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

Weather Forecast WYOMIN' night: | fair and slightly warmer: Cloudy VOLUME. Vill. ham, Re Park H. anto for this place, In the house ublican, Vermont, there are four vacancies in the New York dele- gation and one each in the Tilinois. Kentucky, Mississippi North Carolina and Vermont dele gations, In the last election Demo rats were returned In all these dis: tricts except two, the thirty-second New York and the second Vermont Should the Democrats hold their ground in the coming contests, they woud have a total of 208 members in the house and the Republicans 224, with one farmer-labor, one In dependent and one socialist. Thus the Republican plurality will be only 16, as compared with 170 in the last congress, while its majority over all parties would be only 13. Counting a Republican victory in Vermont, the majority party will have solid delegations in the hous from only ‘ten states—Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Wis- consin and Wyoming—as against 12 solid state delegations in the Demo- cratic column—Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louls- fane, Mississippl, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Caro- ina and Virginia, In the last con- gress the Republicans had solid house delegations from 23 states and the Democrats from only nine states. Should the Republican candidate be elected in Vermont the Repub- licans will have 51 members of the senate and the Democrats 43, with two farmer-labor senators. The Re- publicans’ plurality would be eight as compared with 21 in the last congress, while their majority over the other two parties would be only six. Sixteen states will have solid Re publican delegations in the senate and 12 will have solid Democratic In 19 states the dele- delegations. gations will be divided between these two parties, and one state, ‘Minnesota, will have a farmerlabor delegation. ‘The states having one Democratic ani one Republican senator are: Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, In- diana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massa chusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Ne- vada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island. Utah, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. Outside of the “solid south” Mon- tana is the only state to be repre sented by two Democratic senators. pit ast. AG ‘Excursion Rates To Be Continued CHICAGO, Oct. 25,—Summer round trip excursion rates in effect this year between Chicago, St. Louts, Memphis an@ New Orleans and the Pacific coast and cast from the Pacific coast, will be maintaingd in 1924, the Transcontinental Pas- enger association annuunced today, - CHICAGO, Oct, 25—Rusty snow whoveig are being brought out of cellars in the Rocky mountain and middle west tions today to clean off sidewalks already snow covered, or in preparation for the flurries forecast with lowered temperatures. Snow from one to five inches deep covers gil Coiorado, east Wyoming nd western South Dakota and rain and snow accompanied a gale which swept east over the northwest and Great Lakes region last night. ‘Western Minnesota and sections of Montana and Idaho reported snow Joel migghat Friday generally STORM COVERS | BIG TERRITORY One to Five Inches of Snow Blankets Large Part of Wyoming, Report ‘A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, U OKLAHOMA SOLONS IN COMMUNISTS MARCHING ON GERMAN CAPITAL NOVEMBER ELECTIONS TO HOLD SIGNIFICANCE IN DETERMINING STRENGTH IN NEXT CONGRESS One Senate Vacancy and Nine in House Remain to Be Filled at Polls on November 6 With Interest Centering in Vermont Contest; Present Political Complexion Outlined. WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.—(By The Associated Press).—One vacancy in the senate and nine in the house remain to be filled before the convening of congress. cases the contests will be decfded on Novemver 6, the general state election day. The senate seat vacant is that formerly occupied by the late William P. Dilling- In most Former representative Porter H. Dale, Republican, and ‘ollard, a first cousin of President Coolidge, but a Democrat, are the contest- SECOND CONVICTION (3 SECURED FOR THEFT OF ONE AUTOMOBILE After being out 18 hours, the jury in the case of Bert E. Braham, charged with grand larceny in connection with the theft of an automobile, this morning at 10 o'clock | brought in a verdict of guilty. Braham is the second man to have been convicted in the | same case. The stolen car was the property of Pete Wray, of Wray’s cafe and was a Hudson touring. It was taken from the Rodeo grounds June § last, Braham was sentenced, by Judge Rose this afternoon to serve from eight to*ten years in the state pen- {tentiary at Rawiina, A strenuous fight was made by Braham's course! "to not permit Frances Campbell, Braham's ¢om- mon law Wife, to testify in the case. This was denied by Judge Rose and the Campbell girl was one of the witnesses for the defense. A similar charge against her, was dismissed by the prosecution yesterday. Arthur Baish, conyicted on the same charge last week, was sen- tenced by Judge Rose to serye from seven to 10 years in the state penitentiary. CHICAGO TO FIGHT FOR CONVENTION CHICAGO, Oct. 25.—Chicago 1s in the field for the Democratic national convention, according to plans made by business men and Democratic leaders to begin a campaign for a fund of $100,000 to bring the con- clave here. Chicago’s last Democratic conven- tion was in 1896. heres onan ) NEW HOMES ARE PROVEGTED Fifteen new homes to be built in the Community Park addition to the city of Casper have been nold to A. C. Rice of Dougias and Otto > Bolin of Casper. The homes will be modern in every detail and will be erected by the Union Investment | FRIDAY GRID GAME PUT OFF Owing to the muddy condition of athletic field, the football game be tween Casper and Wheatland high schools, schedulec for tomorrow af- ternoon, has been postponed to Tues- day of next week. Casper will have a heavy week, meeting Cheyenne four days later at Cheytnne. Fred Howser, end and halfback on the local team, is lost to the Orange and Black for the season. What at first was bolleved to be only a strain has turned out to be a broken ankle. An X-ray of the limb showed two small bones broken and he will be incapacitated for the rest of the year. FATHER KILLS FAMILY AND SELF, BELIEF CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 25.—A triple tragedy was uncovered today when John C. Hersh, Sr., 46, his wife, Martha Wilson Hersh, and cir 13-year-old son, John, Jr., were found dead in thelr apartment in ho Norfolk building, in the down- town district. All three had, bullet company. | wounds through their heads, The The deal ts one of the largest re-| mother and son were lying #ide by ported recently and was made! side on the bed and a gun was in | thorough the 8, 8. Call Realty com-| 102 Becklinger building, the right hand of the senior Hers! pismo aralate \cramabin eoa4 Holding Friends It is éasy for any of us to re member many good friends who have drifted out of our circle, We have learned that friendship, turing and cultivating, The business house that counts | on holding jts frie year.out without close cultivation and sincere attentiveness Je doom, ed to disappointment, The best way for m merchant to hold hig friends iq to invite them constantly by advertising to make use of the service he has to render and then render that gery- ice in an acceptable manner, This keeping in constant touch with friends by tatking te them across the printed page is the more imperative because of the constant wooing away of friends by com- Lowering temperatures are pre valent throughout the northwest to- day, | Points on the Northern Great Lakes last night issued storm warn-| ings and shipping men were warned | of the approach of heavy winds, ex- pected to be followed by snow, Texas and New Mexicg were promised rain and snow for today, ag the Colorado storm presses east- berger dietrict of Berlin but the po- | six persons | the communists and police in the linst two day | dead, while the police casualties CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1923. Se FIGHT OVER KLAN Berlin Police Rushed Out to Battle Reds Said to Be Enroute for Attack; Large Gathering of Communists In City Sur- rounded by Armed Forces LONDON, Oct. 25.—A Central News dispatch received from Berlin shortly after 8 o’clock this SEN COU says large bands of communists are marching on the German capital and that the police have been rushed out to inter- cept them, The dispatch says that the communists are also assem- bling in strong force in the Lichten-j Burgomaster Johansen wurrendered to the separatists yesterday, accont ing to reports reaching Cologne this morning. The separatists say they are four thousand strong in Crefeld, (Continued on Page Nine) Hoe have surrounced the whole neighborhood and are not allowing anyone to pass through thelr cordon. Serious trouble Is expected tonight, the measage adds, Inbiased, And a Booster for City, County and State. The Casper Daily Crihine |, WATCH TRIBUNE FRIDAY FOR DETAILS OF ‘BLIND DRIVE’ Complete details of Hayward ‘Thompson's performance Saturday noon, this week will be found In row's edition of the Tribune, Irst answers to the host ot questions that are pouring In will be run t His stops dur ing the drive and the route giving the time of each stop, including his stop at the Frantz Shop, the Willard Battery station ,the Troy Laundry, the Mosher Tire and Service station, Distributors of Dayton Tires, the stops at the var- fous filling stattons handling Wil- CASUALTY TOLL GROWS STEADILY. “PARIS, Oct. 25,—A Hamburg dis- patch to Le Journal says that fort, were killed and the. fighting between wounded tn ‘The former lost 34 amounted to 12. FIRST CLASHES IN CREFELD TODAY. COLOGNE, Oct. 25.—{By The As: sociated’ Press.)—Clashes occurred |this morning between armed civilians and separatists in Crefeld. following the hoisting of the repub- Mean flag over the rathaus, whichitrying the case. IS SHOT TO Crazed Passenger Killed by Colored) Porter After Wounding People On Westbound Santa Fe Train TRINIDAD, Colo., Oct. 25.—Seized with a sudden fit of insanity on board Santa Fe No. 7, westbound at Thatch- er, 36 miles east of this city, early this morning, Teles-foro Candelaria of Monrovia, California, ran amuck with a knife, stabbed and seriously wounded Conductor M. C. Deubler of Albuquerque and three other passengers before he was killed. The injured are: Candelaria was sitting in the coach at the rear of the train which was Conductor M. C. Dusbler, AlbU-) eu: o¢ giceping passengers. Con- 2. oyiab tessa Rushville, Neb., cut, 1uctor Deubler was sitting in the ri 4 “ ic seat behind Candelaria. Suddenly In chest and on arm, most seriously injured. Harvey W. Perry, Santa Calif., cut on shoulder. Otis Murray, Albuquerque, cut on left arm, left hand and left les. All of the injured wi'l recover. Candelaria was shot twice by Wil Mam Garner, negro porter of Albu querque. A’dlow over the head with a stove poker by another passenger on the train was fatal to the Mex! can. Conductor Deubler and the two wounded men were taken off the| train at Thatcher and removed to the railroad hospital at La Junta and the body of Candelaria taken off the train here by Acting Coroner F. E | Candelaria, {t was ascentained had recently been in Denver where his daughter, Mra, Marian ©, Lopez, resides at 1861 West Twelfth ave nue and was on his way to Albu-| Candelaria is about 60 years old querque, New Mexico, |The local sheriff states he has From a letter found tn his pocket! learned that the dead man's wife ft was revealed that Candelaria had| from whom he has been separated been at one time recently in a sani-/for several years lives at Albuquer- tarlum at Monrovia, Cal aue. FORBES TO TAKE and without warning, according to Ana,| Passengers who described the occur- |rence, the Mexican stood up and reaching over stabbed the conduc- tor in the right side. He then at- |tecked two other men passengers occupying seats across the aisle, both of whom were sinshed. he conductor wounded and bleeding, called to Porter arner: “Get my gun." The porter se cured the gun and walked close up to Candelaria, fired two shots both of which struck the Mexican in the body, The bullets were small calibre and evidently did not have tmmedi- ate effect. The wounded man how- ever, still flourished the knife and rushed at Palmer and it was at this point that a passenger atruek Can delaria a crashing blow on the head with a poker, Mexican fe!l dead in the coach aisle. The to endure, requires attention, nur- | | Is year in and | ward, petitors, * Miami, Fia., haven of northern a ra Te ee residents seeking refuge from icy FLOUR blasts, yesterday reported the loweat| ©MINNBAPO! Minn., Oct, 2&5 temperature in 28 years. Ther-|—Flour unchanged. tran 28.50 to mometers registered 52 degrees. 29.00 a Fe aot STAND IN. WEEK Will Get Chance to ‘Answer Charges’ Six Killed in Voiced In Senate Hearing WASHINGTON, Oct, 25,—Having| in connection with the awarding of heard @ rather startling atory from|a eontract for the building Elias H, Mortimer of Philadelphia,| veterans hospital at Northampton, as to his relations with Charles R.| Mass., to the Pontiae Construction Forbes, former directory of the|company of Detroit, one of t om. veterans bureau, while he was seck:| panies represented by Mortimer, | ing @ contract from tho bureau last] Mr, Forbes came to Washington year for the construction of a hos- Pital, the senate committee investi- gating the bureau was in recess to day until next Monday, Before adjourning yesterday the committee decided to give opportun ity next Tuesday or Wednesday, last Monday from Seattle, has been undergoing trent a serious malady, and atten opening session of the hear the advice of friends, who ¢ to have urged him to cor strength, he hts where he nent for 1 the 4, On said 2 his been nt to alnce Mr. Forbes to reply to Mortimer's| that time, His plan ppear story, which contained charges of] ance*before the committ intrigue, debauchery and corruption! been made known, of al IMANIAC STABS FOUR ON TRAIN,,. DEATH VERA CRUZ STRIKE ENDS VERA CRUZ, Oct. 25.—Work was resumed on the docks yesterday after a strike of 12 days. There was no activity, however, on the dock owned by the raflway com- pany. The controversy between the maritime workers’ union, and the railway employes led to the strike which had virtually tied up the port. The dispute between the two unions has not been settled. Democrats Will Profit if Party Leans to Wets PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 25.—The Democratic city committee of Phila- delphia will recefve the income of a $1,000 trust fund for 10 years 1f the party organization, federal, state or city, does not indorse prohibition or the Volstead act, according to the will of Henry C. Laughlin probated here, At the end of 10 years the principal {s to go to a nephew.| Laughlin left an estate of nearly | $490,000, much of {t to charity. Phi aides tS ‘CITY FORCES. PLACED | AT WORK ON STREETS Fifteen men were put to work on | the streets of Casper this morning | in an effort to remove the snow | from the pavement, A certain amount of delay waa neceseary in beginning this work since it was Important that the snow should be/ loose enough to remove completely | before anything was done, The ep-| pearance of the sun from behind the | clouds that had been hiding it for two days increased the ease with yhich the work could b6 accom. | shed. | India Bombing} © not} Sur LAHOR, Pritish India, Oct, 25,— fix persons, including Dhanna Singh, the notorious leader of abar Akalis, Bikh the Zaloth were bomb neay Hoshiarhur, While Superintendent ef Police Horton and bia assistant, Jenkyn, | were arresting Dhanna Singh, a bomb which was carrying explode hanna and five police pieces and injuring rintendent Horton, his a Ht-| ant and r policeman, i States should exercise its full ri ed it by the Four-Power Pac killed today by the explosion of a | gressman Charies |ed before the Casper speak on this subject significance of Mams Gasoline including the stop at Pat Royco's station who ts wholesale distributor for Williams many others, will tomorrow, George W. Stewart, manager of the America and Iris theaters, who obtained ex- clusive motion pictures of the Cole Creek disaster Is arranging to film the drive and the various ste Drs, Annie G. Jeffery, Robert > Grove and B, G. Hahn, local chiro- practors, examined Mr. Thompson this morning and report the ex marine fs in perfect condition for the drive. WA GRAMBLITT TRIED AND ACQUITTED TODAY OF MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE IN ONLY FIVE HOURS’ TIME What is believed to be a record for all time in Natrona county and possibly in the entire state of Wyoming, was established in the Eighth district court today when W. H. Cramblitt was acquitted of a manslaughter charge in connection with the death of Hugh Honeycutt in a fight at Paradise park, Sept. 6, last. The jury was selected, the case tried and the verdict returned within five hours. This in direct contrast to several cases of a similar nature in the local court where from two to four days hag been consumed in The tragedy took place at the Arnett grading camp, temporarily located at Paradise park, The two men were employed on a North & South railroad grading job and had returned to the camp about midnight on the night fn question, Previous trouble came.to a head on thelr re ae and the men camo to blows. oneycutt stabbed Cramblitt the chest and then was knocked down, dying from a fractured skull Cramblitt was defended by M. Ryan, attorney, who pleaded’ self defense, At the conclusfon Judgo Rose dismissed the jurymen on the present venire until some time in December when the term of court at Lander has been com pleted. The time intervening be tween now and the opening of the Lander term will be used by the Judge for civil cases, GREEK REBELS ARE DEFEATED ATHENS, Oct. 25.—Government troops have occupied inth and the complete failure of the revolu tion is assured, according to advices received from the Peloponnesus this morning. Mutineers estimated at 1,500 were under command of General Metaxas} at Corinth, Prior to their capture the government announced that one thousand mutineers in the cities of Drama and Xanthi had surrendered and that the city of Cavalla had been reoccupied, eradicating the movement tn Thrace. RSE To ea LATE SPORTS NEW YORK, Oct. 25,—The exeeu tive committee of the American Olympic committes today voted to hold tho final track and fleld con test to determine the makeup of the American Olympic team at the Harvard Stadium next June 14, As in the past, the winners tn college and club track meets in the spring will be competitors in the | stadium, of the trin! FINAL | DITION! “NUMBER 2. TIE PASSED IN DEBATE AND ONE MEMBER KIGKED QUT BY FORGE Wild Scene Precipitated By Charge Voiced That Klan Dictates Oklahoma Legislation OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. Oct. 25.—(By The Associat- ed Press).—A dozen or more house members forcib- y attacked Representative Jallahan, smashed a chair and threw Nahan out of the room 1 in a bitter arraign- Klux K a men of C. Jewet Oklahoma realm of dictating the be enacted tn Ku grand the kind of legislation to Oklahoma. Callahan's words hardly fell in the klan was house chamber before one member shouted “thag's a black He.” One member sprang at Callahan's throat and both fell on the floor in a scuf- fle. Twelve or 15 other members rushed toward Callahan, most of them endeavoring to place their hands on him. Sergeants at arms and virtually all other members of the house rushed to the corner where the scuffle was taking place, s were waving In tho alr as Callahan was forcibly ejected into a cloak room just outside the chamber. Callahan stood two members after the ant at arms had ordered other members back into the chamber. Callahan’s bitter attacks on the klan, the first which have been made in the house during the extra- ordinary session occurred after a long debate on whether the house id vote for impeachment of ernor J. C. Walton on article 10, which concerns his declaration of martial law {n Tulsa county Callahan sald that 90 per cent of © jury commissioners in the state wore members of the Ku Klux Klan. “People in this state have been tried In secret before they reached the court room,” Callahan declared. “Do you know that 90 per cent of the Oklahoma jury commissioners are klansmen?” one member de- manded. “Yes, sir, I know !t,” Callahan replied. He then related how Governor Walton dec 4 war on the klan and how Grand Dragon Jewett Imost immediately defied tho ve to overthrow the Ku Klux This same Mr. Jewett,” asserted Callahan, waving his arms vigorously shaking hia head. dictating the kind of legislation to be enacted by this body. He * * ** Here Repr entative Callahan was | interrupted by shouts from al) over hamber and the mem co of ths attack knocked into a chair behind him hed {t and two legislators went to the floor, surrounded almost tm mediately by a group of Indignant house members. 6 house ¢ sprar G OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Oct. (By ed Press,)—C ernor J. C ton faced possiblo on for alleged of he turned to: with his } to the wall to # the tide of impeachment already en veloping him ging in misdeeds as 2 his ears was the an islative investi t {t would pre- jury sent to a grand all of the impeachment accusations against him; and while the executive await (Continued on Page Nine) WINTER ADVISES NAVY STRENCTH Nation Should Build to Limit of Four- Power Treaty Privilege, He Says Stating him belief that the United in keeping up an effictent navy the full limit of the privile Winter Kiws tod this had y an uddress on country, ‘The requested the it might in some wa Natic takes place ¢ same day on which which lg the an [niversary of the birth of the late fore R g his address today, Con- Winter paid tribute to A brought to mind the fact that he had once served in the of assistant secrethry of the air service wns y the speaker, “Until ho mala, “the ‘orld: belonged reason of that 4 were free of Page Nine)