Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 16, 1923, Page 1

ean, The Tribune Carries More Classified Advertising Than Any Paper in Wyoming Weather Forecast ‘WYOMING—Unsettled weather to- night and Thursday with probably rain. Warmer in east and central portions tonight. Colder Thursday. Che Casper Daily Critune FINAL | VOLUME Vil. CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1923. [EDITION] NUMBER 188. CHINESE BRIGANDS HURL CAPTIVES TO DEATH Pres. Harding GEORGE J. GOULD, RAILROAD MAN AND FINANCIER, DIES IN FRANGE ‘Relapse From Illness With Which 17. Was Stricken| On March 20 P atai Early Today to Recognized Head of Gould Interests. MENTONE, France, May 16. this morning. Mr. Gould was stricken with pneumonia at his villa on! March 20. For several days his condition remained critical, ge Pee 5 ie iba des abel! but he then rallied and on April 3 was said to be out of danger. Three! weeks later, however he suffered a relapse‘and on May 8 took a turn for the worse. } The end came peacefully. Mr. Gould's wife and two children were at his bedside. George Jay Gould, financier and raliroad man, succeeded to the leader- ship of the famous Gould family upon the death of his father, Jay Gould, December 2, 1892. In addition to assuming responsi- bility, as trustee and executor, for the $80,000,000 estate left by his father, he carried on and expanded| the great railroad holdings of the) May Festival Is Postponed Second Time Disappointment again reigns su- preme throughout the grade schools of the city because the inclement weather has spoiled the athletic park to the extent that the track meet and festival which were to latter, and within a few years, dur-| have been held this afternoon ing which he applied the lessons} ™ust be postponed for the second learned from the elder Gould, he be time. of America’s foremost rall- The field at present is muddy The 6,000 miles of! into} ablated from the recent rain and snow and to hold such events on it would be road left by Jay Gould grew more than 20,000 miles under the| Out of the question until it dries management of his son, while the} UP again. Announcement has been made that no date will be set until the field is in condition. ———+ B. EB, Streeter came down Mon- lay from Billings and. wi!l spend sev. any investments in other huge en-| terprises, including the Western/ Un'on Telegraph company, also were} largely managed by the principal heir, George Jay Gould was born in New! York City February |aftaire, door Meeting | charges of unlawful assembly | Oaks. Oaks appeared at the GEORGE J. GOULD |ing taken Sinclair and thre Pedro last night, but gave no intima. tion as to where the arrested men were taken. Later the Chief said the prisoners were being held in San Pedro but de- clined to tay whether they were in Jail. “Sinclair will be brought to Los Anr in line of descent from Major Nathan Gould, or Gold, the original ancestor,| who came from the south of Eng-| land in 1646 and settled in Fairfield, Conn, While many of Nathan Gould's descendants attained emi- nence in colonial affairs and through service In the Revolutionary war, {t| s/geles this afternoon,” Chief Oaks fet Sander Gould to become the) Ty “In the meantime I shall con- fer distro, attorney's office with th» FONTAINES TO * BE ARRAIGNED FOR PERJURY NEW YORK, May 16.—Evan Bur rowes Fontaine, dancer and her |Former Casperite Holds Important in Casper for States in the World War, America” at Copenhagen, Denmark, as shown by official the Consulate, Mr. Jensen, past several were reindicted by the Rockland county grand-jury today for perjury in connection with Miss Fontainc's $1,000,000 breach of promise sult Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. ——___- Denmark early in June. Cramp Is Crumpled| By Police on ‘Moon’ tho itinerary of his present trip. (By The Associated Press) —George Jay Gould, the American financier, who has been: ill at Cape Martin, near here, for some time, died at 3 o’clock | 6, 1864, the sixth’ cral days here attending to business Diplomatic Post Julius C. Jensen, who practiced law everal years before going into the service of the United fs now mother, Mra. Florence A. Fontaine, Vice Consul of the United States of letterheads of who has spent the weeks in Washington, ment will serve the d'nner. D. C., ts now visiting his parents tn) Sioux City, Iowa, before returning to/| in His Casper | awards will be made for proficiency friends will regret to earn that he) does not intend to Include Casper in| club having posted prizes at Scores J ART O’BRIER IS FREED BY | LOWDON couRT| LONDON, oclated Pri peals today ordered the release of | Art O’Brien, who was deported to Ireland after being arrested in tha March roundup of republican sym- pathizers. O'Brien was brought be- fore the court on a writ of habeas May 16—(By The As- s.)—The court of a ditious conspiracy the case was ad | Journed for a week. The court re fused to liberate O'Brien under bail. He was charged specifically with conspiring with others who are mem- bers of the Self Determination League to disturb the peace in both England and Ireand and to overthrow the government of the Irish Free State. The case of Art O'Brien, involv- ing the status of the hundred or more Irish agitators deported to Ireland after the March roundup tn England and Scotland has attracted wide attention in Great Britain. ‘The situation {s of interest to the government because of the fact that the habeas corpus act of 1870 under which Art O'Brien was re- leased, provides that no resident of England may be deported as a prisoner and declares that persons responsible for violation of the terms of the act may be heavily penalized. The March deportations were by order of Home Secretary Bridgeman, and the government now finds itself faced with the neceas'ty of passing an indemnity act to protect the secretary and other officiais who acted under him, Socialist Author Interrupted in Reading| of Preamble to Constitution at Out- in Los Angeles i LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 16.—Upton Sinclair, novelist and Socialist, is under arrest by Los Angeles police on and suspicion of criminal syn- dicalism, it was announced today by Chief of Police Louis D. police headquarters after hav- e others into custody at San concerning the charges against the men." LOS ANGELES.. conduct an outdoor meeting at Liberty Hill last night, by reading aloud the preamble to the Constitu- tion of the United States was inter- rupted by Chief of Police Louis D. Oaks, who broke up the gathering and escorted Sinclair and three com- panions to a waiting automobile and ; the machine was rolled away to a destination unknown early today. = LIONS GLUB 10 DINE AT HIGH SCHOOL TONIGHT; PRIZES 10 BE AWARDED Members of the Casper Lions club will hold their regular week!y meet- ing tonight at the high school where girls of the domestic science depart- Follow- ing the dinner, which will be served the domestic science rooms, in variou the 1 op. ening of the school term last fall, busfneas subject: Charge, Pays Fine The legal possession of liquor foat Charles Crump and James Lentz ‘each $50 before the court of Judge John A, Murray Inst night. Crump will be remembered as having peen featured in the famous “monkey wrench caso” which stirred Casper 8 few months age. WASHINGTON, May 15.—Reguli Mr, and Mra. Earl Welch are each out on a bond of $60, having beon arrested on*the charge of assault. It teems that the assaults were against each other. of mineral or other rights on restrict voked round that a here ts a restr conveyance an fons prohibiting the leasing to aliens ed allotted land of Indians were re- today by Secretary Work on the appeal of the Roxana Petroleum Work based his deciston| the lands owned! the Indian allottess al ALIEN LEASE ON INDIAN | LANDS TO BE ACCEPTED quast guardianship neither this re- | striction nor this guardianship de- | prives tho title of its character of a fee simple estate.” Provisions of the leasing act of 1920 are not applicable to the restricted allotted Indian lands, Secretary Work held, because that act is limited to the public domain or to 1 by United 8 The de ision does affect thi >| corpus. Upon his discharge by the court O'Brien was immediately taken | into cu by officers from Scot- land Yurd und was removed to Bow street. In the Bow street police court where O'Brien was charged with se-! May 16.—An at-| tempt by Upton Sinclair, author, to| lands owned| | lar NEW SCHOOL 1 “GREAT BOOST 10 BUILDING TOTAL With a $40,000 addition on the Elk | Street school buliding helping to raise the grand total, building per- mits In Casper for the frst 15 days {and part of the 16th reached the |mark of $210,250, over half the total |for last month. Sixty two permits | were tssued. | The permit for the school addition {was lled this morning. It will in- {clude seven rooms bes'des a prin- cipal’s office and janitor’s quarters. Many new store structures and apartments are included in the Hat of buildings for which permits were taken out. fe. SP er GREAT CREDIT T0 LOCAL. SCOUTS GIVEN BY PIPER Fifty Boy Scout officials of Casper attended a meeting held in the Methodist church it night that was given over to a talk by John H. | Piper, regional scout executive. and} jto a round table discussion of the points which Mr. Piper brought up. It was the regular meeting night of the scoutmasters’ school, but the routine of Work was disregaried. Mr. Piper left this morning for Sheridan where he will remain for two days, after which he will return to his. headquarters in Kansas City. Before leaving Casper the regional executive had the highest praise for the work of the local scout counell. a a ‘WwW. A. Dening ts.a Powell visitor here for A‘short timé NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Boston (tied in 10th}— RH. E. St. Louis oe Boston and | Batteries— Doak, Barfoot and/ Clemons, McCurdy; Marquard, Fil- | lingim and O'Neill. | Batteries—Dumovich, Osborne and) O'Farrell; Dickerman and Taylor. Batteries—Morrison, Gooch; Scott and Snyder. At Philadelphia — Cincinnati-Phila- delphia game postponed; rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE, eland— R. At Clev HLE.| Philadelphia: 000 030 110-5 10 4 Cleveland -000 000 0000 6 2 Batteries—Rommell and Perkins; Coveleskie, Smith and Myatt, At St. Louis— R.H.E. New York - 000 0 » St. Louis ~..—.100 0 of Batteries—Hoyt and Schang; Van Gilder and Severeld. Aft Detroit —Boston-Detrolt game postponed; wet grounds, OIL FIRE I: IS CONTROLLED, SAN PEDRO, Callt,, May 16.—Fire in a sump hole of 600 barrels of oil on the General Petroleum tank farm here early today menaced one of the large tanks and resulted in reports being made by the San Pedro police station that an 86,000 barre! tank had explofied. The fire was near the Fort MacArthur fortifications but firemen @eclered it to be under control and| devoted their efforts to prevent its spread to the tanks. legal provision that citizens of an-| | ther country which deny similar or| like privileges to Americans and, American corporations may not hold lensem, {t was stated officially. Secretary Work said it was his purpose to give full force and effect to the leasing act of 1920 which con- tained that provision but he could) not apply that act “elther tn its word or ith principles to privately owned is of she Indians,” LATE SPORTS GREAT FALLS, Mont. May 16. | —Jack Dempsey today selected training quarters in which to pre- Pare for his battle with Tommy Gibbons July 4 at Shelby, for the heavyweight championship of the world. Accompanied by a number of local business men and members of the local post of the American | Legion Dempsey visited a number of places in the vicinity of Great Falls finally selecting the great | Falls Park, one and a half miles south of the city and on tho east bank of the Missouri river. The park was in the early days of Great Falls site of the Volk brewery, first brewery of the city, the brewery building burning down 15 years ago, and the place being used as an amusement and dancing park since that time. It can be by two highways, by river and the Great Northern railways runs with- in one hundred feet of the front entrance of the park proper, which is an enclosed ground of about an acre in extent. CHICAGO, May 16.—Jack Kearns, manager of Jack Dempsey, left here today for Great Falls, Mont., with three additional sparring part- ners for the heavyweight cham- pion’s camp. Harry Drake, the English light heavyweight, who worked with Jess Willard for ‘his match with Floyd | Johnson will trade punches with | the champion, while Billy Wells, the British welterweight champion will be used to develop Dempsey’s speed. Frank Powers, a New York middleweight, also will be on the sparring staff. NEW YORK, May 16.—Tex Rick- ard today telegraphed the American Legion post of Great Falls, Mont., that it would be impossible to ac: cept an invitation to stage the Jess Willard-Luis Firpo fight there on July 2, two days before the Demp- sey-Gibboneetitlea. bout. at Shelby, IN HOT jas all Feueper Constitution Must Be Upheld, | President Declares in Discussing Plea for Federal Prosecution NEWBURGH, N. Y., May tion enforcement statutes would be likely to result in more or less conflict between state and federal a {opinion of President Harding. were expressed in a letter to Wesley Wait, of this city, made A bill passed by the legislature repealing the public today. act is awaiting action by Govern Smith. Mr. Wait wrote to the presiden urging that if Govrenor Smith should sign tho bill, congress be convened and that the governor and the mem- bers of the legislature who voted for the bill be suspended. “Every state official who voted for this bill is subject to the law of trea- son, having taken the oath to sustain the constitution of the U, 8., Mr. Walt's letter said. In reply President Harding wrote: “Pending the approval of the Cuvil- ler bill by Governor Smith thia mat- ter is hardly to be regarded as hav- ing reached the stage where any fed- eral authority is called upon for de termination of national policies. With much of what you say I am fully In accord. Mr. Lincoln said at the time | when slavery was still a recognized, established and accepted. institution throughout a considerable part of the Union that the nation could not exist half slave and half free. That ex- pression has been accepted ever since presenting the obvious and con- clusive logic of the situation which then confronted the Union. Certain- ly {t would have been still more im- pressive if there had been at that time a constitutional provision egainst slavery as there {s now a constitu tional provision against the liquor traffic. “The nation has deliberately, after many years of consideration, adopted the present policy which {s written into the 18th amendment. It ts law of the land and of every state within the Union." So long as it remains POLICE ARREST [sauscoss|FLOOD PASSES UPTON SINCLAIR SPRINGS |Stores Open Today After Laboring ‘All Night to Clear Away Debris; Night of Horror Filled With Rescues HOT SPRINGS, Ark., May 16.—(By The Associated Press.) —Merchants of this city opened their doors again here today after a night through which crews of men worked to remove the debris left by the flood and fire late Monday when torrents from a mountain cloudburst dashed down the slopes to form raging currents in its principal streets, while flames enveloped the buildings in an entire block. Central avenue, main thorough- fare and the chief stream bed of the flood 36 hours earlier, again was open to the traffic, though the working squads were able to clear away but a small part of the wreckage. All public utilities—gas, electric lighting and street car service, which were put out of order by the ele- ments, were again functionin Mrs. Kate Christianson, the only person known to have received seri- ous injury in the district, lay in a local hospital today still in a critical condition as a result of a crushed skull, Mrs. Christianson was unconscious when her rescuers, by swimming, drew her from the flood. Captain Fohn Lovett, of fire com- pany number 1, carried a woman frém a burning building only to be engulfed in the current. Half walk- ing, half swimming, he battled his way to a hose cart, lifted his human burden upon it to safety, then slipped back into the stream. He was swept away and thrown against a concrete post many yards beyond. When ho. was lifted from the water he was un-| conscious. . When flames burst from the win-| dows of the Grand Rapids hotel the flood was at its height, reaching a depth of nine feet in many places: Guests were trapped in the Mar quette hotel, the largest structure de:| stroyed by the fire and escape from the flames sent them into the torrent ‘With children jn their arms or held aloft above the flood, men and women braved the streams and waded or| swam to safety, Others were snatched | from their feet by the speed of tho! current which carried them along until rescuers braced in groups grappled with them and dragged them to higher Ropes hastily stretched by firemen at intervals across the flooded street, brought many to safety. Property loss was still undoter mined todey though estimates placed it between one and two millions, Suffer Loss of Infant Daughter Mr. and Mrs. R. EB. Dickensheets suffered’ the loss of thelr infout daughter, Gloria Claire who died at @ local hospital yesterday aftersoon, The remains are now at the Shaffer. Gay chape! pending funeral arrange. ments. Senior Year Will Be Added to Salt Creek H.S. Course Salt school Creek is to have a four-year course hereafter, according to action taken by a meeting of the school board of District No. 2 last night. Up to this time the Salt Creek high schoo! has furnished only the first three years, Tho increasing number of students warrants the additional service in the opinion of the board. CHINESE KILLED BY BANDITS Ai WARNING, GLAIM Anxiety Over Plans for Release of Foreigners Increased by Report of Cliff Murders. SHANGHAI, May 16—(By The Associated Press) —With an unconfirmed report re- ceived here this morning from Lincheng that three of the Chinese captives held by the Suchow train bandits had been hurled to their death over a pre- elpitous cliff in the Shantung moun- tains as a warning to the atuhorities, further word of the negotiations for the release of the foreign captives was awaited anxtously. The Lincheng report said the Chinese victims were killed Instantly. alleged murders were said to been intended to {mpress on the Chinese government and the foreign diplomatic corps that the bandits meant what they said when they an- that all tho prisoners would ain unless the bandits’ terma were complied with. The period of the ultimatum sent out Sunday by the bandit chieftain, granting three days, v belle to have expired elther lant night or somo time today. Lea of the bandits are sald’to 16.—Repeal of state prohibi- authorities in the The views of the president the national policy one course for there can be cr national govern nt to pursue, That is to use every means to make effective the law passed in compliance with this con stitutional mandate. To do this will the unquestioning policy of the present administration, and I may add that I am firmly convinced that it must be the policy other ad ministrations that shall here after. “The executive of the nation and equally the executives of the states are sworn to enfore tha constitution It is difficult to believe that approval will ever be given to any othor than a policy of fu'ly and lit erally discharging this duty. It does not seem fitting, however, to enter Upon a discussion of a situation which has not yet arisen. 1t will be ob. vieu that many complex and cxtre me'y difficult situations may arise !f any of the states shall dec!ine to as. sume thelr part of the responsibility of maintaining the consticution and (he laws enacted in pursuance and it ‘The states are equipped with police organizations an judicial establish- ts adequate ‘o deal with prollems, ‘The federal government is ho of come net thus equipped. “I venture that if reason of the re lis n fusal or failure of any state to urge its proper ducy in such ¢ yn tho federal government is le compelied to enter upon the] nave met emissaries yesterday after. thuritory and judicial diarricts of! noon at Dragon Paw Cliff, ten miles “ho state and to set up those police} north of Tsnochwang. Counter pro- and judicial authorities which would] posals were discussed and it is be- bo required, the most difficult and, trying situations would ineyitabl’y arise. More or less conflict between state and federal authorities would seem unavoidable in such circum- stances. The impression would be created that the federal government was assuming to Interfere with the functions of the states, and the dis Alevedsthat the outlaws’ final decision was forwarded today. The demands emphasize, as a basic requirement, that the foreign diplo- mats guarantee the bandits against reprisals from Chinese or foreign sources, and also that the diplomats pledge the carrying out of the gen- eral terms. These terms do not men- tressing results that would ensue! tion ransom, but ‘require the forma- sendlly sugwest) themselves tion of the bandit force, numbering 8,000 into two brigades, with Sun Me\-Jan, one of the bandit leader appointed brigade commander. The Chinese government also is ordered to send the bandit stronghold fully supplies of ammunition, this to be preceded by the withdrawal of all pursuing troops. $10,000 FOR MOUNT SLAYER -_—_— Chevalier Musso, a ' prominent CHICAGO, May 16.—A reward of| Italian attorney one of the captives, $10,000 was offered today by the| ‘s reported in a desperate plight from trustees of Northwestern university, | illness. at the request of Dr. Walter Dill] ‘nis was the warning given by Chinese villagers, who are in close ch with the brigands, to F. Perlant, prominent Italian of Shanghal, who dd today after making a futile Scott, president of the institution definite information that would up the mystery surrounding the di appearance of Leighton Mount, freshman who disappea Septem- to see his countryman, ber, 1921, after a class rush. Musso, who iis. heldi cs pea a eros ‘ prisoner, in the robbers’ mountain ‘onghold, Perlant also sald that Father Wil- Mam Lenfe the aged German Catholic est who made a trip into | the hill retreat of the marauders, told him he believed the relief parties of foreigners at Tsaochwang were in grave danger. Two trains of coal KTTEMPTED BRIBERY 15 | CHARGE ON WHICH MAN Io HELD FOR TRIAL from a mine ur Tseochwang have been selzed by and 600 troops who were & them are declared to be un- bandits Charged with having attempted to fea RHEE? Uitcater specueranitay cat hy and lk to go over tp torney, to permit him to manufa nds at any moment. ture moonshine liquor, Zack Bryan, ni asserted that - American ar auth rities at Lincheng and nochwang have imposed a censor- all telegrams and mati mat- out from those points, years old, was bound over to the term of criminal court under 00 bond at his preliminary hear ing before Justice Brennan Tuesday | afternoon, He was unable to: fur-| nished the bohd. | Bryan is said to have offered the prosecuting attorney $100 per month if the latter would arrange with Sheriff Morris so that he wo! be fal going He said that the bandits are aware of every move being made along the railway lines and are kept informed of all developments in Lincheng, Tsaochwang and elsewhere by a tele: Phone line into their hill retreat. protected. ‘The $100 per month was| The concensus of opinion among supposed to have been split by the! passengers aboard a train that ar two county officials. rived from Lincheng this afternooa Btyan dented the evidence presen-| Wa ted against him. It is also sala that when hoe was arrested that receipts were found in his pockets for con- siderable quantoities of sugar, malt and hops which he had‘purchased in local grocery stores. “Nobody can say what will be the outcome of t gotiations with the brigands for of thelr cap- tives, of the captives will be ny drag out for weeks." hat The affair m: —— | FB. H. Davis is here on business for Ae AUTIATIONS: All, a short time from Salt Creek 0. se i RESUL B.F.STAPLETON (©): DENVER MAYOR|: DENVER, Colo., plete official returns from y mayoralty elect’on todsy jamin F, Stapleton, for ter of Denver, a 16 Com: erda: er postmas plurality of 6,130 Batley, {ncum Balle voten over Dewey C t and vote. 0. didate Stap cn The a1 leaders for tho r of a ntung. Th indicatior might drag on ir a George A. Car!son, of Colorado, was third, The other five former governor 9 with 24,8 candidates for mayor n the nonpartisan el had rea hurman fr hela un-| o, ry nsul Davis au that der the city’s charter system, ran| pandits had transporte 80) Well behind the thre leaders. C € mountains to the n'a election was attributed] ma t hk quarters, The con Staplet tot solid support of th 1 wed demoer