Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 25, 1925, Page 1

WEAIHER Mostly fair tonight ‘and Saturday except somewhat unsettled north portion. Colder tonight in northeast portion. VOL. X NO. 59 CHRISTSS SPI. SEVEN P esas TOLL TAKEN BY FOUR FIRES IN NEW ENGLAND Three Firemen Killed as Truck Overturns on Icy Street. BOSTON,.Dec, 25.—(#)—~— Christmas was ushered i New England with a toll of seven killed and a fire loss of well in excess of three-quar- ters of a million dollars. Among the dead were three fire- men, who lost their lives responding to an alarm while more than 30 others had been injured or overcome by smoke in various blazes. . In the four major fires of last night $350,000 damage was caused when a convent in process of con- struction was destroyed at Hudson, N. H., $200,000 in the biggest fire in four years in Bridgeport, Conn., $125,000 in the destruction of a block in Marloora, Mass., and $65,000 in a spectacular Boston blaze. Pre-holiday fatalities included the deaths of three members of the Scl- tuate, Mass., fire department, when their trugk overturned on a,slippery road while responding to a call from Norwell. Three boys were drowned and two others rescued when ice broke from under them in the waters, of greater optic and a womanyin’ Holyoke rasan ing wet Sie ane a a paring. Christmas In the Hudson ey fire, many workmen -had--narrew-escapes and two were burnéd seriously. Bridgeport’s $200,000 fire was king- led by stores of inflamable merchan- dise, and’ when finally it, was under control two firemen had been taken to a hospital for treatment to in- juries caused by falling glass, nev- eral others had been overcome by dense smoke. 3 In Marlboro, Mass., two womep who had been overcome by smoke were rescued and a fireman injured when a four story store and tene- ment block were reduced to a shell. The Boston fire was confined to a six story building after threaten- ing adjourning structures in the market district. —— > MONEY ORDER: FORGER CAUGHT IN SEATTLE CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 25.—R. H. Robertson, postal inspector here, declared Wednesday that Joseph 8. Smith, indicted here November 12, In federal court on a charge of forging the name of anothér man to a money order at the Cheyenne postoffice, has been arrested at. Seattle, Wash., and will be retu he for trial St. Louis Opens Radio ‘Station ST. ROUIS, Mo., Dec. 25.—M— Radio ‘station KMOX, a super power krondcasting station, known as “The Voice of St. Louis,” officially took to the air here Jast night with a varied program. The new station opened with musical numbers, followed by dedl- catory addresses by Mayor. Miller and officers of the 14-companies In- strum snte? s foundation. Ly nchers Face Arrest Nine Men Are Accused CLARKSDALE, Miss,, Dec. 25.— (#)—The arrest of njne persons, in- cluding Dr. 8. W. “Glass, deponéed sheriff, was looked for here today as the next development in the grand jury? Investigation of the lynching of a negro last Saturday, Dr. Glass was removed from office late yesterday by order of Clrcult udge Alcorn, who announced that the sheriff been indicted for al- jeged crimes and misdemeanors tn the conduct of his office, o f CASPER, WYOMING, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1925 {C—O ~RISH er Daily Crib MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Deliverea oy Carri On Streets or at cents @ montp anda & cents Pubiication trices Crinine Ride Me WM Secona st IT RULES CHRISTIAN WORLD Promise of Strike End [sJ0\ A{\6N IN Gift to Hard Judge Frees 42 Prisoners; Bibles Given KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec, 25.—. (#)—City Judge Robert P. Wil- / ams gave a bible and a discarge to each of the 42 prisoners brought before him in police “court this morning. He told them the story of Christ and then said: “Go and 4 sin no! more.” The judge uso acht flowers to fifty delinquent women he recently sentenced to the camp home, _——— CHAPMAN GETS. ONE CHANCE 10 ESCAPE DEATH NEW YORK, Dec. 26.— () — Christmas day found Gerald Chap- man, notorious murderer and mail- robber, with another chance to es- cape the sentnece of execution ‘im- posed upon him for the murdet of a Policeman in New Britain, Conn. The signing of Federal Judge Learned Hand of a petition to, set aside the refusal of Federal Judge BE. 8. Thomas of Hartford, to grant a writ of habeag corpus to Chapman, will permit the convicted man, now in Wethersfield prison, to take an appeal to the, circuit court of appeals | for the second judicial district in which Judge Hand presides, | The petition, signed yesterday by y out-for-trial as.the.' murderer.of. Po- Uceman James Skelley, was-without; warrant in law. Judge Thomas de- nied’ this theory in’ refusing to sign the writ.. Smoke Pouring Into Jail Is | Cause of Alarm CHICAGO, Dec. 25.—()—Several hundred prironers in the county jail were alarmed today when smoke poured into the building from a fire in an adjacent structure. Several buildings were destroyed, with dam- age estimated. at. $50,000. ‘The fire was believed of incendiary,origin. New ) Bleachers: Are-Planned At Cheyenne Park CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 25.—A new 144-foot section of steel bleach- ers will be constructed at Frontier) park, a resolution granting the con. tract to Karl Burghardt,’ of Denver, having been adopted at the Cham her of Commerce meeting Tudésday of the board of directors. The contract, which includes only the erection of the steel work in place, 1s for $11,827. Other work that will be completed will bring the total cost of the job to Bpproxterately $14,000; it ‘1s reported. ——_— CHINESE GENERAL SLAIN, TOKYO, Dec. 25.—)—Dispatches to the Kokusol news agericy “and vernacular newspapers from Muk- den state that General Kuo Sung- Ling, whose army was defeated yea- terday by that of Marshal Chang ‘Tso-Lin, was shot and killed today by order of Chang. FBarlier* dispatches said»that Kuo and hig wife had been captured by Chang's cavalry. Others Indicted, as shown by the order, were three deputy M. dH. Scott, Lee, Matthews and 8, A. Frazier. Names of five other persons involved in the indict- ments were withheld pending their arrest. H. & Hopson. appointed In the order removing Dr, Glass, was per- forming the ‘duties of sheriff today, Mr. Hopson, a prominent citizen of Clarksdal banker: -and: ~ planter, characterized as an “outrage” the lynching of Lindley Coleman, after SANTA ree ge GHARGES FILED AGAINGT ROBBER TRIO AND BOWDS PLACED HG Charges that they robbed the John- | voluntarily son Brothers grocery store were! filed Thursday afternoon against Robert Morton and Ray (“Slick'’) Dubul’ who were brought back here several days: ago from the. western part of the state and have been held in jail since, that ‘thme, © Bonds: of $10,000"each wer set by Justice Hen- ry F. Brennan. Bessio Dennison, who is supposed to have handled money for Morton and ~-Dubuis--to--“Ray ~@tone ~ and “Heavy” Jack Hill was served with ® -warrant. Thursday- also,-and~her bond was set at $7,000. She Is charg: ¢€d with being an accomplice after the fact, the same ‘charge that» was ‘first piaced against Stone who later the negra had been cleared of a mur- der charge. In the Coahoma county jall await- ing a hearing on murder. charges, are four men who were arrested in consequence of the mob lence. They are Thomas Nicholas, brother of the man for whose murder, the slain negro had been tried} J. “L. Traynham, G. O. Cone and H. 8. Blockley. These four also face con- spiracy to murder charges cn war- rants sworn to by Dr. Glass after the lynching. ! Dennison has been, held in | weveral days, was released on a witness bond. Mrs jail for having returned here while authorities were searching for her from St. Louis to the Pacific coast MANE POSTMASTERS IN WYOMING APPOINTED CHEYENNE, Wyo., Déc The appointment of fourteen Wyo- ming postmasters has been announce ed, thirteen of whom have been con- firmed, it was learned, Wednesday The names of the postmasters whose appointinents have be firmed by the senate are: MeDermott,- Arvada; Oscar Dubols; Minnie C. Corson, campment; James BE, Patterson, bo; Willlam M. Lloyd, Jackson; George «Re Bringhurst, Lovell; Frances P, Youngberg, Lyman; An- otta V. Welsh, Midwest; Peter B. Petrie, Opal; Ardery Lee MoFerland, Salt Creek; Clara Wilcox, Saratoga; Lizzie Rt. Moore, Bouth Superior and Catherine | McCabe, Van? Tassel! The appointment of Price A. Gat- hell, Jr., present postmaster alo, has not,as yet,been confirmed —_—_—_——. NRENCH FINANCES UNSOLVED. PARIS, Dec. 25.—(A)—The post- tion ‘of Finanto Mintstér Doumer has been randered more difficule by the action of the left cartel which has er out a financial plan of its own, Thus # wolution of the financial viddle, #0 eagerly awaited by the country, seems as far off as Men_ cae Coal Regio Homes by Agree |Gloom Is Dispelled from Hundreds o ment to Resume Wage Negotiations Tuesday HAZLETON, Pa., Dec, ment that wage negotiations anthracite industry would be 25.—()— Official announce- looking toward peace in the resumed next Tuesday came as a joyous C hristmas gift today to the 158,000 idle mine | workers. Gloom that had hung over dispetled by the newn that’ Alvan Markle, chairman of the operators’ ‘and miners’ joint committees, had issued a call for a renewal of the parleys in New York City after as.| certaining that such action was | agreeable to representatives of both miners and ope: There were predictions that a new wage scalo would be signed within #& week after the conference is re- sumed, as well as forecasts that the opposing groups, between whom so much bitterness has been manifest- ed recently, would’ be unable to re- je‘thelr differences, and that the conference would end tn fallure as did those in Atlantic City last August. The call for 2 resumption of nego- tlations was issued by Mr. Markle after receiving official notification that John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, had ex- presed his willingness to confer with the operators on any and all peac plans and after having ascertained that such jon wis agreeable to ators, representatives of both sides. In a formal statement announcing the call, Mr. Markle said: sub-committee will on December 29, The retumption of agreeable to both “The anthra met in New Yor 1925 at 3 p.m negotiations 1s JUDGMENT 1S ENTERED “AGINST SURETY FRM CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. Judge T. Blake Kennedy entered a judgment against the National Surety company for $2,000, repre- venting the amount of the bond posted by the company for the ap- pearance in federal court, of Clyde Morsh, known ds Clyde Martindale, who was charged with stealing money order blanks: from the post- office at Gunn, Wyo. he offense is said to have been committed several years ago, when | Morsh was employed by the Gunn Mercantile company. 23.— ELCOMED IN CASPER Caroling Lends Color to Celebration of| Christmas Eve; Elks Play Host to Thousands of C, hildren Today the church s Christmas utmost in C asper. Between four and five tho Ushered in b ppropriate ervice this singing of carols, given fitting dignity 28, abounding in the chara year was enjoyed to the} usand children this morning saw Santa Claus in person at the Elks hall, Seventh and Center streets, and treated with gifts of candy, nuts and toys. and firemen well were Policemen ag as members of the Elks lodge were kept busy handiinis the large crowd. It was a problem to get the children in and out of the auditorium while other groups 4 their turn, but it was met successfull Following a program in the audl. torlum in which Santa Claus talked to the youngsters the children filed dewnstairs to recelve the packa prepared for them Ther we child of all ages sizes and conditions. y and then | a boy or girl unable.to walk was carried in’ the ‘arms ‘of firemen, The youngste had gathered at their] varlous schools and had been trans: | ported (o the auditorium on trucks, | special busses, and other ~ of the smaller ones whieh identified them and gave thelr address, Despite the necessary con; fusion of such an occasion all the boys and gitls were well’ taken care of and returned safely to their homes. ‘The community sink: ‘held Christ: mas eve at the headquarters of the CG. A. headquarters while choristers sang. Several Christi tree programs were held by the churches ‘Chrint mas eve. grams this evening Several churches Held sérvices to day, St. Mark’s Episcopal held only communion thi# morning and’ thin was followed by festival service and sermon, Masses ¥ ng hony's Cutholic at different during (Continued on Page Five.) | sid The call followed a concerte: fort on the part of the ¢ clergy of the anthracite fiel the region for weeks was miners and operators. ing At this meet- ny basis for settlement ma t before the meeting b bring pressure to bear on the opr ing forces for a renewal of negotia- tions. In letters to is and Major W. W. Ing! urman of the anthracite opery: <*> wage ne gotiating committee, :xteen priests of non-English speaiing congrega- tions, claiming to repreeent 85 per cent of the miners in the hard coal belt, declared that a great majority of the men were'tired of the strike and desired to return to ta gat a aa RABBI ADMIRER OF CHRIST TO GIVE UP F )ST teacher, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise. has resignetl a chairman of the $5,000, 000 United Palestine appeal, His resignation is today the Zionist “organization of Tt WAS offered in response to of protest from Jews who objected to a speech at Carnegie Hall last Sunday, in which he said Jesus was & man, not a myth, and his tenets Were essentially the same as those taught by the Jewish elders, Dr, Wise dh not offer his resigna- tion, however, without first attack- ing the condemnation of his state ments leveled at him by the Agudath Hareborim (union of orthodox Mab- bis), whom he charged with ving issued’ an’“incredible edict" against him, based upon “hearsay evidence” obtained without “even the hearing of witnesses.” The noted Jewish ‘leader sald he did not wish the resignation con- strued as assent on his part to the justice of attacks made against hil: > STATE GEOLOGIST T0 ISSUE OIL BULLETIN CHEYENNE, W; Bartlett, state nounced Wednesd letin No. 14, oll and ga: Horn Basin,” will and availat throughout the s Mr. Bartlett tructure ¢ which are barren, 3 oll-pr ing, 14 ed, 18 torm ‘0, Dee. geologist, an- y that press bul- esent conditions of eoon be corrected efor distribution to date lucing sted, 11 glucers and pre partly test possible wo small p’ CHEYEANE CI CAGE SQUAD usted. | CHEYENNE, W: Dec, 25—The Tribune-Leader allstar basketball cam will meet the Fedora, S.-D., ag gregation in the initial game of the ason here Saturday night. A lve ly encou is anticipated by Ic ' followers of the game y YORK, -P)—Bo. protested navice to} recognize Jesus os) a t world} * ‘ int hands of Loulg Tpsky, chafing do development in the Big| future | roll COUNTRIES , BASED ON PEACE AND GOOD WILL Locamo Treaties Give Cause for Rejoicing In Capitals of Old | World Today. (By The Associated Press) The Christmas spirit of peace and good will reigned today throughout the Chris- tian world and beyond. | From the anthracite fields, enlivened by a new prospect of peace, to European capitals cele. ing the Locarno pacts and the pect of armament Mmitation, southern state with balmy ‘o the former kaiser’s palace , there was rejoicing today from weather, at Doéri Cable messages from foreign lands count the observance of Christmas Noel, Weinachten, Nafale, or Paseusz each according to the custom of country, At dusk yesterday in Washington President Cooll lighted a huge Norway spruce not far from the White, House, while leader in x jona affairs were gathered a i him » than 2,000 persons wer pathos 1 on the White Ho la 9 listen with the president 1 his lly to the slr Christmas « It was whispere that lat president 1} | esenta he set In New York May and Mrs. PWalker joined last night in deliver ing batket# to the city's poor, while one newspaper datributed $250,000 tected from ts-readers and anotir er_kave a $125,000 Christmas party at which tons of toys and food were distributed. There was only a light snowfall in the metropolitan area, although most New Eng- land enjoyed a white Christmas. Londe elebrated also. Saturda is Boxing holiday All business al transpo: ation are 4 nd there are he ven. newspapers in Lon don today. Paris dinarily gay, de e dr and forecast of rain Christm day, The Montmarte and the Champs Elysee were reported thelr gayest since pre-war days President William Cosgrave of the Irish Free state at Dublin exp d his belief that his wishes for a happ3 Christmas and a bright new year f the Irish people would be fulfilled. Despite depression in some quay ters of the German republic, Berlin a ‘cheerful Christmas There was holiday spirit and song even améng the unemployed, for the reich made 100,000,000 marks. avail e for their it Hin burg and 1 of the official mily spent the day at their homes, but sent a special Christmas greet ing to the J ‘an people Kaiser was reported anu, at his Doorn ch. eau mak ration himself f |the e { the nobility } year. Many dignitaries of the Cat olle ehureh including Cardina Hayes of New York, sont @ message praylins that the Christmas day prove “in inspiration to America to even greater fidelity to the eternal principles of justice and charity.” From Africa the world re , Christmas messag tell[ng probable imminent cessatio es in one of the ¥ remainir embattlede portions of the globe Syria Th French f L negotiating with the 1 men for ar armistic: At sea there were service ard \ (M@ontinued on Page Three) Lig uor Toll Is Feared Holiday Joy Dimmed f5W. A., 142 South Wolcott street, and at the city park where the big community Christmas tree stands, Was an outstanding success, Many pasvers-by paused ut both places to hear the famons old songs beautitully sung. The sam DUDS ot singers took part in both pro grams, A tableau interpreting Van} Dyke's story of the “First Christmas | Tree” was presented 1 1 Y Ww By ROBERT T, SMALL Ii Ives to be In a state of dread, posl- The prohibition. authoritiés and (Copyright, 1926, Casper Tribune) | tively bordering on terror, They |the “dry” leaders of the nation avow WASHINGTON, Dee. 25 “While | were thinking of the toll of ist-| that the deaths are due to “poison government departments and govern-] riax death to be ‘claimed by bootleg |in the Mquor and they have tssued ment circles generally were celebrat: | liquor - figures to show that out of 50,000 ing today what they considered to be| | Tt iM claimed (that the! toll from} samples of seleed liquor 99 ‘one of the happlest, most prosperous | “polvon alcohol this year will be| per cent were found t ome and contented Christmases the coun. eater than’ ever before. Even prior | t of polaon. try ever has known, there was ono the holiday seavon the total of| ‘This statement {# {ficial bureau to which the Christ-|deaths in virtually every area f weta” and t ists mas cheer failed to pene' T hich statistics are tved has|of some of the wetter € f the was the bureau of prohibition en-| been higher this year t at any|country. They claim th ths ar ‘creement ime stnee prohibition went {nto ef-| not tt a of ison WTR a