Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 7, 1923, Page 1

Weather Forecast WYOMING: Snow or rain tonight and Saturday. Cold. ere be GONGERUITIVES RETAIN LEAD I BRITISH HOUSE, MAJORITY GONE ee, Premier Baldwin Sees ef tax reaustion, ‘but tne samins Rocks Ahead in His prolimtaary Graft bil! eS net ‘Fight to Hold Gnp On Government. | Wesscige Paves the | Way for Activity and Removes All| Uncertainty WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.— President Coolidge’s first an- ‘nual message congress | {has served to clear the at- ‘mosphere at the capitol so far as the administration’s |houfe yesterday by Secretary Mel jlon differs in material aspects from the proposals in this direction an- {nounced recently by the Republican linsurgents in the house. | Other subjects treated by Mr. Coolidge which leaders generally ., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1923 ORM HITS NORTHWEST FIVE CONVICTIONS SECURED OUTGROWTH OF LATE CITY RAIDS Four Bootleggers and One Gambler Must Pay "Penalty; Three Cases Continued and Several Suspects Released. Four convictions for bootlegging and one for gambling were esecured in police court last night when the offenders taken by the raids led by Mayor John M. Whisenhunt the previous day were arraigned before Judge John A. Mur- ray. Five men who had been held as suspicious characters were dismissed since nothing could be proved against them while three continuances were, shown to range from $3 a pint for granted. Three of the Hquor cases | moonshine to $10 a pint for presum- were appealed. ably bonded Mquor. f The court last night was the live-| Jack Dobbins was sentenced to Hest that has ever been held in re-|60 days in jai! and gesessed a fine LONDON, Dec. 7.—The Eve- ning Standard today insists that Premier Baldwin, “having ap- pealed to Caesar and been re- jected,” has no alternative but to submiit .the resignation of his government. BEWDLEY, England, Dec. T—(By The Associated Press).—After the declara- tion of the poll here, showing to have won his seat in the house of commons over his Iiteral opponent by a majority of, than 6,000, Stanley Baldwi: minister, .eaid to his con: shal) be to, face them, knowing I . mee and support.’ “With “586 seats out 615 account- ea for up to six p. m. the standing say will furnish stubborn contests in congress include the coldiers’ bonus; American adherence to the world court with reservations: amendments to the transportation act; relief for agriculture in general and the wheat growers in particular jand antitynching législation. Bills embodying several of the recommendations of President Cool- idge already have been introduced and others will be presented later, Congress was in recess today un- til: next Monday out of respect to the memory of President Harding: Democrats of the house were call ed in a party caucus to select theif members of the ways und nitank committee, who in turn, will make assignments a “of Democrats to’ other Represent! Green of Towa, prospective rman of the house to. have that committee organi: (Continued on Page Eleven.) Conservatives 252; labor party 182;/ liberals 142; other parties 10. | The laborites were definitely as-! sured tonight of being returned as the opposition in the commons, as} the liberals could not overtake them | even if they won all the remaining seats. ‘The greatest number of seats the! laborites ever held before was 144. The situation now is one of the most complex that has ever occurred | in British politics, It is generally | believed Premier Baldwin will con-| tinue to conduct the government until he meets with defeat in the/ commons. Since it will be impos-| sible for’ him to put through the protection measures which formed the only purpose of his campaign, he probably will invite defeat as the! most graceful way out of his post-| tion by proposing any motion in the house which the laborites and liber- els oppose. The government would thus be overthrown and the king, according to custom, would summon J. Ram: say MacDonald, as leader of the of. ficlal_ opposition party, to form a cabinet. In an interview on the election result former Premier Lloyd George eaid: BERGDOLL KIDNAPER IS SENTENCED Ways and means committee, ho when it was sold to them had taken cent months. The court room was (Continued on Page Two) packed with defendants, attorneys, | witnesses, officers, and onlookers. ‘G00D TIME’ | Many persons were forced to stand up because of lack of available space. At 7 o'clock, just before the lights CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 7.—(Spe- clal to The Tribune.)—Announce- ment was made at the office of the went outiin that section of the city, Judge Murray declared a recess until Wyoming; State Board of Charities and Reform Thursday that patient 8:30. General commotion followed, Search through the records had the officers fearing that some of the Prisoners who had not been tried would attempt to leave. The session last night was also interesting because it was the first instance in recent times at least that men have been sent out by the city to gather evidence and. have then presented that evidence to the court. W. B. Longshore and H. J. Bardwell were tne men who had| time” been ussigned .to this had gone to several suspected esta- )biishments during past three weeks, had asked Mquor. and allowance of) “time off” for .good behavior, which’ latter allowance ranges from one to six months a year, depending on the time the convict has served. The board has requested an in- away-enough of it to usé as evidence im court. Prices of whiskey wi Eighteen Months In to Ohio Man Who Tried to Bring Back Draft Slacker Prison Is Meted Out MOSBACH, Baden, imposed today upon Corliss Ohio, for the part he played in the attempted kidnaping of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, American draft evader, at Eb- Karl Sperber of Paris was sentenced erbach last August. to 15 months and the Russian Prince Faust Gagarin to five months. Eu gene Victor Nelson of Chicago, the fourth defendant, was sot free. MOSBACH, BADEN, Dec. 7—(By Vind Associated Press}—A sentence ot three years for Corliss Hooven “The remult has made {t clear that } Griffis of Hamilton, Ohio, was ree- the trickery of ‘the honest man’ has | ommended today by States Attorney ignominiously failed. The peopis bave seen through both The most remarkable, jn many ways, the most gratifying feature of the eleo- tion im the rejection by the agricul- tural districts of the hugs bribes offered them by the tncorruptibles.” GLASGOW, Deo. 7.—Herbert As- qulth, former liberal premier, who was returned to parliament by his Paisles conetitusnta yesterday, lett fer London today. “Free trade is safe,” he salé. LONDON, Dee. 7.—<Election) — (Continued on Page Eleven.) kidnap Ameri- Nebel for the attempt to Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, can draft evader, Nebel also urged three years for Karl Sperber of Paris, one year for the Russian Prince, Faust Garagin and six months fer Eugene Victor | Nelson of Chicago. Bergdoll’s counsel contended these terms were insufficient punishment and asked the court for heavier sen- tences, especially Zor Griffis and Nel- son. Nebel contended that the United| States government was largely re- sponsible for the attempts to remove Bergdoll illegally. Bo expressed GIRL INVOLVED IN HOAX GRUESOME STORY TOLD APA, Calif., Dec. 7.—Long hours of questioning by authorities yester- day drew from Edward J. Sailstad and his Chicago “sunshine girl.” Dorothy Anderson, former music hall entertainer, the threads of an amazing skein of machination and circumstance by which they are re- Yealed today as the alleged per- petrators of a gruesome hoax, in which they robbed a grave and burned a corpse while enthralled hy love for each other three years ago. it was a plot’ to obliterate the egistence of Edward Sallstad, head &f & >tonograph’ factory in ang enable Lim Cue, Wis, to leave his wife and children and pur- sus. his love’for her, Miss Anderson told District Attorney Thomas ©. Anglim yesterday, as sho lay on a hospital cot here, wan and thin suffering from tuberculosis, Details of the confession of the girl tallied with those given by Sailstad Wod- nesday after “the arrest of tho couple, according to the district at- torney. Sailstad is being held in jail and both he and his companion are incommunicatio, pending the arrival of Wisconsin authorities, al- though both were questioned at length yesterday by authorities. Sailstad has been charged with Dec. Press).—A sentence of eighteen months’ imprisonment was Because of the thousands of names that comprised the lists given to the Community Chest fund workers and the shortness of the campaign it has been impossible to see every- one. No person who is a resident of Casper wishes to be passed up in a community program. This fact is realized by the committee to whom 7.—(By The Associated Hooven Griffis of Hamilton, the opinion that it would be wise if the Americans, in the interests of|the work of solicitation was dele. peace, abandoned “this everlasting] sated. While further efforts are man hunt" for Bergdoll. He assert-|————*—— |ea Germany's sovereignty had been violated and that the Americans had taken advantage of Germany's posi- tion, as she was weak and virtually down and out. | | “If the American government de- | sires the extradition of Bergdoll why does it not take the steps through the proper channels?” the attorney asked. - He declared Griffis and his| fellow defendants should thank their| jlucky stars and the Eberbach police that they were not lynched on the| night of August 10 by a mob of in-! furlated citizens. | The Tribune carried th any other one month in its ————..—_—_ KING’S HERALDS TO MEET The King’s Heralds of the East Side Methodist Community church} will, meet tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the church. All child-) ren of the church are invited. | newspapers. Total paid inches of Tribune arson, for the alleged burning of a | cottage at Lake Nebagamon, Wis.,! in which he is sald to have placed the body of Allan McPhee, a friend.| papers, however, are Sheriff's Forces and Government Men Join In Cleanup; to U. S. Court at Cheyenne Fourteen arrests were made Thursday afternoon on charges if liquor violations by the esheriff’s office assisted by federal prohibition officer ed with the exception of one v rs. All of the persons arrest- were for sale of liquor and the evidence had been gathered some time within the last couple of weeks. Those who were arrested and ar raigned late in the afternoon before M. P. Wheeler, U. S. commissioner, include J. M. Van Cauter, John H. Hanley, G. C. Mondre, John Dun don, John Dobbins, P. A. Thompson David Rudd, Hanna . Nell Jackson, W. W. Earl Weich, Dan Caughlin, Forrest and Lewis Collins, the latter colored. The arrests following quickly on the heels of the raid staged Mayor John Whisenhunt the night before threw a scare into the boot leggers’ camp and liquor was hard OWANCES FOR to buy in the downtown district last night. Most of the well known bars on Center, Yellowstone and David were closed for the evening at least. All but four of those picked up were able to furnish the $500 bond for their appearance at the spring term of federal court in Cheyenne Thompson, one of those arrested, 1% said to have escaped in a bootleg: gers’ raid near Salt Creek tw« months ago. He was caught at th oil camp yesterday afternoon The arrests yesterday culminate a month of unusual activity in Na- trona county by the federal agents. Numerous stills have been picked up during that time in addition to the raids that have been made in All Bound Over | TS CHALLENGED CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITY CHEST FUND STILL RECEIVED) s65 Today m TRIBUNE ADVERTISING GROWS, RANKS FIRST IN WYOMING advertising during the past month of November than greater than that carried by any other newspaper in Wyoming, and only exceeded in Colorado by Denver The figures are as follows: Total inches of paid advertising, Tribune Nov. In the month of October the Tribune also lead in volume over all other Wyoming and Colorado news- papers, the Denver papers excepted. The Tribune does not claim that it is the only news- paper in which results can be obtained—some news- others, circulation being the determining factor. Casper. ———— ELOPERS CAUGHT AT CHEYENNE RELEASED CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 1.— George Dreith, 19, taken into cus tody here for investigation enroute to Seattle, Wash. with 16-year-old Katheren Huntston of Berthoud, Colo., has been released. Tho girl has been taken back to Berthoud by her father. Dreith and the girl asserted they had intended to be married at Seattle. vestigation of the records at the penitentiary at Rawlins, to deter- mine whether they contain any au- thority for the special “good time” allowance. Under the combined statute de- duction and the special “good time” deduction, 4 conyict sentenced to serve from 30 to 35 years may be ui jon of thir- Under the special “good time” practice for which authority cannot be found thousands of convicts have | been reléased before the expiration | of thelr minimum terms, less the statute deduction. | Gunman Gets Local Holdup jto be.made to include all willing cit-| | izens in this 1924 contribution to} |charitable organizations and wel-| = fare associations, it is sincerely | J.B. Russell, 617 South Dur- ‘hoped that subscriptions will be| bin stréet, was relieved of $65 turned in at various business houses and banks in the city. | | Come forward if vou have not been |called upon. Make it unnecessary |for someone to see you before you! do what you shouldn't and wouldn't let pass undone. in cash at 3:16 o'clock this morning just as he was near- ing his home when an unidentt- fied man stepped in front of him and poked a gun in his face. Mr. Russell is a barber at the White House barber shop. No clue | to the highwayman has yet been | found by the police working on the case. NURSES. ASSOGIATION UPHOLDS VAGCNATON| 1 | | CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 7.—| The board of directors of the Wyo-| ming State Nurses’ association. at} a meeting here Thursday, approved | the action of the State Board of| Health in ordering excluded from | public schools all pupils who have| not complied with the vaccination | who are | e greatest volume of daily history. This volume was law. 35,162 -29,882 advertising Oct. m Fifty-four thousand six hundred naturally more effective than ]'fitty-two dollars and sixty-five Tf | cents! And Casper’s first Commu: y Crime He NUMBER 38 DECKS CLEAR |FOURTEEN ARRESTED INSii? SUPE IN CONGRESS (COUNTY-FEDERAL RAIDS BY HEAVY GALE, BODIES WASHED eae ru ASHORE TODAY ‘|Property Damage in Northwest Is Large; Snowstorm Sweeps Central Wyoming. 45000 SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 7.—Sixteen persons are be- lieved to have perished as the result of a 24-mile-an- hour gale which swept the northwest coast territory Wednesday night ana early yester- day, causing hundreds of dollars im property damage, crippling eommun- ication facilities and tnundating por- Uons of Hoquiam and Aberdeen Washington and Warrenton, Oregon, Fifteen persons are believed been drowned when the steamer T. W. Lake sank yesterday n Rosario Strait between Lopez and Fidalgo Islands, near Anacortes. Four bodies, three of them uniden- Ufied, have been recovered by police authorities of San Juan county. One of the bodies is said to be that of Captain E, E, Mason of Tacoma. The ship was westbound from Fri- day Harbor in the San Juan Island Broup to Anacortes, when she sank. ta have The other death was’ that of Thomas E. Phipps. 32, timekeeper at mill -in- Bellingham. Te was repairing thé entrance gate to the plant when it suddenly opened and struck him on the head, killing hina instantly. With the exception of the ship wreck coastal navigation wos unhampered, although the 5S. 3. Empress of Canada was forced to abandon her call yesterday at Vic- torla and dock at Vancouver, B. C, on account of the rough weather. ove In many towns and cities alonz: the coast, telephone and telegraph facilities were put out of commis- sion by the wind and rain and ‘a some instances street car traffic tied up by the water and lack of pow Falling trees and rocks blocked r - road lines, in son instances. Bellingham, I rett, Aberdee. and Houquiam felt the brunt c t storm apparently, although storm assumed the proportions of blizzard at Vancouver, B. C., a disrupted telegraph and telephone communication. Three feet of snow was reported to have fallen in the Ca. n tha a 1 ‘ade mou tains, and a foot of snow fell in the Kachees, Keechelus and Cleelum lakes district. The rain apparently was general along the entire Pacific coast, h precipitation having been recorded far south into California, Storm Follows Gale In Casper slowing on the heels 404 mile-an-hour gale last night which caused some damage to property in various sections of the city, central Wyoming jay was enveloped by a snowstorm, the third of the early winter season. Snow started to fall early this morning and the storm was st{ll in progress this afternoon, but moderate temperature prevailed and much of the snow melted as it fell. The forecast for tonight and to- morrow holds out no hope for im- MAN WHO HAD HIS GAR “STOLEN” FINDS IT IN SHERIFF'S POSSESSION LARAMIF, Wyo.—When fF. F. Fanning, who operates a leased ranch near this city reported to the county attorney this morning that his automobile had been stolen dur-| ™edlate abatement of the storm. actos BeBe da ing the night, he was told that the E car was in the possession of the _ BROTHER DIES IN EAST sheriff and that he had been com W. L. Stahl of the Tribune today recelved sad news of the death of his brother, Harvey Stahl, 47, of Meyersdale, Pa The latter re- plained against as a following a raid on his ranch and the capture of a 25-gallon still and moonshiner, twelve gallons of liquor. Fanning|cently underwent an operation at out ran the sheriff and escaped in| Pittsburgh and was believed to be the darkness during the rald on the road to recovery CHEST GOAL IS REACHED TOTAL IS OVER $54,600 that between two and three thous nd dollars more wi!l b> added to the present sum of $54,652.65 due in part to the team spirit, town , anc: ‘fight’ that are so ap y a part of just living here Py ry : sas : : ity Chest fund ive is over s on’ at the weekly for | Too, the ovelty of the t of the Miss Anderson is being held as his|| circulation, then, is that factor it is obvious that the Tri- | tie, tour aise ot steemvous, weocet wet WOREAY ods tha? caeeee ool CoRR contin tee accomplice, authorities said. bune is the most effective medium for there is no secret These tidings of triumph rang|commerce there will be a final sum-|thusiasm that was concentrated on The cheerfulness which won for | about the Tribune’s distribution. Its books are always } through the luncheon hall of the|ming up of the amount of|putting the drive over. her the sobriquet of the “Sunshine Fopen. A. B. C. means, only just circulation claims. Henning, hotel this noon, and there|that time an at 1 be made] “x will repent before T teavo, what girl, ag she talked with the district || Tribune for the three months period ending September that told the well earned success. FE. W. Corn, who came here for|of work I have never be attorney yesterday, and she was|}30, was 9,724, which is four times greater than the paid Thought the f!l force of the cam-|the especial purpose of directing the|such a wonderful group of work hysterical at times, aithough her| circulation of any other newspaper circulated in this }'paisn has now been spent, the total|campaign work, sald sper isjers. You should be warned in regard story apparently was lucid. \T county. that wfl eventually bulge the Chest the first town in the Rocky Meun-/to next year’s Chest pore When She said she went with Saflstad,| vy that was byllt to hold but $54,000,/tain stutes to reach its Chest objec you get together again to solicit (Continued on Page Thirteen) ! will be surprising. 1* is « certainty Zi tive this year. This achievement is” (Continued on Page Six) S%