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Weather Forecast Generally fair tonight and Tuesday. Not much change in temperature. \ OLUME VII. The Casper Daily Cribune The Guaranteed Circulation of The Casper Daiiy Tribune Yesterday was 10,489 rar al | FINAL EDITION iE | eMEDOYSt PY Dy AR, WYO., MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1923. NUMBER 156. OIL PROSECUTIONS ARE EXTENDED UHR CANAL LOCKS WRECKED BY BLAST Bombing of Waterway Through Big Industrial Region Is Most Serious Sabotage of Its Kind; Effort to Drain Water from Main Channel Fails, Is Report the lock of the Dortmund-Ems down to the Rhine at Duisbu: cated. ‘The intention of the dynamiters ap- parently was not only to block the canal but to drain the water from the main Rhine-Herne canal, which is the main waterway artery in the Ruhr. ‘The French s not been interfere dd locks on both sides of the one which was dynamited were closed immedi- ately after the explosion to prevent “the draining of the main canal. ‘The Dortmund-Ems canal, itself an important waterway, is blocked by the destruction of the lock, Guards have been placed at all junctions and locks as measure for prevention of further da: se. ‘The circumstances of the explosion as indicated that the bomb had been placed with great care under difficult clrcumstances. It blew out the gate and tore a large hole in the side of the canal, Wife Disobedient CLEA Hubby Beheads Her THIBODEAUX, La., April 9.—Victor Tabor, 82, of this parish, confessed yesterday | cording to Sheriff Lewis Stark, that he chopped off his wife’s head with an axe Saturday night, because she had disobeyed his order not to leave home without. his consent. Tabor walked from his home during the night and awakened the sheriff to tell him the stor, “T had a perfect right to do it,” the sheriff quoted Tabor as stating. “I'd told her not to leave he house unless I had given her permission.” Mrs. Tabor left the house Saturday night and when she returned they quarreled, Ta- FRANKFORT-ON-MAIN, “April 9% —(By The Associated Press.)—French Spahi (Algeriany families within their dwellings troops ejected 106 ten in minutes from the German rail ‘waymen's colony at Euren, near ‘Treves, according to reports froin German quarters today. ‘The Germans claim the evictions were carried out with unusual ruth lessness, the troops going about witn their rifles and sabres ready for action and often striking or shoving state and municipal dignitaries. The king and queen occupied the NUP HAS JUST BEGUN PROBERS SAY Operations of Promoter-Swindlers Are Halted While Investigation Is Ex- tended to Dallas, Wichita Falls THERMOPOL: yo., April 9.— Pupils in the county high schoo! here bor said. Mrs. Tabor ran shrieking from the house and Tabor obtained an axe and fol-| |lowed. He overtook her and felled her with a blow on the head. | ESSEN, April 9.—(By The Associated Press) The explosion of a time bomb destroyed| The couple have three children, the youngest of whom is ten months old. FORT WORTH, Texas, April 9.—With the government canal near Herne early today. The canal was blocked, seri-) 1 5 preparing to render the promoter. windler impotent by bar- ously interfering with the complicated inland waterway traffic to the Ruhr. | ring him from the mails with 200 oil fraud cases already in- This is the most serious case of sabotage yet reported on the Ruhr waterways. The tock | Forum Meet Ventiietea and with plans made to extend the oil probe to destroyed is near the junction of the Dortmund-Ems canal with the main canal that runs Dallas, Texas, and Wichita Fall, Texas, United States Dis- rg and Ruhrot, where the world’s largest inland port is lo- RT CHARGE Will Discuss RAISE WAGES trict “Attorney Henry Zweifel said today that the half-way A mark had not en reached in the] As to in the postmaster gen- »| \investigation of oll promoters eral's fraud ord he said he intend- PARIS, April 9—Battling Sik N R il id) The grand jury resumed its sea-|¢d to ask for euch an order in every e e sidestepped trouble with ithe law to- ew katuroa PITTSBURGH, Pa., April 9.—An|*!ons today ; aloes rere aes Pobhateesny = $0.) day when a charge against him o! : s e . ‘wo years will probably be re- > Agata ations TiInCeSS O an d 1S sivaule srith| intensapieeesadaneaiy | rBiacweesing Norn ana ecumk| (reese 1 Per cent bringing the| ua 'to deen ‘up all the investiga in four cases, he added, are to be |injury was withdrawn by the com-| rajiroad will be the subject for dis- |W®S** Of common labor to forty/tions and fons diready un.-|‘*sued on oll promoters as soon as plainant, a waitex’whpf Biki-knocked| camion gt the chamber of com, {cents an Hey skestive: Ape 16, was’ covere asserted. bi Decseary information has been out in a Mont Martre - restaurant ra 5 a 4 announced at the offices of the| tat ms re +4 ors collected e © | everal nignenraen merce forum meeting | Tuesday. |Carnegie Steel company here this af-| Preparatory to launching invest! | re effect of the fraud order in to The Senegalese was a much sub-! Ail members who are interested in |%rnCon. = All unskilled laborers In| Wichita , Zwelfel has asked the| Prevent persons against whom it is dued battler when he appeared today| the railroad situation are requested | ‘he mills of the company throughout) so oartment at Washington for two| rected and thelr associates from re- before the investigating’ magistrate!’ to attend, the Pittsburgh district are affected by | °Shitional postoftice inapectors, ex.|CCW!2S any mail. Such !ncom!ng of the Seine tribunal and agreed to! the order. The advance was said to perienced {n mail fraud work ‘" He letters are intercepted by the post- pay indemnity for the damage done e ita = be due to the scarcity of this class intimated. that the investigation. in master are stamped “fraudulent” and tothe: walbaxtaiitetintea’ an tealh be Big Dirigible of workers. Pe eiee rAit eotee Ubenentent|aze\ returned to the! sender;) \Pro- ROME, April 9.—(By The Asso-) monies by reading the articles of the| reparation for the few days of idle operations on a wholesale scale. moters are quoted as having admitted ated Press.)—Princess Yolanda, eld-| Italian civil code that relate to mar-\ ness enforced upon his victim by the | : YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, April 9—A| jmportant developments within the|‘P’t the fraud order is the govern daughter of King Victor Emman-| riage. He then addressed to the | encounter. Makes Flight wage increase of approximately. 11] next week are said to be the returns|™e"t Weapon they fear most as it uel and Queen TIelena, was married! bride and bridgegroom the questions | —_—— | per « for all emp was an-|of indictments by the grand jury | VOUld put them out of business prao- today to Count Calvi di Bergolo, «| required by the ritual, after which Bi h T a. | nounced today by tho local offices of| here in connection with oll cases ana |‘! Tot s to the public captain of cavalry, who holds a deco-| the senate secretary read the act of | is op utt e FORT BENJAMI HARRISON, |the Carnegie Stéel compary, a sub-| the launching of efforts to bar fraud. |t?Toush promotion schemes are estl- ration for bravery in the world war.| marriage. This was signed first by G W. k Ind., April 9,—The TC-1, the United|Sid'ary of the United States Steel] yient e mated as ning into nine figures. C ‘ ent promoters from using the mails, The civil ceremony, whitch took | the bridal pair, then by the king and rows CORED | states army's largest nonrigid dirig- | Corporation. | Siweitel cwoutld ‘ct atetethow. aokny 23 place at 10:30 o’clock in the grand| queen and lastly’ ty “Count di Ber- ible, landed at the aviation field here| It 1s believed that Independent steel | indictments might be returned here hall of the Quirinal palace, was fol, { golo’s close relatives, — 8T. LOUIS: jo.,, April ——Bishop}at 9:25 a. m. today, completing the} compantes of this district will follow/this week. He explained ‘that 200 TOWGO! Dysabity omen ween tone I When the signatures were affixed | Daniel S. Tuttle of the Episcopal | first leg of its Journey from Wingfoot| the action of the Carnegie company. | persons had been under investigation ligious rites in the Pauline chapel, | the soverigns arose and were the first | church, who is ill with grippe, was lake station, Akron, Ohio, to Scott!If this belief is b out 30,000| but that “nothing like that many” also within the Quirinal. Because of | (Continued on Page Four.) reported as slightly weaker today. | field, Belleville, IN. workers will be affected would be indicted. the recent death of the princess’ maternal grand mother, Queen Milena of Montenegro, the services. were simple. * The grand hall presented a brilliant spectacle today, animated by the colorful uniforms of the 700 high | the inhabitants. ALL POLAND AROUSED BY EXECUTION WARSAW, April 7.—(By The As: sociated Press)—The feeling aroused in Poland by the execution of Mon- signor Butchkavitch In Moscow and the imprisonment by the Soviet au- thoritles of other Catholic dignitar- jes was voiced in an immense mass meeting here Thursday followed by a parade in whic at teast 100,000} people are estimated to ‘have taken| part. A delegation presented premier Sik- center of the mammoth salon with} the bride and bridegroom at the right | and the Dowager Queen Margherita at the left. Premier Mussolini, « ng as the crown nc , came next, while Senator Titton!, president the senate, filled the role of civil of: ficers of the crown. Princess Yoranda wore the tradi- tional white gown, with train of old lace. Count di Bergolo was dressed in the uniform of a cavalry officer. On his dress were the medals he won in the war. Queen Helana laying aside her| mourning for the occasion, wore a gray dress, trimmed with lace. The wedding guests comprised a| Headed by the brilliant assemblage. holders of Italy's highest —the collar of the Annun: honor title their wiv the witnesses of the brief ceremony, included the ladies and gentlemen of the court and of the king’s military and civil household, the presidents of the chamber and orski with resolutions protesting against the execution of Butchka-| vitch and demanding that the Polish| government int yene energetically | in favor of the priests {mprisoned in| the soviet capital. senate and the member of the cabinet. | ‘The premier and other ministers be- longing to the Fascist! national militia wore the uniform of that} organization Senator Tittorfl opened the cere- ASTER QUIET | IN SOVIET CITY MOSCOW, April 9.—(By Easter message that the church bells of Moscow sent out yes-'an ex The Associated Press.)—The terday morning was greeted by'no such echo of organized mockery as saluted the Christmas chimes. The day passed quietly and there were no unusual anti-religious demonstra- tions. “Christ is risen, Christ 1s risen!” came the chant from within the great church of Christ The Saviour to the throng that waited outside. Immediately the refrain was taken up by a multitude of chimes through out the city Suddenly from a/little group hud: dled near the church came the llting notes of the “Internationale.” “Down with the priests, down with religion!” shouted a man in a crowd. An angry murmur ran through the throng of worshippers. Some shrugged thelr shoulders, Others laughed. But there was no trouble. —————— ALLEGED VIOLATORS ARRESTED Grover Kelley and L. Hughes, operators of a pool hall at Were a sted by the sh Sa on the char possession of liquor. ‘The t relea, on a bond of $1 ate—with | ‘Four Small Tots Perish in Denver Blaze While One Is Dead and| Two Others Fatally Injured by Walsenburg Blast; Young Boy Lights Match That Causes Tragedy DENVER, Colo., April 9.—Trapped in a hay shed to which they had gained entrance by| jerawling through a window, four children, all under five years of age, were burned to| | death Sunday afternoon when a boy member of the party lighted a match which sane | the flimsy structure. ney Co-operates In Cleanup W ork struck this morning and refused to attend classes. Leaders announced | they were in sympathy with faculty |members who recently resigned fol- lowing a disagreement with the superintendent. 54 Hours of Dancing Is Goal of Girl | The dead: | The equipment owned by the city;many persons taking their early Harold and Juanita Midian is four-year-old twins, children of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wil-! of Casper for the purpose of hauling) morning exercise in thelr own yards Tigeisae. garbage and rubbish is at the dis-| th the rake instead of with the golf EW YORK, April 9—Miss Elma Geneva Smith, three years old, ana | ] 1 of the citizens who are unable | ¢lup. Ri cee “ | Cummings of San Antonio, Texas, Mélva. Ring, two;> halt ssleters;. ohil- to dispose of this material otherwise, | ithin a week’s time much can be) whose recent record of 27 hours of do toward beautifying Caspe dren Gf Mra. Lettie. Weoouic R according to an announcement of ral by * : aarp Tere sree} in dancing here was bet- The febaieedscadhalea Be; the tous Mayor W. A. Blackmore. Any pe e hom ne backbone o 1 nine hours Miss Ruth Mol- Bash trad exting anaes entoere yards need have no fear that the rub in’ keeping. the” Home cle a new world record and still huddled in a small tunnel under the | bish win: ee be - hen away i ce aS on ss lrg a ‘ ae : slog she be shed. |The door of the shed was communicate with the city in this| “nd danced forty hours. She started at Children ca e a] 1c i Battie’ i Woodrow Williamson, seven, broth: |. ‘The action taken is a part of th®/ang Camp Fire Girls can do much| but subsequently decided to. try for er of two of the victims, escaped by | city’s program to make cleanup week! toward bringing it to the minds of| a fifty-four h His Patani @atoin climbing through a window and} a complete success. The officials are! ti) public that cleanup week ia thol until 910 o'clock tonight. When rushed to his mother to tell her of| |urging the greatest cooperation n/ hig thing in Casper for the next fow she t thelrkpnt alte ac! ied the fire. Neighbors were attracted] AN FRANCISCO, April 9.— , “strong arm methods,” were sald by |‘h'S regard in order that Casper may qgys ” out ser ale partners. ; by the mother’s frantic screams but| Statements by William J. Gloria, | 8. F. Rutter, chief enforcement of- |%® ™ade @ cleaner place fo live in their efforts to extinguish the flames! Jegal adviser of the federal district | ficer, today to have followed. re_| From all appearances the citizens were futile. The bodies of all the) prohibition enforcement office here, | moval of respons:bility and author- | are glad to co-operate, for the ope children were burned beyond recog-| that he did not believe in an enorce- | ity from Gloria. The statements | ing of the week this morning fou na | nition. | ment system that “violated the | were contained in a letter of resig- — aia ear sanctity of womanhood” or called for | nation sent to Rutter by Gloria. IR il S ti | Lu t | CLAIMS TOLL. au ation WALSENBURG, Colo., April 9.— SAN FRANCISCO, April 9.—William J. Gloria has r | | Daveline Murphy, 9 years old, is 'signed as legal adviser to Samuel F. Rutter, federal prohib ‘In Erin naa i t to live ana) Won director, for California, as a protest against recent al- oth hildren of the family |leged “rough house” methods of prohibition agents and what | Ene I ieegtgtoree se Saud seriously burned ins a eeeuit vot he terms Rutter’s failure to punish agents guilty of unwar- | pv BLIN, April 9.—An attempt | oo SE eS, losion of a keg of biasting| ranted offenses,” according to a story appearing in today’s| Was made last night to blow up the poner a the; Atieeby, a Man anolsoa itxamniner, while arresting women charged with|Clontarf raflway station in Dublin | NEW YORK, April 9.—An alliance to combat the recent- canisters “incew a lighted. match}, The Examiner quote Gloria as s°y-| violating the Volstead act. ped bombs bbs used, but the at-| ly announced organization of the Fascisti of this country will into the powder. The explosion broke aed pellove in the strictest énforce'| 2". Taf@ on a local club a few days ie athecona:apindel cana’ ean be perfected at a meeting tomorrow night, it was announced , Windows in farm houses within] | 0) Deretn im oral Dronsbitida rec, (ago two prohibition agents are alleged | amount of damage was done, but the| today by officers of the Italian Chambez of Labor. Several several miles of the Murphy place. to have beaten a steward, until they explosions grea alarmed the along the lines set down by President neigh INCOME TAX COLLECTIONS GROW SURTAX REDUCTIONS JUSTIFIED WASHINGTON, April 9.—A $70.- 000,000 incrgase in the March col- lections of income and profits taxes as compared with the March col: lections of last year, on which the higher income surtax rates applied, gives a practical answer to the tax problem and “shows clearly what further revision should Mellon declared in t night labor union leaders were declared to be interested in the new Harding and Commissionér. Haynes,| Were forced to desist by other agents, | borhood. | body, to be known as the anti-Fascisti alliance. amely, enforcement with reason. I intel allinnes e anununoed) atin Rea m quitting the prohibition office mean pet % [strong-arm methods countenanced by s on the continent of the present administration.” ‘n of popular His written resignation, which the opposed thet iPkaciall paper declares was forwarded to Rut ‘ Fats dais ter late yesterday, 1s reported to have Berane Bios said: ‘ ne inet | “I do not believe in methods of er ' ed or harmed sible efforts by the treasury to have Morcement of the prohibition law I congress further cut the surtax | whieh resulted in violating the sa With the end of the second | of the entire palgn. - Thlesees: Meru Saturday tight youl ana} 2 7 tare to) he rates on incomes, Secretary Mellon | tity of womanhood and the inalicn-| period only a few days off it ia not | ond period is the time to secure Rage) Sipe eg OR eh i a rious ct asserted that the March collections | able rights which are inherent to ct ~ your winning votes. After next Ppt die hear ater as pee M rate “The betel R of $463,000,000 had fully justified |{zenship in a free country. |. to be wondered that more con- | Zi any night your subscriptions tort, to: go the ame distance In |_| The purpose of, thes American his prediction that downward re- “I have waited patiently, but in| *cientious effort is being manifested | wii] count you leas votes, and votes he vote count that you can attain : statement continued, vision would have the effect of in- |vain for you to take the proper d’sci-| by every active contestant who | win. ee TOs ews Save bes ane OUORRERE Coat Seen itte creasing rather than decreasing the |plinary action against these men but] wishes to participate in the dis Then too, remember that after BE tig pended Peet ae Ore Hei ioe IRE tat ene hota federal revenue. ‘The | t your disciplinary action is c tribution of this extraordinary | next Saturday votes will on tern pintea Ghed vatearatleates viewed the increase in |spicuous only by its absence,” prize list be ptidr ° . ‘ diss D drive: ang as proof that the downv | The phrase “violating the sancti In just a few more days, the | wh t r : ey = ; vision had acted as a sti ¢ womanhood” is sald to refer to ote 1 be again reduced an prize | * 1 4 retry business. Ieged violence by prohibition ag pation of the lowest and tho ar | cay prizes. | 1 ; 2 actee ae