Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 20, 1922, Page 14

Weather Forecast For tonight and, Thursday warmer in northeast portion to- aight. r= VOLUME VII. 22 TATE GUA CLEMENCEAU CHEERED — ON HIS ARRIVAL HOME Good Results Anticipated from American Trip by Tiger of France on Return : Former Premier Happy but Fatigued from Strenuous Journey and Stormy Voyage HAVRE, France, Dec. 20.—(By The Associated Press.)—Georges Clemenceau arrived home! from his American pilgrimage today in a typically fatigue. !arious mood, but apparently suffering from! The “Tiger” received representatives of the press in his state room as the liner Paris was enter- ing the port. A large crowd of relatives and friends, as well as the correspondents and photograph- ers, also greeted him before the steamer doc COMPENSATION CHANGES URGED by sr inerviews prin in the French press, particularly sent from®New York to the Petit Par taien. The former premier He ap but u th that his exper + had been r and vivacious, friend United much for h'm. home for two weeks long rest at his country Vendee at St. Vincent du “I hope for good results trip the United ite: ’ Clemenceau to the Associated “Hov let che pe my thoughts fully *hey have certunly to Judge. It was ap: was a vast aingunt of personally, for which I ful, Ly soon voyage surface his nce in th saw St nd then take a 2 i. the Jar >ple dec befor BKC t sens. rent that th terest in um most grate is ot ment er he hut lent L rare con 4 “may be is too beet opportunity to ™m, friends in United ly first thought night of ° was i to be home; second, that I was sorry I had left the United States. “Merry, Christmas and a New Year from an old friend.” Among the many> packages in charge of h’s valet, Albert Boulin, are two cases of grape fruit. “T shall live as long as that supply laste, too mush to die before eating them. Anyway they are certain contribu- tions to longevity.” ‘The “Tiger” declined to be photo- graphed on landing. ‘o, I wont, newspaper camera'men. “I have suf- fered a thousand times. It is enough.” | He also den‘ed interviews correspondents who boarded the Paris | at Plymouth last night. As he walked down the gangplank today the cgowd on the dock cheered. He got into the front seat of a wait- ing limousine, chatted with the chauf- feur a moment and then was driven | toward Paris. Asda tS UCLMTEST my happy INDUSTRY AT DOUSLS DOUGLAS, Wyo., Dec. 20—Dougtas! now has a new and up-to-date alfalfa | mill in operation, the plant having} been completed during the past week. | The company plans to work wo shifts | 2 said Clemenceau, “I love ihem | ! he exclaimed to the ked. Clemenceau began his visit wi HOFFMAN SEEKS LAW REVISION CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 20. State Labo. Commissioner Harry v. Hoffman concurs in the op'nion of 5 Treasurer A, D. Hoskins the Wyoming workmen's cor'- ate th: pensation Iaw should be amended iat rate us- substitute asscgment element of risk In the ffected, He says in hia to Governor Carey: present law every being engaged sus occupupat on 1 ont-half per cent of ayroll into the indus- amount account or the received from or cost is not essment therefc xystem of base indust nual Under employer report the Listed his money ue, all empgGyers obtain the protection aga'nst damage but that protection is in di- rect proportion to the accident rate;; that Is, an.employer having 4 large number of accidents receives more value from. oug “compensation act than does he -who has but few. The flat rate system tends to take away incentive to make employ- ment safe. “It seems to us that the ends of economy, would’ he bettér served if we prevent accidents rather than compensate fjuries. We, therefore, recommend amendments to the law to permit those charged with the duty of collecting employers’ as- sessments to classify occupations according to the accident rate and | levy, rate in accordance with that rate.” Commissioner Hoffman recom: mends the adoption by Wyoming of the “continuance” wage clause of the labor laws of other statés, which ———— 7 same suits, ‘or a few weeks and employ from twenty to thirty men throughout the winter. It was built by the Western Alfalfa Milling company of Denver, and is one of nine similar mills being operated by the company in Colorado and Wyoming. clause provides that when an em- ploye quits or is discharged, and his wages due. are not paid, his im against employer shall augmented y at the rate of beginn ng tivo er .termination of his serv- re and continuinng not ionger than fifteen days This, the comm toner believes, would end an evil ine‘dent |to the failure of some employers to | make prompt settlement with em- vloyes who quit or are discharged. SA | | } the newspaper men CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1922. iw OL! SE, SEIZED BY U.S. FOR | —<s. room provided. The broadcasting instruments have been set up permanently and will be used a great deal during the coming months. The Exchange Furniture company donated to the company a beautiful heavy rug which will ald materially n deadening the sound tn the room which it is not dostred to transmit. The Charles 2. Wells Music com- UN TED STATES DIFFERS WITH ALLIES ON POLICY FOR STRAITS Freedom of Stratis G uaranteed by Turco- Allied Tre... y Urged by America as Only Equitable Solution — LAUSANNE, Dec. 20.—(By_ eve of what threatened to be a c: The Associated Press.) —On the ritical day in the life of the Lau" sanne conference, Ambassador Child last night had a long con- versation with Ismet Pasha about the straits problem, which Lord Curzon yesterday declared must be disposed ‘of immediately. It has become known that the American observers at the con- ference believe that an international control commission associated with the league of nations, as suggested in the allied plan for supervision of the Dardanelles, is unnecessary, In other words, the Americans freedom of the straits should be an ac- tual freedom guaranteedi by a treaty between Turkey and tha other powers, and that it should not be a freedom Mmited by any international commis- «ion. ‘The American. observers have limit elles. question, without suggesting as to how the straits should be kept open to the commerce of the world and to! the fleets of the powers. Allied leaders last night served no- | flatly accept or reject the allied pro- Ject for settlement of the straits ques- tion. Failure of the Dardanelles nego- ‘ations, it is believed, will hardly af- jfect the other problems which the | conte s called to solve. Nev the atmosphere before e Jast eession on CONTROL of high nervous tension, with the fear’ expressed in some conference quar- ters that the reponted American op- Position to the straits commission plan was stiffening the Turks only on the straits question ‘but also on vital questions like the customs tariff and minorities, OUT OF Radto Corporation Opens New Studio not! Pany will loan the plano to be used in) all the concerts, This {s one of their very handsomest makes and will add much to the quality of the musical broadcastings. ‘The cooperation on the part of mer chants such as the Exchange Hard- ware company and the Charles E. Wells Music company is a very fine thing in the boosting of Casper. It will be appreciated by all persons in- terested in the progress of our city} aiong all lines of art and science. idusieal concerts have been broad- casted by the Wyoming Radio corpor- ation with great ‘success during the past weeks. These concerts have been heard all over the United States and* the local company has “been praised both for the efficienncy of its set and for the talent of the Casperites who have come to its assistance, The weather report will be broad- casted by the radio station at noon every day hereafter. ‘The selling department of the rad'o} jeorporation still remains in the) | Holmes Hardware company’s store. | | Paragon sets and accessories are of- fered to the interested public in this establishment. ee ar eer Although there was uncertainty as to whether Ambassador Child, the American spokesman, would voice the American views at today’s meeting, every folegation here claims to be }cognizant of the fact that the nam- jing of an international commission meets the strong disfavon of) the America observers, LAUSANNE, Dec. 20.-{By The As- sociated Press.}—Ismet Pasha received & message from Mustapha Kemal to- day announcing that the American 1 } believe that|tice that the Turks today must etther|college at Smyrna, which was cloced uring the fightingn there, may-re- open and that thé nationaliet govern- ment has no objection to the Amert- |can schools corrying on thelr work in any purt of Turkey. Ismet Pasha immediately advised Ithe American correspondents at the | Near East conference of this official ction by the Angora government. NEW COUNTY MOVEMENT Ii LAUNCHED IN CROOK: GILLETTE, Wyo.) Dec. 20.—A movement is on foot in) Crook county to form a new county at the eoming session of the legislature. According to the proposal, the east row cf townships in Campbell coonty svould be taken and three each f:¢m Crook and Weston counties. This would make a county twenty-four miles wide and eighty-four miles tong. According to résidents. of Moorcroft, they Cesire the chang> order that territory that naturally ‘belongs to| that town could’be included in thej new territorial unit: iFs a TouGn ust, SANTA, 8UT iF ANYBODY CAN Fit, iT Yeu CAN \ ILLION-DOL he Casper Baily Crime osence U. S. LOAN TO GERMANY IS __ QUESTION-LAMONT 'Not Enough Confidence in Téutons for Americans to Buy Their Bonds, Promi- nent New York Banker Declares NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—An address by Thomas W. Lamont, of |J. P. Morgan and before the council of foreign relations last night, many, he said because she ts not in any position at the present time “to inspire our people with confidence« to buy its bonds.” Mr. Lamont stated conditions under; which he belleved a German loan might be floated in this country at) some future time, not a large loan} but enough to enable Germany “to} get over the hill." These conditions were, he said, the! settlement of the reparations prob- lem and the fixing of a definite sum so that Germany would be aware of her obligation. ‘Following of ‘the fixation of this sum,” he continued, | “Germany must set out on a period of deflation. There may possibly come awith a scheme of the allies for the supervision of such defistion, {n- cluding the administration of Ger- many’s customs.” “Even if a Ioan is advanced,” he} said, “I doubt 1f Germany will be lent Douglas Children Will Skate Free; DOUGLAS, Wyo., Deo, ..20.—Doug- | las children wll haye the privilege | of skating free on the rini here, ac-| cording to announcement made re. cently, The river is considered by! many to be too dangerous and for} entire load passed over his body with | this reason ‘the {dea of a free ekating! the result that his collar bone, right} rink for children has been proposed. This rink will be lighted efectr.cally and “will be heated by stoves: | The American people have no intention of meking a loan to | sh’/fted and threw him to the ground, The Wyoming Radio corporation has just moved from its tem-|in which he discussed prospects of a loan to Germany, was regarded porary quarters in the offices of the Tribuff to Apartment No. | today as one of the most significant statemerits yet made on the in the same building. This removal gives the corporation a studio! question. | which is equipped in every way for the broadcasting of all concerts, addresses and messages with treble the efficiency which the former | cer ® sum sufficient to discharge her reparations debt.” Mr. Lamont denied (aat the state department had sent the German ambassador to confer with Mr. Mor- gan here recently. He further ex: pressed h’s opinion that the people of this country have the utmost sym- pathy for France and that they would be glad to lend money to her “on a large scale. a CLIFTON YOUTH AUN OVER BY HEAVY LOAD OF CORN LANDER, Wyo. Dec. 20.—Charies Clifton of Crow Creek was serious- ly Injured near Lenére where he was run over by a:wagon very heavily loaded with corn. Tho accident oc- curred late in the evening while he was en route to his home. While des- cending into a email ravine the load Ip falling his feet became tangled ihthe reins and this excited the horses and Caused them ito run. In his predicament Mr. Clifton fell -un- dex the wheels of the wagon and the arm in two’ places, and ‘several ribs RD CALLED OUT IN LOUISIANA FEU Famous Mer Rouge Kid- naping in Which Two Men Disappeared Near Solution, Is Belief. MONROE, La., Dec, 20.—The :elebrated Mer Rouge kidnaping case, which, for four months has meffectually taxed all of the legal machinery of the state of Louisiana. in its effort to solve and moved forward another chapter vesterday when national guard troopr were ordered to move to Bastrop, La near Mer Roue, orle!nated. accordin~ to well Informed chservers, as a result ot a feud between rival factions of Morehouse parish. Although the Ku Klux Klan organ ‘zations of Loutsiane, Arkansas. an? Mississippi! have beer’ more or lear harged with be'nng involved in the “ivsterious disappearance of Major Watt Daniele and Thomas Fletcher Richards, citizens of Mer Rouge, fol ‘owing the kidnapning of these an¢ *hree other Mer Rouge citizens on August 24. the conservative citizenr heleve that™tne mvstery goes much Areper than-allered Ku Klux animox' y.- It ia believed to. be more or le=- racial and rivals fn manv rpeanecf= the celebratéd fvda of the Crmberian® monn‘ains of ‘Kentucky, Tennessee ond Virginia. The feudal fieht was said to have heen brewine for a quarter of a ren tury, involving some of the leadine tames of Mer Rouse and other parte of Morehouse parish. A el'max wae reactiod on Ancust 24, when 3. TL. Pantels, 70, former prominent Mer Rouge merchant: Wall Daniels. h'+ son;; Thomas FR. Richard Watt Davenport, scion cf a leading Lou's ‘ona family and W. C. Andrew. op “Manter, were Kidnaped by 40 or 50 masked*men on ther wav from Ras- ‘row to their respéctive homes in Mer Rouge. Ne'ther \Dantels nor Andrew war able to identify a aingle perso. in) the crowd, nor could they g've any infor- mation in rpeard to Daniels’ son ‘Watt, find Richards. Daniels declared he recognized Arkansas and Mississippi automobile license tags. “€ cannot tell a thing now ary more than I conld the night of the kidnap: ing or the duy after,” said Daniels, in discussing the case aga'n yesterday, Following the failure of Morehouse parish and district court officials to solve tho mystery, Governor Parker announced his determination tu use all the power of the state in the case. A big bghway celebration and fes- tival was held at Bastrop on August 24 and thousands of poople from al! parts of northeast Louts‘ana attended. The five victims of hooded riders at- tended the celebration, witnessed the baseba!l game between Monroe and Bastrop and then started home in the twiligh’’ of the evening in two “auto- mobiles. When they were mid-way between: Bastrop and Mer Rouge the hooded men gallopd up.e on horse- back, or appeared on the highway tn automobiles and seized the five Mer Rouge citizens. Watt Davenport was released with- in an hour after he was taken and the rumor degame current that the (Continued on. Page Two) WILLIAM RINC’, were broken. He susta'ned several other bruises and cuts, ‘SON OF ERIN PLEADS GUILTY AND EXPRESSES REGRETS ON LEARNING THAT VICTIM WAS IRISH SPOKANT,, Wash., Dec. 20.— Wilingness to plead guilty to a charge of burglary was expressed by William Curry, aged 25, when ho learned his victm also was Irish, according to Spokane police offi- was arrested after reports 4 had been received that Peter Bren- nan, aged 70, had*been robbed of a coat and shirt, by « prowler who * entered his room at 3 a.m. “That's a dirty trick, robbing an old, crippled Irishman,” one of the was quoted as exclaim'ng. “Was he Irish. Well, I should get life for that! By gorry, I wouldn't of done It for the world shad I known. I'll show yez where ‘I threw the shirt and we'll give 't and the coat tack t6 the poor old feller.” % The Casper Tribune . Two editions defly; largest circus tion of any newspaper in Wyoming LAR STEAL BROOKLYN NAVY YARD. EMPLOYES FILGH FEDERAL PROPERTY, CLAIM Department of Justice Agents Make Arrests on Indictments , Made by Federal Jury. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.— Twenty-two civilian employes at he Brooklyn navy base were trested today on indictments re- tuned several months ago by a ederal jury, charging that gov- ernment property to the value of mors *han $1,000,000 has been étolen since *he war, The arrests were made by agents the depantment-of justice. The grand jurors indicted 23 men after {ts investigation of the “alleged vholesale thefte which the authorities said included clothing, ofl and various ther mater’als used at the navy base The twenty-third man. under indict sek was not found at the naval bas today. Navy intelligence officers undert to find out thy causo of the flis crepancies between the inventor'es and the stock supposed to be on hand but the thieves were too shrewd for the regular naval detective force, the members of which apparently wero wel! known to those who were stea!- ng. William 3. Burns, chief jot the bureau of investigation of the depar ment of just'co was then asked fo help. and ordered Edward J. Brennan, head of the bureau's. New Yori office, to assign operative Brennan consulted Police Comm's- sioner Enright and~ borrowed the services of Detective Francis Traincr, Under the’ direction of federal agents, Robert Walsh and Ralph Navarro and Lieutenant Trainor men were put into the warehouses as checkern, laborers, watchmen and ‘kepers. These detectives found themselves watched narrowly until they topk advantage of oppcrtunitics obvicusly put in thelr way of stealing craall articles such as wrist watches and marine glasses. Not until they actually concealed these articles gan pretende2z to steal them were tg able to get any evidence against th men now in svstody, They then learned tiiat sovernment property was being stolen) by the truck load, including great boxes of clothing, paint by the Darrel, crates of glass and commercial alcohol by the gallon, It was indicated by prosecuting offi- Cials that today’s arrests wert but the start of a general cleanup inyolv'ng navy warehouse laborers, ‘elevator operators. clerks, chauffeurs, watc! men, packers, as well as fences, juni men and other accomplices on the outside. Some ot the missing mater'al was said to have been located in ware: houses in Brooklyn and Manhattan and it was announced the United States attorney would be arked. to take steps for its recovery, Government operators and detec- tives reported to Washington short! after they began operations that heads of some of the depatments in- the building were the ring leaders In that conspiracy. TAYLOR SLAIN BY ‘DOPE iS CLAIM Toledo Police Investigating Story of Man Who Claims to Know Murderer of Noted Movie Director TOLEDO, Ohio, Nec. 20.—Police today are holding John Mara- zino, 23, for examination both as to his sanity and his story that he knows who. murdered William Desmond Taylor, motion picture director in Hollywood, Cal., a yeariago. Marazino was arrested late yesterday after he liad entered a , dwelling house and asked to be hidden, declaring that he was }marked for assassination and driven out of California by members %. fot “a dope ring.” who know that he jknew who-kiiled Taylor. “Several members: of a’ dope’ rin are responsible for ‘Taylor's death, the pr’soner told police. “Their agents have followed me all the way froin California into-Ohto and I am marked jfor death.” he asserted. |__& suit case the prisoner carried was jfilled with women’s apparel which Marazino said he had used to disguise [himself te escape his pursuers. Police are in communication with {California authorities in thet invest!- 'gaton of Marazino's story: