Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 6, 1923, Page 1

Weather Forecast WYOMING: night and Wednesday. tle change in temperature. VOLUME VIII. NEGRO GUNMAN (o CAPTURED BY Wouldbe Slayer Taken From Train; Victim in Hospital Here. Hob Mann fied of meom today at the hospital. The remains are Being held at the Muck funeral heme pending word from relatives. Sears Gilbert, alleged assailant of Mann, will be held here until in structions are obtained from the Fremont county authorities, With four bullet wounds in his body inflicted as a result of a quarrel over money, Bob Mann, colored, 50 years of age, and an _employe of: Sprague and Nisely at Bon- neville, was brought to Casper on the Burlington last night. On the same train but in a different part of it rode “Submarine” Sears Gilbert, also colored, and charged by the au- thorities at Bonneville. with the shooting of Mann. Gilbert was ar- rested at the Burlington station lest night by Chief of Police Alexander Nisbet. Two other negroes, Sonny McKnight and Francis Green, had made the trip with Gilbert and were arrested by the police along with the suspect. They were after- wards released but will be called as witnesses when Gilbert hap his trial. Litt'e is known regarding the na- ture of the quarrel in which the colored victim was shot. Mann had been put under the influence of nar- cotics while at Bonneville so that he could stand the journey to Cas- per. He claims thet he was shot while on duty as a night watchman and that the act had been com- mitted in cold blood. Other parts of his incoherent testimony however point to the theory that he had owed Gilbert some money and that the alleged aseailant had gone to collect. When the debtor failed to eatisty the demands of his creditor an argument arose which quickly found utterance in the barking of a six-shooter. Gilbert who ts being held at police headquarters is maintaining a con- sistent silence regarding any know!l- edge he may possess of the affair. The patient at the hospital was shot once through the lower lobe of the left lung, once through the left thigh bone, once through the ab- domen, and once just, below the ab- domen. Two of the bullets remain in the body. ‘The nature of Gilbert's arrest was a curious one. In accordance with his custom Chief Nisbet was at the station when the train came in for the purpose of getting a line on sus- ‘A, picious characters. He had not yet Bonneville which had taken place the night before, but when he saw the three negroes loitering around the train he at once concluded that their actions were very suspicious. Questioning them, he found that they had come from Bonneville. He arrested them and held them until he could recelve information con- cerning them from Bonneville. CHARLESTON, received here. tion commissioner, left for the mine to render whatever assistance might be possible. » PITTSBURGH, Pa. Nov. 6.— Fair to- Lit- CASPER POLICE) ==‘ A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, And a Booster for City, County and State? re a ares | Ku Klux Publicity’ Man to Be Called Before the Grand. Jury for Expla-| ATLANTA, Ga, Nev. 6—The Fuljon County grand jury today returned an indictment Soe ett der against Philip E. Fox, pul man of the Ku Klux Klan, who Imperial Wizard MH. W. Evans, is held in the Fulton county jail. ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 6.— Still maintaining silence ‘early today regarding the motive behind the killing of W.S. Coburn, attorney for the so-called‘ insurgent faction of the Ku Klux Klan, Philip BE. Fox, publicity representative of the kian was expected’to be taken before a grand jury here today in connection with the shooting of Coburn in his office late yesterday. Fox, said to be editor of the Knight Hawk, a klan publication, refused throughout the night to make any statement about tho killing to officers investi- gating the case. He was held in- communicado under heavy guard and Ywithowt bené on a charge of were two ays witnessey to the dicotne, according to the police, Mrs. M. A. Holbrook, Coburn’s ste- nographer, and Mrs. Oscar Weyman of Cleveland, Ohio, a were in the office at the ti of the shoot- ing. They said Fox four shots that Cobu from his down shot Bot! 3 rm. Fox th i his and turned and left waid that Fox made ement before; he opened fire. Mrs. Holbrook said that Fox had visited the office a few moments before, but, finding Mr. Coburn, busy, had left. He returned | a few fhinutes later and opened fire without a word, she said. Fox, when he was arrested, was quoted as saying. “I am sorry to have had to do it, but I am glad he ts dead. He was planning to ruin mé, and I had just as soon be hung as hu: What I did had no connection with Ku Klux Klan,” | Fox sald that he was not con- nected with the klan when he was taken into custody, but newspaper men identified him as the publicity) agent’ of the organization and the the no E CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1923 CASPER VOTERS B IN LIVELY ELECTION ALAN INSURGENT QF ATLANTA SLAIN Che Casper Daily Crib ‘ TRIBUNE TO FLASH RETURNS FROM ELECTION ON SCREEN Starting this evening at 7 o'clock the Tribune will furnish election returns for the Casper public and will continue this service until the final counts on all the candidates are re corded. Across the street from the Tribune office, on the wall of the postoffice the Tribune will have a screen and on this screen will be given returns as they are tabulated from the various precincts, together with totals as they are compiled. The Tribune telephones No. 15 and 16, will also be avail- able for information of this nature. Get the habit of calling the Tribune for all accurate infor- mation of this kind. BERLIN DISCOUNTS THREAT OF $275,000 WORTH WATER BONDS 5 Casper’s $275,000 worth OF SEWER AND QLO HERE AT PAR Bosworth Chanute & Co. of Denver Buy Issues Authorized for Extension of Casper Service; Credit Improving. of general obligation water ——— ‘and sewer bonds were sold at par and accrued interest to |Bosworth Chanute & Company of Denver by the city jcouncil last night. The city paid the purchasers $24,639 \for handling the bonds. This amounts to 14 per cent in- \terest per annum over the period of 80 years which is the | life of the bonds. Since the bonde;cent interest.” The Bosworth BERLIN, Nov. 6.—(By The Asso- ciated Press.}—The “army’ under Captain Ehrhardt of Kapphutch fame, assembled along the borders between Thuringia and Bavaria, which has been a plaything for both foreign and domestic propa- gandists.for the last ten days, is declared in responsible quarters here never to have been taken sert- ously by either the Bavarian govern- ment or the central government in Berlin... The threats that it would REBEL ARMY ON BAVARIAN LIRE march on Berlin have been ignored by federal officials. Bhrhardt's so-called army is really only @ collection of bushwhackers who have been careful to keep out of range of the three federal regi- ments which are in Thuringia guarding the border against out- laws from Bavaria, it is asserted tn authoritative quarters, which de- clare’ that Ehrhardt himself does not dare enter uringla as he would be captured by the federal troops and: . CREGIT OPEN TO WOOLGROWERS MEANS GREAT SAVING YEARLY, ON WOOL CLIP IN THIS STATE It Wyoming woolgrowers wish toling of the agricultural amd live- avail themselves of an amnual sav-|stock interests in this and other ing on their combined clip running| states. It means that longer time into the millions of dol'ars, they| credits at lower rates of interest are may now do so through the credit now obtainable. It means, too, that agencies of the Federal Intermediat® markets in the future will not be Credit bank which has headquarters| liable to sudden upsets due to hasty for this district in Omaha. dumping of crops and stock on the bear interest at 6 per cent the city jis able to market them at a 5% per cent rate of interest, probably the |best deal Casper haa been able to make in such matters. Two hundred thousand 4ollare worth of the bonds are for exten- sion of water lines and the con- struction of a $75,000 reservoir. The remaining $75,000 ‘worth ts for eswer construction. “Casper's creait te better eat the Present time than it was two years ago,” said Charlee J. Rice, repre sentative of Bosworth Chanute. “My company purchased $835,000 worth of your bonds at that time. They were 6 per cent bonds, and we made the same offer to you then for 6 per cent bonds that we are now making you for bonds bearing 5 per Chanute company has in its hands approximately $1.300,000 worth of Casper bonds. Mr. Rice said tha‘ he had kept in close touch with the situation here and had seen the city’s financial stability grow and develop. His company had no hesitancy in buying ite bonds, The Bosworth Chanute company wan the lowest among several bid. ders. Other bids approximated a commission of $30,000. The contract for installing 1s sewer line in Sanitary Sewer Dis- trict No. 15 was let to the Gordon Construction company last night. This district covers Block 1, Com: munity Park addition, and Block 212, Casper. ‘The assesament roll for District No. 29 wus approved. AUTO SHOW DAZZLES PUBLIC Dazzling to the eye, pleas: |Aristocrats of Motor World Viewed by | Throngs at Arkeon; Entertainment Features Highly Pleasing BY SPARK PLUG ing to the ear, and in perfect harmony with one’s taste in automobiles, the opening night of the Second Annual Automobile show, staged under the direction of the Casper Automotive association may be said to have been a marked success from every standpoint. The show, which is presented in the spacious Arkeon open- ed its doors to a curious throng of comfortable easy chatre and quaint In, an address on this | subjeat market, lowering prices and bring- Casperites promptly at 7 o'clock on police produced a copy.of the Knight| here yesterday evening before the Hawk, which bore his name as edi-| group meeting of Wyoming officers tor it was said. jof the Federal Land bank, Ward K. Dr. Fred B. Johnson of San An-| Newcomb, secretary of the bank, ing loss to the raisers. Monday evening. It is estimated A measure such as this provided| that from that time until the cloe by the government will prove of in-| “2 estimable. value in adjusting finan-|!0 Of the building at 11 p. m. more “been informed of the shooting at|and Coburn” were marked to go. tonio, Texas, issued a statement to; the effect that. Fox had visited him at the home of Emperor W. J. Sim-| mons the night before, and, an- nounced that he had been sent there to kill him (Johnson). According to Dr. Qohnson’s statement, Fox said lel ve for or- 3; E. ¥. Clarke from the federal government | ateo that “Simmons, |derly marketing at prices increased Coburn was born Ga., in 1870, Coburn won his military in Savannah, ° pointed out that because of this re- cent authorized credit provision by the last congress it is now easily possible to pool the entire clip in this state in banded and protected der a suitable extension of credits by 10 cents and more a pound, Not only do the functions of the of| Federal Intermediate Credit bank | ar in Wyoming cover the wool clip but Pea tank tote Mexdoan tor: | also take in the produce of others der as a captain, serving there|engaged in farming and livestock through 1916 and 1917, until Camp/raising. It is impossible to empha- Wheeler was established at Macom,! Size sufficiently the importance of clal matters for farmers and ranch- ers all over the country. Other remedies are seen to be of little con |sequence in comparison. In Wyo- |ming the problem of self-betterment | warehouses, grade it, and hold tt un-|OW rests entirely with those whoso predicaments in the matter of prof- itable marketing requires extended credits in order to be straightened out. An {mmense amount of money is available for cerdit financing of products ready for market and ap- plications may pe made in each county to the secretary-treasurer of the Federal Land bank. In speaking of the valuable aid |the Land bank has rendered in | |than 1,000 people passed through the dors. The entertainment was unique in the extreme, and was presented at regular intervals throughout the evening. The Arkeon orchestra was matchless, and often caused the great crowd to sway a bit with the| perfect rythm of their particular brand of “jazz.” Dealers’ exhibits left practically nothing to be desired. Booth decor- ations were plentiful and added a Uttle reading tables. ‘The motor cars themselves re- minded one of great proud canines fat a state dog show, proud of them- selves and glorying in the petting jand exclamations of delight of which they are the cause, Every car was togged out In its “Sunday |go to meeting.” Special public favot cannot be said to have been bestow. ed upon any one car. All of them Proved to be objects of great inter- est, and as equal amount of atten- tion was bestowed upon them all. As souvenirs of the show, the ‘Tribune's Sunday Auto Show edi- comforting, home like touch which|tion, which by the way, lays claim is so often sad'y lacking in a pre (Continued on Page Eight) sentation seemingly so commercial as an automobile show. Rest rooms _ Little Hope Held Out for Many Others) Entombed In West Virginia Mine by Explosion W. Va., Nov. 6.—Twenty-three bodies had been taken from the Glen Rogers mine in. Wyoming county at 3 o’clock this afternoon and 60 were believed still to be in the wrecked interior, according # a report Ga. He was stationed there for (Continued on Page Eight) Governor E. F. Morgan and Lee Ott, state compensa-|cumbent, and J, F. Officials of the United States Bureau of Mines here announced late today that their representative in West Virginia had notified them that of the 31 nen entombed at Glen Rogers Wyoming, Arthur K. Lee, prominent this government credit organization | (Continued on Page Bight) in bolstering up the financial stand- SCORES DEAD _IN MINE DISASTER this morning, 27 bodies had been ré- covered. Prospects are, they said, that the remaining four bodies | would be taken out shortly. The | mine rescue car, ordered from near | Morgantown to the scene, will be} stopped enroute, probably at Hunt | ington or Charleston, as it will not | be needed at Glen Rogers, it was announced. cts |Pres. Coolidge To Mark Time in Bureau Inquiry WASHINGTON, Nev. 6.— Presi- dent Coolidge let it be known to- SHERIDAN, Wyo., Nov. 6.—Vot-|day that he would take no steps ers of Sheridan are falloting today/in the veterans’ bureau inquiry un to select a mayor and two city com-jtil the senate investigating commit- missiners. Charles W. Sheldon, in-/tee makes its report. He expects Kirkpatrick are|the report td call for some sort of candidates for mayor and H.. Allen|action, and has given assurances Floyd and Archie MacCarty, incum-/that the committee's recommencs bents, and Mrs. Anna E. Smith and|tions will be taken under conside L. Waltman are candidates for|tion and made the basis for appro- commissioners, ipriate action, for the ladies were plentiful, each} exhibit space being equipped with Between seasons there is, as a matter of course, considerable lull in buying. In the hot season there is a measurable falling off of all ac- tivities, But newspaper reading does not stop in any season. Thinking and planning and tn- | yestigating does not cease. i ! In the home, on the porch of the | resort hotel of elsewhere there | continues the reading of advertis- ing and planning new decorating, new furnishings and everything | from kitchen cabinets to new heat- ing arrangements, to say nothing of new wardrobes. It is highly important for the merchant to get in on these plans by keeping his business ever be- fore the public. Merchants who pers'‘stently and | constant!y keep their names and service before the minds of the Tribune readers will get the bus!- ness that is to be had now as well as ho!d a place in the plans for | the future, | The bandits remained in the town more than one hour and in gaining acosss to the bank vaults used sey- eral explosive charges, almost wreck- ing one of the buildings. The banks entered were the National Bank of Spencer and the change State bank. Before the bandits left the town, EDITION! ~~ NUMBER 12 E POLLS BORDER CITY IS ROCKED BY LATE QUAKE CALEXICO, Calif, Nov. 6— Shattered windows, fallen plaster, and twisted butiding foundations teday remained as reminders to residents of this border city of yes terday’s earthquake, the worst the Imperial valley has experience in several years. Three tremblors shortly after 2 o'clock, the first shock of pro- nounced violence and the other two of diminishing intensity, left re- inforced concrete pillars in front of one large store bent out of shape and the Virginia Hotel several in- ches out of place on its founda- tion. In the United States tmmigra- tion station a portion of the ceil- ing fell, and in Mexicali, across, the international line from here brick and adobe walls left standing after the disastrous fire of last July were toppled by the shocks. | Brawiey, near here, felt | the quake but no damage was report- | ed throughout the shaken area. |head of interest and zest vandeaet TDF a oa within the past 48 hours, and ts terminating today in a lively elec- tion, with practically all eligible voters exercising their franchise in order to push favorites to the limit. Forces behind Harry B, Durham for mayor have been showing up strongly, placing the odds for vic- tory increasingly to his credit. The apparent reason for this display of Durham strength fs the fact that his race for office has not been car- ried into factional differences at any time during the campaign. Friends of Dr. 8. K. Loy, Dr, J. F. O'Donnell and J, 8. Pettingill | were also confident that counting of the ballots would show their re- spective candidates in the running jand returns” tonight’ will ‘be eagerly | awaited. Few assertions were ha- arded regarding selections for three vacancies on the city counctl. Ballot casting this morning start- ed out in record style with many | votMg early. Usually a last walt is | made before the polls are visited. The stream toward precinct polling Places has been going on steadily with a gradual increase toward the War Vet Near Death Again In “Trench CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 6.— (Special to The Tribune).—Joe Waye, 28, exservice man who saw weeks of trench warfare overseas, came nearer to death in a trench | here this morning than at any time during flswar experience. He was caught by a cave-in of a sewer trench twelve feet deep and was buried under four feet of sand. When, twelve ‘minutes Inter, he was rescued through the efforts of @ score of workmen he stood without assistance and announced his desire to return to work, but was required, over his heated pro- test, to lay off for the balance of the day. SUBMARINE IS RAISED —— PANAMA, Nov. 6.—The United States submarine 0-5, which sank on October 28 at the Atlantic en- trance of the Canal with a loss of three lives, was raised yesterday. It | will be put in dry dock at Cristobal for repairs. po LATE SPORTS CHICAGO, Nov. 6—Willie Hoppe and Welker Cochran, will play three games of 500 points each, to- tal points to count for the world’s championship at 18.2 ballc line bil- | liards some time in December, ac- ccording to word received today from W. V. Thompson, of the tournament —committes. Tho | match is expected to be held in Chicago, The championship tour- nament at New York ended with Hoppe and Cochran tied. | response to this alarm, were driven back by shots fired by the robb J. A. Barge and Frank Gray w wounded htly. The band severed electric light wires leaving the town In darkn William Vaughn, night watchmar who was bound and gagged by the bandits, said he was told by one of sli \belated |manner, CONTEST H.8. DURHAM IS FAVORITE. WHEN GITY CAMPAIGN AEAGHES CLOSE Eager Public to Await Ballot Counting This | Evening; One Senator Will Be Named Today Starting out in a rather and half-hearted the campaign for offices in the municipal gov- ernment has gathered a full end of the time limit. Long lines | formed at times. ‘The polls close at |5 o'clock this evening, therefore | making it imperative to vote early. The Tribune has arranged to ob- tain from each precinct polls the | returns as rapidly as they are made | up. Those interested in the outcoma | of today's run for office, in which | Six candidates for mayor have been entered besides a number of seekers after chairs on the city council, may keep closely in touch with results by calling the Tribune over phone 15 or 16, BOTH PARTIES CLAIM VICTORY IN N. ¥. NEW YORK, Nov. 6.—As voters throughout the state started to the polls today, leaders of both major parties were confident of victory. Most interest was in the balloting for the assembly, now controlled by the Republicans, which Chairman H. C. Pell Jr., of the Democratic committee, predicted would come }into the hands of his party, giving it m majority in both houses of the legislature. Chairman George K, Morris of the Republican commit- tee, said he was sure his party would win over the majority of twelve it now holds in the assembly. Three congressional vacancies Were to be filled. The campaign in New York was (Continued on Page Eleven.) DOUBLE BANK ROBBERY The Vacationist|i CARRIED OUT BY GANC | OF INDIANA BANDITS Band of 15 to 20 In Four ‘Automobiles Swoops Down On Spencer and Car- the captor men in th that there were twenty party. ST. LOUIS BANK 3 HELD UP AND ROBBER ries Off $15,000 In Cash sr. 1 Nov. 6ieur ) eer 0: jermea t robbed the SPENCER, Indiana, Nov. 6.—A band of. robbers vari-| westorn vant of tha day ite ut jously estimated in number from fourteen to twenty, rob-|and escaped in an automobile, Three bed two banks here early today of approximately $15,000 |employes were compelled to le on and wounded two citizens. Traveling in four automobiles | See een the. quattee, soociemaaE the robbers first isolated the town by cutting all tele-| : pee Ee: phone and telegraph wires and then posted guards to pre-| wrnona Minn., Nov. 6—Robbers vent interruption while they blew;a citizen rang the town fire bell. blew the vault of the First National open the bank vaults. Persons who left thelr homes in| Bank of Mabel, near here early tor day and e n silver, aped with about $1,000 ULM, Minn., Nov, 6—Five ho blew the ‘vault in the north ped with y and silver and $1,200 in Uberty bonds, $1,300 i