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

Weather Forecast Snow probable tonight and |) Saturday; not much change in temperature. VOLUME VIL. ° ° ° e ° o. e ° ° ° aily Trine iY, FEBRUARY 9, 1923 KILL SCORE ° ° ° ° FINAL EDITION NUMBER 105. tt, © sd ° ° ° ° ? ° 122 Entombed in New Mexico, 34 Meet Death in Canada EIGHT MURDERS ARE CONFESSED BY NEGRO TANKS OUELL GERMAN MOB French Bring War Machines Into Action and Put Down Demonstration Without Bloodshed; Resistance Stronger DUESSELDORF, Feb. 9.—(By The Associated Press.) —' French soldiers aided by tanks broke up a demonstration at Rockiinghaus: esterday. Not a shot was fired. Generally speaking, the Ruhr situation remains unchanged, German re- france ts even more staunch than ever. There are reports that agents from Berlin are canvassing the Ruhr villages and towns, urging the workers to reslstys .it64 to contract for the lumbering. and strike, The military authoritles|can and. Canadian compaies, will hawe decided to arrest and put in jail all members of the protection police “who refuse to salute French officers. Food is becoming scarcer and sug- ar is unbtainablo here. The French plan to lift the duties for such food: stuffs are now taxable. ‘The railroad srike is still complete throughout the area occup‘ed by the French, Except for a military train, the Rhineland, Ruhr, Treves, May- enee, Coblenz snd. Ludwigshafen dl- vidions are at a complete standstill. Four hundred carloads of coal are now in. tho yards outside Duisburg awaiting transportation to France, mes trains left yesterday. ‘ 6 forces of occupation. now main- salt a fleet of 22 tugs Om, the Rhine, The French have permitted three trajn loads “of coal consigned to Switzerland to crose the Ruhr fron tet at Bracken, © Another train de stined for Holland was Cleared from Friederic! sfeld. ‘The French threaten an embargo on ‘the export of manufactured ar: ticles and steel and fron as well. ‘hey also threaten to forb:d the importation of iron ore except from ‘Lorraine. ae German industrialists bark that thelr plants’ will be pret bs hut down within a week if impo BS fron ore are cut oft. “he miners @re now receiving from <== 580 to 15,000 marks a day with a bongs of 520 marks for a wife and each child. The sterl workers’ wage 'SSELS, Feb. 9.—(By The Asso- rag Press.)—Active exploitation of cccupied. Germany by France and tum is expected to be under way fetely in a short time. Goad ie already arriving by rafl and water in spite of the rail atrike. ‘The technical preliminaries in con- nection with working the state for- ests have been finished, and Mt is an- nounced that Belgian firms will be ——<—<——————— Officials to Welcome Rail Party, Report CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 9.—Sec- retary of State ¥ Lucas, ' 1g Gov. Wm. 4 Cc. 8.) Till, ot tmmi- and a legislative committee § a leave tonight for Miles City, Mont., to welcome Scott Ferris of New York and Senators Walsh of Mon- tana and Kendrick of Wyoming who are coming west for a visit to the ptinclpal citles and towns along the route of the new Wyoming North and South railroad. Accord- ing tb Intest advices the eastern iy arrive in Miles City Monday and from there will work south to the southern terminus of the line. later be charged with the same work. re POLISH CHURCH HEAD IS SLAIN WARSAW, Feb. 9—(By The Asso- ciated Press.}—The chief of the Rus- sian church in Poland, the Metropol- itan George, was assassinated last night by the Russian Monk ‘Smaragd. ‘The assassin belonged to a ‘group of the clergy which opposed the Metro- politan because of the Jatter’s pro- Polish policies. \ Mrs. David G. Joyce, who. was robbed of where this picture wild An. few yards distant trom en. er “companion, above is Mrs. Oliver 'Temme. | itchel!. Steer Clear of Drink, Last Words of Hanged Slayer Mystery Crimes at | Waco Cleared Up | by Admission WACO, Texas, Feb. 9.—A series of crimes which have oaffled officers here for the bast year were cleared today oy the alleged confession of Roy Mitchell, negro, to having com. mitted eight murders, three assaults to murder and a number of attacks on women from February 12, 1922 to January 19, 1923, according to Sheriff Leslie Stegall and County At. torney C.\S.: Farmer. Many Bodies Taken from British Col- umbia Mine; Few Escape Tragedy CUMBERLAND, B. C., Feb. 9.— -| The death toll in last night's ex- plosion in No. 4 mine of the Cana- The slayings said to have been} dian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Limited, confessed to by Mitchell follow: wife and Homer Turk at Concord, February 12, 1922. | W. P. Driskell, May 7, 1923. |} Harrel Bolton, May 25, 1922. | Grady Skipworth, November 20. 1923. two miles from here, was definitely Murder of W. H. Barker and his! Placed at 14 witity miners and 20 | Chinese, in a statement issned by "| mine officials here this afternoon. ‘Twenty-six bodies had been brought | to the surface. ‘| CUMBERLAND, B. C., Feb. W. E. Holt and Mrs. Ethel Dene-|).—-Fifty-one coal miners lost camp, January 19, 192 Thies Wothen Were assaulted when| Heir lives when fire damp ex: thelr escorts were killed, two of the Ploded in the second level of women. having been subjected to two assaults, according to the alleged con- fession. ‘The confession was made to }thé sheriffand county prosecutor last ‘Their cases are now on appeal. by the young woman and was sho BILLINGS, Mont., Feb. 9.—Just before daylight this morning, Joe B. Reagin and purned his body. Glenna M. Bolton were hanged in the Treasure county jail at Hysham for the murder of Bolton was pronounced dead at 3:33 a. m. and Reagin 20; Under-Sheriff Irving Keeler. minutes later. The men went to the scaffold with no evidence of nervousness. pear and was accompanied by the Rev. GB. Nye, of the Hysham Presbyterian church, ‘EARLY BIRDS’ TO Sheriff Phil Isaac and Undersheriff W, E. Williamson. He mounted the saffold with falling snow whitening his bared head and faced the as- sembled witnesses. He thanked the officers in a final statement, for their courtesy to him during the year he has been held in jail and for their kindness to his mother and sisters. ‘The hood was drawn over his head at 3:41 a. m. and the trap sprung. He was pronounced dead at 3.49. Reagin was taken to the scaffold 10 minutes later, accompanied by the minister and the officers and walking as rapidly as his crippled knee, shat- tered by a rifle bullet in effecting his capture would permit. He made some remark about the snow storm and took his place under the noose with- out any show of fear or nervousness. “I hope to meet all you men on the other side of the blue. So long,” was his enswer to the opportunity given by the sheriff to make a statement, and as the hood was belng put in place he shouted “Good-bye men” In a voice that could be heard for considerable distance. The drop fell at 3:54 a. m. and Reagin was. pro nounced dead 16 minutes later. Not until 2:50 a, m. this morning, when the death warrant was received by Sheriff Isaac, did the condemned men give up hope that efforts made by Attorney General Wellington D. Rankin and others to secure a re- prieve from Governor Dixon would be successful, As Reagin left the jail he handed the following statement to County Attorney C. L. F f “February 9, 19: Hysham, Mont. (Continued on Page Nine) SUIT INVOLVING STAR NEARS END Lot ANGELBS, Feb. 9,—The sult ress—the testimony given yesterday of Gegrge Edwin Joseph, New York attorney, for $36,000 he alleges is due him from Pauline Frederick, actress for gekting her professional engage- ments mnd her counter suit for $46,647 were expected to be concluded today. Contrasted with early evidence— telegrams of such a sentimental na ture aa to cause the plaintiff to blush as he [identified them and gave his reuuong for sending them to the act- sremed prosaic. As Attorney Joseph went over, item by {tem, his entire professional bin against Miss Frederick, he de- clored ove item of $15,000 was added to ald ner in reducing her income tax, He also declared that he and Miss Frederick had agreed not to permit the sults ¢ il our great big Bolton was first to ap-| driving in Cameron park, but wa: (Continued on Page Eleven.) Hight, <put-inowriting- andaslenc® by! hoa'es had ‘Two negroes were tried and con victed of the slaying of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell” confessed. One of ‘thane|SE°# £0, safe. A repre that ‘vr negroes, Cooper Johnson, was given) the death penalty and the other, Bennie Young, = life imprisonment. |’ Another negro has been killed for a crime to which Mitchell is said to have confessed. When Harold Boltor., was killed his girl companion was as-|DY .the blu saulted. A negro was later {dentifica|™' by the girl's father. A mob then! afine No, 4 of the Canadian tolleries (Dunsmuir), Ltd., tlestimated by. mine officials been brought to the sur fades this morning. not be confirmed Identifica! the Indies hay not been com's A. and the remainder Orientals. t] far ow could ve mos tlint rotted one f the wen were kitied cnt fw s On May 17, 1922, Mitchell confessed |"'Zht by the ezturion and tons cf he shot a man and woman who were “hris separated thelr podies fru: (rescue workers. frightened away and both recovered.| Fourteen men, all asphyxiated Barly in January, 1923, he held up a were found in a group in a remote | (Continued on Page Eleven.) HOLD ADVANTAGE First Returns Count More Than Last-'Police on Hunt Minute Votes in $16,000 Gift Race Launched by Casper Tribune Persons contemplating entering the Tribune’s gigantic election should send or bring their nominations immediately. Those who are interested in seeing their friends becoming candidates should see that they are nominated without fur- ther delay. All nominations received now will be given credit with 5,000 votes. Remember, there is only one way to make nominations. Candidates must either nominate themselves or be the choice of some friend who will do it for them. The management is not going to place any names in the cam- paign, and if you want to be sure that your name is among those from which the owners of the grand prizes are to be chosen, the gurest way is to send in or bring in your nomination blank yourself—do this at once. During the big prize campaign, the) election headquarters at the ‘Tribune office will be open every. evening until 9 o'clock to answer inquiries, receive votes, etc. Bear in mind that it will not take long to win one of the big prizes. The campaign will be a very short one. And at the close of the cam- paign the votes will be counted by a committee of prominent business men. Those who have obtained the greatest number of votes will be formally pre- sented with the handsome prizes— prizes that were won simply by. col- lecting votes in their spare time. Now, right now, TODAY, is the| time to begin. If you want a new Sedan, {f you you wish and take your friends or your family driving there is no rea- son why you can not win It. of having a car all your own to go where you wish and stay as long as you please—a car that has a: reputa- tion of reliability all the way through, luxurious, comfortable and powerful. ‘That's just what you can have if you are willing to put forth a little effort {Continued on Page Four) For Absconder; $30,000 Taken SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Feb. 9.—Police ‘anada are searching for Samuel | with, it is charged more than $30,000 stein has sworn out a warrant charg- ing Yanowltch with embezzlement. Yanowiten was ordered before the examination as to his desirability as was released followng his hearing, but later authorities decided he was an. undesirable citizen and orders for his deportation to Russia, were issued prior to his disappearance. The Tribune’s great annual Indus- trial Edition will be issued next Sun- day, and will be delivered to all sub. scribers' with the regular Sunday pa- It will sell on the streets Sun After Sunday, howe unless ordered nt to on an automobile of} Coples may be ob TRIBUNE'S INDUSTRIAL ISSUE WILL BE OUT SUNDAY: REGULAR ing at the Tribune office. All who have. friends or relatives in Cas: per, and development of the great west, wil find this edition of great value and in terest. The first two sections of the In dustrial are already off the press anc the others aro virtually filled, Mer chants desiring any space must b your own #o that you can ride when| tained wrapped and. ready for; mall-| their copy in immediately. ¥ immigration officials last July for a citizen of the United States. He if who are interested in the © 8 with the senter ‘MAN DRINKS BAD WHISKEY AND PROCEEDS 10 BRUISE Pretty Frankle Blair, a chorus girl at a local theater, ared before Judge John A. Murray last night throughout the United States and|With her features badly marred. and Jone eye greatly swollen as a result | Yanowltch, who left here January 31,|0f having been beaten. by the hands of George Wilson, who declared that belonging to H. Goldstein, manager |he had been in an intoxicated condl- of a moving picture theater. Gold-|tion and that therefore he did not know whether he had been guilty of the offense or not. According jo the story given out {n court, Wilson; had come to Frankt room in the hotel presumably “to pick quarrel with Babe Draper, another chorus girl and the room- mate of Wilson's. victim. Frankie Blalr had objected to the jloudness of Wilson’s voice and had said something to the effect that the would all be turned out if he didn keep still. Wilson was deaf but n dumb, nor would words alone satisfy him. Not until! he had prevente Miss Blair's face from being capable of exhibit before the foot lights within a month, had he satisfied him self that time, the police hud been called and he was not given fur The disturbance had cost the girls their jobs at the theater and also a request from the landlord to find other quarters, according to testi- mony. “You and Wilson were pre' ds, weren't you, Babe? od ed 1 te | the ity attorney 1 jand 30 days endant RESCUE HOPES AT DAWSON ARE LOW Two Escape With Lives from Scene of Dawson Disaster but Dead Bodies of Others Are Found and Rescue Work for Others Is Rushed by Miners DAWSON, . M., Feb. 9.—(By explosion yesterday. Two men have The Associated Press.)—Up to 2:15 | escaped from the mine alive and two miles from here last night, it was hen. 21 One Chinese miner made his way two miies torough smoke filled prs others had tren found aliys esuid pn cf Of the dead, twenty were whites Tieseue parties worked all night in an effort to reach the men entombed “forlorn hope for it apparent almest from ths fint we the tary cng the tars, ihe | vorce from Brv o'clock this afternoon eight bodies | 112 miners still as had been recovered from Phelps- | All of the men within the ming, Dodge corporation mino + | according to the belief of company” where 122 men were entombed by an | officials, are dead. * the miné> DAWSON, N. M., Feb. 9.—(By The Associated Press.) Two miners of the 122 entombed yesterday in mine No. 1 here of the Phelps-Dodge corporation came out alive today. They walked out unassisted. As they neared the mouth of the mine they met a rescue party coming in. The men were Charles Candale and Filini Martinez. They wore in th2-fourth suuth tlér] wrapped thelr wet sweaters about of the property when the territ| their faces and breathed through blast can, They immediately these. out the jights on thuir lamps w For hours the men walted for the the intention of saying those for use| air to get purer. Finally the ventila iu ymaking -thelr “escape This-aetttion improved. The men, however, unfoubtediy saved) the'r Iv nine | did not consider it safe to Venture out vificials pomted omy of their passageway until this morn. the chauce of an explosion in thet> vi-} ing. cloity. eee ‘Candale ard Martinez ren.ain:d in| SEVEN BODIES ’ the mine all night. sfraid to venture] ARE RECOVERED, $ from the tler where they were stand-|| DAWSON, N. M., Feb, 9,—Seven Ing when the expiosin came. T'day|bodies of miners entombed in. mine ey sleclted to rigic the dany-r of|No. 1 of the Phelps-Dodge corpe-a- pewsible gas and we hed out of the|tion here by an explosion yesterday mine. afternoon, have bene recvered and The escape of thy pair cause@ re|the company has announced that newed hope that other miners inside|there is ‘very little hope’ of res fwére ‘ail cuing allve the other 115 men, wha As tho miners stepped from the] Were mn the mine at the time of tip orci) of the preperty) a> reer }ae lent, ra he ont fre i the Mapes group of] Two bodies were recovered a short here Ae iiweliivecnnputl distance inside the entrance. The The two miners declared there were} Others were found a mile or more four other miners alive in the vicin-|from the mine portal. Identity of only ity where they had been imprisoned,| TWO of the bodies has been an- but company officials declared they | 2Unced. thought this statement was erron- ight ta night and early today, cous, ie ers 0! je rescue crews Candale and Martinez told a dram-! have een overcome by tha fumes aasbpate nti, and have had to be carried out of the atic story of how they avoided death t mine by their comrades. All were in the thick suffocating coal dust that ~~ filled the imine afters the explosion jremuscitated, however. Many of the They kopt from strangling by wetting rou NeT™ have been struck by falling their sweaters on a water soaked Mek wall and placing the sweaters over} The walls and ceilings of the tun- telorlesh ad [rela are shaky and the excavating % parties frequently are obliged to re- The men were within the mine for)srace thelr steps to clear: the tunnels nineteen and one half hours after the! jof debris that has fallen behind them, explosion but company officials de:|°'mhe advance guard of the ten clared medicat examination disclosed | workers is equipped with oxveen nae no injury had resulted from the ex-| 7 va Sigh ane of perience. In broken English the men de- seribed their experiences to a corres- Pondent to The Associated Press. Candale isva Greek, while Martin The explosion threw rocks, concrete |slabs and timbers in all directions |from the mouth of the mine. One huge slab of concrete was thrown ez 18 through the wall of the motor house, a Spanish American, ® one-story wooden structure two The blast that rocked the property| hundred feet from the mine. Two came from a portion of the mine near} mechanics in the building narrowly the main shaft, according to the men. escaped being struck by the concrete. It hurled the men to the ground.| Officlals of the Phelps-Dodge core Stunned for several minutes, Candale poration today announced that yirty- and Martinez sprang up and ran|any every mining company in. the down the fourth south side tier of the nad offered to assist in the’ res- mine and then stopped in a passa, work but that &t present the only Way between two tunnels. Here th rescuers other than the company’s declared they found the walls water-\own employes were the members of soaked, Removing thelr sweaters the the crew of the, Colorado Fuel and miners soaked the garments in the|Iron company's ca water. Shortly after 8 o'clock this morning When the smoke fumes from the'a temporary morgue was opéned in explosion started to roll through their/an office building near the seene of passageway, the two men stretched the disaster. It soon was filled with full length on the ground with their/relat'ves of the entombed men eager heads close to the ground. In this|to identify the dead. A number of way they mano to get some alr./the bodies were ba mangled and, Another peril came quickly however, |according to the company, no com: when thick suffocating coal dust fol-| plete identifications have been made lowed the smoke, The mine 8 quickly | (Continued on Page WANDA HAWLEY SEEKS DIVORCE LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9.—Failure!a “brainless foo! to provide, brutality, refusal to work | presence of othe and dissipati f lar of | Souet nd dissipation of large sums of | TOA! uutomobile grounds upon which Wanda Hawley,| of her business,’" wh in public; and in- sing her from an her it was “none n she asked him asked di-] about reports that hi na entertalp. money she gave him were four of the motion picture in an ac men and other w« on filed he . Miss Hinwle wk r own living but had |) ee | Jee ||P |