Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 18, 1923, Page 1

VOLUME 32. .R. WILL NOT CC MAIN NEWS SECTION = ERG STATE CLOSES TWO GAFES HERE: NOTSANITARY HIS. REPORT Manhattan Restaurant And Burlington Cafe Shut Up by Deputy Food Inspector. Unsanitary conditions in the hand ling and preparation of food was ro- sponsible for the temporary closing of the Manhattan restuarant and the Burlingtdn cafe here, according to J Roy Colvin, deputy state dairy, food and oll commissioner, who is in Cas per on an inspection trip, The two eating places will be per- mitted to reopen as soon as they have complied with regulations by clean- ing up thelr kitchens and otherwise putting their piaces in a sanitary condition. ‘The Burlington cafe, located at 315 rth Wolcott street, is owned and operated by the Kiskis Brothers, ac- \ cording to the records of Mr. Colvin. ~~ the Manhattan {s run by Nick Mgalis. The latter was entirely re. modeled about a year ago. Mr. Colvin stated this afternon that he had examined practically all the restaurants in the city during the last coup’e of days and while many of them were not as clean as they might be that in only the two cases mentioned had it been necessary to take such drastic action as to close them. In numerous cases the proprie- tors have been warned to clean up in a hurry or action will be taken. It was stated yesterday afternoon by both a city and a county official that if the city inspector was on the de as he should be the restaurants would be kept in much more sanitary condition, and visits of state officials would not be necessary to keep these places clean. Mr, Colvin will remain in Casper until the latter part of the coming w on official work for his depart- ment. His superior, A. B. Smith, who was recently appointed dairy, food and ofl commissioner, has been in Casper the last couple of days, but yyturned to the head office of the de- furtment in Cheyenne last night. “Black Terror” Is Given Death Penalty in Tex. WACO, Texas, March 17. — Roy Mitchell, mulatto, alleged “black ter- roro,” was tonight found guilty of the murder of W. Holt, 45 and given a death penaity by a jury ver- dict. Holt’s murder was one of five slay- ings in which the negro is alleged to ave confessed in written statements to county cfficials, N EMBEZZLED $100,000 1S ADMISSION OF EMPLOYE OF KEVE LUMBER COMPANY CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, March 17.— (United Press.)—E. H. Reimers, for- mer man: of the Keve Lumber company, who confessed to losing a fortune of his own and $100,000 of the firm's funds in operations in the wheat pit, was under sentence tonight to serve five years in prison. Reimers was arrested on a charge ot embezz'ement after discrepancies in the company’s books led to the dis- covery of the shortage. “I lost a small fortune of my own in grain speculation in the falling market after the war. “In a desperate effort to recoup I took $100,000 from the company and risked it in a last attempt. I didn't even get action for my money. The market slumped. I was wiped out. (United Press.)—Charging that h's wife, Mri a former “Jail bird.” and that she was a worldly wise woman who had used every artifice known to her sex fo “snare” him into marrying her, Dr. George E. Paddleford, wealthy Holly- wood oil man, today filed an aniended compiaint in his suit for tvorce, “It was easy to juggie the books and if t had not been for a casual in- vestigation of the books by one of the officials I wou'd not have been dis- covered." (aa eee EAMER ASHORE TUG TO RESCUE KEY WEST, Fla., March 17. — (United Press.)\—The wrecking | tug Relief left here tonight to go to the assistance of the steamer Ripon of New York, reported ashore off Car. donas, Cuba, 85 miles from here. The Ripon is operated by the Cu ban Mail Steamship company. si ehh AB Blac LONDON, March 17.—(Unitea Preas.)—An unconfirmed d'spatch aid that Herr Smeeth ts. sunded and that hi Med by persor | shooting grounds adjo!ning thelr log this PASTIME IS GIVEN JOLT The practice’ of writing short checks, a favorite pastime in Cas- per for the last few months, re- celved a severe setback yesterday when A. B. Kirk was sentenced to serve from two to three years In the state penitentiary by Judge R. R. Rose in the eighth judicial dis- trict court. Kirk put out numer- ous fraudulent checks here and pleaded gullty to the charge before Judge Rose Friday afternoon, the lelivering of the sentence being deferred until yesterday. The business p'aces which were . ims and the amounts of Kirk's tivities with a facile check-hook include the Golden Rule company. $11; B, F. Addington, $15.75; B. Hollenbeck, $10; William Fort, $1; Kennedy Motor company, $6.1 Scott Clothing, $28.05; J. D. Schwartz, $45, and the Fad Cloth- ing company, $10. Kirk was recently apprehended in Sheridan and returned to Cahper ‘or prosecution. H. Foster, prosecuting attor- ney, belleves that the stiff sentence given Kirk may discourage the Practice of short check writing so prevalent in Casper at the*present time. PROCEEDING AS AT END OF WAR France and Germany Still Far Apart—Teuton Resistance Seen Crumbling BY WEBB MILLER. (United Press Start Correspondent.) PARIS, March 17.—Peace feelers are going back and forth between France and Germany today in much the same manner as they did p: ceding the end of the world war. As a result of these exchanges — all of which are unofficial and secret —the, situation with regard to evacu- ation of the Rubr and settlement of German reparations is as follows: 1. Germany wants the French ex- perts and offictals who are superin+ tendi:fg coal selzures to leave the vel- ley and then she {s willing to dis- cuss resumption of regular payments provided an international loan is floated td finance them. 2. France—as a first condition be- fore there are any negotiations what ever—insists that the Germans cease their policy of resistance and revoke orders for reparations which have been issued. Then when negotiations start, French and Belgians reserve the right to impose thelr own terms and not accept Germany's A seml-official source made. it kndwn that the French government is not aware that any offers are com- ing from Germany; that any attempt at mediation by another power would be considered absolutely unfriend!y; © | that any attempts by other power to 5 sound out France will be ignored that France will refuse to accept any offers except those comjng direct 4 1 officially from German fl Nh ] News from Washington that Ger. *| many had laid her caso before the United States government was re garded as demonstrating that Ber- George Paddleford, Wealthy] !in's resistance is starting ve ere. ble. The move ts viewed with sus: Hollywood Oil Mar, Files icon as a, probable attempt to pro- Amended Complaint Cee Terie te Tear ree rmahy mate sim ound out France 5 learned nrough neutrals. LONDON, March 17.— (United Press.)—A representative of Germany has approached the French regard- ing opening of direct negotiations for peace in the Ruhr dispute, according to the Paris correspondent of the News of the W. a newspaper here, LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 17.— Genevieve Paddleford, was Dr. Paddleford also charged in thé complaint that she had been intimate] BERLIN, March 17. — (United with a number of other men, and had| Press.)\—Forty French soldie: obtained large amounts of money] reported killed and many were in from them by were tous ruses, jured when a French troop train he complaint recited her alleged| Collidéd with a freight train at Frie- variegated matrimonial career, begin-| Mershelm today, according to advices ning in 1899. He charged she claim ed feeelved here from the Ruhr. | ‘The to be a daughter of R. A. H. McKin-| French military immediately threw a ney, eater capitalist reputed to be cordon around the wreckage. The re- worth $50,000,000, and to be related ports sald seyeral cars were tele- to Mra, Claus Spretkles, Mrs. Jacklyn, | °C°P®4- Mrs. Moffatt and other wealthy Call- fornia women, when such was not the case. WASHINGTON, March 11.—Ger. many may publish to the world the comprehensive summary of her posi A warrant is out for Mrs. Paddle-| tion regarding moves to end the ford’s arrest on a charge of grand hr occupation which has been larceny. It was brought by a Holly. before the American and Brit w-ood modiste. Altho Mrs. Paddle-| js; governments, in the hope that it ford recently returned to Californ'a open the way to a settlement of from Burope, she has not been located] this critical European situation. thus far by officers (Continued on Page Two.) RAILROADS PROMISE EXCURSION RATE DURING WEEK OF RODEO Ten Thousand Persons Can Be Accommodated at Grounds:and Action of Roads Means Great Boost For First Annual Cowboy Affair in August. The railroads in and out of Casper have promised to ex- tend excursion rates from all pofnts to Casper during the week of the First Annual rodeo which will be held here from Angust 1 to 5. They have also offered their co-operation by displaying Casper Rodeo advertisements in their coaches. The great help that this action will mean in the putting over of the rodeo can scarcely be overesti-|av'ation fie'd for local and transient before | P'anes. po pactlie el Barve tea that} The Casper rodeo has so far re vast crowds of outsiders ceived a imited amount of support, Casper is to have a rodeo such as has nut this support has been sufficient rarely been staged anywhere in the|/to {nsure its permanent existence west. Everything has been pald for that h Ten thousand people can be accom-| been constructed. modated at the rodeo, Lumber and| The promotion. work is being done timber are being contracted for with|by Albert F. Bell. The management which to build additional bleachers. of the show and the erection of the ‘The grandstand, barns, stables, exhib!-| buildings are in the hands of Chr's- tion building, fenc'pg and other equip-| tian Campbell. ment for the old fa'r grounds are be-| Everyone in Casper wants to see the ing p'aced on the new rodeo grounds| rodeo go over in a big way. Day by three miles west of Casper. Logs are| day its success is becoming more pro- be'ng hauled down from Casper moun-! nounced. tain for cabins for the Sportsmen's as-| | Many entertaining features aside sociation and Boy Scouts. from the Rodeo proper are under way. One of the features of the rodeo will| These will provide amusement and rec- be mounted Boy Scouts. The rodeo! reat!on during Rodeo week. They wif! grounds and horses will be at their|he'p to make Casper the playground disposal for drill. The members of the|of the weat during this period. ‘This | tsmen's association will have trap! pa er is donating a full page ad in which outlines the act thes tice ro. ott sper's permanent | of every booster in Casper. home for gun pi fomthe t unds are to be SHORT CHECK || PEACE FEELERS|c4aLi TopAy IF NOT IN DIRECTORY The census for the Business and professional directory Mshed by the Tribune is now com plete, and the book will be off the press in a short it chance to get a listing. given free of charge. you have not personally met one of our directory to be pub- representatives. one here al day to take I'stings. Many small businesses are is quite pos sible that some | these have been overlocked. While no full r : ure by a 1 thod of obtaining nit for fertilize from the air wi Dubitier, American clectrical eng who recent'y retur from ins ing Germany’s electri Dages or other it) ciared toda large spaces are now available, some advertising space still is left in several of the sections, merchants or business men want space must let us know be fore Monday Ject is entirely aw man suce the air, Dubilier di mised that $100 we present cos’ if he were as all space Some small choice pvsitions are left open, among others, in the automobile, gocds and nishings section: If you are in any doubt as to whether your firm is listed, kindly phone 15 or 16 today. STORM SWEEPS EAT LEAVING DEATH “IN “WAKE Railroad Transportatioi Crip- pled; Wires Down; stock Loss Reported gentlemen's fur- (By United Press.) The third terrific gale of the week ripped out of the northwest tonight headed eastward. storm was high winds, snow and’ rain. ‘Temperatures dropped zero in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Colo- rado and Nebraska, where the gule raged throughout the day. Transportation systems were badly crippled. Trains were running hours reported stalled accompanied by in snow drifts. W're communication was paralyzed cut off from: the towns were outside world. heavy in ‘sections of Wyoming and The storm moved tnto Kansas and Towa tonight. It was moving rapidly Denver and Pueblo suffered heavily from the high wind which panied the gale, Were unroofed and street car traffic was blocked in Pueblo. Cheyenne were annulled was killed near Denver when he fatled cause of the blinding snow. the coldest Patrick's day in the history of Minne sota and the Dakotas. Temperatures ranged from 15 to 20 below zero. Fifty-one perséns were killed and hundreds injured in the three storms which swept the country during the PUEBLO, Colo.,, worst wind storm the city struck Pueblo at ported at one time to have reached a velocity of 65 miles an hour, at four o'clock Pueblo is in the throes of a severe blizzard, buildings were blown down, store windows crashed in, tele phone and telegraph poles and w blown down and train service delayed on three railways, all freight traffic was stopped and passenger sent with two or more engines, run ning under sourt Pacific stockyards, east of the city, were totally destroyed by a fire which broke out o'clock, the loss is estimated by the company at $38,000, of railroad crews in pulling cars from the yards held down saved hundreds of livestock Firemen from department joined freight and switch crews in fighting the were unable to owing to the high winds. ports gathered at lives had been though the property toss will be near thousand dollars. Furniture company ing fifty feet long, Ninth and Sum was blown from Ninth street to Seventh street, no one was injured, The root the tower of Goff West Sixth and w the tower of the building. Prompt action the loss and the city fire lames, firemen the flames o'alock no the storm, a hundred mit streets, wrapped about (Continued on Page Two.) And WYOMING WEEKLY REVIEW ng Crilime CASPER, WYO., SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 1923. CASPER, HASKELL MAIN NEWS SECTION NUMBER 34, OF BOCHE NOW Fertilizer Which Cost Us $2,- 000,000,000 Yearly May Cost $4,000,000 By JW. T. MASON (Written for the Unit NEW yor March 1 out the worl al progre Henry Ford’s Muscle Shoals pro fed by the Ger. ih getting nitrates from Jared. rd pro- th of fertilizer id be obtaind for $50 d te ‘ect Musc pals plant. The Germans now getting nitrates 1 the air for fer- tlizer use at $4 cost instead of $100 When the system is per the cost wil! be ex instead of $4. “American farmers are using fer- filizers worth $2,000,000,000 a year. The same amount of fertilizer in the fr will form of nitrates m the cost only $4,000,000 when the Ger- mans have brought their method to its highest point of efficiency. “The Germans are building enor mous electric plants to generate high frequency currents. The largest high frequency plant in America provides for 1,000 horse power. The Germans re building plants to produce 70,000 horse power. Theso plants for ex tracting nitrates from the air can be put up nee, ci plant to farmers of } ‘The Germ nywhere. Omaha, for in n have a high frequency the bras! ans inning to crack gaso'ine cold which means that eventually gasoline be sold at five cents a gallon * gained through heat. In the heat ing process a great amount of energy sted. The clectrical way gets is w Basoline from crude oil without waste. The electrical way gets gasoline from crude ofl without waste. Hence the saving that will be mado in the fu ture. “There is enough energy in a pound of coal to run the whole of the r. All we have United States for a to do is to solve the problem of re. leasing the energy in ways that, can be controlled. ‘The Germans now working on this problem, which means breaking up the atoms of matter, or rather the little ‘solar sys. tems the atom, LINGERIE FIRST WW HER THOUGHT FAGING PRISON “Life Term” Given Mrs. Stor- ick for Husband’s Murder Leaves Her Calm CA APOLIS, Mich, March (United Press.)—Love of siik lin and bright colored clothes was upper: most in the mind of Mrs. Claude Cushing Storick tonight as she faced a if sentence for the murder of ber first husband, Claude Cushing. Mrs: Storick was condemned to @ “living death’ today by Judge L. Burget des Voignes after a jury found her guilty of giving her hus: band poison tn place gf the thraat medicine for which he asked She prepared tonight for her trip to the Jackson prison Monday from where she will be taken later to the Detrolt house of correction The jail was deserted except for a “drunk” who noisily slept his fag off on a cell bench. “Tt is the Iittlo things which either makes or mars a person's life” Mrs. Storick said. ‘The thought of losing my silk stockings and un‘erwear — and the ¢ther intimate folbles so dear to a woman's heart is a terrible blow. “I have nothing to say now, I don't think {t Js the proper ime te sptak. An injustice has been done. I hope that it wil soon be- righted.” Judge Des Volgnes was bitter in his remarks in passing sentence. “The day has passed when juries will acquit women because of sym- Pathy for their sex." he said “This is, {ilustrated by convictions of the Schwainger Music school and/| recently in Chicago and New York the Southern Colorado bank at Sixth | and Main streets was partially blown off and part of the wall fell on Sixth “You have a heart which {s hard and evil and t You took sentence you » soul of a fiend he rest of your OFFER HELP REALTY MEN oylear sxe th “The Casper Real Estate b wishes again we want the Wyaming South railroad built to Casper and we stand ready to ¢ sistance we m called upon to Not Need Us sper not ¢ of the Wy | Friday in press dispat but that in al Casper at all on the Union Pacific, and support since the a over the granting of " of section No. Salt Creek field. mbered that the board was the ut time had the guests from honor guests at the wee The message sent yesterday refore in keeping with the pol of the realtors and coming needs and possibilities of the city much weight discover the motives unmask tlie | perpetrator of one < will probably ganizations whose members working for the good of the com- munity ta do likewise. NAUGHERTY SAYS HARDING'S. TO BE RENOMINATED President’s Trip to Alaska to Start With Transcontinen- tal Campaign Tour suffocated to death fire| tickets out, & set to the house, probably r nitrates for the are not stopping idee with nitrate experiments. They are veing high frequency currents to take he place of heat for securing many k’nds of chemical reactions. They rother-in-law, ough investigation of the tofore, chemical reactions had to y criminologists that a stern code of morals, k nation itsel sh the two as old as the Gre invoked to pu alleged immor rs following a disagreement. BY LAWRENCE M. MARTIN the murderers of Pete (United Press Staff Correspondent) MIAMI, Fla, Daugherty, announcing that’ G. Harding would bi of her husband's 1 them with brutal nominated and sinyers and s issued here tod: ; , Because of Karas was foun¢ four months the close relations be: president and Daugherty. this is regari Harding's 19 of the electrons that make up 4 campaign Daugherty was the president's pre-| disagreement dies of Mrs. ‘Today's statement followed a petween Mr. Harding and Daugherty which took place last night At the time after subduing the blaze, s learned th ka next summer 1 be a virtual trans-continental cam th a sharp-poin |p BOOZE INVESTIGATION OF MOE COLONY IN HOLLYWOOD NEARING Client List, Amounts of Purchases and Other Docu-| ‘* ’ ea ments in Hands of Federal Raiders—May Also Sift Narcotic Traffic in Los Angeles. BY ROBERT A. DONALDSON, (United Press Staff Correspondent). LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 17.—A thorough investiga- tion by the federal grand jury of the movie colony in con- nection with the purchase of booze, will get under w next week. Following leads given them in information contained in the confessions of three members of the alleged bootle purveying lquor to the > United States District Burke and Prohibition Dolley announced gathered much film colony. Following the boor, grand jury may tion of alleged tra Client Ists, amounts of purchases, cancelled checks and other documents are in the hands of the federa and much more verbal tfon 1s sald to have been given by the Information relative to his sister, Mra. INFERS CASPER ORDERED US OUT” SAYS. GOVERNOR, “AND WE ARE OUT Telegram to Charles W. Barton Says No Further Consideration Can Be Given City Which Does —Line to Connect With U. P. it ie NOT b e southern terminus tl ilroad, was reported lling of the letting of contracts, road NOT come through Mont: to the main line of s the inference from a telegram received FOURMURDERED MYSTERIOUSLY IN NORTHWEST Man and Woman Killed With Axe, Children Burned In House—Brother Held last n t from Gov- no will build sent to Char- he paper, m and as I shall alwaye Personally, We no further con- Casper. It ts a large city and do not need {t be conventent for us further con- grateful to you ever, give gram to a prominent t by Governor Has: erday said: ks for your kind letter. Am en Breatly pleased that I have at Joast two friends in Casper. Other Can. | Per citizens have told our eepresens tatives to get out of Casper and stay njout. Our representatives bought but did not buy any re- turn tickets.’" The telegrams foltowed on the © nor Haskell's earlier denial that Casper had been select- eo the south rminus of the road. The ual carried also the first Cefinite state: nent that the Wyoming North and jouth Une will | cchnect two great transcontinental arteries of travel. passing acro: the whole length of Wyoming instead of topping in the middle of the state, st reported things Governor Has- obody {s authorized to the location of the rail- 1 but myself. The contract calls the ion of a line from some Intersection with the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul in Montana. to an Intersection with the Union Pacific in southern Wyoming. I have no representatives authorized to dis. cuss or determine the location ques- tian.” construc The governor's message to Mr, Bar- ton seems to put a definite quietus on the conclusion of many persons that the railroad would have to come city. It apparently, also, does not considér the question of a bonus or of land grants as any inte. F art of the sit on. So far as int have not nite steps to raise any rd bringing the road into and it is certain that noth- concrete has been promised by Isecal mor tions, All other the right of way have of- fered something definite in the way the ae rth and South line will be of inestimable benefit to the te at large and CaSper, even hough it does not come through this city itsel€ does not admit of doubt. The Haskell intere: can tap the freight business at any junction | point near Casper, without coming | here. Th can get all the tonnage they 1 including Casper ship- ments, and not come within fifty miles of the city. The local passen- ger traffic would mean lttle to the road. a matter of guesswork, which ny present estimate of pint of ecntact with Casper can be—it is likely that the will pass wit y miles of © city. Buckna establishert n Casper and some station on the new road will in-all probability | be established to take care of pas- senger travel ‘between the north of the state and its leading metropolis. In Jail 15 Days Now Back Again | For Same Cause | - - 1 his ends jeaj- shed the mem- nt with his out the places. In close police for 15 days. because one nd him drunk and he had Forrest and a number of other stars of the movie world will be placed be fore the grand according to It 1s considered probable that be called to tell know, {f any the “taxicab liquor ri fe of this man and with which to sed by the po» sterday morn- t 2:10 yester- charge for fortnight v it woud,