Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 19, 1923, Page 1

Weather Forecast WYOMING—Generally fair tonight and Friday, except snow tonight extreme northwest portion. Colder tonight and in extreme east portion Friday ‘ \LUME VIL TO ELIMINATE “WHIPPING POST IN PRISON GAM Lower House of Florida Legislature Takes the Initiative in Wiping Out Boss Brutality. TALLAHASSEE, April 19. —Working up to the first stage of abolishing the whip the senate today received from the lower chamber of the Florida general assembly, an ‘ amendment proposed to the present “statue which would do away with whipping, a means of punishment now legally employed Over the opposition of fifty nega- tive voters, the bill passed the house late yesterday with le debate and cross fire than had been expected. The main theme of the onpzsition centered on the tnability to control negro convicts, at times, without the ‘use of the lash. FIVE DEAD, ONE I$ MISSING, IN NEW YORK FIRE LYNN, Mass., April 19—Five per- sons were killed in a fire which de- strayed the Essex Castle, a five-story sbrick apartment house on Ellis street in the center of the city early today. Many occunants were hurt. The dead: Frank Toseler, George P. Hilpot, Mr: Antonoitee Hanlon, Miss Mar- aret J. Nutter and Harry Fairchild. Miss Alma Gilman was reported BILL SUBMITTED) in the Florida convict campsmposton The Guaranteed Circulation of The Casper Daily Tribune Yesterday Was 10,602 Ghe Casper ADaily Tribune SECTION 36 CASPER, WYO., THURSD c AY, APRIL 19, 1923. FINAL EDITION BALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Chicago— Pittsburgh _ Chicago xin z Batteries — Adams, Kunz and Schmidt; Eldridge and O'Farrell. At Cincinnath— St. Louis Cincinnat x x Batteries — Haines, Couch, Aln- smith; Keck and Wingo. At Brooklyn— RW. E. Philadelphia — ce Brooklyn .._ -00 00I— x x x Batteries — Ring and Henline; “Vance and Deberry. At Boston (morning game)>— R. H.E. New York..000002020-4 8 1 Boston __.000000030-3 9 1 Batteries—Nehf, Lucas and Gaston; Benton, Genewich, Cooney and O'Neill. At Boston — R. H. E. New York --.000 003 00—x x x x Snyder; Marquard and Gowdy. ———.__—_ American League. At Cleveland— R. 010 002 10— x 200 100 01— x Batteries — Levere‘te, Morton Schalk; Edwards and O'Neill. At Philadelphia— R. A. E. Washington -_110 000 00—x x Philadelphia 011 000 1I— x x x Batteries — Mogridge and Gharrity; Hasty and Perkins. At New York— Boston ----... x New York bee ~ | Batteries — Ferguson, Murray, De- vormer; Bush and Schang. . a At St. Louis— RH. E. Detroit ve; St. Louis =e Batteries — Holliday and Woodall; Pruett and Severeid. ee LATE SPORTS PEORIA, Ill, April 19.—Tom Jones, who managed Ad Wolgast during his lightweight champion missing. The blaze started on one of the lower floors and almost immedi- atoly the interior of the build'ng burst into flames. The 150 persons living in the 49 suites were quickly aroused, ‘A few made thelr way down the stair- ‘ways before these were cut off by fire and smoke. Many jumped from win- dows and others were taken down ladcers by the firemen. There were many narrow escapes when the roof fell in. GEL lie os ONE KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK NEW ORLEANS, La., April 19.— Engineer Hafen of McComb was “wurned to death, Fireman Tom Rog: ers was fatally injured and a brake man was hurt when a norta bound freight train on the Illinois Central Railroad crashed into the rear end of a standing freight train near Ham: mond, La., igniting three cars ¢ cohol. Hleven freight cars ard a mogul engine were destroyed. ————_—— RUM ROW IS VISITED BY DRY CHIEF NEW YORK, April 19—Rum row made up of lMquor laden ships that lay off the New Jersey coast, was the objective of State Prohibition Direc tor Canfield today as, with several as- aistants and a party of newspaper men, he boarded the coast guard cut- ter Manhattan for an inspection of the three mile limit. Great Memorial Service Planned To Honor Bishop ST. LOUIS, April 19.—(By The As: Press.}—A magnificent meo- career, declared today that the man named Ed Wolgast who died at the state hospital for the insane here last Tuesday was.not the former lightweight titleholder. Although Wolgast's sister tele- phoned to hospital offici for a description of the dead man, which is said to tally with that of Wol- gast, friends in Los Angeles advised that the former champion was there taking treatment for mental BOSTON, April 19.—({By The As- sociated Press.}—Clarence DeMar, of Melrose, won the annual 25 mile marathon run from Ashland to Boston today, despite a cold. It was his third victory in the classic. DeMar's time 22347 35. Frank Zuna, of New York, finished second. Wallie Carlson of Chicago was third. es NEW YORK.—An agreement be- tween the steel manufacturers of Great Britain, France and: the United States to end destructive competition in their foreign mar- kets was advocated by Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the Bethlehem Steel corporation. The Tribune's: offer to help those out of employment by inserting ads in {ts classfied department is still open, Not a very large number have taken advantage of the opportuniy to place free ada, which proves that unemployment is not as general as some had supposed. Nevertheless the Tribune's offer will remain open for about two weeks more, in order that any whodesires may take advantage of it, There are no strings attached to the free advertisement. If you want work and are out of a job, all you have to do Is call at this office and insert the ad. It will not cost you anything The coming of spring and the pos- sibilities of the new raliraad have brought in to Casper in the !ast few weeks a “floater” population which 1s not entirely taken care of, although some of it bas already been assimu- lated in the industrial life of the community, partly through its own initiative and partly by use of the Tribune Help Wanted Ads. Neverthe- is no reason why any one in at Its present stage of pros ould be out of vw If he wants to get employment, he ought to be able to finc. it. If he Tribune Aas Free to Men Hunting Jobs ]can’t the Tribune ads will find it for him, As the friend of the laborer, and a sincere believer in the dignity of la- bor, the Tribune ts extending this op- portunity to use {ts columns free of j charge t6 all working men. It Is com- | forting to know that there Js so little unemployment here today, in com Parison with what there was a year Zo. But it would be better to know | that there was none. A few months ago the Tribune | opened its columns to the jobless, | with the result that the unemploy ment situation was cleared up amost immediately, It will continue to hold open “Job Wanted” classifications far |two more weeks. If at the end of |that time the number of those who | take advantage of the offer is 60 | slight as to be negligible, the prac- tice wil! be discontinued. Those who want work, therefore. should place their free aCs with the Tribune immediately, that the situa- -tion may be entirely rectified when the free Want Ad offer closes. ibis hited Oa DALLAS, Tex., April 19.—J. C. | Gibson, 22, motorcycle policeman, was shot and killed today by @ burglar discovered in the act of robbing a ' drug store. Casper Banks To Be Closed On Arbor Day The banks of Casper will close next Monday which has been set aside as Arbor day by Governor William B. Ross. Any business to be transacted with the banking tn- stitutions should accordingly be executed prior to Saturday noon. Arbor day in Casper is an ex- tremely important one in the way of beautifying the clty and should be taken advantage of as a means of helping out in the general scenic improvemen: ————————_ TINK WORKER SUFFERS FRACTURE SKULL IN FALL, CONDITION GRAVE Arthur Davis, an employe on a tank farm west of Casper, suffered a fractured skull yesterday afternoon when he fell from a scaffold on which he was working. He was rushed to the County hospital where he was attended by Dr. Allen McLellan, wh» stated this morning that he was in a very serious condition. Davis is 21 years of age. TO RES that ten others, nine men and on Fox Island, 18 miles from As a result of their story, two army airplanes are on their way from Self- ridge Field, Mount Clemens, today +o carry food to the marooned party, The party went to the island last rvice in honor of the Right Daniel S. Tuttle, head of tho! ixcopal church in the United ates, who died here Tuesday, is be- ned, fall to cut ber, carrying provi- sions sufficient for several months. Three weeks ago all food supplies, except some frozen potatoes, were gone. PLANES RUSHED CUE OF TEN ON ISLAND Three Men Win 48-Hour Battle Against Slush, Ice and Water to Carry Tale of Tragedy to Michigan Port NORTH PORT, Mich., April 19.—(By The Associated Press.) Cold, exhausted and half starved, three men who for 48 hours battered their wa f water, reached the mainland here yesterday, bearing newS| ung nothing o1 y through slush, ice and open a woman, are slowly starving here in Lake Michigan. An attempt was made by four men to cross the mainland. They started on foot, but two miles from the island the ice broke up, and two of the men narrowly caped death by drowning before the return to the island was accomplished A week later the men started again | but when two miles out they were i (Continugd on Page Five.) EVANSVILLE TO VOTEMAY 12 ON INCORPORATION An election will be called May 12 to determine whether or not the rest dents of Evansville three miles east of Casper, want to incorporate the town. This decision was reached at a meeting of the commissioners of Natrona county this morning at which time a petition, signed by the required number of electors, resl- dents of that district, asking for an Incorporation, was presented. The petition and the plans for in- poration are being handled by Alex King, attorney. A census of vansyille revealed a population of 75 and the territory Included in the Fequested ingorporation is slightly less than three square miles in area. The territory has been plotted and mapped by Albert Park, Natrona county surveyor. The county commissioners have named John Sheehan, Ira Daniels and King Ellison, all of Evansville, as election ,inspectors to act as judges and clerks of the election on May 12. From the sentiment so far shown, it is believed that the issue will be decided in favor of incorporation and that Evansville will be in the same class as Mills. the Tribune's cam period | of this section. the| ing indeed to see which can go “Couble quick. As close as the race stands at pre sent the current week with vote possibilities may be said for the| required from ever period | desires to remain active big | N most important of the campaign third period” schedute in effect length of time, candidates should and. are working al most night and day to take advant ed Age of these liberal offers. period then—or rather these days—will be the close of all extra vote offers of the campaign. week subscriptons wi!l as Gesignated in the fourth per the smallest vote ecunt lod vote schedule, schedule of the entire election. This period then—or rather these next eight days—will help in a great to determine Those candidates who work the hart est and accomplish these few days that remain will very| Checking on various angles of the thelr name announced a8} «tatement of Herb winners. the most during and POPULARITY campaign ever in Interest Intense in Tribune Contest Contestants Augurated in the newspaper history to]: Watch them go. It will be interest a of the others and remain there. REMEMBER Saturday {gs BAN R day. A cash report a week 1s candidate who Let's make Saturday a REAL BANNER day by vote| turning in every subscrition possible schedule in effect only for the next|at that time. Afte nine days and the “second payment”| will then remain the same| which to win the § Saturday there ut one week in | Prize, Just one short week, and a $2,000 car at stake. Let's go. STORY BEING CHECKED UP LOS ANGELES, Callf., April 19.— Wilson, con vieted murderer, now in the Los Angeles county jail, that he provided General Daugherty after cons POLICE CALLED OUT AT D.A.R. MEET, REPORT WASHINGTON, April 19.—Police were called upon today to assist in preserving order at the Daughters of the American Revolution annual con- gress during balloting in connection with the triennial election of officers. Several of the ly two thousand delegates were described as being on the verge of hysteria. Firemen sta tioned at the convention hall as a precautionary measure, assisted po- lice officers in maintaining order, ex- s intense, the withdrawal of Mrs. Willlam Cumming Story of New York as a candidate for presi dent-general, narrowing the race down to Mrs. Wallace Hanger of Washington and Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook of Pennsylvania, having resulted in bitter feeling among a number of the delegations $$ SUMMARY OF NIGHT NEWS LONDON.—A massive silver vase, three feet high, is the gift to the Duke of York on the occasion of his forthcoming marriage to Lady od: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons from R man Wanamaker, of New York. WASHINGTON.—James J. Lar kin, the Irish agitator, who was pardoned several months ago by Governor Smith of New York after serving two years of a five year sentence on a criminal anarchy charge, was ordered deported by the labor department LONDON.—France is millions on th mpendi upation and get it, “using a whale to catch a apart,” the British labor party delegation, who went to the Ruhr to “see for themselves" declared in their report. BEAUMONT, did not return a an Knox held | charging murder after the t h husband, a w y lumber man, was found at Hemphill. wns dlamivand. - ultation wi de quate to meet the requirements of such len.” The action ts requested, the gov- ernment says, as a result of “an orgy of speciation,” which has driven up the prices of sugar to the consumer and which during February en ched the pocketbooks of brokers by 100,000. | A “conspiracy in restraint of trade ind commerce.” {s charged and off clals of the exchange and of the New York coffee and sugar clearing house ssociation wh'ch the injunction would be directed jointly with the ex change, are asked to appear in court and answer the government's allega tions, The court was advised in the bill that the exchange and the clearing house association serve no legitimate or useful purpose in marketing in interstate and forelgn commerce of raw and refined sugar, but “exist only as a means of contracting and speculating.” As a result, {t was ad ded, price levels are established which are “wholly speculative and artifi cial. The proceedings are the most sweeping ever instituted by the fed. eral government in its efforts to curb speculation in the necessities of life. The injunction petition was de cided on after the whole subject, in cluding evidence gathered in New York and elsewhere by department of justice agents had been discussed in detafl by President Harding and his cabinet, and after Attorney Gen eral Daugherty who 1s 111 at Ashe ville, N. ., had revised and approved the bill of complaint. Although the action today was a vil suit, Assistant Attorney General ymour announced that the govern ment also was considering crim| proceedings under the Sherman law and was pursuing investigation along that line Mr, Seymour said further that the government probably would request | the courts to declare invalid the indi vidual contracts instituted in the speculation of and issue an_ order preventing settlements between traders, Stock of Sugar companies listed on | York stock exchange also} t by news of the injunction suit. They had atarted off with an nce of 1 to 1% points in the early trading, but when word of the suit reached the floor they dropped 1 to rly 3 points fron thelr early nighs. United Hayward who was fr of the {n vestigation which resulted in the suit, | haracterized the procedure as | “united effort on the part of federal ‘officials to make the gamblers in the supply of sugar 1s demand is also normal the present time of year. price {s abnormal, “The price of sugar is high because manipulation on paper contracts for sugar which did not exist,” said the department “The February figures of transactions on the sugar exchange (Continued on Page Nine.) BANDITS MAKE $18,000 HAUL s cAPrain ah IS KILLED cks and $1,000 in cash was taken bandits here today from a truck company. 8, he bandits fired several shots before | tain W. I. Cole escaping in an automobile but no one| pany K, 24th infantry at Fort Ben ‘They did not attempt| ning, was k with | mobile crash Only the it was asserted justice nvestigators. KANSAS CITY, Mo., was wounded. the explosives for the bomb explo ted in Wall street, New York, September 16, 1920, was planned today by Wm C. Burns, chief of the bureau of in vestigation of the department of jus tice. After talking to Wilson yesterday. Rurns declared the- prisoner's story “logical.” “We intend to check up on every Government Files Injunction Proceedings to Restrain Spec-\\. in ese yonder ie or ulating in Futures as Result of Investigation; Heavy Selling Follows Receipt of News too great importance to neglect any angle.” He did not make public details of Wilson's story. ——— WASHINGTON, April 19.—(By The Associated Press) Injunction proceedings to shut WARM WA VE off trading in sugar futures were instituted in New York today by the federal government. The government’s bill, prepared under the personal direction of United States Attorney h President Harding, asks the court to permanent- ly prevent the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange from entering into or permitting any liens in sugar “unless the person purporting to make such sale has in his possession or un- his control a supply of sugar ade- sugar remove the roulette wheel from MOVES EAST CHICAGO, April 19.—Summer and spring weather arrived almost aimul- taneously and close on the heels of Tt was sald at Mr. Hayward's office| Winter weather in sections of the that] Western half of the country yester and| ay and today the warm wave was spreading estward and southward. A maximum of 90 degrees was regis. tered yesterday at Plerre, 8. D., with readings of 80 degrees over large area of the plains states, according to weather reports. While farming and garfening ac- tivities took on new life east of the Rockies, precipitation occurred over much of the Pacific slope and light snow was falling this morning in western Montana and_ northwestern Wyoming, according to advices to the district weather bureau, ‘The temperature in Chicago reached a maximum of 68 yesterday. for COLUMB Ga, April 19.—Cap ommander of Com d today when his auto: 1 into a curbing on the Wynnton road, pinning him under it BASTROP, La., April 19. today notified 15 defendants in the Morehouse hooded band cases to surrender to him at the courthouse here before noon method was adopted to save time. Three} or siat charged in connection with the cases are out of the jurisdiction of the sheriff. Klux klansmen. He said thi Higgin- Newt Gray surrendered| Attorney David I. Garrett today was were | investigating complaints submitted to make bond and exalted Klan, telephoned the sheriff he would 15 DEFENDANTS AT MER ROUCE WILL SURRENDER Sheriff Calls Upon Indicted Citizens to| — Give Themselves Up as Means of Ex- pediting State Prosecution Sheriff Fred Carpenter early The state charges all defendants MONROH, La, April 19.—District dated, it was learned here, NUMBER 165. THREE BIDDERS GET CONTRACTS IN OTATE MEET Mutual Company Is Only One to Pay Premium For Wyoming’s Share Of Crude Production. CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 19.—The Wyoming land board was in session all day today to take up the lease on |section 36 of the Salt Creek field and kindred matters, but up to the noon recess had not reached the point of considering the lease on the famous tract. The session was resumed at 2 o'clock this afternoon At the morning session the board awarded to the Midwest Refining Co. the lease on > 80-ncre tracts in the Grass Cree a. Tt also disposed of the state's royalty olls from all its lands except that in the Sa!t Creek fleld, which latter went over until the afternoon session. The Mutual, Ohio, and Midwest companies were awarded the contracts for the ofl in the Big Muddy, Grass Creek, Rock Creek, tik Basin and Mahoney Dome ‘These were all at the posted field pricen except in case of the Mu tual Ol Company, which agreed to pay premiums of from 5 to 25 cents above the posted price on ifs con- tracta, It wan considered likely that the Section 86 matter would not be reached untfl either late today or to- morrow. RAILWAY MAIL’ CLERK SEIZED AT CHEYENNE CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 19.—H, G. Alexander of Omaha, raflway mail clerk, arrested here by postoffice tn- spectors from Kansas City last night, charged with robbery of the mails, {s under interrogation by inspectors this morning. Alexan/ler has been in the railway mail service for thirty years and has been a clerk in charge for fifteen years. Alexander at first denied that he had been robbing the mails, but under Prolonged questioning 6 said finally to have admitted a series of thefts of letters and packages extending over @ period of six months. He will be ar- raigned before a United States Com- missioner here this afternoon. While his alleged thefts took place in Neb- raska as well as Wyoming, action gainst him will be in « federal court r Wyoming. an Alexander was taken into custody when he reached Cheyenne at the end of his run Inspector J. W. Adam. son and H. A. Roland of Kansas City and H. W. Blake of Deny He has under srrveillance for some time. The inspectors expressed the bellef that the total amount he {s alleged to have obtained will prove tg be small. Alexander is married and has a family in Omaha. MORE NAMES ARE NEEDED ON PETITION OMAHA, Neb., April 19,—Recause th tions bearing 1,600 stgna filed « : I Roy- M, Harrop, pr American ¥ that Hen presider In, Neb., by nomic league, Ford's name be p al candidate on the primary he Progressive party in Ne- br n, in 1924, failed to have the n 1 number of signatures from t exsional districts Secretar Char W. Pool ruled Inte yesterday that tho petitions were In To be legal the p ons muat 100 signatures from each con 1 district, Secretary Pool de A number of signatures were jected, Mr. Pool sald, because pre-| his office by the Bas Pulp and could not be ve court.| Paper ¢ of Bastrop, that} According to uartera of nooded =m have been prowling|the American E mic league, steps Klux] about the prer of the company wi ce be taken to raise the and that workmen have been intimi-nt signatures on the pe yequired legal number, ASE PENDING the ON ROYALTY OL