Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 12, 1923, Page 1

\ yA Weather Forecast Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday; net much change in temperature OLUME VIL. STORM The Circulation of the CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE Yesterday was 9,645 CASPER, WYO., MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1923. Ghe Casper Daily Cribune BLOOD RUNS IN RUHR RIOTS, 10 DEAD RADICAL GLAND ASGEMBLED FOR MICHIGAN TRIAL OF W. 2. FOSTER State Syndicalism Law Put to Important Test In Prosecution of Com- munist Plotters. ST. JOSEPH, Mich., March 12. — (By The Associated Press.) —William Z. Foster of Chicago was placed on trial in Berrien county circuit court this morning charged with writing, advocating and “deliberate- ly justifying” the doctrone that “in- dustrial and political reform should be brought about by crime, sabotage and other unlawful methods of terrorism.” Foster is the first of 32 persons arrested after a raid on the national convention of the communist party last August to face trial. Pwo. women were among the first 12 veniremen called to the jury box. Charles W. Gore, prosecutor of Berrien county, questioned the pros- pective jurors about their knowledge of pamphlets favoring the defendants which have been majled to thousands of voters throughout the county by the American Civil. Liberties union ‘and the American Defense society. A score of Foster's fellow defend- ants, who are to be tried later, were in the audience, including Rose Pas- tor Stokes, Robert Minor, Max Bedacht, Edgar Owens, Charles EB. Ruthenberg and Norman H. Tallen- tine. The Michigan law against criminal syndicalism, under which Foster is being tried, carries a pen- alty upon conviction of ten years in prison or a $5,000 fine, or both. Only ono of the first 12 veniremen claimed to have a fixed opinion. A woman took his placg and at 11:15 less than two hours after court opened, the state tendered the nine men and three women to the defense. Frank P. Walsg of New York and ‘Washington, chief of counsel for Fos- ter, examined the jurors for the de fense. SPEEDY TRIAL IS SOUGHT FOR CHILD SLAYER ‘VANCOUVER, Wash., March 12.— ‘A special jury session to try George E. Whitfield, charged with the mur- der of ll-year-old Anna Nosko, of Battleground, Wash., slain and muti lated by the roadside while on her way home from school last Thurs: day, will be asked of Judge George B, Simpson, according to Joseph E. Hall, prosecuting attorney. If the session !s called by Judge Simpson, the drawing probably will take place the last Saturday of this month and’the trial will start early in April, Funeral services for the murdered girl were held yesterday at the Dub- fin Catholic church. Hundreds of neighbors and friends of the Noskos crowded into the little church or stood outside the door while the last rites were performed. POTHIER CASE DECISION IN DOUBT STILL WASHINGTO>D Maren 17, Re- jecting a petition for review the su- preme court announced today thi TS would not determine at this time whether the federal courts have juris- iction to try Roland R. Pothier, in Moted for the murder of Major Alex- ander P. Cronkhite at Camp Lewis, ‘Wash, in 1918. The court held that the appeal should have been tm tho eircult court of appeals and the case wees referred to tho first circult court us appesls. le | Recklinghausen, Where Drastic Pen- alty Looms for Slaying Late Saturday of French Officials; Situation Grave RECKLINGHAUSEN, March 12.—(By The Associated Press.) Eight Germans are dead as the result of clashes with French troops in various parts of Recklinghausen. One French soldier and three Germans were wounded in a riot at Dortmund. A state of siege has been declared in the entire Recklinghausen district. Additional troops have been sent to preserve order at Buer where a French army officer and a. French clvillan official were killed Saturday night and where excitement has since been running high, resulting in re newed shootings. Of the Germans who met death, two were shot down while trying to escape from the gendarmes in the Buer disturbances. Five others were killed and several wounded an hour later when a crowd attacked a French guard post. The eighth Ger man was killed at Dortmund when a crowd attacked a French detachment. Disturbances were renewed at Buer last night when French gendarmes went to the home of a German sus- pected of being implicated in the assassination of the French officials. Two Germans who were found there were arrested. They were being taken to a guard post when, accord ing to the French reports, they tried to escape and were shot. ‘This created an uproar and within an hour the Germans began pouring into the streets despite the com- manding general's. order probibiting civilians from being out after 7 p, m. A crowd assembled in ‘the town square and soon afterward several hundred’ Germans, mostly. men, at- tempted to storm a French guard post where seven or eight soldiers were stationed. ‘The Germans demanded the reason for the killing of the two men. The soldiers repeatedly ordered them away, but the crowd refused td heed the warnings, the reports state, be- coming more excited, finally attack- ing the house in which the guard was quartered. On being attacked the soldiers fired, killing five Ger- mans and wounding several. ‘Additional troops were ordered out and all civilians were ordered to re- turn to thefr homes, but it was long after midnight before order was en- tirely restored. One of the two men killed in the earlier shooting had boasted to friends recently, according to French information that he was preparing to kill a French officer, when the gend- armes heard of this, in viey of Satur: day's assassinations, they went to this man’s house and began search- ing for him. His wife declared he had not been at home all that day or the night before, but ‘the gend- armes pursued their search and found him hiding in a wardrobe, with an- other man, a neighbor, who also was suspected of being implicated in the hootings. erhe two men were being taken to a guard post when they broke away and ran down the street. The gen- darmes opened fire and brought down oth men. nteuned! where the eighth Ger- man was killed during the week by the crowd on the French troops, is without police protection, “The Be lin government, according to the French authorities, has prohibited the municipality from organizing a ‘lus’ police force to replace the ex- pelled security police. As a conse- quence many of the citizens are arm- ing themselves and patroling the streets at night to protect their homes and property. HEAVY FINE TO BE METED OUT. DUESSELDORF, March 12.—(By The Associated Press.)\—The Reck- linghausen district today faced severe penalties for what was perhaps the most serfous incident of the Franco Belgian occupation—the killing at Buer of Lieutenant Coltin of the Chausseurs, and M. Joly, director of the Buer railroad station. French officials indicated that Bier would be placed under what will amount to martial law, besides a fine of 100,000,000 marks. The persons who did the shooting have not been| apprehended. | FRANCO-BELGIAN | CONFERENCE HELD. | PARIS, March 12.(By The Asso-| clated Press.)}—Premier Yotncare, ac-| companied by Minister of Public Works Le Trocquer and a staff of experts left today for Brussels to at- tend the Franco-Belgian ~ conference | on the Ruhr. Then French believe that the sur- render of Germany is merely a ques- tion of time and that the hour is} approaching when France and Bel-| gium must decide how they are to) use their victory and what part) Great Britain will play in the settle-| ment. penalties in the Ruhr has been! brought to the fore through the kill-j ing at Buer of a French’ officer and| a ctyilian, ight Germans Killed in Outbreaks in VALENTINO GIVEN FINAL DECREE RE-MARRIAGE TO WIFE PENDING U.S. MUST FILE | PARTICULARS IN FRAUD CHARGE LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 12.| Riotion to compel the government to} file a bi'l of particulars in its. suit| against the James Stewart Construc-| tion company of New York, charging fraud in connection with the building | of Camp Pike was sustained in fed eral court today by Judge Jacob Trie-| ber. The construction company was charged with defrauding the govern-| ment of $3,000,000 in connection with the construction of the camp, Hear- ing of similar motions filed by con tractors charged with fraud in con-| nection with the building of other army camps had been postponed in other federal district courts pending} Little Rock decision, attorneys said. | MAN KILL LOS ANGELES, March 12.—A final decree of divorce for Rudolph Valen. tino, motion picture actor, was en. tered in Los Angeles county superior court today. CHICAGO, March 12. — Rodo!ph Valentino and his second wife, Wint- fred Hudnut, are expected to be re married here tomorrow or Wednsday. The screen actor and his wife to whom he was married in Mexico shortly after his divorce from Jean Acker, have awaited notification that the interlocutory decree of divorce granted in Los Angeles a year ago had become absolute and final, and this was announced today in Los An- geles. Friends said Valentino was awalt- ing the arrival of a lawyer from New York who was expected today to ad vise him before fixing the time of the ceremony. Some of Valentino's bus’ness ar rangements also are understood to await the lawyer's Cecisions. RUM RUNNING ON WHOLESALE SCALE IS SEEN LONDON, March 12.—(By The As- sociated Press.)\—Wholesale rum run. ning into the United States by a fleet of four of five ships registered un. der the F ma flag is being fi naneed by a prominent German mag: nate according ‘ty information re. ceived in responsible American quar ters here. he fleet, it is declared, is being chiefly operated from the United States end by a former Ger- man captain of a Hamburg-Ameri- can liner. The fleet itself, it is understood, ts under the ccmmand of a character of questionable natonality. who ac- hieved notoriey in connection with marine operations of a dubious na- ture during the war. WICHITA FALLS, Texas, March 12.—Firing a pistol int at Bellevue, Clay county, B. L. today killed his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ed Gulledge, | Budd, who is Mrs. Gulledge’s father, Meanwhile the question of further| returned to his home and while life. ; A disagreement with his so e: ase is said by the authorities to have ca Gulledge, farmer, 55, livin, and her and fired at other members of the family. S TWO AND TURNS GUN ON SELF ‘o the home of Harry GC. Budd, g four miles south of that place, 20 months’ old son, wounded He then possemen made preparations to storm the place, took his own mn, Ed Gulled, used the tragedy ge, over the latter’s refusal to sign an oil and gas CANDIDATES NOW STRIVING 10 OUTDISTANCE R Gritting their teeth with ab IVALS AS FIRST solute determination, the can- didates in The Tribune’s “Everybody Wins Something” $16,- 000 grand prize campaign are today going at top speed to capture the leadership for the coveted prizes. ' It is entirely probable that the winners of the big, speedy, handsome automobiles will be determined by midnight April 2, the close of the hig!. vote period. April 2 ought to tell the story. Each candidate is striving now outdistance his or her rivals and accumulate a sufficient number of votes to be the undisputed leader in the race for the big cars. Compet!- tion is growing more keen as the| final hour of the big vote period draws | nearer. No stone is being left un- turned by the candidates who are planning to get hold of every poss!- ble subscription before 10 o'clock April 2, the fatal hour. Race is Fast and Close Bo far the big race is close—as close as candidates could possibly ‘run. To- lay it is anybody's race, The best way to insure a lead at the end of the big vote period Monday at midnight ‘s to hustle out and get a few good sub- scriptions. A six-year subscription | means 360,000 or more votes, The| big subscriptions are what count fastest now. Candidates are again advised not to overlook the opportunity of the “second payment plan.” Short sub- scriptions taken early in the cam- to to High Temperature Faked by Girl with Aid of Hot Water ESCANABA, Mich., March 12.— The story of how Miss Evelyn Lyons, 30, fooled the medical pro- fession of Escanaba, nowspaper- men and sympathetic neighbors for 2L days through her ingeniow fover raising tactics by 6 hor water bat-"= was unfolded here today by Dr, Harry J. Dofret, city health commissioner, and attending phy: clan on the case which has attract od nation-wide attention. Tho hoax waa inade possible through the aid of a hot water bottle of the same color as the girl's night dress, Dr. Defnet said. CHICAGO, March 12.—Dr. Morris Fischbein of the American Medical association and Dr. R. 'T. Woodyat, af the Presbyterian hospital here, Goclared hare today upon thelr ro turn after on investigation of the case, the high temperatures record- ed In the caso of Miss Evelyn ‘ons of Escanaba, had been “faked” by | paign may now be extended and the additional payment apply on the pres. ent yote schedule, also on the 100,000 extra free vote offer. Thousands of votes may be obtained by carefully going over) the territory previously covered and inducing subseribers who only signed up for a year or so to ex- tend their subscriptions another year —or even five years. The e’ection is close. tainly, will pull out in front after April 2. That some one‘can be you. The prizes are so big, so valuable, so desirable, that you can well afford to spend ever possible minute on this election between now and April 2. First Period Most Over No person will be permitted to en- ter election headquarters at the Tri- bune office after 10 o'clock Monday night, April 2. But all persons who are in the office at that time or before will be waited on abc ive thelr sub: scriptions counted on the basis of the first period yote schedule. Subscriptions that are mailed, pro- vided the envelopes bear a postmark (Continued on Page Four). Someone, cer- a small hot water bottle concealed under the patient's arm. pale axe teie SS || BISHOP TUTTLE CRITICALLY ILL ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 12—The MORE ‘BUNCO’ PERIODINCONTESTNEARSEND) STEALS BARED Seventeen Swindles of from $5,000 to $25,- 000 Each in Connection With Fake Stock Exchange Confessed DENVER, March 12.—George L. Reamey, confidence man who turned state’s evider trial of 20 nationally known while he was a bookmaker in he aided in the swindling of $5,000 to $25,000 apiece. He Reamey said he took the place of J. Homer French, who, he said, had been acting as bookmaker for the confidence men up to 1921, when French was sent to Kansas City, Mo., by A. W. Duff, one of the alleged manager of the gang “to open up a Joint in Kansas City.” ‘ Duft and French are defendants. Duff and French are said to be known all over the country. Reamey told of the swindling of Phillip Gray of England, who lost $25,000 after going all the way back to England to get the money and BANK IS CLOSED AFTER SUICIDE OF PRESIDENT GILLETTE, Wyo., March 12—The Bank of Gillette was closed today at the request of its directors, pending evamination by a state banking ex-| aminer. The action followed the sul- clde here Friday of Mark H. Shields, ‘president of the bank and mayor of Gillette. Right Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle, 86, pre siding bishop of the Episcopal church in the United States, who has been ill with grippe for a week, was reported to be in a critiéal condition today. He is suid to be the oldest iscopal bishop in the world. His diocese 1s that of Missouri, —_ SHIP CAPTAIN SUICIDES MANILA, March 12.—(By The Asso: elated Press.}—Capt. Peterozsky, com. mander of the Russian refuges shit Batarein, shot nd killed = hin it ard his vessel today. The m his suicide is n known. nce, continuing his story at the ¢ ” bunco”” men today declared the fake stock exchange here, 17 persons. These lost from did not name all of the victims. {then bringing the cash to Denver. He named Mark Tillery, who recent- ly forfeited a $20,000 bond in El Paso, Texas, as one of those who aided in the swindling of Gray. Reamey told of how the confidence men swindled J, H. McGrath, of Evanston, Ill, out of $5,000, and how A. H. Dusten, whose address he /did not know, lost $14,000. W. A. Carnes of Ottumwa, Reamey described the rooms in the fake stock exchange and said a tele phone wire supposed to operate be. tween the exchange and the outaide, and by which the victims were listened to supposed conversations about stocks in which they were speculating, really simply dropped into a desk drawer. A brother of Juror F. C. Okuly died today but {t was not believed the latter would be excused, according to court attendants. Ia.,\also dropped $15,000 to the band. | FINAL EDITION | mountains. and probably hundreds of thousands dollars of damage in many states. Available reports before noon to- day indicated that a score of persons, many of them negroes, were killed in the storm which rushed through Pin: son, Tenn., wrecking dwellings and other~bulldings. ‘Three persons were killed in a cy- clonic storm near Richmond, Ky. One boy was killed and five others injured when a schoo! build ing was unroofed at South Ports- mouth, Ky. Two men were found dead, sup- posedly at least indirectly due to the storm in Chicago A man fell dead in Milwaukee, due, it was believed, to exhaustion from his physical battle with the elements on his way to work. Two men were injured in a rear- end coliiston- of two Southern Rail way trains at Pulaski, Tenn., at: tributed Indirectly to the storm. Trains genera'ly were hours late in the storm affected centers of Illinois, Towa, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee. The wind reached a velocity of 80 miles an hour in Nasnville, Tenn., and 60 miles in eastern. Missourt. The storm was continuing Its north. easterly movement, across the Great Lakes today, according to weather bureau reports. TWENTY KILLED IN TENNESSEE STORM. JACKSON, ‘Tenn., March 12.— Twenty persons are reported killed and 75 injured near Pinson, Tenn., 12 miles south of Jackson by the storm which swept over that section last night. A number of dead and injured are negroes, About fifty dwellings about Pinson were wrecked, according to meager reports recetved here. A freight train was blown from the track in that vicinity. Only minor property damage oc- curred here. Relief parties were sent from Jackson and plans made to bring the injured to hospitals here. Wire communication with Pinson is cut off. ONE DEAD PD NORTHERN STORM. MILWAUKEE, Wis., March 12.— One dead, several injured and dam- age estimated at a million dollars and all kinds of transportation and wire service crippled was the summing up today of the extent of the blizzard in Milwaukee. The storm continues in central and southern Wisconsin. About 11 inches of snow has fallen here. Albert Nauman, 38, a janitor, fell, exhausted and died on his way to work, The wind velocity today was forty miles an hour. Wires and poles are down in all directions out of Mil waukee. CYCLONE TAKES TOLL IN KENTUCKY. RICHMOND, Ky., March 12.— ‘Three people were killed, two fatally injured and a number seriously hurt by a cyclone which swept over a small section on the Madison-Fayotte county border shortly before mid night. | PUPIL KILLED AS BLOCK 18 UNROOFED. | PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, March 12,— Dennis Boges, aged 9, was instantly Nearly two-thirds of the bu |] their envelopes. Get in line and order your e Phone Rodeo office 130 for your velopessand have the > y printing shop in town | Mr. Casper Business Man Let the world know that Casper’s First Annual Rodeo, Au- gust 1st to 5th, will be a big boost for Casper. isiness men are announcing it on myelopes printed now. nd Rodeo represeutative will call m printed, will fill your order, NUMBER 132. ES HEAVY TOLL SCORE KILLED AT ONE POINT Big Loss of Life and Millions in Property Damage Left in Wake of Terrific Wind, Snow and Rain: Storms Reported in Many States of the Central West \f CHICAGO, March 12.—(By The Associated Press.) —4 Death, injury and damage were the harvest of furious March storms which last night and early today swept many sections of the region between the Rockies and the Appalachian Early reports with wire communication severely crippled showed nearly 30 persons dead, many more injured killed and five other children were injured, two seriously today when a high wind unroofed the high school building in South Portsmouth, Ky., opposite here, and carried {t over into the school yard where the children were playing. WISCONSIN IS SWEPT BY SNOW MILWAUKEB, Wis., Central points tod March 12.4 and southern Wisconsin y are tied up as the result of a blizzard which started last night and still continued early today. Tho snow is heavy and in some parts of the state huge drifts have formed from the high winds, The storm has caused the greatest storm damage of the winter Transportation is badly crippled and wires are:down in many sections. Ghousands here were compelled to walk to work beeause of the stalled street car service. Elght inches of snow fell here. Madison appears to have exper- fenced the greatest snow fall, having 18 inches. TREES U NASHVILLE, Tenn., March Hundreds of trees were uprooted and many roofs damaged in Nashville and vicinity by Sunday night's wind which reached a velocity of 80 miles an hour, the highest ever recorded here, Wire service has suffered severely. 2 ST. LOUIS REPORTS TERRIFIC WIND ST, LOUIS Mo., March 12.—Rain, accompanied by a high wind, which at times attained a velocity of 60 miles ‘an hour, was general over the eastern part of Missouri and south: ern Illinois last night and early to- day, the weather bureau announced, Telephone and telegraph lines have been seriously interrupted, trees and shrubbery uprooted, windows blown in and considerable other property damage done. IOWA TOWNS ARE ISOLATED, REPORT DES MOIN: Iowa, March 12.4 The most severe windstorm exper- fenced in Iowa in several years swept the state last night and today, re- sulting in d'sruption of wire commun- feation for several hours. Several towns fn the eastern part of the state were !solated toda: TRAIN WRECK CHARGED TO STORM cr NATI, Ohio, March Destructive winds which telephone and telegraph wires inter. fered today with offictals of the Southern Railway here when they en- deavored to ascertain the extent of damage caused when a train from New Orleans ran into the rear of a passenger train at Pulaski, Ky. It reported that several per- sons were injured, but low severely could not be ascertained. Both trains 12.4 tore down were bound for Cincinnatl. DALLAS, ‘Texas, March 12.—A forty mile gale, accompanied by a dust storm swept cast and north Texas yesterday, causing minor dam. age here. Slight damage was reporte ed from Denison and Fort Worth. QUINCY ,JIL, March 12.—One sere fous injury, when a woman was knocked down by a falling mb and suffered a fractured skull, resulted 2m the storm here last night dur- ing which the heaviest rain of the year fell. CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 124 Two men were injured early today tn a rear end collision on the Southern Railway at enn., which was caused indirec by the wind- storm, according port received by railroad officials here. 500 TELEPHONES IN PEORIA SiLENT. PEORIA, Ill, March 12.—More than 500 telephones were put out of cor lor parts of the (Continu: