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Weather. Forecast WYOMING: Fair tonight and Fri- day. Colder in northwest portion tonight and in north and east por. tions Friday. SLUME VIL. a emaopy ang Cur rw British to Protest EMBEZ/LER Of POSTAL MONEY ~ PLEADS GUILTY Former Casper Employe Faces Sentence for Theft of Funds. Objections Raised to Chester Grant by Nationalists LONDON, April 12.—(By The Associated Press.)— Great Britain proposes en- tering an energetic protest 2gainst the granting by thé Yurkish nationalists of certain -oncessions in Anatolia to the Ameri interests headed by Rear Ad m'ral Colby M. Chester, if these con cessions are found to embrace the Mosul ofl fields, it was declared here oda J can CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 12— | It is generally t-Meved in London (Special to The Tribune.}—James © | that in its present form the Chester ‘sreement with the Turks differs ma- terially from the original Turco-Am. erican convention, although no ex act details have been received from Constantinople. In view of the official protect al- ready made by France against there commitments to Amreicans as being n contravention of the Franco-Turk sh railway and ports agreements of 1914 it is considered certain the whole subject will be aired at the approach ng peace conference in Lausanne. How far the Washington govern ment can discreetly {detify itself with the project is regarded here as prob lematical, inasmuch as the Angora government’s action in awarding these concessions to America after they are alleged to have been given previously, at least in part, to other countries, undoubtedly will raise is sues calling for judicial or even in ternational settlement WORK BEGINS OW RAILROAD ATMILES CITY) MILES CITY,” Mont, Actual constru Minor, former preacher in a Casper colored church, ‘pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzlement of postal funds while in the employ of the Cas per postoffice when he was arraigned before Judge T, B. Kennedy in the United States court here. Sentence has not been passed. Minors offense Was connected with the appropriation of funds collected on C. O. D. pack ages, his thefts extending over a long period of time. Willam D. Langley of Greybull, charged with obstructing a federal of. ficer in the service of a process, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to “4 Pay a fine of $100 and serve 30 dave “Mh the Laramie county jail. Disposition of the cases of others arraigned before Judge Kennedy on indictments returned by the recently adjourned grand jury follow William Gilbert pleaded not guilty to a five-count charge of possession and sale of cocaine and his trial was set for April 12. William Gilbert and Charles Holmes entered pleas of not guilty to charges of possession of yen shee, and their trial was set for April 12. Louis Levin, possession and sale of Uquor, pleaded not guilty, trial set for April 16. Maurice W. Anderson, embezzle: ment of postal funds,, pleaded not guilty. Alfred F. Stott, embezzlement of posta] and money order funds, pleaded hot guilty. H. A. Kelly, transporting stolen motor vehicle, pleaded not guilty. James S. Hadden, possession and sale of intoxicating beverage, pleaded guilty, was fined $100 and was con signed to Natrona county jafl until f the fine is paid. BE. C. Downing, possession of sum, pleaded not guilty, and his trial was set for April 17. Lee Hill, passing raised greenbacks, two counts changed his plea from not guilty to guilty, and was sen- tenced to 15 months at Leavenworth. Antonio Rodley, possession and sale of liquor, pleaded not gullty, and his trial was set for April 13. W. S. Bennett, white slavery, mo tion to quash argued, overruled and denied, exception taken, pleaded not guilty and trial was set for April 18. W. 8. Bennett and Jennie St. Clair, white slavery, demurrer to indict ment argued and denied, exception taken. Robert H. Geary, known as Mike Geary, possession of liquor, pleaded guilty to one charge, was fined $350 and was consigned to Laramie county jail until the fine is paid; the other case was nolled. R. E. Benns, former prohibition agent who had been summoned for contempt of court following his fail- ure to appear as a witness, was dis- charged on motion of District Attor- ney Walton after the defendant had presented a physician's certificate howing he was ill at the time. ‘William Quest and Harry Walker, ‘ April 12.— fon on the first half mile of g for the new Montana Wyoming railroad company com. menced this morning by Contractor Burns who has a sub-contract for this much of the line contracted by J. B. Hilton of Custer. Teams and fres- noes are being used ana the grade! will not be high at the start. ‘The cross sections of the locations has been completed for a distance of two miles and work is steadily prof gr\ssing. The contractora,all e pect to be working within two weeks| | Tyo Days Left To carloads of machinery purchased = Make Time 1 in Race them arrived here on Wednesday and is belng unloaded. Miles City is fill ing up with men in search of em. pore Up until 10 o'clock Saturday nigtit one new six-year subscription counts 380,000, just six of these counts over 2,000,000 votes. MRS. BAT y AND With Saturday night ending the last big vote offer of the election and MISSING GIRL the final end of the campaign but a few days away, this community 4s) ¥ic¢ : % about to nee some of the hardest cam-| VictFY there is abundant speculation Mrs. Thos. Baty and her five-year- old child, Anna Grace Tansey, for as to the final outcome. First one Va ar eck behest rth spectacular) ndidate and then another is pick Une’s big campaign, AN through this) © t© land the big prize and this is| part of Wyoming the campaign is ne_| Undoubtedly due to the extreme close- whose alleged kidnaping from a Bur- lngton Putlman on Sunday night last Thos. Baty was arrested in Casper Tuesday, were apprehended in Chey- de such tremendous battles waged for them, Present indications unm!'stak- ably point to a hairbreadth finish and prizes wil! be won by very narrow margins. | As no candidates can be certain of | ness of the race. It ts only those Presa Wyble ede 425g as the ne! who rise to the occasion and main-| ‘ll contestants are aeething with|‘@!" @ stitf upper tip, brushing aside | the hustle of preparation for the fi-| Very obstacle that may arise, ths nal dash for supremacy—friends. of| Ave the best chance of winning. | the candidates are with one accord Race Is Very Close. iquor, pleaded not “| determined to help their favorites! The race is too close to bank on| Fullty, and trial waa eet for Apri! 19.| nizance of State Auditor vineont coer] HEME valiantly through to vietory.| any posafbilities, Relaxation at this| ter, who guaranteed thelr appenranes| xcitement js keyed to the highest| stage 1s suicidal to success. Deter Shun Penatad. eonotinito ates | pitob: | mination to win, in connection with, Cellar Door Source ceived today by the sheriffs. oftice.| Fiding on the waves of this won-|relentless activity, of vote-getting | Baty ie Wi Gn $1900! bona, derful Cemonstration of public en-|will make any contestant a winner | | thusiasm are the ambitious candl-| What is intendec to be done Mf The case today appeared more com- plicated. Mrs. Baty, {t 1s understood, wi'l put up a fight to retain the cus- |tody of the child, which the father, | | Roland Tansey of Denver, claims was |awarded him when he was divorced from his wife, now Mrs. Baty. Tansey claims that the child disappeared from his berth on the train while he was re- turning to Denver after having brought ‘a court order here to secure Of Injury to Youth) Four-year-old Jack Perdue was operated on by Dr. Victor R. Dacken last night or the removal of a splin- ter from his leg. Jack had been sliding down a collar door. The last| time he slid a plece of wood two inches in length found it way into} his flesh, causing a very painful in- DONE ‘OW. To temporibe — to} dally or delay is to let some oth- er candidate sweep ahead of you. | If there ever were a time candidates should be up and deing it is right now. The prizes are worth every b't| of effort in you. Where else or how| else can your time be as productive or as remunerative? No one has any- thing “cinched” today. Not a can-| dates who are exerting vigorous ef- forts to capture the magnificent prizes—especial!y the luxurious auto- mobiles and the hundreds of dollars in great bags of silver and gold. From every neighborhood in and about Cas- Per is coming the storm of votes that are being showered upon the election headquarters. No Candidate Certain. jury. Young Perdue {s the son of Mr.| the custody of his little girl. Tansey| Never was there such a glittering| didate {s resting #0 easi!y that she or and Mrs. John Purdue, 1328 South| is said to be a son of Mayor Tansey| array of such splendid gifts present-| he need not put forth every ounce of of Littleton. energy possible. In fact, it would not be a hard matter for a candidate down in the second division to take a spurt and come up into the run-| Oak street, ed for free distribution—never were _FORD’S BOOM CONTINUED ning—yes, and go around out in front. Work as you never worked be-; 1 @ | tore. | The LIVELIEST part of the com: | petition is now at hand and while all | the leaders are on the same footing. lat tha!eame thne.those’ who’ want to —and will—are afforded the oppértu- nity of the entire campaign to forge OMAHA, Neb., April 12.—Petitions; Roy M. Harrop, president of the;candidate for president on the pro- . i bearing more than 1,600 names, re-| American Econom‘e league, chartered| gressive party ticket we recognize the | head and corral the winning votes. questing that the name of Henry/at Hartford, Conn., which is wircu-|fact that the largest business in the| 1" concluston, let it emphatically Ford be placed on the Nebraska pr'm-|lating the Ford petitions sald the| United States is the government. It (Continued on Page Seven.) ary ballot next year as progressive| league had not consulted Mr. Ford| ought to have the best busin party candidate fofr president of the| but had “drafted him,” | brains to run it. Henry Ford is United States were filed with the sec-| “We have had no communteation | worker of econom!e miracles. This| CrmY yee retary of fstate late yesterday. | with him, nor connection, yet I am|man, who at the same time demon-| Ruth P. thrdiah ter next | Similar petitions it was announced | satisfied that when Mr. Ford realizes| strated that he can pay higher wages| friend, bhison) hag filed will be filed in Idaho Saturday, and| how the American people need him|to his workers and sell h’'s products| suit fc AR Re he? sl others are being circulated in Kansas,|and want him, he will not decline} at lower prices than any other man in| § intolerable indi Minnesota, Tlinc Indiana outh | the candidacy,” Mr. Har®op sald. ‘In| the world, has proven his a He le married hi 1 prado and stat | filing the name of Henry Ford as aj should be president.” Dakota, Co | the prediction The Guaranteed Circulation of The Casper Daily Tribune Yesterday Was 10,523 —~ The Casper Daily Cribune CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1923. “GREAT FISH HooKs! HURRY UP WITH TAAT WaTerR | | Modifications i SAN JOSE, Cal., April 12 —tThe world today stein theory of relativity annou fram the way it looks now the vis| here last night by Dr. W. W. Campbell, noted astronomer, is} wno ‘is not upset by some future discov- ery. Dr. Campbell, director of the ob-| servatory and prestaent-elect of the} University of California, announced | he had confirmed the theory as a re-| sult of calculations based on figures} of the sun taken by him and a corps| o” assistants during a total eclipse | at Wallal on the northwest coast of Australia, Sept. 21, last. Tho under taking was known as the W. Crocker eclipse expedition of Lick Pe | servatory and the University of Cali fornia. For the first time the date of observation the 4 was | clear. Twelve photographic plates} brought back to the observatory turn-| ed out to be satisfactory and afford-! ed excellent bases of measurement Dr, Campbell said. Among the fea-| tures were some taken of the stars apparently right at the sun's rim at the time of total eclipse. These stars | were known by other than photo-| gtaphié methods of measurement to| be farther from the rim than they appeared to be, The result is that| of Professor Albert Einstein, Swiss clentist, that under ideal conditions it would be discov-| in 25 years on ered the sun deflected the rays of| stars passing near it by one and seyenty-‘five hundredths seconds of arc, has been borne out, apparently. Professor Einstein's theory accord ing to Dr. Campbell and other west-| ern scientists, {s, however, much more complex than a mere hypothes!s that light is bent in passing large celestial bod’es. The theory in its} larger proportions involves a radical | change in attitude toward the nature of the universe—at least by scien- tists. One of the elements of the theory is that light {s a substance and because of that 19 attracted by| gravity. Some of the interpretors y also maintain that the samo quatitv thet 1 | of the virtue kes it ject to the pull of gravity it hay repelling power because of its welght. WASHINGTON, Apri? 12.—S tints at the bureau of standards, en Gaged in checking up the Einstem —(By The. Associated Press.) is in possession of ‘a new principle in physics which modifies the law of gravitation as announced | was so tall and wore ginsses by Sir Isaac Newton in 1687, if the confirmation of the Hin- FREE CIRCULATION OF LITTLE VALUE; NATIONAL ADVERTISERS USE ONLY “PAID-FOR’ PAPERS {s of ttle or National and they te Giving a paper away does not mean anything. If you get some- thing given you for nothing, whether you want tt not, it soon loses all intrinsic value. If the U. S. mint gave away money, n}it would be a depreciated of ney, more worthless than the ruble or the German mar How much less in value is lue to the ad-|a Depreciated wspaper? s concerns The per which has not of thou-|something to conceal ff Its circ in making |lation calls in th Audit ureau Pproducts|of Circulation organization highly | which nobody can fool—and gives Pr out HONEST, ABSC TE, and yp OXACT figures. The Tribune sub- to the A. B. thereby protecting ita advertisers. The Tribune has MORE IAN 10,000 AID circula. tion, Every one those sub: scribers paid from 50 to $9 for the paper. who pay this much for papers read ads clos and value such a paper ighly B a Free circulation no value to advertisers. advertisers know this, insist that subscriptions papers in which they advert must be paid for at th fifty per cent of the full pric at paper. If the “hand bill’ ation was of real v vertiser, the big busin which spend. hundreds nds of dollars a year and their and which employ rts to write and would use that of And thousands of papers spring up which charged the public not a cent for subscrip. tions. They would depend entire ly on getting their money from the advertisers. But the wise adver. tiser knows that this kind of ad vertising does not pay. No big national agency pla advertising with the free circula tion paper. To be read, and to be esteemed of value, a newspaper must have NET PAID CIRCULA TION. That is the only kind that counts with the advertisers who KNOW. or all more soon type of circu news Ives an expe uC medium would bes of $7 Subscribers WISE advertiser, and KNOW what you are doing! If the “big time’ National Adver- iser can not afford to throw his advertising appropriation down a rat hole, neither can YO! THO HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEIZED FINAL EDITION NUMBER 159. GERMANS DEFY ALLIED EDICT IN RHINELAND “OnceSS ion Action, Not Talk, Is Needed POWERS NOT 10 BE INFORMED ON ARRESTS BY THE GERMAN POLIGE Berlin and Allies Have New Subject for Dis- agreement in Recent Order From Allies. BERLIN, April 12.—(By The Associated Press.)—In a strong protest to the inter- allied Rhineland commission against the commission’s re» cent order that the German suthorities must inform it when they ntend to arrest any subject of the cupying powers, the German gov- ernment declares it will refuse to comply with the order. The order in question, declares the note, gives the subjects of the oc- cupy!ng powers a protection such as granted only in the civilized & 5 ates under the socalled pitula. tions, and the order is regarded a s s nfringin upon German judicial sovereignty. NEW YORK, April 12.—Three hun-) The raid was investigated by a min-| TOWN ASSESSED dred men, members and guests of the! ister who received an invitation to the | HEAVY FINE twentieth assembly district republic ee mie . club in Brooklyn found one narrow | St8® party BERL April 12.—It is reported door that led to a vancant lot and a] The “dance of the seven veils,” in| ‘rom Buer ¢ that town has been back fence too small to escape when| Which one of the dancers discarded | ‘ned 60,000,000 marks and that all the police raided their room early to-| the volls one by one and the “iittle| *treet traffic at night ts ferbidden on day to stop an exhibition dance by|£sypt dance’ were roundly applaud | *ccount of the, blowing up of-..the Tee etien. ed; According to detectives. militarized railway between Buer and Twenty patrol wagons took prisoners to nine police stations. . Two hundred and forty men and the five women were taken to jail. EINSTEIN THEORY CONFIRMED, SAID n Latys of Gravitation ‘Ate Lad Driven to Proved by Observers at Lick Observa- | tory and Other Sources | Run Away by Pupils’ Jibes They made fun of me because I ‘That's why I ran away. I'm tired of school and I want to get a job." It was {n these words that Walter Whittenberg brought back to Casper this ex-| morning by Howard C. Snyder, assist her evi-| ant scout executive, after he had beer correct-| apprehended by the sheriff of Platte nced at Lick observatory near) theory of relativity by physi periments have adduced fur cence tending to show its the Recklinghaus ESSEN, April 12.—(By The elated Press.)—Fifty-one murdered” and 238,000 and coke exported—this 1s the way the Germans summarize the out- Standing results of the occupation of the Ruhr, which began three months igo. The declare that the repara- tions deliveries of coal and coke under pré-occupation conditions would have amounted to 4,200,000 tons of coal and Asso- Germans tons of coal coke, Semt-official quarters here have ssued a list giving the names, ad- dresses and occupations and the dates of the deaths of Germans who have been killed, Twenty-five of those killed are given as laborers, thirteen as offiicals nd the remainder merchants, manus facturers and pensioners and twe women. The ages range from 8 to 70 years. CONVICT BOSS FACING TRIAL ness. county at Chugwater, Wyo., explained The demonstration involved the| why he ran away from hon Mon. testing of the weight of topaz andj day and bo: 1 a train for Rawlins y clamond crystals under diffe rent | ’ uesday afternoon. a E (ci ‘ont ued on Ps on Page Nine.) ; Walter is only 13 years old but he} [fom 5 feet am inches and peers seems that he has alwa 8 been in | Orty Bs today on, UBils/Ofl $20,000 poor health and has been forced ? Walter /*igginbotham, ‘cor one, Ree out: otechsal tise, leuk : Swhipping boss is sar 1 for ds! rat degree murder in connection iS NOT SICK Berner or ania: - Morte in the Sixth! with the death of Martin Tabert, of North Dakota, who, witnesres sn keep up with his classes fairly wel = Reni cae aapiee: tis Giieiee was beaten to death by Higgt * April 12.—{By The Asso- Chugwater hoe resisted ny sugge i ox Press.)—A dispatch that he come home. “T h a yemerday) the: Maitison! cova from Catro tor y declares there is no Haletito Rawlings’ he <a 4, “and | 8 and jury, in jon here for tn: truth in the report that Howard Car I'm goin to use it up He sua € ation of T: rt seath, indicted ter, the American Egyptologist, co- final); onvinced that it was the best egy aig A Gh SEBTOA! COMA) ORE discoverer with the late Lord Car. vurder thing for him to return to his faz narvon of the tomb of Tutenkhamen ahd ami has been taken Jil. Mr. Carter, it| De® = ALLAHASSEIE April 12. sserts, shortly will return from| “That's all right,” sald the fugit Investigation t th of Martin lalro to Luxor. “but just walt until I’m 16. Tabert of North all d to An xchange telegraph message jI'm going to work and nobody 1s have died from brt in a prison from Cairo last night sald Mr. Carter | &9ing to stop me. |camp centered here today with the had been stricken with illness there} a ate |convening of the nt legislative and that Lady Carnarvon, in conse-| Perpetual hot baths, tn which rest-| commit and the arriy { North quence had postponed her trip to| less patients sleep. is one form of| Dakota officials Prosecw! gland with her husband's body. | treatment for certain mental d'seases. | ing wit BROWNING TO BE TRIED MURDER CHARCES FILED Benjamin F. Ballantyne, SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 12.) |teller, in his fashionable home he Marriner and John V1. Browning eee eee seated te tale Jr., of Ogden were charged with first) new turn today following official an degrees murder in complaints issued) nouncement by authorities that defl by tho Salt Lake county attorney| Pie steps woul’ | I girs Ahn daa shortly after 1 o'clock thls afternoon,|Prereculion. of [he case ur El. More © two {Brownings are held in BRAS enlareat ight that Me wok county Jail here charged with having| 41,’ Gharcea of. first. dewree murder shot and kiled Benjamin Fy Ballan-| this morning against John Brown tyne here last Tuesday, jing, Jr, son hn M. Browning, SAL i; LAKE c Y, Utah, April 12. | Brown Oxgder Utah, banker, wh the investigation of the wluying ofthe killing. Marriner has conf former bank ff to thé police, that he shot ntyne in self-defense. A new , ss entered the case last night, according Moreton in the ap- pearanc of Mrs. Elsie Debode: m Ballantyne reside M the county attorne: ed him that Agreement ween the two Brow ling police, said that the ting re from theit at ath f Ogden, Utah, fosliow- th her husband,

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