Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 12, 1923, Page 1

‘ Weather Forecast WYORING: Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Cold- er ht. A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, and a Booster tor City, C Che Casper Daily Tritmme Ha Jounty and State VOLUME VII. CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1923. NUMBER 42 CLEVELAND LANDS=REPUBLICAN CONVENTION MEX REBELS CLAIM VICTORIE LARGE FORCES JOINING ARMY IN | Fall’s Illness MESSAGE GIVEN - MARCH ON GAPITAL OF COUNTRY Delays Hearing fIAST SCORING Obregon Defenders Routed in Border Town of Vera Cruz, Is Claim; Western Coast May Join Rebellion, Said. NEW. YORK, Dec. 12.—Albert Mascarenas, Mexican consul gen- eral in New York city, announced today that he had received a tele- gram | purporting to come from | Adolfo De La Huerta, rebel leader, | informing him that he had as: | sumed command of the govern- | him to take orders from De La | Huerta. Senor Mascarenas declared that he recognized only the authority of thrown. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Dec. 12.—Large bodies of arm- ed men from all sections of the state of Vera Cruz are joining General Guadalupe Sanchez in his march on Mexi- co City, according to private advices received by The Light today from Vera Cruz. The advance troops of General Sanchez have reached Perote, on the Interoceanic, a the Obregon government, and had no knowledge that it had been over- WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—The meeting of the senate public lands committee called for today to re- sume inquiry into leasing of naval oll reserves was postponed by Chalr- man Smoot when he received a Physician's certificate declaring the B. Fall former Secretary Albert graphed from New York where Mr. Fall underwent.an examination yes- terday. The physician said Mr. Fall was suffering from “severe run down condition, cough, loss of appetite” and added that a week's rest was considered necessary to obviate dan. ger of the conditions besoentngl as. gravated, The former secretary - will [be heard in rebuttal to recent testimeny by other witnesses tending to show that Mr. Fall staged a finaficial comeback after leasing the naval re: serve. Besides M-. Fall, various employes of Harry ¥, Sinclair's show farm in Hy WM. MPADOD Democratic Candidate | For President Takes New, Jersey, were expected to be Rap at Coolidge. present. The oil magnate when | Al fore the committee last week, agreed to produce these employes and the Looks of the property to furnish date tothe copimittee relating to sales of livestock from the farm in the spring of 1922. COALITION PROPOSALS TURNED DOWN BY BRITISH LABOR PARTY LONDON, Dec. 12.—(By the Asso- tion the Puebla state line. The Vera Cruz last n!ght adil ir the out) of this Same column have] receipt of a wireless meesage an- reached Esperanza and Oriental. nouncing that the garrison at Tam- = Pico had joined the revolt, but news- NOG. ) Ariz, Dec. 12.—The| Paper dispatches from , that revolut movement on the west of Mexico has attained great ions, according to ad-|that there were no rebels in the vices received here today and has| district. spread to Mazanoa Sinaloa, where the Garrison has divided. A report that several revolution- ary generals were executed follow- ing a skirmish tn Sinaloa is being investigated here. INSURGENT CIUEF SEEN IN EL PASO JUAREZ, Mexico, The Associ advised: that Governor Ignacio En: riquez of Chihauhua, had arrived safely-in Chthauhua City, (Continued on Pages Dec. t at the h | by sues who arrived ay Mazatan. The disarma- ment was accomplished without bloodshed. ‘VERA CRUZ, Dec. 12—(By The Associated’ Press) — Revolutionary hearquarters here announces that rebél forces under command of Gen- eral” Silviano Garcia have defeated and Aispersed the loyal troops which Coatotolapan, a town on the border of the states of Vera Cruz and Puebla. Jose Maria Sanchez, former governor of Puebla who was at the head of the Obregon forces, is being pursued by the rebels. The statement also asserts that the government of the state of Co- Uma has been overthrown. while al! troops in Sonora and Sinaloa have Joined the revolutionary move- city|of the labor party issued a com- said the entire oll region from Tam-|munique this: afternoon saying it pico to Tuxpam, was peaceful anci/had decided, in the event of labor being invited to form a government, | they that the parliamentary party should| Baldwin and Herbert Asquith, the! ing and had even agreed to give clated Press),—The executive board | 80me@ sort of support to the conse-} meets | next month, it was natural that all) interest. were ryatives when pariament [centers of political \considerably excited yesterday when learned that Prime Minister LOS ANG President S, Calif., Dee. 12.— polidge’s message ‘to congress was labelled “a counsel of dormancy” and his opposition to a bonus for exservice men characte: ized as o summary dismissal of “just claims for consideration” in an address by William Gibbs McAdoo before the Democratic Luncheon club and Woffien's Demo- cratic league here today. The former director general of railroads |derided the president's proposal for & voluntary consolidation of these ystems of transportation as a even year itch for reduced freight and passenger rates with no assur- trial,” telling his hearers that | of delay, but action.” “The president's message. said immediately accept the fu!l responst-| liberal leader, had had an inter¥lew.| M'- McAdoo in part, “is largely a bility of the government of the coun- try without 12.—({By | with any form of coalition. Press)—Having. been d| ciated Press).—In view of the per- LONDON, Dec, 12.—(By the Asso eager sistence, despite many denials of the Political clubs and newspaper of-| compromising itself | fices hummed with reports and coun- ter reports based on the unexpected | | rally re- farded as confirming the off-repeated assertion thatthe liberals and éun- ‘serVatives would “make an arrange occurrence which was gene: 4 rumors that the liberals wére will. | ment. WOMAN INDICTED IN LATE KLAN KILLING Atlanta Prosecutor Files Accusation Against Several as Philip E. Fox Is Placed On Trial for Murder of Co- burn; Klan Factions Mobilized ATLANTA, Ga., 12.—Mrs. Margaret Weaver has been indicted as an accessory be- ment. “The troops of General Estrada,” continues the statement. “have be- fore the fact, in the slaying of Captain W.S. Coburn by Philip E. Fox, solicitor General Boykin’s office announced today. Evidence had been obtained to warrant similar in- dictments against several other persons whose names were not disclosed, it Was added. wun their advance toward LaPiedad, Michoacan, where it is expeated the first major combat with the Obregon forces will take place. “Coast towns in Michoacan have recognized the revolutionary move- Capt. Hobson ment. Several squadrens belong. Ing to the 65th regiment, which ee in as et! = Safe at Home| haye joined the revolt, as have the forces in Aguillilla.” Persons reaching Esperanza, Puebla, from Mexico City brought word af President Obregon’s de- parture from the capital at 10 LOS ANGELES, Calif., Dec. 12.— Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson, Spanish-American War “hero and prohibition crusader, was safe at home today after an experience which, like his adventure in Santia- go Bay, left him surrounded with publicity but unscathed. A windstorm and brush fire set the stage on which Captain Hobson unwillingly played the role of miss- ing husband and father. He had gone into the hills with his brother, Major J. M. Hobson, and an investi- gator from the district attorney's of- fice, in search of the majors son and his own, who had failed to return from a hiking trip when expected. goa EE eee” jy to review troops’ at Queretaro. but: ite bettered age thet the pres; ident will not return, . - A message from General Angel Flores, a presidential candidate, an- nounces” his adhesion to the rebel rovement and says he is moving his troops in Sinaloa to assist Gen- eral Estracm in the-latter’s advance on Mexico City. Generals Guillermo Castillo Tapia and Carlos Dominguez, each in com- mand_of e detachment, have gone FEDERATION ELECTS CHICAGO, Dec. 12.—Officers of the American Farm bureau Federa- tion.are to be elected at the annua! meeting today. of the federation, its leaders say, will be determined by the officers select- : TS in the state of Sonora, informs the revolutionary. gov?rnment that he is joining the rebel cause with a band of Yaqui Indians. Revolutionary headquarters AXE SLAYER in CAPTURED, SAID noon. Mrs. Sparks is recovering from her wounds, ‘The finding of a bloody hatchet and a pistol in Glovers room and his criminal record add weight to the belief of officials that they BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 12.— Palice and county officials expect to gather further evidence today connecting Fred Glover, negro, with at Ieast a part of tho series of 14 axe murders that have occurred in| have arrested the right man. Birmingham. Glover has been| The last death occurred Monday identified by Mr. and Mrs. Edwin | when J. B. Heywood succumbed to Sparks as the negro who hit Mrs.| injuries from an attack on Novem- Sparks over the head Sunday after- ber 29, while returning from work. According to the solicitor’s office, Mrs. The future policy! Coburn’s office. surveillance for some time aftér the shooting but has not been arrested.) The solicttor’s office said her home | is in Columbus, Ohio. The indict ment against .Mrs. Weaver was re-| turned last Friday. The prosecution also announced that indictments charging accessory after the fact would be sought. With the indictment of Mrs. Weaver the state announced it had/ established the whereabouts of Fox from the Saturday preceding the shooting until he went to the Ansley hotel and registered on Monday, November 5. ‘This had remained a mystery until the information ob- tained from Mrs. Weaver sald that he was in her company during the time, the procecutor declared. According to the prosecution Mrs. Weaver has admitted that she told Fox: “Why, you big fat baby, you haven't got the nerve to kill any- one.” To this, Fox replied, it is “al- leged by the solicitor’s office: “I'll show you.” The solicitor’s office says that Mrs. Weaver's father is engaged in newspaper work in Cleveland, Ohio. |She was questioned in Nashville, Tennessee, about ten days ago but | not arrested.. Mrs. Weaver, the state charge: a basis for the indictment, that Fox intended to, shoot Captain Coburn. The prosecution charged that Fox exhibited the .45 automatic pistol with which the shooting was done, to several persons. Fox Is al leged to have first met Mrs. Weaver jin Dallas, Texas. | pee | Preliminaries Of Trail Begin |. ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 12.—Preli- minaries started today for placing on trial Philip E. Fox, former Ku Klux Klan publicity agent, charged with murder growing out of the death of William S. Coburn, attorney for the Simmons faction of the Klan. The court room was crowded. Judge G. H. Howard, presiding, or. dered the room cleared of all specta- as knew | were not present when court | Weaver is alleged to have been in company with Fox several days preceding the shooting until a few minutes before Fox entered She was under tors standing in the aisles. Klan leaders from all sections of | the country were said to be seated in the court room. Members of the imperial forces of the Ku Klux Klan con- vened. Dr. Hiram Wesley Evans, imperial wizard of the Invisible Empire, was said to have been summoned a witness, Neither William Joseph Simmons, Emperor and Founder of the Or- ganization, and leader of the so- called insurgent faction, nor any member of his staff, could be located within the room. There were but few women pres- ent. Mrs. William S. Coburn and mem- bers of her family were seated with the prosecuting counsel. The Ku Klux Klan issue was not injected by either side in the selec- tion of the jury. Three jurors were accepted out of the first six venire- men examined. Indications were the hearing of testimony would get under way late today. The Associated General Contrac: tors of the United States “has do cided to hold {its annual convention in Chicago next month. counsel of dormancy. Nowhere 1s |there the stimulating call of prog- |ress. The world is in commotion and vital domestic problems press | upon us for solution, but no effer- tive program is offered for alleviation or correc Sea) nor is encouragement given for | suivigorattis international policies fetes will reapen world markets for our surplus products, tend to. pro- | mote economic stability or encour- age peace and tranquility between nations. “The most affirmative part of the; president's message is the recom mendation of tax reduction. The whole country favors tax reduction The Democratic party has stood consistently for it since the signing |of the armistice, and should operate, without regard to partisan considerations, in any honest effort to ease the tax burden. This effort should be, directed not alone to a reduction in the gross sum of taxa- tion, but to an equitable distrib tion of the burden. The president endorsement of the proposal to put a lighter tax on earned incomes, namely those produced by the sweat of the brow and the toll of the (Continued on Page Ten) _—_—_——— The State of the | Nation In a recent address Secretary Hoover stated that the consump- tion, in the last ten years, of a long list of products hitherto re garded as luxuries, had increas- e@ six times as fast as the in crease of populatian. In claiming for advertising {ts share of the credit for this situ- ation some will say thot adver- tising has led people into extraga- gance, if the above facts be true. ‘The last ten yeara has seen a greates development in advestis- ing than possibly in the previous fifty years. This great educative force, and scientific method of distribution nas placed all leading ‘ndustries on a quantity production basi=— everybody is kept busy at good Wages—tne purchasing capacity and the standards of living have been, therefore, greatly raised. Advertising, by increasing pro- duction and demand. and keeping the two on an even keel is largely responsible for the fact that the general average of living of the Amer:can people is the highest in the world. INDIAN AFFAIRS MEETING OPENS WASHINGTON, Dec. 12—The ad-; visory committee on Indian affairs recently appointed by the secretary | of the interior as a semt-officia! | body to assist the government in| the solution of problems affecting | the 340,000 Indian population af the country, met here today with | approximately sixty of the commit: tee'’s one hundred members in at- tendance to take questions of policy. | Secretary. Work. in opening the | meeting, declared that “the passing frontier, the insistent ¢ ments of white settlers anc. bi men, and the building of rail have materially affected conditions as they apply to the Indian and made it necessary for the govern ment.to study means for thelr pro: | tection and welfare.” Hé presented severa! questions jance of relief at the end of the) the mn of domestic co- | Hiram Johnson Gilltl MANE AY In Dakota Race (iNMITTEE IN PIERRE, 8. D., Dec. 12.—(By The Associated Press.) Senator Hiram Johnson of California, is a candidate for president in tho South Dakota primaries in March. Announcement of his intention to file for the nomination was received yesterday in a telegram from alr Johnson to John Sutherland, local attorney and a Republican, who managed the senator’s South Da- kota campaign in 1920. Mr. Sutherland was given pow of attorney to file Mr. Johnson's name on the minority Republican ticket. Senator Johnson, however, may LA FOLLETTE RANKS BROKEN | BUT DEADLOCK IS CONTINUED WASHINGTON, Dec, 12,—Al- though there was a break in the ranks of the supporters of Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin, the Re- publican insurgent leader, the sen ate remained in deadlock today on the first ballot for the election of a chairman of the interstate commerce committee. Senators Cummins, Republican, |Towa, and Smith, Democrat, South Caro'ina, were tied at 40 votes each, while LaFollette received three votes. Senators Brookhart, Iowa, “what is needed is not seven years and Frezier, North Dakota, Republi-| Bruce for Cummins. cans, and Shipstead and Johnson, | | Farmer-Labor, Minnesota, voted for Smith, but there also was a break |in the Democratic ranks with Sen- ALLIES toward a reparation settleme The American government having given its consent, the allied governments, acti: commission, are expected speedily to designate American experts to sit on the two committees that, are to in- quire Into the state of German fi- nances and related questions, The general impression here is that con- summation of the plan is only a matter of days. American officials are unwilling to discuss the probable personnel of the American expert group, since the selection is to be made abroad. It is apparent, however, that the} personnel question ig one that {s not aaening attention here, and there an expectation in some official quarters that Charles G, Dawes, of ¢ hicago, former ‘director of the budget, will be one of the Americar group. The decision of the administration to favor the service of Americans on the committees, formally announced yesterday from the White House, is regarded by President Coolidge as one of the most important steps in foreign policy taken by this govern- ment in recent months. Both he and Secretary Hughes are under- stood to feel that the way to real American ald and real accomplish- ment in the European economic field has at last been opened. PARIS, Dec. 12—,By The Asso- clated Press}—Colonel James A. Lo- gan, America’s observer on the rep- aration commission, officially noti fied Louis Barthou today that the United tSates government would view with favor the acceptance by American experts of an invitation to serve on the proposed commit Japan Voices Thanks For Foreign Help TOKIO, Dec. 12.—(By the Associat ed Press)—Both houses of the im- perlal diet, which convened yester- day, passed resolutions today expres sing thanks to foreign powers for their sympathy and help in the chaos d privation. resulting from for consideration by the committee. the ree earthquake, U.S. HELP FOR Formalities Only Remain to Be Arrang- WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. main to be performed before American unofficial aid be- comes available to the European allies in their new effort | be placed on the ballot as an inde pendent Republican candidate, this matter being left to decision of his South Dakota Mr. Sutherland said decision and filing would the end of the week. Senator Thomas Sterling of South | Dakota has filed as a candidate for renomination on the minority ticket, having been defeated at the Repub SESSION TODAY AT WASHINGTON Old South and Harding supporters. definite be made before jen state proposa ee ee t lhat week for the endorsement oy| tates Are Granted jovernor W. H. McMas he pro. possi men's selection for the sena-| More Delegates to torship. June 10 Assembly. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. —The eRepublican national convention of 1924 will as- semble in Cleveland in June '10 and its delegate strentgh will be apportioned virtually ator Bruce of Maryland, voting for Cummins. on the old time basis of full repre- “Senators Howell and Norris, Ne- entation for the south as well as braska, and Ladd, North Dakota, the north. Rvpublican, voted for LaFollette. A careful drafted plan to curtail On the second ballot Smith fell the voting power of these southern states which belong to the demo. cratic solid south was overturned today by the national committee. jonly one short of election, receiving |41 votes to 39 for Cummins and two for LaFollette. Bruce continued to vote for Cummins, while Ladd, Re- In 1921 the reapportionment pro- publican, North Dakota joined the Sram had been given the approval insurgent group voting for Smith. |of the committee and the reversal On the third ballot the vote was Was voted today over the protests of Smith 41; Cummins 40; and LaFol those who declared a reconsidera- lette, 2. Senator Norris and Howell ‘!on would be interpreted by the country as an effort to increase the delegate strength of states likely to cast their votes for President Cool- idge. The committee also decided to re- commend to the 1924 convention that one man and one woman from each state be chosen to serve on a basis of parity a national committee- men. Selection of Cleveland as the con- vention elt¥ “had been virtually. cer- jtain since a preference for it was expressed by the managers of the Coolidge campaign. Chicago, pre- viously considered a likely choice, had withdrawn when the desires of the Coolidge 'men became known, and only nominal efforts were made on behalf of Des Moines and of San |continued to vote for LaFollette, and After the third ballot adjournment was taken until noon Saturday, but balloting will not be resumed until imext Monday. NEAR Francisco, the home city of Senator | Hiram Johnson, On the vote Cleveland received 39; 4 San Francisco 10, and Des Moines ed for Appointment On Repa- |1. The votes for San Francisco came from California, Colorado . . Idaho, Nevada, New Je: Oregon, rations Committees Utah, Washington, Wisconsin. wr Hawaii. New Mexico voted for Des Moines. —Only a few formalities re- The dele; ® apportionment plen finally adopted today provides a total of 1,110 delega (Continued on Paye Wine) Sete ‘GASES OF THREE TAKER IN RAID ARE CONTINUED The cases of C. W. Miller, G. EB. Gole and Lucille Evans, who were taken over a week ago in raids led by Mayor John M. Whisenhunt and are being held on the charge of vio- lating the drug ordinance, the Evar woman also charged with soliciting, were continued by Judge John A Murray last night until December 18. W. S. Cline who was arrested at West B. street for investigation was sentenced to 30 days tn jail. He was unable to give a sufficient account of himsel WEAR hw ‘OMAHA COMPANY GIVEN nt. ng through the reparation tees which are to investigate Ger- many’s finances. The American government, Col-| onel Logan sai(, believed that the! Proposed inquiry would be of great value and that In view of its direct Interest as a creditor of Germany and the importance of the econ- omfe recuperation of Europe it would approve of the participation of Americans. VIOLATOR GETS STIFF SENTENCE James Gilday, who was arrested violation of the liquor laws, was sen-| tenced to serve five months in the a Natrona county jail in federal court) CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 12.—Tha this morning in Cheyenne. This is} 4° Tp. Read; company of Omaha tlie stiffest senterce meted out in «| ‘Tuesday was given its third, Ghee case of this kind for any man arrest. | i enne paving contract when its hid ed in Natrona count for district No. 3, consisting of six John “Cowboy Jack” Dobbs, on a| blocks around the state capitol similar conviction, was given a fine| grounds and six additional blocks of $300 and 10 days jail sertende./ from the grounds to the intersection Dobbs was arrested at the Wyoming| of Carey avenue and Pershink poolhall on Center stre | boulevard, was accepted. The bid Edward McCuen, who was taken| is $72,846.80, which is $4,272 lower in a raid on a house on Railroad|than the next bid, and the Read avenue some weeks ago was given|company will accept payment in 6 a 90 day sentence in the local jail,! per cent bonds. THIEVES MAKE HAUL IN JEWELS A kod: items Burglars entering the residence of | beads. ang a number of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Brewer, 1207 were also in the suit : 2 Sat ‘of RS watch was taken South Conwell street about 8 o'clock | (O°. 4 at thn ates sia last night got away with a suit! jsisg had packed hi containing er of things| things preparatory to leaving for belonging to Miss Flo’ ° ewer| Spokane, Wash., this morning and among ch w 2 wel case|{it was while sho and Mr. and Mrs containing threa lavaliers and five] Brewer were out of the house that a str of ya ngs, and 6 the robbery occurred,