Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 9, 1924, Page 6

Ce ere ee ee ee ee es Soe er teres peter ierere, © Par ae rey erene par wan Serer arene SO hmmm ' 3 I 1 2 I 1 ooo bk Na hat Os ak Ee OS RE SO EE TE VF APY WO et i i i He PAGE SIX NcW APLC BRIBE CASES IN GREECE SARE FORCED HELD POSSIBLE Proclamation Expected! As Cabinet Resigns Government. Ho use to Bring Solons Named by Grand Jury Into Spotli ight; Committee Appointed to Get Names BY DALE VAN EVERY (United Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, March 8 |to force into the open the n arch 8.—Proclamation r ublic within a week appeared in prospect here tonight. The cabinet headed by mier Cafantaris resigned today following strong pressure from the army, and it was announced immediately that the national assembly is scheduled to meet the middle of next week to jer formal dethronement of the sburg dynasty and proclama. tion of a republic. j Cafantaris has been considered one of the chief supporters of the) youthfu! King George, who is in ex-| ile in Rumania. His removal opens the way, it Is believed, for carrying out the program of the Republicans CFNATOR REED IS GIVEN SLAP BY OWN PARTY “Favorite Son” Plea Akis |involved in charges laid before a Chicago grand jury after spondent) Attorney General Daugherty had refused, in response to/ a request from the house, to INJURY FATAL TO PRESIDENT N. Y. CENTRAL NEW YORK, March 8.—(United Press.)—Alfred H. Smith, president of the New York Central lines, died In a hospital at 6:30 o'clock tonight injuries recelved when he fell from his horse while riding in Cen- tral 7 n's horse shied at an auto- mobile, witnesses of the accident said, and the railway man was thrown violently, alighting on his head. His neck was broken. A passing automobilist picked up the injured man and hurried him to the Fifth avenue hospital ne but he died within a few minutes. Smith was 62 years old and lived at the Hotel Plaza. He was riding with Edward E. Hoopes, a friend, in a busy part of the park when. the accident occurred. Hoopes said Smith was obliged to swerve his mount suddenly to avoid Repudiated by Home State Democrats. a motor car. The horse shied and |stopped suddenly and the railway man wag unseated. KANSAS C. Mo., March 8.— Missour! democracy in county con ventions today repudiated the plea of Senator James A. Reed for en- dorsement as a “favorite son” can- didate for president. Few counties outside of those con- taining large cities, named delegates to the state convention instructed for Reed. Most delegations were uninstructed, but were known to be opposed to Reed. +9 The bitter feud between Reed and ormer President Woodrow Wilson, * found an echo in several conventions were resolutions were adopted de- claring that “out of respect for our dead leader, Woodrow Wilson, we are unable to endorse the candidacy| of James A. Reed for president.” Qnly'ten of the 115 county delega- tions will approve Reed, Ed - Glenn Reed's campaign manager said, SUCCESSOR TO DENBY IS STILL PENDING, SAID BY A. L. BRADFORD, (United Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, March 8.—Presi- dent Coolidge may be unable to send to the senate Monday the name of | FLYER KILLED CENTRAL WEST BELLEFONTE, Pa., March 8.— (United Press}—Caught in a snow- storm, that hurled his plane to the ground, D, H. Pearson, 29, United States air mail pilot, was killed Fri- lay, en route to Cleveland. His body was found entangled with his machine Jate today. A small pouch of maf} “lay beside his body, which was badly burned. Pearson hopped off at Bellefonte at 2:30 p, m: Friday. ‘That was the last» seen or heard of him until he was found dead at’ Grampion, Clear- field county, where his plane fell after it had caught fire. SEVEN BURNED, ONE FATALLY IN OIL BLAZE MB. PLEASANT, Pa., March 8.— A terrific explosion followed by fire, occurred at the Atlantic Refining company plant here. today. Seven persons were burned, one probably fatally, and damage esti- Edwin Denby’s successor as secre-. mated at $150,000 resulted. tary of the navy, it was indicated tonight, at the White House. It was stated definitely that Mr. Coolidge has not yet made a selec- ton, and that his choice is unlikely to be announced tomorrow. Denby steps out of office at noon on Monday. H's successor will have less than a to serve, and he faces a situation in the navy which, veteran officers say, calls for a mart of exceptional ability In his search for a 5 essor to Denby, Mr. Coolidge has found it difficult, his closest advisers say, to get a man with the administrative ability required who is willing to detach himself from present inter- ests to tackle the navy job for a few months. Tho president has been consider. ing this important appointment alone, and none of his Close associ- An explosion in a paint tank was believed to have started several gas- oline tanks, which fdllowed in quick succession, with blasts that shook the entire countryside. Flames tlien shot up, causing a conf‘agration that spread terror throughout the neighborhood. Jennings Boggs, 27, employee of the Atlantic Refining company, was said to be fatally injured. REVOLUTIONARY OIL MAGNATES words in the Old Testament. ates knew tonight who is leading for the place. Bryan Is Going Back to Home |: (Continued From Page One) Post, who said, “the principal” was Senator Curtis, Kansas, Republican whip of the senate—the other Cur- equivocal denial that he was * or that his’ dealings had anything to do ! aspects of the oil > net result of its searching in- tion today into. Bennett's LINCOLN, Neb., March §8,—wi} liam Jennings Bryan is expected to be here on March 19, hi ty-fourth birthday, to speak at a p meet ing to be held in his honor, Governor Cc. W. Bryan, broti r, sald day. | Mediation of Revolution Is Held Possible y was that the committee was unable to decide’ on “the principal.” | The dramatic \ contradiction of -—The house moved swiftly amesof “two congressmen” name or disclose the nature of the charges against them. On instructions from the house, immediately after Daugherty’s re- fusal was announced, the judiciary committee appointed a sub-commit- tee of five to investigate possible | means of getting the names despite | Daugherty’s refusal. This sub-com- mittee is under instruction to report without delay and probably will sub- mit its recommendations Munday. Daugherty’s refusal, based on the ground that to give out the infor- mation would impede prosecution now being prepared for by the jus- tice department, provoked a storm in the house, in which it would be demanded that Daugherty be ha‘ed before the bar of the hetire and forced to name the men. ~ MUTINY BREAKS OUT IN IRISH ARMY, REPORT Former Members of the Sinn Fein Said to Be Involved. BY GEORGE MacDONAGH. jUnited Press Staff Correspondent) DUBLIN,» March 8, — Mutiny} broke out in the Irish Free State army tonight. Resenting orders regarding re-or- ganization of the army which in- volved considerable demobilization, troops at Templemore barracks, in Country Tipperary, revolted. The outbreak at Templemore was fdllowed; by acute activity among the military throughout southern Ireland. The Free State government imme- €jately ordered out armored cars to round up the Témplemore muti- ners. The mutiny was tho first serious! Internal trouble with which the! Free State army has been confront- sree MARCH $, 1924 77 DELEGATES FOR GOOLIDGE IN MINNESO Republicans Instruct Delegation for President. ST. PAUL, Minn. March 8.— (United Press.)}—Minnesota Repub- Means are lined up- behind President Calvin Coolidg: The state Repub- lican convention today sent 27 dele- gates to the Cleveland national con- vention and instructed them to stand for the nomination and elec- tion of the present chief executive. Resolutions adopted gave the delegates full authority to select a national committeeman without or instructions and Chairman A. J. Rockne of the vention power to name presiden' electors, He will name the elec- toral college delegates in a few days. No previous Republican conven- tion has ever given a presidential candidate such unanimously lauda- tory support as the Minnesota con- clave recorded today.. He was praised for his “singleness of pur- pose ahd integrity,” for his “wise and well considered conduct of atf- fairs amid the present efforts to stir up class hatreds and partisan strife.” Che Casper Sunday Cridune . = ‘ , New Photos __|GONFESSION OF SMOTHERING BABY BY BRIDE | OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE STUDENT IS ADMITTED | Authorities Received Story From Lips of|SHANNON TO Mrs. Kenneth McLean Week Ago, BE PUT TO Portland Prosecutor Says. WORK, SAID PORTLAND, Maine, March 8.—(United Press).—Mrs. _—_— (Continued From Page One) ceived word from Minot, N. D., to pick up Fred C, Havelock on an embezzlement charge. Further investigation here devel- oped the fact that Hayelock's wife, !as far as could be ascertained, had | not obtained a divorce before she marriec. Woodhall. | Mrs. Woodhall left Casper Fri- day morning and was arrested in | Billings yesterday. In a telephone conversation with Sheriff Morris she waived extradition. Deputy Dan Miller left yesterday morning for Billings to bring the woman back here for trial, Mr. and Mrs, Havelock are be- Neved to have been married at Re- sina, Saskatchewan. He served three years with the Canadian army overseas in the late war and since living in Salt Creek has been clerk- ing in-a grocery store. The authorities here are in com- munication with Canadian officials at Regma to check up on the first —__—_———— "TIGER GIRL’ IS GIVEN LIFE Nettie May McLean, 19-year-old bride of Ross! DuBLIN, March 8.—The river McLean of Tacoma, Washington, a former ao altar Shannon, famed SSR song, - . i story, may an Bowdoin college, Brunswick, admitted a week ago that put daeaet ooraiche tate oat she smothered her one-year-old baby to death, according power for the. Free Btate.’ Siemens to a statement made to newspaper men tonight by County | Haske, German engineer, is here Ateoey, Sassent ee. pine | Consuitnis with Irish officials re- irs. McLean, according to in- | gardin; t. i son, made the admission to Mrs. 5 gi ills a Roberta E. Reed, county agent for the board of charities, shortly after she was arrested here a week ago Jast Thursday. The admission, it t was said, had been known to au- thorities since that time. = Mrs. McLean is at present on her way back to Tacoma, accompanied by her’ mother, Mrs. Oscar Volk. The young woman was on $10,000 bail when she pl not guilty in municipal court+in Bruns- wick today to a charge of man- slaughter. She was heid for the grand jury which convenes here the first Tuesday in May. — The young woman's husband is ‘ou be here with his father, Alex MoLean. |Cyigig Reached With a wealthy Tacoma merchant, but f their exact whereabouts could not be . be" learned, "it wan understooa,| Rejection of Plan to however, that the husband was also Sa aware of lis wife's reported admis- ive Franc. sion. Young McLean also pleaded not guilty to a similar charge of manslaughter and was released in By WEBB MILLER $20,000 bail. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) According to Robinson's | state PARIS, March 8.—With the ment tonight, Mra. McLean told|rrench franc falling to one sixth Mrs. Reed that she took the baby | of its normal value, Premier Poin. care's principal weapon with which he hoped to arrest the decline was taken from his hands tonight by. the senate commission on finance. As a result of the commission's from her room at the Eagle hotel at Brunswick and buried it in the snow on the banks of the Mere river. Shortly afterwards she went ba¢k to the river, recovered the body, returned to the hotel and Here are new pictures “of Mrs.|™uTinge and to ascertain if they divorced in Canada. Beverly D, Harris (top) whose hus. VST? ever . band (bottom) reopened his suit for _ Havelock waived’ extreition to Mi- annulment of their marrage, Har, Tot and & North Dakota deputy ris used to be vice president of the Sheriff left there this morning for National City Bank in New York,| Casper to take Havelock back for wrapped the body in dry cloths. Following that, Robinson said, she told of meeting her husband and after some discussion carried the body in a street car to Portland. acting on the way as if the child by means of decrees, the French voting to reject his plan for effect- ing 1,000,000,000 francs in economies FOR KILLING CHICAGO, March. 8. — (United Press)—Kitty Malm, .20 year.old premier was brought close to a point where only resignation is left him, where hearing is being held. trial. FARM LAND IS 1] CASES OF LAND IS INUNDATED BY! BEER SEIZED THE MISSOURI. BLENCOBE, Iowa, March 8,—Be-' arrest of the man would naturally tween 3,000 and 4,000 acres of valu- follow. able farm land was inundated and This fun worked out admirably several hundred head. of cattle, several weeks ago at one of the horses and other livestaék’ drowyed other hotels/ Mrs. French left town when the; Missouri rivet overflowed but she returned several days ago near here today. | and lured another victim to her room The flood was caused by a huge in the Pines. He brought the custom- ice jam which formed Just north ef ary bottle along. But the landlady this place. ; ~ [beat Mrs. French to the phone. The 4 dozen families were forced to! guest attempted to leave, but was flee to higher ground, © coerced into staying by his hostess, The river had receded tonight and who wielded a wicked gun. Con: further damage {s not anticipated. sequently Mrs. French has started “tiger girl" also known/as the ‘wolf woman” today was sentenced to life in prison for participation in t! murder of Edward Lehman, a night watchman. ~ Kitty's‘ husband, Otto Malm, who pleaded guilty to the murder also was sentenced to life in jail, = There was little of the “tiger” or “wolt” about Kitty as Judge Steffen imposed sentence, She had been expecting the sentence ever since the jury brought in its verdict of guilty, and accepted it with a quiet ‘When told that a number of club- women were taking an interest in her case witha view of shortening her. sentence, she shook her head hopelessly, “Some other woman night get off, but not me,” she said. Kitty was an active member of a gang of thieves and the . Lehman killing followed his attempt to in- terfere, in the robbery. of a ware- house. 4 was alive, At Portland, shesvisited an undertaker’s parlor and asked to have the child buried. The under- taker informed police of the request and her arrest, together with that of her husband, followed. f Car of Coal Crashes Thru Towa Station ELY, Ja., March 8.—A peculiar wreck on the Rock Island rafiroad here tonight. resulted in tying up traffic and damage is estimated at between: $15,000 and $26,000. A loaded coal car in an extra freight north bound jumped the track in front of the depot and dashed through the side ‘of th After striking a grave blow at ‘the government by voting rejection of the decrees, the commission voted 19 to 3, to substitute therefor a scheme to realize the billion francs in economies by suppressing sutf- ficient credits trom each ministry. It, proposed that this should be accomplished by decrees by Presi- dent Millerahd, ‘within: the, frame: work of existing laws." This is another blow directly at Poincare, who wished to sign the’ decrees him- self. The step was taken by the commission as a result of criticisms leveled at the premier, who was alleged to be seeking dictatorial powers. The commission did vote accept- ance of a proposed increase of 20 Per cent in taxes, Arrangements; have been com- Pleted for the spring meeting of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, which is to be held in Boston April 30 and May 1. ed fince its organization, The officers representing the mu- tineers, many of whom were for- merly in the ranks of the Sinn Fein, delivered an ultimatum to President Cosgrave of the Free State, demand- ing readjustment of the govern- ment’s plans for demobil zation. The government's answer was to issue warrants for the arrest of Ma- jor General Liam: Tobin, aide-de. camp to the governor genera! of Ireland, and Colonel Daiton, a broth. er of the clerk of state, both of whom recently signed a letter to President Cosgrave charging the Free State government with failing to interpret the treaty with Eng- land in the spirit which the Irish people intended when they sanc- tioned it. The two officers are prominent in the Free State army and were be- Meved to be in Dublin tonight, seek- ing to evade arrest. There are only 6,000 different ACTIVITIES OF WILL BE PROBED Curtis by Bennett and of Bennett by Curtis, which occupied most of todays session, was the outstanding building. upsetting the coal stovi Fire broke out immediately, con- Suming the depot, coal car and coal while the freight train con- tinued for a distance of a mile where eight more cars left the PHIPPS IS CANDIDATE DENVER, Colo., March 8.—United States Senator Lawrence C. Phipps, Republican, in a formal statement today declared his candidacy for nomination to succeed himself for the Jong term in the senate. In his declaration notice Senator Phipps declared he will seek re- nomination and election on a “more business government” platform. 170 MINERS BELIEVED DEAD IN UTAN; FIRE BLOCKS RESCUERS (Continued From Page One) was no chance for the entombed men to barricade from the fatal bbe) 60 long days in jail. Clara Smith WOMAN SLAIN, Hamon Eludes | BROTHER HELD Coast Search LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 8. —Mrs, Jobn W. Gorman, for- merly Clara Smith Hamon, named as a possible witness in the Tea- pot Dome controversy, success- fully eluded search for her today. Authorities who calied at the Gorman residence were told she ‘Was on @ ranch some miles away and would be gone a week. According to Washington dis- patches Mrs. Gorman was expect- ed to be able to corroborate the statements of Leonard Wood, Jr., that Jake Hamon, late Oklahoma politician and ofl man, had offered to obtain the Republican nomi- nation for General Leonard Wood if the latter would name Hamon 4s secretary of the interior. COLORADO FUEL AND IRON OFFICIAL WILL ARCHBISHOPS NOMINATED AS ‘~ CARDINALS ARE GIVEN GREAT SENDOFF ON SAILING, REPORT NEW. YORK, March 8.—(United Press)—Catholics of all classes, judges, lawyers, high clergy, labor- ers and little children, gathered to the number of 5,000 today and bid farewell to Archbishop Hayes Hew York, and Archbishop Munde- In of LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 8.— (United Press}—Mrs. Margaret Cro- nin, 29, was shot and killed here this afternoon. Bernard Brannon, her brother-nlaw was arrested by investigating police. No motive for the crime was ob- tained during the early examination of Brannon, who, officers said, was found at the residence in an alleged intoxicated condition holding a re- volver in his hand. Authorities were notified of the shooting through a mysterious te)- ephone call. ® honor to be pald them fs not @ per- sonal one, but a tribute to the Amer- ican people of their dioceses. Both expressed grict at leaving their com- munities, Archbishop Hayes and Archbishop lundelin were both born on the east side of New York within a few Dlogks of each other; grew up to- gether, went to the same: school and Aboard the Berengarla, on which tor c a ‘said in hia state. the archbishops departed, some| ment. Informally aboard the Ber. three thousand stood in ilne to kneel engariahe and: Archbishop Hayes reyerently for an instant. joked with. one another, ‘each de- In statements issued at the time] claring the people of his.diocese the of sailing, both prelates declared the] greatest in the world.- ‘Inter-Mountain Industrial '. Exposition Air vents were immediately tested by the surface crew and all were alr vapor. So dangerous was the vicinity of the explosion that even rescuers dic not dare approach the tunnel with- ARRIVE HERE MONDAY feature of the hearing. The only other significant development was a statement by John F. Major, Mc- Lean’s confidential agent, that Mce- Lean and two of his employes went to Atlantic City to see - Albert B. | Fall, just before Fall testified before the committee that loaned him $100,000—a story which McLean, with Fall's approval, later | repudiated. McLean ° |ment of the Standard refinery. Mr. Lichty Is an excellent speaker and y is considered an authority on the | will address the Casper Rotary club Monday noon and will address the CHICAGO POLICE BY CRIMINALS | CHICAGO, March 8. — (United } Press)—Unabashed by 800 years of GUATEMALA, March 8 Press)—Guatemala and have agreed to offer the! in the revolution in He was announced offic! night. The United Staten also wot invited to gt in the mediation cor erence to " ite moral support." Tnited vadore rram, it be here to-! Jail sentence which he faces should he pay for the 200 crimen to which he confossed, Harry ©, Thomas, 39 “made a clean breast” of hia orim: jinal record to police today, Confessing to murder, burglary and amsatlt upon 15 women, Thomas onimly™ recited the most amaging crime reeord loeal authorities have heard-for-many years: conscience was bothering me,” Thomes explained. Thomas was a burg'ar de luxe. He found victims rencily, robbed ea i tions rapidly became more pro- teelen mutoa et letoure, spent hislon industrial matters, Mr. ‘Lichty |exblosiona mist have wrought de.| hounced anth late this afternoon the All those interested will receive detailed infor- stolen mo: freely, and was ar.| discusses acientife subjects, applied, struction almost unparalleted in the interior was evidently a mass of mation on request by callin rested on'y because of his carcless- chomistry and many other interest-| history of mine disasters. Three | flame. = Rare eecay ieee told of his pt emt jing subjects, tremondoug blasts were heard by It is not certajn the other vibra- he offered nll hia property—includ. ——— workmen on the surtace, followed | None were explosions, miners said C D 7 4 ine a ey > eteloene apartment, Thorg are 265,000 miles of rallway| by m number of leaser vibrations. They may have been caused by the asper aily Tribune AN expenalve omebto, «nd an th the United States, 85,143 in! Then everything hecanie quiet d | collapse of bulk’ iti Amburrement of Hh vietime, BoO~in” Great Britain see ap nthe aoa oars — Lon: RANGE = wtks : A. H. Lichty, vice ‘president of the Colorado Fuel and Iron com-| UC 88 masks. |Pany, in charge of Industrial Rela-|. Every available piece of equip- |ons, will have the key to all the| Ment was rushed to the scene from service clubs in Casper when he | Scores of mines around, but little arrives here tomorrow morning. | !f any, headway was being made to- found to be shattered. Nothing then remained to be done but to rush rescue equipment to the scene and Wait for other crews. ‘The feverish haste somewhat sub- sidede when rescue crews made suf, ficlent headway to discover that an intense fire raged through the pas- Sageways. A majority of the men emplaye4 in the mine are said to be natives The Casper Chamber of Commerce | ward untangling the mass of ruins “In the Interest of a Bigger Casper” The Inter-Mountain Industrial Exposition, . spon- sored by The Tribune, will open at the Arkeon Hall on March 81 and continue for a period of fivedays, closing on April 4. : : The Exposition will be open to all dealers in an article which goes in the construction or furnishing of Utah. who came here two years ago during strike troubles, bring their families with them. No. 1 mine was closed down last wek and practically all the single men had been dismissed and mar. ried men were placed jn No. 2. A check up of information from several sources here Jeaves the fol- lowing descriptive story: » At about 7:30 a. m. the first ex- blosion occurred. This closed No, 1 of two main entrances; a few seconds e'apsed, then a second camo, of a home or office—the tile dealer, the plumber, heating equipment, tinner, light fixtures, office fur- niture and accessories of all kinds—and al] will be on an equal footing in the display of their commodi- es. This Expositioin is being held for the purpose of exploiting the products manufactured, sold and dis- « tributed in Casper. _it is your exposition and is being held for your benefit. The net profit earned will be turned over to a civic organizatioin to be used in further advertising the resources and advantages of was enabled to secure Mr. for a series of addresses through the courtesy ond co-operation of Mr. Don Lobdell who is in charge ¢ the Industrial Relations depart- Lichty }@t the mouth of the mine which |must be removed before workings are explored for bodies. Only three men scheduled to have entered the mine this morning are known to have escaped. Those three were on the sick list when the shift Went on duty. They could give no enlightening information on the probable cause of the blasts. |. Gas damp, the eternal enemy of hamb: * con ‘Tuesday noon on the mubject ce | {2080 WHO Mako thelr living fm un: “The Human Factor in Industry.” derground workings, is consi¢ered subject of Industrial Relations, He Mr. Lichty will al aa by mining men the most probable] rocking the earth at the surface spe! i jLiche club,’ Ktwente! alice” wey |censerof the explosions Utah mine fiend blewine cot aii bulisheads Jena, || C8Per and Wyoming. | Estate Board, Business and Profes. | Properties, however, have ail been| ing to No. 2 entrance. This left all No admission char Ev: |sionat Women's club, Wyoming | Somsidered excellently equipped to! exita closed. ‘ invited to attend Mond: yee nda aed Underwriters’ association and the| “detect presence of gas, and to deal) When tho third blast occurred 3 ays une will: contain a Natrona County High school during | With emergency situations as they his visit to Casper. arose. | In-addition to being an authority From external surface men said they saw the’ first indications of smoke. These indica- complete statement of cost, plan of hibi detailed information. Fe ERNE abet appearances the i. > surfaces -- “bi rad i= * siak 3 a