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

THREE MOVIE WEDDINGS HIT “Marriages of Mayo and Walthall to Be Along With That of Valentino, Who Is Facing Investigation for Alleged Viola- tion of the White Slave Act LOS ANGELES, May 18.—Investigation of Marriages of two other prominent motion picture actors who took this step after obtaining an interlocutory decree of divorce and with- out waiting for a final decree, is under way, in addition to the probe of the marriage of Rodolph Valentino, it was an- nounced at the district attorney’s office here today. These actors are Frank Mayo and Henry B. Walthall, according to the district attorney’s announcement. Mayo was married at Tijuna, Mexico, after the granting of an imterlocutory iS INCREASED decree of divorce here. The bride of jthe second marriage at Tijuana was Dagmar Godowsky, daughter of Dr. PHILADELPHIA, increase in his lead over Attor- eneral George E. Alter, for the nomination for governor vania was maintained to- ford Pinchot, former state who was prominent in tie Progressive party movements led by ‘Theodore Roosevelt in\191% and 1914 Returns this morning from 7,543 out 34 election districts shows a of 8,027 for Pinchot. With districts missing Ptnchot's total was 496,986 anu Alter’s 488,959. Pinchot Jumped into the lead early lart night when about 7,200 of the 7,- 934 districts in the state had reported their unofficial returns from Tues- day’s primary. Nearly every addition- al district heard from increased his majority. With 426 districts missing Pinchot early today had a lead of 7,639, the un- official vote in the 7,508 districts re- porting giving him a total of 495,442 against 487,803 for Alter. As most of the missing districts are in sections where Pinchot showed the greatest strength, his advantage was expected grow as additional returns were ecetved. SSeS BALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE --_ -— -__-- At St. Louis— R. H. E. Brooklyn -00I—x x x St. Louis -. -100—x x x Batterk=Vance and Deberry; Per- * ties and Asnsmith. At Cincihhat}—Philadelphin-Oinc}n- nati game postponed; rain. Wt Chixago—Bostom Chicago game postponed; wet grounds. At Piftsbuhgh—New York Pitts- burgh game postponed. rain. jv Mats ew nam Fag AMERICAN LEAGUE At Philadeiphia—Chicago-Philadel- phia game postponed; rain. At New York—Cleveland-New York game postponed; wet grounds. At Washington—Detroit-Washington same postponed; rain. At Boston—St. postponed; rain. LATE COUNT Leopold Godowsky, noted pianist. LOS ANGELES, May 18.—The fed 4 eral government, through the depart ment of justice bureau of investiga, tion agents here, will investigate the marriage May 18.— A of Rodolph Valentino, screen actor, to Miss Winifred Hud nut of New York, at Mexicali, Mex ico, It became known here toda: Valentino will be questioned by federal officers, it was stated at the federal building and an effort will be made to interrogate the bride as soon as she can be reached at some point between here and New York, her ro Ported destination. Frank M. Sturgis, in charge of the department of justice bureau here, said that the investigation into the Valentino marriage was prompted by reports made to his office that Valen: tino had violated the Mann white slave act. can majority 29) NEW YORK, May 18.—Winifred Hudnut Valentino, who started east last night, leaving behind her actor- bridegroom, whose legal right to marry her his been questioned, may pass her father, Richard Hudnut, per fume manufacturer, on the road. At his offices today it was said he had not been tn for several days and it was thought he had gone to Los Angeles. Members of the office staff said Mr, Hudnut had closed up his home here recently and was living at a hotel. Efforts to locate him were unavailing. VALENTINO BORN - ‘Y ITALY. LOS ANGBLES, Cal., May 18.—The antecedents of Rudolph Valentino, the motion pieture actor whose marriage at Mexicali was recently announced, are. stated by his friends here to be unquestionably Italian: He was born in Italy, they say, and there is no record available here to show that he has ever lost his Italian citizenship by natcs tion, although it was stated at his studio that he was com- monly understood there to be an Amer- ican citizen by adoption. ‘Valentino was married here in No- vember, 1919, to Miss Jean Acker, from whom he was given ar interlocutory decree of divorce January 10, 1922. His name was given in the marriage application as “Rudolpho Gyglielm,” and his place of birth at Italy. He was them 24 years old. ‘At the studio where he is employed here it was said that the records dis- close than Valentino had been born at Castell, Province of Anita, Italy and that he was educated at Perugia. He came to America as a youth and was employed in New York and elsewhere as a tango dancer. He entered motion picture work abgut the time of his marriage to Miss Acker in 1919. Valentino has a fluent command of Ttaliar and his claim of Italian name nnd descent always had been borne out by the facts, according to the Lasky studios, where he is employed. Fs Louis-Boston game Sate RECLAMATION DISCUSSED. WASHINGTON, May 18.—Governor| Campbell of Arizona conferred with President Harding today on various phases of western reclamation work. SCHOOL WORK TO BE PLACED YOUR SLAIN IN Several Wounded in Night Fighting Kept Up Today BELFAST, May 18.—(By The Associated Press.)—A wild night of firing in the Marrowbone district of Bel- fast with police and soldiers battling gunmen, was fol- lowed by further shooting today as the working people we-s on thelr way to the shops. At leas: four men are deat’ as a result of these disorders and several others wounded, some se- riousty, While iast night's firing raged out- side of the People’s hall, a baptismal service was in progress inside, and the whole congregation. was thrown Into a panic, several women becom- ing hysterical. The baptism of two babies, which had been begun in front of the platform, had to be fin- ished in another hall, which was shel- tered from the rain of bullets. DUBLIN, May 18.—(By the Asso lated Prese.}—When the dafl Efreann met this afternoon the speaker an- nounced that matters arising from yesterday's discussion concerning an agreement between the two political factions were still under consideration and therefore this question of the agenda would be dealt with later. The annotincement confirmed ro- mors of a renewed attempt to reach an agreement despite yesterday's an- nouncement that the negotiations had broken. down. It is shown that Michael Collins, head of the provi- sional government Arthur Griffith, president of the dail, and Eamon De Valera and Harry C. Boland, leaders of the groups oppore4 to the free state, together with chiefs of the two army factions, conferred at the man- sion house this morning. FOUR DEAD IN MEXICAN MINE TUCSON, Ariz., May 18.—With four Persers dead, three unaccounted for and several others seriously burned, the fire in Elpajo silver mine at Ro. saria, Sonora, has been extinguikhed, according to advices reaching the lo- cul officers of the Southern Pacific of ‘Mexico. The conflagration was the result of a gasoline explosion and shaft Jevels in the mine ic under way today to locate the thrne misning men, who are believed to hve been trapped by cavating excavations, IN NUMBER OF |Motor Club and Chamber of Commerce Committee Ar- ranging for Opening of Camp Here. TOURISTS SEEN | timbering was badly damaged. The} silver mine ig one of the oldest silver} producers in Mexico. A search of all} ‘With anticipations of an increase|withitraw from Detr-El-Zor. Che Casper Daily et a ee A Weather Forecast Generally fair tonight and Thursday; covler in east por- tion tonight. VOLUME VI MANY PERISH | Crthune CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1922. ‘CUNNING’ SAYS BIG BUSINESS WILL EMPLOY PSYCHIC EXPERTS TO ADVISE BEFORE MANY YEARS S Whatever opin-ing experts, and so on. It’s an art fon you have,about which, thus far, there is little formed atter see-| known, but much to wonder about.” ing Dr. Cunning} Through an exclusive arrangement at the Iris Sun-|with The Tribune Dr. Cunning will day matinee you!consider letters addressed to him in will have the im-|care of The Tribune in addition to an. pression of hav-|swering questions at the theater. ing seen and} heard aman who|cerning any phase of social, personal, ts spreading a|business or other activity. clean gospel. Dr. Cunning) ferences. says right think-| ‘The invitation to ask questions is ing makes right living. In other|open to anyone. Simply sign your full words, what your mind is you are. “If/name and address to your question T can give some real help to only one and mail it to Dr. Cunning, in care of person in every’ audience of mine I\The Tribune,'Casper, Wyo. You may consider my mission* fulfilled every|send your questions In now. Initials time I give a performance,” he said. | only will be used in answering ques “My intuitive art is mostly talent, | tions. just as one has talent for music or| The first answers will appear in other ar hs rest is training. |Saturday’s paper and more will “The coming, and not very|publishea each day that Dr. Cunning far off, when big business firms will|is in the city employ psychic experts to guide them; If the ‘fribune ts not coming to you y be answered. employ business managers, advertis-! 1m CONSPIRACY TO SEIZE $100,000 ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., May 18. —Jack Crosby, held here on a charge of concealing a criminal conspiracy in connection with the disappear- ance of Miss Opal Rexroat, Ard- more, Okla» helrgss, today waived! stézag; "Where the couple were ar extradition and i& being taken! to'| rosted last night. If Kinney waives Ardmore by a deputy sheriff. U. + extradition Rexroat will return to 'T. Rexroat, father of the girl, who came here when it was reported that his daughter had been located with Ludie E. Kinney at an isolated ranch in the mountains near here, is awaiting advices from . Houston, ! | Uprising Sweeps Country in Open Rebel- LARGE INCREASE lion to Proposal for French Mandate Over Nation DAMASCUS, Syria, April 23.—The rising of the Syrian, people against the French, who occupy the country under| last fortnight) mandate, has spread rapidly during the throughout Syria and adjoining states and is assuming the character of open rebellion. taxation and demand the abrogation of the French mandate and the right to impose their own|of her mandate at a meetitng of the taxes. jcouncil on July 15 as the consent of Damascus is under martial law. The | the United States undef certain cowdi- minister of the interior has resigned| tions, was expected. as a protest. —_—_—_— In the district of Garablus, the rev- alutionaries forced French troops to You may ask him any question con-, Dr. Cunning holds no private con be} in business ventures; just as they now | subscribe now so that your questions | IN MARRIAGE OF GIRL TO ALLEGED KIDNAPER The Syrians complain of heavy | BRIDGE - WRECK Seven Cars of Oil Pile Up in Creek as | Structure Weakened by Fire of | Incendiary Origin Falls | _A fire of incendiary origin \five miles east of Bonneville, is |resulted in the destruction of seven cars of oil and the inter- |ruption of traffic over the line |gap caused by the burned bridge, oc jeurred last night when freight train |No. 75 reached the bridge. The fire had burned itself out by that time and intimation of the im. there was no ESTATE SEEN Ardmore, if not he will gg to Hous- ton. Roxroat asserts that he believes his daughter was kidnaped and forced to marry Kinney by a gang of conspirators who sought to get possession of her $100,000 estate. Crosby had on his person when arrested mortgages signed by Miss Rexroat totalling $27,300, RIANS TO FIGHT MANDATE Park Athlete Is Individual Star of Meet George Cook of Park school, with a total of 24 points to his credit was the individual star of Wednesday's big track and field meet in which all grade schools of the city participat- | ed. Cook leads Buzz Grissinger of East Casper by three points, the for- | mer having won three firsts and three seconds, while Grissinger was second high with four firsts and a third. The main story of the mect published on the sport page today erroneously gives Grissinger the credit and: this article is offered to ON BURLING? ON ja bridge over Badwater creek on the Burlington right-of-way, The wreck, which resulted in the loss of seven cars in the stand as a correction, it being im- possible to revise the other at the ate hour. of going to press. TWO KILLED IN of at least 40 per cent in tourist traf-| The executive committee of the con- fio this eB POE 4 with last| federation of Syrian committees on ‘TOURIST TRAFFIC OVER Seta sant comnts ec ts conker cay meee ene]. ANIM PACIEIG HENNY! Motor club and Casper Chamber of|perialists are making mandated peo-| Commerce was appointed last night|ple enslaved colonies” expressed the : |determination of Syria to refuse the oe errangements for early open-| andate of France and asked for the ing of the tourist park here. The ar-|neip of the United Statesto this end. rangements will be in charge of Ben| Another message was sent to the L, Scherck and Chas. B. Stafford.|council of the league of nations at The first effort will be to secure a|Geneva, démanding the withdrawal of competent caretaker for the grounds.|the mandate to France, and that The decision to open the tourist|French troops be removed from the grounds at an early dato was made at |country. the annual meeting of the motor club| The council of the league has not last night. Following the transaction’ yet passed on the question but Gen- of other business the election of offi-|eva dispatches yesterday stated that cers occupied the attention of those|France was expected to ask approval attending, | J. S, Mechling was chosen presi- dent, J. B. Griffith vice president, A. I. Wallace trsasurer and Chas. B. ‘Stafford secretary. j ON DISPLAY LAST TWO DAYS OF WEEK AT MASONIC TEMPLE | \ “ The Targest exhibit ever staged by the schools of Casper will be put on at the Masonic temple auditorium Friday and Saturday of this week from 2 to 5 o’clock in the afternoons and from 7 to 9:30 evenings. Every department will be represented. The high school will send to the exhibit samples of work done in the manual training, domestic science, and applied | schools ‘were sent to the Douglas state art departments. The grade schools fair, at which they usually carried off will offer exhibits of academic work|prizes. Now Casper’s citizens, and and of the three departments before|especially the parents of Casper’s mentioned. school children will have an opportun- ‘This is unquestionably the most tm-|ity to examine without charge the portant and the best school exhibit york of their sons and daughters. that has ever taken place in Casper.|” The high school band will play dur- CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 18,—Tour-| main line, resulting from the effect ist traffic over the Union Pacific's TRAIN WRECK fyeness of the lowest rates since be-| fore the war, is so heavy that officials ——. are discussing running the more pop- | ARDMORE, Okla., May 18.—Two ular of westbound trains in two sec-' men were killed and another probably tions. Extra coaches have been ada-| fatally injured when a St. Louis-San : jate the Francisco freight train ‘ plunged ed to these trains to accommodate the | through the bridge over Boggy river, rush. |near Sopher, about fifty miles east Fivé cars with the engine and tender dropped from an embankment twenty- five feet high. Will Wear Down Mountains CITY ” MITION Fl’ =D X ox | S TRAIN which destroyed two spans of responsible for a wreck which today. pending mishap until car No. 2 of the train reached the gap and fell through into the creek closely followed by six other tank cars. The engine and one other car had passed over the break before the bridge crumbled. investigations un derway today disclosed the fact that the bridge had been fired sometime last night and the destruction was ap. parently the work of someone holding @ grievance against the railroad com. pany. The entire bridge was not destroyed due to the fact that all remaining sec- tions or of steel and concrete con- struction except two 10 foot spans de- stroyed. The bridge had been ispect- ed yesterday before the passage of train No, 30 and found to be in good condition Because of wreck passenger train No. 29 was held iri Casper today until 145 this afternoon, The train was sent from Casper when it was learned that the bridge would be pass- able again this afternoon at 4:30 o'- clock. ‘The names of the members of the train crew and the amount of loss suffered by the railroad company were withheld at division headquarters to. day. ———EE KIMBALL AND BLUME ENDORSED FOR STATE COURT AT CHEYENNE CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 18.—Mem- bers of the Laramie County Bar asso- ciation present at a meeting held here unanimously endorsed the candidacy for election to the state supreme court of Justices Ralph Kimball and respect among the entire membership of the association, however, is said to be far from unanimous and there |may be further developments, it {s| | stated, A number of members of the! |association, while disapproving of| | neither Kimball nor Blume, favor the| | proposed candidacy for the supreme bench of Jean V. Tidball of Laramie, | | judge of the second judicial district. | Candidates for the supreme court! will be chosen in a non-partisan pri- |mary, the four candidates leading in the primary contest to be the candl- Fred H. Blume, both of whom are) serving under appointment from Governor Carey. Sentiment in thi 20 BODIES ARE CARRIED. FROM HOSPITAL RUINS Ward Isolated by Fall of Pavement, Many Are Trapped ROME, May 18.—(By The Associated Press.)—A_ disas- trous fire swept the historic hospital at Santo Spirito, one of the most ancient and pic- turesque charitable institu- ions in Rome, y today. Collapse of the pavement isolated the chronic ward. ‘Twenty bodies had been ex racted from the burning ruins at 7:30 »'clock. The institution accommodates near- ly 5,000 inmates, and includes a hos- al, lunatic asylum, foundling home a refuge for aged and infirm per- The fire broke out at mid-night in tho laundry. At first {t seemed insig- nificant, but it spread rapidly. Nurses and doctors carried out the bedridden from one ward, and in the next ward three patients crawled out. Neighboring firemen responded 0 help fight the fire, but at the mo ment of the arrival the electric lights were extinguished, adding to the hor- ror of the situation. As the immense wooden beams of the hospital fell, there was a heavy, grinding noise and the pavement col- lapsed, burying 20 of the chronic pa tients and rendering access to the wards impossible. Carabineers, royal guards, nurses and doctors made heroic efforts té save the patients, rushing through the smoke and fire and bringing out 12, ali of Which, however, were dead from suffocation. Several of the rescue parties were injured. The two wards were destroyed, but the firemen saved the other buildings. Sixteen bodies already have been re covered. Four other patients were burned badly and one dangerously in jured. ‘The hospital of Sanic Spirito is situ- ated on tne banks of the river Tiber, not far from the vatican grounds. It was founded by Pope Innocent EIT, in the twelith century, enlarged by In nocent TV., in the thirteenth and re built under Sixtus I'V., in the fifteenth. ‘The altar in the hospital chapel was designed by Andrea Palladio, and re- puted to be the only work of this ar- tist in Roome. S5INDICTEDIN INVESTIGATION OF FARGO BANK FARGO, N. D., May 18.—Thirty- five secret indictments against 13 in- dividuals have been returned by the special county grand jury investigat- ing the affairs of the defunct Scandi- |navian-American bank of Fargo, and |the relation of those affairs with the {Bank of North Dakota, George | Schafer, assistant state attorney gen- jeral announced today. The grand jury adjourned after is |suing the indictments, Warrants are to be issued this afternoon and the |names of the persons indicted will be | |made public after they have been ar- rested, Mr. Schafer said. IOWA LABOR NAMES HEAD DAVENPORT, Iowa, May 18.—J. B. Wiley of Des Moines, international vice president and state president of the electric street railway employes, was elected secretary-treasurer of the Towa Federation of Labor today. He dates at the general election next) succeedd B. C. Willey of Sioux City, November. sesh fies whose failure to appear at the con- Tipe vention now being held here has been | CONSISTORY TO MEET. | the cause of much comment and gos- |. CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 18.—¥or-|sip. On the opening day of the con- ty-one Master Masons, representing| vention the office was declared v: |all parts of the state, have been elect- jed to membership in the class which is to be held here the second week| of June. The class eventualty will ex-| ceed 100, it is anticipated | cant and President John C. Lewis de- clared in a statement that the secre- Jof here at midnight last night, ac-|is to be raised to the Scottish Rite de-|tary-treasurer has resigned because cording to word received here today.|gree at the consistory reunion which|of ill health. According to advices from Sioux City, Willey left there two wekes ago, His whereabouts are unknown. ¥Formert; the products of Casper’s'ing the evenings. As water by its steady flow wears away the hardest COA L E R ic E co N FE R E N Cc E | granite, so does constant, steady ADVERTISING | break away all barriers to steady progress, and wear is A Re RA N G E D BY pal ooV E rR | smooth, well-traveled highways to those fortunate | cities which have sufficient vision and faith to push ahead and utilize, by advertising, the resources of their city and trade territory. FORCE HONG KONG, May 18.—(By the Associated Press,)—Negotiations are in progress by the south China gov- ernment at Canton, nd both the northern factions to prevent a northward expedition by the army of Sun Yat Sen, head of the Canton government. - The southern government’s main army is moving and concentrating on the border between Kwang Tung and Kiangsi provinces, near the town of Namyung. The recently reported break be- tween Sun Yat Sen and General Chen Chiung-Min. head of the south China forces, is not serious, it was of the operators declared that the production situation did not justify any great increases in prices as am-| ple supplies existed. 18,—Secre-|.all orders for coal will be cleared. A | similar general committee would be set up at Washington and Mr. Hoover assured the coal operators that he| “We are here to consider only the had Attorney General Daugherty’s/ problem of distribution and price in opinion that such “co-operative action | coal,’ Mr, Hoover said, after calling reduce and hold down prices in the the meeting to order, “and will not "ay | ld be legal.” ‘| discuss the wage or strike question. prices” during tho period of the ex-| Public interest woul | ' aioe: Gos iatetion <4 | practically all of the representa-| ‘The situation is that in some dis- ‘The plan which was approved by|tives of larger producing eee tricks, duo) eae aed R it 4 rhs Mr.| not affected by the strike 1e ter- | compet 4 | 5 4 é i n Rove Cate eee igh veuateas ee a ey, east of the Mississippi were| vanced strongly, while in other dis-| make it a better city in which to live and make a committee of opertsto:s with govern-| present-when Mr. Hoover, sayng that/|trcts there are still insufficient orders | living. . ment amd consumers’ representatives|the operators had been called for con-|reaching the operators to keep their s rerving on in each district where/ ference at the direction of President | mines busy snc so keep them opening coat is Leing produced, taroug% whion | Harding, announced his plan. Most new production.’ i | WASHINGTON, May tery Hoover asked and obtained today 7 the approval of the leading operatora of non-union bituminous coal fields for a government plan of “getting the| coal industry by voluntary actfon to| pyt a stop point on increase of coal | to In some cities, everybody’s business seems to be no- body’s business. The citizens owe something to a community besides the payment of,taxes. Some people are citizens of a city, while others just live there. Their home city is worth their very best efforts. They should BOOST FOR IT! BE PROUD OF IT! And, by so doing, | declared in well informed quarters | here. Indications point to a com- | plete settlement between them in | the near future. | | | | PEKING, May 18.—(By the Asso- ciated Press.)—Foreign _legations | here are awaiting an explanation | from the Peking government con- | cerning tho status of Manchuria, | | which Gen. Chang Tso-Lin has de- | | clared part of his newly established | empire, | Foreign Minister Yen is ~- under- | stood to have prepared a note em- phasizing that Gen. Chang's seizure | of the postoffices, customs, salt affa | EXPEDITION OF CANTON S TO BE BLOCKED railway administration of Man- churia has already involved foreign interests. A report received here from Muk- den, the Manchurian capital, says Chang has already adopted a flag for his new empire. It is said he Proposes to include in Manchuria that part of the province of Chihll north of the Lwan er, which empties in the sea near Luanchow, his southern base. This includes a large part of the province south of the great wall and also a portion of the railroad between Tientsin and Mukden, which the allies demand shall be kept in operation, BELFAST WAR IN ROME FIRE)