Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 3, 1923, Page 1

Casper Sunday Mourning And WYOMING WEEKLY REVIEW Crihune VOLUME 32. MAIN NEWS SECTION CLARA PHILLIPS OLEEPS AT END OF LONG TRAIL Convicted Hammer Murder- ess Is Claimed By Great Gray Building SAN QUENTIN PENITENTIARY, Cal, June 2.—(United Press)—Clara Phillips slept at the end of the trail tonight. The great gray building which had loomed before the convicted hammer murderess since the afternoon of July 12, 1922, when Mrs. Alberta Meadows, 19-year-old widow, fell dead under a rain of hammer blows on a hillside near Los Angeles, has at last claimed the woman whose name has been on millions of lips for nearly a year. The woman who was known to millions of newspaper readers as Clara Phillips was known to the prison au- thorities here tonight as Convict 37,944 —and so she will be known for indeterminate number of years come. It was shortly after noon today that the end of the trail was reached by Clara. Boat, train and automobile had hurried her from far-away Tegu- cigalpa, Honduras, whither she had fled with Jesse Carson, following her escape from the Los Angeles jail, and shortly after noon the little door in the big gate opened to admit her and her escorting officers, remained open @ brief space, and then closed as the woman passed through. Once inside the big walls, Clara was received by Joseph Woodworth, re- ceiving officer and yard leutenant. Swiftly and with the precision of long practice Woodworth recorded the his- tory of his prisoner, noted her finger prints and her other measurements. Then Mrs. Josephine Jackson, for 13 “years matron of the women’s division, took the trembling girl in charge. Soon all her pretty finery was shed and after donning prison blue, Clara was led to a cell Clara Phillips—No. 37,944—is the fifth first woman on the roster of Mrs. Jackson's division, and the eighth in the list of those women serving terms for murder. In her prison blue uniform Clara will go through the routine planned for women Prisoners. She will work in the kitchens wash- ing dishes; or in the laundry; or mop- ping floors; or at the many other tasks that the prison authorities find for women to do. to Two Hurt as Car Turns Turtle On Yellowstone Fred Harvey is at the County hos- pital suffering from a gash ove the eye, a twisted back and internal in- juries a a result of having been the viotim of an auto accident early last evening on the Yellowstone highway east of the Texas refinery, M. Con- ners left the hospital after having a badly cut ear sewed up, Hoe also suf- fered from bruises, ‘The accident occurred when the new Studebaker car which Harvey was @riving struck soft dirt and turned over twice, — TWO TORNADOES FORMING PERFECT DOUBLE FUNNEL ~SEEN CLOSE TO CHEYENNE CHEYENNE, Wyo., June %.—fTwin tornadoes, one originating four miles east ef Cheyenne and tho other five miles nerthwest and each forming « perfect double funnel, were visible from Cheyenne at & o'clock Saturday afternoon and caused apprehension in the city, That originating four miles past pwept two miles northward, nar: rewly missing a Union Pacific passen- perv tram, and did no damage except where it stripped wire frem fences, That originating northwest of the city swept ten miles eastward before it waa dissipated above the Archer “brakes,” Aside from unroofing a barn at the Fvers farm, three miles north of Cheyenne, it did no damage, oo LIQUOR INSTRUMENTAL IN > BRINGING MANY T0 COURT Pete Murphy was fined §25 by Wudge John A, Murray last night on the eharge of being drunk and carry ing @onecaied weapons, 0, H, Jonvs wan fined $59 for tho fllegal posses: Bien of lquor, prs, Lizaie Napiei who is said to 1.4vo interfere, wi the officers when they urrested Jones, paid $15 for made the dis turbance, Several traffia violators also paid thelr queta into the court. MUSIC WEEK SUCCESSFUL IN CASPER More than 6,000 people have enjoyed the six concerts given at the Rialto theatre terminating wigh the concert given yester- in celebration of Music Week. The affair, a national event, has had no greater signifi- cance at any point in the country than in Casper. Designed to foster a greater ap- preciation of high class muisic, Music Week has been met with universal appreciation. The free concerts here have attracted packed houses every day, and the hearers gave unstinted applause to the efforts of the participatirtx artists. The best {n amateur and professional ranks among the local musicians have been heard during the arious concerts us well as outside artists, and the event has served to bring before the Casper public the almost un- limited talent along these lines which the city po: sses. Mrs. B. F. Klein, Mrs. Madeline Treber and the others who ar- nged the series of concerts, the gave their time and and the management of the Rialto are to be congratulated on the unusually successful re- sults which rewarded their efforts. EUGENE CRIQUI WINS FEATHER TITLE IN SIATH Gallant Little Frenchman Knocks Out Veteran John- ny Kilbane In N. Y. (By HENRY L. FARRELL.) NEW YORK, June 2.—With the same heart that brought him up after he had been downed by a German shell at Verdun, Eugene Criqul, a valiant French poilu, became the world’s featherweight champion here this afternoon, With a cracking right hand smash to the jaw that went over like the gleaming swish of a bayonet, Criqui knocked out the venerable Johnny Kilbane in the sixth round of a bout scheduled to go 15 rounds. The same spirit that the French breathed and lived when they shouted “They shall not pass” in the face of the green-gray hordes who swept upon Verdun, brought Criqu! through a most convincing and pleasing vic- tory. For four rounds Criqu! was taunt- ed by a foe who secemd too good to beat. For four rounds he swung with all his might at the clever Kilbane, who was never there when the punch arrived, For four rounds he was cracked on the jaw, slapped in the face and jolted in the body, The scar on his jaw, marking the wound where one of his riba had been graft- ed in to replace a jaw shot away by a German shell, gleamed white and ghastly in the red field that marked (Continued on Page Fourteen.) NO KICK, AYS SMITH OF WIRES ON WET ACTION Governor Announces He Has Had Congratulation Mes- sages From Whole U. 8. BY P. B. SCOTT, United Press Staff Correspondent. ALBANY, N. Y., June 2.—A “boy from New York city’s Otiver street, who grew tp to be governor,” stood in the spotlight of the prohibition stage tonight and refused to wince. ‘The hero of “the sidewalks of New York," his campaign song, declared the felt like a new man after having signed the Mullan-Gage repealer to the state dry enforcement law. He professed satisfaction over the way the court responded to his act. His secretary said Smith received hun- dreds of telegrams congratulating him for his act, and declared the wires contained no censure. ‘The messages came from all parts of the union, the division being equal between thoso within the state and those from out of the state. The send- ers ranged from bankers to wage- earners. Half a dcztn came from points in California, and others from ‘Texas, and other states west of the Mississipp!. In fact, the only part of the United States not represented in the telegrams was the outlying pos- sessions. The governor came to his office at 12 o'clock today and ‘immediately set- tled down to cleaning up the remain- ing 30-day bills awaiting his action. Shortly before 3 o'clock he ser.t for several newspapermen who were his personal friends, and discussed h's uction with them. He was obviously pleased that no word of criticism had been received in his office. He read the telegrams when they were received, sometimes grabbing the envelope from his sec- retaries hands before the latter had time to open it. “Well,” he said, when the last batch was delivered to him at 5 o'clock, “there ought to be a kick in this buneh.”* But there wasn't. J Efforts to induce him to make pub- lic the contents of the messages were futile. He held they were personal and it would not be fair to the senders to release the texts. ‘The governor's action on the re- pealer was the chief topic of conver- sation at the capitol today. Few there were who could be found who would venture to predict the conse- quences of his approval on any poli- tical ambitions the governor might have. Some held that if he had an eye on the presidency his action would be sure to cost him the ap- Proval of the western states and many of the southern states. NEW YORK, June 2.—The expect- ed tidal wave of booze, looked for as a@ result of Governor Al Smith's ac- tion repealing the state enforcement law, failed to materialize here today. Police said they had received no official notice that the state dry law had been wiped from the statute books and declared they would con- tinue to arrest all ylolators until they were given orders to the contrary. Reports were that a swarm of federal dry agents was ready for descent on Broadway, They are be ing rounded up in all sections of the country where they beat can be mpared to take up the work where state and municipal agents leave off. JOHN, ADAMS WI AS CHAIRMAN LL NOT LEAVE OF REPUBLICANS Leader Refuses to Resign in Interest of. Harmony On World Court Issue—Will Not Modify Atti- tude and Will Wage Vigorous Campaign. BY LAWRENCE MARTIN, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, June 2.—John T, Adams, chairman of the Republican national committee, has again refused to en- tertain a suggestion that he resign as a means of restoring harmony in the Republican organization on the world court issue, Instead of resigning, Adam vigerous attack upen the Demoerats and will not modify hig attitude toward the world court proposals nsored by Pr dent Harding, The suggestion that he resign was cenyeyed to Adame thig week on be- half of that group of Republicans most ardently supporting the ad- ministration international. programs. Adams, bac d up by Senator Jim Watsen and other anti-werld court groups, sent back word he was stand- ing pat and that he would not resign. This development indicates how deep seated the internal warfare in Republican ranks has become, Wat-4 gon and those who stand with him in opposition to the court have told Adams they will fight to a finish to prevent him being ousted from his position by the Hughes-Hoover-Root 1D, is will continue a campaign of President Harding long ago vetoed a suggestion that Adams be asked te step out en his return from a ro. pean trip he teok Jast winter, Tho president, whe believes much of the opposition within hig party te the world court is based on misappre- hension and misunderstanding, does not wish an open split, He believes time and further elucidation of the court proposal will show that Repub- licans can all unite on it, Though the president has been annoyed by some of the attacks from Repub- licans, which were obviously directed at Hughes and Hoover rather th at the president he hag counsell: patienee and forebearance, and it is believed is wholly out of sympathy with these who want to force Ada out now, be CASPER, WYO., SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 1923. ~JAP CABINET TO RECOGNIZE SOVIET. REPORT FORMAL CONFERENCE VIRTUALLY DECIDED ON, NO DATE 1S SET Action Is Likely Following Preliminary Negotia~ tions, Says Dispatch From Tokio—Red Claims Will Be Considered. BY CLARENCE DUBOSE, f (United Press Staff Correspondent). NOTHING TO BE VULGAR, ASSURANCE The cauliflower ear is now @ fraternity pin of the box-fighting fraternity. The gentlemen with tin caudal appendages have be- come yery punctilious about social usage. The day of the loud, vul- garian party who used to throw loose money around, commit homicide on the King's English, and act generally rough, are gone. If you don’t believe it, go up to the Elks auditorium, where a col- lection of modern fighters are training for the Casper Rodeo card on June 8. Society, says the Rodeo man- agement, Is invited to attend the workouts of the fighters. Ladies are to be admitted free. And the hours for the workouts have been changed to from 6:30 to 9:30 in evening; just to accommodate Believe it or not, you will find all the very best peo} —the first familfes of Virg! and all that—present at the eve- ning box-fests. If there is some really exclusive person you wish to meet, see them at the training quarte Smoking will not be permitted Profanity will be sufficient cause to bring about forcible ejec- tion. There will be nothing vulgar about the punching proceedings. If the management 1s to be be- lieved, each left jab will be pre- ceded with the request “May Lead”; and the answer fron other box-fighter will be, Do.” These precautions been adopted because of the fact that a large number of the fair sex have expressed their desire to watch the fighters in training. ‘The Rodeo association expects to conduct its fights on the clean- est possible basis and expect to draw proportionately as large 4 number of women to the grounds June 8 as the big bouts in’ the east. MOTHER-IN-LAW FOUND SLAIN 1 LAWYER'S FLAT Prominent Denver Attorney and Wife’s Mother Dis- covered Dead a DENVER, Colo., June 2,—(United Press.)—The bodies of Frederick G. Dewitt, prominent Denver attorney, and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Louise Louden, were found tate today in the former's apartment, their throats cut and @ knife aticking in Dewitt's throat, Mrs, Dewitt discovered the bodies of her husband and mother on her return from downtown. She {s in the county hospital suffering from shock, Whether the two were yictima of a murderer or whether {t was a suicide pact, police are undecided, Both had been dead since morning. Aw soon as Mra, Dewitt recovers sufficiently, she will be questioned by police in the hopes she may throw some ght on the tragedy, According to friends, Dewitt re- cently lost a large sum of money in an oil deal, He had been tn II! health for some ti Twelve Men And Seven Women to Dance for Mark BT, YOUIA, Ma., June &,—(United Presa,)}—Twelva men and seven wo- men daneed on in the Coliseum here tonight, passing the first 24 hours in their attempt te break the world's marathon dancing record Tha contest with entries from sey: orn! olties, started at 10:46 p, m, Fri- day, A staff of three physicians watched the dancers, Rules of the contest permit a 15 minute rest period every four hours. HARDING WILL DIRECT FIGHT ON N.Y. WETS Federal Authorities Adopt Policy of Silence and Cau- tion in Empire State WASHUL ‘ON, Press.)—Federal June 2.—(United authorities tonight had made no move to meet the situa- tion created by the repeal of New York state's prohibition enforcement lay Adopting a policy of allence and cau- tion, they prepared to wait until they saw how far the co-operation of N York officia's could be expected in en: forcement of the Velstead law, now the only prohibition enforcement sta- tute applying to New York state. In th’s connection denial was made at Prohibition Commissioner Ha: " office that Haynes had ordered Chiefs E. C, Yellowly, chief of general prohi- bition agents, to New York at the head of re!nforcements for the federal 4 agents there. Yellowly, it was stated, remain in Washington. esident Harding, it was stated, ill personal!y decide admin'stration policy. ‘The president, it was added, intends to see that the Volstead law is supported, but will act tactfully nnd entirely within the bounds of fed- eral authority. Griffith Chosen Chief Executive Of Motor Club At a meeting of the board of direc- tors of the Casper Motor club, held at the Chamber of Commerce Friday evening, the following officers were MAIN NEWS SECTION LIONS AND LAMBS WILL LIE DOWN WASHINGTON, ed Press.}—An alliance of organ- ized labor, big business and the government to insure the perma- nence of American prosper is to representatives of the three June 2.—{Unit- groups. Secretary of Commerce Hoover Is behind the movement, the main purpose of which is a working basis for among American will enable capital pu!l together for, the common good, an@ will give the United States a firm hold on foreign mar kets. By this means the continu- ance of the present’ prosperity is to be ‘ed, to establish co-operation interests that and labor to The preliminary conference, held at Secretary Hover's home here, was attended by Hoover, Samuel jompers, president of the Amer!- can Federation of Labor and oth- labor leaders, and by Julius arnes, president of the Uni State chamber of commerce and other officials of that organization “MARKET. PRICE POLIGE” FOLLOW MARK'S. PLUNGE Round Up Of Dealers Who Charge Expressively One of New Body’s Duties er elected to serve during the coming year: J. B. Griffith; president; W. F. Wilkerson, vice president, and W. J. Bailey, treasurer. J. S. Mechling, the retiring prest- dent yrer-errended a rising vote of thanks for his untiring work In be: half of the Motor club, and his in- terest in the Tourist Camp during his term of office. Mr. Mechling will leave the coming week for an extend- ed tr!p, taking in all the important cities in the Rocky Mountain region, and will not return to Casper until fall. The club has completed a draw! of a new tourist map of Wyoming wh'ch will be given free to all tour- ists, and the zinc etching loaned to all auto supply houses in Casper de- siring to use it for advertising pur- poses. Tentative plans were also lald for ® ‘celebration on Casper mountain some time this summer. NEW TAX! RATES ADOPTED FOR CASPER AT MEETIN OF CHAUFFEURS’ UNION New taxi rates for the City of Cas- per, going Into effect June 4, were! adopted at a regular meeting of the Chauffeurs’ union, Friday, at the Trades Assembly hall, according to announcement made yesterday. Mr tephen Dreher, necretary of the As sembly announced the following prices; Wirst passenger, 260 for elght blocks or less, and 20 cents for each additional passenger for the entire trip, On trips over elght blocRs and not exceeding alxteen blocks, a charge of 60 cents for the first pas. menger, and 20 cents fer each addl- tonal pasaenger for the entire trip, Mr, Dreher is confident that the new rates will be welcomed by the people of Canper, In order to operate @ union tax chauffeur must not only be trained for th'm kind of work, but are put through » rigid ewamigation and test an to hin qualifications, says Mr Dr he ——s>. INA RIOTING OVER LANDING OF JAP Goon” PRHKING, June t.—Three Chinese were killed and two Japanese were wounded Curing rioting at Exehang sha today, Large number of Chinese attacked Japancea for Janding moods in the city in dafianoe of a boyeett against Nippon commodities, At one time the rioting paaghed such serious proportions that the Jap- anese consular staf’ fled to a gun: boat for safety, 2,900 REPORTED KILLED IK RECENT PERSIAN EARTHQUAKE LONDON, June 2.-—-(United Press).—Twenty-five hundred persons were killed the Turbat-Haideen district in the recent earthquake in of Persia, according to un- official reports from Teheran today, The earthquake devastated thirty villages, BY CARL D. GROAT, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) BERLIN, June 2.—With the appar- ently endless plunge of. the Geman mark to lower and lower levels, prof- iteering anc promiscuous counter- |Profiteeing have become so prevalent |that specia! “Market price police” have been placed on duty throughout the city. These were augmented today |by detachments of “green” police on double duty: 1—To prevent communist disturb- ers from trying to reduce or, as the latter call it, “supervise” violence and 2—To round up and arrest dealers who demand excessive prices, Tension among Germany's working lolasses strains near the breaking Point as prices advance to unpreced- ented levels, with the decline of the mark, prices by | | Communist bands made « practice recently of attempting terrorist meth- ots to force dealers to lower their |charges for food, | Added to the tension over prices is resentment of workers against al- legod attempte by German industrial- ists to sabotage, the elght hour day and control the country’s railroads. NUMBER 45, TOKIO, June 2.—(5 P. M. )—tThe Japanese cabinet has virtually decided to enter preliminary negotiations with the Russian Soviet looking to a formal conference to discuss rela- tions between the two countries, including recognition, ac- cording to reliable reports from tonight. DOUBLE STEAL [a PREFERABLE | N AUTO LICENSES “Tf You Take One, Take Two” Motto Resulting From Local Arrest “When you take two.” steal a license plate, This is the advice given to all persons inclined to sail under colors not the!r own following the arrest by the sheriff's office here of Martin Whitehurst and Walter Woods, These young men had their Ford car parked on the streets of Casper yesterday. Sheriff Perry A. Morris noticed that there was only one plate on the car. It was a Colorado plate bearing the number 98128. It would have been passed over unnoticed if there had been such a plate on_each end of the car. The car held and the sheriff communicated with the authorities at Springfield, Colo., which was the seat of the county from which the plate had originated. The reply came back that the license had been tssued to one J. E. Terrell who had expired be- fore the license, and that the plate had been stolen from his widow when she was in Elkhart, Kas. Further communications resulted in learning that the car itself had been taken from W. H. Whitehurst, of Sayre, Okla., father of Martin White- hurst, without the knowledge of the pater. The father wired the sheriff to hold young Woods, but said he did not care for the return of his own offspring. Sheriff B. Green of Sayre, left jast night for Casper to take the fu- gitive back to justice, Prosecution un- tess given both young men is not probable in the case of Woods. Infant Son Passes Away At the Buck Home The infant son of Mr, and Mrs. |Thia resentment was reflected in a |bitter memorandum submitted to Chancellor Cuno today by union work- ers, Walter Buck died at the family home, 610 West Tenth street, at 5:80 o'clock yesterday morning. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon from the Shaffer-Gay chapel. GREAT WOMEN’S K. K. K. WIDENS ~— BREACH IN ORGANIZATION RANKS Creation of Order Causes Schism Between Colonel W. J. Simons, Emperor, and Dr, H. W. Evans, Wizard, Is Report From Washington, WASHINGTON, June 9.—(nited Press.)—The ereation of a gigantic ;Women'a Ky Wlum Klan here tontht | widened the preach between Dr, H,| |W, Evans, jmpevial wisard, and | Colonel W, J, Bimmons, emperar, who} ; have been at edda ever the Kamelia,| {A women's Kian auxiliary organised by the latter, Klan spekesmen declared the now prganization would start with a mem: bership of 250,000 women through the| J affiliation ef five large protestant | women's bodies subscribing ta the | prineiples of the klan, It will be known as the Women of the Ku Klux Klan, and according to the resolution adopted by the Klon: cilium, ov executive council, will in elude every Protestant women's pr- ganization jn the pountry, with the exception of the Kamelia, | Colonel Simmons, wha eeoupied a | suite jn the same hotel with Dr,| Hvans, did not attend the meeting| of the Kloncilium, and left the hotel] soon after he received word of the action, Spokesmen for Dr. Evans said they expected Simmons to fight the creation of the new women’s klan.! In antrast with fhe Kamelia, which Mimmona was naid by klans men to have preposed tq be super vined by the klan, the women's klan will be run by and fer wemen and no man will have anything to (lo wits it, Tis finanoing will not by conducted by the Klan, the erdev merely Jending {ta approval and port, it wag pald, 4) | Two Burned; One) Missing in New England Village WHITH RIVER JUNOTION, ¥t,, June f,—(United Pressj—Twa men were burned to death and a woman is missing in @ fire which yirtually wiped put the village of Canaan N. H., 18 miles from here, late today according to reports to railroad off cials here, unofficial sources here The posstbility of a formal confer- ence between Ja) ana Russia, at. which problems involving the two countries might be discussed, and so- an viet claims to recognition by Japan reviewed, has been apparent for some time, it was learned. The cabinet’s action today was taken to indicate that Japan is at least considering the soviet sugges tions for a conference and that the necessity for much closer relations be- tween the two countries, long stressed by the Russian government, is being ognized, at least in Japanese government. Just what the details of the cabi- net's action might have been could: not be learned. No date has been set, 80 far as could be ascertained for the opening of the preliminary discus- rions, part, by the —————.——____ BUCKET SHOPS CLOSED IN RAID IN WINDY CITY Twelve “Questionable” Brok- erage Houses Shut In Chi- cago Financial District CHICAGO, June 2.—United Press.) —A dozen bucket shops in and near the LaSalle street financial district were closer and proprietors left the city today as States Attorney Robert E. Crowe's forces began a series of raids on “questionable brokerage houses. Warrants charging operation of a confidence game were issued by Crowe's office for P. W. Friedlander and Henry Saither, officials of Arthur and compan: Books of elght firms were selzed today, following raids on four houses yesterday. Subpoenas for 21 addition- al firms have been issued and the state securities commission recom: mended that a total of 34 be investl- gated, ‘The raids were instigated by Crowe on petition of bankers and stock ex: change members who became alarmed at a series of brokerage house fail- ures that was climaxed by bankruptey of Jones and Baker, a New York house with midwestern offices, “Wo are going to drive every bucket shop and blue sky violator out of Chicago and this action by the atate 1s to permit fims ta ahow that thelr business is legitimate, “George E. Gorman, assistant states attorney dl reoting the raids and investigation, declared tonight, With exception of the Arthur and company officials, no chargea havo been placed against any of the firmi raided, Charles Bidwell, attorney tor the brokerm, declared hin clients wel comed any sort of an investigation, He made arrangements to recover his books under promise they will be re turned any time for official's Inapeo tion, “Any evidenoe obtained aa to buck: eting and blue sky violations will be placed befere a grand jury,” German deolared, —~ Forgery Found Here; Checks Are Picked Up A ease of doub!e forgery that worl came {a the attention of the sheriff's office yesterday when twa whe the John Marah Gonstrus w picked up, s waa for ke on re ion company oO the che the ot peeially prit name ef the company in loft hand gor ner, and were drawn on the Wyemtng National bank, A clever imitation af the bank's checks was made, with the ption that the jaap ef Wyoming the center was itlined in instead pf be'ng A solid eolon, The checks were numbered, bug the numbers were im, giving the tpres m that they had been stamped rath. than printed, #87 and 68 ey were th tt the upper exe, in sepia The names signed ta the pheaks were George Mitchell and Frank Ner: enhansen, The men who 1 the ecks for th men are under the press t they are } tal « with the t t ping a