Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 21, 1923, Page 1

Af} MERE REACHED > Weather Forecast WYOMING—Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Cool- er in north portion Saturday. he Casper Daily Tritime VOLUME VII THREATS HURLED CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1923. WYOMING CRUDE OIL YOUNG PEOPLE|) BALL scores | NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Pittsburgh: Ist game— R.H.E. New York 010 007 000—8 14 2 Pittsburgh Batteri -000 002 002—4 7 2 les—Scott and _ Snyder; Meadows, Stone, Steineder and Schmidt. Second game— New York -..-.000 600 002—8 9 1 Pittsburgh -000 010 000—1 9 38 Batteries—Watson and Gowdy; Cooper, Adams and Schmidt. BY EVANGELIST Scores Flock to Stand- ard of Christianity ‘at Kramer Service. At Cincinnati (tied in 9th)— Batteries — Decatur greaves; Rixey and Hargrave. * No other games scheduled. ee AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Boston: Ist game—_ R.H.E. and Surpassing any other night in the visible results in which it ob- tained, the revival service carried (on in the tent at Eighth and Cen- jer rtreets by the Rev. James W.| notroit 000 000 120-3 6 0 amer last night resulted in 53] poston _ “013 000 00x-—4 10 4 Btudents of the Natrona County] patteries—Pillette, Francis and high school re-consecrating and re-|passler, Woodall; Ferguson and dedicating themselves to the church, | picinich. while 33 other students who had not been members of a church declared their intention of joining. ‘With the possible exception of patriotic night, yesterday's service ‘was marked by the greatest amount of pep and enthusiasm on the part of the audience yet shown. From Cleveland-Washington game post- poned; rain. Chicago-Philadelphia poned; rain. game » post- At Boston: 2nd game— R.H.E. the minute that Big Jim Kram®r| Detroit — 205.202 301—15 16 1 stepped on the platform he had/ Boston -------010 100 0183—6 9 4 the young people with him, There] Batteries—Olsen and _ Bassler, was a large high school representa-| Woodall; Fullerton, Blethen and tion because of a special invitation that had been extended to the stu- dents. The Rev. Kramer promised a handsome Bible to the boy or girl who would make the best synopsis of the sermon he preached last Picinich. QUAKE FELT IN ENGLAND night. The gift will be presented Sunday evening. eed, “How to Keep From Flunking” LONDON, Sept. 21.—A slight ‘was the sermon which Kramer de- livered last night. It was an: in- spiring messagevofstctess and one that took hold of the more youthful members of the audience with tre- earth tremor was felt yesterday in many of the parishes on the. east coast of England, but apparently it was not noticed far inland. The time of the shock was 11:52 a. m. mendous gripping power. His text} It was most cleatly perceptible on ‘was from Isaalh—1:17, “Learn to] upper floors of large buildings. do well.” Windows, Brica-brac and china The speaker defined man as “al were shaken in numerous houses. Reductions of 20 to 50 Cents Barrel Are Announced by Midwest and Ohio; Salt Creek Slashed 35 Cents Reductions ranging from 20 to 50 cents a barrel in the posted prices of various grades of Wyoming and Montana crude oils were announced today by the Midwest Refining and the Ohio Oil companies principal purchasers of crude in these two states The slash was not unexpected either in amount or the grNles affected, recent reductions in the Mid-continent, Central West and Pennsylvania fields having fore- MAN AND WOMAN HELD shadowed similar action in Wyom- Lee D. Davis and Mrs. J. M. Wil- ing, waere prices are based on Mid-cordinent quototions. son were arrested Thursday evening in a raid on Lance Creek was the hardest hit in the reductions, heaving be*n cut 60 cents a barrel. Mule Creek es- caped with a 20 cent cut while all others, with the exception of Sun- burst, Mont., crude, were reduced 36 cents a barrel. Sunburst re- mains unchanged. NEWSPAPERS IN N.Y. TO RESUME IN HORT TIME International to Man Presses Deserted by Men Now Outlawed NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—A ba | ing late this afternoon of three representatives of the International Printing Pressmen's and Assistants’ FINAL EDITION ~~ NUMBER 294. Legislators Continue Plans to Cut Off Head of Governor as Walton Opens Fresh Broadside In War on Klan and Its Supporters OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Sept. 21.—(By The Asso- ciated Press).—Legislators seeking the official head of Governor J. C. Walton marched on today in their plans for impeachment, while the executive gathered strength for a final drive on the Ku Klux Klan, which he blames for th estorm that has broken about him The lower house of the Oklahoma the call for legislature will convene at noon} investigate Wednesday to consider charges that| Walton | special grand jury to harges that Governor lly had used state em Walton has set at naught constitu-; ployes to check names on an initia tional government and {f the gov-| tive petition to which he was op ernor interferes with the meeting he| posed, “acts at his peril.” This was the| The grand jury was dismissed announcement of legislators who|when the military authorities trained will seek the executive's impeach-| machine guns on the court room at ment jthe orders of the governor. Walton's final attitude toward the| According to the ord of the house session was expected to be Military court, Judge Clark testified developed during the day, but hie |that although he had been tnitiat were confident |in the klan a year and a half a carry out his | he had paid no dues and for nearly members |® year had not considered himse |member of the organization legislative enemies that he would not threat to jail the house if they attempted to assemble. | ™¢! Since voicing his threat some of| Sheriff Cavnar admitted he is now the governor's legal advisers have |% Member of the klan and the por urged him to permit the session |ton of County Attorney Wright's IN OKLAHOMA CONTROVERSY DEATH TOLL IN ENGINE. BLAST AT CAPITAL 1S NNSED TO FOUR Bureau of Standards Ex perts Are Victims of Explosion; Important Experiment Concluded WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. —The death early today of James E. Kendig of Salunga, Pa., one of the bureau of standards experts injured in he laboratory explosion yes- ai hodab’ at 416) Navin 2 they declare it would be illegal | testimony made public revealed that |terday, brought the number A comparison of the old and new] Melrose street by deputies from the| we” ind ee Cae aBalwituoutsertects [he had stated that he paid the fec|to four, Five others who Wahine : eriff's office. 2 DI assoc! . ss ‘or members jure 7 a pn stale OU New | amen will draw up a contract between the | Admitting tho fight was wolghing |°7,QnhOrsniP cial Quin homaonriee cxitsealieers Bas _-$1.75 $1.40]. 7Be Place Is sald to have been a|two organizations whereby members | heavily upon him, the governor sent] ncational nature, exporing the ae dition : eal con- oat ors 110 ‘195 | Popular dispensary for synthetic gin,|of the international will man the/out an appeal for funds, asking /isceq machinations of the Oklehorms| "The victima had just , en a 170 1.35 | t¥° bottles of which were brought|presses deserted Monday night by | those “who believe in a representa-| Oty yan tn Adaling out/puhistuent |axpetimente twitch on completed Torchlight . 170 ° 1.35 |°%8y 8 evidence. members of the local union, tive form of government” to send |;), Darpoun. Dalit. teritless: this rapes | pave: 400/001 000; cals sxvecten to i tn Las) SSS | contrtoutions to Mrs. Aldrich Blake,| ouPtion ot the aKleneen eene eye gallons of gasoline pee) Papin, : 4 Oklahoma City, wife of the executive |“)? men jury.” a year Greybull . .-- 1.70 1.35 ceoa neler. ‘Eke governor cald thet | D': Maupin testified that Grand| In thelr study of evaporation, Lance Creek 1.70 1,20 if ft ve ; ts -m | Dragon N. C. Jewett had stated to|/bureau officials’ said today, the proved necessary he would arm | : ys Rosk Creek’ .. 125 90 In the state who is op.| hm that he was responsible for [laboratory force had discovered Salt Creek 1.25 90 every man in the state who 1s P| the whipping of a man named Mer-|methods for preventing hu e posed to the “invisible empire p ‘ r Ke waste Hamilton . 1.25 90 BY riman, whom Jewett had charged | {rom this cause and had prepared Big Mudey Ee eer |. A broadside was turned on the | with being intimate with n married {full charts of great aconemye wate |Mule Creek ‘85 |klan by the governor last ntght | woman. Another task recently undertaken | Sunburst. . 10 = 70 |rhen) he released a portion of the} — by the victims of the. explosion, [testimony taken before a military MILITARY COURT which was the most serious in the rar court here showing that County | ACTIVIT ISHE! Histaens ceitMeihokee aan < DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 21.— The oi Bearnay J Tea yeegnt abecife; Tor |.y itn oe POTS Miskin west | te ore ee rene aiees as Sect oe MJ , Okin., Sept 1e engines of the navy alr- nounced today that In Texas it will accept fifty per cent on production of of! over 35 gravity at the posted price or will take total production LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 21.—With the arrest yester- day of Elmer Schmidt on a charge of having attempted to obtain money by false pretenses, police disclosed details of that grade of crude on a basis of Of an alleged death gamble suicide pact in which Schmidt $1 a barrel. won from W. A. Werderman, his partner in an advertising The latest posted prices for oll of Company, but which the loser failed to carry out, instead 85 to 39.97 gravity is $1.30:per bar-ygiving officers information which rol-and 90 and above gravity $1.15... resulted in the indictment of tho| PSD wih ne har Be aan winner after he attempted to collect Werderman's $7.51 LOS ANGELES — Membership rman’s $7,500 life insurance. in the I. W. W. will no longer be considered guilt of criminal syndi- calism under the California code, according to a decision handed The two men tossed a coin to de had agreed to such gamble when it ‘was proposed by Schmidt, officers) quoted Werderman as having said. | ==" = = JAPANREPORTS being who learns.” “God made a mistake and an omnipotent one at that if your life is not of tremen- dous importance. A half covenant with life means failure. Demos- thenes lived for oratory, Napoleon for war, Newton lived in the stars and the stars in Newton, Humanity ‘will not tolerate a dead one. The fellow who is going to win and the girl who is going to win will have to play ball. Otherwise the umpire of time will say three strikes, and you're out. A man can't loaf on the job and be guilty of idleness and get away with it, The world will take you at your own valuation.” “In order to make good three things are necessary. The first of these is expressed in the command ment, ‘Man, know thyself.’ Over fll moral and spiritual failures I sould write, ‘I didn’t think, I didn't realize, I didn’t know myself.’ “The second commandment is ‘Man, control thyself.’ Self control is the greatest gift God ever gave to man. ‘We've controlled electricity, we've harnessed the power @f Nia- gra, but we have not learned to con- trol ourselves. “The third is, ‘Man, deny thyself.’ One of the grandest things that has ever been said is in those words of Woodrow Wilson when he de- Garea, “oCaie aioe Ware yur sonal fortunes may be. I play for the verdict of mankind.’ There is no doctrine like the doctrine of self- @enial. ‘The life that has root and that bears fruitage is the life that forgets itself. “In order to do well you must ‘see well-doing at its highest per- fection. The drunkard in the ditch is an object lesson in temperance. The woman of the atreet is an object lesson on righteousness, Away with the idea that one must be covered with the sores and ulcers (Continued on Page Two.) One suggestion was an explosion at sea but nothing of this nature has been reported. down by Justice Frederick Hauser of the second district court of ap- peals. RECORD SET IN MURDER TRIAL Second Jury to Hear Evidence ‘Against “Blackie” Campbell to Have Case | In Court Here Late Today A record will be established in district court here when | the case of John K. (Blacki ie) Campbell, charged with first degree murder in the killing of John Moore last July, | goes to a jury late today for the second time within two | days’ time. yesterday by Judge Robert R. @ verdict. Retrial was ordered im- is now in ft Jast Following two consecutive night sessions of court, Judge Rose yes terday afternoon at 5:30 ordered court adjourned until this morning ‘The one new feature of the case which as developed in the retrial is that John Tittle, alias “Cheyenne Slim,” one of the witnesses, has dis- appeared as completely as though the earth had swallowed him. He evidently concluded that he was through after he had testified the | rm time for a day and a half and The jury in the first trial was discharged only . Rose when it failed to reach | | whereabouts. heyenne Slim,” a jeook by tradé, figured prominently in tho monkey wrench case last De- cember when Charles Crump was charged with manslaughter in con- nection with the death of “Blackie” | Peterson in a brawl on West B | street. The evidence so far produced is practically the same as disclosed in the first trial, The defense counsel this morning injected a new element in the case by trying to show that the bullet taken from Moore's body was not from a .32-20 revolver. In the first a search has failed to disclose histrial this point was not argued. COUNTER ACTION IN STOKES CASE SEEN Prosecution Without Jurisdiction In ‘Aiding Mrs. Stokes’ Charges of Plot to Ruin Name, Claim CHICAGO, Sept. 21.—-While Charles S. Wharton, as- » Questioned by the prosecutor, sistant state’s attorney investigating charges by Mrs. W. E. D. Stokes that a conspiracy to ruin her name has been pro- moted by her husband, a wealthy New York hotel owner, said indictments may result, Frank T. Jordan, attorney for Stokes declared that suit will be started against the prose- cutor for usurpation of powers, said, have strongly supported Mrs. which the ‘attorney clatmed were| Stokes’ charges that her husband, not possessed by him who accused her of indiscretions in his recent suit for divorce, has spent thousands of dollars here in an at far he Testimony of witnesses 00 tempt to necure affidavits to estab- Mish her identity as a habitue of a | notorious resort twenty years ago Witnesses told him ‘the prosecutor said, that Stokes had shown them a photograph and told them it was Mrs. Stokes, and asked them to identity her as “Helen Norwood,” an alleged inmate of the resort, which ended its existence in 1911, A statement that Stokes had of- fered him money for his loss of time and any expenses incurred, if he identified photographs of Mrs. Stokes, as those of a resort inmate he had treated was made to the | tragedy Werderman was reported to have drowned in the Ohio river here on September 1. The supposed victim, it was disclosed, today, had planned the reported drowning in such a manner as to deceive Schmidt and then gone to New Albany, Indiana, after having informed officers of what previously had taken place. A proposition that, inasmuch thelr business was insolvent, as one of the partners commit suicide and| the other receive the benefit of the victim's insurance, was made by Schmidt, Werderman is quoted’ as haying related to the police. It was agreed to toss a coin to determine which would die, The following day Werderman said he told police of the agreement and his clothes were placed on the river bank. After the supposed was reported Schmidt is said to have offered a reward for the recovery of Werderman's body and to have filed ‘claim for his in- surance. Detectives were said to have be- gun an investigation today of the disappearance three years ago of dward Kene, who had been a part ner of Schmidt and whose pearance was a myste filed a claim for insu by Keane, the detective disap Schmidt nee carried said. PROBE OF GAS PRICES LOOHS LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 21.—It announced at the office of the attorney general of Nebraska today that Attorney General 0. Spill man would call a national confer. ence of all attorney generals at the Old Colony club in Chicago, October 15, 16 and 17 to investigate the na tional gasoline situation, The con. the fate of the 5,000 person: NEW. DISASTER Five Hundred Houses Washed ‘Away at | Tottori, City 6f 40,000, Where 5,000 People Are Missing reports from Tottori says that five hundred houses were | *ilence this afternoon. destroyed in the recent flood there, but do not mention | eee is whom a previous dispatch from Yokohama reported missing. Communication with Tottori is proving difficult, and Cavnar and District Judge G. W.|21—(Ry the Associated Presa. Clark had been obligated in the | The military court of inquiry which klan; and detailing charges made by|jast night assumed a place of out Dr. A. A. Maupin, a dentist and | standing prominence in the muddled former member of the organization, | conditions in Oklahoma through the as to the connection of the “in-/announcement of sensational test! visible empire” with mob violence. |mony tending to implicate the Ic It was Judge Clark who issued | Ku Klux Klan tn alleged violations, was. split. into»-three -divintong to: day in wder to hastfn its spern tions. “More than’ a score of wit nesses were examined at the morn ing session Col. Wm: Graves, president of the court, said téday that had heen issued for C, N grand dragon of the klan homa Nate Hantaman, of Tulsa, whose whipping more than a month ago Jewett, in Okla Band Concert |quiries have been sent to Osaka to learn the part{culars. Tottorl, a town of 30,000 to 40,- 000 people is situated in the valley of the Sendaigawa, 114 miles from Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan. WORK 60 OX STRIKE SHERIDAN, Wyo., Sept. 21— With the main business street of Sheridan so badly torn up that traf- fic is proceeding under difficulties, additional complications resulted when a gang of 30 laborers, em- ployed to excavate for the laying of went on, strike new storm sewers, for higher wag The laborers were in the employ 0% County Com ssioner A. C. Evans, a sub-con. tractor for the Warren Construction company, which has the contra for repaving tho business district ference results from action taken at the national meeting of attorney generals in Minneapolis. The etreet is torn up as the result of the removal of the street car tracks. A STARTLING The Billings Gazette is the Mont. The circulation of the Bureau of Circulation is 9,710, Daily Tribune is large: ‘* The flat display advertisin to Billings busix rate of 60 cents per inch may be running an advertisement 1¢ arge amount of space within The Casper Daily Tribune inch. If the advertiser uses suffi tage of all discounts vertising, does the 7 bune rat prosecutor by Dr. Maurice Rosen- | |berg, who said Stokes had frequent visited him and had taken (Continued on Page Two.) t ' him | COMPARISON leading newspaper of Billings, LABORERS ON STREET This Evening ARREST MADE > ~ NX I iv) ~~ i~} iv) ~ no summons ship ZR1 Lauer, of New Salem, Ohio, who instantly killed in the explosion, ther with Urban J. Cook of Cincinnati, and. Stephen M. Lee of New London, Conn,, who died later, had been in active research work for some time Secretary. Hoover has ordered an Investigation of the accident, which officials believed was caused by an accumulation of gas set off in some manner by a spark FORMER BALL PLAYER HELD caused “governor J. C. Walton t: ace that city under martial law FOR KILLING appeared at military headquarters here today. No explanation of his presence m ate vernor Walton, who had indi-| LOS ANGELES, § cated that he would probably have] Adams, former a final announcement to make to all pla is charged by the ver. day regarding his attitude toward| dict of a coroner's jury here with | the extraordinary session of the | fring the shot that killed Edward {Sieh RSET, sonra gi ® ma-| (Babe) Hall at a roadhouse in South ority of the members for ne: e complat e TOKIO, Sept. 21.—(By The Associated Press.)—Late | Wednesday; had not broken te mae eee abana: ‘Onacien: > Wiley nes Crotty with mur. der: 4 said the shooting occurred after Hall discovered the three men searching automobiles parked near Hall's roadhouse. FORMER EMPLOYE SUES ‘In order not to conflict with the i} evangelistic mectings Belng held in ; the big tent on Center street, the = —s American Legion band concert this —— Henry F. Stienman wns arrested | evening will commence at 7 o'clock Charg Be ainaY mal lousy by the police department last night | instead of 8 ; oe a ae ih le alle on an aseaul! charge in connection the program for the evening as) him a , C. §. Gilmore fs suing with an actack on John Timmons | announce Navid Foote, the dj-/Max Myland, proprietor of or East Wednesday afternoon. From the ev!- s follows ¥ Second street seine By at re dence that has been gathered up by an to Cowan. th oe 1 2 r lam: the police department it 8 that -:--- umbling | ages Timmons had engaged in a quarrel “Daughter of the Elm T ute tates _ that Gtlmore with a youth in a pool hall on Cen -- - Shagsh | weet for Mayland ‘sae iwase hmak- ter street and that Stienman had |Fox-trot—"Journey’s Find $F Fis Sine mal tabs th remiacks ordered him to let the boy alone Harry T ney | ¥ made ~ nt august at more When Timmons left the place to go | March—Selected oi lain at because of these down the alley between Second and “Honeymoon Time" - arks he has been unable to ob Midwest avenues he is said to have - Caesar employment {n other Jewelry tacked by Stienman rying You x ores in the city and has been mmons was picked up uncon- + and Cohn | forced to leave Casper at great ex- scious and is now recovering from Men Who Served _ [pense and inconvenience, to obtain @ his Injuries at a, local hospital, | -..---- __-------- B. O. Worrel position GANG HUNTED FOR KILLING OF Another Wounded In Double Tragedy Gazette as set by the Audit The circulation of the Casper n the Gazette. ng rate quoted by the Gazette ss houses is 90 cents per inch. A minimum » obtained in Billings, however, M times or more, or by using a given time. nimum rate is 51 cents per nt-space and takes, advan At no point, not even for transient ad- e exceed the flat 1#al displey rate of the Gazette. All advertising rates are based on the amount of paid circulation the paper has, Tribune rates are much lower than other papers in the northwest, In Washington; Scores Taken From Train In Search SPOKANRP, Wash, Sept. 21.—Freight traing and motor vehicles are beiag searched and warehouses and barns in YOUTH ty, three members of the Spokane police force and the entire sheriff's force of Lincoln county were at Harringto nassisting in the round- up of suspects | Those arrested were questioned by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Louls Benge of this county, aa the irred before the train 1 crossed the Ur Five the vicinity of Harrington, Washington, are being combed who w riding on today in an effort to capture the members of a gang which oy * tchee: to prin piss fora last night shot and killed Frank McAintiff, 21, of Great ce thom we okéd' byte Naas Falls, Montana, and shot Ralph Anderson, 21, of Minne- | pers of the ga apolis ty hall, Mbr and private bulld-| Anderson, who was shot through nty seven men were tak ga © tr ned in places ofthe lung, was declared at a local t y tenet t t t he was taken to have Harrington assisting in the round-| Six deputy {{4 frony thia coun-|a good chance today f cary, }