Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 12, 1922, Page 1

SENATE CALLS FOR ACTION TO BLOCK STEEL MERGER: Che Casper Daily ——————————— | Weather Forecast Fair tonight and Saturday, not much change in temperature; freez- ing temperature in west portion to- night. | Crthune peek ee ——————— VOLUME VI CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1922 THICAGO LABOR LEADERS INDICT Mrs. Stillman Wins Point in Divorce Hearing Today but Second Letter Is Permitted Ameng Evidence POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., May 12.—(By The Associated Press.) —The so-called ‘confession letter” alleged to have been written by Mrs. Anne U. Stillman to James A. Still- mati, New York banker, six months before the birth of Guy Stillman in 1918, again today was tendered as evidence in the banker’s divorce suit. It was ruled out but another letter~ | ‘CONFESSION’ LETTER IS BARRED BY COURT |state’s attorney threat to use against them the law invoked | *»° Clothing Costs Show Decline CHICAGO, May 12.—Retall clothing prices dropped 42 per cent since July, 1920,and a further (lecline is expected, according to the National industry conference board, which has made a survey of the clothing industry. Between November, 1921 and March 1922, the average cost of clothing de- creased fve ner cent, the report says. written at the same period was re- cetved in evidence. ‘The letter was admitted while Mrs. Stf!man was under cross-examina- tion. It was written at Buffalo, where Mrs. St{lman was under treat: ment by an osteopath, and addressed to “Dear Family.” ‘The note was reported to have com- plained of her depression and worn- out feelmg and to have said that it she “had taken Fred Beauvais’ ad- vice” she would not have been so troubled. Beauvais is the Indian guide ajlesed by Mr. Stiilman to be the father of little Guy. In the “dear family” letter, it was said, Mrs. Stillman told of meking small purchases and of becoming ac- quainted with a.policeman in wander: ing about Buffalo. During her cross-examinaticn, com- pleted this afternoon, she admitted that several. other letters shown to her “looked Uke" her handwriting, but declined positively to accept authcr- ship of them. ‘The letters signed ‘Kathitio,” an Indian term meaning “dear flower’? and ending “lots of Canadian love, which were introduced Iast week as having been written by Mrs. Stillman to Beauvais also were placed before her. “They look Nike my handwriting but those certainly are not my sentir ments,” sie is reported to have said. On redirect exumination, Mrs. Still- man told of her fondness for life in the open and she and Mr. Stillman once planned a hunting trip to La- prador. ‘Then she wanted to go to ‘Alaska and kill a bear for its pelt. “We always quarreled about money’ she sai4, discussing her relations with . Stillman. ri ania tennis courts and "% set: ol on the estate and -m Totes toe the children. Mr. Still- man objected to the amount of inoney spent in keeping up our home, Ida M. Oliver, who has been the nurse of Guy Stillman since he was four days old, was called for cross-ex- amination this afternoon. IMRS, LEVER CLAINED SUDDENLY Sorrow engulfed the home of another prominent Casper family suddenly today with the passing of Mrs. Eleanor Lever, wife of Julian E. Léver, traveling agent for the Chi- cago & Northwestern Railway company. Death occurred at a local hospital at 11 o’¢lock as the culmination of an ill- ness of 48 hours’ duration caused by ulcer of the stomach. News of her death came as a shock to relatives and friends-alike, Mrs. Lever was take her home at 736 South Beech street a local hospital where an operation ‘Was to be pertormed. She passed away before the hour set for the operation, perforation of her stomach belng the direct cause of death. Mi, Lever, has been to Omaha oi: a business trip. It is Imown that he left there on his way to Casper and it js though that his train is snowbound somewhere near Lusk. Efforts to get into communication with him have been of no avail because of the condi- tions of the wire service resulting from the severe storms. Julian Lever, Jr. a son of the de- ceased is attending college at Ann | Arbor, Mich. Efforts to communicate with him have also been futile to date. Until these two can be communicat- ed with, no arrangements will be mad for the funeral. The Levers have a plot of ground in the cemetery at Chadron, Neb., and it ts possible that Mr. Lever will have interment made there. "es No services will be held before Mon- day. ‘Whether the remains, which are now in the Shaffer-Gay chapel, will Union Pacific Earnings Lower NEW YORK. May 12.—Net income of the Union Pacific Railroad com- report issued today. 445,913 decreased $27,603,597 or 13.2 per cent. Total operating expenses of 481,601,749 decreased $25,338,186 or 16.1 per cent, leaving revenues ' Continued on Page Four.) crease Of $2,265,411, or 4.3 per cent. STORM CONDITIONS PASS é IN THIS BLOCK Return to Moderate Temperature Boon to Stock Interests and Wire Lines Are REGION, TRAINS ED BY LANDSLIDE probable that train No. 29 will arrive here late this evening unless the tre- mendous bouder has done more dam- age to the tracks and right-of-way than has been reported here now. It was impossible to tell definitely here today when the trains would ar DEATH FOLLOWS BRIEF ILLNESS cnry EDITION NUMBEK 183. | Blow at Gang Terrorism Seen in Action o | District Attorney; Eight Are Charged With Late CHICAG saw in the ind 86 years ago to obtain conviction of the Haymarket rioters, | -oné |a smashing blow at what they In a long night session Thursday, a Cook county special | sisters, and that they will give me a grand jury returned true bills charg |ing murder against “Big Tim" Mur- | phy, head of the gas workers ‘union Fred Mader, president of the Chicago Building ‘Trades council; Cornelius P. {(Con) Shea, secretary-treasurer of the theater janitors union, referred to as |the “big three” of the Chicago labor circles, and five others. ‘The indictments returned in connec- tion with recent bombing outrages and police killings s: 9 forerunners of scores of others, officials said. More than 400 persons were arrest ed in the last few days and but few have been released, with the greater number denied freedom even on writs ot habeas corpus. Others aamed tn the indictments are Isadore Braverman, head of the fixture hangers unton; Daniel Me- jbusiness agent of the plumbers union: \Jerry Horan, former saloonkeoper; Thomas Hogan, former police officer and Robert McCloud, clerk in the buflding trades council. The eight are charged specifically with the killing of Terrence Lyons, acting police Heutenant. The slaying of Lyons followed the murder of Thomas Clark patrolman on guard at a building which previously had O, May 12.—Police and civic organizations today | continuea. ictment of eight Chicago labor leaders and the) that my nam eoytuiteesaRt nc mendd +>. dee. cent amnetals Peggy Joyce Denies Gossip Linking Name With Suicide GIANT COMBINE. NOW PENDING {5 DEALT BIG BLOW \ NEW YORK, May 12.—When Peggy Hopkins Joyce returned today from France on the Mauretania, her baggage was ordered retained and sent * toms agents subjected her to an examination later but declin Miss Joyce was shown a Washington dispatch stating th ers. | nied reports that the attache died be- ——- owners of America had banned any D: in which she appeared, “in the “I haven't committed any crime,” asserted the actress, whose name has cause of unrequitted love of the sct- reas. interest of a clean screen.” | been mentioned in dispatches from “I think Bubbling over with indignation on the trip up the harbor from quaran- tine Miss Joyce wommented caustic- ally on the action of the theater own- Paris in connection with the recent suicide there of “Billy” Errazuriz, at- jtache of the Chilean embassy, The | Brrazuriz family has indignantly de Marders this is outrageous,” she “If It has come tn pass} is associated with men ve been charged with crimes, the day of chivalry in America is I have confidence tn the fair play of my American brothers and termed gang terrorism. been bombed, police say, by labor men} Square deal.” because it was being erected under] Denying that she had been harried the Landis award, a wage decision out of France because of the Chilean > appraiser's store. Cus- comment. ar IN RESOLUTION Bethleliem and “Lack motion picture theater & B= ' SORES |) wanna Head List of ae Corporations Named in 3 PHILA % WIA, May 1 Mer. er P; x Vv D oe § A Amartean Wott aierastn . bene ee eee clout in th seventh Inning with Philadeiphia today. He made his cleat i nthe seventh inning with || one man on base. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 12.--Jess no-hit game against Phila‘elphns nohit game against Philadelphia at New York, today was batted out of the box in the first inning when WASHINGTON, May 12.— Federal inquiry into reported plans for a merger of a num- ber of the largest independent steel concerns, including the Bethlehem and Lackawanna companies, was crdered today by the the local Nationals ran up three nate in adoptin; m resolution of hits, one of which was a homer by ator La Follette, Itepublican, Wis Fournier, with two men on base. n calling upon the: department Causey replaced Barnes, of justice and federal trade comrais sion to take steps designed to prevent the combination Hope that the department of jus. tice would “be sufficiently aroused to enjoin the proposed steel merger be- NATIONAL LEAGUE At Cincinnati— R. . E. es Brooklyn -— 030 001 021—6 15 | fore it {s consummated” was oxpre pe sae i sabia helen gras ta deere Recline: Cincinnati —____300 000 112—7 9 0|by Senator La Folletts in callin an federal judge which was intended to| “rhe French police never came to|“Hatteries-<Smith, ped Hongitag, n > settle the dispute between contractors | see me about the suicide. and the building trades counetl. The French people mind their own business, and that is more than I can say about CHICAGO, May 12.—Through et.) some Americans abroad.” t unexplained error by some official.! phe actr nici “ahe intendedito a orn hig R. 1 E. Jeremiah Horn, former saloonkeeper| take up the theater owners’ ban with | Philadelph sis on fe £7 indicted with several iabor leaders for| her Inwyer here before proceeding to Rattoci ith and Ti i . murder in connection with the Kill-! Norfolk. Va. for a month's rest. aan: — See jentine; ing of two policemen, was released! : Jones, Stueland and O'Farrell. | from the county jail last night on $50 bail after being booked on a disor-| NEW YORK, May 12.—Custom of. derly conduct charge and has disap-/ficials Iate today scized a diamond] Boston _— --000 200 000-39 0 peared. Two squads of detectives|and emerald plague valued at $14,000 | Pittsburgh .____000 010 O1°-5 9 2 were ordered by Chief of Police Fitz-|begoning to Pegsy Hopkins Joyce,| Mtterles—Watson, Marquard, Mill- morris to scour the city for Horn| which they asserted the actress hrd|¢t and O'Neil, Gowdy; Morrison, Yel- when his release became known to-|not declared when she returned today | De Berry, Couch, Markle and Har- grave. s ‘or the merger was entire industry la ‘ollette charged that opased to place the in his resolution. At Pittsburgh— R. HW. E. lowhorse and Mattox. day. pce ‘Paris on the Mauretania. At St. Louie RH PMT eT 2 New York PERSHING HONORED. CHINESE TEACHERS STRIKE. St. Louis Batteries — Barnes, Causey and MONTREAL, May 12.—General — Gemih Miniin asta Atoudeee John J. Pershing, commander of Am-| AMOY, China, May 12—The pri-| : y erican troops during the ‘ar today |mary school teachers of Amoy are on ee aT eugipnats x Guktoc GP Ikea lin: MGI) |stctiee’ for’ ail" Gahig “Bae” Cunt Worene AMERICAN LEAGUE university. The degree was conferred |in pay and the mission schools are eon by Sir Arthur Currie, principal of Mc-{seriously affected. A similar strike! At Boston-~ iil, in ®. downtown theater. . at Foo Chow Inst week was successful. | Chicago _ ~ +) Boston .— 100 18000%x— 5 10 1 Batteries—McWeeney, Acosta, Dav- o nie 1s 1 with severe BPiness Wednesday morning but showed A some. improvement yesterday. This ) morning, when her condition again f secame worse, she was removed a Must Answer to Charges of Having Connived With Players to Throw Games on Affidavit Filed by Happy Felsch, Who Was Thrown Out of Club for Crookedness MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 12.—The 1919 world’s series scandal which wrecked the Chi- pany from all sources during the} cago American league team and sent seven star baseball players to oblivion, at least as far year 1921 amounted to $31,302,075, «| as professional careers are concerned, today has been reopened... Tomorrow in Milwaukee decrease of $1,373,156 from the prev-) circuit court, Judge John J. Gregory will act on an affidavit filed by Oscar (Happy) Felsch, ious year, according to the detailed] one of the banished players, which requests Charles A. Comiskey, president, and his son, Louis, treasurer of the White Sox «lub, be summoned to answer a list of questions which Total operating revenues of $181.-| would dig deeply into the financial league’ baseball club to defend itself and other affairs of the league club. Felsch presented the affidavit in| American Comiskeys to recover salary for 1920| with certain bonuses, and compensa- tion for damages sustained in an al- leged conspiracy maliciously to injure his reputation and prevent his remain-| ing a magor league baseball player. | The lItst of questions Felsch would have the Comiskeys asked would deal with whether President Comiskey con- spired with the Sox players in 1917 in an attempt to have the De‘rolt club intentionally lose games to the Sox, and whether that service was repaid in 1919 by having the Sox toss four games to the Detroit tearm Another | question would ask whether Mr. Com- |iskey and players now on the White | Sox roster conspired to make 2 pool of $50 each from each Chicago player to be paid to Detroit pitchers in 1917 to lose games to the Sox. | against two new suits. | mediately to stop “atrocities” which = Bil alleges are being committed by coal MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 12.—| and iron policemen in Somerset, Cam co Rowland, manager of the be shipped or not, there will be serv-lover expenses of $49,844,164, a de-|@mplification of his suit against the) (11 ‘Aeaha in aeTt today characterized as untrue the charge od “Happy” Felsch that the White Sox (pated in any “fixed” ball games while Rowland was manager. pila sabe yaar ara BY MONDELL WASHINGTON, May —Congress: ™man F. W. Mondell appeared before the public lands committee of the house yesterday and urged favorable action on his measure providing that 37% per cent of government rents and royalties from naval petroleum re- serves be paid to the states in which | jthe reserves are located. This meas- Bottle Dregs Are Accepted As Evidence CHEYENNE, Wyo., Less than one gill of whiskey, col- | May 12.— ure would give the state of Wyoming a large income from the development of the Teapot dome by the Mammoth Oil company. lected from dregs in eight quart bottles which the defendant was car- rying when he was accosted on the enport, and Schalk; Quinn and Ruel. At Philadelphia— St. Louis -__...002 001 350—13 Philadelphia ...0000010083—4 8 1 Batteries—Shocker and Severeid; Harris, Moore, Yarrison, and Perkins, Fuehrman. At New York— RH. E. Detroit — 02 000 212—.8 14 1 New York 3100105x—10 14 1 Ratteries—Olson, Oldham and Bass- ler; Hoyt, ray, Mays, and Schang. At Washington— Cleveland Washington — Batteries—Coveleskie and O'Neill; Erickson and Gharrity. ‘Atrocities’ In Strike Fields SCRA: , federation of lab resolution urging Go: May 12.—The state today adopted a nor Sproul im- the hands of two Brest monopolies and to increase the prices. purpose of the merger ts clear,” he said. “It is the elimination of whatever competition now existe in the industry and the creation of a sit uation whcrs prices may be fixed on & monopoly basis without fear of de tection. “When this has been accomplished every so-called independent steel cor- poration of any consequence in the United States will have been merged into one gigantic combination and al most the entire output of iron and steel products will thon be under the control either of the United States Steel corporation or of its twin broth er, yet unnamed. Tho resolution directs that the at torney gengral and the fed: commission inform the sena aS soon as possible what steps they propose and to ascertain “the purposes probable effects of the proposed mer- ger and what actions they “have in- stituted to protect the public inter- ests.”" It also calls on the attorney gen eral to inform the senate whether or not it is advisable to proceed under the Sherman or Clayton acts “to pre vent and restrain this impending com- bination,” 1 trade | NEW YORK, May 12.—Announce ment of the prospective merger of the Bethlehem el corporation and the Lackawanna Steel company, which became public in the final hour of yes- terday’@ stock market session, result- .|ed in a further spectacular advance of Lackawanna shares at the opening of today’s trading. The first transaction in Lacka- wanna. comprised 4,000 shares at 73 to 14, followed by another sale of 300 shares at 74% and 100 shares at %5, cing an extremq overnight ad- From its maxi- figure the stock receded two on profit taking. thlehem Steel did not figure con- ously in the early movement ining only a fraction, Other independent steels, notabl Midvale, were distinctly heavy, prob- ably on the theory that thé Bethle- hem-Lackawanna deal would detract varice of 9% point mum poin jbria and Inc ia counties. from the strength of the prospective consolidation of the other companies. ROBBER $500,000 BANK YIN N.Y. IS CONFESSED Pair Responsible for Theft of Securities From Chase National in New York Arrested in Georgia Placed in Commission Casper and central Wyoming are today emerging from what is believed to have been the most disastrous storm in recent years. Heavy deposits of snow ranging from inches to feet in thickness in various parts of the district are grad- ually gi iving way before the pressure of a warm sun today. While the storm itself is past and evidence of the damage is being obliterated, shattered com- munication with the outside world, partially destroyed communication in Casper and a partial tie-up of trans- portation stilt loom. , The moderated temperatures and rapidly clearing ranges are a boon to the stockmen in districts where the heaviest Iosses in sheep, lamb crops and cattle are reported. No figures are yet cbtainable but it is still be- Heved that the total losses will reach a tremendous figure. Az an aftermath of the storm, trans- portation on the Burlington route is completely tied up today bn the main Tines east of Casper. Wrecking crews left hinré this morning for Cassa sta- tion, 16 miles west of Wendoves where ® hetry landalis blocked train No.! 20 whieh teft bore jast zight for Dy Eee ‘The ien¢sitde occurre? just ahead of the train and the engine was reported to be off the tracks. It ts reported that no one was injured when the engine left the tracks as the train was moving very slowly on this dan- gerous section when the mishap -oc- curred. Just a few miles to the east in Platte river canyon just west of Wendover, train No. 29 which was scneduled to reach Casper early this morning is tied up with a 20-ton bould- er which fell from an adjoining hill- side blocking traffic. Train No, 30 will be sidetracked at Cassa this afternoon and the wreck- ing crew which clears the tracks of the effect of the landslide will then Proceed to the scene where the bould- er ts blockading the track in an ef- fort to remove the im;yediment ‘With the intervening line between | Casper and Casea in good shapa, it is rive, it was reported at division head- quarters, because of the fact that com- munication 4 @uring the storm has not been fully re-established. ‘The west end of the Wyoming 4i- vision is reported to be all right again with communication fully established. ‘Train No: 30 left Billings on time tals morning and !s said to have been trav- cling on time at noon. Train No. 32, eastbound for Alliance will leave on time this afternoon unless reports or- dering the train heldover reach here irom Douglas or Wendover before it departs. ‘The Western Union Telegraph com- pany bas partially perfected its wire circuits so that ft is able to carry re- ports in all directions. States Telephone and Telegraph com- pany is making every possible effort to speed the return of norma! rondi- Uons. Crews are being placed into service to bring about a repair of the damage completed by the storm both in Casper and cn toll and exchange} Felsch with his charges of crooked | tomorrow night. connection lines. The Natrona Power company also suffered severely from the effects of the storm but believes that it will be/into its bubbling contents today when | day morning. was brought to a close able to reinstall services in every sec-! Sheriff Patrick McManus was given! with a banquet in the Masonic temple + summons tion of Casper before night. street by police and placed ander ar- rest, was held in municipal court here to constitute unlawful posses- Suits simflar to that filed by Felsch are belng planned by attorneys for “Buck” Weaver, “Swede” Risberg and Eddie Cicotte. CHARGES FALSE _ SECRETARY SAYS. Pearson was fined $100. He clatmed he had picked the bottles from garb- | age heaps and was carrying them sion of liquor by Charles Pearson. | The committee will probably take no action until the return to. Wash- |mgton of Secretary A. B. Fall of the [interior department, who has been jasked by the committee, following the |usual custom in such cases, for his jopinion with regard to the Mondell ‘The Mountain | CHICAGO, May 12—“Every charge made by Happy Feisch against. Char-| {les A. Comiskey, Louis Comiskey or! {the White Sox club is am absolute! falsehood,” Harry Grabiner, secretary | of the Chicago White Sox said today | after statements made in an/ affidavit In Milwaukee yesterday by Felsch which charged that the two} | Comiskeys knew of “fixed” ball games in which the Sox took part.in 1917. Both Comiskeys are out of town. MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 12.—(By| the Associated Press.}—The baseball | [scandal pot which was. set bofling/| again yesterday by Oscar “Happy” ness in the 1917 American league pen_| nant race of the Chicago White Sox and Detroit, had more material stirred | for the Chicago American) to a jumk dealer who would buy tsiben. j bill. SAVANNAH ,Ga., May 12.—John Vardeman, alias J. W. Hollis, and Bertha Fern Vardeman have raade a “clean breast” of the robbe¥y of the Chase Nationa! bank in New York City of $500,000 in securities, according to detectives who have been working here on the case. They added that the $30,000 worth of bonds stilT missing probably will be Shriners Hold . Fete at Butte ° ¢, ? BUTTE, Mont., May 12.—Shriners @re here today from the various parts of the state to participate in the| spring ceremonial and join with the! local’ nobles in staging a formal pa-| rade tonight in connection with the! indoor circus which opened last week | and which will be brought to a close | WASHINGTON, May 12.—The Japanese embassy announced to- night on the basis of advices from Tokto that “the withdrawal of the Japanese troops formerly stationed along the Tsingtao-Tsinan railway was completed May 4, specified in the d led program ar ranged March ©: Peking by the representatives*of Japan and China.” “The Tsingtao garrison itself will The forty-second reunion of the Scottish Rite bodies of Free Masonry, | which had been in session since Mon-! last night. i JAPS WITHDRAW SHANTUNG ARMY AGREEMENT IS BEING FULFILLED trecovered within a few hours. The robbery of $500,000 worth of liberty bonds from the Chase Nation 1 bank of New York has upied th: attention of detectives since April 17 A country-wide search led opera tives to Savannah, where the Varde man family recently established. Henry Hirsch, a jeweler arrested on suspicion of having aided in the dis- position of the bonds was released from jail.in New York Friday under 30,000 bal. He decicres his inno. cence on the ground that the woman with whom he negotiated was known 28 Mrs. La Blanche, who had received the bonds from a w to aid In establishing 2 | ture. > be removed from the port simultan- cously with the transfer of the ad- ministration of the leased territory | to the Chinese authorities,” the statement added. Thus there now remain in the province of Shantun:; outside the former German leased territory no Japanese military forces whatever and the withdrawal has been effected in three months from the singing of the Shantnung ment in Washington. 3 dT wn ow se FS eS Ss £AeaAa#wt #tiAtéuthihhtnhiitthtnaennrnrorrerrrTr''T©'r' wr er esl Cle oe