Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 13, 1922, Page 1

‘ - ~.. 3 oe amend \ national Agreement Be Broadened to Include Small DE MONIC, 3 ew | , Types of War Vessels and Aircraft | bending Roved oo repenieeiions a WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—(By The Associated Press,)——A request that President .ard-| murder of Rev. Bdward ing seek to broaden the scope of the naval limitation agreement so as to include a limita- tae bah, SE, el = tion on construction of szaatier type, of wer vessels and on military and naval aircraft, is Tass ccs canit the total a el included in the annual naval bill as today by the house appropriations committee.| words on the murder sent over the Under the bill as brought into the house, the president would he asked to open negotia-| wires at more than a million. Gne tions, Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan for an ly end dapan for an’ agreement which would which would limit future | sent’ sane Canny 95,000 sweree building of ull surface and submer ; e eka oar aa hae ad PARIS, Dec 13.—Vital_ statistics tonnage of 10,000 or less and on all Sarthe ftenh ste moate of begga classes of army and navy aircrafts. | Sere Paco a scale somyng Bw oa Th mced 1% : miancations by » review ot the aceon ie 7 eae ae it ag Dlishments of the Washington conter- f ae ee) Mi tibendliars wkeay taetioen te Ficed walers of ths bias. tiver moved by the stopping of work on the receding: Casey folowing the wea larger types of warships and that 3 4 of the Mud lake dam besause pi much good had resulted in the lim!- : | excessive pressure due tations placed upon gun calibres and Fe , Towing reservoir. ‘The proferty tong wana achievemen:s of that 5 | ‘ekdate’ weaghiea Susarer Wt Tose conternice,’ "the re2ore continuea, (VO Indication of Next Move Planned by, wes eg,uee win re y “need not be recited hers. Although FINAL EDITION | by INDANTS CLAIM ALIBI Trial of Five Charged With Murder in | Connection With Mine Killings Last Spring Opened Today in Illinois; De- fense Hopes to Establish Alibi FURTHER LIMITATION OF NAVAL ARMAMENTS is URCED IN ANNUAL BILL House Appropriations Commitiee Advises That Scope of I nter- CASPER, ST. LOUIS, fez ton of a $15,000 err Pro- gram, probably the iargest taen by any of the par Sane ratireads In recent sears, will fol- low the sale of th» *Wesourt, Kare sas and Texas scheduled fo begin today at aoe, Okla., it was announced toda: Che Casper Daily Tribune WYO., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1922. }_ MARION, H., Dee. 13.—(By The Associated Press,)— SPORTS | MARKETS NUMBER 56. = Se: WILL RETURN AS GHOST, iS TIGER CLAIM {Before a partially Alled courtroom the trial of five men | charged with murder in connection with the Herrin mine the agreement entered into hag not ‘been ratified by ali the nartietpating governments, America ts looking for Wirl.to thatent * .* ‘erhe conference did no*, however, Mmit the number or types of vessels coming up to or under the 10,000 ton and eight gun limits, cither in the way of surface or sub-surface craft, Nor did it smpose any limitation what: ever on “alr craft. “It is the committee's infornation;| that already Jarge programs @re plan- ned of vessels’ up to io eae rz it size fiygersong under the and tl new and tai if see | wert sulysurtace” craft in an io In competi ison. again. eal oh a direction ‘‘o Wi in te agreement Coes: cxiand. 4 oe "In view of the promises, the of_the statesmen of the world clear. They owe it to their peoples to join in a new dae ms to put a stop once and for all to the needless diversion of vast wealth and energy from the fields of peaceful Qursult. The committee therefore is proposing in this bill that appropri ate steps be taken with the view to supplementing. the epoch work which the conference on the Tyaitation of armament initiated.” In its report the committee noint- @d out that the arms conferente did Bot, limit the number*or types. of smaller. war vessels and added that fnformation had reached congress “that already large programs . are Planned ‘of yessels up to the maxi- mum size permitted uncer the agree- ment atd that new and larger types of sub-surface, craft have begun to put In an appearance.” tinu “competition ts on again in the single direction to which the un- ratified agreement does not exterid and <{.it be aliowed to go on un- ebecked, the p urse strings again must be relaxed and this govern: ment, Hke all others, will ba, con- strained to launch upon a new pro- Bram to the extent necessary to keep us at least abreast of any of the other powers.” No information was immediately available as to the attitude of the president and his administration. ad- visers toward the proposal], which was prepared by Representative Kelly, Re- publican, Michigan, head of the sub- (Continued on Page Seven.) Armour-Morris Interests in Effort to Bring About Consolidation - WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. —_Whether Armour & Co. would proceed with negotiations for acquisition of the physical as- sets of Morris & Co., one of its competitors among the “big five” packing establishments, following the decision of the government to take no action on the proposal at this time, had not been anetienteeeNncas: in any further developments i the matter here. Forma} packers and ards act, which ‘he administers, eae se t& ‘be novoteasion for’ action by the governnient on the pro- posal at this time, waa mee late duty, esterday by eve necretary of trio: ture. \Reachc1 after long study the propose} informally laid before 4m by J. Ogden Armecur and after Harding Attorney Gensral Daugherty, | who fitbmitted an opinion made public Secretary sonferences “With President and with the announcement, (Continued on Page Seven) TOLL OF DEADIN CUBAN BLAST - ‘MAY EXCEED 30, SEVERAL DYING HAVANA, -Dec.-- 13.—(By the Associated Press.}—Deaths from the boiler explosion which wrecked the Bstralla Sugar Central at Cespedes, Camaguey province, yesterday, may @exered” 80, according to preas re- ports recelyed here today from Camaguey and Cespedes and. offi- cial reports to the department of _Bovernment. The condition of half of the 29 seriously injured who were rushed to Camaguey last night on a special train fs suid to be critical and two of them already have died. With the 15 bodies already recovered the known dead total 17 and more than. a dozen are helleved ctill to be covered by the smoking debris. Thos total number of Cead and in- ju is estimated at 80. HUSBAND OF FUGITIVE SLAYER IS ALLOWED T0 RETURN HOME LO8 ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 18.— Armour Lee Phillips, husband of Mrs. Clara, Phillips, convicted “ham- mer murderesst who escaped from the Los Angeles county, jal De- cember 6 plans to return in a fev! days to his former home in Houston, Texas, it became known today. After his escaped Phillips was de- tained by the aujhorities over night while they questioned him but he convinced them, they said. of his ignorance of the affairs and they he-s- given his permission to leave Los Angeles. The sheriff's office asnounced plans to question Mrs. Philips’ ater, Mrs, Etta Mae Jackson and Miss Ola Weaver, in tho'r search for clews to her whereabduts. MOUNT CARMEL, Pa., Dec. 13. conditions in the an- thracite region threaten serious'y to evrtall the hard coal. output. ‘The situation is one of the worst ever experienced, little rain having fatien in the last six months, LONDON, Dee. perial councll of economies, deliv- ¢red a friendly but firm oe ete of war vpou Lee ee Bulruyes, Ww) NEW YORK) Dec. 13.—Heraid Square next year will have a ew, twenty. story balling on the site of old Herald buliding, one of the city’s landmarks, built by tim oléer dames Gordon Bennett, as a home iye.the New York Harald, now own- ed by Frank. A. Munsey. Tho ing © is ‘to cost $1,450,000. NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—New Xorr *« to have a town clock, or to be mre exact seven town clocks. They are a part of the equipment of the seven ‘new bronze signal towers being crected on Fifth are- nue, as the gift of the Fifth aye- nue association, The seven towers will be eq! with electrically synchronized . The. master tower at Forty-second street and Fifth avenue will bs put into op- erution tomorrow. Class Freight Rates Upheld ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Class freight rates between points in west- Jern South Dakota and those in thi Mississippi valley outside the state were héid reasonable today dy the in- terstate comimeres Comnfiswion in dis- missing a complaint of the board of railroad commissioners of South I. pects. chatsing that the rates con: tuted 2 discrimination against points within the state. DAUGHERTY FICHT IS AIDED BY LABOR Counsel Retained by American Federa- tion to Help Push Attorney Genera Impeachment of Ll, Says Gompers WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, frankly told the house judiciary committee today that the executive committee ‘of the federation had authorized the employment of counsel] to assist Representative Keller, Republican, Minnesota, in prosecuting impeachment proceedings against Attorney Gen- eral Daugherty. ’ ston), appearing as counsel for Mr. Mr. Gompers' statement was made} Ketler, represent the simerican Fed- during cross examination by Pauljeration of Labor?" asked Mr, How- Howland, of Cleveland, personal coun- | land, sel for Mr. Daugherty. tle emph«t- “He does,’ wea the reply, feally deried that he hed first sug- “When was he first employed?” gested the impéachment proceedings, “The executive council met here degiaring that he had not known of beginning Nov. 14-—Jast month and the Introduction of the Keller resolu: | during our week's seasion the: ques- tion in the house unt!l he read about/ ten of the imperchment «resolution it-4n the newspapers. | wag dixtussed, particularly in two “Does Mr, Ralston (Jackson H, Ral | phitses.” “I don’t enre about the phases; I want the time,” interrupted Mr. How- lard. “Tam trying to fix the date as beat *" retorted Mr, Gompers, “By on of the executive committes I communiented with Mr, Ralston’ and asked him to represent the Ameriean Federation of Labor in two phdses." At the outset of his testimony Mr. Gompers, called as a witness for the Proseculion, toll of his visit to Mr. Daugherty in July 1921, at the lat- ter’s invitation, at which the appoin ment of W. J, Burns as chief of the bureau of investigation of the de- partment of justice was discussed, The witness said he kad shown Mr. Daugherty a copy of the report made in 1913 by Attorney General Wicker- shani.te President Taft on Burns al- leged activitivs in the drawing of a juryin the Oregon fand fraud fry 71905 (eurrect)'and that Mr erty shad, ‘vompared - it -w brought {o him by a departmental ‘I told. Mr, Daugherty,” Mr. Gempere testified, “that {t would be a publie scandal und bring discredit to the department and the government of the United Stetea if any such man’ waa appointed to as tmportant a poal- tien as was proposed for Burns and thet an a man and a olilzen I pro- tested agninat It,” r. Howland wanted to.know why Mt. Gompers had published the Wickersham report tu the American Federationist, the officie organ of the American Fefleration of Labor and the labor leader replied {f wan “to expose a man who had been gulity of great @ wrang, * Vhen counsei for Mr, Daugherty asked if Burna hkd not been active inthe prosecution of the McNamara cases, the witness replied in the at- frmatiye, Mr. Gompers explained that he had been interested in the defense of: the McNafaras because be> bel ed’ them innecent. What did you bel'eve after they confessed,” asked» Mr-Hevyiand | sehen! they confessed: T-betie } (Continued on- Page” Sov \Icillings began today. President Frank Farrington, of the Il- {tinois miners, sat at the defense table with the prisoners and Oral Garrison, secretary to President John L. jattorneys. Lewis, of the international miners’ forganization, took down the proceed- jimge tn full Attorney General E¢ward J. Brund. age sat at the table with the state. MA ll, Dee. 13--4By the Assoc'ated Press.) — Test!mony to show five men eharged with murder in connection with tho Herrin mine killings had no part in the r’ Dut were elsewhere at the time the killings, was promised by A. W. | Kerr, chiet of the Iljnols nine work fers. in his opening statert mt to tho! jjury in the first of tir mtne riot lw here today. ‘The five men are the death of Howard ot the twenty -non- union men killed in the outbreak. Mr. Kerr‘declared the killing of the non-anion men wae the result of an “invasion” of Wlilfamson county by. “armed guards” and the “many acta of brutality culminating In the ruth- lesa murder of three union coal Tiners.” He aneerted Will'amson county “rome to the defense of its homes” jadding that “by this act’ of self. jefense it werved notice on the Amer. Scan gunmen and upon those who would employ the American gunmen tha: ‘was not a safe community -in awhich to anand hired thurderers.” The miners fought also to -protect their inion, he said. ‘Declaring fhe state “wiekedly in selecting the ms v Ste kerr Tew pbaxised,ttiat Swe ibm thin case that Otls Clark, ~ Grace, Josepir Car. eee Leva Mépnv-and ‘Peter Biller (the defendants) mot only"had nothing 5 (ernacaver to do with the kifling of had’ been Hoywerd Hotfman or any of his asso- clates, bul tat they were Inypositions and places at a time when i! would have been physically tmpossible for them to have had anything to do with it. Wee wilh” produce, here a, great Humber of men, of ropute In their egmmunity, who were standing along {the Une of march which led to the place of the killing. They will te! you that not a_aingle oné of these | defendants wes in the march.” ‘Tho. prosecuting authorities of or |Iilincls, he aseerted, were be'ng in formed by a private. organization j componed of men of great wenith, ‘the Tiltnols chamber. of commerce.” “Actuated by a desire” for ven eance," he continued, “eager to do anything that wil help to destroy organized labor; the chamber of com: ‘merce Is the organizat’on that prose- eutes in this ose. You, and you alone, stand between these defendants and this ery for vengeance. Let the law be your guide, let the facts be your support and let” justice be your product... We want nothing mo Mr. Kerr described. operations. at the Lester strip mine, owned by the Southern Tlinois Coal company and stated the union had agreed to per j mit the compeny to strip coal but not tomine it, He declared the company broke the agreement and !mported guards armed “with machine guns. with high powered rites, with auto- matic police pistols, with all the mont destructive firearms known to modern science.” He then gave an outline of 28 labor Aisputes tn which he declared “hired gunmen” were used, beginning with the homestead strike ‘1 1892, and continuing through Cripple Creek, Colo., Ludlow, Mingo, the Michigan copper strikes and up to the present. He declared more than 200 workers had been killed in these disputes “by gunmen who went unpunished for their acts.” “The killing of Howard Topeiaes was homicide and not murder," gontinued, “some day and in some court'room a just will say that the time has come to stop the importation into peaceful communities of th's type of men. I believe that day will come in thie trial. I bel! that it is this jury that will immorialize itself b freeing all communities for ell time from the sinister influence. of the American gunnicn.” } ‘Trating*the history of the minera union fn Williamson county, Mr. Kerr declared the men sought to organize. “to better the condition of their bablea’” but were met at every step ist re powertui forces of orga: led | ne in that battle,” he continued, ‘at ‘every step, those determined | workers were met by the powerful | forces of orgariixed capital, ‘The! miners Jost, again and again; but they persisted. They won their Uberty. “And now in this caso they are assafled for wanting .to protect- and} conserve this organization, ‘They | wanted to save this organisation | which has meant se much not only, to the ininer himsel€-and to his wife and his chil@ren, but to the great state itself,” | é ¢ | MURDER 18 ISSU' PROSECUTOR SAYS. MARION, ll, “Dec. 13.- The Georges Clemenceau in High Spirits on Sailing for Home After Extensive Speaking Tour in This Country Aeociated Preas.)—Both the prosecu ton and the defense computed their opening statements to the jury at the morning session of the trial of ————— five men charged with murder fn con ary . Settled with ha Peseta taine kitings NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—(By The Associated Press.) —His and the introduction of testimony by speaking mission ended, Georges Clemenceau, war-time pre- the state began at the afternoon) mier of France, sailed for home on the steamship Paris to- were 0 wang ei bese | day, declaring he would return again; “‘t only as a ghost.” Titty’, otath’s attebney, Astharea ithat! Just before the Paris cast off, the “Tiger” kissed Mrs. (Continued on 1 Pa age Seven) Charles Dana Gibson on both cheeks, laughingly enjoining ———j‘her not to “dare to tell ber husba’ Mr. and Mrs. Gibson were Clem- enceau's hosts during his stay here | last month | Others at the pler to see hia i " the ica and Livert, the How! ARE CONTINUED Casper Elks to Furnish Talent for Two} Musical Programs to Be Broadcasted by Wyoming Corporation rrived er 18 tor than 5,005 miies for his extr ring his dinary speaking of a little more private car, ties in the e elivered 16 in an effort y ot ame an pean af. Three concerts have been planned by the Wyoming ; Radio corporation for this week. The first-wil] be given to- abe ‘Sa night at 8 o’clock. The program will be announced by radio. th her The Blks have assumed the responsibility of gathering tal-| band pila ied Ban ent together for the program Friday night. ati? wiso-for a BEM - wri . k he waved sacred musicale Sunday night, ,~ the. ‘Tiger's. 6 The program Friday which begins, alse, produced a very fuccesstul con-| America wan given out in the teem of at § p.m. is as follow | cert Monday evening. Those who) two tel ms--one to Woodrow Wie “cheat in 7 AD‘) took-part were” Mire: Wiburta e, | 80n and one to Otto Kahn, banker, in thony’s cho!r, Mra, Ralph, Buckner, and Mra. Fas | 20S5wer to farewen es which Selo by Ed Donahue. Gade it was eafd were typical of thousands Quertette—Bert Connelly, Ed sia-} ©O*- recelyed at the last time. ter, Ha Donahue, and Paul Sauter. Bis 75 1esea The m exchanged between Solo," “Lonesome”——Mrs. Don Lob- t Wilson and Clem- ot | Sterling Tak Duet, “The Angel'—Mre, erting Lakes veschinsky and Mrs. Ralph B “| t an be ticresk Solo, “Oh, Dry Those Tea: ‘ A h J | atulate you Sales "Oh, De | nother Jump) ss £22352! 2329, conzeatunate vou ‘Consider the —| people. All good fortune attend you, ninsky,, Miss Kathryn aa. | [Geet ROD ERE OO Lene honey, Paul Sauter and Bert Con-} NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—Another un-| [7° poate pDiarghs 3 nell jusual rise in sterling exchange occur-| 1 Cannot but be most grateful for Solo—Ray Holloran, jred today, demand bills beng quoted | (he King message vou Phe tab neta Christmas Carol, “Adeste Tideles"—jat 4.68%, an overnight advance Oot baneragal footed sae. ote estings are Ls tne Cnoir, nearly 6 cents, and 21 cents above! oo aia nat spare In ma on ras Miss’ Bdna Smith will accompany all| the rate of a month ago. Late selling | yy) ve the pridatplay et cha weer socal numbers on the piano, |brought the price down to 4.68% this| , ory ae fap a oie The Wyoming Radio corporation! afternoon. ara rv ogg a S24 on = These are France's principles as well as thos “My best your health and welfa " kindeet regards to Mra. W1), JMENCEAU." In response to a ng message of ngratulatior Mr. Kahn the cann¢ all e done OF BUYERS ON SHOPPING DAY ha great work of quest of France toward th ce. That is the Casper merchants will do well to remember that the Saturday |** Wel! as of America. I know y Tribune will be delivered to homes within the city limits at ‘1 o'clock : hapad in the afternoon. This is the only edition of the paper printed on ane aeulat a ae Saturday and enrries complete wire and local news in addition to all Lat Scgananidbat ante: the EE ae, matter for the d ~~ Saturday is the biggest shopping day of the week. Casper shop-} pers will read the advertisements before coming down neti in the | Sadie Berry afternoon to visit the stores. |Pans for a, grand opers. meason in Advertise in the Saturday Tribune if you wish to reach the big| Pittsburgh this winter were aban crowd of Saturday afternoon Christmas shoppers. I doned last night CONSOLIDATION OF WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS INTO ONE IS ADVOCATED | reported to the house today For con-pletion of 56 warships, per- “ under the arms conference y, the appropriatio: ned to make ayatlable fiscal year a total of $14,000,000 Head of Commission Appointed to Map Out Government Reorganization Plan Makes Recommendation 00 « - @ direct appropri! 900,000 and $38.090.000, tn- - , 7 : : &: WASHINGTON, Dec. 18,—Consolidation of the war and jdirect, out of cash to the crodit of the navy departments in,a department of national defensa de- ™"" <-mmall: stores fund: signed to function under a cabinet member, with assistants! “r Phe bill in charge of the army and navy, respectively, has been defl-|$: gta: is : \nitely recommended to President Harding by Walter F.|inctua’ng dykes and dene va hid sa500 Brown, head of the commission appointed to prepare a plan|%? fr © n of the San Diego nav in Wwhiled of governmental reorganization, bs Ihe tea recruits tient ens bee The president is giving serious con- WASHING : sideration to this and other om Dec A. vh 0.06 ta mnendatiins submitted by Mr. Brown] listed p g the fise the ¢ ; 1 ape and may lay them before congress! beginning 5 L of 86,000 in within a week two, ace team : on by d-epecial meson’ ’ he! facil opinion of the at . 2 at the mn the changes st oe oarine wo Pees 1