Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 7, 1923, Page 1

Weather Forecast WYOMING—Generally fair tonight and Tuesday, Not much change -in temperature. Y¢ VOLUME Vil U.S. TROOPS MAY BANDITS PRICES TUMBLE Seve AN EXCHANGE AS } RESULT ‘ROGUS BUYING. ORDER Market Is Flooded With Worthless Checks in Many Cities; Fraud to Be Investigated. NEW YORK, May 7.—Postoffice inspectors this afternoon went on trial of a band of check forgers who sent out over the week end early 100 checks, aggregating more than a milion dollars, accompanied by letters to stock brokers in New York, Philadelph'a, Boston and Chi- both D large purchases of oc) NEW YORK, May 7.— Prices on the New York Stock Exchange were sent tumbling today by the reaction from heavy buying started on a flood of orders which it was disclosed were backed by worthless checks drawn on several Pennsyl- vania banks. More than a score of worthiess checka were received by Wall Street houses over the week end. One of the checks was for $15,007 drawn. on the Keystone National bank of Reading, Pa. to cover buying or- ders in Westinghouse, Reading, and American Car and Foundry. Others tecompanted orders to buy New York Central stock. Reports from Philedalphia and Boston said brokers in those cities hha received similar bogus orders. The checks in almost every case bore forged certifications, which tricked some of the brokers into exe coping buying crders for large blocks sock. Selling operations started when the fraud was discovered, sent prices down. practically the entire I'st being carrie’ to low levels. The protective department of the American Bankers association, set 15 investigators at work tracing down the worthless paper, while the Phil- adelphia stock exchange sent out 4 warning. wes ON 1OBOBIES ARE RECOVERED IN MINE DISASTER TRINIDAD, Colo, May 7.— With the death toll of the explosion in the Southwestern mine of the Rocky Mountain Fuel company, last Satur. day “definitely fea at ten and all bodies recovered by 10 o'clock Sun day morning, the stricken camp to day was recovering from the shock ‘Net the disaster, An inspection of the icked north slope is being made todity by State Mine Inspector James Dalrymp!e and Coroner Thomas Brad ley, ‘The latter stated today he had set _no time for the inquest. The origin of the exposion, the agency that set off the gas, has not been determined. Investigation has isclosed that the electric current that operates the fan stopped and was off for 15 or 20 minutes Satur- day afternoon and it was during this interval or at the minute the current was restored that hte explosion oc curred. It developed today that one man. Joe Cordova, son of Leon Cordova one of the victims ,escaped death by ® few seconds. The younger Cordo hac just passed out to safety from the mouth of the slope when the blast came wrecking the slope behind im, His father Leon who was com = out 200 feet behind him was caught by the explosion and his body. the Jast to be taken out, was found undgr debris, GERMANS URGED TO AMEND OFFER LONDON, May 7.—(By The Assoc!- ated }—Great Britain will dis- note to Germany within 36 expressing disap; Pre: patch a oval of the man al and Iker reparations proposals rt on of | tations, CASPER, WYO., MONDAY, MAY 7, 1923. RE VENdorsiy aye In Tribune Election; Final Votes Tabulated Cars Are Won by Nat Baker, Hallie Ellis, Helen Gardner, Lelia Logan, Mrs. M anbeck and Gladys Johnson JUDGES’ STATEMENT We, the undersigned members of the executive committee appointed to have supervision of the free gift distribution campaign of the Casper Daily Tribune, concluded this date, and who have been selected to act as counting judges and auditors, certify and state that we have this date made a careful count and check of the ballots cast in this election and find results to be as follows: It is our belief that the campaign has been conducted in a fair and impartial manner to everyone interested and con- cerned and we commend the Casper Daily Tribune, Mr. C. W. Barton, president, and the campaign management for the business-like methods employed in conducting the election. We further find that the contestants whose names are hereby given received the number of votes given opposite their names and are declared the winners in their respective position: (Signed) J. A. WIGGINS, C. H. HORSTMAN, W. S. KIMBALL. Results as Follows Capital Prize—Dist. No. 5—Nat Baker. First Choice—Dist. No. 1—Hallie Ellis. Second Choice—Dist. No. 4—Lelia Logan. Third Choice—Dist. No. 3—Helen Gardner. 36,305,200 Fourth Choice—Dist. No. 2—Mrs. H, Manbeck......34,046,385 Fifth Choice—Dist. No, 5—Gladys Johnson.____29,688,850 spaniel Prize— . No. 4—Lelia Logan... .. 2,821,000 $200—District No. 1—Mrs. H. B. Pearce......__....26,429,070 00—District No. 2—Virginia Satter.___..__31,746,635 200—District No. 3—Mrs. E. G. Witt. —-.11,783,995 200—District No. 4—J. C. Husted 200—District No. 5—Mrs. Fred Beleau.. 100—District No. 1—Mrs. W. F. Dumars...._. $100—District No. 2—Mrs. Harry Black. $100—District No. 3—E. A. Arbes........ $100—District No. $100—District No. 5—Myrtle Froman. 40,248,255 239,115,185 37,761,080 REALTORS’ BIG SHOW READY FOR OPENING Entertainment and Exhibits at “Own Your Own Home Show” to Hold Interest for Thousands of Casper People; Doors Will Open at 7:30 This Evening The realtors’ “Own Your Home Show” will open at 7:30 dancing academy and will be in progress for three consecutive days with every variety of| amusement being offered for the entertainmert of those who attend. Heine Klotz, soloist with the Denver Municipal band, heads the list of special entertain- ers who arrived this morning from the Colorado capital for the three days of the show. Mr. Klotz sang in Casper in the days when the Henning and Rhino cabarets were flourishing Shawn, will do a series dances. Miss Prior has been with Mr. Shawn in New York all winter and recently refused his offer to go on tour in Europe. She has been on Orpheum and Keith time and is rec ognized as one of the country's premier dance ertists. and will be remembered by many of special local people. His popularity in and around Denveris unquestioned as he has a clear, powerful voice with a big range. In addition he does a whistling act that has been meeting with great favor. Klotz will use a half dozen num-; In addition to the special entertain- bers “including ‘“Tomorrow"; “When| ment. there will be the popular You Learn How to Cry", “H®mesick” | Tommy Watkins’ orchestra and Zeta | and “Honolulu Girl”. IMiddievitcn and ‘Doug Isitt, the Dorothy Hays, Jr., who has been| Arkeon’s regular entertainers. entertaining at all of the well known| ‘The show itself will be a unique cabarets in Chicago this winter, 1s 4 attraction and will equal in interest | jazz singer whose reputation for put-| the large shows of this kind that are| ting across blues numbers has pre-| held in the big cities. Every line of| ceded her from the east. In the last! business that contributes to the home| fewrmonths in Chicago she has been! will be represented. on bills at the Green Mill, Terrace! inne brick industry, the lumber fn Gardens, Midnight Frolic#, the Rain. 2 , dustry, furniture stores, hardware w Gardens and Colisimo's, On the! sores, plumbing shone, banks, loan t of songs she will’ uso here !8) aesocintions, and dizens of others coal tN uae Heres ity, AS! wilt exhi'its #. the show. | ri ting “Seme of These} Day | admission is merely nominal ys" and “He May Be Your Man But He Comes to See Me Sometimes.''| With the privilege of staying at the} Irene Prior, Denishawn dancer and| Show as long as one desires. Plenty CS 3 been arranged #0} th St. Denis and Tea|f floor spaco has lH ei |that the various displays and the} |entertainers can all be seen with the, greatest amount of covnenience. The following firms will have ex hibits at the Realtors Own Your Home show: Richards and Cunning: jham, Provident Building and Loan |B cepaerteha ng Grover Gorsuch, Gantt | i and company, Lumber Dealers, Nor-| man Black Building Specialty com: | pany, Chamberlin Furniture company, | the problem, Asbestos Chimney company, Pluchain | BERLIN, May 7—4By The Associ-| Contracting company, Charles’ &£. ated Press.)}—Despite the acrimonious | Wells Music company, R. T. Kemy tenor of the French reply to the Ger-| Insurance ccmpany, City of man reparations note, the foreign of Brick company Insiined to interpret it Abstract ing the path to nego Park Eixten ued on Pa fice 1s not barr company, wholly 1 corporat se Two.) | pedred a 00 KILLED IN CUBAN WRECK HAVANA, Cuba, May 7.—Meager details received today! regarding the wreck yesterday of two trains at Chucho Des- quite, on the Hershey Electric railway, placed the number of dead at more than fifty, with more than that number seri- ously injured. Only two Americans were on the trains, both escaping with slight injuries. ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS SLAIN MEXICAN POLICE WHO AGREED TO SMUGGLE THEM INTO U. S. LAREDO, Texas, May 7.--Seven Italian immigrants anx- iously looking upon the land marking the border of the ‘United States, ;were shot on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. Saturday night by,Mexicans, who, the lone survivor declares, betrayed them after they had paid money to the leader. a Nuevo Leon policeman, to assist them in their escape across the interational boun-, where they were shot. dary. Six of the Itallans were killed | °Scorted them to the lonely spot : Mexican authorities at.Neuvo La- almost instantly and tho seventh was| 4, have arrested two Mexicans. wounded. er Viavano Lerraro, the lone survivor, thade his way tb Co!umbio, state of NATIONAL LEAGUE. Nuevo Leon, where he notified au- thorities of the shooting. He told the At Pittsburgh— R. H. E. St. Louis — 000 011 110— 4 13 Mexican authorities there that the Pittsburgh — 030 O11 42x—11 20 2 Mexican policeman had promised to smuggie them across the border and Batteries—Sherdel, Wright, North, Wigginton, Barfoot and Ainsmit McCurdy, Adams and Gooch. At Philadelphia— R.H. E. |New York —~-_.1 603 111 200-13 16 0 | Batteries—Bentley and Snyder, | Batteries—ePrntry and Snyder, | Meadows, Weinert, Bishop | line, O'Brien. At Boston (tied in 9thh— RR, B i. B. Brooklyn 061 010 120" * * Boston — -000 005 O33—" * * Batteries ickerman, Mamaux, Decature, Smith, Vance.and DeBerry; Watson, Genewich, Beton, Oeschger, Marquard and O'Neill, Gibson. —— AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Chicago— R.H. E. ‘ o'clock tonight at the Arkeon | Detroit 01 001 1°*— Chicago -002 000 2¢*—* Batteries—Dauss and Blank ship, Connally and Schalk, At Cleveland— Louis _ Jeveland -030 610 0* Batteries—Kolp, F | Collins; Uhle and’ 0" | —. RELATIVITY “SPAT” END IN BATTLE PARMALEE IS | SAN FRANCISCO, May 1—Bin. | OUT ON BOND stein's theory was reported today to have been the cause of a battle with | a aes butcher knives between a. cook aba) TOO. COLT i es & dishwasher in a restaurant here | | rralee, Shite Rodi ate Revie yesterday. Steve Chesto, the cook,|!* ®t Hberty under bond after having in upholding Enstein relativity, sut,| Le?» questioned at police headquar fered severe lacerations and was. re- night with regard to moved to a hospital, while @ames Piezo Rags aetna ae ponds on Bed Riley, the dishwasher, insisting on|Ve*" Old son from a children’s hor the soundness of Newton's doctrine of |!" @ suburb. Parmalee was allow gravitation, was in the county jait| 8 1 Beers en a neeonite awe today charged with assault with a/°f @mparo obtained py h's counsel duadly’ weaton whereabounts of the child, who —————_ __ der the charge of the courts pending In China a man may wear tho! judicial proceedings ta determine his| same garments for a lifetime without | custody, have not been learned, al- being out of style, so little does the} though It is bel “1 he has be sent! fashion change {to the United § ates ALLEGED HAZER FOUND IN AKRON CHICAGO, iated Press.) Ma {By J, Atlen Mil ‘orthwestern Uni The Asso: been n sk has by the sought authorities identified as a Week fresh in| th go. Akron, Ohio mbe fount, also a ept ha N ear man, disap- | p< a class fight, and who} cels BY and Hen-| was being cared for at the home un-| Counting Began at 11 P.M. Saturday, Ended Sunday The sealed ballot box in the Tribune’s gift prize campaign was opened promptly at 11 o’clock Saturday night when the judges locked the doors and declared the election closed. The judges were: J. A. Wiggins, C. H. Herstman and W. J. Kimball. During the week scores of envel- opes were placed in the ballot box. Eager workers continued canvassing until the last moment and just before the campaign was formally declared closed all envelopes from the pos! office were placed in the ballot box. Eager workers continued canvassing until the last moment and just before the campaign was formally declared | closed all envelopes from the post: | office were placed in the ballot box. Results Early Sunday. The judges began their work at 11 o'clock and finished only after a long |Period of strenuous work. Thi |found hundreds of subscriptions ar {thousands of coupons collected by |candidates, Every receipt, checic, money order, bill or coin was care- fully checked and results were tabu- lated. It was not until early Sunday Morning that the count was com- pleted and winners determined, It was a smiling, cheerful, ‘but | hard-fought battle, this Tribune cam- paign, All honor to the hustling con- testants who worked hard-to obtain the rich prizes, It was a truly wonderful race. The | number of votes cast for the various | candidates ran into the millions and jit was only after the judges worked |strenuously into .Sunday morning | that the grand totals were made and the results announced. The utmost | Accuracy was observed by the judges (Continued on Page Two.) ‘GIANT’ j { ‘ Searched by Offic his deputies working with S. The Tribune Carries More Classified Advertising Than Any Paper in Wyoming Che Casper Daily Tribune Relations Between U- S. and China to Be Jeopardized by Seizure, Belief WASHINGTON, May 7.— Tho possibility of action by American troops fo relieve the Americans held captive by bandits in Shantung province, China, was discussed to- day at a conference between Secre- tary Hughes and Dayis of the war Afterward Mr. Davis announced that the war department stood ready to back up with armed forces any decision reached by the state department or by the council of foreign ambassadors in Peking. If was announced that a deter- mination on the part of the Peking couneil contemplating concerted ac- tion by the foreign powers against the bandits would cause no sur- prise here. WASHINGTON, May 7.— (By The Associated Press.)— A situation apparently re- garded as seriously menacing good relations between the United States and the Peking government in China was described today .by American Minister Schur- man in the first official report to reach the state department regarding the capture of American citizens by bandits near the Shantung border. The American minister is under stood already to have made officin ntations on his own responsi. lity, and it is expecte1 that he will be instructed by the government here to pursue the most vigorous course to secure the release of the prisoners unharmed, The report was prepared by Mr. Schurman on the basis of informa: tion furniahed- him by~ an American citizen who was on thé spot when the bandits attacked the tourist train on which many Americans were rid ing. It was indicated that so far as known none of those taken, prisoner had been harmed, and the minister apparently was hopeful that they all would be released. Minister Schurman's report was @ated midnight May 6 at Tsinau Fu and described the situation as “very serious’. A paraphrase made public by tho department, said: “An express train (Continued on Page Two) STILL SEARCH FAILS Ranch Districts North of Teapot ‘Are ers for Moonshine Plant Said to Supply Oil Fields Raids Saturday morning by Sheriff Perry A. Morris and R. Owens, state law enforce- « » ment agent, which resulted in the apprehension of 11 women Bassler;|in Teapot, five of whom were found in possession of liquor, | featured the first steps in a concerted effort by the state and county departments here to sh which is going into the Salt Creek field to be consumed by hundreds of workers there. Some of this Mquor ts undoubtedly going out from Casper and vicinity, but by far the larger amount ts com ng down from hiding places in Johnson county, the vast territory of which permits stills to be operated with ttle Mkelihood of discovery. | Tales of “the giant stil” that is the major source of this moon,’ thrill ‘ing storiec of booth who .had seers | made their boasts that they would not be taken alive, men a. | kept a look-out posted nuous'y | with orders to fire on the first offi that might approach, resulted tn trip to the vic'nity of Salt rday R. Ow ment Creek law en Morris’ from Cast or iff Woodside and Enforcement Agent | Hofige from Johnson cou Following the four raids in Teapot in which Sheriff Morris a Hibbard and Miter also toi and after the episode of “th tle’ that refused to break uties part iron bot A De} |the repeated efforts of ng lady | to empty the contents « the fot lof a brass bedstead, Owens, Irving and party went into Lavoye to be joined by BE. R. Vance, who is em ployed by the business men of this colt: to keep law and order. Les ow, employed by the Midwest | do the same th’ng in joned dt that place also met her ut off the stream of moonshine Freely giving permission to search the 1 the proprietor became en- |gaged in conversation with Les Srow on the general top'c of old times | while the other officers searched the |Fanch without results. Working a few miles sorth, the party of still-hunters were destined once again to run upon a dry ho'é when they drove down upon another ranch, Through wmat may have |been an exaggerated story, {t was the understanding this was the | scene of one of t t moonshine factories of moonsh'ne in the st ja factory guarded at all time |} One does not search for a Jenemy with any ‘that the search first ued to Wear an aspect ¢ ment unt ; po'ntment hidden scouting 1 Dame Rumor head rm miles ari terminin was wron arty retired back to Lavoy » ranch agaln thelr and FINAL EDITION ~~ NUMBER 180. - USED AGAINST CHINESE ; WOMEN TAKEN IN TRAIN RAID FREED n Fine Automobiles Awarded Winners DEATH THREATS MADE AGAINST MEN SEED ON SHANTUNG LINE Sister-in-Law of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Is Among Women Re- leased by Bandit Army SHANGHAI, May 7.—(By The Associated Press.) —One Britisher was killed by the bandits who held up the Shanghai-Peking express train near the Shantung border and arried off the 150 passengers early esterday, according to a message rom Linchbeng, but all the women eaptives, including Miss Lucy. Ald- ich, sisterin-law of John D. Rocke- eller Jr., have been released. The ten still held, are said to be in grave anger, The message said the ban‘its had oufied the authorities that all the Jen among the foreign captives vould be killed unless troops were vithdrawn. Miss MacFadden and Miss Coralll were released with Miss Aldrich, the eport added. Troops are pressing the bandits on oth sides, firing, at last advices. ‘he kidnaping plot is believed to have riginated in Shanghai, when it be- ame known that a large party was eaving to attend the ceremony inci- ont 40 the completion of the Kung- hapa Dyke at Tsinan. Miss Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and daugh- ter of the late United States Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island, was reported today in a message from Lincheng, to have been released by the bandits who early yesterday tool her captive with the other passenges on the Shanghal-Peking expess train. The report sald all the women cap tivts had been freed, apd that Misi MacFadden and Miss Coralli were re leased with Miss Aldrich, The men among the forelgners weré said, however, to be in grave dange? since the bandits had yotified the at thorities that the male prisoners all would be killed unless troops werg withdrawn. ‘At last accounts the troops were pressing the bandits on both sides with rifle fire. The kidnaping plot is believed to have been hatched in Shanghai when it became known that a large party was leaving on the Peking express to attend the ceremony incident to the completion of the Kungchapa Dyke at Tsinanfu. Miss Aldrich is reported ill from her experiences. The Mis# MacFadden referred to in the dis patch {s Miss Aldrich's mald. The Aldrich party, homeward bound from a tour, reached Shanghai te ago. Miss Coralli is secreta D. Muso, a Italian ne ho was among According to an port from a Japanese news agency, K. Mangal, governor general of the Japanese colony on the is!and of Sak halin, and another prominent Japa- prominent attor » captives. ugconfirmed re the president of the Hakodate hamber of commerce, were captured by the bandits. They were supposed to have left Nanking for Peking yes: terd but messages addressed 14 them at Nanking brought no re plies. APHIC STORY IS TOLD BY REFUGEES. TIENTSIN, Me e Asso ciated Press.jJ—A relic ain arrived here this morning a party of forel@ who escaped when the Shanghat x p vester lay f bandits ‘a I Mrs. Rob 1 the lat. thetr hits. ac WYOMING CRUDE PRICES REDUCED