Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 1, 1923, Page 1

Weather Forecast Cloudy tonight and Friday; possibly snow or rain in north port.on; colder Pr.day, LLL FARM CREDITS BILL IS FAS SED BY HOUSE Overwhelming Majority Given Measure Today With Chief Op- position Centered in New York and New England Con- gressmen,; Bill Now Goes to Conference WASHINGTON, March 1.-—The farm credits bill, proposing to establish two new bank- ing systems, one government and the other private, to meet the financial needs of the agri- cultural industry, was passed today by the house. Tt. now goes to conference. The vote was 305 to 36, chief opposition being registered by members from New York and the New England states. No important changes were voted in the bill at the night session. added extending the Ife of the war finance corporation until-January 31, 1924. Representative Byrnes, Demo: crat, South Carolina, who offered the amendment stated the extension was necessary to insure adequate credit facilities while the new banking sys- tems provided uider the bill were being organ'zed. ‘The bill as passed by the house was called up immediately as it reached the senate and conferees were i>: pointed. The new federal banking system proposed would consist of 12 “inter: mediate credit banks" located in the sime cities ag the federal farm loan banks, and with a capital of $5,000,000 each, They would be authorized to issue tax free debentures up to a total ‘of $600,000,000, giving them aggregate resources of $660,000,000 or nearly twice the amount which the War Finance corporation has been calle upon to advanes to the agri- citltural industry. Private credit corporations which will be authorized by the bill would have a capital of not less than $250,000 each and thelr number would be unl!mited. It is these organizations that will make advances to producers of live- tock on long term paper. ‘There also «Would be private re-discount corpore- tions -having a- capital stock of. not less than $1,000,000 each. “Under an pmendment adopted by the house the War Finance: would con- tinue to function until next January 31, Ly which time it 19 assumed that the new farm credit systems will be in operation, SENATE PROCSEDS TO NEW LEGISLATION : WASHINGTON, March 1.—The administration shipping Dill having been finally buried, the senate was proceeding today to the consideration of other legislation. An agreement had been reached for a vote late in the day on the filted-milk bill, the measure for which the ship bill was laid aside by a 63 to seven vote that sent it to its death yesterday. ‘Also coming up for consideration by the senate today was the defi: ciency appropriation bill, carrying @ $400,000 item, added by the appropri- ations committee in reporting the bill today, the supply funds for the fed- eral coal commission. The item was denied by the house. The shipping bill, met {ts end as a consequence of the filibuster just a year to the day after it was born, The measure was introduced in the senate and house by which {t was passed on February 28, 1922. Its failure already had caused prep- aration of other plans by the admin- istration for liquidating the govern ment's war time merchant fleet in- yestment. The new plans are to be announced shortly after the adjourn- ment of congress. MAN ROBBED OF $62,000 WASHINGTON, Mar. 1.— Louis Fiohandler of New York, reported to Polfce today that he had been robbed of $62,000 while sleeping on a train from New York, between midnight and 7a, m, He sald the money was taken from under his pillow. A paragraph was Y. W.Total Is Sent Over $4,000 Mark Becausebbf scarcity of workers not so large an amount was raised in the Y. W. C. A. campaign today but the amount turned in by the workers at noon brought the total up to $4,026.55. New workers will be enrolled by the various captains, it was announced, and the teams will carry forward the work until Monday if necessary in order - yoo to obtain the full amount needed| sites that Pacha aplsce BA L at 8 $7,900. we have here no dormitories. no fine It is felt that certainly the people|}.caing houses presided over by OE eer Would be unwilling: te (pel gracious refined "women. All the more pereae Seem Ae a Wes a RE |the young women who are working known {ts enormous ‘benefits during| hero need just an agency. for. good the past three years, and surely they| ge tng Y. W. Certainly, there are would algo, be unwilling to see the) itr the other kind. work curtajled for lack of funds, This belief inspires the campaign committee with*the belief that if more me to the . < women ¥ ve their. th work of ting during’ the remain: der of the week the campaign will g0 over the top successful'y. j ‘The ‘standing of the teams. today with, the number of women working on such follows: Captain ‘Workers. Amount Rankin 2 $ 63.00 Fee 4 103.50 | Green -. 5 87.25! Stewart 6 101.50 Whitmore 4 59.00 z McIntire 4 128.00 a ae Chaplin Too fessional Women -- 20.25 Total 7 562.50 Ww Initial Gift Com. ---. 555.00 Poor to ed Grand Total <----$1,117.50 Now, Report Rev. Hildebrand offered the invo- cation at the luncheon today and Dr.| G, M. Anderson was the speaker. LOS ANGELES, March 1.—Char- “Remember that you are not ask-) lie Chaplin, film comedian, !s “too ing charity when you approach the) poor’ to marry Pola Negri, film business men of Casper in this mat-| tragedienne, “just now,” the Los ter," he told the; workers. Angeles Examiner quoted him to- ‘You are selling them something! day. which will mean greater efficiency for every woman they employ, which makes Casper a better place in which to live and a better place in which to do business. ‘I know of no place in the United STOKES WILL CONTINUE FIGHT NEW YORK, Mar. 1-—W. BE. D. Stokes, wealthy realtor, today filed notice of appeal from the recent order of the supreme court denying him permission to further amend the com- plaint in his suit for divorce from his wito, Helen Elwood Stokes, An ap: peal was taken, it was stated, in or- der to introduce newly discovered evi- dence at the new.trial of the case set down for the April term, ‘Tho Examiner anticipated that “mid-summer is apt to be upon the coup! whose engagement recent- ly was announced at Del Monte, Cal., before they are married. "I am too poor to get married just now,” said Chaplin. “This Is a working world and we've all got to stay busy and keep away from climaxes and sentiment.” Missing Plane Search Futile KEY WEST, Fla., Mar, 1.—Three naval seaplanes hopped off from the Key West naval base at daylight to assist in the search for the plene overdue at Stuart, H'la., m'ssing since Friday when !t left Bimini with Delos Thomas, aviator, and Captain Theo- dore Tibbs aboard, The Casper Daily Tribune CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1923. Tim Murphy, labor czar of Chicago, convicted of complicity in a $385,000 mail robbery, who has heretofore defied und flouted all Iaws except his own, loses in a match with the United States government and starts for the federal prisan at Leavenworth-to begin a sentence that, with good behav‘or, will expire in. two years and three months, By remaining thirty days longer and proving he is a “pauper,” Tim ean avold paying the $20,000 witich is| was a mass of flames. part of his sentence. United States Marshal Lovy, a number of deputies and a flock of newspaper correspondents accompanted “Big Tim” on his journey to Leavenworth, FINAL DITION Eee NUMBER 123. Flareback of Oil in Boiler Rooms of U. S.| Destroyer Hulburt Is Fatal to Half Dozen Enlisted Men, Including One From Denver Suburb, Report MANILA, March 1.—(By The Associated Press.)—A | flare-back of oil in the fire and boiler rooms of the United | States destroyer Hulburt about 9 o’clock this morning snuffed out the lives of six enlisted men as they were changing shifts, and passed by wihout injury one other sailor who was in the same compartment. The dead are: E. Menlic, Coffey-[the inferno below to smother the ville, Kans.; W. D. Johnston, Arvada,| blaze and at the same time the de- Colo.; W. L. Murden, Oceana, Va.;|stroyer hoisted distress signais. B. A. Lyles, Union, 8. C.; T. C. Argin,| Emergency fire equipment and rescue Moliopac Falls, N. Y., and E. L.| parties were rushed from shore. Brown, ad unknows. Other ships lying at anchor in The men were suffocated by dense} yiqnila bay sent rescue parties to the clouds of smoke and fumes from | viuiburt, but before these arrived the burning ofl and paint. Three men| tiames were extinguished. were on duty In the fire room and seme of the new watch had just gone i below for tools to work on other| UENVER, Colo., March 1.—W. D parts «f the destroyer which was|Johuston, who lost hig life on the anchored alongside of the tender] United States destroyer Hulburt to. Blackhawk. day, was the 22-year-old son of O. W ‘The explosion sprang leaks !n the|Johnston of Deny The family burners in the boiler room and con-| came here three years ago from Mar- siderable quantities of the inflam-| hall, Mo. Young Johnston was un- meble fluid flooded that compartment.| ™arried. He enlisted two years ago. ‘The cause of the blast still is un determined, but it is believed a | burner became detached, and adjoin- U.S. DESTROYER “Big Tim”? On His Way VOTES. AEDUCED AFTER APRIL 2, NOW 1S TIME TO ENTER GONTEST Only Few Subscriptions Needed to Gain Lead In Tribune Election By Real Live Wires. Time ts fleeting—only 4 weeks of the big vote period in big Tribune campaign are now left, after which time Dresent big vote schedule will be decreased. Start now. Be- come a candidate determined to win. A six-year subscription will place you among the leaders and with a little ing burners became ignited. ‘The ponition of the bodies indicated that they had .made determined efforts to extinguish the flames. Only one man in the boller room adjoining the fire room, escaped. He was Fireman Carter, who had just started to leave. As he reached the iron grating over the boiler near the }deor he saw a spurt of flames from a broken burner, Carter called to his shipmates to PAY INCREASES FOR RAILROAD MEN EFFECTIVE CHICAGO, Mar. 1.—An tncreaso af two cents an hour for 65,000 freight) throw themselves on the deck to exenpe the deadly gases and then| handlers and station laborers on ape rushed for the door. He escaped un proximately 41 railroads and #ub hurt. sidiaries became. effective today. At 'The ship's officers saw the fiames|the same time an eight hour day spurt from the smokestack and gave with punitive overtime went into the alarm, but the fire room already | @fect for 321,000 members of the Brotherhood of Raflway and Steam Lieutenant Commander Frank A.| ship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Ex- Braisted, commanding the Hulburt,| Press and Station Employes, ordered a jet of steam turned into] A dec'sion promulgating these : ITH HONOR IS BETTER THAN DISGRACE---HINDENBURG “We will never forget that the last flag is torn to pieces and the last sword blade shattered. It is bet- ter to perish in honor than to live in disgrace.” DUESSELDORF, March’ 1. — (By j Whe *Assoclated Press,)—The queston of collecting the forty per cent tax on Ruhr coal, eame to the fore today in w of General De Goutte's an- nouncement that refusal to meet this obligation would make offenders l- able to trial by court martial and would result in the sejzure of coal at the mines. ‘ Before the occupation the coal tax wag paid to the German government but the mine owners havo refused to |turn it over to the French and Bel | glans, Under the new decree shipments to Holland and Switzer‘and will not bo subject to the anseasment. Inasmuch ua thoy have complete recorés of the production at all the mines the French expect to be able to determing what each owner owes. 7 REP. W. B. COCKRAN DIES SUDDENLY WAS WHEEL HORSE FOR TAMMANY Lf ‘WASHINGTON, y, nentative W, Bourke Cockran, Demo- erat, New York, died suddenly today, Mr, Cockran, who colebrated hi 60th birthday youterday, became lagt night and died early today, He was on the floor of the houso Inet night and mado a spirited speech in opposition to the pending farm credits Coskran’s death, which occur: 710 o'clock, came a4 an imme reault of @ atroke of apoptexy. his home, A native of Ireland, educated tn France and the United States, and a tive for many years in the legal pro- fex'son and in politics, Mr, Cockran was one of tho picturesque forces in diate it was said at Amer‘ean public) life, He was an or ator of the old school, endowed with a remarkable yoico and with a do'tv ery and diction that Jong ago won him a place among the most eloquent orators in the country, In politics Mr, Cockran was a whee! horse for Tammany Ha!l, whose bat tlea he fought in New York and elas where on many oceasions, At the last favor of mn plank endors’ng the man- ufacture of light wines and beer, In recent yonrs he had devoted much attention to the fight for Irish freedom, appearing befare congres- sional committees and then on the publle platform prior to organtzation of the Free Sux to plead for Amer- {ean recognition of the Ir'sh republic, On these occasions tin eloquence was at its best as hoe recounted from per- Demoeratia nat'onal convention at|aona! observation the privationa of San Francisco ho made the speech|the poorer class in Ireland from which nominating Governor Al Smith for|he sprung the presidency, an orator‘ca! effort] Mr, Cockran firat was elected to the which earr the conventiow into @}house of representatives for a term prolonged demonstration snvoring of}in 1887, He came back in 1891 for old timo “revival meeting’ politica |twe more terms but in 1896 he de. He alo addressed the convention in'clined to follow the free silver banner of Wiillam Jenn‘ngs with his national and left congress, the party in 1900, when hoe cam patenee for Mr, Bryan and in 1904 hie was again olected to the house, ‘Thiy time he remained thera for f..0 year at the end of which time he declined to becomn a candidate for re-e' ection In 1920, however, he aga'n yielded to the ot Bryan, broke party organization lure of the parliamentary give Jand take he loved #o well, and was again elected to a sont In the house. He was re-elected last November, He | had been especially active during the present sexsion of congress and had e this summer. Page Two) | planned a trip to Euro: (Continued on Ha returned to! German Field Marshal Sounds Threat in National Appeal Against Humility of the French Occupation BERLIN, March 1.--—(By The Associated Press.) —Field Marshal Von Hindenburg is quoted by the Tages Zeitung as having said at a meeting of the Hanover. Agricultural league: we are all Germans and must do our duty and that, if necessary, we will fight even until VICE CLEANUP [i CONTINUED BY OFFICERS Arrests by Sheriff Con- tinue at Record Pace During February. Despite the fact that February ts the shortest month In the year, the sheriff's office shows a total of 96 ar- rests for the month which ended yes- terday, This ta ono of the heaviest tolla ever taken on Iawbreakers in a single month in Casper and makes the total for 1923 reach 151. If this rate of arrests {s continued all records wil! be broken during the present year, Liquor violations with 48 arrests leads in. last month's record with crimes ranging in sever'ty from mur- er to d’sturbance, The stat'st!os are as follows: Liquor violations Prostitution Vagrancy 7 D'aturbance .. 4 Larceny 2. 4 Burglary .. - 8 Bad cheeks a Investigation - 3 Aasault -. .. a Auto thefts 2 Delinquenta 4 ~ 2 Witnoawes 2... = ae | Murder - 1 H way rob! 1 Autg Moense violation » Desert - - 1 Federal! arrant 1 90 changes was issued yesterday by the United States railway board. It stated that each employe should have owe day off a week, preferatly Sinday. In case that day could not be given it suggested that another diy be granted and provided time and’ one half for employes working on regular off day Coal Embargo Not Favored By President RUSS PRINCE IN NEW YORK THREATENED WASHINGTON, March 1,—Pres!- dent Harding declared in a letter made public here today that he dd not as a favor an anthracite embargo to re- NEW YORK, March 1. — Search| \ieve the fuel situation in the north. was begun by the police today forjeastern: section of the country and writers of letters threatening tho Iife oe bogs, rey pe ApH, othas action acilitatin| e of Prince Dmitry Michael Alexan-| ty, “re Ss winttio cate hee that district must rest wholly with the| interstate commerce comusasion, The letter was addressed to Repre- sentative Rogers, Republican, Massa- chusetts, and outlined at length the! administration's attitude toward the New England situation. Mr, Harding said he had turned over all complaints to the commission which had invest!-| drovitch Obolenski of Russia, whose mother was @ Romanoff. The prince who came to the Unit-| ed States severat months ago’ to| seek a livelihood has turned over to! Police Commissioner Enright, four] Joetterg, each bearing the signature te eee em wnat talento aoe a “agents of free Russia” and threaten-|foicnt best, | ing his Ife if he did not leave this} | country by March 6. In addition, he complained, ho had received three an-| a | onymous telephone messages. BANDITS TAKE | “The tirant: kill now we have been LOADED TRUCK sellent,” read the last letter of the| sia. you have gone too far and our eyes are on you. We give you until} PHILADELPHIA, Mar, 1.-—-Seven! Prince Obolenski has delivered sev-|miny Falls, 20 miles northeast of| eral local lectures advocating for| here early today and escaped with a| of governmenment modeled on that a'| valued at $10,000. 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A, Wilson of- fictated, series, “But in Amorica as in Rus- March 6. to leave this country,” bandits held up three men at Nesha- Russia a return to an impraved form| motor truck containing, woolen goods | ° ° ° ° ° ° ¢ ° RED Nev., March 1—Reno’s di- voree colony was gasp'ng today at the discovery that two of its most recent additions—both of whom became quite prominent among the gayer set— were dry enforcement agents whose Activities up today had brought about 13 arrests and tho closing of a num- ber of places where, it had been whis to wed equally fictitious women whose purported photographs and Ict- tera they disp:ayed. Tho attorneys are ea!d to have done what they could to speed the hours for thelr prosperoun clients wh:le the latter established the necessary legal residence preparatory to. filing the'r divorce complainta, One even ts sald to have introduced one of the agents |pered, those knowing the right word|to young women who enjoyed parties |could obtain Mquor, enlivened by beverngea not compat! One of the agenta posed ag a fi'm|ble with the laws Bot the role compan peared in and the other representat it ar with the f fe said, became ap © of | high {the steel trust.” They gained admit-| cont the. color c | tance the select coter!s by con-| ce . sand vincing attorneys that they sought e resting ‘a:vorcos fronf fietittuus wives In orde fi ot the IT RENO DIVORCE RUSE SUCCEEDS divorcees, Theso ho exhibited glee fully, without, however, pormitt:ng her name to become kno’ There !s considerable apprehons in the colony regarding subpoor 8 to teatify in tho trials of thono a 1 Eleht places ha don tne ation obta!r ita and complaints Against the th 19 y a” at © various p ‘ > con: the driest