Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 21, 1923, Page 1

The Weather WYOMING: and southeast portions tonight. VOLUME Vill. SOVIET AND ‘REDS’ TABASCO REBELS PUT 70 ROUT SELECTION OF NINE DELEGATES FEDERAL AAMY' Fair tonight and probably Saturday. Colder centra! A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, and a Booster for City, County and State CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, Che Casper Daily Crihame a DECEMBER 21, 1523 EN Hundreds Wait Vv AE —PEVOLUTIO ‘TO REPRESENT STATE AT NEXT Dawes to Head Finance Probe Made by Allies ——— 7 EDITION NUMBER 50 PLOT RUSSIAN LEADER ‘OATS FORGERIED ARE EVIDENT IN ALSO CONTROLS For Verdict in BIG OIL FIELD of Fox Other Victories Today Reported in Advices From Mexico City. (By The Associated Press.) Indications that the rebellion in Mexico has entered a less belligerent phase are given in news dispatches from Vera Cruz where the rebels maintain their headquarters. General Guadalupe Sanchez, chief military supporter of Adolfo De La Huerta, is reported to have gone to Esperanza in the fighting zone, to confer with the other rebel leaders in Puebla and panied by a civilian representative of De La Huerta. The military situation appar. ently remains stationary with no troop movements of importance. President Obregon is reported to have ordered suspension of re- cruiting on behalf of the federals, deeming the government forces sufficient to cope with the up- rising. EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 21.— General Carlos Greene, rebel commander in the state» of Tabasco has been routed from his position in front of Villa Hermosa, capital of the state, and federal troops are in ac- tive pursuit, Consul General Enri- que D, Rutz, was advised today by Mexico City. General Gonzales, commanding federal troops in the oll fields, re- ported to President Obregon that all was quiet and that he had sufficient forces to cope with any uprising that may be attempted by sympathi- zers of the revolt. President Obregon also received a wire of congratula- tion from General Angel Flores, commanding the federal troops in the state of Sinaloa, in regard to the rteps taken by the president to put down the revolt. The town of Lagos, in the state of Jalisco, has been taken by federal troops advancing from the city of Irapuato, the advices stated. Man. ansiales, Vera Cruz, also has been taken by the federal forces. Railway communications in the central part of the republic again ere normal and regular traffic proceeding, Consul General Ruiz. JUAREZ, Dec. 21—(By The As- sociated Press—Developments in the fevolutionary situation, beyond |‘? 30 days. Gibson claimed that he the claims of opposing factions as to victories in recent operations, were|!" ili health, that he had worked as lacking in Juarez early today. The towns of Apizaco, Puerto Mexico, Acapullo, Puebla and Cuatla| Money from the Life Publishing com- have been captured by the rebels|Pany for contributions. “Your hands ipo Sanchez, | !00k like a faro dealer's,” sai@ the under General Guadalupe representatives of the De La Huerta faction announced at Nogales, Ari- zona, The Sanchistas are within six-| been at work for more than a year. Neto she ag ty kilometers of Mexico City, which the Obregon forces are preparing to evacuate, the announcement sald. Many dead and wounded were left (Continued on Page Eleven.) is! he sentenced each of the youths to Mexico city informed] 39 days in jail as Trial PHILIP_E. FOX AND WIFE IN COURT ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 21.—(By The Associated Press). Hundreds of persons were in the court room and in cor- ridors of the court building today awaiting a verdict in the case of Philip E. Fox, former Ku Klux Klan editor, @Harged with the murder 6f William S. Coburn, a klan attorney. The case went to the jury late last night, but it is under- ALLEY PROWLERS DRAW] om a0 ONS IN GITY JL FOR SUSPICIOUS. ACTS under heavy guard to a room on an upper floor of He will not be taken into the court room until a verdict is reached, it was stated. All exhibits placed in evidence by both sides were taken to the jury) room. These included the pistol | used by the defendant when he shot They were all “looking for friends”| Coburn, the clothing worn by the! after the hour of midnight and found |it necessary to go devious and dark pathe to arrive at the doors of those whom they were seeking. That/in a nutshell is" how Harold Jackson, Fred Tracy, and Charles Moody were caught in the toils of the law Wed- nesday night. Judge John A. Mur- ray could not be impressed with the attorney, and a knife taken from Fox after he was arrested. necessity of darting around remote corners and running up alleys in! order to find friends, however, and “suspicious charac-| ters unable to give a reasonable ac- count of themselves.” 5 Clarence Gibson who was charged with vagrancy was also sentenced owed several bills, that he had been a teamster in the Salt Creek oil field and that he occasionally received | The Christmas rush at the The arresting that Gibson magistrate. testified officer ay peace SBN haa not) received from train No. 29 0 had | : | Quincy from the east. BANFF, Alta.—Over 1,000,000 salmon and trout fingerlings from the Banff hatchery were distributed during the past season. The outgoing letters received by the postoffice has averaged 25,000 per day for the first four days of this week with the figures not avaii- BIG DISASTER IS CONFIRMED Hundreds: of Casualties Reported In Destruction of Three Towns In State of Sonora, Mexico cay OGALES, Ariz., Dec. 21 of three towns near the Sierra Madras in Sonora by an} earthquake have been confirmed, said a message received by the Mexican consul here today from the Mexican consul at Douglas, Arizona. The me: hundred casualties. It also stated that the towns of Granados,| Oputo and Hausabas were devastated, Reports from the xone of the disaster are meagre, ac- cording to the messagec, due to the country along the Baviste river in |1888, when large fissures were open: Jed in the earth and many lives lost. ~ |\Corning Crude -—Reports of the destruction | Price Boosted PITTSBURGH, Pa., ‘Dec. 21.— The price of Corning crude oil in Buckeye Pipe Line company lines ras advanced 15 cents a barrel to ssage said there were several isolation of the cities, Damage caus- ed by the quake is heavy, the mes-| $1.40 at the opening of the market sage adds, today. Other grades, which ad- The latest Sonora quake recalls| vanced earl'=; in ghe week were the severe shocks which rocked the! unchanged. G.0.P. CONVENTION LOOKS EASY |Increase of Three In Wyoming’s Quota Encourages Gossip Among Party Leaders, Says Dispatch (Staff Correspondent of The Casper Tribune.) Washington, Dec. 21.—They’re at it! Headlines were hardly dry describing the action of | the Republican National committee in increasing the dele- gate strength of all states, north and south, than Wyom-| ing politics as reflected here began to steam and simmer. | As a result, it seems a reasonable certainty that when the Wyoming state convention meets; ing wil! have nine delegates in 1924, next spring, it will find the national/ or three more than it has had here. 1 BY THEODORE A. HUNTLEY | | convention delegate slate more than|tofore. This makes room for more een “DUNG half made up. of the “faithful” and permits the] OWEN D. YOUNG It may be further forecast with) honors to be passed around with| PARIS, Dec. 21.—(By The Asso entire assurance that within thejgreater freedom than usual. As’ ciated Press.)}—The reparation com next few weeks there will be a series nine-tenths of the national com-| mission this morning decided t> of conferences between Wyoming|mitteemen are committed more or! offer to Charles Dawes of the Jeaders now in Washington looking) less definitely to the support of| United States the presidency of the to. an agreement on several of these President Coolidge for the Repubil-| committee which is to examine Ger. places. An understanding, in fact, is) already in prospect although it’ is| much too early to expect official an- nouncements or admissions can nomination, and the reapportion-| ment program was put through the! committee by administration forces, | we man finances. An American principal expert thus will head the committee to be HUGHES EXPOSE Senate Investigation Ex- pected to Back Up State Department with 1 Further Facts. MOSCOW, Dec. 21.—(By The Associated Press).— Foreign Minister Tchitcherin jissued a statement today | denying that the Russian so- ;viet government had ever | documents tothe Ameri Jean Workers’ party, or had ever had | nnection with it whatsoever | n documents exist, the state ceclared, they are for s, authenticity of which a sent any t suc ment th z Ru CHARLES G. DAWES |would Ike to submit for arbitra tion at necessary to postpone issuing 108) crc AGd) Dec. 21=-Denial | «te Invitations to the other delegates on | x sae by the Workers Parts of An the pside from the Americans but in view of the need of gaining time to permit the repre- sentatives from the United States to arrive without delay the names of General Dawes and of Owen } Young, of New York, were approved ertea through executive secreter ceived a letter y tary of State Hu jtlonale, outlining ing! SHRDIL SH sent by the Commonist Interna- | tionale, outlining a plot to overthrow c. Ruthenber, that it ever re ported by Secre- es to have been the court building. | quarters chiefly concerned. If the national convention sus. tains the new apportionment, Wyom- ABOARD LEVIATHAN, A- | GROUND IN NEW BOR, Dec, 21.({By Wireless to The Associated Press}—The seamship Leviathan, with 800 passengers aboard, went aground off St. George, Staten Island, 100 yards from Rob- bins Reef light at 10:30 o'clock this morning whilo proceeding up from Quarantine through a fog. The sea was calm. The Leviathan was drawing 41 feet of water as she moved up the bay after trying to establish a new Christmas Mail - Rush Near Peak Casper postoffice, which has been increasing every day this week reached almost its |maximum this morning when 250 sacks of mail were n the Chicago, Burlington & The majority of this was Christmas packages with the usual quota of first class letters. able on packages owing to the fact that. this class of mail is being handled through five substations. There are 25 additional employes on the postoffice payroll at present who are in a large measure helping to keep the ball rolling. Although the interior of the main postoffice looks like one huge conglomeration of letters and packages it is all mov- ing in a orderly manner and quick Celivery is being made on all of it. Postmaster Bean announced this afternoon that the sub-stationa would be open both for delivery and receiving up to 9 o'clock tomorrow evening. The three receiving sta- tions downtown will not be open Monday but the delivery station at the public market will be open as usual. SIX GRADES OF CRUDE RAISE FINDLAY, Ohio, Dec. Ohio Oil company today announced increased quotations on six grades of central west crude oils, as fol- lows. Lima $1.53; Indiana $1,33; Plymouth 75c; Waterloo $0c: Tilinois $1.33; Princeton $1.32; and Wooster $1.40. The latter was increased 15 cents a barrel, all the others were raised ten cents a barre} 21. — The YORK HAR, from} 't is a reasonable assumption that {t| named for will be confirmed by the convention| | despite the protes: (Continued on Page Eleven.) World's. record for her westbound trip. Captain Herbert %. Hartley an- nounced after she struck that she was resting easily, with her stern, in 41 feet of water, barely clear, and her bow in 35 feet, showing she had plunged her nose seven feet into a mud bank which rises sharply from the channel. The giant liner was proceeding slowly when she struck. She slid into the mud so quietly that her passengers were unaware of the ac. the investigation of Ger-|and instructions given that formal the United States government many resources of Hiram John-| situation The reparation commission found LEVIATHAN STRANDED ON REEF IN HEW YORK Se een ‘HARBOR CAN'T BE FLOATED FOR MANY HOURS cident “until harbor tugs, wireless calls. There w steerage, for the churning of brat. Thomas H. mana (Continued on Pa ven.) and financial revenue cutters and speed boats carrying the heads of the United States Lines and nment officials broke through fog in answer to the Leviathan's later, how- ever, considerable uneasiness in the the screws in futile efforts to release the liner caused the whole stern to yi- Rossbottom, general er of the line, reached the Le- Invitations be sent them. It was the unanimous fectston of | the reparation commission that the presidency of the leading expert committee ought to be offered to In a statement sent to the secre y of state and to congressmen. he cenrral executive committee of the Workers party calls the th upon Progressive Congressmen to demand General Dawes. jan investiga nm of this fraudulent ir fight tor ~ wre nition of the Russia: I GENERAL DAWES pest nil RY a public, RESERVES COMMENT. “The whole idea of a plot,” the CHICAGO. Dec. 21.—(By The Ax-! statement said, “was conceived by sociated _Press.)— Brig. Genera! | mad men who are professional spies | living off fake exposures of an al- leged ‘red menace.’ We publicly accuse the rtment of state and the department of justice with hav- ing forged this letter to mislead the Charles G. Dawes refused to com- ment early today when informed by The Associat ess at his home forth Shore suburb, n decided on by the pparations commission to head the |people of the United Stat mmittee to examine German | eas finances. MORE DISCLOSURE “Thank you very much, but 1! BY U have nothing to s: Dawes. General Dawes is regarded by his Dec. 21—With a sweeping study of the Russian ques- tion by the senate foreign relations friends as singularly well equipped | committee in prospect after the hol- for the proposed duties, both |!day, further disclosures are expect- (Continued on Page Eleven.) | said Generai ed to be made shortly in support of | ne contention in some quarters | favoring recognition of the Russlan |Rovernment by the United States |that the propaganda for a proletar- jian revolution in America emanates Three Arrested at Chicago Confess Part In Big Forgeries; Dozen More Members Are Sought road pay checks. checks have been cashed, although the police had reported capture of) cashed in Gary, Indiana, South Chi-| cago and other Calument industrial] district centers. The Pennsylvania] railroad lost nothing, the loss falling on merchants and others who cash- ed the spurious checks. The railroad investigators declared McDonald, his wife and Thomas Murphy, who was seized with them, are not the leaders in the operations of the band but were arrested in connection with tho theft of a truck load of merchandise stolen from the| Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rail-| road and under questioning admitted having passed some of the checks. The authorities are chiefly inter-| ested in locating the place where j the bogus checks are printed ax the spurious paper is said to be a very g00d imitation. Approximately a dozen other men are believed to be involved MeDonald is said to have admitted his former I. W. W. connection’ but denied signing any of the boss checks. Under questioning his'-wite dented | that she ever had worn men’s cloth | ing and carried explosives to strikers |for use in western labor troubles. The police had sald they had infor- mation that she had been active with her husband and had made trips to | Denver during the war time I. W, W. troubles. Murphy fs said to be 2 resident of Alton, Illinois. He was found in the McDonald «partment when f| 4 Police raided it CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—As a result of the seizure today | of Jack McDonald, said to have been a former I. W. Ww.) involved in war-time strikes, his wife and another man,| has been the police are searching for other members of a large band | Rock Springs, Wy engaged in counterfeiting and forging Pennsylvania rail-| Approximately $10,000 of the bogus} d for and the ring leaders in a $100,000 plot.|are said to have been cashed in soft Railroad detectives, however -have drink parlors, stores and other busi- records of $7,500 of the checks being) ness places where it had been custo. Most of the checks were issu sums ranging from $25 to’ $7! mary to cash railro: d pay checks, wt al aE Advance or Retreat The harder the task we face, the more determined our efforts; should be the rule of the courageous. The time to go after business with greater effort {s when busi- ness is harder to get, when con- ditions are not the most favor- able. Too merchants tinue, efforts’ for when those efforts aro friitful as they would like. The Mercharit who keeps his advertising going during periods parative lull gets business would ordinarily go. to. the that has temporarily given discon- business not as an sp store ertiser also aintains the position he has ined in the minds of the people; the advertiser “on vacation” takes chances of being forgotten and left off the cram, The ribune’s readers © ara rt and ready for your 65 days in the year, |the state department's charges of |revolutionary soviet propaganda in |the United § jfrom the communist international and not from the soviet government jis regarded merely a quibble by tment which holds that it is impossible to draw a line distinction between the two. A resolution by Senator Borah, re- publican, Idaho, urging the president | Negro Evangelist Carries Liquor; f to extend ition to the soviet Draws $25 Fine | <overnment wit proviae the basis of publican, Idaho, urgi B, Charles, negro missionary, who |\” , a; rovide the basis of the senat : Nalin conducting revivals at n senate inquiry Sen ah tor Bor d Senator Norris, repub- Hean, was arrested | here Thursday, and fined $25.00, |that there wes no erent Cotte for possession of a pint of “moon. 4 activities on the-part of the sine" liquor. A .45-calibre re geet +, Russian authorities, but secretary esver> loaded, ‘was toind tn) bis. | rushes iy anid to have cotlentan on baggage. idence with the aid of the depart- For a minister of the gospel |ment of justice which he resarde aa those are rather unusual possess- | establishing definitely the recponah d Chief ‘Troastle. biillty of Moscow for a movement to ch to be prepared.”* rles, “it's wise| undermine tho ment. CASPER RADIO CLUB LAUNCHED AT LUNCHEON Real Estate Board In Open Meeting Put _ Program Into Effect for Broad- casting From Here American govern. A norganization to be known as the Casper Radio club was perfected at the open meeting of .the Casper Estate board held this noon at the Henning hotel. ter F. Pelton was.named chairman of the club, Thompson, secretary, and A. P. Nesbitt, treasurer. board of directors will be composed of L. herck, Dr. Mark Hi. § Real Sylves- Felix The D. Branson, Ben This list was made H.| to get it going. | Nichols, and the officers. |out today and it is thought that the It was agreed to make out a list|quota will be ralsed by noon to. of persons or corporations who| morrow could afford to considerable} A small membership fee will be } sama of money into the club | charged by the club so that the run- to raise the $2,000 wh ch fs nec v| (Continued on Page Eleven.) Mile. rk |= th | | Bl mel