Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 16, 1923, Page 1

Weather Forecast WYOMING: Fair tonight and Saturday. Little change in temperature. x VOLUME VIII. A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbia CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1923 ased, And a Booster for City, County and State. Che Casper Daily Crime FINAL EDITION NUMBER 21 FRANCO-BRITISH SPLIT IS NEAR: ENGLAND BLAMED ‘s¥ POINCARE HIRAM JOHNSON HURLS HAT INTO RING; WILL RUN Aa PROGRESSIVE Slap Taken at World Court by California} Solon in Announcing His Candidacy. CHICAGO, Noy. 16.— (By The Associated Press). —Two presidential booms emanating from Chicago resounded throughout the country today following an- nouncement by Senator Hiram W. Johnson of Califdrnia, that he was in the contest for nomination as a Republican canildate for president and the indorsement fromr Omaha, Neb., by Willlam Gibbs McAdoo of ® statement issued here by David L. Rockwell of Ravena. Ohio, that sup porters of the former secretary of the treasury intend to nominate him tn the Democratic convention and elect him to the presidency. Senator Johnson iaunched his boom with a formal statement, is- sued after a conference here with party political leaders who favor his candidacy in which he assailed present policies in domestic and na. tional affairs, and enunciated the principles upon which his race wil! be made. He expressed * oppo- sition to the League. of Nations “and all its subsidiaries” Including the world court, and set himself up as the “progressive” candidate in contrast to the “‘ultra-conservative” and “‘ultra-radical.” Sounding his keynote In the state- ment that “the ensuing contest will determine whether the Republican party shall be a permanent instru- ment of reaction or whether {t shall / respond to present day conditions and aspirations.” Senator Johnson made his declara- tion: “Theoretically, under our ' sys- tem, the people themselves select their president. Those states with presidential preference primaries not only recognize this theory, but put {t in practice. They preserve the spirit as well as the letter of Ameri- can institutions, It is an American's irthright to submit himself and his political tenets to the decision of his fellow citizens. He is entitled to their decision, and they are en- titled to make it. I recognize no prescriptive right to office, and I deny that any one or any number of men may disregard the popular will, and in defiance of it, dictate our candidates. Pecullarly should this be so at. the present time. “There fs discontent abroad tn the land; there is threatened disintegr- ation of the Republican party. The discontent gnd party difficulties arise not bécause of popular gov- ernment but from the lack of it. Two warring philosophies of gov- ernment in the nation, just as in the \ state from which I come, struggle for mastery. “It's the old, old, struggie be- sinning in the early days of man's first achievements, and never end- ing since. Reaction and progress must fight it out again in the Re- publican party in the coming pres!- dential primaries. I question not men now, but thelr philosophy of government. That which obtains at Washington does not fit present day needs. Ultra conservatism there rules; progressivism challenges it. And the ensuing contest will de- termine whether the Republican party shail be the permanent instru- ment of reaction or whether it shall (Continued on Page Fourteen.) COUNT ‘FLAT BROKE’ NOW HAS FORTUNE Nov. 16.—Fed- wate teday were endeavoring trace the activities during the to past two months of Alberto Sichof- sky, self styled Polish count who as taken into custody here last night, with more than $35,000 in cur- reney, and $15,000 in diamonds con- cealed about his person and carry ing rare rugs and tapestries valued at $90,000 wrapped in a brown paper bundle. In April, 1921, Bichofsky was tried and convicted here on a charge of grand larceny growing out of an al- leged oil promotion swind!e. Pend- ing appeal of the case he fled to Mexico and later while re-crossing the international border was ar. rested for failure to produce a vised passport. He pleaded guilty and served a 3-year sentence in the fed ¢ral prison on McNelll’s {s'and, less time off for good behavior. His sentence on the grand larceny charge was confirmed by the ap- pellate court but when the sheriff sought him he had already been released from the federal prison. He left McNetIl’s island a little Over two months ago flat broke, of. ficers said. The customs’ status of the valu- ables Stchofsky was carrying to- gether with others “believed to be in thé coun trunk and scheduled to reach here today is to be tnvesti- gated by federal official Mean- while “he {s being held in the county Jail, under a commitment to serve a grand larceny sentence of from one to.10 years in San Quentin. When arrested, Sichofsky said he wae enroute to Seattle to surrender SY rari authorities for de- 2: (EE GAS EXPLOSION MAY BE FATAL An explosion of gas that had gathered over oil im¥a stock tank of the Fargo company’s plant in the | Poison Spider field early last night caused severe burns which may prove fatal’to Dave Wright, watch- | man who was on top of the tank} at the time of the accident, When workers found Wright he was hang- ing to a ladder half way down the side of the tank. He was unable to tell much regarding the cause of the accident except to say that he had been unable to see the gauge plainly, had moved the light some- what, and that an explosion had resulted. Wright was brought into Casper by Dr. J. C. Kamp and was taken | to the County hospital. CONDITION OF PATRICK BURKE 13 UNCHANGED The condition of Patrick Burke, well known sheep man, who was injured yesterday morning when the | car in which he was riding turned over near Arminto, is reported to be without change at the County hos pital this afternoon. The injured man suffers from a back broken in two places, the first and second lumbar vertebrae being the location of the fractures. Dr. E. F. Dean, specialist from Denver, was summoned yesterday for a consultation with Dr. J. C. Sign KELLIHER, Minn., Nov. ed Confession of Crimes and List of Dead Left by Murderer Before Taking to Woods in Flight POSSES TURN OUT ON HUNT FOR MANIAC SLAYER OF FOUR 16.—A mad man, slayer of committee in charge hope to clear this de The Community Fund campaign will start December 3. four, is fleeing through the north woods today before a posse formed here which took up the search at dawn. Leonard Portano, 33, yesterday slew Mr. and Mrs. John Sanders, of whose 15-year-old daughter, Myrtle, he was enamoured, Oscar Timmy, 30, farmer and suitor of the girl, and J. A. Wilson, marshal of ver fired a fatal bullet, Timmy fall- this village and deputy sheriff. who | ing dead. sought to arrest him. Although Myrtle Sanders ts miss- ‘The shootings occurred at separate nei Pe. Setter stated late last times, in both the morning and/iifrapea by fey Sos Savio o afternoon. Before fleeing, the mur-|) sieved some neighbor has sheltered derer went to a timber cutting plant/ her in an attempt to help her bear he operated and left a signed con- |the sorrow caused by the tragii fession of the crimes, with a list of| ad the dead. \loss of her parents and sweetheart. More than 30 Early yesterday Timmy and Por- ae ee Kelliher last night to form a posse. tano engaged in an altercation over) The killer was a: Myrtle Sanders, during which Por- vguaae. hy. Joval People because of his hasty te: . tano drew a revolver and shot Tim-| He recently was before the pany my through the leg. Timmy came jury as a result of a controv the eight miles from the farm where with his brother, a nearby Nemec! the shooting occurred to this vil- and his only known relative. lage, haf his wounds @ressed, and e. The pd) grand jury returned no Indictment, reported the case to Marshal W'l-| however, and the nature of the case son, 45 years old. Was not disclosed. The man is only While Timmy was gone, Portano five feet tall. went to the Sanders’ home and shot dead the mother of his sweetheart. While he was going down the road from the Sanders home, he met the husband of hisgfirst murder victim. He took Sanders to a nearby cabin, bound him to a bed post and shot off his head. Portano kept on toward this vil- lage and not far from here met Marshal Wilson, who had left to ar- rest Portano for ing Timmy. Portono shot the officer dead. This was about noon. Not far from the spot where Wil- RAWLINS,“‘Wyo., Nov. 16.—For} ty-five million cubic feet of gas daily is belching from the test of the Hatfield Oil company on the Eight Mile Lake structure, eight miles south of here, This gasser was ms: “What To begin with, the Cor ber of men and women who are old syste or twenty times a year, Under the but once. © date of the campaign draws is the Community and man power to the city. WHAT THE COMMUNITY FUND PROGRAM MEANS TO CASPER The up the work in four days following r we are confronted with Fund?” “What does it mean mmunity Fund means a dig saving There are only a limited num: available for campaigns. Under the each of these was called upon from two or three to fifteen Present system, each is called upon Once for al! and. enough for all is the idea of soliciting for the fund. upon fifteen times a year he gives If the average business man would consider that when called without considering the total. When he gives once for all of the institutions, he gives less and considers it more carefully. We have and always will ha helpless. The a«pirit of humanity ve the poor, the afflicted and the and christianity requires that we care for these in as careful and yet as efficient manner as possible. This is done through the various tutions must have funds for maintenance. That is why nity Fund is raised. institutions of the city. These instl- the Commu- If each institution is left it will be forced to solicit funds aa best ti con. There will be a drive or some method of. obtaining funds for each institution. This takes time and money from the legitimate use of caring for the needy. Through organization collects and administ the Community Fund an efficient ers the money. Thus the Community Fund campaign is in the interests of hu. manity, econdmy and business. business men go over the budgets A committee of carefully selected and estimates of needs of the var. fous agencies and decide which should participate and how much each This insuges judicial C‘stribution of the funds raised. should receive. ANOTHER WILDGAT BLOWS IN AS GIANT GASSER EIGHT-MILE LAKE FIELD 1S SCENE OF STRIKE ‘One. week ago it was reported that Hatfield had started into the Mudfy sand at 3,846 feet, and that the gas pressure was rapidly in- | trial, w | | lication. Kamp. Hope {s still held out for the recovery of Mr. Burke. son was lying dead, the maniac met Timmy, who wes going to the vil-| lage to learn what «had been done! toward arresting Portano for wound- ing him. Again the lunatic’s revol- creasing. Other wildcats have been put down on the Eight Mile Lake struc- tura, the most recent being that drilled by the Utah Off Refining drilled in late Wednesday night and the bit was. stopped when it had penetrated the Dakota sand four feet. This makes the depth of the hole approximately 4,000 feet. company several years ago. Though some of these holes reach almost | +, the same level as the Hatfleld well, they obtained no worth while pro- duction, either of afl or gas. Hatfield miade’ rapid time on his test and Kept pushing ahead with little trouble, from the time he spudded in until he struck the pres- ent large flow of gas. Whether the gas is wet or dry has not been learned. STATE. INGOME TAX FOR! ‘EDUCATION 15 URGED BY STATE COMMISSIONER CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 16—L. = Tidball, Jr.. Wyoming State com: sioner of education, speaking waters |the Lion's club here, defended the re cent action of the Wyoming 8 | Teachers’ association in appr ioe a resolution recommending a state | income tax to assist in financing ed- ucation, More than $9,000,000 spent in the state anually for the purchase and upkeep of automobiles Tidball stated, adding that $2,000,000 is expended for admission to dance hal's and other amusements and $3 000,000 for highway construction and maintenance. A state that can afford such expenditures, he stated should be able to devote from $5,000, 000 to $6,000,000 anually to educa ton, PERMIT 1S ISSUED FOR BUSINESS BUILOIN ON WEST FIRST STREET A permit for the erection of a) $20000 two- story brick business building on West First street be- tween Center and Ash was taken out yesterday by O. J. Cachareles. Patterson and Simmons wi! build a $3,000 business building on Jack son street between C and Burling ton. Until Five Dollar Fine Is Pronounced | Sam Gano is deaf. This deficiency im his natural faculties was pain- fully brought out last night when City Attorney R. N. Ogden Judge John A. Murray made re- peated efforts to explain to him/| that he was charged with violating Defendant Is Deaf| anG| BREACH RAISED VER DEALINGS: WITH GERMANY MAY BE FINAL Poincare Takes Issue With Bntish Chief In Address Before Chamber of Deputies. LONDON, Nov. 16.—(By |The Associated Press) .—In- dications are multiplying that France and England are approachig the parting of the ways on the question of how to with Germany | France's threatened _ penalties against Germany if Berlin does not | renounce {t# position on the extradi- | tion of the former crown prince and the re-establishment of full military control tn Germany are declared in government quarters here to be wholly unacceptable to England. These penalties are understood te | First—The selzure of more rail- roads east of the oecupled area, which would probably include the je ventual occupation of Frankfort by | the French. Second—Consolidation and exten. | sion of the Franco-Belgian military position tn the Ruhr. Third—The occupation of Ham- burg-and Bremen, (Panis dispatches today mild high officials of the French foreign office declared they knew nothing of any plan for | French occupation of Hamburg. and the traffic ordinance, Still the man | the ground for this atsctatmer woud tifian’ tatanAarstad. seem also to exclude Bremen.) The magistrate leaned over the| . Great Britain holds that all these bench. "Five dollars fine!” he shout. | threatened sanctions not only violate ed into the ear of the defendant. | the treaty of Versailles but would Gano understood. GRILLING OF FORBES CONTINUES FORMER ADJUTANT 15 ACQUITTED OF ASSAULT CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 16—The second trial in justice court here of Rev. W. K. Weaver, war-time adju- tant general of Wyoming, his son, Rex Weaver, and Elbert Nash, bank- er, on a charge of assault and bat- tery on B. W. Keslar of Hillsdale, where Rev. Mr. Weaver is pastor of the Presbyterian church, resulted in @ verdict of acquittal. The first held several weeks ago, ended ith the jury unable to reach a ver- dict. Keslar charged that the Weavers and Nash attacked him as the result of a charge by Nash that Keslar had accused the Weavers of being pro- German during the war. Fraud Is Seen In ‘Church Solicitors CHEYENNE, Wyoc., Nov. 16—Loca! police and sheriffs are locking for two men who have been soliciting advertising here for a Catholic pub- The solicitors are de- nounced as frauds by Bishop P. J. McGovern of the Catholic diocese of Wyoming. LOOTING OF DENVER BANK SYSTEMATIC Big Steal Started Three Years ‘Ago for Benefit of Mandell, Former Secretary Says on Stand DENVER, Colo., Nov. tary of the Hibernian Bank a Harrington, teller, started a systematic scheme to Hibernia Bank three years a Mandell, Denver broker, Fle 16.—Leo P. Floyd, former secre- with John raid the go for the benefit of Maurice »vd, as star witness for the nd Trust company, prosecution, testified today in the trial of Mandell. The broker is accused of being in- volved in the looting of the institu- tion, which cloged last July after shortages to’ is $464,000 were found in its accounts, Floyd testified, concerning the re- moval of the sea] of the state bank commissioner from the bond box of the bank at the tinie of the last examination, which was shortly be- fore the institution closed. The seal, a paper sticker, was re ved to replace stolen securities in the box while the examination was in progress, according to Flovd He said he ‘first took off the seal (Continued on Page Fourteen.) ® | Wide F. teld of Subjects Covered In Cross-| | Examination of Former Vet- eran Bureau Chief WASHINGTON, Noy. 16.—The sharp plowshare of the senate veterans’ committee, driven forward again to- day through the affairs of Director Charles R. Forbes, turned up another collection of charges, denials and coun- \ter charges, With Forbes on the. stand under cross examination, the inquiry traversed a wide field of subjects, ranging from hospital contracts to alleged drinking parties and pleasure trips. The former di- | rector continued to deny generally j and specifically the accusations of misconduct that have been made against him. ‘The code which Elias H. Mortimer testified was arranged for the use of certain contracting firms and some officers of the veterans bureau figured largely today in the cross examination. Forbes rejterated his denial of any knowledge of any such code, which Mortimer said was ar- ranged during the Pacific coast trip secretary, M. 1, Sweet, was given in the alleged code® The former director said the first he had heard of such a designation for Sweet was during the committee hearings. der” and addressed to “Moxie” which was supposed to be Mortimer's code name. It was under date of Sep- tember 1922 and asked if “Moxie” could not give the writer some idea as to when “the projects we talked about will be ready to figure.” The letter added that “Monk,” al- leged to have been the code name for of Forbes and his party in the sum-/ Mason, had left Tacoma to take his mer of ae oe the use of C. B.| son to Yale. Hurley of the Hurley‘Mason com-| «x. qoubt he will be in Washing- pany of Tacoma, J. W. Black of the! ton around the end of the month,” Black-Thompson company of Ch! | the jetter added, “and no doubt he CARD saa, CCpaee ‘will call on “McAdoo,” Hurley's name in the code, accord-, “McAdoo” was the designation for ing to Mortimer, was “Hyder.” John | Forbes in the alleged code. F, O'Ryan, general counsel for the} O'Ryan aroused Forbes by per- investigating committee, read a tele.| sistent questioning in reference, to gram sent from Tacoma on July 25./a ‘written plan regarding railroad 1922, and signed “Hyder.” As trans-| connections in South America which lated it read as follows: |the former director sad had been “Wish to leave for Alaska thir-| handed to him by J. W, Black with a tleth. Return about tenth. Will|request that he examine {t for sug- absence interfere. Ask Forbes.” | gestion. Forbes wroe some sug- ‘Two postal cards signed “Hyder” Sestions and said Black had offered then were offered. Both were ad-|"!m employment in connection with dressed to Mortimer in Washington. They were of a persona] nature and | Cause he “could not stand the trop-) referred to fishing trips in British|!¢s.” Columbia and Oregon. pgs Sega ae patie mow es not sho ° Denying that he had ever sent any | proposal to Sweet and Milliken of the eee a alk the mmesutgen that| egal division for thelr opinions. went out from him were signed by| (Suppose I did ahow it to Sweet harles FR. Forbes" and “were in| jor Miltiken,, what of it?" asked) the clear.” The witness said he bb ap What was wrong, with could offer no exp'anation if coples/ of his communications were not in the bureau fil “pia you messages through an Pickles,” 'm not characterizing yan and switched the > the Pa A rh said his | Harding ge vical to fon the Ale af Forbes’? Continued on Page Bleven) it," sal ever send nf ntation of a Alexande ‘pickles was the name O’Ryan read a letter signed “Hy-/ |the work which he had declined be-| knowing| inquiry! LAKE VICTIMS NOT RECOVERED With a large force of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy employes, who volunteered their services, the search for the #bodies of Antonio Russ and Frederick Davis, who jwere drowned im Johnson's lake, 12 miles east of Casper, on Tuesday, {continued today. In addition to the large force of men a large supply of equipment was gent to the scene of the tragedy |this morning. It included a large {boat in which a half dozen men \can work at the same time and more grappling hooks and nets. Tho parents of the Russ boy safled for Italy about a week ago and so far they have not been noti- fied of the death of their son. They have no other chijdren. Owing to the heavy growth of moss and weeds on the bottom of |the lake, the grappling hook work is being seriously impeded and |thos® in charge will make no hazarc jas to when the bodies may be re- ‘covered. A Message To the Purchasing our Tre head of the household the purchasing agent for biggest institution . Information {8 the only basis for intelligent purchasing. In | order to fill this job she must jpknow what, when and where to buy. The only way to keep up to the minute on this great job is care- ful reading of the advertising Regularly in The Tribune s business houses the goods and vorld for the gu | formation of the bus the by in the shops. are ware opping | NEWS BRIEFS MOSCOW, Nov. 16—According to a dispatch from Kharkov, the south- ern ore trust has received an offer from United States Senator William H. King for the purchase of the en- tire output of the Iron and mang which he recently visited. AURORA, Il, Nov. 16—What to do with a goat that on Wednesday ate half a pound of nitro-glycerine in gelatin form and munched two! sticks of dynamite is perpexing au thorities here, No one has found wiling to approach the animal with any proposition. been BELLEVILLE, Ml,, Nov. 16—The dirigible TC-3 left Scott Field near here early today on @ flight to San| Antonio, Texas, where it will par-| ticipate in an aerial exhibition No- vember 18, it Was announced. A stop is to be made at Muskogee, Oklahoma, for fuel, and it is expected the ship will asrive there about 3 o'clock this afternoon. The ship carried a crew of eight. nese mines in the southern district | | plunge Germany into » deeper econ- }omic and political mire from which |it would be impossible to extricate her, POINCARE PINS | BLAME ON BRITAIN PARIS, Noy. 16.—(By the Assoc |ated Press.) |issue with of remier Poincare tog Prime Minister Baldwin Great Britain as to who is/ to blame for the present Franco-Brit- sh differences when he rose ‘unex- pectedly to speak ijn the chamber of deputies this afternoon, during an Interpellation of foreign affairs. “I cannot iet it be said that it is by our fault an agreement has not | been reach M. Poincare declared. | “Por several years we have not | ceased to make concessions from our | rights and it is not on our side that |the attitude is uncompromising.” The premier said he had not tn- tended to speak. because he could (Continued on Page Fourteen.) —<—$—$ JAP BUDGET | SHOWS CUT TOKIO, Nov. 16—(By the Asso- | clated Press).—The cabinet’s esti- | mate for the ordinary budget for the year 1924 is 1,270,000,000 yen, the equivalent of approximately $635,- 000,000 {n American money. Thi estimate is a reduction of 104,000,- 000 yen under the current year’s figures. The cabinet has further decided to reduce the proposed ex- penditures for the remainder of the current year by 107,000,000 ye: $25,000 Damage Action'A Dr. I. N. Frost, physician fendant in a damage suit for $ bins, administrator of the estate o ASKED IN SUIT FILED AGAINST FROST Casper Physician Made Defendant In lleging Negligence Of Patient After Operation and surgeon, is made the de- 000 filed by J : James Rob- Arbella Robbins, de- ceased. The plaintiff charges in 2 suit that Dr. Frost was negligent in providing the proper treatment for his wife following an operation last fall and that as a conge- Desi fe*dial October § t «Dr. ¥ that bills rh ARE dices | , t for the hospital [time that the decessed was under | 3 ’ i Soe > undertaker