Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 5, 1922, Page 1

‘ er wen FE Ree wer | = emma hong s 1 ~ pooner. FINAL EDITION DIF :CT NEW BLOC WINS ' FIRST VICTOR Are Urged by Crane ON RESOLUTION Favorable Report Made; By Agricultural Com- mittee of Senate | WASHINGTON, Dee. 5.— Members of the new progres- sive bloc in congress won their’ sivst legislative victory today by obtaining from the senate agricultural. committee.a fav- Grable revert on a resolution to menc: the. constitution to provide for direct election’ the president and vice president. The amendment also would change Presidential inauguration day from March 4, to the third Monday in Jan- vary and members «f the senate and house would begin their terms of of-; fiee tho first Monday in January after thé biennial etections.. Congress would mee> in regular session anpu- ally on the first Monday in January. WASHINGTON, Dec, 5. —The sen- ete agriculture ‘committee whose membership 11 fa tember. of members of the new progressive bloc won a ‘race today with the senate Judictary..committce in the movement to amnd the constitution so that a newly elected congress would meet oon after congressional elections. While a fudiclary sub-committee was: holding hearings on 2 resolution | with such ‘provisions Offered by Sen-| ator Ashurst, Democrat, Arizona, the agriculture committee av-+horized its chairman to report.a resolution as a substitute for one by Senator Cara- ‘way, Democrat, ‘Arkansas, to prohibit defeated members of conzress from voting on other than routine legisla- tion in the session of the old con- gress meeting after elections. The Caraway resolution was sent to the agricultural committee when in- trocuced recently at the request of fits authority who said tha: if sent to the judictary committee it prob- ably would be allowed to ate. t The Ashurst resolution on which the judiciary sub-committee held a hearing provides that presidents are to be inaugurated in January after their election and that the new con- gress every two years is to convene the same month, the present final De- cember session of congress to be) abolished. | Senator Ashurst appeared to urge adoption of the amendment he pro- posed, as did William Lowell Putnam, } a Boston attor:ey, on behalf, of the American Bar association, which has endorsed the plan. Slow transportation and other rea- sone for the present’ constitutional Dian no longer exists, . Senator Ashurst-and Mr. Putnam said. They alec argued that there would be «a etter response to pnblic opinion by having a newly elected congress meet One of the objections to the plan Which Senator Ashurst sald was not ‘well fourided was that weather con- Aitions in mid-winter aight prevent outdoor inauguration ccremontes. eis ree NE NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—The Salva- tion Army owns realty in the, Unit- ed States of a marke? valne of $15,- 325,630, it was revealed in a court order permitting the organization to mortgage its property at Port Ches- ter for $10,000 to build a new home. MURDE IS NEAR JURY i them right. tcp Educational Needs The need of a greater. of edu-; getting many students to ga there cation vas emp: Address} but in that he has sent his | own given by Mr. Arth presi-| daughter to Larami Gent of the University of Wyoming,| 0. E. McCracken, head of the Wyo- who spoke before @ he of the}ming Childrén’s Home society an Casper Charnbar of this] nounced that there would be a drive noon. Other speakers pres-} fo raise $3.000 in Natrona county to ent and delivered im ‘Support that, insitution. oats ‘wit This week! ie Ni take place from December 1h: to 16. week. It fs being Mo. Cas-| Mrs: D. B. Brooke urged all the pak: bisa Rear “bring: | ™embers to purchase the: Christmas ing educators fram aif over {he state. | Meals which are now being sold by In representing the University of | GusPer women. These bin ete al i disposed of for the purpose of raising today Dr. Chane rs site eee money to take care of. tubercular been hear before the Cas-| m0 seal Patients, mostly Wyoming por chasntea tere mitts che: Grive has no connection with otice conditions of the tir the Red Cross. Members of the Natrona brought up tm bs petting | high echool hand and orchestras od 6 the country needs ¢ much to the pleasure of todaye lunch: Crano ‘is fa study sf these conditions| prs, eon by giving several masical num: in an unbiased and thorough manner e RE whilo he also «tated that whatever so- lution of problems ts arrived at none will work unless the people have greater education. “No atatesman can legisiate effectively uniess te has ® pecple who are sui educa’ ed to back him up,” sai the speaker. Dr, Crane gave 2 g10) t Wyoming when he sald that whereas the old. pioneer trails had bah ‘Wroming, at, she present ~time tratla lead to tty <4 % where the fine and practical things are taught according to the appetities, and talents.of those who apply for in- struction.” ~ ; At the»present time the ‘state uni- vers'ty is givhys. instruction wither tthrough personal contact or through ‘correspondence to 2,200 perdpns a year. ‘That the university stands*ready to do everything possible for the young- er generation of! Wyoming was brought Out by the speaker. | EVENING OF MUSICAL PR ESIDENT PROPOSED ji: RADIO TO CARRY SPEECH THIS IVERSITY HEAD; piere Are Dr. Arthur G. ming, who is an Ca ber of Commerce. ft heard by thousands to’ phone of the Wyoming Radio o a Mr. Crane in speaking befor’ the Casper Chamber of Comimerce today proved h'mself @ capubie orator. The address tonight will be one of like speetu there will given by Miss Mise Dampiere art. Dr. A. G. Crane ta Deliver M essage From Tribune; Vocal Solos by Miss Dam- Added Attraction ie, president of the University of Wyo- today to address the Casper Cham- On educational subjects, it when he speaks into the radi- will be corporation at The Tribune Will’ be accompanied on the plano by Mrs. Ray Cook and on the violin by Miss Helen Stone. Miss Dampiere’s numbers will in- chide “By the Waters of Minnetonka,” by Thuriap Lieurance; Heart and “Unto Thy by Victor Hugo from Angelo CHEYENNE, Wy 5.—Analy. 3's of the vote cast in’ the Wyoming election of November 7, as certified | canvassing board, reveals © cent more voters pre | ferred “William B. Ross for the gov ernorship than the mumber that cast] |their ballots for John W. Hay orl the 62.186 votes cast in the guberna-| Demoe: election, 88 0 20,387 ed 31,110; Hay, Republican nd Spurrier, Socialist, 689, this i-| vision being 50.0% per cent ofthe total vote for Ross, 48,86 per cent for Hay and 1.11 per cent for Spurrie~ | In the United States senatorial elec: tion 14.46 per cent more voters cast their ballots for John B. Kendrick, Democrat, than the number votin Frank W, receiving 1 vote, Mov: dell, Republican, K. 4 per cent of the 42.28 per cent and aric “Lullaby from gen” by God. am B Guthrie, Soc'alist, 0.93 per Evidence Insatficient to Convict Pair ‘Actused of the K ennedy Murder, District Attorney Sqys; Burch Is Held for Ar- raignment-on Sanity. Charge by His Counsel LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 5.—Mrs, Madalyne Obenthain, accomplished by her chief counsel, Jud Rush, left the Los Angeles county jail a free woman last night following dis- Dr. C. P. Colgrove of California pre-| missal of invtictments against her and Arthur C. Burch for the murder of J. Belton Ken- ceded Dr| Crane tn his speech, Coigrove stated his pride at be'ng called ‘teacher, for he declared a teacher to be a second father and sald that if it {s no disgrace to have| Paul W. Schenck. attorney: for children it is certainly no disgrace to] Burch. then swore out am insanity toaeks them! complaint against his client and Judze A. A. Slade, superintendent of Cas- Shenk directed that he be committed per’s public schools, presided over the | (.the psychopathic ward of the coun- speaking program. Mr.° Slade em-|*Y hospital for observation. phas'zed {ri a brief address loyalty to| Mrs. Obenchain was arrested here our own institutions. His own faith|in, August, 1921, after she hi report- ‘m the University of Wyoming has/ed at the police station at * Beverly been demonstrated by the fact that|H ‘ls that Kennedy had been slain on he has not only been instrumental in|the steps of his summer home in HOLD CONFERENCE IN CASPER ON SATURDAY ning at tho beaches nearby. The Wyoming Stockmen’s Loan as- Kennedy was killed by the charge from a shotgun. . Burch was taken off an eastbound train at Las Vegas, Nevada, a few days later and. was returned here to stand trial. The state's theory was that Kennedy, who had been much in Mrs. Obenchain’s company, had «le- creased his attentions and that Burch had slain him, with Mrs. Obenchain’s sociation will hold a/meeting in“Cas-| connivance. 5 per next’ Saturday. Thisassociation| Ralph R, Obenchain of Chicago, the ig, composed of the bankers of the/qivorced husband of Mrs. Obenchain, state, all of’ whom are interested in’ at once came to her assistance and the loaning of money to stockmer. aided in her defense at her first trial. Ityhas been estimated. that about! Burch's parents, the Reverend and %5 bankers will be present at the) Mrs. W. A. Burch, of Evanston, Il. meeting if they are able to get away jaiso'came to the assistance of their from their business. son. They moved here to be near Directors who are expected=to be! him, ‘ present at the meeting includo A. J.) Both defendants refused to admit Cunningham of Casper, P. J. Quealy/any direct: connection with the slay- ot Kemmerer, H.R. Weston, Harry ing. Mrs,-Obenchain proctaimed her B, Henderson, A.D. Johnston, and J.!innocence. Burch contented himself T. McDonald, all, of Cheyenne. with silence. e Bureh was tried three times, an tn- sanity. defense being the chief eie- ment of his case, All juries disagrees. Mrs, Obenchain was tried twice, both juries disagreed in her trials also, The prosecutions wers furthered by J. D,° Kennedy, father of the. slain ‘nan, who made the case his business in life during its entire pendency. He attended all the trials, testified him- self and aided the state in the prepar- R CASE DANVILLE, Til:, Dec. 5.—The case of John Theodore ste” °f its evidence and was active (Dode) Carrington, charged with the murder of his sister-in-' the trials. law, Mrs. Lydia Carrington, 19 years:ago, was expected ‘to go to the jury late this afternoon. cupi of yesterday with testimony, and the defense again introduc- ing evidence today. Mrs. Hilda Reed, of Indianapolis, » girl of 12 yéars when Mrs. Carring- ton was shot, was the states principal witness. She was:an eye-witness to the shooting. She said that Carring- ton looked younger now than he did 19 years ago. It was the first time she had seven him since the shooting. | After the killing. on August 2, 1903, Carrington fled, but returned last summer and gaye himself up. He Ball was sought for the defendants at various times but was refused by the court. Both have been in jail since @ year ago Inst August. During much. of that time Burch has been sumed ‘name and said he desired to) employed in the office of the county give his two small sons their right/ jai as a typist and’accountant. His name and have the charge of miurder|rivieges were curtailed once or Ufted from. his’ name. Carrington |twice for infractions of jail rules, but also desired to’ see “his mother again’)y¢ was a trusty for a time during his @ woman past 80 years of age, 1:VINg) imprisonment. here. The defendant claims hé shot Mra, Oberichain wes held in in self defense. fcounty jail-and octasionally took Mrs. Lydia Carrington’s husband {limelight because cther pris was tried for the murder but .was)plained that by the use of money s: acquitted. The state occupied “most was living in Colorado under an as- the ae Dr.jnedy, young Los Angeles broker. Her destination was unknown when she left the jail. i The indictments against the two were dismissed by Judge John W. Shenk on motion of District Attorney Thos, Lee Woolwine on the grounds of insufficient evidence. self with the services of a ‘prisonér maid, with extra foods and other spe- cial comforts. Mr. Schenk stated In court that he always had believed Burch insane and declared’ that if his client had» been acquitted at any of his three trials he still would have asked the court to/ try him on an ‘insanity charge. i In this connection it was recalled} Mr. Schenk had asked that Burch’'s| sanity be determined before his first trial and that his father, the Kev. W. A, Burch, of Evanston, Ill., had testi- fied he belleved: his son insane. HAVRE SLAYER | IS CONVICTED HAVRE, Mont., Dec. §—A verdict of first degree murder was brought in against Wilson B. Poole here today by a jury in district’court. Poole was found guilty of killing Joseph Oswald, a rancher, 40 miles north of Havre. Oswald was shot July 11, 1922, and| died at the Sacred Heart ho«pital here | four days later. No one witnessed the shooting, which ig believed to have been the sult of a ne‘ghborhood fued. but be-| fcre he died Oswald made a declara- tion accusing Poole of killing him.} Sentence will be pronounced Thurs-/ day by Judge Rose. CHICAGO, Dec. 5.—Possessing what was declared as the first clue to a New York mail robbery of October, 1921, in which bonds esti- mated in value between. $1,000,060 $2,000,000 were stoles, police today were searching for a man whom they sald deprsited some of the stolen certificates in = local bank. LATE SPORTS LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 5--(By The Associatal Press.}—The first big deal of the minor league con- vention was made today when Sammy Hale, third baseman with the Portland, Oregon, club, » hit- ting and fielding sensation of the Pacific coast league was sold to the Philadelphia Americans for players and cash axnounting to $75,000. TUCSON, Oriz., Dec. 5.—Definite acceptance of the offered post sea- son game at Phoen!x on Christmas day with the Utah Aggies as op- ponents was announced this after- noon by Coach J. F. McKale, direct- or. of athletics at the Univer: Arizona, who with Graduate Man- ager Sionaker went to Phoenix to- day to make definite decision. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 5.—Ap- plican for. membership from the University of Montana is fo be von- sidered by the Pacific coast con- ference when it meets in this city. Saturday. A representative of the University of Montana who will be here for a meeting of the north- West conference Friday, is expected to appear before ‘the coast confer: ence. the next day. whats SAE LONDON, Dec. 5—Harry Gard- ner turned his 98th year today, pos- sessed of a third set of teeth and rejuvenated eye sight. A year ago Mr, Gardner was forced to eat soft foods and wear gla%ses, but the only physical defect from which he suffers now is poor hearing. BANDITS RULE IN SHANTUNG TIEN TSIN, China, Dec. 5.—({By The Associated Press.) Reports received here say that Chinese bandits have taken control of Tsingtao, Shantung, the Kiachow stormy. tareer in war and diplomacy was to culminate toda in its return to China after 24 years of alien rule, the first port whose 16 under Germany and the last eightunder Japan. The popula- ‘plied by relatives, she supplied her-' tion is reported fleeing from the city. ROMIRATION OF BUTLER IS BACK IN THE SENATE WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—The nom- nation of Pierce Butler of Minnesota to be an associate justice of the su- preme court, which failed of confir- mation at the special session of co; gress, Was returned to the senate to- day y President Harding. ss 60 BARRELS OF BOOZE STOLEN PEORIA, TIL, Dec. 5.—-Officials in- vestigating the theft of 60 barrels of w y from the Liberty. Yeast cor- poration at Pekin, Ill., by 25 armed bani today connected thi: a similar one unsuccessfully made on the American Distillery here, Novum: ber 21. Both raids occurred et night and were participated in by armed men. It was said that several men who made the unsuccessful attempt on the American Distillery were among the 25 at Pekin last night. A detail of officers was sent toward Springfield in an attempt to overhaul the raiders, who drove’ their five trucks toward Springfield on the hard road, but mo .arrests were report ed nor any trace found of the trucks, = ares TEX/S MAN IS SHOT T0 DEATH FORT WORTH,. Texas, Dec. 5. Spelton S. Forrest, son of H. P, For- rest, one of the most prominent mer- chants at Slaton, Texas, was shot and killed this morning at Slaton. Iny) Jordan, young married man of §! ton, surrendered to officers. Forrest: was unmarried. ee “Foster Aunt” Is Made Center Of Vote Analysis by Counties Is Given |Los Angeles Police on Hunt for Woman Given Ten Years for Killing Mrs. Alberta Meadows LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec: 5.—Clara Phillips climbed out of a window in the wom- en’s section of the county jail and escaped early today. She was under a sentence of ten Years to life imprisonthent after con- vietion for the hammer murder of Aiberta Meadows. She was held in the jail pending formulation of an Kendrick, Guthrie, The vote wa: Mondell, 26 total vote, 62,973. The following tabulation shows the vote recetved in each county by each candidate for the governurship: County. Hay. Ross. Spurrier. Albany “ 1,441 Big Horn ... 1,911 “ampbell 932 Carbon , 1,888 Converse 1,638 Crook .. 646 Fremont 1,506 Goshen 825 Hot Springs. 1,043 Johnson 680 Laramie 2,870 Lincoln 1 Natrona 4 Niobrara 463 Park 1 Platte 1, Sheridan . 2 Sweetwater 1, Uinta 8 Washakie Weston 899 Of the 22 counties Ross carried 13 The counties in the Ross and Hay 9, column were Big Horn, Campbell, Sweetwater and Uinta. Sheridan and INMAT bd, CUT ON WINGOW A PHILLIPS BY OTHER BARS appeal. * With the afd of several steel saws her escape was effected at 2 a. m., according te report to the sheriff by the jailer. Bellet was expressed 5 that she had been aided by other in: mates. Bars were sawed through and after crawling out the window she dropped to the roof of an adjoining building, climbed down the fire escape and disappeared, The escape was. not discovered by Converse, Hot Springs, Laramie, FR trona, Niobrara, Park, Platte, Sheri-|3&!! authorities for several hours, The dan, \AWashakie. and Weston. Tho|Matron, in making rounds. ‘saw. the counties thet ‘ave Hay. tinjoritien (bed in Mrs. Phillips’ cell vacant. ‘The Jere ‘Albany, Carbon, Crooks; Fee-{mnatron then discovered the sawed aad <4 rhont, Goeheh:” “Jonnen,, Lihepin. | tWisted bars and notified the jailer. ‘ ‘The former chorus girl who three Natrona counties each gave Ross a! Weeks ago was Yound guilty of what majority larger than his total state majority. Ross carried his home county, Laramie, by 450, and Hay his home county, Sweetwater, by 1,142. In only one county, Sweetwater, did Spurrier receive more than 100 votes. The following tabulation shows the vote received in each county by each candidate for the ‘senatorship: County. Mondell, Kendrick. Guthrie. Albany - 1,509 1,991 24 Big Horn ..1,564 2,188 Campbell . 979 Carbon . 1,698 Converse . Crook . . Fremont 3, Goshen R73 Hot Springs . 803 1,271 Johnson 5 886 Laramie 7 3,107 Lincoln 2,133 Natrona 4,148 Niobrara . 665 Park . Platte Sheridan . 496 Sweetwater .1,196 2,618 Uinta . 1,301 Washakie 645 Weston 981 Mondell carried o: one county, Goshen. Kendrick carried his home county, Sheridan, by 1,727, only 42 voter, Jess than the vote the county wave Mondell, and he carried Mon- dell’s home county, Weston, by ‘184, _ King Brothers Win Prize at International CHICAGO, Dec. 6.—King Brothers of Laramie, W won first honors for the best ram in the Rambouillet sheep calss and Michigan Agricultural college was adjudged to have the best ewe: in the same class at the Inter- national Livestock show today. The Washington State college steer won the special John Clay. competi tion. |prosecuting officials d@lared to be }one of the most brutal murders they |bave’ had to try, effected her liberty with a ‘tragic suddenness equal to that which the hammer slaying wis fevenled last July. It is believed she excaped in an automobile, | Close examination of the cell win- | dow and the sawed bars failed to re: | veal any trace of the saw filings. This |led to opinion by investigators that |the bars may have been sawed through ‘several to the jecape, today. Orders were {ssued by Sheriff W. I. Traeger to bring into his office all | Persons connected with the hammer murder in order to trace all plans of jthe jafl break. All sheriffs deputies were called in and posses rushed ovt. Mrs. Phillips had peveral hours start before the sheriff's officers placed “a dragnet throughout south- ern California. All southern Califor- nia cities have been notified and authorities at the border warned in time, the wheriff believes, to prevent day prior wa Were sent out today to interview Madalynne Obenchain, released from fat! last night, after dismissal of the case involving the charge of murder of J. Belton Ken- nedy, She occupied an adjoining.cell to Mrs. Phillips. Officers also Were dispatched to interview Ola Wa and Etta Jackson, sisters o: ¢ escaped chorus girl slayer, ani to locate 1f possible her husband, )Ar- mour Phillips. ak Three steel bars acrosy, the window in Mrs. Phillips’ cell were found to be neatly, sawed through, ‘There were ovidénces that “she elimbod through the window and walged across the roof in bare feet. J She was last seen at 2 a. m., when the matron, Mrs. J. D. Fisher; en- tered the cell on the round. of exam- ination of the women’s quarters, just before she retired for the night. She said that all was quiet at that time and the prisoner: was apparentiy asleep. Mrs. der in ber 16. Mrs. Madows was slain July 12 last on a lonely drive in the outskirts of (Continued on Page Four) = Phillips was convicted: of niur- the second degree on Novem- IRISH STATE | NOW REALITY Suit In Court * —That her husband, Mack Hess, kept a “fos-| ter aunt” in their home, and that this person accused her of being “pos sessed of devils.” are among charges! made by Mrs. Lucy E. Hess in a pe- tition for divorce filed inthe district court here. The “foster aunt,” the | petition recites. was broy y|home in 116, after Hess | Mrs. sin LONDON, Dec. 6.—(By The Associated Press.) ——With- ing after midnight tonight, By a special order in cou government. Therefore whe existence tomorrow, there will be no ceremony of any kind to mark t! fulfillment of the treaty made tween the British and Irish govern- ments. LONDON, De (By The Press.)—Of 1 was made this afternoon of the | out pomp or ceremony the Irish Free State will come into be- ncil the full administration of | the country already has been handed over to the provisional n the constitution comes inte Jappointment of Timothy Healy ma first. governor general of the (Iris: ‘ree te. . | LONDON, Dee. The. Asso clated Press.}—King George this exe ning gave roy nction to) “he Jegis- i up the Irish Pree Stare as a dominion of the ritish empire... —¢ \ SPORTS | MARKETS 8 3 a oe eR