Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 20, 1922, Page 1

— CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1922. Last Lifeboat Off the Doomed “City of Honolulu’’ | | ‘DRY’ SLEUTH IS CONVICTED Prohibition Agent Hodges “Drunk” on Night of Street Battle but Case Is Appealed to Higher Court CODY, Wyo., Oct. 20.—(Special to The Tribune) —After the most sensational and hard fought trial ever held in police court here lasting all day and into the night before a packed courtroom, Police Judge Walter S. Owens found Bruce Hodge, federal prohibition agent, guilty of drunkenness on the night of October 12, when Hodge was badly beaten and Harry , Winrd, city marshal, was Hodge upon the proper charges, cov- wounded in the leg in a e#treet battle. | ering the shootirg of Marshall Wiard. Hodge was fined $500 by the judge|Wierd and Spencer, who also took and the case was immediately ap-| part in the fight, ‘@ held on federal pealed to district court by the federat| charges and state charges are also authorities, who represented Hodge. |being filed. Following the trial District Judge] The prosecution ‘of Brucq Hodge BP, W. Metz took the bench and in-|in police court was in charge of W. struoted Prosecuting Attorney Van|L. Simpson, special counsel retained Horn to file information against|by the town of Cody, CONGRESSMAN MONDELL WILL ADDRESS CASPER VOTERS HEXT MONDAY, ARRIVES SATURDAY Frank W. Mondell, Republican candidate for. United. States senator, will arrive in Casper tomorrow afternoon on the North Western and will remain over until Monday eve- ning, at.which time-he will speak to the citizens of Casper in the Elks’ auditorium at Sixth and Center streets. John W. Hay, Republican candidate for. governor, will also be a speaker nt this rally. "4 ‘The appearance of Hay and Mondell fi Casper at the same time tn looked ; on with great interest by people in 187 au political circles. There is no doubt WASHINGTON, Oct. 20,—Retrn: to| the government of $454,187 in connec-| be cleared up-for the voter who is will- |ing to apply what he hears, the Union O41 company of California, are in the city. on business. | | | by a hacer of the city of Honolulu rs the last boatload. of crewsmen abandoned the blazing 500 miles off the California coast, Note one man In the lifeboat, spent! with ex. im few Krinning’ tn the face, of fate, ae becomes a good salt water man: No lives: wore open. hon: toia Dapper ae Ko Lic hip ay frown rst bi age ome tn roo” fighting. ae fies, one tari only And GAPTAIN C. P. PLUMNIER, CASPER, iS ELECTED VICE COMMANDER OF | LECION; TEXAN IS MADE LEADER Fashion Show Hoids heer Forth This Evening that the auditorium's neating capacity will be taxed to the limit and that the Mondell-Hay meeting will be the dig- tion with war contracts was asked in a suit filed at the direction of Attor-| Music will be furnished ‘by an aug- ney General Dougherty in the federal! mented orchestra, and the whole meet- Mon: geat ever held in this city. ‘The things that have been troubiing voters for weeks, the doubts which have been raised in their: minds regard- ing matters of ;:citoy, and the perse7- jal worth of the major candidates, will Nr National Comipittiennan. from Wyoming| courts at Cleveland, O.. today aginst /ing will be anything but dead. the Cleveland Brass and Copper Mills,|déll alone or Hay alone would be a . en eka Tatie earetiens tries euaasty | drewring cael to lithe betas: Honored at National Convention; and Deposit company of Maryland. EN She pes pempnriy oy Mt James M. Douglas and Rod Burnam of Denver, who are connected witn Other Officers Are Elected Roy Wyland and A. C. Riker mo- tored to Kaycee today on a business trip. who was today elected vies cou Captain C. P. Plummer of Casper atlonal convention in New OF mander of the American Legion at the leans, Is prominent In Casper business and professional citej*s and has = — aaa host of frienda here who, will be gre ‘titled to Jearn of the honor, con- re 5 ain Plummer is an attorney by profession ani ¥ R PAI ae With practically a complete change of program, both in} Gi interests to Salt Crock, He hay been active In Legion affates. and Gan the modelings to be shown and the entertainment numbers) 2¢ the last state legion corwention was made national commit an for to be given, the Tribune Fashion Show, the proceeds from | Wremiae E cs Red Gross, will have its second | Wilabiwalsbesareourse: telven y CONVENTION HALL, NEW ORLEANS, La., Oct. 20.— © OBy The Associated Press.) —Alvin M. Owsley of Texas was elected national commander of the American Legion. SEIZED FROM JAIL, KILLED performance will be given at the same hour tomorrow niig.- Both performances wii? be; Jack Leary will again take care o! given at the Elks’ auditorium. the announcement and because of the, today Included in the additions to the pro- fact that the program is changed each Five national vice commanders were elected as follows: Alvin M. Owsley, newly elected com- Che Casper Daily Cribune SS | Minneapolis residents, | ers, bond salesmen and three or four newspaper men, have | French, rte Bankers and Bond Salesmen Includ-| ed in Long List of Jury Accusations | MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 20.— Twenty-six persons, including | bank-| been indicted by the federal} grand jury, charged with tmplication in nation-wide bond thefts, Lafayette | United States district attor ney announced oday The indicments were voted late yes terday by a special and service of war It is charged nearty stolen in Jn were disponed of in Minneapolis. ne bonds are alleged to have been | | stol lon in the $2,500,000 mail robbery in | $500,000 New York, October 24, 1921 and the $1,500,000 theft in Chicago, January 18, 1921. One woman {s among the pereons named in the indictments, which charge “conspiracy in violation of the pens! code." ‘Tho first persons ar rested were Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Me: Cormick, He is vice president and treasurer of the defunct Stevens and Company, a bond house, and now Is on trial on a charge of embezzlement. ee Flyer Escapes Death In Leap With Parachute DAYTON, Ghio9, Oct. 20.—Lraping from. his Loenig menonlane. jn « parachute, When the plane began to wobble at a height of 2,000 feet above the ground over North Day- | ton today, Lieut, Harold TR. Harris, | chief of the flying section of Me Cook fleld, escaped death while hiv plane crahed to earth. landing in the rear yard of @ home in that part of the city was reduced to wreckage. Lieut [aes came to earth several blocks uway in @ grape arbor. He was traveling at high speed in tho pur- sult model when It got beyond con- trol. } Harris won the commercial plane event in the Pulitzer ‘races in De- troit last week, Technical data, officia's @, McCook | | held said, that Lieut. Harris’ escape | is the first time an air pilot has ever | actually saved himself by use of 4} parachute, A mail plane flyer leaped tn a para-| chute over Chicago several years ago but the necessity of leaving the plane that time was questioned by air ser vice offictals, | SPORTS MARKETS sory if it were established that NUMBER 17. COLORADOAN 15 HELD GUILTY OF RUSTLING, WILL GO 10 RAWLINS McFetridge of Longmont Wrote Letter Used in BiG BOND THEFTS Defense to Himself, Is g . Claim of the S oiate CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 20 —(Special to The Tribune) Charles D. McFetridge, prom- inent garage owner of Long: mont, Colo., was found guilty of the theft of live stock by « Jury in the Laramie county court Friday morning, district The penalty 4g imprisonment for from 2 to 10 years: Me/Petridge was tried for tbe theft of Hereford cattle trom the Hereford Ranch, Incorporated. His defense was that he in. Wyomivg when the theft was committed, but the court Instructed the jury that his Presence in the state was not neces- he as not connived in the thert The defense introduced a letter to | McF'etridge intended to prove that the alleged, stolen cattle were his property, but.the prosecution countered wittf a Witness who testified that the letter had been written by McFetridge to himself and mailed by the witness. LATE SPORTS COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 20, — Coach “Hurry Up” Yost and his University. of .Michigan. football team arrived hero today, prepara- tory to the annual Michigan Ohio state football gamo in the new Obio stadium here tomorrow. et More than 65,000 persons, ths big-= gest crowd that has ever witnessed = | a football game in the middlewest, are expected to be present. The Michigan team planned to have secret practice. The Ohi: State team con pleted its practice: yesterday. “ ‘Thousands of football fans poured Into Columbus today. Every tleket has been sold. PRAYING COLONE PRACTICE FOR LS TAKE LAST HARVARD GAME BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 20.—Centre college football players, determined to show the country that a small college can defeat Harvard at foot- ball two seasons in succession, journeyed to the stadium today to put the finishing touches | on the | plays Centre will use in its third battle with the Crimson team. Captain Roberts worked out at fullback, the position at which Coach Moran ‘sald the versatile captain | would start tomorrow. Tom, Bart~ lett, halfack, of last year’s eleveng Js with the squad but will not be able to play because of throat trou- ble. The alignment of the Harvard back field was still a matter of con- Jecture today. Coach Fisher. inti- mated that Gehrke, Chapin and- Owen would probably be the com-_ bination. Captain Buell wilt boat" quarterback for the first time in » Centre game. gram this evening are the pupils from night, it was deemed too expensive a! yaward J. Barrett, Sheboyan, Wis. the Mann Schoo} of Dancing, who will proposition to print programs for the) = od, Ce 2 y mander and acting dir pr oof the rea xive a series of five new. dances, The audience, any Soe cag crepe ee Pa miérieari Jegion, ‘Ame feations occ od 4 + Rex Mayne act, with Bryce Wilson ax} Co aS IE | Seesr e "imission, when barely 30 years old had NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 20,—Ed Martley and his s0n,|tne piano will also be completely en aap St } asl an each at George Hartley, recently convicted of manslaughter in coN-|changed from the opening night. PITTSBURGH, Oct. 20.— “Pop” mers 19) is inthe Lone Star state, He nection with the killir of Connie Hartley, Ed Hartley’s| twelve new dresses and gowns will Werses ren foctent oon ot tama’ Mgt Orta ob had. reatgne Apo ation 2 _iiateiet oa coun February, were taken from!t» on display this evening and a com,| the University of Pittsburgh, Is suf. ed. national Schapiain,|°°"*7, St the outhreaX..of the.war, nephew, in Benton couty last ry, |plete change of men's suits and over-| fering from ptomalne poisining, it 4. a’ yote of 714 to 374 over Re | (Continued on Page Five) inight and shot to death in a vacant | became known today when the Pan the jail at Camden az 1: coats will be modeled. mone, of Minnesota, After t lot 200 yards from the jail. Several of the booths have also been| ther team eft for . Syracuse in l iy ethan’ Oita nee Come News from Camden is that between 25 and.50 men, with |ren--ated and new. merchandise) charge st Alex Stevenson, assistant |rianger MacNider declared the |con- faces blackened, appeared at the jail and overpowering pli bed. \ Sunes beaeena si pred bs Aeeptiee pies, have ivamtion: edjoar 0 i vs res ne} advis ‘arner to remal | en La ordhin: wreilove oe Shawn G. Flowers, took the Hartleys to the vacant lot and |% ‘he ls they are placed along the! but “Pop” declarsd he would make pecne vote.of c orale wes|ov rabaiin:| a hard effert to get to Syracuse for ied them with bullets. This was the first case of mob the game Saturday. ne in Benton county’s history. S. MAIL CLERKS ADMIT BIG STEAL Guilty Pleas Heard With Arraignment o Steady Stream cf Former Govern- two sides of the auditorium where the Program is given. shoulders of Texas leglonnaires to place on the platform beside, retirin Commander MacNider, who grasped | his hand and then turned to the as The Texas band broke | n of New York led in of ‘defeatecr candi: | ed the vote be made) The vote was announced | manimous. asi Owsley 614 265; McCormick 12. ‘Mr. Owsley was introduced by Com-| mander MacNider. | “Please accept my heartfelt grati- |tude.” he said, “for the greatest hon-| jor that could come to one who served }in the world war. | “We pledged to Amenca in the} |world war ‘that we were her defend- | jers. We must now pledge even great- Clarence Fike, 19, Council Bluffs. Harry Jordan, 30, Council Bluffs. Albert H. Kreuger, 29, Waterloo, Towa. Arthur Kilgore, 24, Council Bluffs. Harold Garland, 20, Sumner, Iow: $250 to $1,500. Twenty-six of the accused men were employes’ on the nigh’ shift at the| terminal end 15 others were ne } “We guard the consulates of the tw VLADIVOSTOK, Oct. 20.—(By The Associated Press.)— American and British marines were landed here today to vo nations. AMERICAN MARINES AT VLADIVOSTOK TO. GUARD CONSULATE was to turn over the administration neogan, 261; Tompeon | Violence Feared at Hands of Red Army): of; Viadivestok: to. the municipal wos: ernment and to hold the reds outsi¢e as Occupation Impends; japanese |‘ nevtral Forces Evacuating the City jorities refused to ‘take poss the war munitions left behind by the. Jcpanese and open negotiations with the reds give the republican troops control and zone until evacuation wag ecmplete. Then the mu the latter sought to to thus evoild an interim of disorder, ‘The Chita commanders refused to ne- gotiate and t' clash tween the Jap- ment Employes at Council Bluffs mattog SY coed es ern orcad a, SHH, Mn, 3H Cir Ta re four great prineipies on| i da Inese and cots ia reported to have fo Iowa. |which we rest: = P ar ‘ wil a dk low bet Vin maging oan age ot) Harry Krug, 26, Plymouth, 1ow “Hospitalization; rehabilita aa-| . TOKIO, Oct. 20.—(By The Assoclated Press.) error PEKING, Ocs. 20.—(By The Absd- the accused men will surrender volun:| 47, -+icy Koon, 21, Columbus, Neb./justed compensation, and Americani-| reigns in Vladive: tok | as the completion of Japanese eVACUa-|cluted Press,)—The COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, Oct. 20.—Fourteen of 41 mail |teriy. | Ie was said at federal headquarters jeation approaches, according to dis-|ness houses and residences and hold-|ment is se clerks accused of stealing from the mails at the Union Pa-| The mien who had surrenderéd at/tnat 25 clerks had made conf “{ pledge the best energies of my! oiches recei todzy vostok to cific transfer mail station here had appeared before United |"°°" ¥* jto the government agents a anhood’ my. sacred honoi in be a rere. A pete ts States Commissioner W.. A. Byers at noon today and were | Ret ¥2,. 2 Se tisaran aN es tha Feintor to tng eRe bound over to the federal grand jury, all of the 14 men) Rristow, Flova 0 into the comm! e el white entering, out the day. pleading guilty. Bonds had been fixed at sums ranging from'c. bon