Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 1, 1922, Page 1

TH 2EE Three-Story Frame -PROGRESSIV HOTEL BLAZE AT PORTLAND CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, DECEMBER i, 1922. . aor 3 L Footbali Pays : Dividends Here Throngh the expenditure cf $75.98 for insurance against precipitation on Thanksgiving day here, the Cas- | per high school atheltic association is winner to the extent of $600 less Tiemnan’s Bride For Eight Hours iM eeting Called by Holds Forth Beh Both Houses A II nsurance on WASHINGTON, “progres=‘ve. bloc conference behind closed doc score of senators and represen congress. Their meeting was Dec Building Destroyed HS sae * | the $78.98. | ‘The legislative meeting today of With $75,000 Loss and Many Experi- | “rere ivan peen go much tncie oe prraen voegg sd mons ment weather for football this fall | Fisknabin, aod “Ripressniative’ EO: ence Narrow Escape from Death eat ise ‘waa eaeaina’ aasahnatbe: Siestey, aanhyrat. Alabama.) Tt'-wee + insure the game with Riverton high | ded |r quartery as the PORTLAND, Qre., Dec. 1—Three men lost their lives| "20! seainst rain or snow. The / erect, “but foenator TaPolletia dle and property damage estimated at $75,000 was caused by a| P**iMtation was twice that nended | med any intention to up fire which early today swept the Ben Hur hotel, a three-| ‘° ‘ure Payment of the polls” eez pressnt party, lines 7 | although the snow storm did not Agriculture and labor were the prin story frame structure on Oak rison. Heaviest financial loss was on the ground floor. Benson and Oregon hotels, street between Park and Mor- prevent the game, the ~shohol will | phim ra tak iiee Otc she De sath s suffered by furniture dealers|: Coct: The payment ‘will be very, | bers. Those attending have been Guests at the| were warned and many Jaft their acceptable as this year has been identified with the farm and labor close by, | rooms. one of the poorest financial sensons groups in legislation a the re in several years for the local team. Spenator Norris. republican, i | Bite pases caret, Gown sae Erowae | braska, was elected chairman of t . : x day's meeting at wh'ch there were penses of bring ng Cheyenne and speeches by Senators LaFollette, Billings here were véry heavy. Norris and Borah. Senator Ls The R. T, Kemp company Landled lette in his address disclaimed spe K | the insurance for the high school, | cifically that there was any intention oo { ‘ of forming a third party, declaring ATTORNEY GENERAL DAUGHERTY WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—Chief Justice Taft wa3 named | today in a statement to the Representative Keller, Republican, Minnesota, as a witness | to be called in support of his demand for the impeachment of Attorney General Daugherty. The chief justice was desired to testify, Mr. Keller wrote, | BANK MERGER AT NEWCASTLE Dec. 1.—~The Newcastle, NEWCASTLE, Wyo., First National bank of. ‘Wyo., hag absorbed the Newcastle Na-| tione! bank, taking effect today. This | gives thé First National assets ag- gregating ovér $900,000 and makes it; the largest an( strongest bank in this section of the state. CHIPPING BILL CHANGES SEEN WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—President} Harding was not entirely satisfied with the shipping bill as it was| passed by the house, it was declared at the White House today, but at this time will not make known his objec: | tions, as to do s0, it is announced | would only confuse the issues which are to be met when the measure is taken up in the senate. the whole purpose was a formation of a bi-partisan progressive group to |work in cooperation for progressive legislation, “Tt this meeting is for e purpose making a practical and effective anization to promote progressive GERHARDT FUNERAL 1S HELD THIS AFTERNOON of house judiciary committee by | Hlegislation. then I am in thorough sympathy with it," Senator Borah Ella Gerhardt, 62 veara of age, died| \told the conference, “But if poll post of a lingering illness Wednesday at| |Sait| Creek, The remains were form, ;Prousht into Casper and are now at ally. filed, that Attorn eneral te Bowmxn mortua from which Mrs, Blanch» Brimmer read of the Tiernan martial troubles while Mrs. i a ~ ey place the funeral is be'ng held at| Tiernan ‘ain telling the story of the alleged Poulin baby. Blanche fet¢ | Daugherty, hac appointed “untrust-)>.s9 this afternoon, The Rev. Chariés | Very for the professor and wrote to him.:When the professor thought ‘worthy, catrupt and d&agerous.men”| 4” qvison will, have charge ot the | imsel freed Ly, divorce Ny piremdenvous "wih Sirs, Siren aid they {tical gathering to deal with al subjects and presidential litles, then I do not helieve this is the place to do it.” All of the speakers, it was said, de |clared that the movement was legis: tive and politt 1 resolutions tn connectton with his charge, by Mr. Keller ‘ag other witneeses he would ask ‘the committees to sum- }mon’as to this particular allegation. a MILLIONAIRE RED, RELEASED |\Casper Resident |» Receives News Of | Mother’s Passing | | Views Not Chanel by Several Days in| , William Bross Lloyd Says on | FORMER KLAN KLEAGLE FREED cevwatmn terse! . AFTER BEING HELD FOR WEEK °**>" |Strai:}"Davim: Chines | diaaths: occurred |" OMAHA, Neb., | Dec. 1,—Police | California charge, | Wednesday, November 29, had been Judge Wappich today ordered com-| alleged failure to prosecute a nuiaber | lin i] health for over a year, so the |Plete freedom for Edgar Y. Fuller,|of klansmen” on 4 grand» larceny sad mews was not unexpected. | former Ku" Klux Klan” kleagie of | charge was “spite work.” | Wednesday nis \Funeral services will be cenduoted | oncramento. Cal. P sScata saat i and OS a . Latin Sapte ghia & years, has reconciled his beliefs in government and present jfrem the family home at Dickinson,| California. following failure of local} Hearing today on her applicat‘on for conditions by a “peaceful peasant proprietorship” in his | this afternoon and interment made In| police authorities to produce proper | temporary alimony was continued for! North Shore home, he a announced today. ithe Dickinson cemete: | papers for his detention. jone week at request of her counsel in! Lloyd, convicted with commun: | | “Iam going back to California as| order to give him time to try to show ists under the state anti-syndicalism a southern gentleman and Word has been received by Mrs. |Bleanor Leffingwell and Mrs. Oscar Beyer, of the death, of thelr. mother, | Relarning to His Home growing out of his | CHICAGO, Dec. 1.—(By The Associated Press.) —Will- jiam Bross Lloyd, millionaire labor party communist, released ht from a prison sentence of from one to five | is' not in| she is a legal resident here. Faller act and later, pardoned Sy Governor i icha'ns, Fullor said, after the court's| contends she is a legal resident of len Small, denied he had changed his | { b i E. F i A & ri FE: Ss action. He has contended that the Oakland, Cal. \ views H = |. “Estill, believ nd I stil have! s q | faith.” he sa'’d. “The American peo- | NEW YORK—Five college presi- German promoters interested in the | L é ple are not yet ripe for a drastic | : to . Scheme, plan to use the planes later | change in government, but it may| oe er kite oat iiss | in establishing new air routes to the come in five yeurs or a hundred. Its eet Oe ee a matter of evolution and experience. Inter-Fraternity confererca, repre- senting 52 fraternities in 90 Ameri-. ean colleges and universities. HAVANA—Preparations for an between Havana, Santiago De Cuba and other Cuban ports are going forward today vith the arrival of two metal Junker monoplanes, The aireraft are designed to carty five passengers. It is reported that the LAYER iS HANG ade { gulf ports. aerial mail and passenger service | | | | West Indies, Central America -ad DISTANCE SIGHT, SAY FRENCH Thomas Clark, 42 years of age, died | CHICAGO—Gong Lee, a pioneer yesterday evening at a local hospital “DAW. A AYERS TINS Tadao hd acid ath: ta Chiceee:| ---PARIB, neat “othele Widlasiovlol |e soeat Sine oanlols dhalieh atvither tn. Re et er eck ane first Chinese restaurant taught cit- | «long distance sight” by wireless | strument produced sound waves. immediately took ill. Friends sum- zens to cat chop suey, will be buried | 2° civen a preliminary experi | ‘These Waves were tien taken up moned the doctor, and Clark ‘was today. Ho committed’ suicide last - | by a wireless apparatus that) re- hed to the hospital where’ ail Sunday, About 30 years ago Gong | mental demonstration at the Sor- | poguced the flashes bf light on a Seneca ia basatine atta eee tempts to save his life proved futile. The remdins are now at the Bow This was offered proof that man mortt pending funeral a contrasts ret et HERE - MINUS. ONE AM a stationary scene had been solved. | - a eel eet | Lee gave Chicago iis first taste of chop suey. He retired with a (ar- | bonne today vy Edouard Belin, in- | tune estimated at $50,000, now saa } i veutor of the transmission of photo- | araphs by wire. Flashes of light | were directed on a selenium ele- ! mirror. to amount to only $1,500. CAE LATE SPORTS With ‘only accomplish the saving I'ves, Dr. W. A. Myers. is heroleaily taking care of an already established practice built up before an autemo- | by which. to of people's one arm j bile accident last July caused the} CAMBRIDGE, Eng., Dec. 1.—(By {amputation of the arm during the The Associated Press—Oxford de- | following month. | feated Cambridge by three events Dr. Myers is employing as his} to two In the annual relay races ssistant Dr. William A. Bryant, who| today. The half mile was won by James E. Mahoney Unsteady on Mount- ing Gallows,.to Pay Death Penalty for M: urder of WALLA WALLA, Wash., was hanged at the state penitentiary here today for tke mur- der of bis aged wife, Kate M April, 1921. fore The trap was sprung at 7 ad minutes . later the} prison physician, Dr. J. W. Ingram. pronounced him dead. He was pronounced dead at 7:08 a. m. With only the necessary Witnesses present, the condemned | man mounted the platform of the scaffold:a few minutes be- Oxford by seven yards in one min ute 31 15 seconds. Oxford also won the mile hy 234 yards in 3 minutes 29 2-5 seconds. The two mile events were taken lis moving his office to quarters ad-| Joining those of the former in the| ©. §. building. | Dr. Bryant. will jseneral practice of Dr. began mounting the scaffold _steps.| when his knees began to quiver and) he grasped at the railing to support take care of the| Myers, who French Marine hurdies by 40 yards in one minute | F Sat eiceaken: ta trey dua se | by Cambsidge by a hundred ‘yards himself. “Ho made no statement | EV oot Show [ Fesguenas : ancer'| in 8 minutes 3 2-5 seconds and Cam- g the scaffold. Father Buckley, his| Bd ee payers saw arst mart oa aly | bridge also won ‘the four mile event | Aved Wife | spiritual’ adviser, who spent most: of lio wiht te fireke-tie arei.big't by yards ia 18 minutes’ i 25 gi the night in his ceil, was with him! M th L Crt aia Be eric ice Wtwass ste aes seconds. Oxford won-the 480 yard to the end: 1 ammo Os ho was driving turned over with him } Last night at 9 0% ik Mahoney jasked for, food and a tea cookie with| -—James E. Mahoney |* cup of coffee. The death watch jwost of Arminto, The doctor, at this| 7 2-5 seconds. {time achieved the notable exploit of} —— Dec. 1 | BULLET HITS STREET CAR. | * \ driving 83 miles inte Casper witb| ooers Mahoney, at Seattle in|tor the past 30 days, mted, Presa) Frances cul ang| OY, one.arm to handle the car with,| | SPOKANE, Wash... Dec. 1—United | 6 8. ciated Press)—France's costly war| Surgeons at “Lincoln, Neb. per-| States marshal's and sheriff's Geputies | time governmental merchant marine formed xn amputation of the arm on today were investigating a report that} LONDON—AIl Spanish prisoners { BY COURT, IS STILL RADICAL | and two Democratic senators, | stgnified | more than 20 attended | ence. Pennsy! } 1uin SPORTS The Casper Daily Tribune sors. ae 46. Senator LaFollette’ ind Closed Doors; re Represented 1.—The movement to organize a in congress took definite form today at a ors attended by more than a tatives of the present and next preliminary to a general ference of national progressive leaders. ture. labor, railroads, shipping. natu ral resources, credits and taxation. I was proposed to abolish the pollege to provide for of new congresses nal campaign for d're tion of state and federal so ele toral ariler nd olutions presented by Repre sentative Huddlest democrat, Ala bama, and adopted unanimously, said: “That the progre ters and representat aree to meet from voperate wholeheartedly order to ‘omplish the fundamental purpose on which we all are united, namely, to drive special privilege out of con trol of the government rid restore it to the peopl “To this end, we will oppose un ceasingly special interest legislation. and In order to prepare sclentifiea to meet the critical altuation that confronts the nation, we propose to create special committees composed of members of the senate and house, cboperating with men of affairs and erperts, to prepare and submit to this ve minded sena all parties and m to time in con- group for consideration from time to time during this and the next con gress practical and constructive plans or dealing with the following great , subjects: “Agriculture, labor, railrcads, ping, natural resources, credits, taxa- ship- tion and @ apecial committee to con- sider amendments to the constitution. looking to, the electoral college ling of newly abolishment of nd the earlicr meet elected congresses. practices acts. The bloc later will elect a perwa- | nent chairman. A Gozen senators and senators-elect | | were present at today’s meeting.| There were six Republican members of the present senate, LaFollette, Nor: ris, Borah, Capper of Kansas; Ladd of North Dakota; and McNary, Qregon, Owen, Oklahoma and Sheppard, Texas. In addition four senatars-elect, Brook- t, Republican, Iowa; Frazier, Re publican, ‘orth Dakot ‘Wheeler, Democrat, Montana and Shipstead, | farmer laborite, of Minnesota attend- ed. Of 25 representatives who had erence to the movement, the confer the woman Iiino's, ™ Among them representativo from Huck. Other rep atives-el Republic wa renentative and represen present ¥ n 1 Case: aning E Cooper, John M, Voigt, Republicans, Witconst: Huddlesto Democrat, Alabama Collins, Democrat, Mississippi; Logan 1d McSwain, Democrats, South olina; King and Reid, Republic Keller, Republican, nota; Mansfield, ~ Democrat Mead, Democrat, Republican, North Dakot Emphasizing that there thought of a third party, |LaFollette said: “None of the inyitations (Continued on Page Eight.) Dem Fr cluneid Ni Texas; was no Senator the to his office, ting at the time! services, = later om: ia 3 at € Point, Ind. ‘Then revetations began to crop | 6 adopted declaring that the pur-| “In order to restore and perpetuate thet they were pmuch charac:|" John Gerhardt, sn ofthe deceased, | Cmts. He conn a eee caerelcureminey at edk Bazenttaboahe | Doce vas to form. a bloc to. ‘drive! the control of: the- people over thelr | ‘ie iy survives hier, Re is employed by thei been set. aside. ” go te “ade ‘Mes, rekaener.cend f Ost eet eco abe | special privilege out of control,” anvl. government, we propose tho inatitn- | - George W Witkersham, former | “\fdtreet refinery. oe Teturned to ‘iis first wife. 4 work for legisiation affecting agricul-| tion of a nation-wide campaign in the attorney general, Samvel Gompers, ve | various states for direct, open pri- president.of the American Federation |}maries, for all elnetive officers, in- laf Labor, and Guy. Oyster, Mr..Gomp- cluding the presidency and for ers’ secretary, also were mentioned effectual federal and state corrupt BLUC 1S ORGANIZED U.S. FARMERS T0 GET FINANGIAL HELP THAW NEW FEDERAL PLANS Vieas'ire Agreed Upon by Senate Leaders to Be Pushed In Special Ses- sion of Congress. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.— The administration had ready today a definite program of legislation for the financial relief of farmers formulated in agreement with senate leaders on both the agriculture ang bank’ng committees and to be pressed with thelr support at the short ses sion of tongress. Approved at a con- ference yesterday between President Harding, Secretary Wallace and 15 Republican senators, headed by Sen- ator Lodge, majority senate leader, and Senator Watson, of Indiana, who has been making an active survey of the question, the program contem plates ation of the federal farm loan board as the agency for exten- | sion of larger and more Iiberal cred- ite, both as to interest rates and.time, |to meet the present agricultural ne | conett ‘The relief plan, designed te reach [the smal farmer as well as the large cattle raisers, and grain growers, was outlined in statement followfhg the conference by Secretary Wallace and Senator Lodge. It is proposed by use | of the farm loan board as the medium of government relief to make it avail- able to the thousamds of smxii farm: | ers who need it and who, iy) the op'r lion of those at the conferenc jnot shared as have the la | and cattle producers, in the credit re lef afforded by the War Finance cor- poration because of the limitations under which it has operated. Specifically the plan proposes an in- crease in the max'mum loan limit of the federal farm banks from $10,000 to $25,000 additional of the farm loan act to yroyide for the rediscount of agricultural production and marketing paper, with a maximum credit period of three years and création of a: divi- te | sion in the farm bank system to deal t-| ansociatio: Burke,| livestock loan: Minne- | New York; Sinclatr, | tar jor any which | by specifically with this class of credits, Provision for the voluntary creation of livestoc and agricultural credit to deal primarily with also is proposed. Montana Death Rate Is Lowest HELENA, Mont., Dec. 1 's death rate in 1921, state in the u to figures from Washington, D. was 8.2 per thousand in that yes cording to a report completec today the bureau of y'! statistics of — Mon- the lewest ion, according ‘the state health bureau. HARDING WILL BE CHOICE OF G. O. P. AGAIN | Hoover Says Public Will Appreciate His PALO ALTO, Cal ; View at his home here today. “Moreover, by that time (1924),” Mr. Hoover said, | public will be highly appreciative of the sanity and progres- Service When Time Comes to Name President Two Years Hence f Dec. ¥.—The Republican presidential |candidate in 1924 “obviously will be Warren G. Harding,” |Secretary of Commerce Herbert C. Hoover said in an inter- “the sive character of the-policies that will{bpilding eode is another. In most ave brought ‘this country” through | communities building code is got- Re staninatcactinn- pariod {teapots fe phe baiecs of perens § dealer: he department of com- D fa , iscussing national rehabilitation merce code is being generally adopted, and reconstruction of the activities 4a-soon to be disposed of, the. under August 30°to pre ing.| ffec' r, 7 : 3 prevent blood. polsoning.| a street car en route to Hillyard from | #ffected by the world war, Mr. Hoover fe oe hands. of the Moors, includ- | secrotary of the mere'emnt marine./since then three other operations this city. was strick } rifle butlet | ##! Seven tated sa oet ae feneral Rraujo and General {told the senate last night «prior taken-place, and a fifth one to early ~ to Four non: hop n is catching up on fis ie pen! a sleepless| Navarro, are employed at carrying (iis ratification of a ran for the’ nm es Ww! h cause the Sinerty d in the € at North- building prog Tr rn nen night and when brought from. the| stones for road making, according | posal of the ‘ticet books Gerais (a trquble, vs sa ut Hillvard Deco Labteiiia te one coon eet death cell was calm but morose. He) to a report from Melidla to Madrid, jhe closed, he sald, with a deficit of hay to be undertaken, in Helin “athhek Sieoaal pelanbi Ashe ionaat on and the action maintained his composure until he! printed in the Times today. 14,000,000" francs, fa i ies ive al@ebrtne palidety Teeotiee: . n half of the builders n ge jdone in “A great deal of work is | being the standardization of lum On the Pacific coast conditions much better in gard. than ber. e east projects are - going lines except the rail: A