Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 14, 1923, Page 1

Weather Forecast tonight and Saturday. WYOMING: Partly cloudy Not much change in temperature » VOLUME VIII. CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, DECI (awcsy “ay ween ae A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, and a Booster for City, County and State Che Casper Daily Crihume FINAL HOME| EDITION NUMBER 44 1 | | 1 OBREGON LEADS BIG ARMY AGAINST REBELS FOUR STUDENTS KILLED IN CRASH THREE OTHERS ARE INJURED Aa AUTO HITS SLED Boulder Is Scene of Tragic Accident Last Night. BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 14. —Four were killed and three injured last night when an automobile crashed into a bobsled loaded with Uni- versity of Colorado students which was speeding over the slin- pery road four miles east cf Boulder hooked on behind another automobile. The dead: Jack Simson, Denver. ‘Thomas Ward, Denver. Henri Vidal, Denver. Ray Saunders, Boulder. The injured: Manley Betts, Richmond, Va. Charles Parker, Orange, Calif. J. G. Williams, Boulder. Williams was the driver of the automobile which collided with the bobsled and then overturned. The other six were riding the sled. The DdDobsied was being hauled across @ small cement bridge whon Williams, driving in the opposite direction to piss. He did ‘not see the sled until too late to avoid a collision, ho said. The sled with occupants was crushed against the side of the bridge. ' Betts and Parker were rushed to a Boulder hospital. Betts, phyal- cians said, suffered severe injuries to his head but has a good chance to recover. Parker is badly bruised and cut. Williams is also suffering from critical injuries to his head. Fritz Johnson of Orange, Calif., a cousin of Parker, riding in the towing automobile at the time of the crash. He had left the sled a short while before when he be- came cold, Making the Chain Stronger A leading speaker on salesman- ship recently said that the weak- est point in all business is at the point. of contact between the salesman and the customer. This point of contact can, of course, be strengthened by train- ing and drilling salespeople. But equally or more important still the advertising merchant can “shake up” and “make up” the mind of the customer. It ig the business of advertising to SELL. The customer's readi- ness to buy; preparedness to buy; greatly reduces the burden on the salesperson. Leading merchants use the columns of The Tribune for con- tact with the paper's readers and to inform and make ready the mind of the customer for buying. Shop in The Tribune before shopping in the shops. Nurse Beaten To Death By Insane Patient LOS ANGELES, Calif., Dec. 14.—Orrin W. Schmitz, a male nurse, was beaten to death with @ flat iron early this morning by his patient, Karl W. Eaton, 27, a student Eaton is suffering from a mental disorder, believed to have been caused by over study of religion according to his physt cian. BROADCASTING FROM CASPER TO BE REVVED Radio Set Made Ready For Service Here By Realtors. After lying dormant for several months, the subject of radio was revived at the luncheon of the Cas- per Real Estate board today with the announcement by Sylvester F. Pelton that the broadcasting set which was purchased by Casper busitess men from the Wyoming Radio corporation some time ago Was being fitted up in the radio studio located in fire station No. 2.j Eight hundred forty-five dollars in cash and in material has been ex- Pended in the work. Consequently 100-foot aerials have been set up and other improvements have bees | made. There yet remains abou: | 2,000 to be raised before the > will be completed. B. L. Scherck, P. A. Burns and Clarence D. Spicer| nsylvania Lines, Eureka Pipe Tine were appointed as a committee to} work with Mr. Pelton and _ solicit | this amount from men interested | in the project. Mr. Pelton said today that ae cards had been received each week asking for the wave length of the Casper station and stating the sur. prise of the writers that no concerts were heard from the station this ear, since such excellent programs | were sent out last 5 r. Felix Thompson will operate the set. The plans are that the Casper, broadcasting station will be on the wires only two hours a week ana! at other times for the purpose of broadcasting weather reports. An invitation was read to the members of the board today request- | ing the presence of as many as pos-| sible at the Colorado Real Estate | association convention in Colorado | Springs January 4 and 6. The} Colorado board recently passed aj resolution for admitting Wyoming and New Mexico into a tri-siate association. This may be acted or further at the convention. IOWA SLAYER IS CONVICTED. | BOONE, Iowa, Dec. 14.—Robert | Burris was found gullty of first de- gree murder by a district court) jury today of the slaying of Mrs Eric Rose, who was beaten to déath at her home near here September 25, The jury recommended that Burris be sentenced to hard labor for life. MAN RUN DOWN AND INJURED BY SPEEDING AUTO ersent reed Driver Fits: to Stop After Striking Man On Yellowstone. A car driven by E. J. Lewis ran over Lee Pearson on West Yellow stone avenue near Spuce street yes- terday afternoon. The driver of the car did not stop to investigate the rlousness of the injuries which he nad inflicted on the pedestrian it is but sped on toward the Stand- said ard refinery, These injuries, ace ing to the doctor who is in attend ance, the face and hands. included a broken collar bone, an injury of the hip, and cuts about FEDERAL BUILDING CHANCE IS SLIM BUT CASPER WILL LAND ONE IF ANY CITY DOES, CLAIM: SECRETARY OF ANTERIOR WORK Acknowledged But Drive INVITED HERE for Economy and Tax Reduction May Prevent Passage of Bill \Visit Is Proposed to | Investigate Project Status in Wyoming. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—(Special to The Tribune) — | A drive will be made by the Wyoming Congressional dele- | gation to obtain an appropriation during the present | sion of congress for a new federal building in Casper. They |_, ‘WASHINGTON, Deo. 14.—4Spe-. cial to The Tribune)}—At the invita will have the active support of the postoffice and treasury | tion of Secy. of the Interior Wo: depa ents, both of which recognize the city’s need of | Representative Chas. E. Winter « better facilities. ealling attention to the urgency of peared before the reclamation fa Rep. Chas. E. Winter and National] the case. Pressure for governmental! finding coinmission today to dis. Committeeman Patrick Sullivan,! economy prevented action during tho! cuss the condition of Wyoming pro- | jects and suggest measures for the relief of their occupants. A general inquiry 1s being conducted by the commission into the affairs of the reclamation service and the condition and First Assistant Postmaster Gene} Similar pressure now, coupled with eral Bartlett, were assured that{the prospect of substantial tax re Casper’s requirements will be among! ductions the alled to the attention of con-} increased, calling on Postmaster General = session. if appropriations are not the chief obstacle in e is gress, and that if any public build-jithe way of a public building meas-|of settlers on government projects. Pearson is a man about 50 years! 1, nif) Ip passed, Casper will be/tre. Many national legislators re-| Representative Winter's appear. of age and runs a chile parlor in| j-ovided for along with other cities gird a tax reduction program as alance followed a conference with the rear of the Grand Centra! ho-| where the need of larger quarters) better vote getter than public build-| Secretary Work, accompanied by tel. He was crossing tho street at| |. wat ueute, |ings; and have shut their.eyes to| Republican National Committeeman the time and had just emerged from| 4 “preferred” list of cities whfch| situations such as Casper's, which| Patrick J.’ Sullivan of Casper, Wyo., behind a car parked at the curb.| nave greatly outgrown thelr present| call for immediate attention. It is|at. which Wyoming projects were He tried to step back but before he could do so he was caught beneath the wheels of the machine driven by Lewis. PENNSYLVANIA —_— PI H, Pa., Dec. 14.—An inerease of 26¢ a barrel in the price accommodations has been prepared im; acknowledged by proponents collaboration by officials of the two} public buildings program that only departments. "A communication was| Herculean ‘efforts can overcome the sent congress more than a year ago (Continud on Page Twelve) discussed, They extended an invitation to the secretary to visit the state and per |sonally inspect conditions. there. “SAFETY ALWAYS’ PROGRAM IS SOUNDED AT | ANNUAL BANQUET OF STANDARD DEPARTMENT of a of six grades,of Pennsylvania crude “Not Safety First, but Safety! that cannot help but assist in Mis, in recent years and now, practically oll was announced today. The new| Always!” | Saks future. self-preservation but/ every branch of industry is engaged prices are: Pennsylvania grade in Such proved to be the keynote| that of his fellow associate. in the same work of education, New York Transit company lines} sounded by speakers at the ann “Safety First has been preached! The speaking was opened last and Bradford district Of in National] banquet last night of the sz for ages. Its doctrine is even found! night by the introduction of the Transit Company lines $2.85; and] committee of the safety division of|in the Bible. It is therefore not aj toastmaster, H. Roe Bartle, by Roy Pennsylvania Oil in National Tran-| the Standard Oj! company at the| new subject, but the advancement| Hartsell, chief of the Standard sit Company Lines, Southwest Pen-} Henning hotel. The banquet was a|of time and hazards has’ neces-| safety division. Mr. Bartle in’ his success from every angle. ‘The | sitatea greater observance. The! introduction of ths speakers that Company lines and Buckeye pipe} banquet hall was filled to its| ralironds are giver: the credit for| followed showed himself to be « company lines $2.60. capacity and every man present! having first taken up the Safety| past master in this line and filled Other grades were uchanged. took away with him, impressions! First movement the most religious, | (Continud on Page Twelve) be in charge. | in Chicago, roundhouse ters. E ‘street. (MAS. W. 0, MPNEILIS TO GE LAID AT REST SATURDAY AFTERNOON Funeral services for the late Mrs. Nancy MeNeilis, wife of William ellis, will be held at the «Gay chapel Saturday aft ngon at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Mouldi of the Christian Science church wi Burial will be made plot at Highland the Masonic cemetery. » deceased is survived nd, who is foreman at Burlington & Quincy here, and two daugh The family lives at 136 West by her PHILIP FOX ON THREE DAY Prosecution In Klan Killing Tears Down Character Defended by Gongress- man Patton of Texas | locked arm ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 14.—Philip E. Fox, on trial here | for murder, was on a three-day drunk prior to shooting and killing William 8. Coburn, the prosecution charged to- day, while Congressman Patton Sumners of the Fifth Texas district, was on the stand testifying to Fox’s character. “Did you know,” Solicitor General John A. Boykin | asked the congressman, “that he ‘was arrested in a local hotel in this condition and in company with a woman, threatened the life of the arresting cifficer and taken to police headquarters?” The congressman gaid he fap acti ag you have outlined makes nothing of the life Fox was lead ing since coming to Atlanta from| Texas, but during his residence in| that state his generat character was i B00C. ‘Kuowing Phil Fox as I do such | SPREE PRIOR TO SLAYING OF COBURN | me believe that he {s crazy—at least jsomething fundamentally was wrong | with him,” declared the congress: | man. | Defense counsel for Fox entered a plea of insanity yesterday. The defendant and his wife, and arm, walked into the room in front of two bailiffs, | when court reconvened. Fox took his seat facing the jury and began playing with paper soldiers, which | he made from a desk blotter. He paid no attention to the pro K. Meade. editor of t Dallas, Texas, Times-Herald, testi fied as to Fox’s condition from his nervous breakdown while working on t newspaper. He , corro: r witnesses as to Fox's fits of despondency that at one time he he (Continued on Page Eleven.) and the} Man Held for Six Months in Jail Is Freed TAKES FIELD AT HEAD OF FORGE Ted McCarthy who has been six months pending an investiga- tion by federal authorities into his connection with the theft of | Pete Wray’s Paige car last Jun was released yesterday when the local police were notified that no evidence had been found to ' cast suspicion on McCarthy. Two other men who a stole the car have alr . ° tern prison, The claimed Victory Claims Sent that McCarthy was implicated, but this seems to have been | Out by Revolutionary Forces Are Denied in Government Reports. only a private grudge. The vigtie oe delayed justice ves in St pul, Minn, PEONAGE SAID PRACTICED IN OREGON STATE SAN. ANTONIO, Dec. 14.—(By The Associ- ated Press),—President Al- varo Obregon of Mexico, is at the head of federal troops marching to attack Guadala- Tex., MEDFORD, Oregon, Dec. 14.—| jara City, held by revolutionists, ac- Status of immigrant agricultural] cording to an official telegram from workers on a ranch near here was| Mexico City received here by Consul under scrutiny of the Jackson eral Alejandro Lubbert, shortly county district attorney today, fol-|after noon today lowing charges that the men were| The attacking column, is composed held there in bondage, against their}of federal forces under Generals wishes. Amara and Amarillo and the tele- The charges were made ina letter|gram states the loyal troops are from an attorney for the German high spirits. conan] {n San Francisco, tt being] Re-establishment of rail traffic to said that the men were compelled to| the nor nd to Aguascalientes and work for the rancher in question without pay, under threat of death. Preliminary investigation hy the district attorney developed that the men in question, Karl and Alvin | Stader, brothers, aged 16 and 17, were satisfied with their treatment Ciudad Juarez, also was announced, Generals Fermin Capico and An- tonio Magana, who pretended to join Estrada were reached yesterday by federal troops, the telegram stated, having been found dead together with Jose Marlo Carpio. at the ranch and were well taken] “From Vera Cruz,” the telegram care of. The matter is being probed | stated, “De La Huerta and Alvares farther, however, De Castillo ‘pretended to surprise Mexican diplomatic envoys by ‘send- ing them fabulous reports in an ef- fort to make them be'leve they dom- nated the situation, having gone so far as falsely taking the name of sub-secretary of foreign relations, Lic Aaron Saenz, to give them or- ders. The chief envoys energetic- “veight Rate Hearing Set WASHINGTO! Dec. 14.—Hear-| ally rejected the invitation of the ing dates were set down today by| reactionaries, stating that they the Interstate Commerce commis: | would obey orders from the govern- sion for consideration of the pro-| ment.” tests filed inst proposed rate in “Reports giving news are being creases on lignite coal rates out Of | received from the governors of the North Dakota mining territory.|varlous states,” the telegram con- One of the hearings will be held a1 | tinued he national agrarist con- Aberdeen D., January 7 and «| federation issued a manifesto to all second at Bismarck, N. D., January | the agrarist farmers and small pro- 10. prietors protesting against reaction- CHINESE BANDITS DESTROY TOWN ‘One Hundred Hostages s Carried Off By| Band of 3,000 After Looting and Burning, Report SHANGHAI, Dec. 14.—(By The Associated Press).— Innes thousand bandits under the leadership of the no- torious chieftains, Chen Yen-Teh and Wang Han-Ying cap- tured the town of Chaho, Wednesday, burning and looting the houses and carrying off the magistrate and education NINE YEAR OLD UT AUTHORITIES SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 14.—How the case of nine year-old [tia Ses reanacn and two other officials, together with more hin? awia owhar ta? Rehnaa Or s of the town tn- fc outbreaks by ° than 100 residents of the town lows | spora¢ utbreak t larg shecting and killing his six-year-old cluding many women, according to|fmed bands to the northward in s : Ay ; litera (Stien AS RS By from | Honan . and adjoining _ provinces, | P'aymate Ross Hutchins, in Verna F r e which culminated recently in the| Uiah, se 1 weks ago, 1s the puz } Changha. * looting and burping of the town of| ling question authorities will not Inbabitants of the town who es-| Likankia, in Southwestern Honan|attempt to answer until a prec nt caped from the bandits during the| Provinee. Two thousand dead and| is established by the supreme court pillaging of their homes fled to the| Wounded were !eft behind amid the] of the state, acc rding to sheriff L. nearby city of Kwelyang. They re-| smoking ruins of Likwankia by the| Richardson, of Vernal. The boy | ported that the magistrate of Chaho| bandits, many having perished] wns taken befcre the juvenile court in after he had been taken| when ‘tied together, covered with|and with the killing and kerosene and ret afire by the ma-| then bound oter to the district court. rauders. It is not known at present wheth er there were any. missionaries of foreign ‘nations in the vicinity |" ‘The town Is tn the southern part lof the island province of Hunan | which is west of here. Changsha is | the capital city of the province and ission was raised whether or not the juvenile court had the right to bind a ward to the district court, and as the supreme court is con | more than 100 miles north of the] the town of Chaho when it was raid gs this aueepen in another scene of the bandit outrage. ed, or if there were, whether they} case, Vernal authorities are waiting | Banditry in* Hunan province fol-! were molested. the decision before going further with the case. According to Sheriff Richardson, Tribune’s. Pre-Christmas Number Will Be Index For Xmas Shopper To¢ay’s issue cf the Tribune will prove a comprehensive index for the Christmas shopper. Local merchants were never better at to take care of your gift ne Their stores are showing the best and prettiest lines ever seen before in Casper. Take your paper to night and check off the items suggesting themselves and suitable to your needs. Then visit the stores on the list and make your s¢ COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, "Ohio, Dec. 14.— lection. The volume of Christmas buying is increasing daily and || Reiteration of the appeal to the seléctions will soon be hard to find federal council of churches for en Sunday's pre-Christmas number will be an elaborate edition in || ‘T@nce of the United States into the itself, It wil contain many helpful suggestions. world court was expected to ms the closing sessions of the annu: Residents of Casper realize fully that Casper merchants car g of the executive committe ing everything that be found anywhere else anc lines |] today are practically as extensive as will be found in any city. PAS Taeclaration, Gf SAedle | calls Buy ft in Casp\ upon the churches of America uy sper. push their campaign for a “warles Advertisers will confer a favor on the Tribune's ad x de worl nd upon the United ates partment by preparing and getting th ‘opy earl r pre. pe {pate .more general ||| Christmas Sunday edition. Piternational'aitaire;: waspbebeus rn ratification, ve et he ey young Lewis confessed to the killing. ; CHURCHES IN, Seiki sal ary military uprising. The protest ent by the confeder: of the United 8S: uprising has pression EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 14.—Reports of severe fighting between outpost« ft advancing rebel army t federals ¢ rched in the pa ct the march to Mexico City ri ceived In El Paso today by . De La Huerta junta as well os meager advices by official govern- t sources in Juarez. Senor Salvador Franco Frias, spe clal representative of the De La Huerta provisional government in El Paso, was advised that rebel troops under General Jose Villanueva had captured the station of Oriental on the Interoceanic railway after severe fighting and {s now engaging Richardson claims that the boy sta . Richardson claims that tat-! Obregon forces at San Marcos, Thia ed he shot his playmate ast named place is the seat of an with a shot gun, dr tant 1 oe eee important junction of two railway lines and will fall within a few on with his play inotitan aosoutiie thy sertetieen given. The first stor to] yn the otate oF Getta etter a the boy is that a man did : . Pring pared thecetaatinasars or Anastasio Rojas has disavowed : J the federal government and joined The parents of the dead boy have| the revolution declined to prosecute on account of General Gallegos, operating for De the tender age of young Lewis, the| La Huerta in the state of Guana- sheriff stated. (Continued on Page Five.) $400,000 CASH RECOVERED IN KORETZ | FRAUD Friends Turn Over Big Sum Handed to Them by Oil Company Swindler Before His Disappearance CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—Relatives and friends of Leo Koretz, Chicago attorney, sought by authorities as an al- leged swindler who fleeced investors in an oil scheme out of sums ranging from $2,000,000 to $5,000,000 have ar- jranged to turn over tod a restitution fund $400,000 \given them by Koretz bef e he dissppeared | a week ago. A grand jury ing K anwhile fore! 1s and the eta's alleged ere 100) » place day simy of Koretz is thought |grand jury Sstigate either ¢ operations to a ¢ ean cour Trust company < eedy mc the authorities to be a mythical! tor boat ° enced tor sromotion s managed dete toc more than, ten years,