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

Che Casper | VOLUME 33. VOLUME 33, SSCMAINNEWS SECTION. SECTION. Sunda And WYOMING WEEKLY REVIEW CASPER, WYO., SUNDAY, OCTO MAIN NEWS SECTION. COOLIDGE WINS ‘DRY’ VOTE HAYWARD THOMPSON, MENTAL MARVEL ONWNTIZEV ROMPS AWAY CASPER WITH HIS SENSATIONAL BAG OF TRIGKS| Wd TH GREAT RACE RACING JUDGES ARE SHOT BY HORSETRAINER Ruling Horses Off the Track Ruined Him, Man Says AKRON, 0., Oct. 20.—(United Press.)}—Blood transfusions were ordered by physicians tonight to gave the lives of F, W. Gerhardy end Peter E. Callen, nationally known racing judges, wounded to- day by Marian “Slim” Web trainer, who demanded revenge for the judge’s order banishing his horses from American tracks. ‘Webb, who sits quietly in. the county jail here insisting that he was justified in the shooting “be- cause the judges have ruined me,” “ he'd on an open charge pending the outcome of his victims wounds. Five associates of Gerhardy and Callen haye volunteered for blood tests and physicians said transfus- fons probably would be made late tonight, : ‘The shooting occurred in the lobby of the Portage hotel during the noon rush hour today.,.Webb, carry- ing @ pearl-handled revolver, came into the lobby from Northampton track and without warning opened fire. According to police the trainer had been ruled off thé track by the two judges due to the inconsistent running of his horse Oneida. ———- DAVID LAMAR RENEWS FIGHT TRENTON, N J., Oct. 20.— David Lamar, “wolf of Wall Street” who n his year sentence in the pen- itentiary at Caldwell last week, to- cay obtained a writ of habeas cor- pus to set aside his sentence. palaces 3/2 Pieaateas BIRKENHEAD IS FLAYED BY W.C.T.U. SIOUX CITY, Ia-, Oct. 20,—The focal branch of the W. C. T. U. ata special meeting today passed reso- lutions condemning Lord Birken- head, former high chancellor of Eng- land for the “liquor propaganda he spread” in @ speech here several days ago. The resolution also condemned Yady Eleanor Smith, Lord Birken- head's daughter for the “bad ex- ample she set to young American girls by smoking cigarettes on the campus of Morningside college.’ — Wife Deserter Voices Charges Against Woman CHICAGO, Oct. 20—(United Press) -—Tomorrow John Scal¢ will return to his home in Des Moines, Iowa to face a charge of wife abandonment. Scalf was arrested here today. Over a year ago-he left his wife, efter finding her in company with & man rooming at their home, he told police her Last April she gave birth to a child that Scalf de- clares is not his, alf told police he intended to start divorce proceedings in Des Moines, SLAYER OF PREACHER CONVICTED o RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 20—Robert Garrett, charged with the murder Vv. E. 8. Plerce at Cumberland urthouse June 6 last was found Eullty of murder in the second de- sree by a jury from Southampton county thin afternoon, His punish- ment was fixed at five tcc in the penRentiary, = Trad Tribune Will Spdhsor Return of Wizard in Greatest Exhibitions Ever Witnessed Here. Hayward Thompson is re- turning to Casper. Tribune ‘readers will recall the stories run in the Tribune in July last year regarding the young ex-marine who had suffered an attack of amnesia (loss of memory) due to a terrible wound, received while engaged in the active forces of the United States Marine corps. In a word the Trbune fos- tered Thompson's first public ap- pearance. While in Casper he made his first attempt to drive an auto- mobile blindfolded. He staged a Uttle performance in front of our office which was witnessed by quite a crowd. Since that date the young man has appeared in the largest cities of the United States. His re- markable feats of mentality have become the talk of scientific re- seurch as concerns the ability of this young man to exercise sub-con- scious action thru conscious will. Will Arrive in Casper Monday. Arrangements were recently com- pleted with Stewart D. Daniels, ‘Thompson's manager to haye Hay- ward Thompson, perform under the auspices of the Tribune some day this week. Thompson will arrive Monday morning. With him will come a “bag of mental tricks’ that have proved stumbling blocks to the nation’s noted pxycologists. His feat of ariving an automobile while under ttie handicap of an inspected and light-tight blindfold. is one of the most mystifying ever witnessed in public. In: performing this seem- (Continued on Page Two.) Is Casper to be stamped as un- willing to stand wholeheartedly be-) hind an exemplary cause—a cause that seeks to better conditions among children right here in our midst? It now seems possible it were to be so marked. Many who were re- Med upon to lend their fullest as- sistance to the four winter concerts as planned by the Women’s Depart- mental club, have utterly failed to do thelr part. Apparently this city {s still an embryonic, though overgrown community on the out- skirts of civilization, devoid of that comprehension of good things and ability of making them successful. | This is the lesson so unkindly given the women who have unselfishly sought to dispose of season tickets tor the concert series. No one question's Casper’s capa- shows or “Bouncing Babies” éx- hibits, but here is a series of the best concert talent that requires something more than. sitting at a ringside and watching two trained scrappers ‘hammer each other into masses of bruises and blood, and attempt to pound each other into insensibility as the crowd cheers and howls for more. A gauntlet that truly challenges the finest moods of this city has been thrown down. Whether this challenge will be accepted is still to be seen. It was expected that there would be no more tickets for sale after last night.~ This hope is dashed and it is now up to Casper to @ither make good or be shamed. It is, in this particular case, im- material to consider desire of this SCHICK STILL MYSTERY CASE IS Confession Repudiated by Widow Who Says Story Was Based on Psychic Dream of Consort E,. D. Clark SAN DIEGO; Cal., Oct. 20. —(United Press).—-The Pa- elty for prize fights or wild west, CONCERT RESPONSE IS LACKING MILK FUND MAY NOT BE RAISED elty to hear good music, Casper has an obligation to a number of jits children which has no ultimate {choice but to fulfill. ‘The primary \thought in presenting this winter's | concert is to provide a milk fund for jUnderfed children. If these con- certs are not supported then it will be necessary to attempt other means of making up the fund. The child- ren cannot be neglected. Therefore, why not fully enjoy the highest kind of vocal music at the same time a good work and a kind- ly deed of commensurate worth is accomplished? fate Se A SN (MURDERER IS FOUND GUILTY KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 20. (United Press.)—A verdict of guilty and life imprisonment was returned by a jury here late last night in the jcase of Ross R. Richardson, accused \of the murder of W. Wallace Greene |former state senator. The jury's decision was reached after many hours of deliberation fol- \lowing a long trial. STIFF SENTENCES FOR LIQUOR VIOLATORS ARE PRONOUNCED BY JUDGE Violators of Mquor and gambling ordinances aro having some stiff penalties meted out to them that will interfere .with their activities for a considerable period, as is evi- denced by three sentences imposed by Judge R. R. Rose yesterday in district court here. Irene Minardy who had been ar- rested October 5 on a Mquor charge |was sentenced to 240 days in jail. |Tom McGuire, arrested October 6 fur gambling, will have to serve 45 days. A suspended sentence of 45 idays was also given McGuire which lhe must serve If arrested again on this charge. J. D. Belts also received ja sentence of 45 Cays and 45 days | suspended on the charge of ponses- cific coast was confronted with its second psychic mystery |sion of liquor. He was arrested Oc- today when Mrs. George E. Schick widow of the missing |tober 9. broker, confessed to the district attorney that the stories | of Schick’s death by violence in Mexico, which she re- lated to his relatives, were “psychic dreams” of her con- sort, E. Drew Clark, with whom she was living when arrested. Failure to find the botly of Schick is al! that is holding up the filing of a complaint, the district attor- ney's office said today. Mrs. Schick gave the district at- torney's office valuable clews to the possible location of her husban¢’s body. Several charredsbones have already been found in a home for- merly occupied by Schick, which it may be proven after investigation, are those of the missing broker, Mrs. Schick, according to the dis- trict attorney's office, has made a complete confession in connection with the forging of her husband’s name to. the power of attorney giv Ing her control of her husband's property. Clark, a friend of Schick's and a former movie acton, was interested in psychic phenomena and gave her the messages telling of her hus. band’s alleged death in Mexico, Mrs. Schick told district attorney’s In- vestigators, he said. The search for Schick's body was continued with renewed vigor to- night. Physicians to Gather Monday For Conference, CHICAGO, Oct. Press.)—Three thousand -eminent physicians from the United States, Europe and South America will be/ in Chicago Monday for the thir- teenth annual clinical conference of the American College of Physicians and Surgeons. In thelr five-day session’ the medics will attempt new experi- ments; hear lectures and papers on new theories in medicine and surg- ery. Twenty-elght Chicago hospitals will be used for clinic purposes. Dr. Albert J. Ochner, of Chicago, president-elect of the college of surgeons will be inaugurated Mon- day night. Dr. George Crile of Cleveland will deliver the principal address of the evening. 20.—{United| “His Word Is as Good as Hlis Bond” Quite often you have heard this indication of in the word expression as an ‘absolute conficence | of a man. In business it often saves mis- understandings and squabbles to have the bond. The advertising of a reputable business house establishes a bond of good faith between the house and its customers. ‘This bond of good faith is not only the foundation of the day's business but it {s the foundation of existence and sure growth. ‘Therefore a sensible, merchant does not violate his bond. Leading merchants regularly use the advertising columns of The Tribune to establish and maintain good faith with this paper's: readers. RUMBLINCS OF WAR IN GERMANY GROW LOUDER By CARL D. GROAT. Presé Staff Correspondent.) 20.—Warlike rumb: (United BERLIN, Oct. ngs emanated from the south Germany tonight, as struggling with the enormous diffi- culties of foreign policy, decided to apply direct to the reparations commission for a settlement of the Ruhr dispute. , First Bavaria unequivocally, warn- ed Berlin against withdrawing the federal dictator from that state, Von Lossow. of the cabinet, Papyrus Trails by Six Lengths When' American Horse Goes Under Wire By FRANK GETTY BELMONT PARK RACE TRACK, N. Y., Oct. 20.—| Zev, dusky son of The Finn, scored an impressive tri- umph for American turfdom | today, defeating Papyrus rated the best English three-year- old by five lengths in an interna- tional stake race for which a purse of $100,000 had been put up. time Zev's for the mile and a half was ‘The time by furlongs: 38; 50 2-5; 1.02 2-5; 1.40 4-5; 1:54; 2:07; 2:21 The victory of the American colt Was greeted by a roar of cheers from 700,000 spectators. Zev proved his class to those doubting critics who had felt that he was not the best three-year-old cn this side. On a muddy track, which he found to his liking, the Sinclair horse’ ran his own race, splendidly. ridden by Earl Sande, and was the victor all the way. Papyrus, handicapped by lack of Proper shoes for the slippery track made soft by a steady rain yes- terday, did not show even the finishing powers for which he is 'LEGION PLANS MESSAGE FOR THE SCHOOLS | Speakers to Appear In Grades on November 9 In order that the school children of Casper may have an opportunity to hear addresses on Armistice Day subjects, the George W. Vroman post No. 2 has arranged to have talks given to the pupils of the sixth, seventh and eighth grades on Friday, November 9. Lieutenants are to be placed in charge of the Programs of the different schools and these will have it as their duty to select speakers who can deliver the message which the Legion has to offer at that time. “America. the War, and the Legion” has been announced as the topic. The Meutenants who have been selected are A. B. Allen and D. W. Ogilbee, Central; H. C. Geiger, East; Stanley Griebel, North; the Rev. C, M. Thompson, Jr., El Merrill, South; Marvin I Jr., Mills; F. M. Blehr, West; C. K. Fletcher, Natrona County High school. All leutenants are to confer with Supposed to be famous. took the lead and kept {t from art’ to finish. Papyrus ~had his chance at the three querter pole, the half-way mark, and failed, The victory was made an Ameri- (Continued on Page Ten.) FRAUD covering the middle west to Louis tonight. in Kansas City, St. Louis, in the sale of medical qualifications, the announced dis Mo., and two a soveries of the St. Louis Star were corroborated by Dr. William Sachs, St. Louis, who confessed he had sold fraudulent bigh school certifi- cates for the last ten years. He involved the three other doctors who wero placed under arrest. The other three are Dr. D. R. Alexander, secretary of the Kansas City College of Physicians and Sur geons; Dr. Ralph A. Voigt, alleged director of the ring, Kansas City and Dr. Robert Adcox, St. Louis, The Star's investigator secured a diploma from a St. Louis medical school, now extinct for $1,200. Another angle was opened today when the Star published a faceimile of a diploma obtained supposedly from the Progressive Chiropractic College, Chicago, The diploma with a table, complete charts and equip- ment was said to have heen cbtain- ed by the investigator for $89.60. Dr. Florence Barrs and Dr. F, L. Strecker, both of St. Louis were! named in connection wtih the chiro- | practic diploma, The investigator | asserted that they gave him instruc- tions which took up three days, two jhours and twenty-five minutes. | Next the fron fisted General Von Mueller, federal dictator in Saxony, sent a fresh letter to President Ze\gner of Saxony, declaring he had received more troops. and intended forthwith to restore “constitutional conditions” in Saxony. He coupled this with a warning that Zelgrer | der stores or bakeries were gambling | with their lives. The federal government's efforts) to solve the Bavarian tangle peace fully appeared to have failed. Minister of Labor Brauns, who is a Catholic priest, was secretly dis. patched to Munich and returned The diploma bears the signatures | of E. D. Conley, as dea: Henry | Lindahr, president; A. Wilson sec- retary of the school and J. E. Brady. Dr. Lindahr wired from Chi- cago that no man by the name of} | Thompson, the name used by the in- | vestigaton, had been graduated from | his school March 1, 1923, the date | jon the diploma. “Thompson” took his early in September. “lessons’* had better not allow himself to be|late today to tell the cabinet his| Dr, Sachs. said that the belleved| Jed by his communist colleagues in|attempts to propitiate Bavaria had|15,000 persons were practicing un- the Saxon cabinet. failed. |der fraudulent diplomas in the Unit- Simultaneously ho placarded walls ed States and that similar rings and public buildings with the warn-| BERLIN, Oct. 20.—The breach|existed in Chicago, Denver and on ing that persons attempting to plun- Continued on Page Two. the east and west coasts. ing out Denver that the birth rate of this city fs cut at least one-half by ille- gal operations, Dr. W. W. Yates, 112 East Second street, for full instructions. The sixth; seventh and) eighth grades will also compete in an Armistice Day essay contest regard- ing the World war. The subject will be chosen later. FAKE DIPLOMA BARED Hundreds Practicing Medicine and Chiropractic Under Fraudulent Claims in Middle West ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 20.—(United Press).—A dragnet halt activities of thousands of clumsy men and women practicing medicine and chiro- practic under fraudulent diplomas stretched out of St. Following the revelation of activities of four doctors, DITCH CAVES, THREE KILLED ONE INJURED SIOUX CITY, Ia. Oct. 20. (United Press.)}—Three men were killed and one injured when a con duit they were digging caved in here this afternoon, The ‘four workers were buried under about four feet of earth. Fel, low laborers dug out the men with- in 19 minutes, but three died on the way to the hospital, ‘The dead men are: Bernoh Linn, 21; C. 8. Morehead, 26; Harry Houchins, 31. C. H. Mattinson, 35, sustained of broken leg. All-are from Sioux City. The conduit was being dug in place of a creek which is being straightened. The cribbing gave way where the four men were work- ing. Postmen Here Tote Tons of Mail in Week Senders and receivers of mail in Casper will find something to think about in the amount of mail that is handled by the carriers alone in this city. Postmaster Edwin M. Bean recently gathered data on the amount of work done by this branch of the department of the Casper postoffice and found that three and one-half tons of mail were handled by the 12 carriers for the week of October 12 to 18, which !s con- sidered an average week of the work of the carriers. Each of the carriers covered a distance of five and one-half miles per day of eight hours. The week taken for the com- Pilation of figures was somewhat lighter than many similar periods, since {t was marked by an absence of heavy catalogues and periodica!s. In all there were 77,615 pieces carried. One thousand and seventy eight pleces were carried by each carriér every day who in doing this had to carry a daily burden of 98 pounds. Because so many Casperites are continually changing their addresse: it was necessary to rehandle 9,369 pieces of this mail. The 12 carriers consumed 535 hours, 41 hours of which wero used for counting, weighing, and facing up collectio made on the street. Of the total weight of the mail thus handled less than one-fourth included letters. An average of four letters to one plece of other mail was found. No parcels weigh ing more than three pounds are handled by the carrie: eer sald K. C. ROBBER IS SHOT DEA KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 20.—An unidentified man was shot and killed here late last night by L. B. Soott, motorcycle policeman wh surprised three alleged robbers in the act of looting a downtown store. The name W. I, Sibley, Sioux City, Ia., was autographed on the inside of the dead man's coat pocket, police said. PERSHING ON TRIP ABROAD FOR A REST NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—General John J. Pershing sated for Cher- bourg today on the Levithlan, ac- companied by his sister, Mrs. Mary BE, Butler of Lincoln, Nebr, The army chief's name was kept off the passenger Ist, but newspa- per men. found him in his stateroom a few minutes before the ship's de parture. The general safd he was worn out from the severe strain he had by under for the past two years. He will visit France and possibly other European countries, PUBLIC UTILITY TALK ON PROGRAM FOR NEXT FORUM MEETING HERE The Chamber of Commerce For um luncheon, scheduled for Tues day 12:10 p. m, at the Henning ho tel will be addressed by J. F. Green awald of Denver, Colo., on the sub ject of “The Public and the Util- ities.” Mr. Greenawald {s known as one of the most interesting char. acters in the Colorado metropolis. He i# an ardent student of human nature’ and has had many years ex- perience as | newspaper writer and is a specialist in newspaper adver- tisin : LINDSEY TURNS GUN ON MEDICS DENVER, Colo, Oct. 30.—Start- to prove to the people of Judge Ben B, Lind- sey has fired the opening gun in a publicity battle against the prac- tice. Tecord of-every illegal opera- tion to curtail! birth rate will be kept,” TAndsey said, “to show the people conditions as they exist,” Admitting that the records could not be complete, the judge expects disclosures that will unite citizens of Denver against the evil. Dorens of physicians in Denver are prospering with illegal opera- tions virtually their only source of Income, Lindsey believes. “Conditions as bad as or worse than these exist in most large cit jes," he said. “With figures to back up’ my contention we will put a ROO Sem hi y Crile UO WIT 878 NUMBER 13 DRIVE ON WETS lo ENDORSED BY GOVERNORS OF LEADING STATES Seven-Point Program Is Mapped Out for Law Enforcement Through Aid of All Agencies. By FRASER EDWARDS WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. President Coolidge today se- cured the adoption by the governors conference at the White House of a sweeping seven point program enlist- Ing and co-ordinating the support of virtually every official authority in the country—federal, state, mu- nictpal and county—in the enforce- ment of the prohibition. laws. The adoption by the conference of this program followed an address by President Cool!dge in which the chief executive of the nation em. phasized that the states must ac cept thelr full measure of respons! bility in the enforcement of the laws. The program of the conference follows 1, Coordination of all federal, state, county and municipal forces. 2. Call upon the press to support prohibition law enforcement, stress law observance; aif “treat the en forcement program commensurate with the gravity of lawlessness, 3. Call conventions of municipal, county and state enforcement offi- clals at a conventegt date to. discuss and adopt a program for the state the federal department pledging sible support to these con- Call upon the prosecuting at- torneys in the varlous districts of the state to confer on this problem, pledging support with every facility to aif in such discussions. 5. Adopt whatever means are practicable to cause lawless citizens and aliens to respect the majesty and sanctity of the law, and to re- spect the various agencies enforc- ing it. 6. Cooperation by thorities in all these At the suggestion Preus of Minnesota a added as follows Educate the children on tem- perance. The adoption of this program by the conference was regarded as a national activities, of Governor seventh point au vietory for President Coolidge. ‘The seven point program was adopted by unanimous consent but there was no roll call vote Governor T avowed wet, tchie of Maryland, an was thoroughly angry what he declared was pt on the part of the pres- to cut short discussion after government had made its case. selection of four known dry ident the The governors a8 spokesmen for the state executive also waa bitterly criticised by Governor Smith and Governor Silzer. They contended that gov rs known to be opposed to t ead act, in {ts present form, should have also been called upon. The Maryland governor created something of a sensation in the con- ference, it was learned, when he de- nounced the Volstead act as an {n- vasion of state's rights. Following the conference Ritchie went to a newspaper offiee and dic- tated a portion of as follows. Volstead act t# only part of al invasion of the rights of es which strikes hard at the pocketbooks of every citizen and imposes a burden which has grown to Intolerable proportions and is still growing. “I think that shoud organize basic question, discuss what his remarks for this conference itself to study this and particularly to present and contem- piated n es of the federal gov- ernment could be carried on by the states themselves more satisfactorily and in better rd with the spirit of our institutions; so that we could then exert our influences upon our representatives in congress to make effective the we reach for the benef people “On the & t of prohfbition en forcement this conference will fail and all other similar confer. ences will fail, as they re- fuse to face the question whether or not prohibition enforce- ment should be turned back to the states themselves. It is futile to eat! | 01 me t nferences’ which conclusions t of our ar be all the time t Harding's conference. nued on Page Two. al facts