Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 1, 1923, Page 1

| COUNTERFEIT RING BROKEN yy UP BY ARRESTS IN CHICA x iy s , \ r ROBS MAIL TACOMA, Wash., Nov .1.—A lone bandit held up a United States mail truck, disarmed the driver and escaped with a small package of GERMAN CHILD “The average German citizen 1s better dressed, more prosperous looking and just as happy as any of the pegple of Casper. Business is brisk, all Ines of retail trade Seem. doing well. All talk of starvation and disease is a barefaced le. “Any American who contributes cent toward ‘starving German chil: dren’ is simply throwing his money away. In my mind, the Germans are feeding the Americans with propaganda in the hope of winning sympathy and eventually being re- lleyed of paying France her repara- tion payments.” The foregoing statements, made by Edward C. Cook of 931 South Chestnut street, who returned yes- terday \after three weeks spent in Hamburg, Germany, and the con- tiguous country, give a totally aif- ferent idea of Germany than is prevalent in the average American mind. Mr. Cook left Hamburg October 12 on the “Minikato” of the United LONE BANDIT pyparier (N WYOMING TrucK, SAID HME OWNERS SHOWN CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 1— Federal ‘statistics just made public |reveal that Wyoming was among 31 states that showed a decrease in letters here early this . morning. There was no registered mail in the truck, postal employes said. | The latest in automobile news, the last word in motor cars dis- play advertising, activities of the local dealers during the past year, and the outlook for the future of Casper motordom will be em- bodied in the Sunday Automobile Show Hdition of the Casper Daily Tribune, scheduled for publication on November 4, the day before the opening of the Second Annual Automobile Show. The Tribune in the past has always led the field in automobile publications, and this year’s edi- tion will prove no exception. The fleld has been covered thoroughly, and not a corner of Caspe' au- tomobile world has been left un- Moderation in Temperature is Now in Sight ve 3 5 ° FAK ARE AFIN (Operations of Gang Which Put Over y . ° $50,000 Worth of Spurious Bills | “A F { . * | CLANGH ] fF f f {| In ‘Circulation Extended West } | CHICAGO, Nov. 1.—A confession, alleged by secret service operatives to have been made by Edward C. Bron-| son, one of the four men arrested here yesterday, has strengthened belief of detectives that they have reached BE 2S the source of $50,000 worth of counterfeit $20 bills, circu-| + Ani- |New York, Milwaukee, Omaha, Den-; Kettler, sald to be a former hair Pot Hunters Await | ver and other cities, apn | EPOds Sealer, were members of the} bs The men under arrest are: Ralph} quartet who arrived here October 19. | mals Driven Out of Ic. Oldham, said to be a former pratt. al he nc dt | Hills by St park policeman; Bob Witt, alias B. ORVILLE BRACE DIES | y " Lewis Kettler, said to be a former hair goods dealer and Bronson. By Caroline Lockhart, None of the alleged counterfalt notes NT M AYO HOSPITAL . Wyo., Nov. 1.—| ere found on the men CODY, YOu, S ¥ rested. Engravers of the plates 4 Reports have come to Dép-| being sought today. uty Game Warden R. R.| Search for the makers of the|the Mayo Brothers hospital in R that a sickening | counterfeit notes began last June,| Rochester, Minn., to which place he ge ke fi in, where |@ccording to treasury department} had been taken last July. His weet tO eae uw the operatives, who said threo kinds of| parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Grace, ere Lah cad glia reside at 916 East A’ street. re reserve issue bearing serial num- ae ole of the Bhoshone |bers A-207, .A-208, and B-298, ap-| back to Casper by the widow of the On the south fork of the Shoshone | jeared at that time in Chicago.| deceased and by his brother Ray- RT eee at the bar, Milwaukee, Rock Island and Moline.| mond. bye ee es SP a i At the time of the Dempsey-Firpo lets of pot hunters waiting for them. common in New York, then again in ins corral with no (more sport at-| Chicago and shortly afterward the barat frying trail of the distributors moved west The sate cominiwvoney Frank | +5 Colorado, operatives said. Smith, has been notified of the cun- ‘On October 4, Bronson'’s confes: dition and protests are going in ask- the quartet came back to Chicago untegp mt ome |and started on a second trip to the ieee ng een west by automobile. They carried with them a suitcase containing $50,000 worth of the paper, and had is alleged to have said. At_ Kansas City they paused to exchange several thousand dollars worth of the bogus notes for real | currency, and there Bronson sald he met a cabaret dancer, in whom he confided and with whom he month of October totaled $463,745, |saia his confession states. an increase of $233,640 over the; The girt snowed the four some building permits of September and! clippings from a Kansas City paper an increase of $297,470 over the per- | relative to the spurious money, and, mits for October, 1923. frightened, they took all they had were issued last month which ts con-| near ElDorado, Kansas, later re- sidered a record month from this/turning to Chicago; according to standpoint. Most of the permits! Bronson’s alleged statement. Ac- were under $10,000. The largest one cording to secret service agents, the! issued was for the $55,000 residence | gir] visited the head of the secret! largest was for the $40,000 apart-|/and told of the men and later car ment house on South Center street | here to assist Captain Thomas | to be known as the Ada apartments. porter, in command of the depart = oi ment In Chicago. She was said to have accompanied the agents when pointed him out to them. Unable to furnish the required bonds of $2,500 each, the four men are held in jail. According to government opera-) termed “dangerous” being incapable | of detection except hy bank cashiers or currency experts. The counter-| felting plant, they said, had been equipped to turn out bills of all de- . |lated during the past few months in Chicago, St. Louis, E. Edwards, advertising solicitor; (Special to The Tribune.)— | 04 those who did the printing are Orville Grace died last night at deep. mows on thelr winter range |SPurious $20 notes of the federal The remains are being brought ‘Thay gro ibaRieahor Sows ke cows fight, the spurious notes bécame ing that South Fork be closed to sion stated, according to detectives, already spread an equal amount, he Building permits in Casper for the | jater quarreled, treasury detectives One hundred seventy-one permits | eft and burned it along the road of B. B, Brooks, and the second | service department in Kansas City they arrested Bronson, and to have tives, the bills were what. they) nominations. to. $50. Moderation in the weather which came Wednesday night gave promise of a cessation of low temperatures and a return to normal for thir time of the year. The thermometer at the court house registered eight below Mon- day night, five below Tuesday and dropped to only one below DENVER, Colo, Nov. 1—Alleged operations of member# of an dnter- state gang of counterfeiters in Den- ¥er and vicinity since about Optober 15, during which time they were said night. to ‘have passed $1,000 worth of, spur- ag oes ee rok first Hal- | fous $20 bills—and with wecret sor-| \ouinod Arrangements with the lawe’en in several years| when bob | Vice.men about twenty minutes be-| brought to Casper the latest -word sleighing has been popular. Many | hind them—were disclosed .t by upon manufacturing activities. The ‘Tribune's 1923 Automobile Show Edition will be literally filled with new and novel illustra- tions. ‘The co-operation of the local dealers in securing these cuts for publication in the ‘Tribune is worthy of the silent thanks of the people of Casper. No ‘enterprise can of the youngsters deserted their usual Hallowe’en activities to toboggan down the Bast,Fitth street hill and ‘others were hit ‘ cn to automobi'es around the streets. The fcrecast for tomorrow fair and warmer except in the north- western part of Wyoming where rains are predicted. Rowland K. Goddard, chief pf the Denver area of the Federal Bureau of investigation. “Intinking names of those Shor secret serVice agents watched here with those now under arrest in Chi- cago, Mr. Goddard said Ralph Cc. Qidham, reported to be a pollesman on-leave from Chicago, whose wife lives in Boulder, Colorado and Lewis succeed home owners during the period from 1910 to 1920. The decrease in this state was 2 per cent, or 20 out of each 1,000 of population. AUTO SHOW EDITION TC BE FORERUNNER OF BIG EXHIBIT FIRST OF WEEK without publicity of some kind. The Tribune takes pride in an- nouncing the ‘belief the Auto- mobile Show Edition ot Sunday, | November 4, will bo the one great | means of placing the true worth of the show before the people, and | will in a large measure be re- sponsible for ‘it certain’ success. | COURTMARTIAL IS POSTPONED SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 1.—At! the requést of the defendants, the courtmartial of 11 oficers of “the| United States navy involved in the| Wreck of seven destroyers at Point Honda, scheduled to open toda: will be delayed for several days, a cording to Rear Admiral Henry A. Wiley, who will preside at the hear- ing. Rear Admiral Wiley arrived here yesterday. | The request for the postponement was granted, he said, to give the officers time in which to prepare! thelr defense. | WOMAN HELD FOR MURDER FOR POISONING CHILDREN Margaret Potigian, 18, who died Tuesday after a prolonged illness. Remorse Seizes Stepmother. After Gre! Che The other children recovered, Dies and Doctor Is Called to Save | atter strs. Potigian relented and re | called a doctor to give them anti- Lives of Others dote, police said. She is being held on a charge of murder. The children were left the estate FRESNO, Calif., Nov. 1.—A desire to come into com-|of their father when he died here plete possession of a fortune willed to her stepchildren |'*s* euitediacked hE atari er is betieved to have prompted Mrs. Louise Potigian to poison | mart we e them, according to authorities who announced last night! that Mrs. Potigian had confessed to, administering a lethal In her confession, Mrs. Potigian is said 1 ithorities to have de-| clared that the de n to kill the PX which caused the death of her stepdaughter, Miss|chiidien was reached after forty | to them in food over a period of two months, and she took some of it herself, according to her reputed confession. The antidote given by I days of prayer. The poison was fed | the doctor failed to save the life | Margaret, whose lingering illness baffled physicians, and resulted in an investigation after the girl's death. | indicated | n poisoned, the | y announced. He said sh de a signed st ment| prior to her death, but that ehe “did not directly accuse anyone." An autopsy yesterday that the girl had district att oT ' A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, And a Booster for City, County and State: The Casper Daily Crihune <OTO AMERICA BY wy CONTRIBUTIONS To ‘STARVING WHITE SLAVERS Ve THROWN AWAY, Ee. coox sys CLD WORLD War on Vast Traffic | Being Mapped Out by U.S. Immigration Men In Belgium, Is Claim. BRUSSELS, Nov. 1.—A discovery of a vast white slave enterprise through rive cd Ag ‘ which more than 500 girls nan city of Hamburg houses!are reported to have been thonsands of saloons.” said Mr.! rt Cook, “and all of them do a lana Shipped to the United States office business. If the Germans, 488 led to the increased vigilance would stop drinking for 24 hours|°f the American immirgation au- they would have enough money to|thorities, whose representatives in feed all the children in the empire | Antwerp, the Belgian police say, for several months, if they needed | have definite proof of the affair. nelp; which they don’t." |The principal in the plot, named . ¥. .|Brewn, was president of a girls’ Protection society in Berlin who sent the girls via Antwerp, Ham- | burg and Rotterdam to the United \Cheyenne Police | States, where they fell into the On Hant for Loot 2% 2 »'s contederates. yhen the traffic was discovered of com: plaints, Brown fled from German | CHEYENNE, Wyo.,. Nov. 1—A)|The Belgian authorities regard as | thorough combing of West Chey-|curious the fact that they have re- enne bythe police Tuesday, in alcelved no request for Brown's ar- |Search for loot taken by robbers/rest from the German authorities j-who-SMoncay might raided George! They suggest that this iv perhaps ; \¥- Dalber’s clothing store, did not due to the fact that during the war result in the discovery of much, if} Brown was reported to have been any, of the merchandise sought, but|one of the most active members of did tee to light a sizeable collec-|the German espionage system and tion of ffiicit drugs, including “mara-|the Germans are afraid that were Juana” and opium, and resulted in|he arrested in Belgium he would | the arrest of a number of persons, | make startling revelations regarding chiefly Mexicans, charged with vio-|the war time activities of German lation of the narcotic laws. pies. ‘American line, landing at New York and coming direct to his home here. His trip over was made from San Francisco, through the Panama via Engiand on the a German boat. He San Francisco August 3 and spent a little more than three weeks in Germany. The rate of exchange {s so high that it is difficult to spend more than a dollar of American money in @ day, so Mr. Cook states. as the result numerous MRS. STOKES TAKES STAND | Charge That She Visited Man Named as Co-respondent In Divorce Case Is Vigorously Denied . NEW YORK, Nov. 1.—Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes to- day took the witness stand in her own defense at the re- trial of W. E. D. Stokes’ suit for divorce. She reviewed4at considerable length her acquaintance with Edgar T. Wallace, named as the chief co-respondent and made a denial of her husband’s allegations. She de- Ried, sho had ever visited: Wallac court Justice Mahoney, presiding at pes pha wp lt 8 bias, the re-trial of the divorce suit insti- ety Lita Sob eh tuted by W. E. D. Stokes, wealthy In your visits to New York be- : : fore your marriage, were you al-|TeMty owner, today granted motions for a joint commission to take accompanied by s0me one ‘nter-| further testimony at Bunceton, Mo., her counsel, Samuel Unter-| 00 Bethel, Cons. Justice Mahoney granted the mo- tions after Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes had completed her direct examina- tion, in which she denied categoric- ally all charges made against. her by her husband, and court had been adjourned’ until tomorrow. Then the justice retired to his chambers with Max D. Steuer,counsel for the plaintiff, and Samuel Untermyer, at- torney for Mrs. Stokes, to decide how the additional testimony shoud be} {taken and when the trial should be again interrupted for this purpose. | Mr. Steuer told the court that he desired to question further witnesses in Buneeton, while the motion for the taking of additional testimony in Bethel was made by Mr, Untermyer. myer. “Always chaperoned.” Mrs. Stokes was then asked to trace her ear'y life, which involved her school days. She sald:she first attended the Ebert public school in Denver, Colorado, and that she iater attended a day course at the Wolf- hall girls’ boarding school in that city. She later attended a Cath- olic day school there, she said, and for seve) years and while she was ill, had a private tutor. Later she went to the Sycamore school at Seymour, Ill, This was the first time she had gone away from home, she dec!ared. NEW YORK, Nov. 1.—Supreme Don’t Gamble Every time you buy something you'either “take a chance” or you go to an institution that has been tried and proved by the white light of publicity. Every wise merchant knows that it 1s the “repeats” that pay so they do not take a chance on losing the good will of the cus- tomer. Advertised value, to stand the test must be true value. In other words, advertising of worthwhile institutions has come to be @ sort of assurance of your money’s worth. The Tribune has watched its advertisers grow greater and stronger through constant contact Several hundred yards of two live and two dead engine es Le pelepeors'c peat of. ts linto Casper 15 Shop In the Tribune before |hit an open shopping in the shopa, _ minutes ahead of passenger train No. 5 witch near the White Eagle refinery east _Jof£ Evanston and left the rails, OF CHARGES WALTON CASE OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Nov. 1—The 22 charges constituting the bill of impeachment filed by the lower house of the state Legis lature against Governor J. C. Wal n are as follows: 1—That he illegally appointed Charles H. Baskin, a member of the state legislature, as a district judge. 2—That he diverted state funds to his private use by putting his personal chauffeur on the health department payrolls. 3—That he prohibited the meet ing of a grand jury here to invest! gate his official conduct 4—That he used his official powers to accumulate private credit and property. 5—That he accepted # bribe to pass a certain institutional ap- propriation. 6—That he = of habeas corpus. 7—That he dispersed an as. ended the writ sembly of the state legislature with military forces. 8—That he placed Okmulgee county under martial law with out cause. 9—That he placed the city of Tulsa under martial law without cause, 10—That he placed Tulsa county under martial law without cause. 11—That he placed the entire state under martial law without cause. 12—That he attempted to pre- vent a statewide election. 13—That he loaded the state payrolls with superfluous em- ployes. 14—That he prevented execution of the law providing for capital punishment, 15—That he issued a health de- ficlency certificate without oc casion, 16—That he established a mili- tary censorship over the press. 17—That he appointed hundreds of special police officers without authority of law. 18—That he filed a fraudulent report of campaign expenses. 19—That he abused the pardon and parole power. 20—That he collected funds from organizations and individuals for his private benefit. 21—That he issued: an institu- tional deficiency certificate with- out occasion. 22—That he is generally incom- petent. ——_—_—_—__ PROPERTY DAMAGE IN HALLOWE'EN PRANKS [9 SMALL IN CASPER Hallowe'en in Casper took no toll of extensive property damage so far as can be learned from reports that have reached police headquar- ters. As usual on the night when Young America holds sway, the members of the department were required to be ever on the alert and to see that “monkeyshines” did not overlap into depredations. | Several groups of youngsters were warne(t by officials before they went too far with their good times. No arrests Were made, nor was it found neces- sary to make any. 18 Sentenced to Death, Moscow MOSCOW, Nov. 1.—Eighteen per- sons were sentenced to death today and 23 given prison sentences as a result of the trial of 68 individuals charged with bribery and corrup- tion. The prisoners were employes of the Naval technical department and contractors alleged to be in collusion with them. Fireman C. C. Ives Injured by Jumping From Engine When Locomotives and Oil Car Hit Open Switch Burlington track were badly torn up this morning at 7 o’clock when a combination of s and an oil tank car coming With the exception of [EDITION) “NUMBER 8 00 GIRLS SENT [HERE'S List [SENATE SITS IN OKLAHOMA CITY T) JUDGE CASE AGAINST CHIEF Governor Accompanied By Five Attorneys as Impeachment Fight Is Launched in Capital. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Nov. 1—{By the Associated Press.)— Governor J. C. Walton must stand trial on impeachment charges pre- ferred by the lower house of the state legislatu before the entire membership of the state senate, it was decided the first tilt of the executive's trial today. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. Nov. 1.—(By The Associat- ed Press).—J. C. Walton, uspended governor, was ven until 1:30 p. m. today to enter his plea to impeach- hi referred \by the house asked for ten days extension of time for preparation of an answer today. The senate court of impeachment then recessed until 1:30 this after- noon, Governor Walton appeared per- sonally, accompanied by his five at- torneys who sought the delay in the arraignment. The house board of managers urged an immediate ple Counsel for the executive s: that an effort would be made to dis- quality some of the members of the senate court of impeachment and to quash some of the articles in the impeachment bill. The court impeachment was convened by Chief Justice Johnson of the state supreme court. The vernor and his attorneys arriy moment later and then followed the house board of managers who will prosecute the case. W. D. McBee, speaker of the house, took his seat with the house managers. FB. V. Riddle, of Tulsa, one of the governor’s counsel entered the ap- eee pearance of the respondent and made the pleas for more time in which to prepare the executiv . He declared Governor Wa nm celved h frst official notice o | the impeachment action iast Satur- day. W. B. Disney, Muskogee, chair- man of the house board of man- | agers, told the court the house wished the trial handled with as much speed as possible end asked a notice as to what the governor's plea would be. Senator W. M. Gulager, Muskogee, a member of the court, declared he could see no reason for not to hear the x at once for the t Senator J. C. then filed a writ- ten motion that the plea be heard at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow. An argument | followed and Senator Charles A. McPherren, Durant, introduced a | Substitute motion that the arraign- | ment be at 1:30 o'clock today. The | substitute prevailed. | Counsel for the governor lost their | fight to disqualify members of the senate ogurt of impeachment when the issue was raised when the court reconvened this afternoon. The |prosecution questioned the right of the governor to challenge the mem- bers of the court and a resolution by Senator Wash Hudson, Tulsa, sus- taining the prosecution's stand was pas by the court with but two dissenting vo ls Governor Walton began his fense with a through (Continued on Page Eleven.) de- motion his TRACK IS TORN UP BY DERAILED TRAIN | Fireman C. C. Ives of Casper, who is reported to have sustained torn gaments in one leg as the result of jump: man engine cab, none of the crew was injured. Account- able for fact that there were s that only the tank for the condition the time has not al E gton offi- cat say deti- 2 the derail- howe who were at chi ately after the acele | (Continued on Page Fleveng yermerrresy cn mnanen arenensrs 10 78m MOMws zee heernree a|