Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 22, 1923, Page 1

———— Weather Forecast Coudy and somewhat unsettled to- Warmer in east Colder night and Friday. and central portions tonight. Friday. a aay JLUME VII. __CASPER, Wyo. THURSDAY, MARCH 22, $200.000 Wall Stree PIGGLY WIGELY STOGK TO GOST THEM S180 NOW “Boob” From Tennessee Issues Ultimatum on | Settlement. MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 22.—Clarence Saunders, a Memphis’ groceryman and head of Piggly Wiggly stores, Inc., stood today with a de- mand that “short sellers” in Piggly Wiggly stock settle with him on the basis of $150 a share by three o'clock this afternoon as his answer to the riddle which came as a sequel to m hectic day's trading on the New York stock exchange which termi- nated in the banning of Piggly Wiggly temporarily at least from the Mr. Saunders made his demand in @ statement {n which he scored what he termed ‘Wall street and Its gang of gamblers and market manipula. tors,” and declared that, as a result of the battle in the stock market Tuesday, more than 25,000 shares of Piggly Wiggly are “short” to him on delivery. Three o'clock this afternoon was fixed by Mr. Saunders as the time limit for the $150. After that, his statement—in effect an ultimatum— declared the price would be $250. He indicated that recourse in the courts would be brought if settlement is not made. “A razor to my throat, figuratively speaking, is why I suddenly without warning kicked the pegs from under ‘Wall Street.” Saunders declared in detailing his fling in the stock mar. ket with Piggly Wiggly, which, he declared, wes his first experience in trading in the New York exchange. “It was strictly m question of whether I should survive and like- wise my business and the fortunes of my friends or whether I should be ‘licked and pointed to as the ‘boob’ from Tennessee,” he sald. Mr, Saunders, who came to Mem- phis as a grocery salesman and at- tained wealth on his idea of a self serve grocery, christened Pigsly Wiggly, asserts in his statement that, es a result of his drive in the ‘street’ he now holds 198,872 of the outstand- ing 200,000 shares of the corporation 105,000 of which he accumulated withis the last few days. Thus the situation stood today with the next move necessarily to come from traders who Saunders asserts are sold “short” to the extent of 25,000 sheres. Mr. Saunders has not made public any estimate of the anticipated prot- {ta to himself and his associates. He declared, however, that $10,000,000 in cash was required to handle his oper- ations on the stock exchange. Saunders declares he is through with stock exchange trading. | “Our company never will allow its shares to be traded in again on the New York Stock exchange,” he de- clared. He denied reports current in New York that he had violated an agree ment with the stock exchange to keep available o floating supply of stock to meet trading requirements. During his trading which cu'min- ated in the skyrocketing of the stock Tuesday from 72 to 124, he sa'd, 20 brokers acted under his instructions. Mr. Saunders said he took over the direction of his buying campaign in New York personally and directed it from his office here when a differ. ‘SPRING AUTO SHOW WILL HOLD MANY SURPRISES, ARISTOCRATS OF MOTOR WORLD TO BE HERE What will the spring showing of automobiles which will take place at the Casper Auto Show to be held in the Arkeon building March 26, 27, 28 and 29 bring forth? Is there some new model as yet unannounced that will capture the eye of the auto enthusiasts, or some car that by its economy and practicability will create for itself a tremendous sale because of these facts? There is a certainty that the show will hold many pleasant surprises for TORKIN STEPS the follower of motordom. What these surprisese are will be known only when one attends the show. During the winter the manufacturers have been working toward the perfection of different parts of cars, and some new twists have been given the spring models which were not pos. sessed by those exhibited at the Ark. eon last fall. To miss this show will mean to deny oneself an opportunity of keep ing up with the auto world. When so much progress is being made in this Iine surely there is no one who does not desire to be wel! informed on the matter, and when education can be gained with an hour or two of amuse- ment the temptation to attend the spring auto show is sure to be irres- CHEYENNE, Wyo., B. Tonkin, state health officer, Thurs- day submitted to Governor Wm. B. Ross his resignation, effective April 10. ‘His successor probably will be Dr. G. M. Anderson of Casper, whose Romination by the governor the state senate recently failed to approve. Tonkin will resume his practice at Jahns. Riverton. The sper automobile edition aia Sie See which will be published Sunday by the Casper Tribune will be in the KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The annual manner of a forecast of the auto| Hereford roundup closed with 480 show. It will contain the latest news of the auto world and also a wealth head of cattle sold for an aggregate of $60,000. March 22.—} 1. W.W. GRANTED TEN-DAY STAY EIGHT SENTENCED T0 PEN TERM (Special to The Tribune.)—Doctor A.| SHORTAGE FOUN 1923. The Circulation of the CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE Yesterday was 9,863 be Casper Daily Tribune FINAL (|=DITION | NUMBER 141. t Shorts Must Settle With Saunders Sl DENVER, Colo., March 22—Trap- ped in a fierce, below-zero blizzard near Black mountain Craig, Colo., last Tuesday, Jay Sorrie, a homesteader and his 14-year-old daughter Velma, perished after a futile attempt to reach shelter by clinging to the backs of helpless horses when they were un- harnessed from a buckboard according to a story printed by the Denver Pos today. The frozen body of the girl was found yesterday a mile from the Sor- rie home by searchers, Several hours after the discovery of the girl's body the searchers found the father lying in a snow drift, unconscious, from where the girl was found. Sor. rie was brought to his home but neig! bors were unable to procure medic: FATHER AND DAUGHTER PERIGH ON GEING TRAPPED IN BLIZZARD a mile! aid for him because of snow drifts died. Several hours later, a physician, Dr. Pelican, who lived in the vicinity, reached the home on skiis. The father and daughter drove to Craig for provisions Tuesday morning and on the way home were caught in the storm. Their abandoned wagon showed how they had unharnessed the horses and mounted them, trusting to the anima!s’ instinct to find the way to shelter. impassable in the district and Sorrie MARCH 24 WILL BE IMPORTANT DAY IN TRIBUNE’S CAMPAIGN; AUTO PRIZES TO BE AWARDED Saturday, March 24, will undoubtedly prove to be one of the biggest days for every contestant entered in the Trib- une’s $16,000 Gift Distribution. After Saturday, but one short week will remain of the big vote period. The ultiniate success of every contestant depends on their progress this last In order to assure themselves of loyal sup- port this last week, a good standing| in the vote count next Monday is very by important week. essential. If your DEFENDANTS IN whos Risshea aero ER ae an busin | and are getting ahead they will friends see The girl's mount sank beneath her |and was found near her body. The other horso wandered into the Sorrie ranch yard yesterday, riderless. The Sorrie family came to Colorado from Almena, Kan,, six years ago. LOS ANGELES, March Workers of the World, criminal syndicalism sentenced to terms in San Quentin penitentiary today were in the Los Angeles county ted of and of material pertinent to the buying of jail, having been granted a ten-day 22—Bight) at alleged members of the Industrial) stay of | court, execution in the superior| | appeal. Five of the men were sentenced on | two counts, for from two to 14 years | each, | tively, while the other | sentenced from one to 14 y three rs each, based on their oral notice of} the sentences to run consecu-| | glad to help you further your inter- | ests. On the other hand if they see you lagging in the race and appar. ently not helping yourself, they will| MARION, Iil., March 22—(By The Associated Press.)—All of the six de-| throw their support elsewhere On Saturday afternoon contestants |fendants on trial for the murder of and their friends will have the oppor- tunity of seeing the splendid prizes soon to be awarded by the Tribune, as they will be shown in the parade of 1923 model cars which marks the opening of Casper’s Automobile Show under the auspices of the Casper Au- Antonio Mulcavich, of Erie, Pa., to- tomobile association. ‘These extra- day stood identified with the Herrin (Continued on Page Five.) riots on last June by testimony given ————_—— | by state's witnesses. The last man, | Oscar Howard, was connected with | the riot during yesterday's testimony LATE SPORTS | when George Nelson, a farmer, sald | Howard was one of two men who escorted C. K. McDowell, one of the ST. PAUL, Minn. March 22. — 25 victims, to the spot where his) Joe Murray of San Francisco, who ‘body was found. yesterday defeated the national champion, Art Schinner, of Milwau- a new car at this time of year. Read the Tribune Automobile edition, at tend the auto show, and then decide for yourself. CONSULATE AT SMYRNABURNS: CONSTANTINOPLE, March 22.- (By The Associated Pregs)—The Am- erican consulate at Smyrna has been destroyed by fire. The seals and records were saved. ———.j. STEAMER IS IN DISTRES |\Fire Destroys Brush Factory Of Workhouse PITTSBURGH, Pa., March work house at Hoboken, ten miles | | from there today destroyed the bulld- ing and spread to other parts of the BOSTON, Mass., March 22.—The| institution. More than 1,000 prisoners | steamer Texas went aground today|are confined in the workhouse. half a mile east of Block Island, R. The wildest confusion prevailed for I. The radio message reporting the) @ time but the arrival of a number of accident sald she was listing heavily| deputy sheriffs from Pittsburgh and! to starboard. The coast guard cutter! volunteer fire companies from sur- Acushnet has gone to her ald. The! rounding boroughs restored order and Texas sailed from this port yester-| prevented further serious damage. day for New York and Pacific coast | The lous was placed at $150,000. The ports after discharging part of her] cause cf the fire has not been de- cargo from Hamburg. termined. | PIUTES ELUDE: MONTICELLO, Utah, March 22.—The four white posse- men who yesterday were reported missing have, according to advices received here, joined the new posse which left Blanding, southeastern Utah, yesterday at dawn to continue the searth for the renegade Piute band which caused trouble last Monday. HITE POSSE: TWO MORE SUICIDES FOUND ON TRAIL STREWN WITH “TRAGEDY M other and Daughter of Once Prominent ‘Completion of Eastern Family Die Together as Toll Claimed by Narcotics CHICAGO, March 22 | committed suicide in years. Twenty-five years ago Dr. William Charles Woolson, Mrs. Woolson's husband, was a prominent physician of Buffalo, N. Y, He was found dead the last 25 in his office, his throat cut and a razor lying beside the body The mother and three children dis | appeared from Buffalo an* came to | Chicago. Years passed, the children grew up and married. Edna married A. Robinson, a prosperous me chant. Some months ago, he was taken to the state hospita Kankekee, Ill, to be treated for the narcotic habit, Howard, one of Mrs. Woolson's sons, committed suicide some time ago, cutting his throat with a razor. His family told police he feared pros | ecution for running down a child with an automobile. Last night Mra. Woolson and her daughter, Mrs, Robinson, who had subsided partly on the charitable of ferings of neighbors. were found dead in a bed at their home, both their throats cut and a razor lying near. police said. | As police investigated what was) Fire which broke out in the brush| termed a slaying and a suicide in the deaths of Mrs, W. C. | factory at the Allegheney county) Woolson, 70, and her daughter, Mrs. disclosed the history of the family, east, but finally reduced to poverty by the use of narcotics.| pany The police enumerated four persons in the family who had) ws stated. th Edna Robinson, 40, they} once prominent in the} home. Another child, a four-year-old boy, was put in a home some time ago, Police believe Mrs. Robinson kill- ed her mother and then committed suicide. ONE LOST IN SHIP RESCU NEW YORK, March 22.—One man was drowned when the crew of the sinking Itallan freighter Glulia was being rescued at sea yesterday by | the steamship President Wilson, wire- less dispatches to the local agents of the line said today. NICHOLSON ON RETURN munication with other towns. The telephone line from here to Blanding is reported out in several places. An automobile party which eame ence arose between him and his New (Continued on Page Four). here last night reported that Bland- Ing citizens are rejoicing over the Blanding is still without direct com-, anticipated arrival of United States , Marshal J. Ray Ward of Utah, who CRUMP HELD GUILTY OF ASSAULT INTENT TO KILL NOT CHARGED, After being out almost five hours, the jury in the ease of Charles W. Crump, charged with assault with in- tent to kill, brought in a verdict of simple assauit at 10 o'clock Wednes- day evening. Judge R. R. Rose, who had instructed the jury to bring in a lesser degree if they so desired, fined Crump $50 and costs. The Crump case, resulting from a) brawl on the Sandbar Inst December, in which Earl Peterson was beaten| ° a wr and attent testime defense mp had introduced by} et that) ung the wrench to pre the to the vent Peterson from holding him up and had shot Peterson accidéntally while defending himself from an at- tack. The close of the trial county jail to some extent of its over- crowded. condition. Crump had been unable to furnish bail and had been in jail since the time of the affray and Peterson, With and “Cheyenne” Slim had been held as witnesses for the state, unable to furnish® bond. Alberta Yocum, charged with as- sault with intent to kill, a& the result of a t on the Sandbar in which ¢ wife of “Dollar Bi Davis proprietor of Jazzignd, was stabbed in the stomach with a pair of scissors, is the next person to be tried in the urt, | | relieves the, left Sait Lake City late yesterday to take charge of the situation. Every possible precaution is being taken at Blanding to prevent any | Surprise attack of the town by the | renegade Indians. Guns and ammu- nition have been received there from many neighboring points, Moab citi- zens yesterday sent five high powered | rifles and 590 rounds of cartridges to | the sheriff at Blanding. In a clash Inte Tuesday between possemen and the renegade Indians, known as the ‘Allen canyon band, one redskin was | shot and killed and two others were | eeeaane Several Indian ponies were | also killed in the affray. At dawn following the battle with the posse the renegades are reported to have come back to the acene to recover equipment they left behind in their hurried retreat. Four squaws and six papooses were deserted on the battle field by the Indians and, half starved and suffer: jing from the cold they were found by white settlers yesterday and by. Three notes found in the home tn- dicated a suicide pact. One asserted “we are going of our own free will,” and continued, “they would not give me a chance to cure myself as I had deen doing.” It was signed ‘Edna’ the daughter. Another note urged that a neighbor take care of Mrs, Robinson's six months olf child, now in a charitable SCHOOLS HERE T0 BE ENLARGED EIGHT ROOMS M MORE FOR PARK to be made brick desired Eight more rooms will haye to be ROCHESTER, Minn., March 22— Traveling in a private car, United States Senator Samuel D. Nicholson: left here today for his home in Den- ver after surgeons at the Mayo clinic here had decided it would be “in- expedient”’.at this time to operate on him for tumor of the stomach. With the posstbitty of adding 29) new rooms to Casper’s school build: ings during the year, Casper is still | in order to secure the added to the North Casper school | facing crowded conditions and seems/ next fall. Another story will be added to be without immediate relief in this} to the West Casper school. Seven brought to Blanding and placed under | respect rooms will be built on the Elk street guard with the forty or more other) Garbut, Weldner and Sweeney, ar-| *tructure Riute Indian braves and their squaws || Advertisements are being published who are being detained prevent | Chitects are working on plans for the! on the $500,000 junior high school any, posstti ot thelr ing the ot four rooms on each end of| bonds and it is expected that outlaw band ool, A handicap. is faced| will taken at any time. A Late advices here state that the ume the sizo s@on as the boris are sold a special hunted redakins are success Iding force of archite be put to evading their white pursuers c and drawing plans f building. k| beta released | kee, today won the first match in the semi-finals of the National A. U. handball tournament here, beating Albert Hoebel of Baltimore two out of three, 15-21; 214 and 21-18. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., March 22. —louds "seit hovering in a threat-” ening sky early today and showers promised to keep the big league athletes in training here indoors for the second successive day. Both Chance, leader of the Boston Red Sox and McKechnie, skipper of tho | PMtaburgh Pirates crew are m+ patient for good weather to ald in rounding out # successful condi- tioning season. FORD CLOSES BIG COAL DEAL Packing House Merger Is Near CHICAGO, March 21.—Prepara-| tions were being mace today to close the deal for the purchase of Morris and company by Armour and com _ There was a possibility, 11} yexINGTON, Ky. March | Wout ‘te signed’ telay, Untih ihas | became known today that Henry Ford sees manors (todays) Ly ©Y | has bought 125,000 acres of coal are signed Armour and compny can not take possession of the Morr | properties, it was explained, notwith land on the Kentucky river in Clay and Leslie counties at a price said IN GILLETTE BANK EAL bY LATE PRESIDENT JO UNCOVERED BY STATE EXAMINER Fake Notes Were Usedby Mark Shields to Hide Big Discrepancies Said To Have Covered Years GILLET TE, Wyo., March 22.—A shortage of $200,000 in the accounts of the Bank of Gillette was disclosed today as the result of an investiga- tion of the institution’s books by the state bank examiner. it was announced today. The bank has been closed since March 9, when Mark Shields, president, committed muicide. The shortage may reach $250,000 when all the accounts have deen checked, according to Byron Hule, state bang examiner. $96,000 has been discovered in cash accounts, he stated. This had been covered up, said Mr. Hule, by means of charges correspondent banks of items which had not been credited Fake notes amounted to $100,000 also were red. Mr. Hule as serted, while $11,000 In liberty bonds, belonging to customers of the bank are A shortage of scov missing from safety deposit vaults, he added The investigation sclosed that $100,000 belonging to the bank was used by Mr. Shields to deeelop a mine which he owned, according to the state bank examiner. The short age has been accumulating for. a ber of years, Mr. Hule said. COMMUNISTS PLAN PROTEST FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN, Ger- many, March 22.—(By The Associated Press.) — Communist demonstrations are to be held in all the countries of the world from April 15 to 22 as part of an international protest week pro- Sram directed primarily against the occupation of the Ruhr, according to & resolution adopted at the clos ing ses sion of the inte onal communist |conference nere. The weex, tho reso. lution says, also shall include demon. stration against the treaty of Versai!- les, the danger of war and against Fascism, The resolution embodies 18 general \Manding reports current that the |‘? TUA from 12 to 20 million dollars. actul transfer had taken place. . Eee Se | gd E BISHOP TUTTLE SINKING. | ee ae ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 22.—The MRS. WEEKS VERY SICK. Right Rev. Daniel 8. Tuttle, presid | BRUNSWI March 22.—J|ing bishop of the Episc urch Mra. John W. Weeks, wife of the|in the United States who wits secretary of war, is very {ll here on| grippe, today was reported as grow- board the private yacht vergreens”| ing steadily weaker. Attending phy- which was hurried into port today secure medical aid for Mra. Wi tol sicians said death may moment. come at any Points with supplementary individual Programs for the communists of the various European countries. It pro. vides for an international committee of action consisting of 21 membes, To this commit iS assigned the task of uniting all political and economic organizations of laborers for “the bat- tle against international imperialism” and the eventual summoning of an in- | ternational congress of workers. RUSS DENIED | | RECOGNITION WASHINGTON, March 22.—The salvation of Russia lie jin her own hands and cannot be “contrived outside and in- jected,”’ Secretary Hughes declared in a statement rejectting an appeal for United States recognition of the Russia Soviet government made to him by a delegation of the women's com- mittee for recognition of Russia. | No probability of early action by JOHN MAPEL TO HURL FOR SIOUX CITY Ee ohn Mapel, right hander who pitched for Casper, Wyo., in the Midwest league during the 1 season, has signed with Sioux ¢ of the Western league and {s enroute to the club's Oklahoma training camp it was an- nounced here todi the American government looking to/ recognition of the Soviet was indi cated in Secretary Hughes’ reply.| Not only would it be a mistaken policy, he declared, to give “encour agement to repudiation and confisca: tion,” but also there should be “no encouragement to those efforts of the Soviet authorities to visit upon other $ | Bees oe, Cisemers that Bave over)” aor.En0, . Ohio, : March.22)—Leon- ard R. § 43, of Buffalo, head of the L. R. Steel corporation, died sud. denly on a west bound New Y¥ Housekeeper Is entral train near here early today. | Mr. Steel was found dying in his berth by Ernest Matt his chauf-| Now Accused In | tesr. “when Mattey’ renchea iol | e 1 | able to speak and died before the Schineider Case) train reaches tho Toleae mau | Heart disease is belieed to have a caused death NEW YORK, March 22.—Mrs. B Anna Buzzi, housekeeper for Fred- | Lec f erick Schneider, wealthy Bronx I G | contractor when he was slain on nt recely h February 26, was arrested today on | car y . a : a charge of homicide. She had Ch « Mra t " ed of after being held sevy- | | eral days as @ material witness. — | LR. STEEL, BIG PROMOTER, DEAD AFFAIRS WILL BE INVESTIGATED Steel's sudden death came on the eve of investigations into selling and other fin of his promotions state authoriti state attorn: fled the rec make a thorough exam books of the various tions and District Att Moore anne last night t account of reports of gross ex gance in the h @ of the $20 000 inve h: 1 by thousand in the