Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 17, 1923, Page 1

Weather Forecast VOLUME VIII. PLANS LAID FOR CHEST’ DRIVE BY COMMITTEE Poster Contest and Pageant May Carry It Into Schools. Detailed plans for the Casper Com- munity Chest drive which will be etaged here the week of December 3 were developed at a meeting of the officials of the Community Fund yesterday afternoon. E, W. Corn, who is here in the interests of the chest and who will have a large part to do in putting on the drive, out!ined the plans which he had in view for the successful staging of the drive. Mr. Corn suggested the appointment of several committees to work on \. the matter, Among the {important features of the drive will be a poster contest among the “students of the grade schools and high school and a pa- seant which will be given by them. Speakers will appear in the different churches; theaters and luncheon clubs just previous to and during the drive. The drive this year will be for $54,000. “For Others” is the sio- san which has been adopted by the workers. FAST TRACK ASSURED FOR RACE CLASSI LOUISVILLE, Ky. Nov. 17. Partly cloudy weather and a light- ning fast track was in prospect for the Zev-In Memoriam match race at Churchill Downs today. An hour after sun had broken through the clouds, it was apparent that all the conditions imposed by Carl Weide- mann, owner of In Memoriam, for a fast track or at least a firm foot- ing would be easily met. = Be bus Velie ih NEWS BRIEFS BUDAPEST, Nov, 17—An unex- ploded shrapnel bomb was found last night at the door of Karolyi palace in which the French legation is quartered. BUCHAREST, Nov. 17—Large purchases of lumber in Rumania by Japanese have been partially re- sponsible for an important rise in the currency, MOSCOW, Nov. 17—The Interna- tional Barnesdall corporation has be- sun boring operations in the Baku oil district. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Nov. 17— T C-3 reached San Antonio at 2.50 this Saturday morning and after circling over the city a few minutes went directly to Brooks Field, six miles southeast of here. ANTWERP, Nov. 17—A Belgian radium factory just sold 900 milli- grams of radium extracted from uranium mined in the Be'gian Co: WYOMING: Fair tonight and Sunday; colder tonight in extreme southeast portion. A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, And a Booster for City, County and State. Paris Demands for Further Punitive| Measures ‘Against Germans Are Refused by the British LONDON, Nov. 17.—The Franco-British situation has been intensified by the British government’s instructions | to its ambassadors at Paris to inform the ambassadors’ | council that Britain will not accede to the demands of France for further punitive measures against Germany. Another overnight development in allied relations is! Premier Miassolini’s declaration tO! circles, and the hope was expressed the Italian senate that Italy can-/ in quarters near the premier that a not approve “any further occupation | compromise might be reached. The Of German territory.” and that the | prospects of saving the entente Gsomar» People “eannot be de-| were regarded as slight in political 4 circles, however, where *M. Poin- care's optimism was not shared be- cause it was felt he would remain ated Press.)—The final effort to save) firm in demanding action to obtain the entente from dislocation will) protection for the allied military con- probably be put over until Mon-| trol mission in Germany. day, as the British cabinet, seemingly is not ready to give the final word) to Lord Crewe the British ambassa- dor here, as to its position on the application of further penalties upon Germany. ‘The efforts which will be made! meanwhile to prevent a break are regarded in political circles here as despairing, the French and British | governments being too far apart, it | is thought, to make an agreement possible. ye It appeared this noon that the| OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 17—A state- meeting of the allied council of Am-| ment by ‘Thomas Mathews of Oma- bassadors set for today.would prob-| ” ably-go over, unti-Monfigg, although | 0. =peved last night by the aa Central Labor Union, following his the French had been insisting on the refusal to retract an article by him PARIS, Nov. 17.—({By the Associ- earliest possible settlement of the Che Casper D CASPER, WYO., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1923 ome) eeu iG IMPEACHMENT DEFENSE DKUPPED BY WALTON ‘GOTHAM CRIME WAVE CURBED: FRANCO-BRITISH CRISIS NEA | 2.000 EXTRA POLICE ON DUTY NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—Asserting that the police have New York's ADMITTED INBROWNINGS TAAL Recess Taken Until Monday at Close of Week’s Hearing of Marriner A. and John Browning, Charged With Ballantyne Murder. SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 17. — The first week of the testimony of the trial of Marriner A. Browning and John Browning Jr., accused of ithe ying of Benjamin Ballantyne, brothenin-law to John Browning, ended yesterday with the admission in part of testimony of the pur - sence of the jury, for the last four |days. Yesterday Judge M. L. Ritchie jheld that the accusative statements IN EXPULSION AT PORTLAND © "es ltyne knew the end was near and |that they were consequently admis- street when he fights proposals to build up and strengthen the organi- zed labor movement in this coumtry.”’ In his statement relative to the case instituted against him by the ported dying statements of Ballan- tyne and the presentation of some jot the testimony to the jury. The court adjourned at the close of the afternoon sexsion and will not con- vene on the Browring case again until Monday. Further arguments concerning some of the alleged dy- ing statements may be heard Mon- day. The question of the admissibility of these statements has been ar gued before the court, in the ab- jsibie as a dying declaration. Testimony which had hitherto been given before the court was |given to the jury in the afternoon session. Dr. J. J. Galligan and Pa- trolman A. H. Rogers and Julian Riley testified concerning the utter- one of the mdst drastic duty orders ever issued to members of the force, ‘Two thousand additional patrol- men go on the streets today under the terms of the commissioner's or- ders, while the working day of most Fathers and sons again frater- nized for a better understanding of each other last night when the Methodist an@ Christian churches held Father and Son banquets in thelr respective parlors. About 100 lpersons were in attendance at each ‘banquet/ The ladies cf each church had prepared an excellent menu for the occasion. Among the speeches delivered to the Methodists were “Some Metho- dist Fathers and Sons I Have Known," by Dr. G. M -.Anderson; |“Relation of Father and Son” by W. O. Wilson and “The Business of |Being a Father” by Harry B. Dur- ham, H. Roe Bartle was toastmas- \ter. Tracy Shaw was song leader |with E. A, Flinn at the piano. W. J. Stone acted as chairman of the larrangements committee. the FATHER AND SON WEEK HERE {5 CELEBRATED AGAIN LAST NlbuT atly Crihune of the force is extended to 16 hours, with all vacations, days off anc lunch hour abolished. The police are centering their ef- forts on running down the bandits who last Wednesday held up ané shot two bank messengers and es- caped with $43,607, and the robbers who escaped with $50,000 worth of furs from a Fifth Avenue shop af. ter breaking the windows carly yes- terday. and men teachers. He brought out the fact that boys rarely come un- der the influence of a man in the schools until they have reached the high schoo! and for that reason it is all the more important that their fathers should be companions to them. The Rev. C. G. Stout spoke from the standpoint of a father and em- phasized the sacredness of gaining a boy's confidence. Sam Hardy, as sistant scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop No. 13, gave the response, W. C. Goodwin, boy scout deputy commissioner, spoke for the Boy Scouts. A troop of scouts had been invited to the banquet, and men who’ had no sons of their own took scouts to the dinner. Several solos were given, and oth- er music was provided. Omaha central labor body, Mr. Mat-/ances of Ballantyne just before ‘The principal speaker at Guilty Plea to Be Entered by Leonard Portano, Captured In Minnesota ‘After Wholesale Slaying BEMIDJI, Minn., Nov. 17.—Confessed slayer of four question of obtaining resumption of allied military control in Germany. All the allied ambassadors excepting the British and Ambassador Herrick, who attends the meeting for his gov- ernment, were holding themselves in readiness “for = a ~calt; “ut it understood the British ambassador had not received’ fina! instructions and that Lord Crewe probably would absent~himself if a meeting were called. It was regarded as improbable that Premier Poincare would call a meeting today, should the British ambassador be unable to participate, although the premier: is extremely4 anxious to have the situation cleared up at the earliest possible moment. Premier Poincare is ready to make any concession to the London de- mands respecting the ex-crown prince, it: was declared in official KLAN MURDER BEING SIFTED in @ labor paper criticising the ex- pulsion for al'eged communist ac- tivities of William F. Dunne of Butte Montana, from the recent American Federation of Labor convention at Portland, Ore, declared the only is- sue, if any, involved In the cas was “The “of a member of ganized. labor to..criticise the poll- cies of the American Federation: of Labor_and to) criticise or condemn the officials responsible for such policies.” . Mathews, a° de'egate to the cen- tral Union from the local butcher workers organization was accused of “conduct unbécoming a union man” as a result ofthis article, which, com- menting on te Dunne case declared that he (Duf™fe) was not afrald to tell Samuel Gompers (president of the American Federation of Labor) that he is doing the work of Wall | Clue to Motive for Killing of Captain Coburn by P. E. Fox Is Found In Arrest of Mrs. Weaver ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 17.— Possible disclosure of the motive for the shooting to death of W. S. Coburn, attorney for the faction of the Ku Klux Klan headed by Emperor William Joseph Simmons, by agent for the organization e: P. E. Fox, formerly publicity arly today depended upon whether the Mrs. W. A. Weaver, apprehended yesterday at Nashville, Tenn., and later re- leased is the woman sought as hav- ing been in the company of Fox for a few hours before the shooting in Coburn's office nearly two weeks ago. Whi Solicitor John A. Boykin, heading the prosecution, had made no statement early today regarding the possible angles of the investiga- tion, it was considered probable that officers from Atlanta would go to Nashville to question Mrs. Weaver awaiting their arrival in the Tennes- see city. CONFESSED MURDERER OF FOUR CAUGHT BY POSSE take him from the sheriff last night. Portano was captured less than 30 hours after he had - shot and killed Mr. and Mrs, Jolin Sanders, Oscar Timmy and J. A. Wilson,| deputy sheriff and marshal at Kel-| liher. A quarrel with Timmy over the affections of 165-yearcld Myrtle! Sanders was one of the contributing | | hews declared “that the American lated organizations, should be at least as democratic as our own Un- ited States government. Evvery cit- izen has the right to criticise and to his heart's ‘cdnterit. “Like the witch burners of Old Salem, this Gompers machine expels and ex-communicates those who dif- fer the least bit with its concept and policies. Most anything serves as an excuse for their heresay hunting activities. Belief in closer trade union organization, belief in an in- dependent political _party.. for workers, sympathy with the people of soviet Russia——any ideas which differ from those of the autocrats on high are seized upon as thelr jus- tification for denunciation, terror and expulsion. Bet on Horse Backed By Owner ‘The advertising merchant is “on record” regarding his goods, his service and his prices. He ts out in the open backing his advertis- ing with the reputation of the house. It is not always safe just to fare forth to buy on one’s judgment saying, “I know goods and what i they are worth.” Read the advertising columns and shop in the stores where you experience square dealing follow- ing fair promises; where the store organization is alive to the obil gation implied in the day’s adver- tising. The great merchants use the advertising columns of the news- paper for their public contact and the wise shopper programs the buying by reading the advertising. Shop in the Tribune before shop- ping in the shops. About 64 operations are required in the making of a modern shoe. contributory cause for his crime, he intimated. Federation of Labor, with its affil-) coniemn officials of the goverment |, the) \aeath. Through examinaticn of Pa-|Christian church banquet was Dr. trolman Rogers the state introduced |8- K. Loy. Dr. Loy took up the mat- the following statements, said to ter of public schools and women have been made by Ballantyne at the hospital; a few minutes after Baking Company who shot mé!T wanted to live bur they wouldnt’ let me, I Jove my wife better than everything else in the world.” Charles Anderson, employe of the Casper Steam Bakery, was severely burned in lighting a stove at the Magegeah peer bakery Friday when accumulated | $50 In Court Here |s ves tinitea. The victim was taken to the coun- ty hospital where he is being at- | F. Jackson, 838 South David street |tended by Dr. M. J. Nolan. His | who was arrested Thursday night on burns are mostly about the arms a charge of violating the drug ordi-/and ere first degree injuries. He 1s |mance, was fined $50 by Judge John! expected to be out of the hospital A. Murray last night for the offense. within two or three days. _ LIQUOR MADE $8,000 Worth Being Loaded Out for Salt Creek Confiscated by County and Federal Officers Last Night The biggest raid recorded in Natrona county this year was engineered Friday evening when $8,000 worth of | bonded liquor was picked up by the sheriff’s office assisted | by the federal prohibition department. The liquor was |taken at the residence of R. T. Grace, 827 East A street jand was being loaded on a White truck to be hauled to Salt Creek when the officers de- scended on the place. The total of 234 gallons included Green River, Pebbleford, Kentucky Bourbon and several varieties of brandy. The Pebbleford was all in pints, attractively put up in flat cartons, 24 bottles to a carton. The rest of the consignment was largely in. quarts each being sealed and looking as though it had just come from a distillery. R. T. Grace, his father, W. 8. Graee, Maxine Ader and John A. Andrews, the driver of the truck, /| were arrested. They have all been | released on bond of $1,000 each. The | Ader woman went into violent hys-! terics immediately after the raid and it was necessary to call a doc- tor to take care of her. R. T. Grace is a brother of Orville WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 Employ Is Burned Co-eds Pass up Dance to Hear Sanger Lecture CHICAGO, Nov. 17—Co-eds of the University of Chicago yesterday passed tip two matinee dances on the campus to hear Mrs, Margaret San- ger lecture on birth control. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Liberal League of the Unt- versity, with the consent of the Uni- versity authorities, Mrs. Sanger told the young wo- ment immorality would be reduced and éarly marriages encouraged if her beliefs were put into practice. BIG HAUL OF BONDED IN RAID BANK BANDIT IS CAPTURED MONTREAL, Nov. 17.—The po- ice announced that in a raid on a gambling den they had rounded up three Americans believed to be wanted by the New York, Boston and Philadelphia police. One was suspected of being implicated in tHe robbery in Brooklyn last Wednes day when two bank messengers were killed and $43,607 stolen. FINAL EDITION =e NUMBER 22 aAYO HE CANT GET FAIR TRIAL ON CHARGES IN SENATE COURT Case Against Oklahoma Governor Completed Without Considering Martial Law Charges. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Nov. 17.—({By The Associated Press.)— The impeachment trial of Gover- nor J. C. Walton broke up in a tumult today after the executive declaring that he was not recelv- ing a fair trial, stalked from the court room with his counsel and prevented a clash between ¥. T. Sprague, a member of his legal staff and Tom Anglin, president of the senate, OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Nov. 17.—(By The Asso- ciated Press).—-Governor J. C. Walton and his entire defense counsel withdrew from the trial today after the governor had declared before the court that he could not have a fair trial, and could no longer “stand the humiliation to me and my ate torneys. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. Nov. The Associated Press.) — The botar dof prosecution moved to complete tis case today in the im- peachment trial of Governor J. C. Walton. Under a new rule of procedure the 16 charges of moral turpitude. corruption in office, neglect of duty and incompetence will be given to the senate court for a verdict before evidence is presented on the remain- ing six artic in the impeachment bill all of* which charge offenses growing out of the executive's mar- tial law declarations in Oklahema. Possible termination of the trial this month was presaged in the announcement that the prosecution would rest its case late today before adjournment of court over the week end that the defense would begin to present {ts evidence today. About ten days wil! be required by the de- fense it was said. Senator Lodge ' Prepares For New Congress 17.—(By WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, Republican leader of the senate, has returned to his office here to prepare for the convening of the new congress. He called on President Coolidge and ar- ranged for another White Hous appointment later to discuss at length the legislative program. Commenting on Hiram Johnson's candidacy for the Republican presi- dential nomination, Senator Lodge said: “Senator Johnson and I are close personal friends and I trust that we always shall remain so. I am for Mr. ¢ for the Republican nomination. Senator Johnson knows it and the whole country should Know it.” 7.—President Coolidge has Up at Kelliher, Myrtle Sanders re-| Grace who died at a sanitarium in /given his approval to treasury plans for expansion of the mained in the care of friends, show- ing no personal effects of her ter- rifying experience, when Portano forced her to acompany him in his orgy of crime. Her grief over the loss of her parents however, has| caused officials to Jelay thorough| persons, Leonard Portano was captured last night near Kelliher and placed in jail here, pending preliminary hear- ing, when, he has indicated, he will plead guilty to first degree murder, which carries a life imprisonment sentence. Surprised in a barn north of Kelliher shortly after 8 o'clock last night, Portano sur-;fidence that no rendered to Sheriff J. R. Anderson,| would be made and three possemen without a fight, although he was heavily armed and had planned, he sald, to resist arrest. Authorities today expressed con further attempt) men of the} Kelliher district to take the law in; their own hands and seek to take against Portano from jail here, despite the| This feeling has added to his dislike unsuccessful attempt they made to! for many persons there, and was a state attended, the sale. causes of the crime. questioning. The shooting occtirred Thursday afternoon. HEREFORDS AUCTIONED. Two automatic pistols, a revolver MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, Nov. and. a powerful rifle, with a supply of 150 rounds of ammunition, made up the “arsenal” Portano carried. Portano comp‘ained that “the en- tire country around Kelliher’ is 17.—More than 1,300 Colorado Here. yesterday for a total of $61,243, The top price was $67.50 for a lot of | thirty two-year-old steers. The aver: ford catle were sold at auction here |* Rochester, Minn., two weeks ago. | The family has been in trouble with | 4 the authorities in the past and the |contemplate expenditure of $ house had been under surveillance! additional personnel. for- several days previous to the raid. gers, their business destroyed by Injury Fatal | the modification of the Manitoba dry | laws, are turning their attention to To Grid Player |i, the United States with illicit Mquor, according to a state- ment by 8. B. Qvale, prohibition OMAHA,> Neb., Nov. 17.—George Seaman, quarter back of the Harri- director for Minnesota. Neb., footba'l Mr. Qvale termed the organization of Canadian bootleggers one of the him and always ‘has been.| age price for the sales was $46.22. Cattle «growers from all over the} Iplayed the Chadron, Neb., squad. \ largest kon, team, cied at whiskey smuggling enter-| Harrison last night from injuries | prises ever found here. Having com- received yesterday when his team | pleted an extensive investigation, he plans to lay his evidence before coast guard for prevention of rum smuggling. The plans 20,000,000 for new craft and MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 17.—Canadian bootleg- Manitoba authorities in an effort to secure their assistance in suppress- ing the whiskey ring. Alleged Scotch whiskey in huge quantities is coming over the border into Minnesota, Mr. Qvale stated, but he said much of it was Cana- dian moonshine mixed with Scotch whiskey to give it flavor. A letter from a W r found in the p taxicab driver wh peg boot Jarrested on a liquor [charge, led to the i WAR ON WETS WINS OKEH OF COOLIDGE \Biepartsion of Coast Guard Operations Planned to Curb the Smugglers; Canadian Menace Increased according to Mr.’ Qvale. The letter contained standard price lists for various liquors sold by the Mani- toba Liquor Commission, the state director announced. Additional customs service deputies and prohibition agents to patrol the border have been requested of Washington, Mr. Qvale said. Saiceeerernne Living Cost in } U. S. Is Lower Than in France Nov. 17. — Comparative owing the cost of living in 1 States and France re- veal that it takes considerably less money to live in America today than {n this country. The French ment statisians taking the , 1914 as 100, number for y 9 for the United compared with 339 for a ste)