Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 10, 1923, Page 2

PAGE TWO HOODED BASTROP, La., Jan. Jeff Bi LEADER | IDENTIFIED IN | KLAN ACTIVITY 10.—(By The Associated Press.) — ett, now under arrest on a charge of murder in ¢on- nection with the kidnaping and slaying of Watt Daniel and Thomas F, Richard, wea named today by Harry J. Neelis, automobile man of Bastrop, as one of two w who held him up on a road ne&r Bastrop August 17 or 18,. last—the same day Richard is said to have been first questioned bya hood- ed band as to an alleged attack on Dr. BY M. McKotn, former mayor of Mer Rouge. é This was the first mention of Bur- nett's name by witnesses at the state's investigation of masked and hooded band depredations and the slaying of Richard and Daniel. Mrs. W. E. Hopkins of Mer Rouge, was the fret witness when court re- THOMAS KEITH, BANK CASHIER, DIES SUDDENLY App tis Is Fatal to For. Employe of the - Wyoming National. Many friends suffer keenly the loss ef Thomas Keith, ex-service man and banker, who died at a local hospital at 9.15 thig morning after five weeks of suffering from appendicitis during which period every effort to save his Mfe had been made, including two blood transfusions. Kelth was 26 years old at the time of his death. He was cashier and manager of the Bank of Salt Creek. having been previously employed in the Wyoming National bank of Cas-! per. Whenehe was taken ill a few ‘weeks ago he was brought to Casper and placed in the hospital. American Legion buddies offered blood to save his life, and it was thought that the Becond transfusion would be success- ful, but after Iingering a few days rt "Your committee is of the opinion : Jacky” today at the’ Rialto theater, vi “How she know yur u a te . i in and offers to go him one better. reer Mg scot Si hats arid fu} viait in the tropiee of Florida, | .-D¥fne the holidays Mr. and Mrs. | to obey sald subposna; that the house Dr. M. pt r being owner of the Kelth Lum- ber company. A brother-in-law, R. S. Lynn, livs at Shoshoni, The body is now at the Shaffer-Gay ehapel awaiting word from the father of the deceased, James Keith, who mitate habitants are accompanying the At the Iris Theater resides in Iowa. to| Parted in thetr car for Chicago, go- | the “lid" thrown-in the ocean long |to the summon: beste 4 ee et came ghia nied Pci a ing by the way of Denver, Topeka, *} ago. ee - There was no suggestion as to how Thurséay, Friday an ROE BARTLE, o. Keith and J. EB. Keith, the} asked men l convened this afternoon, Shoe told of being held up o1 the Bastrop-Mer | Rouse road on August 24 by a band of hooded men. She and. other wo- | men; she s&id, were in an automobile. The witness testified one of the hood- ed men brandished his pistol, pointed it at her son, who was driving the automobile, “I said ‘Mr. Ku Klux we hay done anything,’ and then I saw twinkle in his eyes through the slits of his black hood. We were held at the point of a gun for about | five minutes and then told to drive on. We were again held up by a second hooded man. We were tolti to pro- | ceed. I looked back and saw one or two hooded men running back and forth between the two places.” “Do you know of any activities of the klan?” klan, but masked men took one or two nei off my husband's place. They ace them of having whiskey.” “Do you know anything about Addie May Hamilton's being de- ported?” “I saw her at the depot without a hat. ‘She was getting on the train. I did not know why she was leaving until next morning.” “Do you know anything about, | warning notes being circulated.” “Yes, I paid no attention to them until Watt Danfel and T, F, Richard had permanently disappeared.” Mrs. T. F. Richard, wife of one of the slain men, heavily vetled, followed Mrs. Hopkins on the stand. ‘When Was tho last time you saw your: hus- | bana?" “At our home in Mer Rouge the morning he left for Bastrop for the celebration on August 24, “What do you know about the kid- naping of your husband?” “I don't know whether it was the) IN IMPEACHMENT C. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—The gation of the impeachment charges sentative Keller, Republican, Minn Volstead. Whether it will be call i Cubs ball mined. “Nothing except what neighbors said. But’on August 18 he told me| about being taken out by. the’ klan.| ‘We were then in Bastrop where we intended to make our home. My. hus- band was going to work in a garage. | We brought the baby with us. TIT went shopping and left the baby with| her father. When I returned baby told me the ‘Ku Kluxs have got “She had heard me talking and reading about them some. We left for our home in Mer Rouge but the, baby kept talking about the Kuj Klux. ‘Oh, mamma they came with them black masks and got daddy, ‘would keep right on saying. I I later joined my husband! who said he had been taken out in the woods and held for two hours.” “Did your husbgnd tell you about kidnaped on’ August 18.” 8, he said they came’ and got him out of the gerage, blindfolded him, tied his hands. They took him out on the Monroe road. They asked be! Word received from friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hanway indicate and are doing all the things about which an editor dreams he would like to do when he shuffles off the gares of a busy newspaper plant. August, Mr. and Mrs. Hanway de- St. Joe, Mo.,!Centraville, Towa, and Clinton, Miss\ Isabel: Ha@way in’ school at Northwestern university, they re- sumed their journey which, when completed, they will have circled the United States. From ‘Chicago they crossed Lake Michigan to St. ‘Joe, Mich., thence to Detroit and along the iake shore drives to Cleve- park, Chicago, is growing. A section of the for an expans‘on that will raise the seating capacity to 81 Leaving Casper ‘the 29th of; last |holidays they enjoyed -a visit nt Ha- Towa. _ After establishing | |. A section” The “high spots” of the report are the resolution adopted yesterday by the committee vir- ee EEE FORMER TRIBUNE EDITOR ENJOYS FLORIDA WINTER, SAILS ON TROPIC CRUISE Ga, Jacksonvitie, Fla., St. Augus- tine, Palm Beach, and to gay Ml- ami, where they have beén since Hanway had as their house guests Mr, and Mrs, J,.A. Crawford of Towa, and Jack Craw- and the Centreville, ford, who is attending” Yale, Mss Isabel Hanway. After vana, where the races are on and Last reports from the’ travelerA told ofan aligator bunt, up; New River. Mr. Hanwaty claims. to. have killed three.a‘ligators, and many of his Casper Trlends dre expecting an alligator purée/as a souvenir when he returns to Casper in the spring. The ,party left Miami-on January 8 for @ trip.to the Inte of Pines, Porto. Rico, ‘Santo. ‘andstand is shown here being temoved report of the house judiciary committee on its investi- brought against Attorney General Daugherty by Repre- esota, was submitted today to the house, by Chairman led up for action by the house has not yet been deter- ‘ECHLEDY communicated the news. ORDER ciated Press.}—News to’, allow 180 fect long will'be moved 80 feet, SE tually dismissing the charges as un- ‘supported by evidence and the finding of the special sub-committee as ap- proved by the committee, the house had authority to punish Mr. Keller by imprisonment or otherwise for his refusal to obey @ subpoena issued af- ter ka? had withdrawn from the case. committee report said there was no “merit” to Mr. Keller's claim that he was not obligated to-respond to the subpoena since it was served on h'm while a representative in con- gress and_alided: 1 of representatives ‘possesses the pow- er to cduse him to be arrested and confined in prison until he shall con- sent to testify, such confinement not to extend beyond the ‘term of this con- sress, and power to otherwise deal with him so ag to compel obedien Minnesota, representative might be. dealt with otherwise than by Jm- prisonment, nor was there any recom- ™mendation that the house take any. setion ‘against him. Some committee- men favor the establishment of Precedent in this case but it was a foregone conclusion there would be a long and bitter fight against adopting USES LONDON SENSATION GERMANY OF OCCUPATION ated British and American be withdrawn. BRITISH ~ZRMIT FRENCH CROSSING While The only spectators were a police- Man, who is always on guard ‘there, and one newspaperman. GERMAN 18 ANTI-FRENCH LONDON, Jan. 10—{By The Aseo- clated Press.)—A reut@ dispatch from Cologne afternoon, say’ “The attitudé of the Germans in French. A lafge rresponsible sec- tion of the population favors resist- deat rs are nee son the wil ee the | Sdltor, of Abe New York World, and Fears are expressed judging by the screams of laughter “2 troops, should | 2) ich Pathe comedy in five. parts, today says two regiments of Lithuan- fan troops “profiting by the interna- tional situation” are crossing the frontier with the object of occupying Memel, the east Prussian aren inter. nationalized, by the treaty of Ver- sailies. A number of the frontier in- iseion to move troops: ugh. the .British occupied territory along the Rhine in pursuance of the French plan for wociated Pross.)—The LONDON, Jan. 10—(By The Asso-| troops to be put in motion for co-op- of Président |¢ration with the French in occupying Harding's order for withdrawal of the|the Ruhr entrained American troops from the Rhine fur.|four trains for Aix La Chapelle. They nished ‘something of a nensation in| totaled 1,800 men. diplomatic and official circles 10,5, TROOPS ON RHINE ORDERED PRESIDENT H » Machine gunners, BERLIN, Jan. 10.—The arrival in Essen of Dr. Hans Luther, ministec of food, is reported here today. PARIS, Jan, 10,(By The Associ-|sa'd he intends to realign from the Press.)—Germany was formally |oabinet and that notified. of the prospective seizure of | the office of burgomaster of Essen in the Ruhr district by a French foreign | Order to help the city in its present | office official, who drove up to the German embassy at four o’clock this afternoon. first Be'gian here today in here.| Tanks for the Rubr have left dl officials were disinclined to|rectly from Ghent, comment to any extent in advance of the official notification from Wash: ington, it was stated in authoritative|@viators and transport service men. Gircles that the American move was|The men, were selected from various unlikely to affect Great Britain's |Tesiments for their profic!ency. policy. he will again take HAROLD LLOYD SCORES ANOTHER KNOCKOUT IN “DA JAGK? AT RIALTO “If a vomparison ig to be-made ‘of the British area {s venomousty anti-} the funny business of the screen for ape Ley year, honors must go to Mr. od.” 80 wrote Quinn Martin, greeted Harold Lloyd's “Dr. Jack’ SOLD EVERY WHER v4 is a delicious congl ation of everything one could hope screen oy BAKING POWDER you wse /ess It js tricks “seems everlasting and one never knows, what. to-expect, excep! Hthat the -next laugh than the first, As a Lloyd has reached the. pli himself. as @ runner-up for honort ‘with the ‘screen's greatest boy Gh his love “scene with Mil vig seemed to uq t> be one of the, most delightful we have ever witnessed: ‘Besides all this, “Dr, Jack” containe @ real story—a story with @ seriour undertone of a girl's strugglé. for health. The girl is played, of course, by Mildred Davis, and she aids Lioyd charmingly in the sentimental vein of the comes when Lioyd,-ar the young doctor, begins his campaign to oust the eminent but unscrupulous physician from: the girl's household, Then the fun ie fast and furious with laughter piling up faster every moment, * A splendid cast of players, far above the average for a comedy, are seen in support of Mr. Lloyd. Eric Mayne {1 seen as the rival physician, and John T. Prince Is the girl's father. Nor. man Hammond is excellent as the family lawyer. Anna Townsend, seen in “Grandma's Boy,” appears to’ ad vantage, and othér roles are capably handled by Florence Mayon, Joy Win: throp, Oscar Morgan and ‘Auntle” Mackay, The comedy remains at the Rialto theater until Saturday night. ‘The troops from Brussels comprised infantry, cavalry, “We always keep a It fs the best th: I know for vema and similar flls, and it is Bentle and soothing it is excellent cuts, burns, or sores, nok Soap also—it’s ideal lexion ‘ The Best Show of the “LENA RiVERS | In 3 Acts. occupation of the Ruhr. ; 4 0, Ja. |the Gomfttee view as an established ee , > Som Ho tad ear se rola Sa land, Erie, Pa., Jamestown and Buf- | maica, Paname and: Bouth Amotica, |rulo- of the house. Manin Was ‘ : falo, across tp Montreal and Quebec | but will be back jn Miami in the.| ‘The of the nittee was 3 Fae eee arenes nim {HST | snviccanada ‘Athee' vieitingiterestict: contasae ree eakis i oie Cane SOILS RONIGHE were going to hand him.” “He told me they walked ‘him about’ the woods, He said he thought they were looking for a place to hang him. devoted: to a recital of the events in the impeachment proceedings. The otated committee contended itself with the Dublication of the names of the wit.| “otllla sjationed at Mayence will ing points in Canada, they turned south through New Engiand, thence | 10 New Yerk city, after which all interesting points in Jersey were According to Mr. Hanway the Volstead act 1s unheard of in Miami, and the thirsty can line up any-. COLOGNE, Jan. 10.—(By The Asso- Press.)—The ¥r-nch © Rhine * .thing «destred—wine from Spain, |nesses and the text of {ts resolution | MOV® Buhrort* and Executive Comes to] #* afied with ‘chat ho had tla. "aye! touched: — Heading southward | ‘beer trem Canada, gin from London | holding that these nee bonnes Duiabure, , Ca FE S sacs pe) i they ppabtrt io ae “hey, through Gettysburg, Baltimore, | and champagne from France, all at | ground “to believe Mr. Daugherty had FEELING TENSE pLasper From Scout [rita hs ihe vecceeeed anv't%| Washington, Richmond) Atlanta, | from $8.60 to $4 per quart, been gulity of any high crime or th ine Ca m'‘g- them. He said he told recognized Captain none of the others, Prevent Influenza The tonic and Laxative Bffect of Laxative BROMO QUININE Tablets will keep the system in a healthy condition and thus ward off all at- tacks of Colds, Grip or Influenza, “Adv, ‘The Hottentot’ With ‘Doug’ MacLean Scores them he Shipwith demeanor requiring the interposition er gn ee Peg 5 i of the impeachment powers of the| . ESSEN, Jan. 10.—(By The Associ. 4 house. x ated Press.)—This city and the neigh. - boring Ruhr district were vie. this morning, although there was a Strong ) seem eronren Of numbers. bas been | dee currentiot feeling nade, toneite x I om . < “Dancing Fool.” » | due to the uncertainty and lack of “My Cradle Melody.” oct eae relative to ‘the ¥ ‘rench plans, aetna ss pa bce tg ‘Announceiient that the, coal syndj “Stories. rate Pee bripuetal cpethadene 2 “« ; i uarte 1 ry Pha aaa’ fist pueayibien :stinreiaraiatnes ncn inhab- WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—The ‘spotlight of bootlegging’ rumors and charges which hag been hovering over Washing- ton had shifted back to the capitol today with the declara- tion by Representative Upshaw, Democrat, of Georgia, on the floor of the house that “bootleggers ply their devilish trade among too many public men in Washington.” “Why Should I Cry Over You." “Sweet Indiana Home." Miss Higgins will play two plano With opportunity. for reply by Rouse members to Representative Up: shaw'a speech, in which he declared RADIO PROGRAM THIS ety ch; senate and house, Representative Up: solos. he would turn over to enforcement authorities all evidence placed in his hands of liquor drinking by govern- ment officials, including membera of the senate and house, cut off by ad- ‘Journment immediately after he con- eluded yesterday, this was the next shaw declared, he had seen ‘some of| Piand’and saxaphone music will be the highest officials in Waashington{ broadcasted by the Wyoming Radi Ufting the devilish bottle to their} Corporation this evening for; the en Ups." In the evidence he was pre-| tertainment of radio fans, as the re- paring to turn in, he sal would in-|Sult¥of arrangements made today for clude the name of a “high official,“|%.concert by Mise Kathryn Higgins (not a diplomat) who returned from |°f Denver and O, F. Sayles. The fol- but | Work in K. C. A luncheon of the executive com- mittee of the Casper Boy Scouts was held at the Henning this noon to wel- come. to the city H. Roe Bartle, the new Scout executive of the Casper or- ganization, who arrived in the city this morning. Mr, Bartle hatis most recently from Kansas City, where he has been en- gaged in work among Boy Scouts. Hi has been doing work in the organiza. tion for the past 10 years and has ac cumulated a yast store of knowledge and erperlence that well fits him for hig new post. fe 1s @ graduate of the Scout mas- ten’s training course in Kansas City end ts personally endorsed by John H. Piper, regenal Scou: executive; as well as by E. C. Wright, the Scdut executive at Kansas Clty. A dinner will be held’ on January 16 for officials of the Casper Scout organization and members’ of the Backlog society, as well as of the council and committee. The annual meeting of the council will take place on January 18. fihatiarEie seicuass! 4 PRIZE WALTZ CONTEST FINALS DUE THURSDAY Lonesome Tele- the end of the day. * Dulaburg is said to be bustling with the activities of the French, whose + over eight public school buildings in s that city, from which they have taken THE NEW PERFECTED | ASPIRIN THAT BRINGS ONLY RELIEF | pecotivg) ge ae For the long winter evenings STORY@GLARK PLAYER PIANO family. Singing, Office of Holland at The Hague. development expected today. Outside of the membership of the Nothing ca: tivel: Biol #0 quickly or ef- . te nelther pio. can den: thi irom continul: its ey reall: it of saree use . This fred with all its Do Now “TING! LAXO. Al to genuine fn-combat: fe sure to ag ° is great fun for the whole tained 5 ‘ Rrttee wmriat cs ay Taogeed abroad some time ago with more than Added—e disestant and al ceplian sitet playing. every kind of home entertainment~ every the finals in tho $200 cash prize waltz a hoore of cases of foretgn liquor It's absorbed can it~ and because body does it the 24 contest will be held. The competitors marked “diplomatic: Fak BrAONis Rik —It relieves pain Sto: Glark ‘ 4 UL ; will be the 20 couples who have fin _e iets it Ask your D —It’s a gentle laxative eas “4 player + exceptiona, a bet It ies ished firat and second in the prelim! ; cas = Glark pla: i. i i i F Miss ‘Ven Dorp, now a member of TINGLE'S LAXO ASPIRIN very e er is equi with the 0 hel 2) ae ‘ ‘ Sey eae Seok lee the Dutch parliament, was the first| }) & eae ‘ef Ask Your Druggist for the “Three Point Bos? Storys Glark Imperial eA eoateieer the already won $100 in cash; distributea yeurshnown es Best, betete hietse hel Therapersic esearch Laboratories, a Automatic Tracki: and ‘Es sing Device~ the in $10 prizes. EVERYWHERE ‘The winner tomorrow evening ‘will TS action that never fails in rmance—installed recelve a $50 cash prize, second place : will carry with it a prize of $25 and third place a prize of $15. The win: ners will be acclaimed the prize waltz ers of the state, The cpntest has been ‘one of mont popular ever held in dancing olrles in Casper. More than 600 en- tries have been recorded in the last 10 weeks, showing the number of peo: ple who have been personally inter- ented in the YJ. Mok Glark instruments, and the reason why Story «Clark players give utmost satisfaction GRAERLALSLD The Chas. E. Wells Music Company 232 East Second St. The t “Hottentot" opened at the America theater with a bang yester- day, It was reoetved with the great est enthusiasm of any picture to play at this popular theater in a long timo. It 4s one continuous laugh from start to finish. It is the greatest thing Thomas Ince has produced since the neverto-be-forgotten ‘Mickey’ and those who saw it yesterday think the thrills even aurps NOTICE Knights of Columbus—Big Meeting and Entertainment at ‘The Odd Fellows’ Hall Also Lunch. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10, at 8 P. M. the CKS Pearl White IY tiene Ueat Poor ~ Laundry. New Phone Number 1702 MISS. HAZEL U. HOOPMAN Teacher of Piano Phone 698 Studio 138 South Durbin che Phone 194 |