Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 11, 1923, Page 1

~ vd a Casper Sundag VOLUME 32. SHOOTS BRIDE PRESIDENT WILL HGHT TO HAVE U. 8. IN WORLD COURT, REPORT Mr. and Mrs. Harding at Palm Beach—Nation’s Executive Plays Ever- glades Course. By LAWRENCE MARTIN. (United Pross Staff Correspondent.) PALM BEACH, Fla., March 10.— President Harding had a glint of batt'e in his eye tonight when in formed that Senator Hiram Johnson and others of his own party had gone on the warpath against his plans to have America enter the International court of justice established by league of nations. While Mr. Harding adhered firmly to his vacation rule of refusing to talk about such matters, it was learn. ed he is planning a strong counter attack during the summer when ad- ministration spokesmen will present the reasons why America should join the world court. Members of his party strongly intimated he is ready to fight for his p'an if necessary and the way things are shaping up, the world court may be a bitterly con- tested issue between various members of the Republican party all summer, and may be the big thing before con gress when that body meets in De- cember. ‘The presidential houseboat docked here at 3 p. m. and the entire party came ashore. Mrs. Harding motored with Mrs. E. B. McLean to the Me- Lean home here while the president with McLean, General Dawes and A. B. Lasker, chairman of the shipping board, went ‘to the Evergaldes club for golf. The president wore a panama hat while golfing today on account of the unusually hot sun which beat down from a c'oudless sky. Mr. Harding has already acquired a heavy coat of tan. Mrs. Harding, who is on her first trip since her Miness, which began last September, appeared animated end seems much stronger than when she left the White House. She was deeply interested in efforts to get the house boat warfed alongside the dock. The craft went aground, greatly de- laying the landing. “Captain George’ Bognero, the Pilot, who js a husky mariner over six feet tall finally got the vesse! close enough to the pier so the party could pass to the dock over an extremely shaky gangplank. Leo Diegel one of the golf pro, joined the party here and played In a foursome with George Christian, the president's secretary, and two local men. After their golf President and Mrs. Harding returned to the house boat, They had to pass through a throng, every member of which insisted on shaking hands. It was planned that they should spend the night aboard. Mr. Hard- ing, Christian and Genera! Dawes will attend church here tomorrow morn- ing and will leave Sunday afternoon. POLIGE SEARCH 9 STATES FOR CLERGYMAN MISSING IN ST. LOUIS FIVE DAYS ST, Low 10.—(Unitea Press.)—Police of three states tonight sought the \Rev. John A. Vraniak, pastor of the Sacred Heart Catholic chureh of Virden, Ils., who disap- peared last Monday. His automobile was found abandoned on a lonely side street. In the seat were papers known to have been in the possession of the young clergyman. The Rev. Knaparek, pastor of the Slovak Catholic church of Mount Olive, told police he had recotved an anonymous telephone call stating that Rev. Vraniak was assaulted hy negroes in East St. Lou's and that he would be found in an East St. Lou!s hospital. Search of hospitals, Louls and East St. Louts, reveal his presence. Rev. Vraniak has been missing from ‘Virden since Monday when he left there for St. Louls in his auto mobile to buy merchandise for 2 church bazaar. Members of tho Virden congregation joined in the séarch tonight and combed tho neigh: horhood roads, —— BOOTLEGGER FINED $100 IN COURT Phil Gatch was fined $100 in polico court last night for boctlesging. Gatch stated in court that he had not been ing Mquor very long, and that he Was first turned toward the business because an injury incapacitated him for other work. ‘8, March both In st. failed to 4 * MAIN NEWS SECTION Morini And WYOMING WEEKLY REVIEW _ CASPER, WYO., SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 1923. ng Criliume MAIN NEWS SECTION 0 WEEKS: KILL SAYS RISING GENERATION STILL RISES DENVER, Colo., March 10.—(By United Press.—O Jazz, where is thy victory? Although Dr. John’ R. Mott, famous Y. M. C. A. worker, didn't say it in those words, that was the substance of his remarks on the rising generation when he arrived here today. Dr. Mott does not agree with statements of many long faced public moralists to the effect that the youth of America is dashing to the devil. “In all my 35-years of travel I never have seen a more hopeful outlook for young men. They are willing to pay any price for a religion that will help them meet thelr individual and - social prob- lems," he said. “They demand reality—not for- mality. They despise hypocrisy and are testing creeds and stand- ards. n a word they want real ro- ligion.”” Dr. Mott admits that there is a no'sy pleasure seeking element that is always attracting attention. “But you always find that ele- ment. ‘What encourages me is that the number of young men seeking spiritual truth is greater than in any generation I have known or read about.” EVEN INVITED POLICEMENTO ‘POISON PARTY’ Relatives and Friends Not Only Guests Mr. Klimek Wanted to Kill, Claim By CHARLES R. LYNCH (United Press Staff Correspondent.) CHICAGO, March 10.—Relatives, friends and even the police were In: cluded in the invitations to the alleged “poison parties” served by Mrs. Tillie Klimek, according to testi- mony. presented today at her trial on charges of murdering her third hus- band, Frank Kupezyk. Mrs. Klimek, who the state charges, poisoned nearly a score persons, ex- tended an invitation to the police while she was riding in the patrol wagon. Lieutenant William Malone de- clared from the witness stand that he recelyed the bid for the party. “We had just arrested Mrs. Klimek for serving poison to Joseph Klimek, her present husband,” ‘Malone said. “she was in a terrible rage and blamed me for all her troubles. “The next one I want to cook for fs you,’ she said as we were riding in the wagon to the police station.” Practically the entire court session today was taken up with testimony of Malone and tho introduction of an alleged confession of Mrs. Klimek’s in which she admitted putting a “white powder” in food served Klimek. The confession asserted Mrs. Klimek got the “white powder” from Mrs. Annie Koullk, who is held in jail pending the outcome of the Klimek trial. The “white powder” was sald by Assistant States Attor- ney Lyons to have been rat potson. RESTORE BOY'S EMORY AFTER MONTHS IN JAIL Young Ex-Soldier Did Not | Know He Was In Pen— | Operation On Brain WALLA WALLA, Wash., March 10.—(United Press.)—Joseph Straghan, aged 25, was trying to accustom him- self today to the fact that he was in prison—a'though the penitentiary had been his home for months. | Late Friday night he awoke from ‘the influence of an anaesthetic after surgeons had performed a delicate op- eration on his skull. | “I hope they don’t pun wag his first words, mean to drop me. He had taken up his mental pro- cesses where, apparently they had left off in November, 1918, when stretcher bearers dropped a stretcher in which he was being moved from the army hospital at Camp Fremont, Cal. Since that time, surgeons learned, he has been a different personality. ‘The operation of Friday returned him to h's normal self. Straghan was astounded |himself in the penitentiary. Dr. J. W. Ingram, who performed the operation with Dr. C. R. Garrett jass'sting, says that the pressure on |Straghan's skull is undoubtedly the reason why Straghan was a criminal. When Straghan noticed the white uniforms of the attendants at the hos- pital he asked where he was, say'ng |that the nurses in the base hospital used to be women. | “It's all right, Joe,” the attendant assured him. “They fixed your head all right.” | ‘Did they tix my head?” | es." | “Thank God,.' and then the patient broke..aut in sobs. Straghan does not know anything about the Américan Legion or any of \the ex-service organizat'ons which have been formed since the war, he says. He declares that he was @ member of the Twe'fth infantry sig- nal corps platoon of the headquarters company at Camp Fremont, although he was discharged from a casual com- party, according to his discharge pa- |pers. He was drafted from Sprague, Wash., sent to Camp Lewis and trans- ferred to Camp Fremont, he said. ‘BODIES OF THREE FOUND ON GULF COAST; THOUGHT “ALIENS BOUND FOR U. 5, the boys,” hey didn’t to find PENSACOLA, Fla., March 10,— ‘The bodies of three unidentified men were found on the gulf coast in Wa- kulla and Franklin counties late this afternoon, according to reports re- ceived here tonight, The bodes, all well dressed, are be- leved to have been washed ashore from a ship in the gulf. Decorhpos!- tion had set in, tndicating they had been in the water some time. One of the bodies showed signs of violence. The sku'l was crushed and there were severe bruises about the head. Authorities here believe the bodies are those of aliens who had contracted with a band of smugglers to be slipped into the United State: DORTMUND OCCUPATION WILL BE PERMANENT, {0 BERLIN REPORT Further Disorders Reported at Essen—French Kill Railroad Man—Allies Offer to Reimburse America Out of German Reparations. BERLIN, March 10.—French occupation of Dortmund in the Ruhr will be permahent, here from that city today. according to reports reaching Heretofore the French treops have been occupying the city, to Essen in size, at i taking over Barracks and sch the report they expect to come in and stay. Two additional battalions of the Fronch were expected in Dortmund tonight. Further disorders in Essen and Loettringhausen were reported today. At the latter place a railroad com: mittee man wns shot to death by the French and at Basen a fireman was killed and a civilian wounded, PARIS, March 10.—The allies have offered to reimburse America for tts $255,000,000 German occcupation b'Il out of German reparations when thoy are resumed, ‘1t was authoritatively confirmed todsy. Tho mioney, with: intervals, Their latest move in ools for billeting troops led to out Interest, would be paid to the United States over a period of twelve years, America getting a portion of each German payment. Belgian priority rights would, how- | ever, bo respected. WASHINGTON, March 10—The second refunding settlement of allied | debts was made today when the Fin- | nish minister agroed to revise the $9,- | 000,000 obligation to the United Btates | government on tho basis of the Brit: }ish government, Under these terms the United States will ree!ve three per cent for tho first ten yars cent thereafter for n term of 62 years RUM FLEET OF EAST IS ON PACIFIC SAN FRANCISCO, {United Press.\—The “highjacker,”* who preys upon the rumrunners, has come to the Pacific coast along with a part of the Atlantic rum fleet. Prohibition agents today de- clared that rum smugglers who ar- rived two days ago confided thelr troubles to them when the “dry navy” off San Francisco harbor seized the liquor laden motorship, “We are told," sa'd an officer of the “dry navy," “that ‘highpack- ers’ who have had previous expe- rience on the Atlantic coast ‘now are preying on the liquor runners on the Pacific coast. The smug: glers are in constant terror of these 1923 model pirates. who board them at sea and help themselves to cargoes of liquor be- ing run into Pacific ports. “It is useless to resist for re- sistance cails attention of officers to the traffic and, in the end, the liquor is lost anyway—elther to the ‘highjacker’ or the officer. In- vestigations in progress here,. offi- cers said, tend to confirm reports that a large portion of the Atlan- tc rum fleet has moved to the Pa- cific. Prohibition agents said the'r Information indicated that several vessels have landed cargoes by lying outside the three-mile Mmit and transferring their lquor to smaller boats sent out from varl- ous ports to meet them. FIND MINIKIN BABY; NURSE STOLE CHILD Three Year Old for Whom ‘olice.Hunted. States-Dis- covered In Newburgh March 10. NEWBURGH, Y., March 10.— (United Press.—Baby Leo Minikin, kidnaped from Albany Thursday and sought in half a dozen state: was found late today in a Newburgh the- ater. The nurse who stole him from the home of his parents, Judge and Mrs. Leopold Minkin, was apprehended earlier !n the day. While nurse and child were hunted throughout northeastern » United States they had come directly from the Minkin home at Albany to a rooming house kept by William Syck- ter, The girl, detained for the Al- bany authoritles, gave several fict!- tious names and alleged she had been under the influence of a drug when she kidnaped three-year-o'd Leo. Po- ice questioning her to discover the reason for the kidnaping were unde- cided between the bellef that a yearn- ing for maternity had prompted the deed, and that baby Leo was to be held for ransom. The cold manner {n which the kid naping had been perpetrated—the girl had gone to the Minkin home with fic- titious references, received permission to take the child to {ts grandmother's, packed a bag with Leo's best baby clothes and vanished with him all within the space of a few hours—lent a mystery to the affairs rivaling the amous Charley Rose case. Urged on by distracted parents, by Governor Smith and by the Mayor of A’bany, the hunt spread to New England and throughout New York state, but whi'e nurse and child were traced to Troy there the trail was lost. William Syckler, the lodging house keeper, read of the case in the papers, but at first he sald it never occurred to him that the weman and child, apparentiy mother and son, who had taken a modest room with him Thursday night, had any connection with the case. ‘Today he went to the police. "TE be'leve I have that woman who kidnaped the Minkin baby from Al- bany over at my place,” he told Chief Fred Brown. “The baby’s there too.” Police under Detective Sergeant Harton went on the run to the Syck- 1 9% per! unless the debt is previously paid off, » ler board'ng house. , “They found the psuedo nurse maid who gave the name of Mrs, Louis Riece. She was swarthy of counte- nance, apparently an Itallan. In fur- ther questioning she gave the name of Angelina Pivano. At first the girl vigorous'y protest- ed her innocence. “What right hve you to question (Continued on Page Two) Notice to Contestants Due to the fact that nearly every contestant called at the Campaign Department Saturday night with it was subscriptions and eouponn, impossible to get a revised count in todays issue, The count ts be ing made however and will appear in Monday's {# of the Tribune. “SEE NOW WITH NOSE AND ‘HEAR WITH YOUR HAND Substitution of One Sense for Another Is Now Practicable Through Tests, Is Claim CHICAGO, March 10, — (United Press.)—Substitution of one sense for another to the extent of “hearing” with finger tips and “seeing” with the nose has proven practicable through tests made by professor Rob: ert H, Gault, noted physiologic and criminologist of Northwestern uni versity. Announcement of results of months of painstaking experiments through which students mastered the power to “hear” with their finger and ‘sec’? with thelr noses was made tonight by Professor Gault. “Two ng men both entirely normal, have now reached a stage where one speaking from a point three rooms away, communicates with the other through a speaking tube, the receiver having his hand in @ sound proof box at the mouth of the tube,” Professor Gault stated. “To eliminate any possibility of the re- celver hearing with his ears, a motor and a metronome are set goingeduring the experiments. “They* have now approached the Point where whole sentences can be communicated and understood through the nerves in the hand without aid from other organs. “These two normal men have de- voted only about one ha'f hour each day to the experiment and it is en tirely probable that a person totally deaf but normal mentally could be taught to hear through “his fingers within a short time. “Experiments in ‘hearing’ through fingers were started by Professor Gault after obtaining some success in color perfection test through the nose, “One woman subject with normal sight has been able to differentiate between colors but we hkve not pro- Gressed.as far with these experiments ag with substitution of nerves in the fingers for normal hearing organs," said Professor Gau't. “Our theory 1s that each coloring pigment gives out a different color which may be perceived by the nose, “The sense of smell has apparently decreased with man's civilization. It can be stimulated. For instance, a dog ‘sees’ with his nose to a far greater ertent than with his eyes, The outstanding fact to mo resulting from these experiments is not so much that the blind may partly over- come their sightless nose and the deat their inability to hear, but that the human system can overcome any obstacle. WOMAN SENT 10 JAIL FOR DRWING AUTOMOBILE. IN INTOXICATED CONDITION SAN FRANCISCO, March 10.—Mrs. Etta Chappell went to jail tonight for 250 days—the first San Francisco wo. man to be convicted of driving an automobile while intoxicated. She was sentenced also to pay a tine of $2,500 or serve a jail sentence after a jury of 10 men and two wom- en had found her guilty. Her automobile, it was struck and killed Thomas here last August. charged, Eckhart LEAPS FROM AUTO; MAKES GOODESCAPE “Toad” McFarland, who made a sensational ape from a car in which he was being brought under arrest from Salt Creek, about 7.00 o'clock last evening, was still at liberty at an earty hour this morn- ing. McFarland was wanted In Ne. braska on a charge of burglary and was being brought to Casper to be held pending the arrival of an officer with extradition papers. Les Snow, deputy at Salt Crek, was in the rear of the car with McFarland seated in front next to the driver. As the car slowed down near the postoffice McFar. land leaped out and mixed in with the crowd. Snow jumped out after him but lost sight of the man. The deputy fired tn the alr, the shot attracting a still- larger crowd which hindered the possible cap ture of the man. When last seen McFarland ts reported to have been hurrying in an easterly direction, indicating, Possibly, that he was hustling back to Nebraska to give himself up to authorities. It was thought by some spectators, who estimated his speed at from 40 to 45 miles per hour, that he con. sidered the course of justice too slow. BELIEVE BANK HEAD VICTIM OF MURDERERS Chicago Police Think F.. W. Popp Did Not Kill Him- self, as First Believed CHICAGO, March 10. — Frea Ww, Popp, president of the Logan Square Trust and Savings bank, whose body was found in his automobile here Friday, may have been murdered, Po- lice declared tonight. First indica- tidns were that he killed himself. ‘The murder theory was advanced when authorities discovered a bullet hole in the side of the automobile, This, they declared, indicated two shots were fred. The revolver found on the floor of the machine containec: only one discharged cartridge. The inquest was continued until March 30, to give authorities addl- tional time for investigation. In the Meantime, examiners who worked all day over the books of the bank, an- nounced the institution, closed when Popp's body was found, might reopen its doors Monday, _Several witnesses at the inquest ex- Pressed cdnfidence in the banks af- fairs and in Paul Popp, son of the deac) man and cashier, Albert Fricke, Popp's testified that Popp had $162,000 life insurance, owned real estate valued In excess of $85,000 and was the pro- prietor of the lower California fish- erles company of San Diego, valued at $135,000. wend a a JOIE RAY WINS MILE PHILADELPHIA, March 10,— Eight hundred and fifty of the lead- ing athletes in the east and middle west competed in the Meadow Brook games here tonight. son-in-law, Jole Ray ran true to form and romped away with the mile in the fast time of 4:19 1-10. RELEAGE WAR PRIOONERS, BORAR URGES; UPHOLDS FREE SPEECH “Flimsy Testimony” “Political Prisoners” in Convicted Men Called New York Interview— Says He is Not Interested in Individual Cases. NEW YORK, March 10.—All American war prisoners were ecnvicted on “flimsy testimony” and should be released at once, Senator Wm. E. Borah sald today in an interview “The continued detention of political prisoners—and they are political prisoners—seems said the senator. ing of the armistice. pean country prisoners three years ago, United States left." Borah insisted on Utical prisoners," the men were jailed merely for the expression of an opinion and not for any crime, They were sentenced dur. Every Buro sed its political Only the role the term “po- ing war hysteria, he sald, and evi dence on which they were convicted would not stand up in any court of law under normal conditions. “I am not interested tm individual asserting that all! to me a very singular thing,” “Tt is now nearly four years since the sign- ly in cases," he continued, “but m: !the principle of free The great question is right there. If these | men were justly jailed, then it means | that no man during time of war may each, ‘discuss the actions and movements of his government without running the dan, of being thrown into a cell. CG; In 2 that rel nt solely | been se p this be right?” swer to thought not be n for sch because stion he stated uld be ad been time but they shou!d not ha t to prison im the Beek plagn, que the men st a long Of Police Investigating DENVER, Colo., March 10 Both were fully clad. bre automatic pistol. His through her left temple. BOY OF 2013 CHARGED WITH KILLING GIRL Edward Whitfield Held for Shocking Murder of 11 Year Old Anna Nosko VAN COUVER, Wash., March 10. —Edward Whitfield aged , late to day was formal!y charged with first degree murder in connection with the brutal killing of Anna Nosko, aged 11, whose mutilated body was found at the roadside near Battle Ground, Washington, Thursday night. Prior to being charged with the murder Whitfleld had been held on a charge. of second degree assault under $2,500. John Whitfeld, brother of the ac- cused man, is being held as n ma- teria witness. Joseph Tukes, uncle of the Whitflelds, also had been he'd as a witness, but was released this afternoon, ‘The crime is regarded as one of the most shocking ever occurred in the state of Washington. Late Thursday night the body of the girl was found behind a rock, stripped of all clothing, her head smashed in, the throat cut from ear to ear and the body a mass of brulses. Whitfield was arrested Thursday and charged with assault. He had admitted leaving a drunken party at his uncle’s home, a quarter of a mile from the cene of the mur- der, at about the time the deed oc- curred. He had stoutly maintained his innocence of any crime. Blood found upon his clothing was analyzed as that of a human being. Whitfleld said his clothing became bloodied When he killed a chicken that morn- ing. No weapon had been found with which the deed was committed and the authorities admit the evidence against Whitfeld ‘s circumstantial. Sept U9, HEALTH SERVICE 10 INVESTIGATE SLEEPING SICKNESS OVER COUNTRY WASHINGTON, March Aroused by the increase in ale ping sickness cases, the United States pub tik service today started a to determine whether the country is threatened with an epi. demic similar to that of 1918-1919. Surgeon General H. S. Cumming said it was impossible to state at this time whether the mysterious d!se1so is about to sweep the country, or is simply the aftermath of unusually virulent influenza cases. Sleeping sickness epidemics ara preceded by influenza epidemics, he sald. Influenza sufferers susceptible to sleeping sickness, according to a are report by Dr, H, F. Smith, of the service, who investigated the 1918 1919 epidemio, Of the cases invest! gated by Smith, 29 per cent resulted in death. The disease, however, {s not eastly communicable, Cumming said, and that {a on of the reasons why th service is {inclined tos the hope that an epidemic of the 1913-1919 prope tions will not occur. pa WINDSOR HIGH WINS COL, OTATE BASKETBALL TITLE BOULDER, Colo., March 10,—Tho Windsor high school five won the atate high school basketball cham plonship here tonight by defeating 19 t the final game rnament of Barnes and Morton of Littleton, 10.—} [Piraeus, phish: NUMBER 33. 5 HIMSELF BRIDEGROOM OF 45 AND WIFE FOUND DEAD IN DENVER ROOM Woman Told Husband of ‘Meeting Men” Is Belief Murder and Suicide— Tenants Discover Bodies After 30 Hours. .—W. S. Bawcom, 45, and his bride of two weeks, Flora Bawcom, lay dead here tonight—> victims of the jealous rage of the bridegroom, police believed. The bodies of Bawcom and his wife were found in a bed in their rooming house late today. In Bowcom’s hand was a .82 calls wife lay face down, a bullet hole One arm around her neck, Baw- com's dead body stretched beside that of his’ bride. Apparently he had killed her in a fit of anger and then had turned the gun on himself. Roomers in the house, investigat- ing the landlord's failure to provide heat in the rooms, found the corpses. The two had been dead for at least 24 hours, police think. Bawcom, came here six weeks ago from ‘Winslow, Ariz. ‘Tenants of the house said his bride told Bawcom of meeting men on the street who had known her before her marriage. They had asked to call. Bawcom, it was thought, brooding over this, slew his wife and then took his own life. The couple had been dead at least 30 hours the police said. They were married two weeks ago investigation showed. Bawcom came here about six weeks ago from Winslow, Ariz, police learned. a Se PLUMBER STUMBLES INTO /STILL; SHOT BY OWNERS. LOS ANGELES, Calif,, March 10— (United Press.\—Earl Foltz 20, « plumber, was found seriously wound- ed and near death late tonight at a house in Monterey park, where he had gone earlier in the evening to fx a heater. He had three bullet holes in his body. Potice investigating found a large still cemented into the wall, and the supposition is that the place was oc- cupled by bootleggers and that Folts aceldently stumbled onto the'r appar- atus during his work and was shot by the bootleggers for fear he would betray them. Neighbors heard the shots and noti- fied the police, who arrived to find Foltz nearly unconscious and unable to ta'k, and the house otherwise de- serted. A quantity of Mquor was selzed. Foltz was rushed to the hos- pital, where it is not belleved he will live. FIRE. IN WASHINGTON 15 MENACE TO CITY'S HEART WASHINGTON, March 10.—Fire this morning threatened one of the central business blocks of Washing~- ton when Helbergers, the capital's! famous service uniform establishment was consumed in flames ‘ire still raging at an early hour | Sunday morning, was threatening the block bounded by the treasury de partment and the new Willard hotel, | which was burned in the spring. Al central departments of the dis trict of Columbia fire department were fighting the flames and fire chief Sul- livan expressed the belief the fire was under control after the fight had carried on for more than an hour, LOCOMOTIVE RUNS. WIL, FIRES. SANTE FE. YARDS LOS ANGEL! (United Press.) March 10. as injured Cal., @ me 4 nm @ espectacular fire and iston in the Santa Fe yards tonight, when a locomotive got loose and ran with increasing speed through the freight yard until-lt struck « string of box 180 GREEEK SOLDIERS ARE DROWNED, ATHENS REPORT farch 16. — (United Ono hundred and fifty Greek r rowned when the was shattered by nk during a storm ort received here ame was featured by : teamwor of the Windsor The transport was loaded with sol- st the spectacular playing|dlers on furlough and was bound for a a