolia com- pany for years. Some of the first oil found in Texas was drilled in the State of Wyoming, County of Natrona, s I, Q. K. Deayer, Cashier of the above-named bank, do selemmty swear that the above statement is true to he best of my knowledge and belief. ar E. Robertson, British arrest of John Rhuland and T. G. An- Gerson on charges of impersonating | federal officers. Ho already has} caused the arrest of John F, Bilis, another detective, on a charge of kid- and Miss Culberson was said to have| started at the University of Texas! three months ago, where they both were students. The two met again recently in Washington, whore Miss Culberson was entered in the Holton | Arms school. i NEWARK, N. J., May 8.—Alexander B. Robertson, British war veteran, was preparing today to gather his evi dence that private detectives had at- ternpted to drive him from the United States because of. his affection for the daughter of a United States senator. ‘This evidence, he said, will be sub- mitted before British embassy offi- clals tomorrow, when he will seek the arrest of the men through federal warrants. He has already caused the arrest of one of the men on a charge of kidnapping. He described how he had been forced to go to Boston by the men under threat of arrest on a charge of stealing valuables from the Brit- ish-American War Veterans’ associa- tions’ rooms and how he had returned to Bloomfield and caused the arrest of one of the detectives named Bilis at a hotel here. WASHINGTON, May %~—Senntor Culberson of Texas, refused today to see Newspaper men to discuss charges of Alexander C. Robertson, British war veteran that private detectives sought to get him out of the coun- trea sll of his affection for Miss Mary Culberson, the senator’s 21-year- old daghter. ‘BY DETECTIVES. NEW YORK, May 8.—Denial that attempts were made to drive Alexan- Reserve District No. 10. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE Casper National Bank in the State of Wyoming, at the close of business on May 6, 1922. RESOURCES ee | $1,506,434.94 wees eee ceseees 1,608.37 Depasited to secure circulation (U. S. bonds $2,520.883.47 Q. K. DEAVER, Cashier. me this 8th day of Muy, 1922. R. E. BARTON, Notary Public. My commission expires January 25, 1926. Freeman tract, is still the best pro- Corrects—Attest: ducer in the Fish Pond distirc | A. J. CUNNINGHAM, Hughes believes the next pool will | P, C. NICOLAYSEN, PATRICK SULLIVAN, Directors. BRITISH VET TO FIGHT ATTEMPT TO DEPORT HIM NEWARE WN. J., May 8.—A request *hat the British ex bassy send an agent to escort him from the station tomorrow so that he would not be molested, has been made by Alex. MONDAY, MAY 8, 1922. result of the published reports regard. |ing Robertson and Miss until recently was a student at fashionable Holton Arms Finishing school here. Chesley W. Jurney, private secre. tary, political manager and confiden- tial friend of Senator Culberson who has had full charge of the senator's outside affairs since lis health began to fatl, was out of the city yesterday and had not appeared at the capital up to noon today. His absence led to reports which were without confirma. tion, that he had Jeft for Newark, N. J., where a conference on the mat. ter had been arranged with Mr. Jur. ney, Robertson, Mrs. A. P. Andrews, of Bloomfield, N. J., aunt of Robertson, and possibly Miss Culberson as par. Ucipants. Mr. Jurney is said by some friends of the family here to have had at least one conference with Robert son at which he urged the British war veteran to bear in mind his own youth and that of the senator’s daughter and that both wait a while befors thinking of marriage. Jurney also is understood to have talked‘to Miss Cul. berson with such effect that she on tered into an understanding with Robertson that they would not talk of matrimony “until the spring of 1923” at the earflest. British embassy officials indica! today they were cognizant of the ter in a general way, Mrs. Andrews having laid the charges before the embassy during a recent visit to ‘Washington. The embassy, after hear- ing Mrs. Andrews’ story, telegraphed Thomas Parker Porter, British con- sul general, at Boston to Investigate the aunt of the British veteran having alleged that Robertson was takun to Boston to be sent out of the country. Continuous 1 to 11 P. M. L PICKFORD Sister of charming Mary— She has beauty, vivacity and dramatic power, in a powerful story— They Shall Pay’ A drama of three incidents in a girl’s life. HAROLD LLOYD Admission 10c and 25¢ COMING “MISSING HUSBAMDS” LAST TIMES TODAY NORMA TALMADGE In Her Latest Prague ion “LOVE’S REDEMPTION” a! —ALSO— z SNUB POLLARD Bs) ES “STAGESTRUCK” Continuous 1 to 11 Admission 40c TUESDAY ONLY CONSTANCE TALMADGE In “MRS. LEFFINGWELL’S BOOTS” Ee Ee BISHOP-CASS THEATERS, ee LAST TIMES TODAY TOM MIX —IN— “UP AND GOING” TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY GLORIA SWANSON In “HER HUSBAND’S TRADEMARK” we. Te