Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 30, 1923, Page 2

PAGE TWO. OIL COMPANY TRIO ACCUSED Three Charged With Looting Treasury Of Emerich Oil Company Face Trial on Eight Charges NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—Charged with looting the treas- ury of the Emerich Oil company of Delaware, with offices here and in Wichita Falls, Texas, three officials of the company are facing eight indictments for grand larceny. Testimony by former Governor Charles N. Haskell of Okla- homa, formed the basis on which some of the indictments JURY IN WEAVER GASE. FANS TO REAGH VERDICT Former State Adjutant On Trial in Capital For Assault. CHEYENNE, Wyo. Oct. 30.—Af- ter an all-day trial in the court of Justice of the Peace Frank House- man here Monday, the jury in the case of W. K Weaver, Rex Weaver and Elbert Nash, al! of Hillsdale, sharge¢, with assualt and battery on BH. W. Keslar of Hillsdale, was un- able to agree and was discharged. Whether the case will be retried aas not been announced. The elder Weaver, a minister of he gospel was war-time adjutant yeneral of Wyoming. Rex Weaver is his son and served with the Amer fcan forces during the war. Nash is @ banker. Keslar formerly conduct- ed a garage. Much of the testfmony given in the trial centered around the ques- tion whether Keslar had, or had not stated that the Rey. Mr. Weaver and his sons had been pro-German during the war, Nash's accusation to this effect, the eviGence reveal- ed, resulted in the scene on which the charge of assualt was predi- cated. el LATE SPORTS PIMLICO RACE TRACK, Oct. 30.—Dan IV won the Manly Mem- orial steeplechase handicap, $10,- 000 added, for four years olds and up here this afternoon Lieutenant Seas was second and Letterman third. The iime for the 214 miles was 453 45. ‘The mutuels paid Dan IV $11.10 straight; $5.90 place and $3.50 to show. Lieutenant Seas $7 and $3.60; Letterman $2.70. NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—Ring champions who refuse to accept challenges for title bouts here will be suspended but will not be de- prived of their crowns, the New York state athletic commission de- elded today in lopting an amend- ment to its rules governing fistic kings. HOMEMAKERS? SALE AT CALLOWAY’S «STORE PROVES BIG SUGKESS With the {dea in view of helping Casperites to furnish their homes better and encouraging them to build homes where they have not done so before, Calloway’s furniture store on East Second street ts put- ting on a very successful Home: makers’ sale. The sale has prog- re 4 for three days and has at- tracted the attention of many per- sons desirous of obtaining the better class of furniture, especially when such furniture can be obtained at a bargain. All the articles handled by the company are but a few days from the factor; thus guaranteeing the latest styles in construction and freeness from wear in handling. Everything with which to furnish the Hving room and bedroom is handled — +s JOHN W. DAVIS 5 ‘a BOOM EMOCRATS MOUNDSVILLE Va., Oct. 30. The first move to put John W a native eon of West Virginia Jor to Great rank of presi 1924 was made w. ats formed the ‘ for President Club of Marshall Coun set eee Extra Divid NEW YORK, Oct Directors of the United States Steel Corpora tion today deciaréd an extra divi- dend of one fourth of one per cent on the common stock In addition to the regular quarterly dividends of 1% per cent on common and 1% per cent on preferred. Ric R Yee mai The fuel of the ent Romans was almost exclusively charcoal. This wae biirned in open pans, with- out grate or flue, and gave economi- cal heat for living rooms and baths. were returned. John F. Emerich, former prest- dent of the company, who is in Los ngeles, Edward D. Davenport, vice dent, and J, Ben Ross, Los An- a director, are accused in the stments of stealing at various 3 almost $100,000 from the com- George T. Vickers, who suc ceeded Emerich as president of the company, charged there were indica- tions that stockholders had been de- frauded of other sums. One indictment charged that Davenport and Ross stole $20,000 from the company. Another alleged that Davenport and Emerich stole $45,000, while a third accused Davenport and Emerich of taking $25,000. ‘The other five indictments returned against Davenport only, charged that on flye different dates he took $900 additional. phi aS BRITISH OKEH FRENCH PLAN FORPARLEYS LONDON, Oct. 80.—(By The Asso- clated Press)—Great Britain has ac- cepted the terms specified by Pre- mler Poincare of Frante for a con- ference of experts to consider the reparations question. The American government will be acquainted with the willingness of all the countries concerned in the reparations problem to participate in the conference and will be asked mmediately to designate its mem- bers of the committee of experts. PARIS, Oct. 30.—(By The Assoc!- ated Press).—The inter-allied repar. ation commission has decided to postpone the hearing of German a tes in regard to Germany's ca. pacity for payment while the negoti- ations forthe formation of a com- mittee of experts to examine the question are in progress. antes MANY TOPICS DISCUSSED AT BANKERS MEET WASHINGTON, Oct. 30—Discus: sion of subjects treated In committee repor including safeguards for public utility bonds, irrigation and DIVORCED HUSBAND LOOKS ON SUBJECTED T0 BRUTAL ASSAULT BY TWO MEN DENVER, Colo., Oct, 30.—-Sus- pected of some knowledge of the at- tack upon Mrs. Nina Ruffner, 21, in her home at 1711 East Thirty-Second Avenue, about 10:30 o'clock last night by three men, bne of whom was masked, four men were under arrest today. They are being held until such time as Mrs. Ruffner can recover from the horror of her ex- perience to attempt to identify them, The first two arrested gave their names as John Carroll, 22, and John Fo'ey, 21. The second pair sald they were Ted Hermansen, 22, and James Gildride, 22. The police now are looking for John Ruffner, divorced husband of Mrs. Ruffner, Mrs. Ruffner told the police she identified her former husband as the masked member of the gang. Mrs. Ruffner, who formerly at- tended the Colorado State Agricnl- tural college, was alone with her two bables, Alfred, 3, and Patricia, 18 months, waiting the return of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred EB. Wil- - lard, who had gone out for the even- erie eS Caspet Dally Cridune ee a WALTON FIGHT NEARING CLOSE the front door which ate tnd opened Oklahoma Executive Silent On Plans For Fighting Impeachment Battle To Be Opened On Thursday OKLAHOMA GITY, Okla,, Oct. 30.—Believed to be preparing his defense on the Ku Klux Klan issue, Governor J.C. Walton moved silently today to meet charges of offi- ¢ia] misconduct when he is brought to trial Thursday be- in expectation that her parents were returning. One man clasped his hand over her mouth before she could make an outcry. He then Ufted her bodily from the floor and with the ald of the other unmasked man, carried her into a room where there is a bed. Mrs. Ruffner fought like a maddened beast but soon be- came exhausted and collapsed under the attack of the men. “She {s such a pretty, nice little girl, it’s a shame to do this,” one of her assailants said , i “She won't be so nice after I get through with her," respondea the other. Throughout the attack she said} the masked man stood in the door leading to the room. ; | settee IE MANILA, Oct. 80—@y The As-| sociated’ Press)—Governor General} Leonard Wood has received instruc-| tions from the American State de-| ‘fore a senate court of impeachment. The prosecutors, a board of managers from the lower house of the state legislature which drafted the charges, are mak- ing final arrangements to present their cases, ‘The governor, {t ie predicted in political quarters, will make his plea for acquittal on grounds that the lower house is controlled by the Ku Kiux Klan and that it conspired to inweach him through alleged efforts partment to pay an official visit to the Java Straits. i of the secret organization to sup- nt constitutional government PRIZED TOM ' TOM ‘DENVER WOMAN IS MISSING After a dear old cat has purred around one’s fireplace for nine years one is not apt to lose that comfort- ing presence and not miss it. This is true of Miss Lucila J. 717 South McKinley street, whose prized Tom has strayed to old haunts but has not been found. For nine years Miss Cutts has en- dJoyed the friendly comradeship of her tiger-striped, white pussy. Through the states of Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming this feline has accompanied his mistress. places of residence the Tom was missed. It is thought he returned to the old home and finding no one | 2s | When recently Miss Cutts changed|two men were following her. | | IS BEATEN ARD ROBBED OF $20,000 DIAM SRD | CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., Oct. 30 |—Follaved to her home by two Cutts’ of | masked thugs last night, Mrs. Sadie | | J. Frazier, divorced wife of W. R. Frazier, a grocery man here, was sandbagged, beaten and robbed of @ $20,000 diamond ring after the two men had forced their way through the door shortly after she had closed it. Mrs. Frazier sald she knew the On reaching the house she tore two diamond rings from her fingers and a lavalier from her neck and con- there strayed off to other places, | cealed them in her dress, she said. Any person finding this pet js The masked pair, however, spotted asked to notify Miss Cutts, who|a third ring and wrenched it from may be reached at phone 1453W./| A liberal reward will be paid for its| her into return. her finger after they had beaten unconsciousness. After taking the ring, the two fled, over- loking a satchel in the room which contained several thousand dollars in cash and Uberty bonds Mrs, Frazier said. . The woman furnished a descrip. tion of the men to Sheriff Van Phul who later found a sandbag which is believed to be the one used on the woman in an abandoned shack on the road to Colorado Springs. Sheriff Von Phul is in Colorado Springs following the clue. Pigeon’s Fresh 228 East Second St. Tastes Better—Goes Farther—Always Good with “invisible government.” He will summon scores of victims of mob violence, it ts understood to tes- tity In support of his contention that mob rule has supplanted the consti- tutional authorities in Oklahoma. ee |LATE FLASHES LOS ANGELES, Oct, 30—Wanda Hawley, motion picture actress, was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce from Allen B, Hawley in superior court today on the grounds of non-support and extreme cruelty. The film star brought the action un- der the name of Selma Hawley. SHERIDAN, Wyo., Oct. 30,—B. M. Sevey, who committed suicide in Casper, Wyo., was a resident of Sheridan for nearty quarter of a century, prior to moving to Casper last November. He served for two years as deputy U. 8, marshal here, and for 20 years conducted a black- smith shop in Sheridan. FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 30.— Motion of attorneys for Dr. Fred- Roasted Coffee Phone 623 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1923 erick A. Cook, former explorer, and thirteen other defendants in the oil fraud trial here, that the jury be discharged, was overruled today by Federal Judge Killetts. BONE CRY WAR lo EXTENDED BY CHICAGO CHIEF Suburbs Are Included In Campaign for Wet Closing. CHICAGO, Oct. 30—Chicago's “bone dry” area, limited to the city Proper during Mayor Dever‘s dry law enforcement campaign, today is extending its territory to suburbs outside the city limits, as Federal Judge Adam C. Cliffe continues to act on injunction suits against viol- ators of the Volstead law. More than a score of road houses and suburban soft drink parlors are closed today as a result of injunction orders issued yesterday, and more than 150 petitions for injunctions sealing for one year property used in violating the Volstead law are to be heard by Judge Cliffe during the week. Many of the places which the gov- ernment seeks to close are located beyond the jurisdiction of the city Police, In every case the injunction de- crees enjoin use of the property for any purpose whatever for one year. While the federal orders went out saloons and lMquor nounced, coffee shops to do away w: ing doors, bar rails and saloon, TO RELIEVE PAIN friend like the Vegetable Compound,” | says Mrs. W. EB. Shaw, soot Wal | Street, Chicago, Illinois, “had fe. Notice to Stockgrowers The annual-meeting of the Natrona County Stock- growers’ Association will be held November Ist, 1923, at 2 o’clock p. m. in the Odd Fellows hall instead of the Natrona County Court House as formerly an- resorts, a police order was fi quiring proprietors of qt downtown ith swing. other fiz. tures reminiscent of the olq time AND BACKACHE Women May Depend Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vee: st acne Minneapolis, Minn.—‘‘T so much about Lydia E Patent ized I whenI now such good results that I am mending the Vegetable ‘Compound every one.’’—Mrs. J. J. BIezer, 3339 | 18th Ave. South, Minneapolis, Minn, Finds a True Friend “Every woman who val 7 health apeald be proud to evan he Walnut male weakness so badly that I could not stand on my feet. Half of my time was spent in bed and I had pains in my back which were unbearable, I tried Laer flee T could think of to help mayest » and when a friend ad. mpoun gan taking it at or Trecommend it without esitation™” M. L. BISHOP, Jr. IT PAYS TO GET UP EARLY! tomorrow. per foreign securities and the electric railw tuation, occupied delegates t today’s session of the annual con vention of the Investment Bankers sociation of America. James W. Welsh of New York, seo y of the American Electric Rail. fon, told the Bankers railways have come | declared government figures showed that 117 car rides were sold in 1922 for each inhabitant of the United States as compared with 190 in 1917 and 100 in 1912 ‘put aside the fear” that “compet!- tion from the motor vehicle, elther in the form of the common carrier, the bus, the jitney or private auto: mobi'e is at the expense of the el ectric railways.” The average fare throughout the country now, he sald, was 7.3 cents a recession of one fifth of a cent since 1921, while the operating ratio last year was seven percent less than in 1920. A decline in track mileage since 1917, he added, has been more than offset by Increased supplement al bus service, while it was estimated that $250,000,000 would be spent this year for improvements as compared with $150,000 in 1921, More than 80,000 street cars are in operation he sald, 13,000 new cars having been purchased in the last five years. “Fixed fares, special taxes and imposts, paving charges, labor de mands, strikes, rising costs, and in many cases, unrestricted competi- tion have had their sway,” declared Mr. Welch, “but the cars keep run- ning.” ISMET PASHA WILL FORM NEW CABINET CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 30,— Iemet Pas accepted the offer of Mustapha Kemal Pasha, presl 1t of the newly proclaimed Turk ish republic, to form a new cabinet. The national assembly at Angora voted yesterday to establish a re- public. Mustapha Kemal Pasha was unanimously elected president with power to nominate a premier, alas eeepc ores a Fur-bearing animals recelved legal protection in Maine in 1866, in Ohio in 1867, Nebraska in 1872, and Mon- tana in 188%, 3 Pairs for $2.60 Be on hand in the Subway at 9 a. m. Regular $1.25 Onyx and $1.00 Truesdale Silk Hose, pair Metter: |! 2 Ladies’ Special Fibre Silk Hose. Regular 65c item. pair —_-__._. 99C 3 Pairs for $1.70 The Time Is Now—Winter Is Here Don’t Overlook Coats 0 You’ll Have Share In This Great Subway Sale Offers Wonder Values In At the Special Reduced Price of 15 Your personal investigation will at once show you what truly remarkable bargains they are. This Extra Special 15 Hurry to These Sensational Bargains prices representing much less than cost. Vanity Fair Outsize Hose an excellent number. Special ONES ee $2.25 3 Pairs for $6.00 - Each One of These Attractive Bungalow Aprons, in pretty styles; well made of gingham and percale; vari- ous color... BSC Dresses Dresses Dresses $ i 9% $14.75 $8.95 - Special Lines of New Fall and Winter Dresses Challenge Your Attention SUITS to Every Sweaters Regular Prices Were From $22.95 Very Newest $6.50 and $7.50 Sweaters, Go At $16.95 $4.95 $42.50 One of Our .| Petticoats »REMEMBER—ALL FURTHER CHARGES THIS MONTH WILL NOT BE BILLED UNTIL DECEMBER ist Great Buying Opportunities Await You in Our Mammoth SUBWAY SALE Hundreds of Casper women and misses have already taken advantage of this stupend- ous stock-reducing event. Are YOU going to participate in these bargains? If you want to really save money now is your opportunity to secure a new Winter Coat, Dress or Suit at You cannot afford to ignore this great sale. — Large Sized House Dresses of excellent quality ging- ham, percale and change-. able cham- ous colors ..,.... $2.95 About Special at —__.. Silk Cap and Scarf Sets, Wool Middies, Bloomers, etc., at Sacrifice Prices 3 Everywoman’s Store Flannelette Kimonas, prettily trimmed with satin ribbon; special value seventy-five pretty models left for your selection. EXTRA SPECIAL—JERSEY SILK VESTS Just received a new lot lot of pretty Jersey Silk Vests in white, flesh honeydew and orchid. Sport Skirts $4.95, $9.95, $12.95 "$4.95, $5.95, $7.95 Representing Big Reductions From Regular Prices Subway Open at 9—Main Floor at 8:30 an extra $1.95 Hats Your choice in Clearance of our Subway lines. Lot 2 Tresetest $1.00 Betthcaislist Ttasiaie 7 Gauntlet Gloves, Waists, TTS ty v