Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 11, 1922, Page 1

VOLUME VIE. Union Pacific yards here Marc’ Search continues for a second ne kro who, with Reeder, is believed to have attacked Sitton when stopped by the latter, a watchman in the railroad ards, while escaping with loot taken jn a burglary in South Cheyenne. The alleged connection of Reeder with the murder was accomplished through tracing this loot from Chey- enne to Sioux City and thence to Omaha, where, it is alleged, it was \yqizposed of by the Thomas woman. Reeder has made no incriminating statement but the Thomas woman, who has been living with him, is said to have made admissions damaging to her lover and identifying the second al- leged slayer. 5 FIRED TODAY Fire from burning fubbisn in the in, cinerator of the Becklinger building became so intense that it threatened the building this afternoon at 2:15, The woodwork on the second floor caught’ fire and the whole floor oceupied by the Texas Oil company and the U. 8. Veterans’ bureau w: so filled with smoke that the employes had to de- clare a recess. Only the prompet action of Casper's Zee department prevented a confla- trous. MERCHANTS TO MEET TONIGHT All Casper merchants exhibiting AUSINESS BLOCK sration that might have proven disas-| CHICAGO NEGRO IS SEIZED AS >: _ RAIL GUARD SLAYER “2222 h 2, last. { Former Sheriff at Sidney Killed in Cheyenne Last Spring by Mulatto Now Held in Jail at Capital and Second Man for Whom Search Still Continues CHEYENNE, Wyo., Gct. 11.—(Special to The Tribune.)—Mose Reeder, Cheyenne mu. latto, and Virginia Thomas, Omaha white woman, are held in the count nection with developments in the investigation of the murder of Jesse Sitton, formerly sheriff at Sidney, Neb., which has been in progress here since Sitton was shot down in the jail here in con- , Reeder was arrested in Denver and the woman in Omaha. CASP2R, WYO., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1922 pNal,| Ohe Casper Daily Tribune N TRADE IS MENAC Boosters Meet at ms who are going on the Chamber of Commerce booster trip to Lusk tomorrow have been re- quested to meet at the chamber of commerce headquarters at 7:20 a. m. in orde: that’ the party may get under way not later than 8 o'clock. The muslin banners will haye to be attached to the cars and the assign- ments made for passengers which will easily take up half an hour. Anyone who has no car to go in but who wishes to make the trip will have no difficulty in securing transportation. ‘The chamber of commerce wants as large and as peppy a delegation as possible. Live wires working for the interests of Casper with a friendly feeling toward | ‘TRAVELING MAN’ NAMED | } “The whole story told by Le Gette said that he had not seen Mrs. De Bouchel for more than @ year, the last meeting being in New York when Mrs. Le Gette and he met her at a hote! prior to her departure for Paris. ‘The first information of |the reported charge against her char acter, he said, came to him yesterday ‘upon reading a local newspaper. “I met Mrs. De Bouchel in Atlanta on the first day of the Confederate reunion some time in the fail of 1919, having been introduced, by a young Jiady from Virginia,” he said. “Upon reading the newspaper statements of Mrs, De Bouchel that Candler accused her of receiving attentions of two men in her room, I realized that I must be the salesman referred to. “Mr, Candler and I were the only two men who could be mentioned as spending time with Mrs, De Bouche) during that conyentivi.’and she was lcenstantly in my company, she being in the Tribune Fashion show at the |chaperon-general of the convention Elks club, October 18, 20 and 21, are |and I entértaining delegates, and asked t obe present at the meeting [there were always several youns tonight at 8 o'clock at the chamber | ladies present. of commerce. | “But never at a single time was The special committee, appointed at last night's meeting is canvassing the stores this afternoon and an ex- act program of the showings to be made by the various exhibitors will be announced. Tonight's meeting will be brief but it is essential that all exhibitors be present as this may be the last gen- eral meeting called and many details worked out at th's morning's com- mittee meeting will be forthcoming. WDONALD FUNERAL TO BE HELD. TOMORROW The funeral of Mrs. T. W. McDon- ald, who died »t a local hospital Mon- dey, will be held tomorrow afternoon 4 o'clock from the Presbyterian % tabernacle». The Rey. Charles A. Wil- son_ will officiate. The body is lying in state a: the Bowman chapel on South Beech street. jshe with me alone. At noon that first |¢ay she informed me that she had jan engagement with Candler for Jluncheon. The young ladies and my. |self accompanied her to the Piedmont |hotel and on that occasion I first mec ‘andler. Later the whole party left the hotel to inspect}a new piano in a store at which I was engaged as sales man. While in the store Candler |made an engagement with Mrs. De | Bouchel to go to his home that even ling. I was at the hotel that same night when Mrs. De Bouchel returned | from Candier’s home with several of the girls, I was not her sweetheart—far from it I almost played the part of a chauffeur for her. She made a prac- |tice dur'ng the convention of loading | soldiers into my car and taking them on a sightseeing tour of Atlanta. “And I want to say in defense of ‘the finest woman I have ever met that it was practically an impossibit ity for her to entertain gentlemen in her room except in the presence of (Continued on Page Two.) CAR SHORTAGE _ HELD SERIOUS CHICAGO, Oct. 11.—The car short- age has begun to have serious ef- fects, according to indications shown in the weekly fruit and vegetable review of the federal bureau of agri- cultureal economics, issued today. Last week total shipments of fruits and vegetables decreased nearly i,- 000 cars from the preceding week and although the peak of the carlot movement is usually not reached before the middle of October, the last week of September remains the rec- ord period for the current season. ‘The total movement of 14 fruits and vegetables for the week ending October 7 was 26,513 cars or 400 less than for the corresponding week last year. Potato shipments were lighter with a fairly steady tone maintained and little price change except a 15 cent advance in Chicago, although in several leading ‘shipping sections sales were made at a lower range. Shipments were about 1,400 cars below the total of the previous week. Minnesota led with 1,158 cars shipped. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 11.—Wilbur Le Gette, formerly of Atlanta, here, volunteered the statement today that he w: Asa G. Candler, in the statements published b - Mrs. Onezima De Bouchel, involved in al- | !eged reports of visits to her rooms in Atlant Cendler isn Be” declared’ Le NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., BY ASA B. CANDLER CiVES LIE TO SCANDAL RUMOR | “No Finer Woman on Earth Than Mrs. De Bouchel, Says Man) Who Declares He Is One Referred to Accusations of Asa G. Candler Against Character of Society Woman during = confederate reunion in 1919, ‘ “It is fabricatia of scandal mongers. There is no finer woman 0+ e>rth then Mrs. De Bouchel.’* CLIFFORD HAYES IN BED WHEN RECTOR WAS SLAIN, IS ALIBI Gette. Oct. 11.—(By The Associated Press.) -Thomas F, Hagerty, counsel for Clifford Hayes, the, 19-year-old boy held on a charge of murdering the Rev. Ed- ward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills, an-| nounced today he had proof that Hayes was at home in bed at the hour when Raymond Schneider, who is held as a ma-} terial witness, charges he committed | The lawyer declared he was abso- ington conference between the mission of Sir Robert Horne, chancellor of the} exchequer, and United States officials. | The interest will be paid through the) Federal Reserve Bank of New York. | | LONDON, Oct. 11.—(By The Assv-| ciated Press.\—Sir Robert Horne, chancellor of the exchequer, stated to day that he was going to the United States at the head of the British debt} funding mission, despite int{mations in| the press here to the contrary, There} in his departure, he said, owing to the Near Eastern situation and internal affairs, but there would be no change| in the membership of the miss | Be \Turks Pouring lutely convinced of Haynes’ inno: the crime. pier | ON DEBT INTEREST OCTOBER 16 LONDON, Oct. 11.—(By The Associated Press.) —-The British government, it was semi-officially stated today, is tak-| rlolent, which: occu ing steps to pay $50,000,000 into the New York Federal Re-; serve bank on October 16 on account of this year’s interest) northeast’ ot Rome on Great Britain’s debt to the United States. H The exact amount due will not be settled until the Wash-|rerorts of damage there were re Aviator. Leaves Porto Rico On Record Flight SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Oct. 11.— Lieutenant Walter Hinton, on an air- might be a dels# of » couple of weeks plane flight from New York to Rio of the Standard Oil compan: Janerlo, left here at 8:35 a, m. with the Island of Guadulop tended next stopping place. With favorable conditions today is in Hinton {hoped to reach Point-a-Pitre, 300 miles |away, in five or six hours. After tak- ing on gasoline there he extrected to continue on towards to Martinique this afternoon. | Into Eastern | | | RODOSTO, Thrace, Oct. 11—(By} ‘The Associated Press.}—Five thousand | Turkish nationalist soldiers in civilian attire have filtered into eastern Thrace | during the last fortnight through 30 and other ports on the sea of Mar-| mora for the purpose of facilitating | |the Turkish occupation of the prov-| |ince, according to information re-| leeived by the allied mission here. = | ‘The Kemalist soldiers have come in| mostly with groups of refugees, mak-) ing thel rdetection difficult. The local | Greeks: ds re the object of this in-} |filtration is to foment disturbances, jorganize bands of irregulars and gath jer information for reprisals against the Greeks, Ga., now living, the traveling salesman mentioned by neigh! x ing towns will go a long to make the project a snccess. will be the first thing of its It is no new thing, however. Such a city +8 Omaha has deemed it a good plan to send out boosters excursion par- tles, and the more active cities all over the United States are doing the same thing, OIL COMPARY GIVEN PERMIT BY RUSSIANS It kind ever tried by Casperites. tK, Oct. 11.—Henry Ma son Day president of the Internation al Bérnsdall corpofation, today re. turned from Russia with what he claimed to be the first contract with &@ foreign consern to be rutified by all the heads of the government Tt wan concession for the deveiopment of 400 acres in the Baku oil lands “There can be no question as to tht desire of the soviet government te soviet |make possible the entry of American |interests for the development of re. |sources of their country,” said Mr. | Day Ratification of this contract. he said “proved conclusively that the doors of ssia are open.” vals eats j | JOWA CITY, Ia,, Oct. 11—By The Associated Press.}—Primed for the most momentuous gridiron bat- tle an Towa football team has ever played, 25 stalwart mem of Iowa's football squad left this after- noon for New Haven, where they will battle the Yale eleven Satur- day. QUAKE ROCKS ROME, PEOPLE ARE IN PANIC The Associa earthquake is causing m among the population. No however, has been reported up to 1 o'clock this afternoon. The apprehension was stimulated by similar shocks, although red r Adriatic, 185 miles appears to have been the center of today’s shocks. No ROM ted shock great a nage, Oct. 11 (By -A strong this city Press in the recollection of much less 19 and in 1917, continued a whole th. Ancona, on the ceived. He ‘STANDARD OF “NJ. TO RAISE NEW YORK, Oct, 11.—Director jJersey announced that a special meet \ing of stockholders had been called \for November 8 to increase the auth. orized common stock from $110,000, 000 to $625.000,000. On approval of \this increase the directors propose to ‘pay during the current year a stock laividend of 400 per cent in $25 par |common stock outstanding. Thrace, Report MI AN ON STRIKE FOR 34 YEARS BURLINGTON, Iowa, Oct. 11. Funeral services for Albert M. meter, oldest striker in the w . having been on 2 str’ke from 1°88 until the time of his death, were held today from his home here and 400 striking shopmen on the Bur- lington route marched in the fu eral procession. Mr. Parmenter was 87 years old | and operated a wood burning engine on the Burlington long before a bridge was built across the Miss's sippi river. He went out on a strike with the Brotherhood of Locomotiv Engineers on the Burlington in 1888 and never returned to work us the strike wus Mever settted. Fror ‘that date until the tine of his death he drew strike pay amounting ¢ thousands of dollars from the brotl erhood. =z SINS Thursday mong the people } TTS GAPITAL of New! { || LASKER WIRELESS ORDERING LIGUOR LOCKED UP DAMPENS ARDOR OF SHIP PASSENGER | the handwriting on the wall c famous party given by Belsha: of a wireless message from A shipping board, according to st of the ship which docked here yester-| day. Old + Nl for g night bef of liquor rditions of pass: neral le abon 4 of ger travel sea on the ity 1 at $10, nt Cleve port and raditions were re 1 o'clock in the morning he revelry was at its highes! nitch, the Lasker message came as t ‘ollows: minate sale liquor on all shipping bos asign all th tocks on boa at near SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11.—A modern counterpart of redited with having spoiled a ed the Pacific mail zzar, vi: liner President Cleveland the other night at sea in the form - D. Lasker, chairman of the ‘ories told today by passengers Ships officers pi s bear faster work that vired the ial passengers post until they reached © President 1 was. the shipping ‘board vessel to reach port since the Daugherty ruling ring intoxicants off American vow. | Night and Arrang benefit of the Red Cross, The special committee consisting of |r. s Mrs, .Theresa Stewart, Charles Mednick and J. A. Wiggins, | met this morning at the Stewart Chil- |dren’s shop and worked out details for the show. A thorough canvass of |the merchants in the city wili be} made this afternoon and a program made of the exact apparel to be ‘shown j by each exhibitor. It has been decided |to Met every store to three garmenta for each performance. If a store car- Fuchs, ries all three classes of apparel it; can show one women’s and one chil- dren's and une men’s, two of one and one in of another any combination ora the 1 three 3 ired. CITY MERCHANTS CO-OPERATE IN BIG STYLE SHOW Committee ‘Appointed at Meeting Last: ements Are Being Made for Big Event Next Week Unanimous’co-operation by all the Casper merchants han- dling women’s, men’s and children’s apparel was forthcom-|movement or ing at the special metting held Tuesday evening at the Chamber of Commerce to plan for the Tribune Fashion Show |™0"ths (radin to be given at the Elks club October 18, 20 and 21 for the The exclusive shoe and millinery stores will be matched up with the apparel stores 80 as to eliminate the number of models and keep the show down to the desired time limit Booth will be erected on the main floor of the Elks club for speci showings, and the space sold at §2 per frontage foot. This exhibit will be supplemental to the model exhibits which will be shown on the second floor of the building in tho natural theater which the Elks building house: A special meeting will be held t night at 8 o'clock at the chamber of commerce at which time further ar rangements will be announ: committee and other details arrang BEANS OR MOONSHINE FATAL WENATCHEE, Wash., Oct. 11.— As a result of either drinking poi- sonous moonshine or eating con- taminated beans, officials say, three men—Mike Lenner, Charles Han sen and a man named Brown are dead at Okanogan, Wash. The died yesterday within a few hours of each other. Officia’s have not determined the exact cause of the | deaths. TO THREE MEN IN COAST CITY A sample of beans from which they ate has been sent to the state health authorities for analys's, and County Health Officer P. West conducting an investigation. Possl- bility that (he deaths were caused by drinking poisonous liquor was seen in the fact, it is stated, that a former neighbor of the dead men died recently from that cause. ST. PAUL, M of lumber and a half million shingles were destroyed in a fire that early today swept through the ten-acre plant owned by the Twin Cities Hardwood Lumber company. The loss was estimated at $300,000. NEW YORK—Seven prohibition agents armed with federal search warrants today seized $225,000 worth of liquor, wine and alcohol in a building occupied by the Franz Trucking and Rigging company, Inc. | | | NEW YORK—The directors of the American Radiator company today SOX AND CUBS RESUME PLAY CHICAGO, Oct. 11.—The White Sox and the Cubs met in the third game of the city championship today after four | successive | | \ ments on account Jot rain and Osborne, each | whom he n a game for his club. were the opp: pitchers Score by HEB Subs 3000-—x x x Sox 2010—x x x |LATE FLASHES | —A million fect ) declared an extra sivck dividend of | 50 per cent in common stock. CHICAGO—V nen know the faults of the ice man and for that reason can point the way to an im- provement in service, J. G. Black of Des Moines, Iowa, president of the National Association of Ice Dealers, said today at the annual convention. | SPORTS MARKETS NUMBER 9. SUPREMACY If THREATENED BY DRASTIC LAW, SECRETARY SAYS Hedging and Trading in Futures Will Be Driv- en to Other Countries, Commission Is Told CHICAGO, Oct. The Associated Pres: .)— \Hedging and trading in wheat futures is being driven from Chicago to Winnipeg and Liverpool by the threat 11.—(By of the Capper-Tincher law,” John FR Mauff. secretary of the board of tradé told the fe trade commission tos The supremacy of tt y ne Chicago mar- a ket which now handles more grain tha the rest of the world’s ex changes together, is fousty threat- ned. he said. If the new law is up- 2 by the supreme court adéwd, puyers of cash in who wish to hedge” to pr themset will be for to go to a British market to deal in futures Victor Murdock, y chairman of the commission, asked the witness {¢ the board of trade rule lmiting fue ture dealings to. fenr months of the ar did not artificially restrict the ne crop. Mr. Mauff denied the four wan a riction and pointed out ¢ when Herbert Hoo- | ras controlling the market dure ing war time, he limited trading tq |two months, ‘The board of trade seo }retary said that the board was not rev sponsible for congestion in publig warehouses, and that there was n@ connection between the congestion and the limited trading season Chairman Murdock and members of the commission asked about az 50,000 bushel purchase made by a exporter named Field for delivery on which Mr. Fient complained he was unable to get dee livery. The witness did not recall the deal, but the investigators read a re port from the board's file showing the sellers had defaulted 195,000 bushels and that Mr. Field was forced to sell out 740,000 bushels and take July delivery instead, although the had already sold the entire May line abroe.d The examings questioned the wits ness about the connection of Profes sor James E. Boyla, of ( unis versity, with the board of SFron the boare’s it minutes the examiner said ppeared that Professor Boyle had been employed by the promotion de: partment of the board in 19 ata salary of $500 a month to write a book about the grain market The ex- aminers produced a book by Profess- or Boyle entitled “Speculation and the Chicago Board published in 1919 by a New York publishing house, but the secretary said he knew nothing about Boyle's connection with the board, or whether he had sented a letter s: 1 by Wootrow ben paid to write the book Professor Boyle, he said, had pre Wilson to him in 1917, and announe ed that he o take c rge of tt board's books # leral igato; A the period of war time control, the witn aid he understood Pro- |fessor Boyle had worked for the pros motion denartment but did not know |the ne are of his employment Returning to the tion of “hedg- ing.” Mr. Mauff sald it had definite anc poir to the fact tcent margin ig required ley pit, where tere is no ‘ading, while corn is handled (Continued on Page Two) LAMBS MOVING TO FEED LOTS Movement of Natrona county feeder lambs to the feed lots of northern Qvorado on contracts nogt dated earlier in the year is in full swing Thirty-five cars were Bishop and Fort Collins left last this month recently shipped from Bucknum stations to and five more carloads night It is estimated that no less than 110 cars will be shipped from Cas. per, Bishop, Buckrum, Arminto and Bonnveille to the northern Colorado feeders before the movement is con- cluced. Profits in lamb feeding last year approximated tha largest ‘ever made, according to statements cred- ited to W. A. Drake of Fort Collins; one of the heaviest lamb feeders of his section, and stockman are look- ing to another profitable year de spite the higher price pa'd for lambs, |