Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 14, 1924, Page 1

The Weather and in Tuesday. VOLUME VIN. extreme southeast portio! GENERAL DAWES HEAD OF GROUP PROBING ASSETS Commission Hopes To Save Something From Economic Wreck PARIS, Jan. 14.—With Brig. General Charles G. Dawes presiding, leading business men and financiers of the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium and Italy, sitting as a board of direc- tors and creditors began to examine the assets and Habilities of Germany, their nations’ debtor, with a view to saving something from the ruins of ke most stupendous bankruptcy fn the history of the world. “Strictly business and no politics,” was the motto under which these representative men of the leading nations of the old and new worlds assembled. The success of this committee,” eald General Dawes, in opening the meeting, “depends chiefly on whe- ther in the public mind and con- science of the allies and of the world there fs an juate conception of the great diss faces each sense is n a6) ee General Dawes stressed the value of unity of command in war to show the bad effects Of present conditions. “We had come to know,” he sald, “in common with the citizens of all nations, that at last the lack of pow- er to agree upon a common attitude and common action had brought all Europe to # most critical and danger- ous situation. This is no time to ince words.”* The first meeting was absolutely lacking in any of the military display which marked the conferences at Spa, San Remo and Genoa. Not a single soldier was in evidence. Louis Barthou, president of the re- parations commission, delivered the address of welcome. “We do not expect from you." he satd, “the unlooked for miracle of the solution of the reparation prob- lem, but we hope with sincere con- perience and authority will concen- trate to hasten the result toward which we are bending’ all our ef- forts. Furopean credit, General Dawes said, had suffered a shock as the world had seen Germany's economic Ufe ebbing, “because,” he added “the World realizes that if the German people’ lose their capacity for work Germany loses her capacity to pay those reparations which are so great an element in European solvency. Let us first help Germany to get well,” General Dawes spoke of tho com- mittee as “practical men free from Political pressure” who, realizing that the house is afire, propose to tind some water to put it out, with- out further use of mathematics in- volving the fourth dimension. Gen- eral Dawes praised the reparations, commission's idea in giving the com- mitte of experts a free hand and said that the commitee was not (Continued on Page Seven.) ALPINE Wyoming—Generally fair tonight nd Tuesday, snow today in south and central portion. Colder tonight fidenee that your competency, ex-; the A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Che Casper rn E. T. WILLIAMS $ INANCIERS STUDY GERMAN BANKRUPTCY Tampico Port Is Blockaded By Mex Rebels EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 14.—Rebel forces in a combined army and naval move have blockaded the port of Tampico. Wireless dis- patches received in El Paso today stated that virtually all of the “navy" commanded by officers who joined the De La Huerta re- volt, were outside the port and that ships had been prohibited from either entering or leaving the har- bor. Revolutionary forces are mas- sed in front of the town on the land side and a general attack is imminent, it is said in radio dis- patches received here. ——____ NEW BONUS BILL INTRODUCED TO SUPPLY CASH Measure Would. Give Veterans Cash and Paid —Another soldiers’ bonus bill was proposed today in the senate. It is sponsored by Senator Bursum, Repub- lican of New Mexico and calls for return to the veterans of family and insurance allotment de- ducted from their pay and a per- centage of their subscriptions to liberty bonds while in service, plus dditional compensation at the rate of $20 a month for each month of service. Payments would be made in cash over a period of four years, one fourth of the veterans to be paid | each year in full, or in the form or {insurance, as they might elect. | The insurance would be payable at ! Geath on the basis of $400 for each | $100 of cash due or the policy might {be surrendered at the end of 20 years at its cash value, based upon annual premiums plus four __ per- cent interest. Estimating that 75 percent of the | veterans would elect to take insur- ance, Senator Bursum calculated the cost to the treasury at $125,000,000 each year for the first four years and $60,000,000 annually for the Succeeding 16 years. The national legislative commit- |tee of the Private Soldiers and | Sailors Legion has endorsed the |Bursum bill. Marv:n Gates Sperry, president of the organization, de- clared today the propased “service certificate to be issued to veterans |under the American Legion Dill would undoubtedly result in a very Tee percentage of the veterans |(dsposing of thelr certificates at large discounts.” ‘This, he said, would mean the handing over of hundreds of millions of dollars to “money sharks.” CONSIDERATION Central Wyoming $20,000. The land adjoining uated covers five and a half nN the «place into a club house with the attendant conveniences h as a swimming pool, tennis rt, and dining service. , The Central Wyoming Automobile club bas ween organized by 0. W- ‘Automobile Club May Take Over Property for Use of Members—Plan Improvements Purchase of the Alpine Inn at the foot of Casper| Mountains from T. J. Runyan by the Central Wyoming Automobile club may take place this afternoon the deal being closed for a consideration of some thing more than the Inn and on which it is sit- acres and the club plans to White, formerly state oll and gas inspector; Herbert Dally, head of the land department of the Mid- west; and Henry Wyatt, dealer in real estate. These men compose the board of directors. ‘They have| CASPER, LLS WYOMING OIL INTERESTS UNUSUAL JOINERY DISCOVERED LUXOR EGYPT, Jan. 14.—The newspaper correspondents today paid the usual fortnightly visit allowed them to the tomb of Tutenkhamun, | and spent a half hour examining the remarkable joinery of the Pharaoh's sigantic sepulchre as far as Howard Carter's work of dismantling the structure has revealed the various caskets, : Mr. Carter was perched on the ela- borate scaffolding which has erected about the canopy, busily en- gaged in planning the next step, He drew the attention of the correspond- ents to the many evidences of hasty or caleless work on tho part of the joiners or undertakers who 30 cen- turies ago by the light of smoky lamps assembled the four shrines about the great crystalline sarcopha- gus containing ‘Tutenkhamun’s mummy. On the golden entablature of the second shrine, the lintel above the dors and below the curvature of the cornice, are marks left by the cop- Per chisels or levers of the ancient carpenters as they eased the lintel into place, and at the corners are bruises in the golden gesso-plaster on wood—made by the hammer of some conscienceless workman. who heedlessly battered the side of the shrine into position. Here and there are scratches while in the ancient gilding are clearly visi- ble the foreman’s indication marks in exactly the same as thelr positions in relation to one another. One of these symbols is the hlero- ‘slyphic meaning “good or beautiful” and it is curious to see how the work- man who wielded the paintbrush has added on one panel on his own ac- Doctor’s Trial On Fake Medical Charge Started JONESBORO, Ark,, Jan. 14.— Witnesses from practically. every section of the United States, in- cluding fellow practitioners, were teday for the trial in United ites district court of Dr. Mary Lecoque, charged with using the mails to defraud. Dr. Lecowue 1s a follower of Dr. Albert Abrams, of San Fran- cisco, inventor of an apparatus with which he claimed it was pos- sible to diagnose a disease by testing a drop of blood, and who Cied at his home in San Francisco last night. Dr. Abrams had been expecte® tu appear as a witness. The government alleges that in practiging the “Abrams Method’ Dr. jue diagnosed the blood of a chicken as that of a human a nd offered a cure after the speci- men had been sent her through the mail. INN PURCHASE IS ANTICIPATED TODA $20,000 } | organized the club on a non-profit’ plan. i The purpose behind the venture | is to provide a place for autoists or others who belong to the club to| go fcr recreation without having! to’ travel many miles from the city | and without having to go to con- siderable expense. Only members of the club and their personal vis- itors will be admitted. These will have all the privileges of the club. One of the economic advantages | of belonging to the club is expected | to be the discount on automobile insurance, tires and other which will car ac- cessories accorded members. At the present time the club, has established an office in Room 334 Producers and Refiners building. . be been} Y; IN VISIT TO KING TUT’ TOMB count the symbol for “God” perhaps for luck or perhaps by way of a joke, the meaning of which escapes after these 3,000 years, Between the various shrines still lies the litter of chips left by the joiners, who as they watched the servants of the royal necropolis shovelling the stones down the shaft |of the dead monarch's tomb, can scarcely have imagined that the evi- dences of their carelessness would ever come to light. Land Booms Discouraged WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.— old time land becom and auction land sales methods are being discouraged in a concerted effort to prevent hap- hazard settlement and reciamation of idle lands by many state govern- ments. A survey made through the! jdepartment of agriculture discloses, | it was made known today, that} |state officials and private organi- zations are working to bring about land settlement which will benefit the settler as well as the country. ———$<____ WASHINGTON, Jan. 14:—Victor Murdock of Kansas resigned ‘tocay. as & member of the federa! trade commission, He will retire February 1 and will return to Wichita to re- sume active work in his news- paper, the Eagle. WYO., MOND ™ sound and legitimate system cf|> Unbiased. and a Booster for City, County and State VgMtARV 14 1924 ALLEGED STORE THIEF 15 CAUGHT IN HARD CHASE Man Believed To Have Taken Money From Till Taken on Railroad Seized after a hard chase for several blocks and along the Burlington railroad tracks, H. H. Polly was searched by members of the police department last night and was found to be in possession of something more than $6 thought to have been taken a few minutes before from the till of Pete Mallas* Brocery store, 250 West B street. Polly did not admit having been the thief. According to the evidence in the case a man entered the establish- ment about 11 p and when he heard a movement from the man employed to sleep there he tore the telephone connection and ‘escaped through the win¢ The watch- the course he had taken and notified the police. Chief Bert 8S. Yohe anied by Captain J, M. Farris and Officer Ideen rushed to the place In a car and soon had the man, thought because of the race he was making with time, to the person sought. m. man saw accom The robbery last night was the second one In two weeks that has taken place at this store. In. the first instance the robbers opened the safe by the combination and got away with $1,200. MOTHER SACRIFICES LIFE TO LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14.—Kai Ba- Ward Anderson, 18, whose mother SaturCay sacrificed hor life in an. to shield’ him from an as- bullets;died hore carly yes- 'y of wounds received in the af- fray. According to the police young An- derson was attacked by Gulseppe Curatola, who fled from the Ander- son residence after firing three shots into the young man’s’ body and killing his mother, Mrs. Dora Anderson, when she intervened. SHIELD SON ATTACKED BY MAN INFURIATED OVER HIS ARREST Curatola was infuriated over his ar- Test recently on a, charge of violat- ing: the prohibition laws, it is al- leged, and sought revenge on the Ancersons because he believed they had furnished information to the Dolice regarding his activities. A siate wide search for Curatola is underway and his two, sons mean: while are held in the city jail; Frank 16, as an alleged accomplice and Sam, 26, as a witness. Frank is alleged to have assisted in his fath- er’s escape after the. shooting. Illinois Lawyer, Distant Relative of Abraham Lincoln, Says He Killed Wife with Poker After Latter Had Shot and KilledHer Brother AURORA, Ill., Jan. 14. man of Abraham Lincoln, bered her body, Byron Shoup, Lincoln disappeared from suspected of his murder. Th explaining his absence by charging Mrs. Lincoln and Shoup had kid- napped him, only to disappear again four months later when whispers of suspicion that hé possibly had slain his wife and brother-in-law reached him, A fortnight ago’ the Aurora police told The Associated Press that ahey wore searching for Lincoln to question him about the disappear- ance of his wife and Shoup and, when he applied for a position ‘in Chicago last Thursday learned of his address through the firm with which he sought employment. Arrested Saturday and confronted with charges that he had done away with the brother and sister, Lincoln con- fessed, concluding with “I’m glad to Set that load of my soul.” Lincoln collapsed as he uttered the last words of his conféssion and the police left a part of his story unrelat-, ed. The “plant” to force the con-| clusion that he had met with foul play when he left home last April, his! night Shirt smeared with blood, his! night’ cap similarly discolored, and| a blood-stained indian club, along with a stained glove his wife had worn, and a pool of blood in his} green house, was left for later ex- planation. He was not asked to re- enact the double killing, because of his weakened condition, but he told of it in vivid language, “I suspected my wife of being un- true to me,” Lincoln said, after the detailed confession had been made and he was returned to his cell. “Many times she tried to poison me. and burned {I saw the man with whom she had} and greenhouse last been associating leave my house. That started the final quarrel. “I saw fire gleam from her eyes. She fired three times at Byron, who had upbraided her for being unfaith-| ful to. me and trying to kill me. Each bullet struck him in the head, He .——Warren J. Lincoln, lawyer, confessed last night that he whom, he maintained, had been shot to | ed wholly now death of his wife, whom he con- fessed. yesterday he had killed by beating her over the head it January 10, 1923, alo: his home April 30, last, e lawy and fell, and I grabbed a poker. First I knocked the gun from her hand. Then T swung for her head. She fell dead. I cut up their bodies and burn- ed them next night.” Lincoln, in his confession, told how he had observed with satisfaction the apparent police. and newspaper ac- ceptance of the theory that he had been ‘murdered. He told how he traveled about the country in fancied secyrity and of his return because he needed money. He admitted insertion of “per- sonal” advertisements in newspapers, signing them Lina, his wife's name,| and admitted authorship of letters to his wife's relatives, asking and receiving money from them in Mrs. Lincoln's name and confessed sign- ing Shoup’s name to a check on an Aurora bank, where Shoup had a large account, In each instance of advertising ‘and letter writing Lincoln is sald to! | ; have used a typewriter with a green! ribbon, and it was through that means that the police were aided tn! fastening the slaying of Mrs. Lincoln on him. a If Lincoln's story 1s accepted in toto, county and city authorities point out, he will have established a case of self defense. It is not accept- and the authorities point out, the state must establish the facts of deaths of Mrs: Lincoln and Shoup to demand punishment for the lawyer. ‘Towards that end. stablished about the a guard was Lincoln home night ash pile might not be dist d. The Police are sald to retain a burned metal coat button and belt buckle found after Lincoln disappeared the first time, Deputy Sheriffs of Kane and Lo gan counties mpw know why they| er-horticulturist sudden] ! | with a poker, will be sworn out by assistant. states attorney J. Bruce Ammell today, he an- nounced horticulturist and distant kins- killed his wife, Lina, dismem- ng with that of her brother, death by Mrs. Lincoln. his wife and Shoup were ly reappeared on June 10, were unable to get service upon Mrs, Lina Lincoin and her brother, Byron Shoup, after Warren L. Lin- coln had filed sults against them. Last March he entered a divorce bill at Geneva charging Mrs. Lin- coln with cruelty. Kane county dep. (Continued on Page Seven.) SHE SELF Runaway Girl Is Found Asleep on Bench at Depot Stretched out on one of the wooden benches in the Burling- ton railroad station, Ruth Fuller, 15 years of age, awakened by chief of police at midnight last night. The young girl rubbed her eyes and drew her oxford-cla t from beneath the arm at one end of the bench. “What do you want.” she quer- fed, shaking a head of disarrayed hatr. “Hadn't you asked the chief. “Home?” She was puzzled. “Home, and I've got only $3 in pocket.” “Where do you live?” “No where. My mother is in Cleveland, Ohio, with another man. I don’t know anything about ™my father.” The girl said that she had got tired of the continual domestic squabbles, and that she had de- Uberately run away, She had stopped for a while Lincoln, better go home?" in Neb., and had worked there until to she could get money enough come further west. She tending to go to Thermopolis but found that her money v ing to hold out off the Burlington last night and did not care to spend the meager sum she hed left fora hotel room. Chief Yohe took her in charge and rented a room for her so that she woul! be safe and comfortable for the night. He then wired her mother, Mrs. L. M. Fuller for in- structions. “Ruth knows partiés in Ther” mopolis where she is going. No instructions, Thanks,” was the telegram. received. So the police are confronted with another problem, whether to send—the girl baek to a home which she manifestly dis!ikes or to make some other dispensation for her, GRUESOME MURDERS AREEXPLAINED Ku Klux Leads In Program To Oust Gamblers MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., Jan. 14—Ths Macomb county jail to- day was filied after a drive against a;lleged bootieggers. gam- blers and keepers of disorderly houses yesterday following it ts said, a secret inyasion of the county by agents of the Ku Klux Klan, While city and state police were taking prisoners to the jall, 1,500 members of the klan gath- ered in the First Presbyterian church and, held ceremonies in- cluding the burning of the fiery cross, Harvey E. Lonabaugh, Prominent Attorney Shoots Himself With Gun Carried In World War SHERIDAN, Wyo., Jan. 14.—Harvey E. Lonabaugh, prominent attorney here, committed suicide in New York City yesterday, according to word received here this morn- ing. The deed is supposed to have been caused by do- mestic trouble, , Jan. 1 Shert SHERIDAN, Wyo. € » ap t son of E, 5 nd was born dan and raised in He received his education and at the Nebraska state He unl . later joined t a: and went to an border when trouble = there. When the United natior Me brew ; 1.—Harvey Lonabaugh, was States entered the world war, I abaugh’ entered the federal! as a major in the 148th rwards field artillery ® active the motor portation He 8 married after the war and became associated in the law firm of Londbaugh and Lonabaugh with car in unit NUMBER 69 E. J. SULLIVAN 1 NAMED HEAD OF COMPANY AT MEETING TODAY Retiring President Leay- ing For California To Handle Interests Out- side of Oil Business. The most important and most surprising announce- ment in oil circles in many months came this afternoon jin connection with the an- nual meeting of the E. T. | Willams OM company at it gen eral offices in the Producers & Re- finers bul'ding. The directors chosen for the en- suing year are John E. Higgins, W. J, Cheley and E. J. Sullivan, and the | officers of the company elected im- mediately following are: E. J. Sul- |livan, presider.t; W. J. Cheley, vice |president, in charge of operations; L. Merritt, secretary, and John Higgins, treasurer. Inquiry developed the fact that |E T. Williams, the leading pro- corporation and for moter for the whom it is named, had disposed of his intereest in the company to the company, and retired from all activ- ity in the of] business In Wyoming and gone to California to make his home where he has large property interests outside of the oi] business. Mr, Wiliams Nas long been a fig- ure fn the Wyoming field. It is jdue entirely to his faith and per- sistency that the vast measures of ofl in the lowest sands of Slt Creek were brought to the surfa It is recalled that in the early drill- ing of the field Mr. Williams put down a well for the Midwest Refin- ing company on a tract of 120 acres [belonging to Patricle Sullivan and struck water. Mr. Williams argued the ofl was deeper down and begged the company to permit him to case off the water and procesd wit hthe drilling. His plea was un- ailing and the hole was aband- oned. Later on the lease on the samo |property was acquired by Mr. Wil- lliams and associates and the E. T. Williams Oil company formed. The drilling was continued to the sec- 2 ond Wall Croek nd and a fine | Paying well brought in which {a pro- | ducting regularly today and is one of the old reliables of the field. | This was the first well in the ¥ field to reach the second sand and to demonstrate the existence of oil at that depth. * Mr. Williams’ successor as the head of the company, Mr. E. J. Sul- ivan, is widely known and highly regarded wherever tho language of oll is spoken. He has been the genius of the company since its in- ception, in both legal and execu- tive departments. It is due largely to the great confidence, the public reposed in Mr. Sullivan that the Wiliams company reached the high standing it has always enjoyed. It is freely predicted on all sides that the company now under Mr. Sullivan's direction will go forward to greater su Anoth Willams company is John E. Higgins. .. Wyoming citi- (Continued on Page s ne RIDAN MAN KILLS IN NEW YORK AFTER DOMESTIC ROW his father and his younger brother Al The waters of his domestic lifa did not run smoot! and Mrs. Lonabaugh went back to New York. He. followed her and tried to per- suade her to return to Wyoming with him, Yesterday he visited her at her apart with his final argument }and when she w yparently not won over he re to his own apart if with an he carried sterday lieutenant-col tional reserves,