Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 8, 1922, Page 1

| SOLDIER BONUS BILL P Teapot Royalties May Go to\T01N GOST T he Casper Daily Weather Forecast Unsettled weather tonight and Fri- day; probably showers in east and north portion; temperature. VOLUME VI not much change in CASPER, =| Criane | sn | 0., THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1922. 43 INDICTED IN KLAN PROBE AT LOS ANGELES Grand Jury Today Takes Up Question of Submitting Report on Plan Organization; Escape of Kleagle Baker from Hos- pital Betore Arrest Prevented by Officers LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 8.—The’ grand jury which has been investigating the activ-! ities of the Ku Klux Klan in Los Angeles county possibly will take up the question of sub- | evidence. mitting a report on the klan organization at its session here todey. Officials of the district) | Bae oft attorney’s office submitted the last of their evidence to the grand jury yesterday, and that body returned 43 indictments. Road Building and Schools WASHINGTON, June 8.—The house public Mondell bill providing that 20 per cent of the sums received as rents and royalties from lands within the naval petroleur. reserve be paid to the states in which they are situated, proposed an amendment that all’funds thus paid be used for road building ‘and educational nds comm NUMBER 205. | purposes as might be directed by state legisle. cures. The Rialto will be the nam ‘RIALTO’ TO BE NAME OF NEW _ THEATER, SECOND AND CENTER e of the big movie theater at the corner of Second and Center streets where the Lyric was formerly located and plans have been drawn for remodeling the building both inside and o ut, according to an announce- ment today by Edward }. Schulte of the Webel Commercial company, original owner of the site on which the structure is located and which recently took it over from the Lyric Theater com pany. The exterior of the building will be tmproved by extending mar- quees on both Second and Center streets and display lighting of unus ual beauty and brilliance will be in With a location second to none in the management believes Vere is room in Casper for the oper ation of such a theater as is prom: ised when improvements are com. That Los Angeles authorities will ask for the arrest aid detention of William S. Coburn, former official of the klan who is be- Neved.to=be in Atlanta, Ga., pending extradition. proceedings was indicted today. That Nathan A. Baker, kleagie of the Klan, who is in custody of the psychopathic ward of the county hos- pital, had made elaborate plans to leave. Ios Angeles before his arrest was-announced here by Under Sheriff Biscailuz. Baker was to have made his escape from a local hospital where he was suffering from nervous hreak- down according to the under sheriff. He added that Baker had hired an automobile which would connect him with an airplane at a local aviation field. Baker was arrested at the re- quest of the district. attorney's office anq is held under $10,000 bail. ‘Thirty-four of the alleged members of the klan who were indicted. yester- day were to appear before Judge Fred- erick W. Houser of the local superior court today and deposit be! in the sum of $1,000 each, according to thelr attorney, Paul B. D’Orr. Bench war- rants will be issued“for those who do not appear in court. Be a ees BALL SCORES UHICAGO, June 8—Babe Ruth hit his fourth home run of the sya son today with Robertson pitching in the first inning of the game with the White Sex, No one was on base at the time. The ball sail- ed over the right field fence, NT NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. E. i RH. E. nae Rieticton and ae At New York — R. H. E. Pa 040 000 100-— 5 10 3 Soe orc J)! [001 004 G0x—il 11 0 Batteries — Aldridge and Hartnett; J. Barnes, Causey and Smith. Krug hit a home run in the seventh inning; Smith hit a homer tn the sixth. Brookiyn— R. H. E. ont ess 103 101 010— 7 11 2) 000 000 020—.2 8 — Rixey and Hargrave; Cadore and Miller. i eS Batteries Ruether, AMERICAN LEAGUE , At Chicago— R. H. E. New York --102 000 02—x x x|/ Chicago ....-..020 000 00—x x xX Batteries — Shawkey and Schang; itobertson and Schalk. | Perkins, Bruggy, Olsen, D: Bassler, Walker hit a home run in the seventh, F R. i. E.| od Rael; Van Batteries — and Van Gilder, Wright and Severeid. ‘Smith | hit a homer for 1 EIC ° ° ‘VLADIVOSTOK, June 8.—(By The Associated Press)—Eight enlisted men from the United States gunboat been Amur Bay, me Machiet the pase siece Comie. HT U.S. SAILORS LOST AMUR BAY TRAGEDY SCENE Leon Neodd, Robert Free and —— Brown. IRISH FALL BACK BEFORE | Belleek Recaptured from Irregular Forces Without Loss of Life! Under Arrest AsE mbezzler KANSAS CITY, Mo. June 8.— Jacob D. Bercu, 38, head of J. Dd. Bercu and company, brokers, was arrested Wednesday charged with embezzling $10,780 while treasurer of the Wyoming Commercial com- pany in Douglas, Wyo-, three years ‘Four warrants were issued for Bercu's arrest. Edward Ewel, re- celve for the Wyoming Commercial company, said today a shortage of $300,000 exists in the finances of the ma itive wags. een a bond of $2,500. He was held at police head- quarters today and was preparing to fight extradition te Wyoming. ONE DEATHIN DAKOTA STORM PIERRE, S. D., June 8.—One wom- an is reported missing and property, damage amounting to many hundreds | of dollars as the result of a terrific rainstorm which swept ~his section) | late last night and eariy this morning.| pase denies ere Divorced Wife Congratulates Picture Star CHICAGO, June 8.—Jean Acker, di- yorced wife of Rodolph Valentino, to- day sent a telegram to the moving picture star congratulating him on his acquittal on bigamy charges and wish- ing him well. She is en route to New York. SEEKS DIVORCE FOR THIRD TIME CHICAGO, June 8.—"This settles it—ITl never marry that woman again.” Such was the laconic remark of Daniel M. Burnham, wealthy cigar manufacturer, when informed that the third time Mrs. Pauline bson Burnham had filed suit for from Her first bill was dismissed in 1917 after a reconciliation, but a @ecree was granted in her second suit in 1919. Hight months later the ‘couple was married ‘again. The told friends the remarriage was ‘for the same reason we were married the first time.” Drunkenness and cruelty were the charges in each suit | | | | | | 1 L Sandy Point, Amur bay. Reports to the navy department from the commander of the New Orleans today, said that fears wero entertained that the small craft had been capsized in a sudden squall, and the men lost. Two days’ search of the coast line had revealed no trace 6f the men, the roport said. Robert H. Free, seaman of Fleet- water, Texas, was another member of the party. pleted. Seating arrangernents will be comfortable and the showhouse will be first class in every respect. Pia for its operation will not be an- nounced until work now under way nears completion but assurance is held out that offerings will be of the highest class. The office of the Webel Commer- slal company which Is now located in the Von Gorden Investment company quarters will be moved soon to the Rialto building, second floor. The Ito is the new title of the Lyric building. pete Aa ak Gold Eagles for Shrine Visitors SAN FRANCISCO, June 8. — Ten thousand twenty dollar gold pieces of the mintage of 1922, the first of these colus to be released by the United States mint, have been secured by City Treasurer John E. McDougald for distribution to delegates to the ®hrine convention here next week. ‘Any Shriner in uniform, with $20 in currency or silver, may get one of the new coins. The $200,000 outlay went under heavy guard to the treasurer's office today. After Artillery Is Brought Into Play by Crown Troops; Fort Given Up Without Long Engagement BELFAST, June 8.—(By The Associated Press.)—-Belleek was occupied today by Brit- | ish troops which advanced this morning to take the salient from the dish irregular troops. The fort overlooking Belleek was first captured by the British troops and the town was then taken possession of by the military. At the Newtownards military headquarters this afternoon it was stated that Belleek was retaken without loss of life and that no prisoners wet taken, ARTHUR B. REEVE WRITES RADIO ROMANCE | Especially for The Casper Daily The Fiction Scoop of the Decade The ‘Tribune recognized the many radio fans among its readers would like to tead a good radio romance. "It sought such a story, Ent couldn't find one—for noné had been written. But, through| | NEA Service, it engaged Arthur B. Reeve to write such a serial for original publication in this paper. No need telling who Reeve is— millions throughout the world are Reeve fans; Reeve's celebrated character, Craig Kennedy, scien: tific detective, is universally fa- jz1ous in fiction, on stage and on ecreen. Reeve refused to undertake The Tribune's comm: “unless I can write a story that will add to my reputation.” It was this spirit that has produced “On Wings of Wireless” A mystery story as engaging, as enthralling, as entrancing as the mystery of radio iiself. Read the first Cha; in Casper Daily ine Satnday, June 10. | BELFAST, June 8.—(By The As sociated Press)—An engagement Le- tween the Irish irregular forces in the Belleek district and British troops be- gan at 1 o'clock this afternoon. At that hour signals were sent up indicat- ing that the British troops were being fired on, while there were bursts of rifle firing from the north. Tho British artillery then opened up, landing two shots near the Belleek fort, which is in Free State territory. A correspondent at Enniskillen tele- graphed this morning thet from ob- servations around Lough Erne and other information, the program was for the Lincolnshire and Staffordshire troops, supported by a battery of how itzers apd armored cars, to endeavor to dislodge the irregulars. “The situation,” adds the correspon- dent, “is somewhat Gilbertian and could only happen in an Irish war. There is Pettigoe in the Free State, loyalist to a man, now under the au- thority of British troops, while on the other hand Belleek, in Ulster except for the fort, Catholic to the backbone, is now- under the domination of irr ulars who are neither Orange nor Free State. This is confusing to, an out- sider. “The people of Pettigoe are making every effort to retain the British troops until the boundary question is settled and a deputation is going to Belfast to put the case before the home secretary.” As the British forward march con- |tinued this morning, special constables, acting as observers, occupied the hill tops commanding a view of Belleek and Magheramena Castle. Advance parties of specials held the roads and other strategic points. The troops engaged the march in BROKER FACING ’ are details from three British regi ments equipped with 4.2 inch howitz- ers. LONDONDERRY TROOPS ARE REINFORCED. LONDONDERRY, June §.—{By The Associated Press)—Six hundred men of the Liverpool regiment arrived her last night, taking up quarters in Ter- monbacca House, owned 53 tne Naz- areth nuns, Gwynns institute and the Magee Presbyterian college, all on the Donegal side of the river Foyle. The Londonderry military barracks are on the county Londonderry side of the Foyle, so thal there are now large concentrations on both banks of the river. The Republicans have comman deered the St. Johnston Orange hall four miles from Londonderry, and also Dunmore lodge. An Exchange Telegraph on the concentration say: “Several thousand rebels are re- ported to be concentrated at Rappot county Donegal. armed with tho lat- est American rifles. Large rebel forces on the northern side of the Derry Donegal border are reported to be conscripting Donegal loyalists who be lieve they are going to be used as a screen in a rebel attack on London- derry.” statement PEACE NEGOTIATIONS HELD SATISFACTORY. LONDON, June 8.—(By The Ass ciated Press).-—The Irish negotiations are proceeding satisfactorily, it 18 f-/.4 unconscious. One of them is said|JUS¢t after he completed a 350 mile ficially stated and a full conference of the treaty signatories probably will be held tomorrow when Prime M‘ais- ter Lloyd George is expected to re- turn from his holiday trip to Wales. It is understood that the experts dealing with the question of the Irish Continued on Page Four.) ASSAULT CHARCE 1 | CHICAGO, June 8.—Willam T. Pursell, wealthy broker, faced charges today of attacking a 17- | year-old high schoo! girl who ap- | plied for a position at his office yes- | terday. | Pursell was released and permitted to spend at his home. under bond last night “I have no sympathy for my hus- band,” said the broker's wife when she learned of his arrest not the first time he has been trouble nf this kind, The story true. There is no use denying i The affair reached the attention of the police when the girl fainted in a department store after leaving Pursell’s office. in “This is | Secretary Fall, in @ report to the com-nittee, said that the total area remaining in the resirve as of De- jcember 1, 1921, was 6,015,138 acres, |located in Arizona, California, Mon- j | | tana, North Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and Louisiana The Mondell bill originally provided that the states should receive 37% per cent, but Mr. Fall, speaking for the navy and in- terior departments, said he would not object to the legislation provided the share be reduced to 20 per cent, to be paid only after passage of the meas ure. The report on the bill as presented by Chairman Sinnott declared the amounts to be recelved by the states was in lieu of sums they would get from taxation were the lands In pri- vate ownership. HARDING APPROVES TEAPOT PROGRAM. WASHINGTON, June 8.—President Harding in a special message to the senate today stated that tho policy of the navy and interior departments in dealing with the naval oil reserves, in cluding private leases, had his full approval, ‘General Sage Held | Highest Decoration CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 8.—Brig adier General William H. Sage, until recently commandant of Fort D. A | Russell, who died at Omaha last Sun. day, was the holder of Amer.ca’s highest decoration, the Congressionr! | Medal of Honor, awarded for lieroivm in the Philippine islands while he was © second lieutenant. Sage and a de- tail of eight men, on patrol duty, were surrounded by 600 Moros. They drove back repeated attacks and fin ally the two surving white men Sage and an enlisted man—shot their y through the attackers and es caped, BRITISH Girl Escapes From Gypsies Second Time SYDNEY, N. S., June 8.—Police authorities here have in custody a girl who says she is Rosa Miguel, of Norfolk, Va., and who declares she has been a captive of a band of gypsies near here. ‘The young woman asserts that at the age of 12 she was kidnapped from her home in Norfolk, and later forced t» marry the son of the chief of the eypsy band. Later she was rescued, but she was found again in Philadelphin by the band, and once more carried away. Her second abduction, she declares was followed by cruelties. Yesterday she contrived to. get away from the gypsies and take ref. uge at a police station here. eee RICKENBACKER PLANE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING | DETROIT, Mich., June 8.—The all-| }metal plane in which Captain Eddie ; Rickenbacker was attempting a cross- country flight from New York to San Francisco was wrecked this afternoon at Packard field, near this city, when struck by a bolt of lightning 20 min utes before Rickenbacker and his par- ty were to have taken off for Chi-| cago. | Neither Rickenbacker nor any mem- ber of his party was seriously injur- ed, although three workmen engaged in tuning up the plano were render- to be dangerously hurt. | President Will | | Speak Friday at | | Big Dedication WASHINGTON, June 8—President | Harding accompanied by Mrs. Harding jand a small party of friends, left| | Washington shortly after 9 o'clock| jthis morning for New Jersey, where tomorrow he will deliver aft address at ' the dedication of the Princeton battle fied monument. The president and his party traveled on a regularly scheduled train. ; _ Accompanying the president in ad- | dition to Mrs. Harding were Senators Frelinghuysey: and Edge of New Jer- |sey, Speaker Gillette the house, | | Secretary Chri: an and sev 1 news-| | papermen. ' ‘STEEL MERGER olution ittee in reporting today the BILLION, REPORT Onginal Estimate of +} Hause; Fight Is Waged ‘With Presentation WASHINGTON, June 8. An effort to present the sol- diers’ bonus bill to the senate| today was blocked by Senator Villiams, Democrat, Missi sippi. Chairman McCumber of the finané notice that he woux ther effort tater in the da: he measure to the senate cal GOOD JOB IN YELLOWSTONE, it Mont., if Max Oser, fiancee of Mathilde - Cormick, granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller, is unemployed for the summer, a job awaits him in the Yellowstone Park at a “satisfactory salary. The Swiss horseman has been cabled an offere of employment by the Yellowstone Park Transportation company, from its headquarters in Helena, it became known today. The company's follows: vA, June 4. Becauso of the parliamentary “If unemployed will offer you posl- codtites’ under which the senate tion in charge of saddle horse tours | OP°rSting. | unanimous consent in Yellowstone Park with satisfac- essary to present the bill and re. tory sala: port, which earlier in the day been made public b ber. Senator W:! enator McCum. ms refused such rting that the claims against “war profiteers” and that ev 5 at every ti an effort was made ee tion to the soldi congrese had paid! the government of| 49 pay compensi- ers there was objec. LAWYER HELD tion, Senator Ashurst Arizona. urged Senator Mocomee move that the bill be received, “The time has come for the use of pluck and grit an¢ courage and sand," ee ee a fps Arisona senator shouted. Sen- Chadbourne, lawyer, who protxied| Couta not offer sue et, that he Republic-Midvale Inland steel mer. atlemeng, Sea there was a genth that the tariff pin would not be latd aside for controversial measures with- ous advance notice being given. Senator McCumber said that after consultation with members om \both sides of the chamber he would ask the latter to lay aside the tariff till and take wr the bonus measure. Announcing his opposition measure, Senator Und ber today was adjudged in contempt by the Lockwood legislative commit tee when he refused to turn over ex vers’ reports on the seven companies which were orjginally intended to be >rought into the consolidation. emen's agreement NEW YORK, June 8.—(By The As. sociated Preas)—Denying that the me.jer of the Bethlehem, Steel corp. to the oration and the Lackawhnna Steel| toma. the De lerwood of Ala y will ai a. the mocrat lea e TO Sa serratenss Seats |'wpuid’ be vary gaa tere ; over until after th . trade commission today to dismiss | {/0" : tho«November’ elec So) the America voice their sentim the. measure. the complaint issued agginst the con- solidation by. the” comit By ; m people could ent with regard to ion on June The two companies made ‘the re- quest in responding to the complaint of the commission. They also asked for advancement of the date of hear Ing on the complaint, set by the com- mission for July 24 and this was taken deration by the commis: PONY EXPRESS RACE ON COAST. THE DALLES, Ore., June §.—The crack of the starting gun will send the first rider on his way late today In the pony express race from The Dalles tg Canyon City, 187 miles for @ purse of $1,000 in gold dust. The race is a feature of a pioneers’ days’ celebration to be held at Canyon City. Rail Men Take Slap At Pres. Harding Today HOUSTON, Texas, June 8,—A res condemning President _Hard- 6 as an enemy of organized labor and declaring that all members of the organization shoyld work to prevent his re-election was adopted today at BONUS COST SPRE. OVER 43 YEARS. al WASHINGTON, June diers’ bonus bill was for: ed today in the senate by Chi McCumber of the finance. pee with an accompanying report placing the probable cost to the federal gov- ernment at $3,845,659,481 spread over @ period of 43 years from next Janu- ary. This is approximately $250,000,- 000 Jess than the estimate under the house bill, which was $4,0 i 098,719, payable over 20 years, x 8.—The sol- mally present. The senate bill estimate * pared by treasury experts and ls beoed on the theory that 75 per cent of the 4,458,199 veterans who would be éli- sible for compensation wotid elect the adjusted service certificate option: 22% per cent, farm, home and land settlement aid, and 2% per cent voca- tional training aid. Should all of the veterans select the certificate plan the total cost would be $4,486,545,975. - With reference to financing the leg: islation, Chairman McCumber's report said it was hoped that the reduction “in sovernmental expenditures plus the payment of interest on the refunded foreign obligations would be sufficiéiit to obviate the imposition of additional taxation. “If it does hecome necessary to {ffi- pose additional taxes,-’ the report cofi- tinued, “it is believed we can better determine the amount of the necessary levy and the methods of distributifig such burdens for the future at a lathr date when the future condition of the tregsury will be more accurately ¢5- the convention of the Brotherhood of | tablished.” Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen.| . Senator McCumber explained that ——————>—_— an atternpt had been made to reduce to a minimum actual cash payments ] M ZLER under the bill during the next three years while the treasury is engaged in ret nding the nearly seven billions of dollars of maturing government ob- gations. The estimated cost of the bonus for those three years was $242,- 900,000. After its presentation to the senate the bonus bill went to the calendar where it will remain until there is an 4&greement to call it up. Senator Me- Cumber and some other proponents Gesire early action but several Repub- lican leaders are opposed to sidetrack- ing the tariff bill as they expect the fight over thé bonus to consume at least a month and perhaps six weeks. This measure differs somewhat from the house bill and very widely from the bonus bill that was reported to the senate last year and later sent (Continued On Page 4.) DEATH PENALTY AWAITS SLAYER CAUGHT AT CAPITAL CHEYE? Wyo., June 8.—Ray Miller, wanted at Buffalo, Wyo., to answer a charge of embezzlement, was taken into custody here Wednesday, automobile trip from Buffalo. cae its aia BURGLARS PLEAD GUILTY. CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 8.—Four prisoners charged with burglary en- tered pleas of guilty in the Larcmie county district court here Monday. (They are Charlie Gorina, Williayn Roberts, Joe Jones and Everett Spreg. gins. They will be sentenced later SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June | choice, will be shot instead ef 8.—Tomorrow at sunrise Nick Ob- | hanged. = lizalo is to be executed at the Utah Oblizalo recently lost an appeal state prison for alleged participa- | for commutation of his sentence t6 tion in the murder of Marcolaus, a miner, stabbed to death and robbed in a lonely ravine near the peni tentiary August 3, 1919. Oblizalo by | death to one of life imprisonment. Steve Maslich, purported pal ef Ob- lizalo's in the murder, was executed some time ago, NATION WILL BE and LESS THAN FOURE OSER OFFERED Big Sum Is Slashed From= a RESENTATION BLOCKED: is fake- she of a