Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 9, 1923, Page 1

" Weather Forecast “JOLUME VIL. CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1923. Che Casper Daily Triuue FINAL EDITION; "NUMBER 259. ‘MARION BELLS TOLL SORROWS PROCESSION OFFERS MEDIUMFOR *QUTPOURING OF CASPER'S GRIEE With a caisson drawn by ANDICALS. CAUSE OF TROUBLE IN HARVEST FIELDS Pnited States Marshal At Helena Asked to Lend Assistance. HELENA, Mont, Aug. %—Aid in} ‘queliiig disorders in. the harvest fields attributed to farm ‘labor agit) tors, was asked of the United States marshal’s,. office here by Dan B. Noble, Roosevelt county agent, in a telegram which he sent U. S. Mar- shal Rolla Cuncan. E. Liebery, deputy, wired an an- ewer that the situation was not un- éer federal jurisdiction and the fed- eral authorities could not act unless J situation got out of control of ‘state forces. He advised that the matter be taken up with Governor Joseph M. Dixon who stated today he had recetved no word of the af- fair. ‘The following is the telegram re- “Large numbers of farm agitators causing trouble at Bain- ville. Local authorities are doing what they can but are not handling situation. Imperative that you give some assistance as it affects harvest labor conditions in all northeastern Montana, Letter explaining more fully follows. @igned), “Dan Noble, county agent.” (Signed) “Dan Noble, county agent.” Bainville is in Roosevelt county, Montana, and is near the North Da- kota line. Troops of the state militia are stationed at Culbertson, a short distance from Bainville, local peace officers eaid. —————— ND PARKING ON CENTER STREET BETWEEN NOON MQ O°CLOOK FRIDAY All parking will be suspended on Center street from First to Seventh between the hours of 12 and 2 p. m. Friday according to an announcement by Alexander Nisbet, chief of police, It is requested that remember this ruling, for otherwise thetr cars will be impounded with con- siderable inconverdence both to the car owners and to the police. PARIS, Aug. %—(By The Asso ¢iated Prees.)—The court of cassation today rejected the appeal of Baron Krupp von Bohlen, head of the Krupp Plant at Essen and the other directors ef the Krupp company, from the sen- tences imposed upon them by the French court martial at Werden. The court overruled the contention of the Germans’ counsel that the offense Caisson Bearing Floral Tributes Will Be Emblematic Of Casket Borne to Last Resting Place in Far Away Marion; Public Will Join. six black horses to bear the floral tributes, emblematic of the casket, the funeral pro- cession arranged for tomorrow afternoon in respect to the late president promises to show in a fitting manner Casper’s love and honor for the memory of Warren G. Harding. The procession will get under way at the city hall at 1:45 with the firing of the first gun of a 2i-gun presidential salute. The marchers will proceed directly down Center street to the America theater where the memorial services will be held, the theater doors not being open- ed to the public until marchers have passed into the building. The services will begin promptly at 2 o'clock. ‘The line of march as announced this morning by EB. R. Purkiser, com- mander of the Powder River post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, is as follows: Police department squadron. HB. E. Gillis, marshal of the day. B. A. Pelitier of the Spanish Ameri- can War Veterans, aide. George Schwartfeger of the Ameri- can Legion, aide, Caisson drawn by stx black horses to bear the floral offerings. Car for invited guests including L. A. Reed, the speaker of the day. City officials, ‘County officials. 4 “Americin Logion band. Massed colors of ex-servicp men's organizations. Past state commander Don Ogilbes of the American Legion; B. R. Pur- kiser, senior vice-commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars; W. J. Wehrll, state adjutant of the Ameri- can Legion; Orin Thiege, post com- mander of the Powder River post, V. Ee. W. C, H. Reimerth, post com- mander of the George W. Vroman post of the American Legion; W. H. Merrill, commander of the Hawley post of the American Legion; J. L. Peete, post commander of the Span- ish American War Veterans; Senior vice-commander Rice of the V. F. W.'s; Senior vice-commander Adcox of the Spanish American War Veter- ans; Vice-commander Dixon of the Vroman post of the American Legion; Vice-commander Sawdon of the Haw- ley post of the American Legion. Massed organizations of ex-service men and nurses. Ladies auxiliary of American Le- gion. Boy Scouts, Moose Drum Corps. Loyal Order of Moose, Mooseheart Legion, Fraternal organizations as they ar- rive, including Odd Fellows, Masons, Knights of Pythias, Elks, Knights of Columbus, Yoemen of America, Wood- men of the World, Modern Woodmen of America, Salvation Army, Girl Re- serves, Girl Scouts and Women's Benefit Association of the Maccabees. All organizations participating in the parade should report to Mm. R. Purkiser, master of ceremonies, at the city hall as fast as they assemble. ‘The ladies of the Auxiliary of the American Legion and the Mooseheart Legion will take possession of the floral offerings after the services and distribute them to the hospitals. Floral offerings that are not appro- priate will be taken to the cemetery. A man will be at the city hall at noon tomorrow to receive the floral offerings before they are placed on the caisson. At the completion of the services at the America theatre, the Veterans of Foreign Wars will form in squad for- mation and led by the American Le- gion band, will march to the city hall where the flag will be raised to the masthead and the commission will be returned to the mayor. was not committed in enemy terri- tory. Counsel for the Germans pleaded before the court which is the highest French criminal court of appeals, that the Ruhr could, not be construed as the enemy's country and that con- sequently a French court’ martial was not competent to try civilians for alleged offenses there. The defense argued that the occu- Industries and Business Houses Will Close In Honor of Theater to Hold Memorial sy Day; Program at ; With the Standard, Texas and Producers & Refiners plant observing all day tomorrow as a legal holiday in that all em- ployes with the exception of the operating departments will be given the day off and the stores and offices downtown closing between noon and four o’clock, the memorial obsery- ance for the late president, Warrer G, Harding, promises to be general throughout the city. An impressive tribute to the mem- ory of the dead president has been ar- ranged under the auspices of the Vet- erans of Foreign Wars to be he'd at the America theater at 2 o'clock to morrow afternoon. The ceremonies will be preceded by a funeral proces sion from the city hall, starting at 145 and going direct to the theater. At 1.45 tomorrow afternoon the first of a presidential salute of 21 guns will be f derinETAOI SHRDL guns will be fired and the succeeding shots will be fired every four minutes until the end of the 21 gun token of respect. The cannon will be moved from Highlend cemetery tomorrow morning to the crest of Montgomery hill for this purpose. The doors of the theater will not be opened to the public until all those in the procession who care to enter have been seated. ‘The services at the theater are an- nounced as follows: March by organist as procession enters theater—Mrs. I. L. Lang- worthy. Invocation—Rev. Chas. A. Wilson. Solo—"Lead Kindly Light"—Mrs. R. B. Leggett. Introductory Address—Orin Theige, commander Veterans of Foreign Wars. Quartet Selection—“Jesus Is Mine” —Mra. F. J. Leschinsky, Mrs, Edna Frank .Firmin, Mr. H » Memorial Addreas—Mr. L. A. Reed. Solo—“My Faith Looks Up"—Mrs. Madelyne Treber. Benediction—Rev. J. M. Cromer. Women’s Benefit ‘Association Will ‘Attend Services The Women's Benefit association of the Maccabees are requested to meet at the city hall at 1.80 o'clock tomorrow afternoon to take part in the memorial procession and services for President Harding. ‘ President, Warren Gamaliel day of August, A. D. 1923. cee Re EF Taps—Marshal T. Rice, sergeant buglar. MAYOR CALLS ON ALL STORES TO CLOSE ON MEMORIAL DAY PROCLAMATION That proper homage may be made our beloved late his memory may be fittingly observed, all business that can possibly suspend in the City of Casper, Wyoming, shall cease between the hours of twelve noon and four o’clock p. m., on Friday, August 10, 1928, Given under my hand.and.the seal of.said City-this 9th JOHN M. WHISENHUNT, HT oye o-operation Complete for Casper’s Homage to Harding ° COUN Contracts for the paving of District 37 and 38 and for the installation of a storm sewer in storm sewer Dis- trict No. 2 were awarded by the city council in a special meeting held for that purpose last night. The Lloyd Construction company recetved the contract for District No. 38 at a bond bid of $146,403.71, while the Warren Construction company received the contract for paving District No. 37 at a bond bid of $5,650.88, The Gor- don Construction company received the storm sewer contract for a $145,- 202.80 bond bid. The Lioyd company wilt fy stx inch plain concrete in the district for which it was the successful bidder. This covers @ large part of the south- west portion of the city, There were several bidders and the final argu- ment lay*between Lioyd and the War- PAVING AND. SEWER WORK 15 LET gL HOLOS SPECIAL SESSI0N ren company. The bid of the latter was considerably higher. At one time the vote was tied be- tween the two important bidders, the contract being decided in fayor of the Lloyd Construction company when Councilman ‘Pettingfll changed his vote. There are 6,827 square yards that will thus be paved by the Lloyd company at an approximate cost of $2.28 per square yard. The Warren Construction company will lay a three-inch concreter base with two-inch bithulitic top in Dis- trict No. 87 which is only about a block in length. Storm Sewer District No, 3 covers about the same ground that {s cover- ed by Paving District No. 38. ‘The Warren Construction company was the only bidder in Districts No. 24, 35, and 86. All the bids were re- jected. Rail Crossings Must Be Paved arding, and that services to Acting Mayor. Council Rules All rafiroad crossings in the city of Casper will have to be paved ac- cording to action taken last night by the city council which passed a motion instructing the city attorney to draw up an ordinance to that effect. The present crossings are BALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE. At’ Pittsburgh— R.H.E. Brooklyn Pittsburgh Batteries — Dickerman, Decatur, Smith and Deberry; Adams and Gooch, At Cincinnati— R. |. E. 1 Boston -.. 000 000 100—1 Cincinnati -.--—.000 000 000—0 5 0 Batteries—Genewich and O'Neill; Rixey, Keck and Hargrave, Wingo. At Chit R.H.LE. Philadelphia -000 100 000-1 5 3 Chicago -.. 000 000 011-2 8 0 Batteries—Couch and Henline; Keen and Hartnett. At St. Lenio— R.A.LE. New York — 401 S Sts St. L 221 te Pe Batteries—Nehf, Barnes and Gowdy; Doak, Stuart and Ainsmith. Scambler AMERICAN LEAGUE. R.H.E. -101 108 e00—3 7 3 -001 100 20x—4 10 2 Batterlee—Shecker and Scvrereid; Ehmke and Devormer. Bassler; Hoyt, Mays, Pipgrass and Schang. ON IS RETURNED BODY BORNE 10 FATHER'S HOME TO AWAIT LAST TRIBUTE FRIDAY Friends and Neighbors - Take Over Sad Duty On Anrival of Funeral Train from Washington = MARION, Aug. 9.—Travel- ing slowly through long lines of home folk, the funeral train carrying President Harding’s body arrived in Marion at 12:38, two hours and 38 min- utes late. Bcarcely had the wheels of the in: coming train ceased to turn before the bells of the church of Marion be- gan tolling slowly for the city’s dis- tinguished son—home to rest forever among the friends and neighbors he loved best of all. Before the coffin was taken from Philadelphia Batteries —Ovengros, Blankenship, Levorette, Castner and Schalk, Gra- ham; Naylor, Remmei and Perkins. At Washingtee— Cleveland Washington Batteries—Coveleskie amd O'Neill Johmeon and Ruel. CHICAGO, Aug, 9.—Fire dustrey- e@ two buildings and approximately considered unnecessarily rough and hardon cars. An effort was also made last night to require the rail- roads to put gates at their crose- ings but this failed to pass. 175,000 bushels of wheat and other gram at the plant of Albert Schwill and company, flour and malt maau- facturere, with a lows estimated at $350,000, early today. ALAGKIE CAMPBELL BOUND OVER TOOISTRICT COURT FOR KILLING Murder Hearing on Killing of Jack Moore July 24 Concluded in Justice Court When Alleged Slayer Is Bound Over to Court. ‘After a preliminary hearing lasting four hours yesterday afternoon cana K. “Blackie” Campbell charged with the mur- der of Jack Moore in a house on West First street the even- ing of July 24, was bound over without bail to the fall term of the district court. Judge Henry F. Brennan had charge of the preliminary. ‘The hearing yesterday consisted of an attempt on the part of the state to prove that Moore had been shot as a result of a probable quarrel among a trio consisting of Moore, Campbell and Dan Walker, who were admitted by Campbell to have been working to- gether in the bootlegging business. It is Attorney Foster’s theory that the quarrel resulted over a division of the spofls and that it was found con- venJent to get Moore out of the way. The attorneys for the defense, M. F. Ryan and E. Paul Bachelor, attacked the case from the standpoint that the murder had been committed by one of two men who were trying to hold up the establishment. They tried to prove that Campbell had been im the room at the time the fatal shot was fired. The shot is practically conceded by all sides to have been fired by someone standing just out- side of the door, The defense also put up the ergument that Campbell had been good friends with Moore and that no man with murder in his heart would go to the trouble tq which Campbell went in seeing tha KRUPP PLANT CHIEFS “ ARE DENIED CLEMENCY pation of the Ruhr was an act pro- vided for in the treaty of Versailles which explicitly stated that such an occupation could not be considered an act of histility. Hence the occu- pation being an outcome of the peace treaty it was not enemy country. Attorney General Mornet pleaded that on the contrary the occupation was a sequel of the war and conse: quently the French court martial was perfectly competent. the wounded man got to the hospital. County Attorney Foster replied to this latter statement by presenting a picture of Campbell as he was first found by Police Officer Wolfe. Camp-| bell had been seated on the table and was calmly reloading a 82-20 calibre Colt. ‘The most convincing argument of Campbell's guilt, according to the prosecution, is to be found in the fact that the bullet found in Moore's body was a soft nose steel jacket 32-20 calibre bullet and that the gun which Campbell had on him and which he later fired five or six shots out of sup- posedly to attract attention used this kind of bullet. ‘There was considerable conflict in testimony between different witnesses. The principal confilet was to be found in the statement by James Con- signey that he had a gun poked in his face just as he started out the door and that the holder of the gun shot directly over his head at Moore. James A. Dykes, a witness who had not appeared at the inquest, also testified that as he started out the door someone pointed a gun at him and commanded him to face to the wall and that the person fired at Moore almost instantaneously. That one of the two men must be mistaken in thetr testimony is the opinion of the county prosecutor. Moore had told a friend about halt an hour before he was shot. “They are going to high-Jack us back there.’ Attorneys Ryan and Bachelor take this to mean that Campbell, Moore and Walker were expecting to be held up, while Attorney Foster takes it to mean that Moore was expecting to be high-Jacked by his two partners. At the hospital Moore had told a nurse that he had been hela up and when asked by whom he replied, “Them.” He would give no names. According to Campbell's testimony which he had also given at the in- quest, he took a gun from his trunk after another party had shot Moore and he went outside, emptying the TRIBUNE WILL BE ISSUED AT NOONFRIDAY In compliance with Mayor Whisenhunt’s proclamation asking all business firms of the city to close Friday between the hours of noon and 4 o'clock, the Casper Daily Tribune will issue its regular edition at 12 o'clock. All ad@vertis- ing for Friday's issue should be in this office not later than 9 o'clock a. m. in order to receive proper in- sertion and set-up. The Tribune will the appreciate co-operation of its advertisers in this matter, Contract Let for Bridge on Alcova Road Construction of ¢ new three-span steel bridge across the Platte river on the Alcova road will be started immediately. On a bid of $48,341 the contract was awarded by the state highway department to the Missouri Valley Bridge company. Natrona county fs to pay $22,500 of the contract price, the state tak- ing care of the balance, Barring unforseen difficulties in securing steel the new bridge will probably be open to traffic by the latter part of November. While it has not been definitely stated, the bridge will in all prob- the bridge known t bridge over the Platte river 22 miles southwest of Casper which was rendered danger- ous by recent floods. This is the first permanent improvement to be undertaken on the road since it was taken over by the state. i POSTOFFICE CLOSES ALL ‘DAY FRIDAY ‘The Casper postoffice will be closed all day tomorrow for the observance of the funeral and memorial day of the late president. Betweqn the hours of 2 and: o'clock in the after. noon the employes of the office will gun in the air to attract attention. suspend work, GRIEF OVER HARDING'S PASSING BROUGHT HOME TO MARION STAR Man Who Was Always Willing to Forego Pay Check To Help Out Employer Has Heavy Heart; xr} oF tage = Touching Incidents Recalled. _ ~vwy¥ MARION, O., Aug. 9.—(By The Associated Press).—As the funeral cortege of the late President Harding today passed the office the Marion Star, where the chief executive spent the best years of his life building a newspaper on kindli- ness and consideration of “folks” and where he was known only as “W..G.,” there was one man above all others who had a heavy heart. ‘This man had been with Mr. Hard- ing for 87 years, entering his employ shortly after he purchased the Peb- ble—a tiny newspaper and the first newspaper enterprise of the late chiet executive. This man—Lewis Miller—had helped Mr, Harding set type, wash the rollers of the presses, sometimes collect a bad debt—for there were many in the early days of the Pebble. Mr. Miller related how, many times, “w. G." had called him into the dingy office on the second floor of a amall building still standing at the corner of Center and State streets and say: “Lew, I haven't enough money to get the paper for this week's issue out of the office (it always came C. O. D. in those days); can you loan me your week's salary?” Mr. Miller always was ready to forego this week's pay check in order to help out the “boss.” After the Pebble was merged into the Star, Mr. Miller continued in Mr. Harding’s employ and today 1s still working on the Star, although now more than 70 years of age. It was Mr. Miller who, the night of November 2, 1920, headed @ small delegation of Star employes which called on the president-elect to con gratulate him and presented him with a gold make-up rule. Mr. Harding, visibly affected by the presentation, started to express his thanks, but halted and only fin: ished with the assistance of a pocket handkerchief. “Fellow members of the Star,” he began, and choked and as tears rolled down his cheeks, he began again: “You and I have been associated together for-many years. I know you and you know me, and you know that I wouldn't cheat you. I am about to be called to a postition of great responsibility, I have been on the square with all the world.” Turing to Mr. Miller he continued: There is my old friend Miller, the oldest employe on the Star. Thirty six years we have been together and the train those who had accompanied the body from Washington s upon the station platform and into waiting autoniobiles. At 1:12 o'clock the funeral proces- sion from the train reached the home ofthe dead president's father, Dr. jeorge T. Harding, Sr. and the body was reverently carried into the hous’ for a brief privacy before it was to Me in state, . Mrs. Harding, still calm and com- posed, was one of the last to leave the train. As the cortege had neared Marion she had sat by the window of her compartment looking out upon the silent crowds composed of some whom she has known since girlhood and upon the scenes she had known and which her husband loved above and beyond. any of the wonderful scenes they had seen on the recent and ill-destined trip. The funeral train for nearly two hours before reaching Marion passed through country intimately associated with the life of the dead president. There was Munsfield, visited by Mr. Harding as a boy enjoying the fre quent trips “to the city,” for Mans- field then was the largest place in this eection of the state. During the campaign of 1920 Mr. Harding often motored to Mansfield in search af rec- reation on the golf links. Then there was Little Caledonia, where Warren Harding spent his boyhood. When he became president the proud citizens of Caledonia erect ed a large sign board beside the Erie railroad tracks and painted on it “Harding's boyhood home." Today the sign so proudly erected was draped in mourning, The citizens of Caledonia Were proud even in their grief for the boy who had lived among them had fought a good fight. Before reaching Caledonia the black draped train passed within two miles ped got of the Old Harding homestead at Blooming Grove, purchased by Mr. Harding last apring, not, as was sald then, to provide a home for him 6n leaving the White House, but to pre. vent the farm from getting into the hands of those who might commen clalize it. He deeded it several months ago to his two nephews, George T. Harding, third, and War- ren Harding erywhere along the way from Mansfield the passing of the train was marked by an almost continuous throng. They were gathered in the villages, they stood at the road cross ings, and many looked on from corn and oat fields and pastures. All came to pay a final tribute to the dead in the last car who in life had known 80 many of them so well that he called them by their first names and they some times those years have been (Continued on Page Eleven.) spoke of him, not as “Mr. President,” but as “Warren Harding.” Shortly before 2 o'clock the doors of the Harding home were thrown (Continued on Page Five.) BELGIAN GOVER PARIS, Aug. 9.—(By The Associat- ed Preas)—The Belgian government has decided to take the initiative and directly approach Great Britain and France {f the reparations negotiations among the allies show no signs of being resumed at an early date, says a Brussels dispatch to Excelsior Premier Theunis and Foreign Min ister Jaspar will come to Paris, the newspaper says to ‘propose that the reparations claims from Germany, #0 far as France and Belgium are con- cerned, be confined to the material damage suffered by those countries, and furthermore t England cancel the inter-allied debts, receiving from Germany for her part the amount of money she owes the United States, LONDON, 1 Pr Aug. 9.—(By The Asso. Clat Chancellor Cuno's in| ngly has ha TIATIVE England, where the dominant optn- fon expressed by those in authority is that the tmportance of the Ger. man government's utterances is ap- proaching the vanishing point so far as the actual effects are concerned The most welcome part of the speech was the chancellor's admis. sion that the German government had nothing to expect from Great Britain in the way of sympathy or (Continued on Page Elevens WUD ve.