Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 29, 1922, Page 12

Che Casper Datly Tribune CASPER, j |! | Weather Forecast | The Casper Tribune day Two editions dally; largest circu: tion of any newspaper in Wyom! on VOLUME. WYO., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1922. Pe NUMBER 300. STILLMAN DENIED DIVORCE. CHILD LEGITIMATE GENERAL WAR IN EUROPE IS FEAREDBANKER'S WIFE am WINS VICTORY TURK MENACE) rte prevention pay ror | |Five-Cent Bus Fare JN N. Y. COURT STILL GRAVE : Here Is Endangerea } PROCLAMATION Misconduct Charges Involving James Ay By virtue of the authority vested in me, I, W. A. Black- Stillman and Florence Leeds Are Mustapha Kemal Pasha ‘Agrees to Halt Advance Pending Conference With VI. [EDITORIAL] serves the most careful consideration, net only of the city coun- cil but of every citizen of Casper. We refer to the matter of pub- lic transportation. The city may be made or ruined by the policy adopted. in this matter,. There are now on file with the city council several applications for franchises to operate bus lines in ance with the request of our President, do hereby desig- nate Monday, October 9, 1922, as ‘Fire Prevention and Clean-Up Day” in the City of Casper, State of Wyoming, anc urge all citizens to set aside this day in which to clean CARMEL, N. Y., Sept. 29.—(By The Associated Press.) up their property and premises’so that they will be free —James A. Stillman, former president of the National City bank of New York, was denied a decree in his suit for abso- lute divorce against his wife, Anne U. Stillman, and Bab: Guy Stillman was declared legitimate in the findings of Dan- from rubbish and safe from fire. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my hand and caused the official seal of the City of} Casper, more, Mayor of the City of Casper, Wyoming, in compli- Also Upheld in Decision General Harington, Report CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 29—(By The Associated Press.;—Mtus- tapha Kemal Pasha replying to Gencral Harington's telegram of WWed- nesday has sent a message declaring his troops would not advance further. He says de desires that no incident should occur and that he will ‘see General Harington as soon as possible. LONDON, Sept. 29.—(By The Associated Press.) —-Grave fears for a recurrence of general warfare in Europe as a re- sult of the Near East crisis are occupying the minds of Brit- ish official circles, it is stated in authoritative quarters. The protracted cabinet meetings have considered every step for the prevention of such a conflagration. It is ex- plained that these fears are based onj the allied headquarters would be es the relations known to exist between | tablished in Gallipoli, where they the Angora government and Soviet|/could co-operate with the British Russia, and the potentialities of such! forces in Chanak in keeping the straits relations. open. ‘The whole British policy, !t is stated,| Fear is also expressed lest the Kem. is to keep the Turks from crossing the] alist sympathizers in Constantinople Dardanelles, and into eastern Thrace,| start an uprising within the capital. because it is maintained that fn this Some of the morning papers report event fighting would certainly ot-/that the British government is steadily cur and the whole of the Balkans) increasing its preparations for war would be drawn into the struggle. It|The Daily Express says severai thou is declared emphatically that such a! sand military motor trucks have been crossing will not be countenanced. jordered and that two of the govern- 1 hung|™ent's largest ammunition and arms slation | factories, have been almost con-! idle al: the war have been put upou The issue of war or peace a thread this morning. V neutral zone by the Turk by © tinues, Turkish soldiers are approach-/ full time ing to within a few feet of the British move of warships and outposts air nnoitering the whole ant continues, the of the defensive positions. General g the departure from Alder- Harington’s orders have not been! shot of two mountain batterles. The British policy that the Turks et went into session again) be not allowed to crows the straits be this morning and probably will con-/fore the question is adjusted by a peac> tinue in conference throughout the! conference is said to be based on the day, with only necessary intermissions.’ allied nots sent from Paris to Musta- ‘The main danger is still regarded as) pha Kemal inviting him to such a con centering in the Chanak zone on the| ferenc southern shore of the Dardanelles. The opinion is expressed that Kemal tanlenenialiakanaaeeere to provoke the British to trying “Cavalry ¢ 300 or 200 continue to filter in,” says ae Morning Post's. Constantinople|t© the Mohammedan world and claim correspondent. ‘‘They ride under a|he has been attacked by the Chris white flag or with rifles reversed when-| tans. ‘Should such a thing occur it ever they are near our troops. They| Would naturally raise a grave issus Show no aggression, but make the| ‘or Great Britain. India, Egypt and British situation militarily most aiffi-| Mesopotamia: and their movements naturally furnish an excellent method of recon: noitering.”” There were rumors overnight that allies would possibly evacuate tantinople, thus allowing the Kem- alists to go through to Thrace while FREE THEATER TICKETS T0 BE GIVEN AWAY WITH CLASSFIED ADS FOR BIG SUNDAY PAPER as a special inducement we are giv- ing away free with each ad placed BRITISH COMMANDER OFF FOR CONFERENCE. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 29.—(By The Associated Press)—Brigadier Gen. eral Sir Charles Harington, command- (Continued on Page Seven) How would you like to see Ben- jamin A. Hampkin’s production the ire on the Turks so that he can turn casper goes on record as {ridorsing Wyoming, to be hereto attached this 28th day of Septem- ber, A. D. 1922. W. A. BLACKMORE, Mayor. TRIBUNE SAFETY CAMPAIGN IS ENDORSED BY KIWANIANS AND MOTOR CLUB IN MEETING HERE Responding to appeals launched through the columns of the Tribune and hy letter for a safety campaign to reduce accidents in the interests of public welfare, assurances are piling up that 100 per cent co-operation will be extended by all organizations in Casper. Additions yesterday and last night to the list of organizations which will lend active sup- Port to the movement include the Cas- casing on trucks enould carry a red per Kiwanis and the Casper Motor flag. clubs. Unqualified endorsement of the The speed of fire apparatus in the proposal is given by both. Casper street: was also discussed but Following the reading of a letter|!t was decide that the club would yesterday from Chas. W. Barton, edi-|make no recoumendationg for the} tor of The Tribune, before the KI-| Present in view of the fact that the! wanians the plan was opened for dis. | Coundiimen , would probably take ac-/ bune to promote the interests of the heartily concurs in the sentiment ex-| chinists, will speak this evening at « in the city in the safety campaign be-| BUT HOUSE IS SAVED Davia P. Hilth u David P. Hillhouse iray Dawn” at the America The- ater next Monday, October 2, free of charge and at the expense of the Tribune? The “Gray Dawn” is a novel by Stewart Edward White, featuring Robert McKim, Claire adams and Carl Cantzoort. It is a fine production and will rivet you in the Sunday paper and to run for three times, a ticket to the Amer | ica Theater worth 40c. If you run | an ad for six times you will get | two tickets. Grasp this opportunity tomorrow and place your ad with us start- ing in the big Sunday edition that | will have nearly twice the circuln- | cussion with gratifying results. jtlon on the matter. “The universal commenaatory com-| ment by individual members made it plain that the Kiwanis “club as FTS UNION 10 group of individual citizens of the Cit says a communication from Harry L DRESSED TONIGHT Black, secretary of the club, “and a ick Pets eames! BY MACHINIST OFFICER lub as follows: i bel “Resolved. that the Kiwanis club of | pes oe ‘ the Safety First campaign launched |, William Hannan, internations\-vice: rial in the columns of the aove-men-|crafts union at the Cooks and Waiters tioned newspaper.” hall. Mr. Hannan ts an orator of note rs of the board of directors |in union ranks and he has a message of the Casper Motor club met Thurs-jthat should be of particular interest y evening at the chamber of com-|to members of the shopcrafts, building, one of their principal| objects being to appoint a committee} committee is composed of Major Orms-| by, Ben Scherk and James Griffith. | The directors decide dthat the com. | mittee should take in’ consideration | the advisability of having trucks, tray-| eling after dark, carry red lantern on the rear end and also that protruding! What might have resulted in a dan-| gerous conflagration was nipped in the bud by the fire department at 1:45 this afternoon when they, answered a ecall to the Sandbar and found the porch of a house blazing which was! evidently the result of a lighted cigar-} of Casper Is behind The Daily | city in the matter of public safety.”’| by the Casper Daily ‘Tribune, and president ‘of the Association of Ma- pressed in a recently published edito- | special meeting of the fed®rated shop- to co-operate with other organizations ing promoted by The Tribune. The| Hl | | ette which had been tossed among pa- Under Boiler, Dies pital; Was Former Texas M an David P. Hillhouse,, 50 years of. age, suffered fatal in- jjuries at the Texas refinery east of Casper at 11 o’clock this the city. Some of the applicants propose to use more expensive equip- ment and to charge fares in the neighborhood of ten- cannot afford to have the death knell of this Ve service nts. public sounded at its very birth. The success of this public necessity lies primarily in the fare charged. has been ruined by the ten-cent fare. Many a similar enterprise The hauls in this cit are all short, mostly less than one mile and all less than two miles. The individual who finds it necessary to use public transporta- tion cannot pay in excess of five cents per mile. As soon as the charge for any service is’ greater thaa is profitable to the con- sumer, the business is. ruined. Transportation is no exception. There are a very large number of: the patrons of these bus lines that use them four times a day which amounts to twenty cents. This sum is offset by the home cheaper than they can at restaurants and more sa’ ily than if they carried lunches fact thet they can get meals at factor- to their places of employment. These people cannot pay a ten-cent fare. Their trade is lost, The backbone of the business is broken, and the enterprise is doomed to failure. The maintenance of present transportation service is, of vital interest to the citizens and especiaJly to the property own- ers of the city. Property values are measured by their distance from the business center and those distances are measured, not in blocks and miles, but in terms of easy or difficult, cheap or expensive transportation. Anything above a five-cent fare is expensive in a city of such short hauls as we have in Casper. Nothing more than a five-cefit fare can succeed. To issue a fran- chise under which a company wHl operate at a loss for a time and then go into bankruptey and abandon it is simply to invite disaster. It is understood that the operators of présent lines will en- close and heat their cars, so as te insure comfort to passengers during cold weatber; and on the longer haul lines to provide larger cars so that facilities will fully answer demagds. Good service at low price is mand. a operators who have installed it, what the people desire and de- We have it now. Let’s keep it and give the enterprising encouragement and support. Anybody can give good service at a high cost, but everybody cannot pay for it. The yolume of patronage of the bus Jines comes from those of modest incomes. Place the rate of fare out of reach of these and the enterprise fails. If it is the desire of the people of Casper, who use the bus lines, to have the five.cent fare and the present service continued then they must support their views at the city council meeting which will be held next Monday, October 2. The council can do no less than give the people what the majority demand must be told what you want. If in matters of this character. The council it is five-cent fare—then attend There is now before the city council of the city of Casper a subject of the utmy st importance to the people and one that de- the council session and say so out loud. Has Skull Crushed on Arrival at Hos- 4s a windup of, the raid on the Sand Bar Wednesday night in the NARCOTIC LAW FINED, HELD FOR U. S. ACTION| fel J. Gleason, referee in the case which were filed hero today. ‘The referee's decision waa @ com- plete victory for Mrs. Stillman, Not only was her defense upheld but referee also confirmed her chai that Mr. Stillman hed miscondueted himself with Florence H. Leeds, for- mer Broadway show girl, and that Mrs. Leeds had borne two children. In regard to Mrs. Stillman’s charges that her banker husband had also m! conducted himself with two other women, identified only as “Helen” and “Clara,” Referee Gleason decided that the evidence-wags not sufficient to prove the allegations of adultery. “While there is evience,” the ref eree wrote, “that the plaintiff occupied a stateroom on his yacht with one ‘Helen’ no proof has been offered that the said ‘Helen’ ‘was not the Adult defendant herein (Mrs. Stillman) ang’ find the charge of adultery as to the said ‘Helen’ and ‘Clara’ not proved.” ‘Two of the banker's attorneys, Col- onel William Rand and Outerbridge Horsey waiting to hear the decision in Mr. Gleason's office at Poughkeep- sie, declined to say whether they in- tended to appeal from the réferee's findings. The referee wrote the testimony ad- duced by Mr. Stitiman in support of his charges that Mrs. Stillman mision ducted herself with Fred Beauvain, past Indian guide alleged by the bank- er to be the father of little Guy Still- man, “uncontradicted and unexplained was sufficient to justify him in believ- ing Mrs, Stillman gullty of the charges made against her.” : “A careful examination, however, of all the testimony,” said his repoht, “has shaken my faith and belief in the testimony of the witnesses call in the pJaintiff's behait.’” ‘ GUY STILLMAN HOLDS RIGHTS AS- HEIR. Through his mother’s victory, Guy Stillman retains his rights as an heir with his two brothas and his sister, to the $6,000,000 trust fund crected for them \by their frandfather, the late James Stillman. The referee held that Mr, Stillman had failed to overcome the presump- TANK WORKER KILLED TODAY. HEAD IS CRUSHED BY BOILER SEVEN VIOLATORS OF tion of legitimacy, “which Is one the strongest known to the law and which cannot be overthrown ex by evidence which is stronger.” On the other hanc, the report found the proof of Mrs. -Stillman’s recrin: nating charges that her husband hai aupported znd maintained Floren HH. Leeds as his wife and that she had given birth to two childr reco - nized by him,” had been “so over- whelming and convincing that the plaintiff's attorneys frankly stated to the referee that no denial would be made of these charges. Mrs. Stillman, the referee held, not only offered evidence tending to es tablish the untruth anc? falsity 9¢/ the evidence of misconduct, by her and Becuvais, but also presented evi- dence tending to show that agents of Mr. Stillman offered inducements of money and positions to witnesses who would testify that his wife had misbelaved with the Indian guide In conclusion, {t was recommend ed that the plainiff’s compiaint should be dismissed. The referee's report, upor motion by either side, will go to supremo court Justice Morschauser for co mation or rejection. It is expe that Justice Morschauser will uphold the finding of Mr. Gleason. “This if a very unusual action said the report, it clearly appears without contradiction that since at least as early as 1916, and ever since that date, during the continuance of this rection, and down to at least March, 1921, the plaintiff has been intimate with a waman not his wife, known as Florence H. Leeds; has sup ported and maintained her as his wife in various places; and in yarious apartments; thet during the _ period she has given birth to tivo children who have been recognized by him as his children; that he has supplied her with motor cars and jewelry, super- vised her bank account and has borne the same relations with her as a man ordinarily bears to his wife. “The proof on this subject was * overwhelming and convincing * * * and upon the uncontradicted proof I find that the plaintiff has been guilty of adultry with one Florence H. Leeds and has lived in adultero intercourse with her from the y 1916 to at least the early part 1921."" MUCH SPACE DEVOTED TO PARENTAGE ISSUE. A large part of the report was de voted to discussing Mr. Stillman’s ‘effort to show he could not have been the father of Guy Stillman and to the testimony of his witnesses that they saw Mrs. Stillman and Beauvais mis conducting themselves in the months preceding the infant's birth in 1918 at various places, including the Stillman summer camp on the banks of the St. Maurice river in Quebec, and on the banker's country estate in the Pooan,/ {eo hilt “As the infant defendant Guy Still- man was concededly born in lawful wedlock, the burden of establishing his illegitimacy i upon the plaintiff and the plaintiff must establish such illegitimacy by clear and irrefutable proof and beyond a reasonable doubt,” which resulted from chronic in that ei sald, idism. He said that he had started “The presumption of fact of lesit!- in your seat with Intense interest, suspense and amusement. This is how you can do it. Near ly everyone has something to sell, exchange or that they want to buy. The quickest way to get results is tion of the daily. Casper will receive Sunday's Trib- une. Ads should be in our office no later than 8 o'clock Saturday night and must be paid for in cash in order to get the freo theater to use a want ad in the Tribune. | ticket. We want a big classified ad page Better hurry before we run out of in each of our Sunday editions and | tickets! Every home in |pers under the ste} | | YCUNGSTOWN—The first cur- tallment of steel operations on ac- count of car shortage was an- nounced here today by the Republic Iron and Steel company which has shut down eight of its 16 shect mills at the plant In Niles. ‘The injured man was taken in a company car at once to the Casper Private hospital. He died immodiate- ly upon arriving there. An inquest EVIDENCE SECURED WITHOUT SEARCH WAR Federal Court at Cheyenne to-Admit No Arguments as to Manner in Which Liquor Evidence Is Obtained CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 29.—That evidence seized with- out a search warrant may be used in the prosecution of a de-|state prosecution was dropped. fendant in the United States court, regardless of decisions by Wyoming district courts and the state supreme court to the contrary, was a ruling made by Judge J. Foster Symes of Denyer, sitting here for Judge T. B* Kennedy in the trial of| Is RANT IS VALID verest inflicted on an alleged boot- legger in the federal court for Wyo- ming and is taken to bode fll for 200 other defendant’ to liquor charges who are to~be tried before Judg Symes here. ea Be Miss Jessie Benedict, of Warwick, N. ¥., is believed to be the only wom- an in the United States to become head of an organization of Civil war veterans. She hag been elected presi~ denc of the Orange Blossoms, the sur- | vivers of the famous 124th Regimen’ New York Volunteers, of which; he father was a member. W. Carlisle, charged with violation of the Volstead act. Judge Symes per- mitted the use in evidence ef two stills which had been seized at Car- lisle’s home without a search war- rant. Ecrlier the court of the First Judicial district, a state tribunal, has ruled that they could not be used as evidence in a prosecution brought against Carlisle under the state law, and ‘as a result of this ruling the Carlisle, convicted court six counts, was sentenced by Judge Symes Thu to serve eight months in jail and pay a fin of $450, The punishment “is the se- in the federal on ay {morning when his head was caught under a 25-ton boiler and lorushed. The boiler, it is said, slipped on its shoring and the {unfortunate man’s head was caught between the steei and a 10x10 timber, fracturing the skull. is being held by Coroner Lew Gay this afternoon. Hillhouse and his family came here last Sunday from Oregon, Texas, and went to’ work with the Texas at 8 o'clock. this morning, He had stated before leaving the house that he was not feling well, and Mrs. Hil- house urged him to remain at home for the day. Hitthouse leaves: four children, Hayes, aged 17; Ralph, aged 12; Irene, aged 6, and Wilson, aged 4, in addi- ‘tion to a widow. They reside at 712 East Second street. ‘A brother in Hillsboro, ‘Texas, has been notified of the tragedy. “The deceased spent 18 years at tank work. HIGH PREMIUM PAID FOR CHSPER MUTUAL LOANS Loans of $23,000 were authorized by the Casper Mutual Building and Loan} The} association at its last meeting. money was bid in at a premium of 36 to 39 per cent. effort to bring to justice all offend- ers against the narcotic ordinance, fines of $100 each Were assessed seven who came up before Police Judge John A. Murtay Thursday night. These fines were based on the evidence that the offender had been in possession of drugs rather than on the evidence that he or sho had sold such articles. Immediately upon the conclusion of the hearings, Chief of Police Alexander Nisbet gave notice that the defendants would be held in the city jail pend- ing further word from the federal narcotic agent in Denver, who tele- graphed the “local authorities yes- terday afternoon to hold the guilty parties. ‘Those who were assessed fines in- Studed Fred Freeman, Katherine Carter (colored), Daisy Brooks, Ida Bish, Tina Bish, Homer Foley and Louis Coleman (colored): : None of those who were arraigned would tell where they got the stuff that had been found in their pos- session. Katherine Carter was fhe only one who even went far enough to describe the person. She declared that she did not know his name but that he had given her the dope, and that she was not a regu: lar addict. Freeman siated that he used drugs to ally the pains in his body the using of it under the advice of doctors, The remainder of the party in such cases as. there was no possi- bility of doubting the truth of their \Offense, seemed to be regular ad- dicts of the dread habit. y Sabie Sate Eos Ts ago. DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 29.— Instaliation of officers, elected yes- terday, and the adoption of resolu- tions is all that remains for veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic to do today before adjourning their fifth-sixth annual encam] The lutions committee worked until a hour Inst night going through the many resolutions of- fered and expected to have its di- kest prepared when the delegates convened today. Miss Ethel Austen, who has made a wonderful success in grand opera in a stenographer employed macy is one of the strongest know? to law and of course it cannot be overthrown except by evidence which is’ stronger. The burden of proof ‘s upon the party asserting fllegitim and the rule in a case like the present ons has been declared to be that it must! bs shown beyond all reasonable doubt that the husband could not Have been’ ihe father of the child Mr. Stillma:. the report continued, “apparently reatizing the burden (Continuea en Page Five) G. A. R. INSTALLS OFFICERS TODA The election of Judge J. W. Wit lett of Tama, Towa, as commander In chief breaks a precedent of years standing. He is the first vet eran who served as a sailor during the Civil war to be chosen for this position. “If we gobs will only be patient, we will come into our own 3¢t, commented a Civil war sailor who served with Admiral Farragut, fe! lowing Commander Willett’s le tion.