Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 9, 1923, Page 1

Weather Forecast Generally fair tonizht ané Wednes- day except min or snow in northwest || LEGISLATURE were Adjournment Taken Until Wednesday by Solons After Perfecting Temporary Organization; George Weedell Made Chief Clerk of House in Cheyenne son, on October 4, last. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 9.—(Special to The Tribune.)— The Seventeenth Wyoming legislature convened at noon to- day for a session of forty calendar days. The senate was! called to order by President ad Interim Simon Kkovgard of Big Horn county and the house by Secretary of State Frank E. Lucas. in the senate and Leslie A. Miller of 5 After Chief Justice Potter had af-;Laramie county minority floor leader the judge and jury are also guilty of ministered the oath, both houses pro-,!n the house. murder” and “Murder cannot abolish ceeded with permanent organ‘zation.| The Democrats gare Pearson the,, Frank B. Carman, actor is belng| murder.” Skovgard was elected president of the/ honor of nomination for the presi./%¢ld in New York In connection with A ae The executions brought to an end fenate and J. D. Noblitt of Lincoln | dency of. the senate and W. J. Dalton | qo theft Caress OR as one of England's most sensational |Mrs. Thompson was hanged a j jail. The executions ‘took place without demonstrations but ‘women marched in a drizzing rain befor the walls of Holloway jail carrying p cards inscribed: “If these are hange founty speaker of the house. Both of Converse county that of being nom-| said to have been in his apartment/™murder cases, and, incidentally, pro- lisappeared. houses then recessed until Wednes-' inated for apeaker of the house. about the time ise a . vided the first instance of cay ital ‘The welection ot the presiding offi- cers and of employes of the senate . * T a and howwse were made at caucuses of ‘ 4 the Republican majority Monday i night. Noblitt was opposed for the 2 speakership by Perry W. Jenkins of Sublette county. He received 23 z yotes to 12 for Jenkins. Other house 4 @elections follow: Speaker pro tem, Asa S. Mercer, Big Horn count ehief ctork, Geo. A. Weedell, Caspe: assistant chief clerk, Gladys Dolso' Albany county; minute clerk, Emma Welty, Johnson count enrolling Berk, ‘Bessie Daitey. Bie Horn cour NO Well Defined Program Mapped Out for Eliminating State ty; first assistant, Irene Coffman, . z i pessereies cenOSa: » a0ncns Seniesa Commissions and Bureaus but Late Campaign Issues Soonty, eee Mercer Bie Is Receiving Attention of Legislators Z Horn county; pares, Kather ne Coble sergeant-atarms, (. (, Caidwe'l, Poy CHEYENNE, Wyo.,.Jan. 9,— (Special to The Tribune:)—Just how far the seventeenth county; card fle 4 Wyoming legislature will go in regard to the consolidation or elimination of boards and com- y; watel a { ry n Py eee ee Ned tesa, Missions, @ subject which was an issue in the primary and general election campaigns and a « . : of Park county; bil clerk. Mrs. Ww. G Procedure within the last few-days endorsed ’by the Republican state centra] committee, is Decker, albany county; assistant, not apparent this early in the Session. It is being given considerStion by a number of legis- Hthel . Wedemeyer, Platte county: lators who. take their official responsibilities seriously, however, and will be considered in chaplain, Rev. John C. Blackman, gue course. ~ % transferred to the secretary of states essary for the Jackson Holo d'strict's Laramie county,“ ‘There appears in some quarters a! office, te restored to the examiner's inhabitants in their quest for local Arthur K, Lee of Hot Spring® disposition to regard the state public] office, afd that. the state, Immigration; self-government to take advantage of county opposed Skovgard for the pres-' service commission, which a:so is the|commission be discontinued, Of these, the second enabling act they will have idency of the senate but Skovgard state board of equalization, as it im|!t does not appear probable that tho|to start agan at the beginnng and atrength ‘before the first ‘baliot was/ now constituted, an unnecessary! state historian-state Iibrarian consol-| hold a new election to register thelr completed was so preponderant that | piece of governmental machnery)!dation will be regarded as feasible,|desire and to select a county seat. In his selection was mede unanimous. | which may be dispensed with with-|jor that it will be regarded as wise trp that event the rivalry between the Other senate selections follow: Chief out sacrifice of efficiency. Return to/discontinue the immigration commis. towns of Jackson and Kelley, it is an- clerk, Warren Datley, Big Horn coun-|the former system of having the elec-| sion. ticipated, will be even warmer than ty: assistant, Leroy Wiley, Sheridan| tive state officers act ex-officio as a Siar \it was last year, when Jackson won county; second ass‘stant, Blaine Van | state board of equalization and a pub-| TETON COUNTY ACT | the county seat contest by the scant Dyke, Johnson county; enrolling and/jic service commission, w.th one. pub-| WILL BE CORRECTED margn of s'x votes, The Kelley sec- engrossing clerk, Frank Brown, Uinta iio service commission to assist them| CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan, 9—(Spe-|UOn has been settling rather rapidly county; first assistant, Flora Hayes.|is proposed. clal to The Tribune)—While the °% late and it is possible that the new Laramie county; second assistant. The suggestion that the state law|courts are-considering whet ton | election will reverse the resut Mabel ‘Brown, Fremont county, ser-| enforcement department well might|county may be, of BS Lsloate Gent achieved in that held under the enab- geant-atarms, A. B. Robertson, Go-/ he dispensed with, and a large sav-|ized under the enabling act passed by|!™& act now before the courts. shen county: doorkeeper, F. C. Ire-/ing thereby accomplished, does not/the legislature of two years ago, the! og a fale, Sweetwater county; watchman,/seem to be evoking a favorable re-|Sevtenteenth Wxoming legislature, BRITISH QUIT aromas bi Area of sechep A gent sponse, a fact in part due, perhaps,|which convened today, probably willy end George Gardner of Iincoln coun-jto realization that such a course] provide a new enabling’ act. devoid ot) ty; messenger, Walter Peterson, Al-|would evoke the displeasure of ths\the weaknesses of that now In the ULSTER ZONE any county; telephone measenger./well organized prohibitionists and,|courts. Th's done, the people of the Florence Boden of Uinta county; bill|therefore, might be “‘bad politics." Jackson Hole region will be able, 1 ; eierk, Adele Black, Niobrara county; Other suggestions. that are recalv-| should the firt enabling act be held| BELFAST Jan 9.—Pettigo, storm chaplain, Rey. Charles A. Bennett.| ing consideration aro! that tho state!to be inadequate, to proceed with thecontt:, of the strife on the Ulster Zaramie county; janitor, W. A. La-jiive stock commission, state beep! organization of a county under the ‘TDter several months ago, has been munyon, Laramie county; page.|commiasion and sate’ veterinarian's new act. : evacuated by the British troops. + George Stone, Niobrara county; ste-/oftice be consolidated, thereby con- Representative “W. C, Deloney of, CORK, Jan. 9. — Irregulars were nographers, Mary Mahan, Velma|centrating in one department three) Jackson probably early in the present tiven from a position near Ralyneen Carlson and Mrs. Zybella Dinnen, alljexpensive departments which now}sess{on ‘Wil Introduce the bill for the ¥@5t of Bandon, last night by Free of Laramie county. are doing related work; that the state|/enabling act. It is not antleipated State troops. A running fight ensued J. C, Underwood of Laramie county} librarian’s office and the state his-|that opposition to the bill wl! develop'in which a sergeant {n the national was elected Republican floor leader} that| Inasmuch as virtually ybody m/{force was killed and a leutenant of the house, ipervision and enforcement of the|the Jackson Hole country Is in favor wounded. The irregulars were seen to At a Democratic caucus Nels Pear-/'"Biue Sky” law, taken fromthe state of organizing a new -ount |remove four bodies. The nationals a fon was clected minority floor leader/examiner's office two years ago and! Should dovelopmenta make it nec: captured a quantity of ammunition I ee eS NE Net ater ec ee Se RENE Leh DRT CORTE OE el SURDEER j0f,/ Sempitinitie ri | | Father of Watt Daniel Tells of Other In-to en de sicia cuaae RD oR iadekeet Sania idee] | “Dantel also testified at one time|redations in Morehouse parish, sey-| ten notices at his gate ordering ba Fer sa home near Mer Rouge ani, ° \“change up.’ later two soldiers were assigned to Witness Stand at Bastrop | Danlel. cited as what, he belleved| suard duty in that cection. kidnap Addie May Hamilton, a young | was received at the, headquarters of| BASTROP, La., Jan. 9.—(By The Associated Press,)—|woman of Mer Rouge. the department of justice agents di-| not questioned as to who was meant, pective witness in the investigation) tended Atrocities When Recalled to {nat ho naa touna unsisnea typewrit-| eral men stood guard today at tha| lican activity an allege¢ attempt to| The anonymous telephone message| J.L. Daniel, father of Watt Daniel, hooded band victim, tes-| He fixed the time as “prior to an|Tecting the assembling of evidence in : Women March in Drizzling Rain to Condemn iS ORG ANIZED Death Penalty Meted Out to Pair Executed Held in Gem Theft “Murder Can Not Abolish Murder,” Cry of Biss | Populace as Mrs. Thompson and Frederick Bywaters Are Hanged LONDON, Jan. 9.—( The Associated Press.) —Mrs. Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters were executed to- day for the murder of the woman’s husband, Percy Thomp- Bywaters was executed in Pentonville prison at 9 o’clock. few minutes later in Holloway punishment of a woman in England for 15 years, Percy Thompson former shipping clerk,, was stabbed to death in a dark street near bin home early in the morning of October 4, last, while re turning from a. theater with his wife. When found the body was propped against the wall and his beautiful young wife was kneeling nearby in a hysterical condition. Upon the strength of her story to the police Bywaters, 20 year old nteamsh'p steward, was arrested two days later and accused jointly with Mrs. Thompson of murder. The po- lice sumbitted an alleged confession in which Bywaters appeared as de- claring his love for Mrs. Thompson had prompted the act. It was shown during the trial that Bywaters had been a close friend of the Thompsons for rome time. By waters himself declared onthe stand he had seen Thompson strike his wife and he pleaded that fn attacking the husband he did not intend to kill, but to chastise him. He declared he was forced to slay in self-defense, The evidence. showed that Bywaters, and Mrs, Thompson had been together the afternoon. before the ‘attack. ‘The Jury which: inctuded” one” wom an, returned a. verdict of gullty against both defendants on December ll, after brict deliberation, and” sen- tences of death were pronounced, Mra. Thompson collapsed in the prisoner's dock, moaning ‘‘I am not guilty, I am’not guilty!” but Bywaters did not even flinch, althev#h also proclaim- ing-his innocence. Appeals for clem- hey were carried to the home office, the last resezt, but without avail. hes GU Ada BANK ROBBED. $10,000 Los ~HINTON, Okla., Jan. 9.— Three bandits held up the First bank of Hinton today Persons in the bank ault and escap- $16,000 in currency and bonds. pcan cyst ONE DEAD IN 'HOTEL BLAZE, PROBE SEE MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan, 9. The country coroner's. offic today which resulted in one person being asphyxiated, caused tnjtury to a Gozon to flee for their lives. The biaze start-| shop but thick, heavy smok qutel to the upper floors and a scure of persons were overcome. | Many men and women were carried | down ledders, fire escapes and across | improvised bridges to roofs of afjoin- ing buildings. | Among the injured was A. C. Tyiet, Seattle, Wash., J, Murray, Shéridan, Wye., escaped unhurt ——_— Radium Plant Too Efficient, | Is Shut Down” PARIS, Jan, 9.—A plant near Ant- werp which extracts radium from ore newly discovered in the Belgium Congo has so ‘improved that the American producing companies | con aily Cribune bez FINAL DITION Pay Death Penalty for Murder Mrs. Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters who were hanged in tandon today for the murder of Mrs. Thomps%m’s husband. home office declined to grant a reprieve. RIVER TREATY TO BE DEBATED Reservations to Water Agreement Held Probable by Legislature; Care to Be Taken in Okehing-Pact ». CHEYENNE; Wyo., Jan. 9.—(Special to The Tribune.) — The Colorado riyer treat? probably will fare better in the Wyoming legislature than did the treaty of Versailles in the senate of the United States, but there will be one similarity in their treatment, viz: reservations will be offered. The Colorado river pact, which in apportioning the waters |ing hia reasons why he considered the of the Colorado river also apportions those of Wyoming's stream, the Green river, will be sub- mitted to the Seventeenth legislature, which convened at noon Tuesday. The British the Wyoming legislature at this time are more than superficially acquaint-'to vote for the propos'tion because ed with the provisions of the Colo- he felt that this action took the mat: of ter out of the hands of the commis- also. is to. be submitted to, and to| many of them regarding it falls even’ sion and placed it under the jurisdic become effective must be ratifed by| short of the legislatures of six other states—) Some who have Nevada, Arizona,| study and who are New Mexico and California—as well| that as by the congress superficiality, | agreement, has everything vations it considers ‘There{s apparent at the time of Teserval z lhe convening af the Wyoming legis; (© the protection of Its rights, There, ne tovic the view that while e default obligation on Wyoming, they qcually existed in German coal deliy- | hold, to relinquish anything to which @ies for 1 tit holds the right, merely because asin states désire it to do cen river rises the State of Wyoming has ¢rystalized opposition to! ‘* there is ap- to scrutinize 1 }the Colorado pact, but fia witch 4E'neeas | ‘acing “the okeh’ of the ‘legisiature of! Wyoming on any which may be inimical to the inter- lomts of the people of this state. ‘The| “Put ‘er Through with a Hurrah’ spirit. which propagandists favoring] the treaty as drawn apparently ‘have of its provisions/ greater part, {€ not all. of this. flow has been appropriated for Wyoming lapis; they, atats, andi it tbe Wrest] \ing lands can utilize the flow Wydin-| tit) ts been studiously endeavoring, to instill) [Pe ange eae shianthropieatty e the| t© forego its rights for the benefit of —| planned to investizate the fire in thy} TAncoin hotel here late last night, | scemingly has falled to | Wyoming. ‘The | Wyoming legislators very manifestly others and forced three scare guests | is to proceed with caution,’ to take disposition of ed in the pastry shop in the basement | agreement. thoroughly in its of the hotel and was confined to the! detail, always with Wyoming's inte! spread | ests uppermost in mind. ¥,manuscript of “Paradise Lost" at $ for the first 1,300 copies, Years as much as $1,000 has been paid While very few of the members of:for a single volume. ADVANGE FORGES OF ARMY WITHIN SEVEN MILES OF EOoEN, REPORT Scores of Troop Trains Moving to Support of First Contingents to Cross German Border ESSEN, Germany, Jan. 9=~ (By The Associated Press.) — Advance troops of the French army, largely with technical equipment, have already reached the neighboring town ot Kettw'g( seven miles southwest ‘ot Sassen, and the section hetween Duss: veldorf and Essen is half covered by French military forces, according to private advices reaching here today. BERLIN, Jan. 9.—(By The Assq- elated = Press.)\—Thirty-elght trains carrying French troops left Mayence yesterday with Essen as the destina> tion of the forces, says an Essen tele- gram today. The arrival of heavy ar- tilery and sappers !s reported from neighborhood of Neuss, three and one-half miles southwest of Duessel- dort. BRITISH VOTE I THE NEGATIVE PARIS, Jan. 9.—(By The Associated Press.)—The-..reparationscommission today voted Germany in wtitul de- fault tn her coal deliveries. The vote was three to one, Sir John Bradbury, the "British member, casting the neg- ative ballot. The discussion over the default question lasted an hour and three- quarters, a part of which time was {taken by the British delegate in giv- default should not be drafted. Sir John explained he was unab! are tion of the governments. He believed the compact/that the question could well havo convinced been handled by the commission, {1 it view of the circumstances surround> United does not sacrifice, Wyoming's rights.!ing the delivery of coal by Germany If each atate, as Wyoming| Their attitude is that National) probably will do, makes reservation: locked three/ py the timo the treaty reaches con gress it will «1 in a motor car with approximate y | very complicated patchwork ist year, Roland W. Boyden, American rere resentative with the commission; haye attached to it a/and nothing to gain, and that Wyo- called upon to give his views, made @ ex-|ming, therefore, should proceed with, prief statement, pointing out that aa ceptions and objections to, and defi-| caution in its consideration of the!was expressing his personal aenu- whatever ments. It was learned authoritatively that the conditions under which th lefault occurred were such that it r sired si fal consideration, | He declared the same total of de »6-\liverles in kind by Germany, inelu- ding coal, were too great a burden ®/upon her, it is understood. The pres» ent default in coal, he thought, should | have been considered from this point of view. Arguments by German mine opera- rs were heard before the commis- jsion voted. Tt also is known that the American observer expressed himself as im: the pressed by was only between 13 and 20 per cent of the deliveries, the fact that the default It is authoritatively stated that Mr, (Continued on Page Four.) CON DESTRUCTION GROWS AS RIVERS IN NORTHWEST TINUE ON RAMPACE ho undred Streams Converted Into Rush- ing Torrents in Portland Region; Record Crest Reached Today noutt hension, }homes in both c at the Columbia. river's ¢n- the approach of a@ hew e, gave rise to appre- Willamette. vall 1 tha” aspect a Its waters lapped 1s of hundreds ‘of ity and country far- PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 9,—Driving with resistless power ¥"s throughout the valley. © | the inquiry. A r ry x tifled at the open hearing today into hooded band depreda-|sstomps, on the Mfe of ‘Bunny Me:) Rindietbesiitan ts ‘been gcnerally|ttolline the Works hays decided upon |tha: Willamette riverat Portland today had risen to more] Cities and hamlets between Eugene ions in Morehouse parish, that he had learned that subse-|"7,-) y. xf, atcKoin, formerly wan ¢XPected to testify that certain More-(@ shut down, says a Brusacls dispatch ithan 25 feet abov: quent to the kidnaping of his son and Thomas Richards,!mayor of Mer Rouge, and ‘a now | houne cate Tien Sad some: months whose mutilated bodies recently were found in Lake La|ohergea in an affidavit with murder "8° forced her to leave the parish, Fourche, that four Mer Rouge citl- had been told by Capt. Skipwith that/in connection with the killing of Dan) DANTEL APPEALED wens had been warned that thev/tne men “would have to get away.” icl and Richards. TO MAYOR M’KOIN. MPS Deve te Jee ys che) Cmmmuney | \ Capt 3, 31 Bkipwith ot tgtrop dal 284.s, Sh eeeey. Under bond. | BASTROP, La., Jan, 9.—J. 1. Dan-| or’ “they would be killed. the exalted cyclops of the Ku Klux| wypy RG AmDIG \fel was recalled to the stand at the Dan‘el said the {nformation was aay bi wit) WUARDE: lopening of the hearing today after! given him by Joe Davenport, another Klan organization In Morehouse par-| PROM KIDNAPERS pralientairy exaatuntie 6 to! Mer Rouge nm. Davenport, Dan. |!) MF La. J nis won, Watt ald Je! said, told him he had received such} Danie d the n ordered tojon a te ‘ p near the ne word over the telephone. leave as’ “Whipp! Campbell and that an attempt might itime 7 ous 4 Danie! said- Davenport declared he| their two bodyguards.” Daniel was kidnap Addie’ May Ham ‘ (Continued on Page Three) {0 seed $107,000. to I# Matin. Soon after the discov- ery of the rich deposits of Congo ore, X » price of radium declined to $7 LONDON, Jan. 9—The Times’ correspondent at Berlin satd after an Interview with Wilhelm Cuno, the German chancellor, that pro- posats for a Rhine peace pact made through Wash!ngton, may possibly | again be made. e normal, flooding the docks and lower streets along the water front and causing great damage. The ..| huge volume of water, pouring down the Willamette valley 4 gram. It had previously aver-| and fed by a hundred tributary streams running banktull| immense quantities, the Willamette had beg Ree jof logs and drift of all kinds, which| it lodged against the pieces of the cit bridges and rendered 9 n to fall an3|}i{n the White r | flood, the worst exper! and Port‘and, a distance of 126 miles; reported extensive damage from the | waters, SEATTLE, Wash., Jan, 9.—W south of here, rising and reported to have alrea: reached the highest point in the h'‘s of the stre en. 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