Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 24, 1922, Page 1

“ i" MILITARY PROBE OF MINE MASSACRE LAUNCHED “Wizard of German .Empire” Is Assassinated SLAYER ESCAPES AFTER KILLING DR. AATHENAU OF FOREIGN OFFICE Weather Forecast Fair tonight and Sunday Pandemonium Reigns in poemmech change in tempera- Reichstag, Threats Are Exchanged When News of Death Is Announced BERLIN, June 24.—(By The Associated Press.)——Dr. Walter Rathenau, G an minister of foreign affairs, was assassinatee today. The minister was shot and instantly killed as he was leaving his residence in Grunewald, a suburb of Berlin, for the foreign office, tu «an automobile. The assassin escaped. The murderer, who was driving in a motor car, slowed up 1s he was nearing Dr. Rathenau and shot twice as the foreign minister, the shots tak- ing immediate fatal effect. utting on high speed, the assassin escaped. Dr. Rathenau was a guest at din- VOLUME VI « Strikers in Closi Operations Knox county, Indiana. ‘The court is asked in the suit to re- aimed at closing so-called ‘Workers ‘of, vidual. So.far as the action is against the United’ Mine Workers: of America, as an oganization, it is brought under the recent decision of the United States sourt in the Coronado coal case, whereby it was held that a labgr or America and as an indi- ‘They threatened to pounce'wpon him and Dr. ‘Helfferich hastity left the committee room. In one of the reichstag lounges A heated outhreak of recrimination oe- curred between deputies belong to the ‘eft ant’a patty of representatives of the other extreme in the chamber. ‘When the news was communicated to the reichstag itself at 11:25 o'clock {t was received with deep emotton. ‘Then amidst a turmofl, the body ad- journed. 7 The assassination of Dr. Rathenau followed hard upon a vitriolic attack on the foreign: minister by Dr. Karl Helfferich in the reichstag yesterday, when. the nationalist leader grilled the government generally and Dr. Rath- enau in particular concerning the cabinet's reparations policy and its at- titude towards the populations of the Rhineland and the. Saar vailey. 4 ‘There were two persons in the au- tomobile from which the shots that killed Dr. Rathenau were fired. Beth the occupants are said. to have opened fire upon the foreigh minister, who: fell to the floor of his car fatally wounded, expiring. shortly afterward. Large forces of police were stickiy, on the-acene. t LYNCHING OF NEGRO HALTED NEWPORT NEWS, Va, June 24.— ck Tabb, negro, had a noose about is neck and was being hauled up to @ cypress limb by a crowd of Mathews ‘county young men late yesterday ‘when older men saved the negro and iturned him over to county authorities on. charges of assaulting Henry B. \Tames, a salesman of Mathews. "The victim of the alleged aseult was in a local hospital today where hope was held for his recovery fol lowing removal of a piece of his skull. se aS Ls NEW SCHOOL BUILOING TO BE ERECTED IN THE SALT GREEK OIL FIELD A new two-room school house will ‘be constructed at the Ohio Oil camp jouth of Salt Creek to accommodate the Ohio, the Kasoming, the E. T. Wil- liams, and other oil companies, whose GOVERNMENT TO ROUND UP PLOTTERS. BERLIN, June 24—(By The Asso- ciated Press.)—Following the assassi- nation of Foreign Minister Rathenau it was annonnced this afternoon that the® government would immediately decree the establishment of extraordi- nary couris for the trial of national- is, plotters and would proclaim fh state of emergency for Prussia. All regimental reunions or militaristic demenstrations will be prohibited, Dr. Walter Rathenau was styled “the wizard of the German empire” because by his high powers of organ- ization and business efficiency, he de- vised expedients which kept “the peo- ple eating and the army shooting” when the blockade had shut off the importation of raw materials during|emplcyes have children of school age. the war. After.the war, as minister] ,The school board recently purchased of reconstruction, his meetings with | lots adjoining the North Casper school the French minister, Louis Loucheur, a playground. The building of a brought sbout with husinessiike di-/'14-room school house on the lots al- rectness sdjustments and accomroda-|'ready owned necessitated the addi- (Continuea on Page Seven)“, — tional space. 4, IN CHINESE MUTINY jing from cancer of the throat. Uprising Which Drenched Kiangsi Prov- ince With Blood Brought to End but Uncertainty Prevails PEKING, June 24.—(By The Associated Press.) —The crest of the mutiny which has drenched Kiangsi province with blood, apparently-is:past. Reports from the best avail- able sources place the death-toll at more than four thou- sand and indicate the destruction, or severe damage of four cities, but do not indicate that any foreigners have been mo- lested.. However, no word has been|compounds of Catholic Lazarist. mis- received from 600. Chinese Christianfsion at Tatho, since they were be converts reported imprisoned in thejsieged there ‘Thursday by mutineers, INJUNCTION IS ASKED AGAINST MINE WORKERS Court Order to Restrain ‘Activities of INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 24.—(By The Associated Press.)—The United Mine Workers of America and cers and members of the union were made defendan' suit for an injunction filed in United States district court here! leased late yesterday when a coroner’s jury ret! d - today by Clara Masson, owner of the Peacock coal mine in dict tnat the : mideath by hee net strain union miners from continuing activities Che Casper Daily Crihune CASPER, WYO., SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1922. NUMBER 219. GOVERNOR SMALL ACQUITTED Jury Out Only One Hour and 35 Minutes in Exonerating Illinois Executive. of| Embezzlement Charge; Verdict Is| Cheered by Audience in Courtroom WAUKEGAN, Il., June 2 | —Gov. Len Small today was fe Lake county circuit court, whe: (By The Associatede Press) not guilty by a jury in the t was tried on charges of conspiracy to embezzle interest o % ‘blic moneys, while serv- ing as state treasurer. minutes. ng Wagon Mine in Indiana Il offi- ina any cal sbsence of cabinet members from a military public funeral would be re- garded as disrespectful to the king. ‘Thereupon she yielded and it,was ar- | ranged for the ministers to attend. ‘The Post's correspondent adds that when J. Austen Chambleriain, govern- ment leader in the house of commons, called at the ‘Wilson residence on the evening of the field marshal's assqss!- nation, to express his sympathy, he was received by Lady Wilson's niece. Upon seeing him she exclaimed: “You are the last man who should be in this She then left the room rted with- jon. house toda; and Mr. Chamberlain dene: out accomplishing his missi POLITICAL EFFECT OF ‘TRAGEDY IS DISCUSSED. . LONDON, June 24.—(By The Anso- ciated Press)—The probable effect of the assassination of Field Marsha] Wil- son on the political situation attracts speculate as to-the position of the Brit- ish government in view cf the out- burst of anger in parliament at the ‘withdrawal of protection from promi- nent men. " . The intense indignation over the murder is mingled with widespread feeling that it should have been pre- vented, and consequently a scapegoat is being sought. Home Secretary Shortt, as responsible head of the po- lice, has been singled out particularly as a necessary victim and his removal is demanded. Montlay’s session of the house of commons may-see the defection of a large number of the coalition union- ists who have hitherto supported the government Irish policy, but who rae now more than ever inclined to attach themselves to the “die hards.” ‘These conservative waverers are re- ported as taking the attitude that they supported the Anglo-trish treaty be- (Continued on Page Seven) 4,000 ARE KILLED — except their original appeal for aid. As as a result anxiety which has been felt for several days reached a higher pitch this morning. ‘Taiho is twenty miles south of kian- fu province. Latest reports are that foreigners, except doctors attending wounded in the hospitals, have left Nanchang, al- though that city is quiet and no fears are felt for its safety. Nanchang is under the care of a civil governor, who is provided with $14,000 a month by private interests for use in main- taining order. Chinese are reported to be hurrying there to gain his protection of Nanchang communications y are at @ standstill and it may] Lady Wilson Opposes Cabinet Attendance at Funeral, Claim LONDON, June 24.—The Morning Post prints a statement from an unnamed correspond- ent that Lady Wilson had sent a meessaeito.the cabinet to the effect that minister“at-her husband's funera iotdatore caused much consternation and the newspaper says a letter was written to Lady Wilson ask- ing her to reconsider her decision, which at first she declined to do. The war office then informed the field marshal’s widow, according to the Post, that the attention today and all the newspapers, J. Belton Kennedy was killed by twoi yr Rockefeller’s personal physician, HUSBAND OF SUICIDE | EXONERATED BY JURY Verdict Finds Girl Wife Came to Her Death at Own Hand, Story of Love . Tragedy Unfolded by Dennis Everett Dennis, express company employe detained by the authorities pending investigation into the suicide of his wife, Grace Dennis, 23 years of age, who shot and killed herself in an apartment at 153 North Durbin street Thursday, was re- young womari came to her death by her own the resence of *wound' be di 1 to” her. “message hand. Thus the story of a young married couple who loved but tid not understand came to a close. The verdict followed a hearing be- fore which the husband recited the story of their married life and trou- blea which led up to the tragedy. | ‘The couple were married tn Febru-! ary, 1913. Ther married life was| happy and it was not long before a third member was added to the little| family. Fate willed that the baby dic, however, and life seemed empty for them for a time, but work and the passing of the years is a great rem- edy for an open wound. In Casper, Grace was employed by the Lukis' Candy kitchen and Ever- ett by the American Express com- pany. They seemed to grow farther apart. Dennis admitted that ‘his wife chorged him with neglecting her/and seeking the company of other women. A strong love, a desire to see her hus- band do the right thing, and a little spark of jealousy spurred the young wite to plead with him. Finally she announced her inten- tion of living apart from him. She left his rooms tn the rear of 153 North Lurdin street, and moved into a single apartment at the same address. Approximately one week before the tragedy Dennis and his wife heppen- ed to walk home from work together, (Continued on Page Seven) The jury % \ out one hour and 35 J Se Che, “., xt shook the rafters of the ancient. % county court house greeted waict. Friends by scores poured th » the gates to the bar enclosure «ing to grasp the gov ernors hands. The flashlights of a half ‘dozen pho. tographers bombed and for minutes Pandemonium reigned. “We would have been in sooner, but we wanted to stay out long enough to make it look right,” one Juror told ong of the governor's attorneys - WAUKEGAN, IM., June 24.—(Ry The Associated Press)—Tha case of Governor Len Small, charged with conspiracy to defraud the state, went to the jury at 2:03 o'clock. The trial lasted just nine weeks. Predictions about were that the jury governor the court room Would acquit the within a few hours. - —— — Continuation Of Warm Days Is Forecast eR eaTON, June 24.—Weath- er outlook for the week beginni Monday: . eae Upper Mississippi and Lower Mis. sourt vaileys—Generally fair and warm but with probability of local thunder showers by middle of week. Rocky Mountain and plateay_reg- ioné—Generally fuir with teripera- ture above normal. Pacific states—Generally fair with normal temperature near the coast and above normal in interior. WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER DEAD BRIBE OFFERED BY OBENCHAIN, LOS ANGELES, June 24.--Paul Ro- man, an inmate of Folsom prison on felony charge testified for the prose- | cution that while he was con- ly before 7 o'clock. Mr. Rockefeller had been i Mrs. Ziadalynne Obenchain “framed| was not made public. up” 8 story that he was to testify that; Five doctors, under the charge of blackmail|}," w. J. Robertson, were in at: Mendance when the end came. Prac Roman was a witness for the de-/tically the entire Rockefeller family fense at previous trials of Arthur C.!were assembled at the deathbed. Burch and Mrs. Obenchain, and today} Mr, Rockefeller, who contracted a was the first time he mentioned hav-|heayy cold during the rains of the ing had any agreement with her as to|ics¢ week-end, nad just completed his testimony. At the other trials Ro-spujiding a $250,000 mausoleum in the man testified that prosecution testi-!sieepy Hollow cemetery. The mauso- mony that a thorn similar to a species eum was constructed according to his found in Beverly Glen, a suburb,/own plane and under his personal di- where Kennedy was killed, had heen rection. removed from Burch's knee while he! Mr. Rockefeller, who was $1 years |was in jail, was untrue, the doctor only|oig, had not recently been active in pretending to remove the thorn. business, although he was active head Roman also testified that Mrs. Oben-'o¢ the Standard Oil company of New chain told him referring to Kennedy,|york from its establishment in 1865 “he got just what he deserved.” juntil 1911, Although somewhat over- rer ee Ee |shadowed by his elder brother, John Any four legged animal can swim|p, fiockefeller, William was one of the ' first time “water. \the richest men in America. * Almost the only time when his space was in 1912 and 1913, when the congressional committee investigating the “money trust” combed the country for him as a witness. He waa finally located near Nassau, Bahama Islands and returned to Florida, but when an effort was made to question him in his cottage there he was seized with such spasms of coughing that the men who were trying to be several days before complete de tails of the devastation wreaked by the mutineers becomes known. How- ever, it is established that the greater portions of Kianfu, Taiho and Lung- chuan have been destroyed. In these cities many have been siain, the great- er portion of the known dead having been found there. A steadily decreasing amount of credit is being accorded dispatches, ap- parently based.on rumors started by over-wrought natives, that foreigners have been. subjected to mistreatment. | General -‘Tsai-Chen Ksun, command er of the northern Chinese forces in| Kiangsi, part of whom mutinied, is de-| clared to be increasing his hold over committes was* warned by his physi- cians that it might cause his death if the examination was continued, It then was admitted that he was suffer- Although he retained many of his} directorships, Mr. Rockefeller of late years shifted much of his businese responsibilities to the shoulders of his pon, Percy. None of his Wall street associates have ventured an estimate of his for- tune but it was generally believed that he had between $100,000,000 and $250,- 000,000 concentrated in various Stand- ard Oil ‘Sompanies, Anaconda Copper, ‘Consolidated Gas, Brooklyn - Union Gas, St. Paul and National City bank. A friend recently stated that Mr. Rockefeller's death, when it came, should have no appreciable effect ‘on the stock market, as none of his hold- (Continued on Page Seven) \ings would be tossed on the open mar- Il at his home, Rockwood hall, fined in the county jail here last year/in North Tarrytown, since Sunday but word of his condition ket. Announcement of his death was re- ceived in Wall street nearly an hour before the market opened. Mr. Rockefeller returned to his home Jast ‘Thursday after a visit with his brother to the farm gn which they |were born at Richford, in Tioga county, Friday Mr. Rockefeller’ complained of not feeling well but ghe following day he insisterd on going out and was drenched in a heavy shower. Sunday his condition gave his family concern and pneumonia quickly set in. Dur- ing the week relatives were sum moned. Mr. Rockefeller began to sink rap- idly yesterday morning, but rallied about 6 o'clock last evening. Later came another sinking spell. Physt clans and surgeons, fortified wit all the resources of science, kept a night watch, but it was obviously a losing fight. John D. Rockefeller remained at his home in Pocantico Hill but was kept constantty informed of his brother's condition. He reached Rockwood Hall a few minutes after the end came, At the deathbed were Mr. Rockefeller’s two daugh- ters and two sons. Mrs. Rockefeller died about two years ago. LATE MAGNATE IN ILL HEALTH MANY YEARS. ‘William Rockefeller had been in ill (Continued on Page Seven) a crowd of 59,000 persons, , |groups of whiskey interests 'Brother of John D., Power in Financial'Marshal Haig | World, Falls Victim to Pneumonia Following Serious Illness WITNESS SAYS TARRYTOWN, N. Y., June 24.—(By The Associated | Press.) William Rockefeller, oil magnate and brother of; | John D. Rockefeller, died here today from pneumonia, short- | Bar! Haig is soon to re-enter the liquor | Returning To Liquor Trade LONDON, June 24.—Ficld Marshal trade, with which he was formerly | connected as a director of the firm of jJohn Haig and company. The con- troiting interest in the company was {acquired in- 1919 by The Distillers |company, Ltd., of Edinburg, holding corporation for one of the largest in the world. The field marshal will join the |distifiers board in July. His family |has been connected with the Haig com- OHERIFF LACKED NERVE, REPORT TO ADJUTANT OF STATE ASSERTS Demobilization of Guard Forces Authorized by Governor as Investiga- tion Is Launched SPRINGFIELD, ., June Mu (By The Associated Press.}—Lack of “nerve” on the part of Sheriff Mel- vin Thaxton of Williamson county and the killing of two union miners by gards last Wednesday were two of the causes assigned for the mas- sacre of 25 strikebreakers, In a re- port made over long distance tele phone to Adjt. Gen. Black by Maj. Gen. Milton J. Foreman this after- noon. The trouble started Inst Wednes- day when two union men, who had gone to the mine to induce the non- union workers to leave, were killed by mine guards, Gen. Foreman said. The mine company, he reported, had established road patrols and halted everybody approaching the property. State's Attorney Duty of William. sen county was stopped by the guards, he said. WAUKEGAN, I, June 24.—Gov. Len Small announeed today that he would immediately order the de- the state national its held in readiness since ~ morning for possible dis- patch to the disturbed mine zone of southern Tilinols, ‘The military board of inquiry re- ported to Gov. Small if the mine operators attempt to send men in to look after their property and repair the machinery dynamited Thursday, it will provoke further trouble and troops will be necessary. The re- port said the state's attorney and sheriff would look after the burial of the dead non-union workers, HERRIN, Ml., June 24,— (By The Associated Press.) — A state military investigation of the Lester min emassacre which took between 25 and 40 livés, was begun today by a board headed by Major General Milton Foreman of the state militia, acting under orders from Governor Len Small, issued when the chief execu: tive became aroused over failure of lo cal officials to take any steps against the miners who captured and killed the majority of strikebreakers work- ing In the strip mine. General Foreman and his committes arrived at 5 o'clock this morning, mo- toring from Carbondale after reaching there by train at 4 a. m. They were met by Colonel Samuel ‘Hunter of the adjutant general's office, who waa here during the massacre, His orders to return to Springficld today were cancelled and he immediately became @ guard for the military board. Gen: eral Foreman and the board proceed- ed immediatety to Marion, the coun- ty seat, where conferences with State's Attorney D. L. Duty and Sheriff Mel- vin Thaxton were planned. A tour of the area of the fight was made and it was expected that num:+ erous supposed witnesses of the dis- orders would be called before the board. General Foreman had been instruct- ed particularly to learn why the state's attorney had not taken steps toward convening a special grand jury, why the coroner's inquest had not been held and why these officials repeated- ly refused to authorize Colonel Hun. |pany since 1877, his father having been one of the founders. ter to call for troops, even after an (Continued on Page Seven) | HOUSE } | house from the territory east Cc. O. P. |Monaell Hoists S. O. S. for Vacationists When Voigt Starts Fight Against. Legislative Program FILIBUSTER IN CAUSES RECALL WASHINGTON, June 24.—Republican members of the of Kansas, now absent from WHISKAWAY WINS SPECIAL RACE AT THE LATONIA TRACK TODAY LATONIA RACE TRACK, (By The Associated Press.) —Whiskaway won the special $50,000 race for three year olds at Latonia late today before ‘ Washington, were ordered back to the capital today by Rep- resentative Mondell, Republican leader, owing to a one-man filibuster, conducted by Representative Voigt, Republican, Wisconsin. Prompt returns of Republicans will avoid issuance of warrants, Mr. Mon- dell stated in telegrams to absentees, explaining that the Voigt filibuster re- sulted yesterday in 14 roll calla and that it was nectssary to have all Re- publicans here by Monday to carry out the legislative program. Representative Voigt showed no dis- Position today to end his filibuster. He forced three roll calls, requiring 25 minutes, within the first hour and a half of the session. The largest num- ber answering was 247, compared with 216 which fs a quorum. Members left the chamber in large numbers ;fter Jeach roll call, against the insistence |of Mr. Mondell that they remain on the floor. LATONIO, Ky., June 24.— + ce ay SOREN