Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 2, 1922, Page 1

ba Weather Forecast VOLUME VI Natrona County wool pool, functioning under houses of both railroads. ‘The seated bid pian, which worked out successfully at the initial sale a week ago, will again be used and in- dications pomt to new record prices in view of the fact that ‘some of the hest eltps in the county will be offered. Among those whose, clips will be in- cluded are Tom Cooper, M. J. Goth- berg and P. C. Nicolaysen, who also comprise the pool committee, M. L. Bishop, Bugene McCarthy, D. N. Speas, Lew Mills, Oddmund Josen- dahl, Lew Scott and others. AN pool members who will be sheared out by June 15 have been urged to communicate with County agsoctation. Information is asked on the amount of each class of wool, whether yearlings, aged ewps or bueks, Assistance Tor the woolgrower irf ar- riving at a fair valuation cf slips of- fered for sale on June 15 is promis cd im the attendance of Prof. J. A. HM, wool ‘specialist of the University of Wyoming, who will advise owners. on shrinkags and geheral ‘values. Professor Hill will, arrive in Casper next Monday and will spend consider able time among the sheepmen st the shearing pens where, in conjunction with County Agent Penley, he will give fleece weight demonstrations to show the wide variation in weights and character of fleeces and the béne- fits to be derived by systematic cu!- ling. ‘This ice proved a great boon to woolgrowers last year. In addition to the commission house buyers who will submit bids at the next big sale here, assurance has been received that representatives of sev- eral big eastern manufacturers will also participate in the bidding. fo ee atti CHEVENNE PLANS: PON RAND OPERA SEASON CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 2.—Chey- enne is to have grand opera music next winter under the auspices of the chamber of commerce. Among the artists who will sing here are Paul Althouse, tenor, of the Metropolitan Grand Opera company; Cyrena Van Gorden, mezzo-contralto, of the Chi- cago Grand Opera company; Arthur Middleton, bass-baritone, of the Met- ropolitan, and Irene Williams and a company of six. The latter will pre- sent. “Comique. ed EX-POLICEMAN GETS DEGREE. S™. LOUIS, June 2.—George T. Mc- Namee, 68 years old and a retired pelice captain, was awarded the de- gree of Bachelor of Law by a Law college here yesterdy. He began the study of law years ago while teach- ing school but was forced to abandon his studies, which he tock up again upon leaving the police department. ceived at that hour. Westover, In an army balloon; Capt. WW. F. Reed in a naval craft and N. E. Honeywell, civilian of St. Louis. Six of the original 13 starters were unaccounted for when the day started, but they were reduced to three later Fair tonight and possibly Saturday; warmer tonight. NEXT BIG WOOL SALE HERE SET. FOR JUNE 15 Half Million Pounds to Be Offered by Prices Are Anticipated Five hundred thousand pounds of wool will be offered tol the highest bidder at the next sale of the Natrona county | County Stockgrowers’ association. announcement made today, will be June 15, beginning at 9 o'clock in the morning, and bids will be received at the ware-|as engineers. | Orthune WYO., FRIDAY, June 2, 1922. Lawyer Falls Six Stories; Injury Slight SHREVEPORT, La, June 2- After falling six stories from his office window yesterday, G. M. Wallace, lawyer, picked himself up and asked the way to the nearest doctor, as he believed he had hurt himeetf His fall was broken by f| heavy wire petting over » skylight through which he plunged. He was only slightly injured, his doc tor said today. Pool and Record the auspices of the Natrona! The date, according to} {British parliament, to go down mines ee qmyY | | EDITION | NUMBER 2! GIRL’S FATHER | HOLDS UP OKEH ==S52== ON MARRIACE M <Corthiich-OsanW edding Controversy in Compromise Stage Awaiting Court Decision on Mother’s Plea CHICAGO, June 2.—Contending factions of the erst-| Absence from New Orleans Explained by | Secretary in Announcement That He Has Gone to Take Field Against Obre- gon at Head of Army of 15,000 Men NEW ORLEANS, La., June 2.—The present whereabout# and actions of Felix Diaz, a Mexican military leader expelled from that country for his activities against the Obregon goy- ernment about 18 months ago, was today a matter of wide- ‘gread conjecture following announcement by Guillermo Rosas, Diaz’s secretary, that the former revolutionist would again assume active lerdership of the forces opposing tae Obregon govern- ment. | Since his expulsion from Mexico, following his capture by Obregon forces, General Diaz, a nephew of the late President Porfiro Diaz of Mexico, anybody but his closest friends. General Diaz is understood to have left thie city about ter. days ago. The announcement by his secretary that |he would return to Mexico is believed by a number of well informed stu- dents of Mexican affairs to be the equivalent of an announcement that he is already in Mexico, it being point- |ed out that General Dinz would other- wise put the American and Mexican governments in possession of infor mation of his intended movements jand thereby undanger his plans. Signor Rosas, in announcing Gen- while household of Harold F. McCormick were committed to |°T! Diaz's plans as authorized by his |a policy of compromise today over the romance of Mathilde ‘Women are forbidden, by act of the) McCormick and her former riding master, Max Oser, Swiss} opject the compl horseman of Zurich. Conferences betwen counsel for Mathilde’s mother, Mrs. High Schoot Commencement First -in Interest The schoo] will uates will be in attendance. Prospective attendants are assured of a brilliant address has arrived in Casper for the event and his acceptances presages a speech illuminating to elders as well as the seniors. j The exercises arétecheduled tobe sin promptly at 8 o'clock. | e The commencement program fol-| lows: | : t of Rores—__=--ag8c_Zanecnik oy High School Orghestra. Inyocation_..-_Rev. Lewis E. Carter WPrelude in C Minor__-_Rachmaninoff Per Cent of Commencement Address .. -Bishop N. Forget-me-not Tonight crowning event to date in the schoo! lives of 46 students of Natrona County High V take place tonight at the new high school auditorium, when they will be award- ‘ed certificates of graduation by the Casper board. Many relatives and friends of the grad- featuring the commencement. Bishop N. S. Thomas, who was extended an invitation some weeks ago to address the class, Fuel Mined Girls’ Glee Club. Valedictory Presentation of University of Wyo-| ming honor scholarships, presentation | of Phelps Wilson English awards, | presentation of diplomas by C. H.| Townsend, president board of educa- tion. | Cup Winner jehief stated that the Mexican revolu- !tion to be headed by Diag. has for Its e overthrow of the Obregon government and the re-cstab- lishment of the constitution of 1857. Rosas further declared that it was “ Diaz's intention to take the field at Harold F. McCormick, her divorced’ a, carly date at the head of an army husband, which saved Oser from anj/now being formed, and ‘that fifteen absent investigation in court yester-|thousand men, fully armed and day, were continued today, with to-|¢quipped awaited the arrival of their morrow set by Probate Judge Horner |!e04er- as the date for his decision op Mrs.) CHURCHES SEND PROTEST. McCormick's petition for an injune- LONDON, Juve 2.— The Christian tion to halt the marriage plans of/churches of Great Britain sent a joint Mathilde. Mr. McCormick, playing) telegram to Premier Lenine of Soviet the double role of father and guar-| Rusela protesting against the attack dian, has agreed to withhold consent!.2 the Russian Church in tke person of the marriage until Saturday. of Patriarch Tikhon. The message Undaunted by the legal complica-|said the vonsicence of Christendom tions and the charges made by Mrs.\ could not tolerate so great a wron; McCormick that he is a fortune hunt-'The message was signed by the arch- @ with designs on both McCormick! bishops of Canterbury and York and and Rockefeller millions, Oser, in re-|the heads of the Congregationa) ports from Zurich, was said to be) Baptist. continuing plans for the marriage. | churches. Raith Rockefeller McCormick and wa Lresbyterian and Methodist PRICE IS AGREED UPON | \Hoover Brings About Agreement With the RANCHMAR NOT ‘FARMER’ UNDER Bituminous Operators Affecting 80 TERMS OF U.S. BANKRUPTCY ACT, WASHINGTON, Jue 2—Having obtained agreemen: EDERAL JUDGE DECIDES TODAY among operators producing 80 per cent of the bituminous} coal now being mined to restrict spot prices to a maximum of | $3.50 a ton for the duration of the strike, Secretary Hoover | was understood today to be considering a conference of} wholesale and retail coal dealers to discuss means of insuring | | to the public the benefits of the pricenot affecting coal under contract— | agreements. .consumers can insure theinselrss a CHEYENNE, Wyo., june 2.—(Special to The Tribune.) —A ranchman is not a “farmer” within the purview of the federal bankruptcy act, and therefore is not immunse from bankruptcy, according to a ruling by Judge T. B. Kennedy in the United States district court here today in the case of Vi. A. Stubbs, of Kaycee, Wyo. High School Orchestra. Definite plans for the conference are Those who will receive diplomas yet to be determined, it was said at follow. Ruth Alisman, Enima B. An- the department of commerce. The derson, Ralph C. Andrus, Mary E.|Seneral proposal is to obtain the co- Railey, John W. Baker Jr., Alice M.|operation of the two classes of deai- Blodgett, Alice B. Claytor, Marguerite | °8- H, Cole, Mabel Evelyn Coppock, Lela} Secretary Hoover was called upon in G. Graft, John W. Curran, Frances J. a resolution by Senator Walsh, Demo- Davis, Joe Dessert Jr., Nesste F. Dun-/crat, Massachusetts, and adopted can, Florence M. Eastman, Lawrence | today by the senate, to report the ef- M. Eastman, 2ANian F. Ede, Roy E.| fect of the strike upon coal prices and Frisby, Lucy B. Ge:tz, Ruth Gierse,|what steps the government had taken Gertrude E. Grandstrand, Darrell M./to terminate the strike and to protect Hathaway, Charles S. Hemry, Kath-|consumers from exorbitant prices. leen Hemry, Nola May Henry, Alma, Secretary Hoover said he regretted E. Huffman, Edna M, Kassis, Marion |¢that a small minority of the operators F. Kleber, Malene E. Lea, Margaret/—representing western Kentucky— |square deal. Mr. Hoover said’ by distribution ‘cost. Consumers not re. lceiving fair treatment as to prices |may appeal to the department of com- merce, he said, with assurance that an linquiry into their cases will be insti- | tuted. CHICAGO, June 2.—Increases of 2: to 50 cents a ton for coul on the re tail maqxet yesterday were forerun- (ners of further advances after exist- ling supplies are exhausted, according |to leading dealers today. Retailers declared the rise was one checking freight rates together with! |the maximum price established and} \making proper allowances for retail| Stubbs, ;who conducts a mercantile store at Kaycee, resisted action by creditors to throw him into bank- | ruptey, contending that he owned and operated 1,000 acres of land and that, therefore, he should be classified as a “farmer” and not as a merchant, the classification of farmer exempt ing him from operation of the bank ruptcy statute. Judge Kennedy held that such farming operations as Stubbs con ducted on his land were those of a stock-raising “ranchman” and that, therefore he was not immune under SHERIDAN CITY EDITOR CLAIMED BY ILLNESS SHERIDAN, Wyo., June 2.—Sum- ner Edwin King, city editor of the 3heridan Daily Post for three years, passed away at his home on North Jetferson street in this city, a victim of Bright's disease, from which he has been a sufferer spasmodically for the past several years, but it was only MaeRae, The'==« C. McKelvey, DeWitt A. McLear, Reed Marquis, Alice N. Mechling, Mildred Wnomi Naylor, Marion Noyes, Wilma . Petersen, Grace F-. Pluckhahn, Frances G. Ridle, Paul B. Ross, George P. Shikanyg Dorothy Haddan Sinclair, Lillian G. Smalley, Mary R. Stanko, Gwendolyn Towle. pee A. AS CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 2.—A dep- uty sheriff from Stockton, Cal., ar- rived Wednesday to take charge of Foard Boas, wanted at Stockton for automobile theft and recently taken into custody here. THREE BALLO RACE IS ENDED FOR OTHERS Army, Navy and Civilian Balloons Stillin Contest Started Wednesday; No Word of Whereabouts Today CHICAGO, June 2.—(By The Associated Press.) Three entries in the national balloon race which started from Mil- waukee on Wednesday presumably still were in the air at noon today. No reports of their whereabouts had been re- The balloonists still unaccounted for were Major Oscar in the morning when reports of land- ings of three of them became known. WASHINGTON, June 2.—The heli- um-fitied navy balloon piloted by Lieut. Com. J. P. Norfieet, which left ° had refused to co-operate and were de- manding $4.25 ton, a price which he said he did not feel justified in advis- ing the public to accept, although pro- duction costs were higher there than| in other fields. The conferences with Pennsylvania operators have been ar- ranged for next week, he said. $3.50 maximum has been accepted by the operators of Virginia, West Vir- ginia, Tennessee and eastern Ken-| FELLOWSHIP AWARDED. tucky. Mr, Hoover said he had been| CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 2.—Paul advised the rate of 25 cents a ton be-/s. Wood, Los Angeles, has been low the Garfield scale has been ac- awarded a fellowship by Harvard unt- cepted by the Alabama operators. | versity providing fer a year of study In purchasing spot coal—the prices’ and travel in Europe. ONS STILL UP ? of the results of the Washington con- ference of coal operators Wednesday when Secretary Hoove appoved a max- imum price of $3.50 a ton for spot coal at the West Viginia mines. These re- tailers predicted that West Virginia }coal would go to $9 a ton within a few days, an advance of $1.75. a Milwaukee at 3.50 p. m. Wednesday |sage also fixed the time of landing at in thé national balloon race, landed|noon yesterday, correcting a report at § a. m. today near Hancock, Pu-|received earlier that he had laski county, Missouri, the navy de-/down at 5 a. m. today. partment was advised early today. Commander Norfleet reported that he was forced to descend by a leaking gas bag. Capt. Harold E. Weeks, command- ing an army in the national balloon race from Milwaukee, was forced to land three and one-half miles from Witt, IIL, at 3:05 a. m. today, accora-| ing to a telegram received from him} MISSOULA, Mont., June 2.—Berry at air service headquarters. The bag/Faucett, motorman on the Bonner. In- and net were slightly damaged, the! terurban railway here, died from in officer reported. | juries sustained when two c: col. A later telegram from Lieut. Com.| lided. Clarence Faurote, motorman of Norfleet stated that his batioon had| the other car, was btly injured traveled 425 miles. This was thought! He is expected to eco: here to be the farthest of any yet re-| The vestibules of both ca ported. The commander's second mes-, molished in the crash, come Injuries Fatal To Motorman were de the bankruptcy act. The petition for involuntary bankruptcy was granted, The decision is said to be a precedent. Spirits Discuss Poor Topics to Fain Recognition during the past month that he was confined to his home, and finally suc- cumbed to the ravages of this fatal affliction. He ts survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Ed Carter of Parkman, Wyo.; two sons, Guy A. King of Cali. fornia, and Harold, who resides with the family in this city, and one half brother, Dr. A. E. King of Blockton, Iowa. He was a member of the Elks, Sheridan lodge No. 520. CHICAGO, June 2.—If spirits realy Jo communicate with people of the earth why don't they discuss politics and economics instead cf decayed teeth and substitutes for tobacco, C. F. Hogg of London asked an audience at Moody Bible institute last night in “answer to Conan Doyle.” ‘The world, Mr. Hogg acclared would be glad to hear a message from Abra- ham Lincoln on the four power pact, Gladstone's views on the Irish situa-| tion, or Newton's opinions of the Einstein theory. } Two More State Wi Forest Fires In Washington SEATTLE, Wash., June 2—Forest | 2ttorneys would be engaged end brush fires for the past two days| they expected to be. have been burning in many sections of western Washington, with heavy Property damage, were reported gen erally under control today, due to a shift in the wind. Forestry offic and timbermen expressed the opinion that state's charge, J. Walter Hanby, jus- attorneys were ready, and, if grave threat had been removed.|were not, the case would be taken up The most serious fire was reported/again tomorrow morning. Raging river where, ‘The state has at least two more w ht all of yesterday to nesses to call in its effort to prove gave the town, Valentino committed b: Before Film Star Opens Defense Today to Cha LOS ANGELES, June 2.—Whether the preliminary hear- jing of Rodolpho Valentino, film actor, on a bigamy charge | today would be resumed this afternoon depended upon whether his |*¥!/2%le_ yesterday When adjournment was taken yesterday, colorful testitnony in support of the; went through @marriage ceremony at|J. tice of the peace, said the hearing s| would be resumed today if the actor’s| they samy when he ee ec ee GENERAL DIAZ TO HEAD MEXICAN REVOLUTION Che Casper Daily CHINESE PEACE HOPES UP WHEN CHIEF RESIGNS ‘OF - for Which Leader of Canton Gov- - er . *nt Has Been Warring Attained | kh & Withdrawal of President Hsu PEKI) = ye? Wy ine %.—«(By The Associated Press.) —Restora- | tion of pe. % © China, torn by civil conflicts for years, seems neare; tha any time since the Peking government first encountere’ ..med opposition. The whole matter, as viewed in the light of recent developments, revolves around Dr. Sun Yat Sen, president of the southern or Canton government, ‘whose fight to wrest contro! from the available for his ward drive, Peking government has been band on |Chang’s situation ts regarded as the contention that Hsu Shih C..ng’s |tremely difficult, if not precarious. occupancy of the presidential chamber ————.———— was illegal and that he and his asso- ciates were unduly subject to Japan ST. LOUR dune —Kenneth ese influence. Developments in the north tend to minimize the power of General Chang Tse-Lin, who recently let it be known he planned to establish An Independent government in Man- churia as a disturbing factor. Wilhame. tack the tealer Joneuil Heu, in response to the pressure of || home run lead in the fourth inning of today’s game between the Chi- cago White Sox and the St. Louis Browns, when he scored his 1th circuit clout, breaking his tie with Hornsby of the local Nationals. public opinion, offered his resignation to the cabinet at an extraordinary ses. He was the first man up in the in- ning. sion yesterday as a means, his ‘etter ot resignation said. of aiding ‘any plan to relieve the country” of its dif ficulties. ‘The resignation apparently came as a response to public sentiment which has been growing for some weeks. ‘There has been a pressure in the Chi- NATIONAL LEAGUE nese newspapers for the resignation of = President Hsu and a calling together | At Boston— R. H. E. of the old parliament, dissolved in| New York ..,.000 300 sc6-— 5 9 2 1917, to act for the unification of| Brston -000 400 O3x— 7 8 1 China. Recently there also have been |, Satteries — Shea, Causey and Sny- suggestions in important quarters that | er; Miller and Gowdy. it Dr. Sun would resign office and| lend his support to the move for re-| At eee RH. E. 030 520 O1— x calling parliament, there would be no | C! xo further obstacle to settlement of all|Chicago ... 401.000 00—x x x the” differences between north and| Batteries — Gillespie, Couch and -|south China. Dr. Sun, up to the pres-| Wingo, Hargrave; Stueland, Kauf- ent time, has maintained a discreet|™am, Jones and O'Farrell, Wirtz. atlence. However, there are yndications that | | -# eo game postponed; ran the same pressure that brought about Meu's withdrawal as a central figure in Chinese politics is operating to re-| move the southern president. Gen. Chiun-Mimg, the prinefpal ‘an pall power of south China, « few days ago Rian Dr, “Sun's resignation and ahnouheed that he intended to sup-| At Pittevorgh — St. Louis-Pitts- burgh game postponed; rain. ——_—— AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Cleveland— RE port a movement to bring about a re-' Detroit .. 110 000 1—x x x aitsembly of the parliament and the Cleveland 130 010 O—x x x restoration to office of Li Yuan-Hung,, Batteries — Pillette, Jounson and who was forced from the presidency | Bassler; Coveleskic and Sewell. by the militarists in 1918. Last Wed-| - nesday word came from Paotingfu| At St. Louis— R. H. B. that Gen. Chen had aligned 13 of the| Chicago ol—x xx more powerful Tuchuns, or military | St. Louis = 300—-x x x dictators of provinces, with him, This accession of strength to those| Batteries — Schupp and Schalk; opposing him is believed likely to, Shacker and Severeid. prove a powerful factor in influencing | -- Dr. Sun’s decision. In addition, Sun| At New York — Boston-New York has contended steadily that his ambi-| fame postponed; rain. tion was not a personal one but mere-| At Philadelphia — Washington-Phil- ly that China be restored to unity and adelphia game postponed; rain, peace. Hsu's letter of resignation vir- wo tually called on Sun to resign as a matter of fairness, in that it intimated | the northern president was relinquish-| ing his office as part of a plan under which both he and Sun should elimi-| nate themselves from the front rank of political affairs. | Another important step toward Chi-} nese pacification appears to have been BURNS ik FIRE taken in the north, where Gen. Wu Pel-Fu, whose prime object has been announced as the/removal of all who| EJ, PASO, Texas, June 2.—Ben Jen: oppose Chinese unity, has started «| kins Jr. of El Paso, a lieutenant in the determined drive against Gen. Chang reserve corps, and Sergt. Arthu Tso-Lin, whose control of Peking he |Juengling of the twelfth observation recently broke. Wu's forces were re Squadron at Fort Bliss, were bu: ported this morn: as in compl oe ete; to death this morning when their air- control of the Chinese eastern railw plane crashed against the side of a destroyed by fire. MORE LOANS ADVANCED. WASHINGTON, June 2.—Approprt- atio nof twenty three advances for agricultural and livestock purposes aggregating $493,000 was announced by the wer finance corporation. Distribution of the loans included TWO PERISH IN. CRASH, PLANE Wu is aiming at Shanhaikwan, on the mountain and w: Gulf of Liaotung, in Manchuria. Meanwhile “Chang, who long has acted as a civil disturber, is having| difficulties in maintaining his own au-! thority. Feeling against him seems to be spreading in Manchuria, which previously has been his stronghold and recently it was reported from Mukden that even officers of his forces were wavering in their allegi-| Colorado $18,000; Montana $9.00, ance to bim, There have been several|North Dakota $71,000; South Daicote mutinies among his troops and as/ $6,000; Texas $141,000 ana Utah Gen, Wu has 50,000 or more troops’ $39,000. VALENTINO IS. HEARD EVIDENCE PRESENTED der the Caijifornia laws he was not per- mitted to remarry until the decree was made final, which would not be |beforé January 10, 1925. tnesses to Be Heard, The state contends that when Vsal- entino brought Miss Hudnut back into ;California and lived with her a few jdays at Palm Springs, in Riverside county, he committed bigany. The witnesses the state plans to call or tomorrow—who were not are expected to |add to the testimony already given as |to the brief stay of Valentino and Miss |De Wolfe at Palm Springs. They are after a day of)|Dr. Fioretta White of that Place and Hart, superintendent of the wa: Mexicali, Lower California, May 13,|ter system there. with Winifred De Wolfe, known also| Miss Acker has a is Winifred Shaunessy-Hudnut, and|concerning her marriag as Natacha Rambova, a motion pic-|Other witnesses told ture art director. the actor and Miss It was on January of this year|she used at mony at that Valentino obtained an interiocu-|—wearing pur pajamas tory decree of divoree here from Jean |breakfast and an aut Acker, motion picture actress, but un- Palm Springs. rge of Bigamy in another case, as they said ady testified e to Valentino. of bh Wol e name Mexicali during mobile ride at ON he MOT mM OAT Ee Se eee eT