Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 20, 1923, Page 1

A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, a nbiased, And a Booster for City, County and State. aie [ore NUMBER 24 ON IN IE WA R 0 N | 0 E TION CALLED amemasr, ow Te an a a Sp WAR-TIME SPY 1S\)3\RESTE OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENT sees SIS IN PLANS GRANTED PARDON ISI ‘EAR FOR FOR COURT Al Man Convicted During War and Saved From Gallows by RY VIOLATION BUNS" srenbar sat" Decee Impeachment of Walton President Wilson Ordered Released On Ground That His Completed by Senate Conduct ‘As Alien Is Excusable eee “tied Weisgurt has entered Verdict; Appeal to Be WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Lothar Wizke, cenvicted during the war as a German the district court for $10,000 pay ares against C. A. Springsteen. Canied | Higher. spy and saved from a death sentence by President Wilpon, has been ordered released OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. from Leavenworth prison tomorrow. : Wesigurt was knocked down and his right leg broken tn two places, Weisgurt claims that as he was crossing the street intersection that Springsteen, driving an automobile West on A street, turned south on Durbin street at an excess! ve rate of speed. He also asserts in his complaint that Springsteen did not sound his horn, was running without lights and that his car had poor Nov. 20.—(By The Associa- ‘Wizke, who at one time was in the employ of former Ambassador Bernstorff, was ted Press) oe ptaterhehtne tried by a military commission at Fort Sam Ho’ » rexas, ‘and found guilty. His it gee vate ‘ operations were in the vicinity of the military encampifent at Nogales, Arizona, where eraning “hig determination he was said to have gained tnforma-) at Leay: to continue the fight was is- tion{ relative to the numbers, re-| of war, seneaget bets 3: be saved the lives of several prison: sued here today by J. C. sources ‘and operations of American| ‘Reports to the war department | ers when a bdoller in the prison Walton, who was removed from of- troops with the intent of comm:uni-| since his confinement said Wizko | power plant exploded. fice ag governor last night by a sen- cating the intelligence to the euemy. ‘The case has been given prom! court of impeachment. Wizke was sentenced to death by nence . by German nationalist “Only the rats leave a ship in hanging but that sentence was miti- deputies who planned to interpol: distress,” the deposed executive as- gated by President Wilson to lite this government regarding Wizke's rted. “Few have deserted me in confinement and has been the sub- brakes. imprisonment and he was confined this fight and the ship is not sinking. dect of correspondence between tho BLAST INJURY PROVES FATAL Injuries recetved last Thursday night when an explosion of gas occurred {n an oll tank belonging to the Fargo Oil company tn the Polson Spider field proved fatal to ested in securing a pardon for the prisoner. In ibmitting recommendations | for the release of Wizke to Presi- » ” dent Coolidge, war department of- PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT PLAGED WN CONGRETE FORM AT CHICAGO. Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates | To Be Named on May 30 of Next Year.at Convention Set for Twin Cities. CHICAGO, Noy. 20:—The third party movement set pnder way here by a meeting of representatives from Pro- gressive political organizations was given tangible form Baggy with a call for a national convention to be held at} either: Minneapolis or St>Paul, May 30, 1924, for the pur-| pose of naming presidential and vice presidential candi- =e eee Pq ANCS IN SESSION WITH COUNTY BOARD woters may have eatablished in their New AccountingSystem Vernon, declared to be mayor of To Be Installed in Bages, Wyoming, a deputy sheriff f of hjs county, is being /hetd by the herein set forth.” 4 County, Ss local police while they investigate a papi or orth of principles; set story) told-them early today by Mra. forth ie is fo a | Ellen, patton Srean in,’ Ukewise rol of natural. chy ‘texan, Police Activities Here Are Summarized by Federal Agent. A good record on all arrests for violation of the’ prohibition law has been made by, the Casper police de- partment, according to O. W. Raga, federal prohibition agent who was in Casper yesterday checking up on the werk of the department here from June 1, 1922 to June 30, 1923. Officer Raga found that 1,295 arrests were made on liquor charges during this period and that out of these only six persons have beén acquitted. Four arrests were made for man- ufacturing, 141 for possession, and 1,144 for intoxication. No arrests were made for the sale of liquor since to prove this charge would be neces- sary to show evidence of an actual transaction. If all the jail sentences for liquor violations were added together they would make nine years, seven months and five days. Fines tm- posed amounted to $27,647. En- forcement of’ the prohibition law by the police department. created no based upon’ the ‘abolition of special privi'ege;* described as meaning the unjust economic advantage by possession of .which a small group our natural resources, ransportation, industry and credit, stifles competition, prevents oppor- tunity for development of all, and thus dictates conditions under which we live.” An invitation to join tn the move- ment Was to “all progres- organiza- OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Nov. 20.—(By The Associated Press.) ——————————————————————— ee a) tank, when the explosion of gas y which had gathered over the oj] | J: C- Walton's gubernatorial careor, resulted. aa spectacular as it was brief, is So far as known the deceased | Vr leaves. no relatives in Casper. He| Deposed yesterday by the verdict has a sister in Iowa who is coming | of a senate court of impeachment to make arrangements for the dis-| which found him guilty of charges position of the body which is now| of moral turpitude, corruption in at the Shaffer-Gay chapel. office, neglect of duty and incom- $< petenes,. his term of office gs Olla- GRANGE ELECTs. homa‘s fifth governor was broken expense, since all costs wers added| PITTSBURGH, Pa., Ni 20, —| off after little more than ten months. and in other/ to the fines. Louis J. Taber of Barnesyille, Ohic, But as his successor prepared for- waye obstructing the successful con:| In two cases the local authorities| was elected national master of, the | mally to take over the reins of gov- War by the United | were-aasisted pan federal authorities | National Grange at the atmual ‘con-| ernment today, Walton girded for a in maki, vention here. last desperate effort to retain the fT IT 6 ab ie Fake Diploma $75,000 BAIGK BUILDING) Graft Probed Dave. Wright, watchman, who dicd at noon today at a local hospital. Wright was badly burned over al- most the entire surface of his body and tt took some time before he could receive medical attenticn. He had been examining the gauge 19 ficlals drew a sharp distinction be- tween Wizke’s case and that of wa: prisoners still held for violation of war time statutes, It was pointed out that Wizke was a German na- ‘and hip conduct as an alien aiffered dist'nctly from that of determine the height of ofl in the > oy tou nt for violation oe lonage' an DENVER, Colo., Nov. 20.—J. B. Installation of an entirely mew. ac-| 2 a fair trial. His next move will be made to- morrow when his legal staff appears before a federal judge here for a rehearing of his application for a retroactive injunction to annul the action of the court of impeachment | This falling, an appeal will be taken | 88 @ last resort to the United States supreme court, accompanied by a | petition for a writ of supercedas to } declare him the incumbent until the |case is threshed out before the | tribuni bly assem! as guaranteed by the constitution. The insta ee Chance to. Defend Character In Evidence Before Senate Com- mittee’s Bureau Probe Bandit Chase Too Costly; Is Abandoned by Governor ‘Ross, sist progressive members of con-| the money hand'ed by Natrona coun- gress to draw .up bills and amend-| ty exceeds that of any other county’ ments having. for their special 2: in the state and also is greater than | ject the achievement ‘of the pur-!the general state fund each year. pos2 déclared ih the’ platform.” ~~ “|The ‘system now in use is one that The conference decided to support | while satisfactory years ago when in South Dakota and elsewhere the|the county and population were efforts of established Farmer-Labor| small, is at the present time ante-| ‘organizations, whose alms’are the| dated and inadequate to handle the | Same as those set forth by the pro-| work, gressives, according to their an-j Quite a delegation accompanied nouncement. the governor on‘his trip here includ- lutions Setting forth the plat-|ing Mr. Hule, Vincent.Carter, state form of the conference were signed, | auditor; John Snyder, state treasur- gmong others, by Roy M. Harrop,|er and Mrs, Catherine Morton, etate chairman, progressive party, ‘Ne-| superintendent of education. The braska; Ray McHaig, national com-! party loft this afternoon for Lander, (Continued. on Page Ten) - japect the governor will make an in- 525 REWARD: {the bork cana minded. —_— 4 OIL HEARING IS RESUMED SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 20 ——The $100,000,000 suit of the Univer- sal Oll company against the Stan- dard Oil company of Indiana, was resumed in Santa Maria yesterday with Federal» Judge Holmes ‘Hall,! | presiding. ; The day was given over to lab- oratory tests to ascertain whether the refining process of the Standard Oll company 1s an infringement of patent rights held by the Untyersal. BROWNING CASE. AT ‘SALT CREE IS NEAR CLOSE had practically conceded that the killing wan justifiable. Marceneaux had not completed his case when the time came for the evening adjourn- ment and will be permitted to con- his arguments t The too, will present argu- ments today. Last week the admissabillty of the alleged dying statements was thought to have been settled but the matter was re-opened, yesterday be- cause one of the stute’s witnesses testified that Ballantyne had been to’d he was shot in the shoulder and did not know that the bullet had entered his neck and that his’ con- ditio nwas serious, The Tribune -will pay « reward of $25 for information leading to the apprehension of any person or persons taking ‘Tribunea from the houses. of subscribers after the papers have been delivered the carrier boys. If you haye information of this characte, or if you have reason SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 20.—With Thomas ‘Marceneaux, at- forney for the défense, using al! the brilliance within his power to ee- cure @ difected verdict for not guilty for Marringer A. Browning and’ John Browning, Jr. on trial for kill- ing Benjamin F. Ballantyne last April. 9, a climax in the trial is thought to’ be: rapidly approaching. All day yesterday Marceneaux shot argument after argument at trial Judge Richie in his effort to show Bal’antyne did not know at the time he made certain accusations that .he was about to die, atid that the pros- ecution, through its own witnesses, ON WEST FIRST STREET by Grand Jury A permit for a $25,000 brick busi-| EUREKA, Callf., Nov. 20—Del ness building to be erected on West| Norte, a thinly populated county, First street between Center and Ash| has found pursuit of ‘the bandits was taken out ‘yesterday by Olle} who held up a Southern ‘Pacific H. Meyer. The structure will be| train in the Sisktyou mountains, 50 feet by 75 feet. killing four men, more than & Harding Brothers will erect two | month ago, too costly a matter to $4,500 residences between First and| continue longer, District attor- A. on Fenway. M. Shiley ta} ney James Davis announced ,yest- the contractor. ¢ terday the chase would te aban- anne * ADDRESS WANTED An inquiry Ras been received by. the.police department here trom Del- bert Seaweard, Glenns Rabg Idaho concerning the whereabouts of Lon health of Lon Seaweard's wife is said|- to be the cause of the anziety. Mr. Seaweard is five feet eleven ees eX Nov. 7 Inches tall, sandy complexion, pia rare? navy 56 Years of age. He is a blacksmith! here ta¢ay on a trip to, Bex to Boston. "She and plummer by trade. It is'thought|carried forty four men ‘end jéffi- that perhaps he may be in the oll) field since he has run a drill. | evant . Business VS. Profession How. often have you seen the leading professional man, his ser- vices in demand far beyond his Physical ability to respond to the call for his services. Suddenly his career is cut short and the re- sults of a lifetime of personal ef- fort immediately cease. It 1s wholly different with a business . institution, catering to the public, whose head may be no.more capab’¢ than the profes sional man. Settlements- Reached That the Burlington railroad is now Seering: xD claims arising from ite passenget train wreck in Cole A properly managed business a house buildg an institutional stat- |Creek September 27, is shown by a us in the Minds of’the gencral |T@Port coming here ‘from Douglas public which exists and persists | yesterday. quite spart from changing per- tn gettetor Sraapd paris sonnel. It is understood that arrangements One of the chief factors in | for settlement have virtually been achieving. this enviable commun- completed in two Douglas’ cases. ity standing is advertising—mak- |yire, Nick Schmidt, it is eald, will ing fair and square day by day'|be given $7,500 for the. death-of her announcements‘ and llving up to husband and*$2,500 damages'for per- them. sonal injuries to herself. So far The Tribune {s glad to grow |as known no payment has been made along with leading merchants who |in connection with the deaths of are daily building themselves | Charles A. Guenther of Douglas and through use of ity co'umns, William Hines of Ross, lows: ¢ ¥. $15,000; Otto Emil Gahns, $7,500. ter's, widow, Mrs. Estelle Gahns col- lected an insurance policy: of $15,000 held by her husband but upon which he had ‘never paid a premium. Gahns who was-a traveling man, had taken out a policy for $5,000 and arranged to pay the premium when ho return- ed to Denver from the trip on which he “lost his lite. policy provided for the payment of $15,000 if he lost his-life in a railroad] the desert, plans to make a dash into accident. in the smoker of the Pullman. ‘and necessary. “There has been too much irrele- vant testimony in this matter al- ready,” Chairman Reed sald. principal offender was Mrs. Mortimer’s own attorney in her divorce proceeding (S. D. ‘Tim- berlake, of Stanton, Va.) He drag- “The in this respect CLAIMS PAID BY BURLINGTON IN WRECK DEATHS for Tragédies Growing Out of Cole Creek Disaster In September The claims of the, heirs of three Denver men have been arranged out of court, the amounts being as fol- Russell Truman Gierhart Richard G...Netll, $14,000; The lat- A clause in the He was’ one of the men WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Mrs. Katherine Mortimer of Philadelphia, wife of Elias H. Mortimer, star witness against former Director Charles R. Forbes, tried unsuccess- fully to testify today before the senate veterans’ commit- tee in an effort, she said, to vindicate publicly her ‘“char- acter and good name.” Responding to the forma! request of her counsel, Daniel 7. Wright, Chairman Reed, said Mrs. Mortimer are paid |had been heard at her own request t, the lm ‘private. He added that the com- mittes also would propound tq Mra. Mortimer in public such questions AIR LINER jas here’ counsel might prepare, as jthe committee might regard as re- ged into the record matters which he ag an attorney must have known was irrelevant. “We do not recall anything in the record reflecting on the character of Mrs. Mortimer. Where she was referred to it was merely for the Purpose of fixing dates and times and the names of persona present when veterans bureau matters were under discussion.” Mr. Wright told the committee he did’ not have in mind Timberiake‘s testimony, and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Williams of Philadelphia, uncle and aunt of Mrs. Mdrtimer. He said- he would be glad to submit questions to the committee, and that Mrs. Mortimer had asked him to request the com. mittee that her testimony given in secret session be made public. Mrs. Mortimer then left the com- mittee room with her counsel. In presenting the plea of his clent Mr. Wright said Mrs. ‘Morti- mer had come asking for an oppor- tunity to refute the insinuations made before the committee and de- clared that#a spirit of fair play “would demand that she be heard.” “A woman's character ia a dell- cate thing,” salG Mr. Wright. “It is as fragile as frost on a window—a breath of air expelled. and it is gone foreyer. And yet, it’ is her most Priceless poseession.”’ Testimony of Forbes that Mathew O'Brien of Sanlrancisco had the endorsement cf the entire California delegation as architect for the Liv- ermore, California, hospital was denied by Representative Lineberg- er, Republican, Californim, in a tele- gram to Chairman Reed, which wat read inta the record at today's ses- sion of the committee. Chafacterizing Forbes’ testimony in this respect as “unqualifiedly false” Representative Lineberger demanded that he be made to pro- duce the proof of his assertions. oes) 2 os Tene PARIS.—The Egyptian Prince Ke- mal Eddine, who recently acquired a French automobile equipped with caterpillar whee's for travelling over Lybi to find a record left there by the British explorer Rolfe in 1893, but, that of Mortimer HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 20— Examination of Harry T. Brun- dldge, St. Louis newspaper man, who brought to this state a mass of information uncovered in St. Louis, was expected to be resumed when a grand jury took up again today the probe into an alleged | v conspiracy by which {t is charged | many. persons secured licenses to | practice medicine in Connecticut through the operations of a “fake diploma”* mill. Twelve Drunks Check Out Monday) In Police Court Twelve drunks pafd their fines to Judge John A. Murray last’ night, those not caring to appear in person The deposed executive's original application was denied the day be- fore the impeachment trial opene1 and observers see scant likelihood that the decision will be reverseil after the rehearing. Walton's removal was decreed last night by unanimous vote of the | senate court after he had been coii- ted of 11 of the 16 impeachment articles upon which he was prose- cuted, and hin application had been denied for a new trial. The court then adjourned until this mprning when it will consider & motion to assess all costs of the trial against the deposed governor. A statement is expected from the defense today. Walton last night ungrily refused to comment on the action of the court. Ideutenant Governor M. E. Trapp, who has been acting executive sinc Walton's suspension before his trial and who automatically becomes gov ernor with Walton’s removal, do |clared he would address the legis- lature within the next two or thres before the magistrate having left| days. the requisite amoant with the deak sergeant. Kathrine May forfeited a bond of} 20.—Announcement $50. She. was charged with violat-!| ing the drug ordinance. . L,. A. Knapp, sion of liquor, paid a fine of $60 also. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Nor. was made at the office of Governor M. FE. Trapp | today that the state legisiaturs charged with illegal posses: | would be asked to receas at once until the second week in January. WANTED-- 10,000 CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHEST FUND Contracting of Great Number of Casper Residents Is Pro posed In Reach- ing Goal of $54,000 Ten thousand Casper citizens will be asked to contri- bute to the Casper Community chest when the drive is opened Dec. &, at the Chamber given over to an explanation chest campaign which is faci ferent items that go to make up the budget this year were discussed according to by'E, C. Chappell, chairman of thet an announcement this noon of Commerce forum luncheon which was of the various phases of the ng local residents. The dif- et committee, while Henry Fi. kins, chairman of the ways ung (Continued on Page Nine)