Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 13, 1923, Page 1

P ‘Hawy Ven Alston Kill ADA, “I regret ts-that I didn't ki myself. jacLaren, her Weather Forecast Gen fair tonight and 3 ees Fie " F Serer id eee eee GIRL SHOT DOU IN AESTAURANT BY SUITOR WHO SHS HE I$ GLAD Miss , Marion Mac- Laren, Wounds Her Brother ‘and Tums Gun On Himself NEW YORK, Jan. 13.— Harry Van Alstein, member of a vaudeville team, shot and killed Miss Marion MacLaren, stage beauty a musical troupe, wounded her brother, Hugh, and then shot himself in a cafe here late last night. He- told police — he killed the @irl because she hud broken their engagement to be married and refused even to talk with him. Van Alstein said his mother lived at 2211 Davenport street, Omaha, Neb. He was under arrest in Belle: Yue hospital on a homicide charge. ‘His self inflicted wound was not ser- fous, physicians said. Hugh Mac- Laren, brother of the dead musician was hurt slightly. “Iam not sorry I shot her,” Yan Alstein told police. “I loyed her and she drove-ime insane by her refusal ¥en to talk to .. The. only thing Miss a@urant ining in a rest- IRREGULARS IN IRELAND BURN, KIDNAP DOCTOR DUBLIN, Jan, 13—(By The Asso-|_ elated )—Dr. Oliver Gogarty, member of the Irish Free State sen- ate, was kidnaped last night by two men but escaped after being taken some distance outside the city by h's captors, tt was Iarned here suthorita- tively today. BUBLIN, Jan. 13.—(By The Associ- ated Press.)—Thero is a well founded rumor, says the Press Association to- @ay that the irregulars kidnaped at least one member of the Irish Free State senate last night, It is belleved he is being held as a hostage for Ernest O'Malley. tho frregular com- mandant who was captured in No- vember and {« ewaiting courtmartial. Jan. 13.—(By The Assoct- — Armed men today burned che house of William Cos- grave, gresident of the Irish Free Btate ministry at Ballboden, near Rathfarnham, county Dublin. Mr. Coegrave has not resided in the house for some time. RUSS RATIFY KRUPP CONCESSION, REPORT BERLIN, Jan. 13.—The Russian woviet government, according to ad vices received here, has ratified en agreement granting an agricultural concession to the Krupps. BOOZE LANDED? NO, NO, HAYNES! HA, HA, 1, JERSEY! WASHINGTON,’ Jan. 13.—Press dispatches describing the landing of large quantities of illicit beverages by. fleet of rum runners on the New Jersey coast, were declared to» be “absolutely erroneous” in=an official report received today by Federal Pro- hibition Commissioner Haynes ‘from the New Jersey dry headquarters, NEW YORK, Jan. 13—(By The As. sociated Press.}—William R. Sanders, chief of the inspection division of the United States ‘customs service here which Thursday night captured four rum-runners off the Jersey coast to- day characterized as ‘laughable’: the denial of prohibition enforcement Activities -of large proportions Sandy Hook. Mr. Sanders suited his action to bis words, Jaughing heartily as he said: “Our capture of four heavily laden rum runners {s all the support I need to offer. The next day or two will tell just- how great the activities have been.’”? CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY IN MILLION FRAUD HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 13.—Elmer €. Hammond, one of six men indicted on ® conspiracy charge. in connection, with’ the alleged embezzlement of $800,000 from, the City National bank of “Lincoin? Neb., isin the “Harris county; jail. today “under a warrant sworn out before the United wtates: commissioner. Tom C. White, head“ of the federal department’ of juatice, arrested Ham- his ‘return in the custody of a federal officer to Nebraska, The warrant sworn out by White before the United States commission- er, charged Hammond with, on or about November 11, 1920, at Lincoln, Neb,, alding and abetting L. B. Howey and others in a scheme to d fraud a member bank of tho federal reserve ‘system. Nebraska Woman Found Guilty Of Murder by Jury on a charge of killing George Bohnk, a former neighbor, September 14, 1922, was found guilty of second de- gree murder by a jury there: early today, accord’ng to a special dispatch recelved from Harlan by the Omaha World-Herald. Mrs, Lebeck pleaded the “unwrit- ten law,” and. self defense. She also declared her daughtér, Therma, 13, béfore Bohnk was siain, told her he had made improper advances to her, _——— NEW BREED OF MOSCOW, Jah. 13.—A dispatch to Izyestia reports the discovery of a counter’ ‘revolutionary organization with branches in western Siberia and a section of the Ural mountains. More than three hundred peasants have been arrested. BOYS RUN AWAY, CANADA IS GOAL Presumably beaded for Canada to- ay are William Karman, aged 17, and his younger brother aged 14, who last night ran away from thelr home in the North Burlington addition. The boys have been living with their krandmottier, Mra. M, Miller, at 846 Madison street. The fact that both boys farmerly | Uved tn Canada before coming to Cas-} per at the time of the death of their mother, and that thelr father is at present in tha country, leads their relatives here to feel sure that they are headed north, Telephone reports have been sent gents that there were rum running | \Active Steps to REDS IN URALS, WOMAN WHIPPED aY TEXAS MOB HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 13—Alded by 7-year old Bonnie Lee Han‘ison who {s said to have seen a crowd of 15 or more disguised men who draggea her mother from home, cut! oft her long hair and whipped her, | authorities expected to come out in the open with their investigations. The alleged whipping. was adminis- tered to Mrs. Ht. H. Harrison, 80, a wigow, the night of January admitted to officers, but has been kept secret until yesterday, when rumors were clroulatéd. Besides the Widow, a man said to have been R. A, | Armand, 28, of Middletown, Texas, was taken out by the disguised men, | it was said, ‘The child was the first to see the mob member, one of whom knocked | at the door of the Harrison home at} Gooss Creek, an of town 35 miles| southeast of Houston, about 9 p. m. | ‘The victim of the mob sald two of its, menibera wore the garb of women, | although obviously were men, while, others dressed es circus clowns and | other ofd characters. Mrs. Harrison refused to descri {Continued on Page Ty _ Mexiéo -crrx— - | in| i 3 io os fe ‘The temporary al z postponed. until January considered it inadvisable to hold a Sate Se ne Ot ean*| bliry) the Sritiah wnemnber, did ~NEW YORK—W..T. Hornaday, di- tor of the Bronx 200 declared gray ber wolves were ini is” rap- idly in some northern sections of the United States.- merits. The French requested post- ponement ‘of the -payznent 4n order that they might finish, preparation of their new moratorium plan: Roland W. Boyden, the American WASHINGTON — Julius ‘Barnes, president ef the chamber of com- ‘merce of the United States saiil that body was considering the advisability of participating in the international labor office set up by the treaty of Versailles, which'lasted,a half hour. Steps were taken to notify the German govern- ment of the delay. In reparations circles Jt was inti-| mated that. France was hoping that the moratorium. would permit tho Ruhr situation to take definite shape, making ‘evident “the extent of the “passive repistance” policy which Wiihelmstrasre secma to have plan- ned. There was also a report that} France might endeavor to arrange a} meeting with Germany to discuss a} settlement in ytew of the fact. the| French are. now in the Ruhr. Great | Britain, Italy, Belglum and possibly | the United States, it was sald, "might bo asked:tovattend. In the event a‘plan for direct dls- cussion failed ft. waa suggested a two year moratorium with certain condi- tons would be soon granted Ger- many. WASHINGTON—The house ‘passed ve independent office appropriation bill carrying $496,235,771. SAN FRANCISCO—Five of the largest coffee importers were without coffee because of the late date at which the Central and South Ameri- can crop reached maturity. ALBANY, Georgia~Spokesmen for the Ku Klux Klan, denied at an open meeting that thé organization . was anti-Jewish, anti-Catholic and anti- Nogro, but admitted such persons could not join, warming. with pollus. ‘The eity i France purposes to hod to compel reparations iIBRIEF MORATORIUM GRANTED GERMANY; YEAR HINTED AT Reparations Commission Postpones Pay- ment of 500,000,000 Gold Marks Due Monday, Until January: at. PARIS, Jan. 18.—The reparati reparations commission this\morn- observer, was Present at the meeting, |” payment. Saree 1 the payment of 500,000,000 gold marks due from Germany next Monday. France, Italy and Belgium voted for daly. Sir John Brad- not cast a ballot. There was no discussion of this brief moratorium on its float internal Joans of gold and paper marks, to balance. the budget, and to permit a committee of guarantees to wasume control” of German internal finances. PARIS, Jan. 13.—(By The Assoc‘a- ted Press.)\—The French cabinet with Premier Polncare presiding met today to consider the reparations situation. An official communtieatio# sald; “Premier Poncare, M. Maginot, the minister of war, and M. Latrocquer? the minister of public works, reported on very satisfactory information they tion of our engineers in the Rubr ‘and the first conversat‘ons, held with the manufacturers of the district,” cs esas aia re U.S. Troops Leave Hun Territory MAYENCE, Jan. 13.—(By The As- sociated. Press)—Major _Gerieral Henry T. Allen, commander of . the formed Frenuh general- heagquarters American forces of occupftion, in- “WASHINGTON —Fire arms will not be sold to any nation or individ: ual by the American government dur. Ing President’ Harding's administra- tion it was officially announced. These. condfions, according to a} forecast of what France is ready to grant, would include the mainten-| ance of the economic commission} already in the Ruhr and the occupa-| nm of that entire region in the ev: ent| rmany did not immediately accept | the moratorium’ provisions. The Ger-| man government would also agree to NEW YORK—Dr. M. C. Whitaker awarded the Perkin medal for the most notable achievement in applied chemistry of the year, here today that the United States in withdrawing ita troops from from. the Coblenz bridgehead. The troops, an official communique says, will leave January 21 for Bre men whence they will sail for the United States. The officers and ther families wll travel on commercial ners. Improve Potato Market Decided 8T. PAUL, Jan, 13.—Dvelston to take active steps to improve. market- ing copditions for raisers of potatoes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Da- kota, South Dakota, Négbi\ska, Michi- gan and Montana was renched at a conference here yesterday of agricul tural representatives of these states A committee was named to work out 2 program for establishing mar. keting machinery for handling the potato crops of the seven atates. fs ta cr ibro cack , CHEYENNE, .Wyo., Tan. 13.—4Spe- 1 to Tribune.)—Tho portion of Gov- ernor Ross's message to the Wyoming legislature Thursday that is causing more comment among legislators thaa any .other is that relating to the Loulsiana severance license tax law. the adoption of a measure sim'lar to which the governor. recommended as RELEASE GUARD INSPECTOR CHARGED WITH MURDER, WICHITA FALLS, Texas, Jan, 13. Major W. L. Cuberson, inspector of Texas national guards, was released in $12,000 bond here yesterday after the grand jury had returned an in- dictment charging him with the mur- der of M. L. Lamar. Lamar was shot revenue from mineral resources de- out to officers in neighboring towns and t is ex d that the palr will be apprehended before night of today's storm, considerable anxiet {a felt for their safety. and killed Monday and Cuberson sur: De fr the output be taxed m minera liately lan Ives the apite the constitutional provision that} 2 to only 1 lands} tro LIVELY LOBBY DEBATES OVER SEVERANCE TAX Governor's Suggestion: for Passage of Wyoming Law Like Loutsiana’s Caus- ing Much Discussion or is not, feasible is’ a tople of lively lobby debate. Inasmuch as th. is an attorney there are many legislators {nclined to assume that he spoke from fh legal understanding of the Wyo- m'ng situation when he suggested the pasenge of a severance license tax law for this state, The Loulslana severance license tax a means for increasing the State’s| statute provides that they shall be Assesed a rpecinl license tax of from 3 per cent on all mineral seyered land or water, tinued on P. \ « fm tho Ruhr vailey wi soon be under the dom'nion of the French flag near Dusseldorf in the heart of the great industrial district which LETE FLASHES WASHINGTON.~Sult fop allege’ Ubel;-asking $135,000 was filed against Representative Ross A. Collins cf Mississippi-by the. Rey. James, E Arnold, whose wife was a candidate @gainst Collins in the last election. . CHICAGO.—Orders for ‘additions! equipment placed by the Tilinols Cen- tral and’ the Chicago Northwestern railroads together totaled $22,000,000. CHICAGO.—Tho Yerkes ‘observa tory reported Venus was:concealed by the moon for nearly 45 minutes today. CHICAGO.—It was reported. air- Planes carricd 48,986,920 letters in one year. WASHINGTON.—A suggestion that the navy be called on to fight Atlantic coast rum runners wis made in a let- ter to President Harding’ today from the legislative department of tho National Congress of Mothers. VALLETTA, Malta, Jan.- 13.—(By ‘The Associated Press.—It js reliably reported from Smyrna, , says Reuters today that the ‘Turks’are feverishbly preparing to resume hostilities tn the é - wn of the Lausanne peace conference AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 13.—Secret organizations in Texas would be re- egies to make pubifc annually a list of their membership under a bill in- trodyced in the. lower house of the state legislature today by Representa- tive VY. D. Fugier of Marshall. . These lists would be filed with the clerks of each county. Mr. Fugler stated. his proposed measure had been prepared particularly in view of Ku Klux Kia activities In ‘Texas, WASHINGTOD dent Harding and leaders, after a thorough canvass of the situaton, decided today that this is not the time to seek an amend men to the debt fund law Iberalizing the terms of settlements by nations owing money to the United States, Jan. 13,—Pres!- Republican house TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan. 13.—One man Was killed and several injured when @ Baltimore and Ohio passenger train runn’ng on the Pere Marquette tracks crashed into the rear of a freight train one mile north of the Ohlo-Mi¢h- igan state line at 10 a; m. today, pis bd Raise In Price Of Oil Is Met By Sinclair Co. TULSA, Okla., Jan, 13.—The Prairie Oil and Gas company today announced an increase of ten cents per barre) on all grades of mid-continent ofl, includ: ing Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas The company also posted a price of $2.10 per barrel. for oil of 41 degrees baume gravity or better. this Meenwe tax | company tax | The Sinclair Crude Ol im y met P uehadtog | the RANGERS HOLD GIRL IN TEXAS MURDER CASE WACO, Texas, Jan. 13.—Texns rangers haye charge of Miss Naomi Boucher and-her brothers, Horace and Bernard, according to local peaco officers, following atrest of the three late yesterday. Complaint was filed by I. A. Skipworth and Ranger Cap- tain R. D. Shumate, charging the brothers and sister with murder in connection with the death of Grady Skipworth, son of I, A. Skipworth near here November 20, Skipworth was shot and killed while driving with Miss Boucher in Cameron spark, His body was hurled over a cliff, according to Miss-Bouch- er's previous testimony.. Ivory Clay, a negro, has deen held charged with the killing of Skipworth. The girt had told officers, they had reported that she had been thrown over another precipice by a negro, who, she said, had killed Skipworth. — CLAIM M’KOIN “SHOT UP’ OWN CAR FOR KLAN BASTROP,| La., Jan, 13,—William B. Stuckey, Mer Rouge lawyer and a former member of the Lousiana leg: isiature, testifying today in the state's open hearing inguiry into masked and hooded band activities in More- house“parish “feclared the theory had been advanced in Mer Rouge. in con- nection with an alleged attempt kl Di. B. M. MeKoin, former. may: of Mer Rouge; that Dr.’ McKoin up” his own car to galm the support of members of the Ku Klux Klan. to Mr, Stuckey described himself as An opponent of the klan. He also de- clared Mr. McKoin had incurred the enmity of many persons in and about Mer Rouge because of what he termed “bull in the china. shop” methods of McKoin, while he was mayor. ———.— SIBLEY CHOSEN FINANCE HEAD AS SOLONS GO CHEYE: 1, Wyo,, Jan. 18.—(8pe- clal to, The Tribune.}—-Both houses of the Wyoming legislature late yester- day recessed until Monday. Many of the members will go to Denver today to attend the opening of the Western National Livestock show. President Skovgard of the senate announced the selection of Senator Stephen II, Sibley of Laramie county as chairman of the finance commit- tee, which is considered the most tm- portant: committee assignment. © Sen- ator Lewis H. Brown of Sweetwater county heads the jJudictary’ commit. tee, Senator H. 8. Kirie of Goshen coun- ty js chairman of the education com- mittee and Senator W. W. Daley of PARIS, Jan, 13—(By The Assi ciated Press.)—The allied council o: ambansadors decided this morning to make energetic representations at Kovno, to induce the Lithuanian gov- ernment to bring pressure to bear on the group of Lithuanians menacing Memel. The ambassnors are of the opinion that the Lithuanian government 1s Brisk Alike?” EDITION | or | ing authorities at Essen and Duesse epee FINAL NUMBER 82. EMBLEM HOISTE BY INVADERS 1S DESTROYED, SAY GEAMAN GABLES Essen Itself Quiet, With Miners Grumbling, but Continuing at Work. Economic Life Un- disturbed BERLIN, Jan. 13.— (By The Associated Press.) — At Steele, two miles outside of Essen, the French flag hoisted by the occupying troops was torn down and destroyed, says a dispatch to Vorwaerts to- day. ES8EN, mn. 13.—(By The Asso ciated Press.)—While Germany. gen- erally was proparing for the observ- ance of tomorrow as the “Sunday of mourning" over the occupation of the Ruhr, the actual establishment of the Freench and Belgian garrisons cor tinued to be extended and the oceup: Were making further effort: toward direct negotiations with the big industrialists and mine operators. "Confiscations and arrests,” were threatened if 2 number of the latter failed to heed the invitation sent them by the control commission for a con- ference here today. ‘Today's invitation was sent to about a score of the most prominent opera- tors in the occupied areas: ‘The con- trol commission has been divided into three sections which” will deal, re- spectively, with the coal syndicate, tho: mines. association, and the iron producers association, General De Goutte in a proclama- tion this morning gave notice “ali possible measures of pressure” would be applied in case the commission officials were in any way interferred with or endangered in thelr work, of in the event the local authorities. dis- turbed the economic life of the area through actual deeds or passive re sistance. The proclamation expressed” the hope that the relations between the Belgian and French officials and the population would be equally as good as in the occupted territory on the left bank of the Rhine, General De Goutte pointed ont the occupation was not a military opera- tion and that it bad no political char- acter being merely for the purpose of supporting and protecting the mem- bers of the commission. He appealed Read It Daily Beginning with This Issue to the people for their co-operation. The four main Dope gb saine work: ers have fesued an 1 to thelr (Continued on Page Ten.) KOVNO IS ASKED . TO HALT DRIVE able to stop the mov: promptly and vigoroual The ambassadors decided to send a French colonel to Memel to take charge of the allied forces, After the arrival of tho British and French vessels ordered to Memel this force will consist of British and French marines and the company of French soidiers already there, nt if it acts ARTHUR STRINGER’S Story “ARE ALL MEN ALIKE” Begins today in the Tribune. It is a lively story of a pretty girl who de- manded freedom and longed for self-expres- sion. A tale of obstreperous youth blustering along to a climax in which she decides the long-puzzling question: “Are All Men