Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 20, 1923, Page 1

Weather Forecast WYOMING: central portions. 0 | VOLUME Vil Fair to- night and Sunday. Some- what warmer in east and A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, And a Booster for City, County and State. CASPER, WYO., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1923 Uther —————___—__—. Che Casper Daily Tribune |, FINAL | DITION! NUMBER 320 IPRES. COOLIDGE CALLS UPON GOVERNORS TO ENFORCE LAW JOHN R. QUINN HEADS LEGIONNAIRES, LARGE CITIES iMiMUNE IN DRY ENFORCEMENT, ST. LOUIS, Oct. 20—(By Theings against them, and that only ECTION OF CALIFORNIAN ENDS NATIONAL CONVENTION AT FRISCO Tumultuous Scenes Mark Naming of Owsley’s Successor; Mammoth Ball Brings Service Men’s Festivities to a Close. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct. 20.—(By The Associated Press).—With another year’s program mapped out, and a new leader chosen, American Legionnaires brought their 1923 convention to a close with a mammoth ball last night, and today thousands of delegates were speeding homeward Associated Press.}—Political consid- erations such as the raising of cam- paign funds has entered the enforce- and apparently has made certain large cities immune from the pro- visions of the Volstead act, August A. Busch,- former brewer, declared in a letter to President Coolidge, night. The letter was written by Busch under date of October 15. In the letter Busch @sserted that the huge steel, ofl and packing in- terests of the country had financed and advocated the enforcement of to all sections of the United States. San Francisco and the visiting throngs of veterans said farewell jast night and today with the same characteristic and noisy demonstra- tions with which they greeted each other early this week and fra- rnized for the five days of the national conclave, After the tumultuous scenes which marked the election of John R. Quinn of California to the post of national commander yesterday, to succeed Alvin Owsley, of Texas, the delegates turned their attention to a final round of sight-seeing. gollification and parading. The Brownwood, Texas, cowboy band led their “Old Gray Mare,” with Miss Ruby Latham still on the quar- terdeck, into the legion's hotel head- quarters for the last time, the Davenport, Towa, girlcadets paced through @ final, smart drill on San Francisco streets, drum corps and bands stepped briskly down Market SUMMARY OF NIGHT NEWS NEW ORLEANS—Striking dock workers agreed tentatively to return to work Monday on shipping board vessels after authorizing their of- ficials to negotiate with the board on a proposal embodying their wage demands and several changes in the working rules. AMARILLO, Tex.—Federal Judge Wilson enjoined all election clerks from destroying or interfering with ballots cast in the senatorial e’ec- tlon between Earle B. Mayfield and George EB. B. Peddy, being con- tested in the senate. WASHINGTON—No time Umit restriction for the honoring of phy- siclans’ prescriptions for iquor have been set, it was stated at prohibition headquarters in answer to reports that prohibition agents had been ordered to treat with suspicion prescriptions which had not been Promptly filled. DUBLIN—Shots were fired and disorder ensued when troops dis- ersed crowds assembled outside Mount Joy prison in an effort to prevent the removal of the hunger ctriking republican prisoners, DUESSELDORF—New currency, backed by public utilities, wil re- place paper marks in the Duessel dort district, it was decided by the economie council of 12 Germans and five French representatives. street to. the ferry building or to waiting trains, while blazing flares and bursting fire crackers signalled the final célebration of scattered groups of departing viskors through. out the business district. More sedate visitors made last trips to San Francisco's Bohemian. Italian and Latin quarters, where cafes were lively with their din. Four bands furnished music‘ for hundreds of dancers at the civic auditorium, where the last official event on the convention program 2,000 of San Francisco's prettiest lassies joined in the merriment. Commander Quinn, former Call fornia cowboy and now a prosper- ous rancher. owner, Wa: elected on the eleventh ballot yes: terday, with a total of 502 votes compared with 342 for James A. Drain of Washington, D. C.; 80 for Clarence R, Edwards of Boston and 64 for Wilder S. Metcalf of Kansas, with 15 absent or not voting. Five vice commanders were elect- ed as follows: Ryan Duffy, Fond du Lac, Wis.; Thurman Mann, High Point, N. C.; William B. Healy, Wilkes Barre, Pa.; C, M. Stoddard, Arizona, and Lester Albert, Idaho. Ezera C. Clemans of Minnesota is the new national chaplain, As the Legionnaires turned their backs on’ San Francisco, one phrase was on every tongue: “See you in St. Paul next year, buddy." Death Threat Is Received By Huerta, Report MEXICO CITY, Oct. 20.—Adolfo De La Huerta, former minister of the treasury and a candidate for the presidency, asserts that he has been , threatened with death. In a statement issued last night he said he had known that Pres! dent Obregon and Alberto Pani, minister of the treasury, had been | awaiting the announcement of his | candidacy for the purpose of “smirching” his good name. Deny-| ing charges by Senor Pani that mil-| Hons had been misapproprated dur- | ing the treasury reign of De La| Huerta, the statement said De La Huerta would make even more sert- ous charges if an unseen hand did not cut short his life “like Pancho Villa.” Secretly, maliciously and coward- ly I have been threatened with death,” the statement added. the eighteenth amendment to side- track government anti-trust proceed. SLAYER HELD WITHOUT BAIL James A. Herman, who was ar- rested following the killing of morning waived his preliminary on Justice Brennan, He pleaded not guilty and was held without bail for © district court. Herman has never talkef of the affair since he was arrested and has not indicated what line of defense he will use in his trial. Result In Charge Against Boy Here The handicap of having a bad name was forcibly brought out !n a case in police court last night when a 13-year-old Casper youth was arraigned before Judge John A. Murray on the charge of stealing a bicycle. “The case was dismissed since there was no evidence to con- nect the young defendant with the monished to steer clear of bad asso- clations in the future, since the fact that he had been in jail on similar charges before made him the logical one to be suspected when such a matter came up agat pocteoe baste: ad OSAGE CRUDE Fifteen cents his been cut from the price of Osage crude in order to effect an equality with the pres- ent price posted for Lance Creek oil. The revised market for Osage is therefore $1.20 a barrel. ment of the national prohibition law | which was made public here last, theft of the wheel, but*he was ad-) PRICE IS CUT BUSCH ASSERTS two and one half per cent of the people of the United States had had a voice in the enactment of the law, | Busch declared that lax enforce jment of the prohibition law has cor rupted the federal service, uprooted \respect for law and bas set back the jcause of temperance many years by driving the illicit manufacture of \intoxicants into the home and by flooding the country with smuggled Uquors, many of which are danger ous to the public health. He said that when his repre- |sentative presented evidence of wide. |spread violation of the Volstead act |to enforcement officials at Washing- ton, an officer, whom he did not name, admitted that “the depart |ment has become so corrupt that it jeoula not enforce the law.” Sen, leader of the southern faction, here, the . stronghold {es government. — The town” ‘faid to have been captured Thurs- day, but confirmation of the report could not be obtained today. According to the advices, 100 feet \the earth—“‘they’re off!” |into the printed word. Now The picture is of a soggy, mass but scattered all along the fringe of a huge oval; a bell rings and then’ appear two prancing {horses of blue blood and high spirit, land atop them two diminutive | figures. A few nervous minutes as they draw up at the post, and rear; then @ flash as the barrier is sprung and man and beast shoot out for the enviable lead and coveted rail; the istruggle at the turn; the dash down {the back stretch; the contest as the last curve is rounded and the deafen. ing roar of lungs on fire as they come down the stretch to home. It's “come on, Steve!” and “come lon, Earle!’ and today the glory of two nations is riding with them. | Mighty thousand dollars and a gold jeup to the winner, twenty thousand ‘to the loser. | Before last night’s dripping, star- less sky faded into a dull gray and SCHICK CRIME IS SOLVED BY WIDOW’'S CONFESSION Authorities Search for Body of Rich Real Estate Broker to Confirm Tale Told to Prosecutor SAN DIEGO, Calif., Oct. 20.—At 1 o’clock this morn- ing Chester Kempley, district attorney, issued a statement that Mrs. George E. Schick had made a confession in the county jail that if substantiated by the finding of the body of her husband, George E. Schick, a San Diego real estate dealer who has been missing since Februar; In the probable filing of a charge against B.* Drew who is in jail here with his on a charge of forgery in con- n with transfers of Schick's Droperty, y 7, would re- District Attorney Kempley's 'ater statement was made in modification of a previous one he gave newspaper men at midnight in which he tndi- cated that the confession obtained frum Mra. Schick after four hours grilling would involve her and the Clark's in charges of murdering Schick. Later he explained that the murder charge would not impli- cate Mra, Schick in the death of her husband and he would make no pos- itive statement as to Mrs. Clark. He added that several others besides Clark would be involved if Mrs. Schick’s confession is corroborated by discovery of the body of Schick. Clark and Mrs. Schick were ar- rested together Monday night at a home they had been occupying in MiCajon for several months. They were held on charges of forging power of attorney and deeds through which Schick's property had passed into thelr hands subsequently to his mysterious disappearance last win: ter. Mrs. Clark was arrested in an apartment house here. According to the officers she knew of her hus- band’s relations with Mra, Schick and remained on familiar terms with both, Mr, and Mrs, Clark were held on the forgery charges in a preliminary hearing today here on the forgery charge under $8,500 bail. \Mrs. Schick has been formally arraigned, but {s held at the county jail where she has been under almost constant inquiry by the sheriff's office and de- tectives since her arrest, District Attorney Kempley de- clined this morning to give any fur- ther details of the confession she finally made other than that it sub: stantiated the theory that Schick had been killed and a forgery plot had been carried out to gain pc sion of his property, this Intt involving the C'arks and Schick. skSchie etaoin shrdl em cmf{f vbvb M WYOMING HORSE ROCHESTER, N. Riders and owners of th which finished the five national endurance ride at day awaiting decision Avon to- of the CANTON, Oct. 19.—(By the Asso~- was held—an elaborate ball at which |Chatles A. Anderson in a drunken | ciated Press.—Forces of Sun Yat brawl at Lavoye October 10, this! |are reported to have taken the city first degree murder charge before |of Waichow, about 75 miles east of of General Chen Chiung-Ming, an ally of the “Battles of the century” have there been. judges. ‘Ten horses finished out of 23. With the exception of Red Cloud, owned by the Morgan Club of America, all made the three hundred miles under the time allowance of | fifty hours. The loss of weight of the horses is better than in any previous year. Pathfinder, United States army entry, lost the least with 31 pounds, and Norfolk Star, owned and ridden by Captain Herbert C. Watkins of Wyoming, lost the most with 67% pounds. 20.— AMONG TEN TO FINIGH IN HARD ENDURANCE TEST The horses that finished are: Norfolk Star, owned and ridden by Captain H. C, Watkins, Wyoming; | tone, ridden by Charles Gor- don; Major 8, ridden by Earl B. Krantz, both owned by the Morgan Horse Farm of Vermont; Red Cloud, ridden by “Babe” Courvolser, owned by the Morgan Horse Club of Amer- jica; Clonmell, ridden by J. Gy Morris; Moss Rose, ridden by E. 8. Hum- phrey, both owned by H. J. Brown of Portland, Maine; Toute Belle, ridden by A. A, Langley, Gouya, ridden by “Ted” Collier, both owned by W. R. Brown of Berlin, N. HL; |Pathfinder, ridden by Major C. L |Scott, Goosegirl, ridden by Corporal R. J. Major, both entered by the United States army. PEKING FORCES WIN AND LOSE IN BATTLES OF SOUTH CHINA; CITY FALLS TO SUN YAT SEN of the city wall at the south gate were destroyed by mines, and the city bombarded by 15 centt- metre guns posted on a hill nearby. The enemy retreated through the north gate. ‘Chen Chiung-Ming, however, {s re- ported to have retaken Hoyun, north of Waichow on the Bast River, which runs through Waiéhow, Pingshan, southeast of Waichow, also is sald to have been occupied by Dr. Sun's enemy. Ten thousand more Chen troops have initiated a circling movement, with the object of capturing Sheklung, between Walchow and Canton, and thus taking one of Dr. Sun's armies at the -rear...It is proposed to move the southern headquarters at She klung to Fumun, on the Canton river between Hongkong and Can- ton. The “battle comes the sport of kings. damp crowd, tense and shout when morning came two horses slept undisturbed, oblivious that for days millions had been watching their every move. Zev, America’s horse, and Papyrus, Great Britain’s animal, no doubt haven't been aware of all this, but they will be at four o’clock this afternoon when they are led from the paddock and’ have thelr sensitive dispositions touched by a demon- stration that no race track ever be- fore heard or seen. Both horses were ‘pronounced ready last night by their trainers. Samuel’ (. Hildreth, American ex pert on horse flesh, and Basil Jarvis, the pleasant toned ing English man. Both the derby winners of the lands to which allegiance was given them, both the highest class on four feet that either nation could muster, are in form. Jarvis has said that Papyrus hasn't reached the best condition he has been in in Eng: land, and every one knows that Zev has been bothered by a skin erup: tion that nearly cost him his chance. On their records and on their form the experts are about agreed that neither 1s the greatest horse yet developed. They say that Zev isn't in the class of Roamer and ioxterminator or Man O'War of the later days on this side and that there is more than one three-year. old in Great Britain that would have represented John Bull better. So those who wagered fortunes on them believe them to be #0 closely matched this morning that bets were laid at even, or at light odds one way or the other. Comforting them, coaxtng them, pushing them, urging them, reining them will be two of the best jockeys —that's undisputed—of all time. On the invader will be Steve Donoghue, for nine years, the premier rider of Europe; five times in the saddle of a derby winner; on Zev will be Earle Sande, the lad who had the leg up when Zev came over the mark at Churchill Downs and in his other great victories, acknowl sed peerless boy of t crop. © American YORK, Oct. NEW 20.—The day of the continents” has passed Zev and Papyrus are ready. ing, mostly grouped in a big dawned brisk and clear at Belmont Park where Zev and Papyrus will run at 4p. m. The track was slow as the rsult of several days rain which did not subside until late last night. The forecast was cooler and cloudy. LATE FLASHES ALEXANDERIA, Minn., Oct. 20.—Edward Larson, 38, slayer of Jacob Ley was shot to death by a posse and his body partly burned when his bungalow was fired in an effort to drive him from cover, posse men found early today when they examined the smoking ruins of the house, BUTTE, Mont., Oct. 20.—Roy Walsh, awaiting a death sentence for the murder of a merchant at Renova last summer, was reported to have escaped from the jail at Boulder last night or early this morning. Walsh was convicted of the crime last July. Arthur Hughes, a confederate, is serving an 18-year sentence in Deer Lodge. BERLIN, Oct. 20.—Further looting of bake shops in the proletarian quarters of the city occurred yesterday, Intervention by the police forestalled rioting on a large scale, M’ADOO BOOM IS PLANNED CHICAGO, Oct. 20—Announce- ment that a national headquarters for a campaign to boom William G. McAdoo for president will be opened here some time before November 1 was made yesterday by former Judge David Ladd Rockwell of Rayenna, Ohio, who stated he would assume the duties of national cam paign manager. Mr. Rockwell, who served on the national committee in the Cox cam- paign, stated efforts would be made to perfect an organization with a view of enlisting as many delegates as possible for McAdoo. Mrs. Emma Erkland of Toledo, O., is-a visitor here for several days. EXCITEMENT. RUNS HIGH IN RACE Bad Associations (Turf Fans of Two Continents On Edge for Track Classic as Zev and Papyrus Face Barrier at Belmont Park; Both Horses Fit, Trainers State NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—(By The Associated Press).—Two hemispheres were await- ing today the shout from one hundred thousand throats that would be echoed around Advance or Retreat The harder the task we face, the more determined our efforts; should be the rule of the courag- cous, The time to go after business with greater effort is when bus!- ness {s harder to get, when con- ditions are not the most favorable. Too many merchants discontinue special efforts for business when those efforts are not as fruitful as they would be, The merdhant who keeps his advertising going during pertods of comperative lull gets business that would ordinarily go to the Fair Weather Forecast For Coming Week Oct. 20- store that has temporarily given up the fight. The persistent advertiser also maintains the position he has gained in the minds of the people; the advertiser ‘on vacation” takes chances of being forgotten and left oft the program, The Tribune readers are men- tally alert and ready for your message 865 days in the year. WASHINGTON, Weather outlook beginning Monday: for the week plateau regions. Generally fair ex- cept possibly occasional rains west of the divide. Temperature near or above normal except cooler latter part. Southern Rocky Mountain and plateau regions: Generally fair except unsettled, possibly show- ers after middle of week. Tem- perature normal or above except cooler latter part. Pacific states: Generally fair in south and central California and Occasional rains elsewhere. Tem- perature about normal. Lloyd George In Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 20. David Lloyd George, former British premier, arrived here today. A re- ception committee planned to escort him to points of interest in and baut ,Loulsville after which, ac- cing to a tentative program, it sintended thet he be the guest the week end of Judge Robert W. Bingham, publisher of the Louis ville ‘Times and Courier Journal. The program provided for no public functions, a over ——_ Frank Homer is in the city visit- Northern Rocky Mountain and jing for a few days with his brother, Harold Homer, and attending business affairs from Denver. to PROHIBITION ONE OF SEVERAL TOPICS COVERED IN HIS ADDRESS Attention Is Called to Responsibility of All To Support Constitu- tion of the Country. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 20.—President Calvin Coolidge in an address today before the governors of many states appealed for a policy of co-operation in vigorous law enforcement with speo- fal reference to the prohibition and narcotic statutes. The president pointed out the obligations of atate and other executives in enforcing laws of the nation, The constitution an@ the laws of the nation and of the several states are binding alike upon all inhab!- tants,” he sald. “It is the consti- tution which we have given our oaths to support—the constitution which requires of the president that take cfre that the laws be executed; and the state u a similar obligation upon thelr governors.” “No provision of the eighteenth amendment or the national prohib!- tion act contemplates any surren- der of state responsibility. Under he shall faithful co them prohibition becomes obligatory in all states." WASHINGTON, Oct. 20—Calvin Coolidge takes up one of the most troublesome problems confronting him as president and as a political figure in meeting today with the governors of the several states to discusa en tion, Imm ‘orcement of the prohibi- ation and narcotic Jaws. ‘The prohibition phase of the con- ference holds by far the most for good or for ill for the president and hls administration, | The conference tn its prohibition aspect {8 a heritage from the admin- istration of President Harding. Lengthy sessions by some state leg. tslatures which would have prevent- ed attendance of governors caused Mr. Harding to postpone the confer- ence, and Mr. Coolidge in assuming the presidency upon Mr. Harding's th n, Mr. Coolidge has added to the jconference program, however, tho nforcement of the !mmigration and {narcotic laws, and White House of- fictals have taken pains to empha- size that the meeting today is not'® prohibition conference, but a law en- forcement conference. Public in- terest nevertheless, centered about 1e prohibit‘on question and prior to the meeting of the more than thirty governors, who responded to the president’s invitation {t was «ener- [ally belleved that the greater part of the discussion behind the closed coors of the White House east room de indertook to carry out the 1d hinge about prohibition, The governors in coming to the conferen © fresh in thelr minds the heated discussion of the prohi- bition question at the closing session yesterday at West Baden, Indiana. ne conference dopted a resolution pledging to President Coolidge ¢o- operation in the enforcement of pro- hibition, Fresh also in the minds of those (Continued on Page Five.) INJURIES FATAL TO BURLINCTON WORKER TODAY Herbert Pickell Dies of Fractured Skull H. A. Pickell, 53 years of age, ied at a local hospital at o'clock this morning after having been injured last night when the speeder on which he was riding west along the Burlington tracks crashed into another car of like nature going east. Mr. Pickell, who was a carpenter, was facing in the opposite direction from that in which the car was golng, and the 3:15] and Other Injuries Received In Speeder Crash |efforts of the section men who were riding on the other car to avoid the accident were of no avatl, Mr. Pickell fered two broken jlegs and n fractured skull. He wan jtaken to m local hospital and was J operated on t morning. ‘The de- j ceased is » \ by a widow and | two* dau s in Cheyenne, The \t hi for Muck * funeral iquest, the date ich has not been set.