Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 25, 1923, Page 1

Weather Forecast tonight ana ag pean! scattered thunder 0" ture. VOLUME VII. INTERFERES IN ARGUMENT AND - GETSCOLDLEAD :Police Searching T. ' For Pair Accused of Interference !n a quarrel ;between/a man by the name of Dan Walker and one who oes by the nickname of “Blackie” resulted in the 'shooting of Jack Moore near ithe shack of Walker's in the rear | of the Columbia theater on the Sand- | bar shortly before 11 o'clock last j might, according to the theory ad- ‘vanced by the police. The men in question ran sway ! Immediately after they were supposed “wy to have fired at Moure and they have been in the tofls of the police several times on bootlegging the right shoulder of the and penetrated the spinal column. As a result of the wound which Moore received. he is paralyzed at police arrived. One of them his gun away in making his It was picked up by the police found to be a .82 calibre Smith and ‘esson. Confiicting rumors have been ad- vanced regarding the shooting, among them being the statement that ‘Moore was the victim of an attempt- ed holdup, but little credence is ! placed in this theory. STOLEN GAR IS from Paso, Texas. Wright pea up on ® description for- and will be re slong with the , which is a Moon, when e sheriff arrives from the southern southern ing since 1845, was members day. abe of stxteen, eight Saucation of the northern branch and tary of ite unification commis- m declared, ‘The northern commission sdopted | the plan exactly in the form it was reported, but the southern members requested a few changes, sald to be minor in detail, ‘The plan requires the changing by each branch of its constitution to provide for the merger of the general | Conferences of two divisions, which heretofore have held separate mect- | ings every four years. Both gweners! conferences and the annual contfer- ences of the cnusch must eatify the changes. ‘The status of the ministerial stand- Wyoming: Partly cloudy with wers. Not much change in tempera- LOCATED HERE == “CHURCH UNION “HELD. ASSURED , July 25.—Reunion of the northern and bran f the Methodist Episco: pies Saemared to be practically assured when of the joint commission on unification convened to- it commission had betes an hee of the negro bishops and clersy:| Tribune, THERMOPOLI DO NOT MISUSE THE FLAG he this connection a local” tint ae the salves eta for Rodeo week. In ion haa requested the publica- the use of the flag: “Do not hang the flag upside down, it is e signal of Cintress. “Flags may be draped, but leave all stars and stripes show, as they menn something. “Do not allow anyone to curse the fing within your hearing. aguinst ft, custom makes it the rule. “Keep your as clean as possible. washed carefully s0aD Itt If it gots dirty have it and cold water, Don't allow your flag to become torn and ragged; thet is a disgrace.” ARRIVAL THURSDAY OF ALVIN OWSLEY TO BE GREAT DAY FOR _ THE LEGIONNAIRES OF CASPER T evening at the Elks’ auditorium at 8 o’clock, ‘omorrow Alvin Owsley, national commander of the American Legion, will deliver the address to which the majority of ex-servi ice men and many private citizens have been looking forward to ever since the announcement of his visit was made. talk will be supplemented by erth, commander of the George W-. Vroman post; Dr. A. B. Tonkin of Riverton, Ing state commander and ©. P. Plummer, national vice commander. Music will be furnished by the American Legion band. The public is cordially invited to the meeting and as Mr. Owsley is a national figure, a brilliant orator with a real message for Americans, the auditorium is expected to be crowed to the doors. Supplemental to the meeting and following 3t, will be a smoker at tne auditorium for ex-service men. A committee of which C. A. Porter is COUNTY JAIL IS AUCTIONED AT TAX SALE ‘Mont, 25.— suly on the property by officials who were unaware that it belonged to the county and that the jail was on the lot. ‘Welsh 414 not know until: informed by his attorney, when the lapse of time for redemption by the owners had passed, that he was the possessor of a county jail. al church, exist- of union drafted by remain unchanged, Dr. His brief remarks by C. H. Reim- Arriving tomorrow morning in company with @ational Vii . meander Plummer from Cheyenne, where he officially opened Frontier Days yesterday, Commander Owsley will take the entire day to rest after the strenuous speaking campaign he has undergone in the last few months. His talk tomorrow evening and the luncheon arranged for Fri- day at the Henning for ex-ervice men, are the only official activities arranged for him-in Casper. He leaves Friday afternoon for Douglas where he will speak that evening and then continues‘on through the west- ern states, CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1923. Q FATHER guilty today. “s only statement when the verdict was returned. ‘The defense immediately filed mo tions for new trinl and arrest of judg- ment and tne court is to rule on these Saturday, Father Grace was taken to the of- fice of the United States marshal in custody of two deputies to arrange for new bond to be in effect pending decision on the motions. The penalty for forging Mquor per- mits fs one to five years imprison- ment and not more than $10,000 fine. Father Grace was tried on a charge ot forging liquor permits, but two other charges in connection with al- leged. violations of the prohibition laws are pending against him. ‘The Arvada pastor was indicted by ® federal grand jury at Pueblo re- cently along with Mrs. Katherine O'Connor, daughter of J. K. Mullen, Denver multimillionaire and John R. Welsh, brotherinlaw of Father Grace. Liquor obtained, it was charged, on forged permits ostensibly for treat- ment of the sick at the J. K. Mullen home for the aged, found its way into the homes of wealthy Denver per- sons, ‘ A handwriting~ expert, placed on the stand by the the trial,-testified,.that the of Sister Germeine, superior at the Mullen Home for the Aged, attached to a lUquor ermit which Father Grace was accused of forging, in the HELD CUILTY OF ; FORCING PERMIT DENVER, Colo., July 24.—Father Walter A. Grace, pas- tor of a Catholic church at Arvada, a suburb, on trial in the United States district court on charges of forging a permit for an application to ship liquor into Colorado, was found The jury deliberated only ten minutes. H “The judgments of God are not those of men,” was Father Che Casper Daily Tribune i | FINAL | EDITION NUMBER 246. IS INUNDATED Wouldbe Peacemaketahot and Wounded GRACE handwriting was that of the priest, as compared with that in a letter which Father Grace had writte! Sister Germaine testified that a! had signed an application for one barrel of liquor, and that Father Grace later informed her that the application hed been cancelled ‘be- cause of error and asked her to sign another application. Believing that It, too, called for one barrel, she tes- tifled, she signed it. This application, presented in court, requested ten barrels. . Father Grace’s entire defense in the trial wae contained in a letter a leged by the prosecution to have been written by the defendant priest to J. K. Mullen in which he declared that he was aetuated by the highest motives in obtaining the liquor and in which he deplored the alleged attt- tude of Father Wiliam O’Ryan who, he said, was attempting to make light of his charitable impulse and to impugn him with less praiseworthy motives, a ———— NEW YORK.—Charges that documents belonging to the Ku Klux Klan, Inc., had been “wrong- fully and unlawfully” bought for $3,000 by a representative of Hearst’s international magazine were made and denied in federal i _ NATIONAL LEAGUE. ‘At Pittsburgh: Ist game— HHL E Boston -.--___.000 003 000—2 8 1 Pittsburgh 000 000 4ix—5 10 @ Batteries—Miller, Benton, Oeschee er, Cooney and O'Neill; Adams and Schmidt. Second game— R. HE. Boston -. -002 000 O10— 3 9 1 Pittsburgh —...640 000 00x—10 16 1 Batteries — Fillingim, McNamara and Gibson; Morrison and Gooch. At Cincinnati— R.H.E. ~---—--000 000 240—6 10 3| -———002 000 001-3 7 2 Batteries—Vance and Deberry; Luque and Hargrave. plies set AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Philadelphia— R.H.E. New York ve Philadelphia ...-.1 bel | Batteries—Shawkey and Schang;! Hasty, Helmach and Perkins. | R.ILE. Batterics—Coveleskio and O'Neill; Danforth and Severeid. 100 200 ***—* d Schalk. Cvengros, Thurston WAGE HEARING ENDED CHICAGO, July 23—The hearing} before the United States railroad Labor Board on the request of the} Brotherhood of Railway and Steam- ship Clerks, fretght handlers, station | and express employes for increases) in wages for the clerical and station | service employes gn 69 raflroads of} the country was concluded today when the representatives of eastern and southern carriers presented thelr court in the Klan’s suit to enjoin the magazine from publishing them. MANILA SOLONS MIN SLAYER QUIT POSTS IN HUFF, IS CLAIM Political Chaos Intensified Tuesday Night by Resignation From Leg- islatare.of Sympathizers MANILA, July 25.— The Associated Press).—Th 5 chaotic political situation here, marked recently by the resig- nation of all the principal native officials of the Philippines government and by legislative request that Governor General Leonard Wood be recalled, was in a more muddled state tu- day following the resignation last night of six appointive rep- resentatives and senators of the legis- lature, ‘The latest group to quit as a re sult of differences between Governor General Wood and Filipino officials explained they wished to give the governor an opportunity to fill the Injury Fatal To Diver At Local Plunge Arthur Linn, 365 years of age, died yesterday as a result of a skull fracture received when he dived from a height of 10 feet into one toot of water at the Milis plunge, positions with legislators who would not embarrass him. Friends of Wood, however, o¢n- tend that the governor's enemfss, notably Manuel Quezon, head of the new Collectivista party, are bent on ousting all of Wood's appointees in an effort to make it appear that *he people approved the resignation of the entire membership of the cabinet and council of state on July 17. In the recall resolution adopted by the legislature Monday night, it was asked that unless immediate inde- pendence were granted the Philippine islands, = Wilipino governor general be appotnted to replace Wood. ges. ine rah SOLONS GO TO MOSCOW BERLIN, July 26.—(By The Associ- ated Press.)—United States Senators The body is being held at the Shaffer-Gay chapel. It will proba bly be shipped to Pleasant Grove, Utah, which is the home of the de- ceased, Edwin Ladd of North Dakota and William H. King of Utah and Rep- resentatives James A. Frear of Wis- consin, who arrived here yesterday Prepared to leave for Moscow Satur- day via Warsaw. SHERIDAN DAY AT CASPER RODEO PROMISED IF INVITATION EXTENDED BY TRIBUNE IS ACCEPTED & “Sheridan Day” may be held during Rodeo week for the purpose of honoring the citizens'ot the north- ern city who come to Casper for the great events to take place during that period. An invitation has been ex- tended by Chas. W. Barton, editor of The Tribune, to the people of Bheridan through their mayor, Charles W. Sheldon, to come to Cas- per at this time. A block of seats will be reserved for the Sheridanites who are to come snd hotel reserva- tions will be made for them, In the invitation {esued by The jts policy. of promoting neighboriy feeling of Wyoming is streesed. ‘The Sheridanites will be here for both Rodeo and Bargain Week. They will be part of a great army of Wyo- ming men and women who desire to take advantage of one of Wyoming's greatest entertainment and educa tonal programs. Rodeo and Bargain Week in Cas per is becoming the big local topla) of conversation. How many people will it bring? Will they be satisfied with Casper’s method of greeting them? ‘Will they go away boosters or knockers? swer, but that Caspers increase In Population during that week will reach into the thousands is undoubt- ed, That the people who come here should be satisfied with what is going to be offered them is also a certainty. per will present are to be of the very highest class. WNelther is there any question but that the Rodeo will be 8 boost for the hub of Wyoming and that those outsiders who come hero will go away big boosters for Casper The first question is hard to an-and for all Wyoming. (5 ARRAIGNED ‘At an early hour this afternoon the preliminary hearing of Izora Allon, colored, charged with first degree murder in the shooting of Alberta Yoakum, colored, was still in progress. Little that had not been brought in the testimony at the coroner's !n- quest was forthcoming in this morn: ing's evidence. Unless some unusual aspect tn the base is pressentea py the defense this afternoon, it is probable that the woman will be held without bond on the first degree charge. Henry Brennan, justice of the peace, presided at the hearing with E. H. Foster, prosecuting attorney in charge of the case for the state. Henry E. Perkins {s handling the case for the HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING Lightning struck the new house of Dr, Allan McLellan at Eleventh and Lincoln streets at 10:30 o'clock last night, slitting the brick chimney in the northwest corner of the house and tearing the sides of the house in that corner, also removing the Pendulum from the clock on the mantle piece in the room just below. The clock had stopped at 10:30, which is the only way the occupants have of knowing the time of the lightning flash, since they were asleep | in another corner of the house. Tho wall paper on the interior of the house was not even cracked a6 a) result of the electrical depredations, —————>_— TOURISTS ADVISED 10 TAKE FOOD SUPPLIES AM tourists leaving for Lander, Yellowstone park and intermediate points, are advised by the state high- way department to take along sup plies of food for emergencies. ‘With no train service west of Cas per for the last two days and heavy tourist traffic, the towns between Casper and the park are believed to be unable to supply food for other than the citizens of the respective communities. ——— NEW YORK.—Stegfried Wagner, son of the great composer, will come to America next winter to evidence. FRONTIER SHOW INJURY | TO AN proved fatal early today. The At the time of the accident steer. His horse fell and rolled com- pletely over him. It was the first fatality in the 27 years’ history of the show. The annual Frontier Days show MINER KILLED BY ROCK FALL PEORIA, M., July 25—One man was Killed and lives of several others | were endangered early this morning | when five tons of rock fell on a car in the Crescent Coal mine in the La- mars district near here. Ernest Bow- man, who had returned to work last night after his vacation was the man killed. Bowman and nine other miners were handling the car in the interior of the mine some distance from the entrance when {t ran off the track and struck a support timber, nesses said the rock fell directly on Bowman who was riding on the car, the other men farther back escaping uninjured, Creek Indian From Oklahoma Succumbs to Injuries Received When Horse Rolls While Roping Steer CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 25.—Injuries received b Burgess, full-blooded Creek Indian of Schulter, Oklahoma, in the Cheyenne Frontier Days contests yesterday afternoon and other injuries, did not regain consciousness., FLOOD HAVOC IS PILING UP Part of Hot Springs Center Buried by Overflow from Big Horn; Damage to Railroads Will Be Enormous; ‘Auto Travel to Yellowstone Is Resumed Reports that Riverton, Wyo., 120 miles west of here, had been tnun- dated by flood waters of the Wind River were discredited Inte tod\ by a long distance telephone report to the Tribune stating that while the river is swolfen by the flood, no great damage has resulted and water has not encroached upon the city. Many of the ties which the Wyoming ‘Tie & Lumber company was driving down the river from its lumber camps in the Dubois country were swept away by the flood. There are several hundred thousand railroad ties in the drive and most of them will be saved, It is indicated. The only damage near Riverton was from the loss of bridges. Tole phone and telegraph service to Riverton and Lander was re-established this afternoon, Dispatches confirming reports of yesterday and last Bassler; night indicating the worst flood conditions in the history of the state along the line of the Burlington west of here today | stated that a portion of Thermopo! had been inundated by flood waters from the Big Horn river, which flows through the town. The electric light works were both out of commission Igst night, The section of the town lying between the Chicago, Burling- ton & Quincy tracks was under water and people were driven from their homes. Many slept in the depot at ‘Thermopolia last night, according to reports to division headquarters of the Burlington here, which made no mention of loss of life. S FATAL INDIAN Eddie victim, with a fractured skull he was attempting to rope a was opened officially yesterday by Alvin Owsley, national commander of of the American Legion, before a record attendance, Thousands ex- tended the commander an ovation when he appeared in Governor Ross’ box wearing a western hat, the gift of the two legion posts of Cheyenne. Hundreds of cowboys ana cowgirls participated in the events today and yesterday, and power plant and water The water wasup to tne bottom of the ties on the main line of the raj]! road through the city and in the tunnel at Boysen, a few mileg east in the Wind River canyon, the! water was running two feet deep. Total losses from the flood, It was Indicated today on the basis of first detailed reports to reach Casper. would be upwards of a million dollars in the district west of here. Bonneville was absolutely flosded out and the water was from two to five feet deep in the streets. The Bad- water, at its highest point in the memory of tho oldest inhabitant, washed out the main line of the rail- road and all of ‘the east end of the yards. his included the main line and the five sidings. Two box cars, loaded, one empty and two cabooses were washed into the river and two small residences disappeared in the swollen waters of the stream. It will be at least a month before the C. B, & Q. will be able to open traffio between Arminto and Th mopolia, a distance of 75 miles, accord- ing to information available at the office of J, C. Grisinger, division sup: erintendent, this morning. Just west of Lysite, a 164 foot atee! bridge over the Badwater disappeared entirely. _ Only the west pier was left, the rest of the structure having been carried out of sight down the river, Four miles east of Thermopolis, a steel bridge 88 feet in length over Red Creek, was washed 300 yards downstream. Red Cr¥ek, ordinarily a dry creek, was running 140 feet wide Tuesday afternoon. Two miles west of Bonneville, a 56 foot bridge was washed away and with it went a 20 foot fill 650 feet in length. The 90 foot steel bridge just east of Bonneville was standing at last re ports but had been so undermined by water that it was unsafe for traffic. (Confinued on Page Seven.) LEGION SCORES CHIEF SOVIET CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 26.—“I damn with all power |I’ve got the plea that we should recognize the soviet govern- Wit-| ment of Russia, and I do it knowing full well that a number of our senators and congressmen are taking special trips ar- ranged by Lenine and Trotzky there as those two would have ALL OUT FOR BIG Four thousand children have been] invited by the Casper Rotary club to assemble at all of the playgrounds at 6.30 p. m. Friday and partake of a giant water melon feast, There are no strings attached to the offer of the Rotary club in extending this tnvita- tion. All that the kids of Casper will} direct the production of his own opéra “Der Barenhauter,” it was announced by the Wagnerian Opera company, be required to do 1s tw come to their yi is at appointed vay frult, 4 re he tim with shelr share ot the FEAST FRIDAY AT PLAYGROUNDS WATERMELON ‘Tho Rotary club desired to have the! children all assemble at one play- gtound so that the feast would be| the more impressive, but because of the distance many of the young peo ple would have to go this idea has been abandoned. ‘The hosts at the water melon feast have always had a keen interest in the playground work in Casper. In fact th Rotary club was instrument in ing. 5 ‘ rted in this city, ge aygrounds sin and reporting conditions over them 2 those conditions.” Bo 4 M. Owsley, na tional the American Legion, in a stirring address Idat night at a banqu tendered him by the two local legion posts. “Any man standing on American soll and enjoying the privileges of this land of the free, and who advo- cates sovietism, bolshevism, com- munism, or the destruction of our re- publican form of government, shyuld be driven out of this country continued. RE = Johnson Retains Secretary MINNEAPOLIS, M H. G. Teigan, of Min who has been sec y of the Non-Pattk san Leag inted sea n., July 4 in 7 Ed Ii