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, 1922-03-18
BUILDING LAWS
HOLD Up WORK
IN CITY, CLAIM
Realtors Seek Correction of
Provisions of Ordinances
Which Add Big Cost
to Homes.

Holding that the city building code.
enacted into n law during the last ad-
ministration was detrimental to build.
Ing activity OF any kind In Casper, the
real estate board yesterday took steps
TO organize sentiment TO havo tbs OF.
Tending statute repealed.
Consistent with this plan the Real.
tors appointed a committee of three
members TO work with committees OF
other organization to shape sentiment
against tho sections Of the bin which.
arc said to have successfully termi-
mated plans for wholesale c-onstrnction
Of business and residence property dur
ing the coming e
The stringent requirements of many
sections of the ordinance, 1t Is claimed
would impose building coasts which
could not be met and that as n result
Of the necessary overhead thai proper
ty owners here were passing up build
ing plans that they had made.
The success of the committee an
pointed and the cooperation il receives
from other organizations will be made
known to the realtors at the next
weekly meeting.
I. Decker. n Representatives OF the
Fidelity Building n Loan association
OF Salt Lake addressed the realtors,
Dividing chiefly on the spirit OF co
operation and h~elpfuIHess which exist,
ed in the organization and of the fine
impression h a Casper had made on
him during the few days OF his visit.
He paid tribute to the See Ben
Realty company for the booster cam
paign that firm has launched here
exclusively through the advertising
columns of The Casper Tribune, and
said hat he learned more about Gus
per from the full, page advertisement
printed by the See Ben company in
The Tribune Thursday than from any
other source
The matter OF providing a title in
surance company for Casper To guar
antee abstracts was taken up and
thoroughly discussed The sentiment
expressed was that Casper was not
ready and did not require such pro
lection at this time.
, 1922-03-18

S"aillOIiiha
Detectives returned here today
empty handed after interviewing a
man in Mexican. who proved TO have
no connection with the ease. IT was
announced
william C Dorian. chief deputy In
charge OF the investigation, an
nounccd hat detectives had been sent
to the Imperial Valley city to inter
view a man reported to be a former
Canadian soldier. who was said by a
Santa Ana. Cal farmer to have made
threats to kill n Canadian captain IN
southern California
Tho interview at Meaicai ycstcrday.
according to dav1ccs from Csiexicn
across the border. resulted in tho send
ing out late yesterday of an errone-
nm report by n Mexican Individual
that a secret res had been made.
The detectives toe no persons in
custody and returned hero to report
that h clAes were based pom a mis-
talcun identity
, 1922-03-18
Gold
Is InUented
By Scientist

Los ANGELES. canf- March Is.
-"Cotd light" was demonstrated
here before a group of scientists by
NJ. ]. Ritterrath, Los Angeles IN
~ventor. who told his hearers his in
vention was the result OF Jour years
work
"Coid light n snid to be pure
white and 70 free OF hest that highly
explosive Photographic finn may be
subjected to 1t for hours without
burning. 1t is said
1t Is declared the discovery WIN be
of great value in tho projection of
motion pictures.
, 1922-03-18
Soldier Caught
By Balloon Is
Killed In Leap

PARIS, March 1S.-TwD soldiers.
helping to hold a balloon to the ground
during maneuvers yesterday at the
Anglers flying field. were carried aloft
when the bag was freed by the break
ing Of one of the ropes.
One OF tho men let go when about
100 feet in h air and died of his in
juries. The other succeeded in Sc
curing the ropo about him and was
carried some distance at n high alh-
tude. The bag finally came down
within a reasonable distance Of some
bushes and the soldier jumped, land
ing unhurt
, 1922-03-18
Shop Union Head
Continues PLe1
In Wage Dispute

CHICAGO. March IS. - Records of
conferences between shop employees
railroad labor board by L. M.
Jewell president of the shop unions,
i'll continuing his testimony that rail
roads now seeking wage reductions
had not complied with the terms of the
transportation act in preliminary ne
gotiations- He declared the sole OBJ
ject of calling the conferences was to
present a fixed wage reduction, which
the men were expected to reject. and
which the roads then brought to the
board.
Mr.. Jewell VIII continue his case on
Monday, the board having other hear
ings scheduled for tomorrow.
, 1922-03-18

A. W. Erickson of New York. who oh
tanned them from A W. Mortified of
Somers. Mont. one Of Colonel Roose-
velt's ranch partners in the esTly
sos.
A relic OF the colonies first expert.
ences in big game hunting. included
in the collection, is an old 40-60 cali
bro rifle, known to old frontiersmen
as a bear gun" 1t is decorated with
engravings of an elk. a bear and a
Rocky Mountain sheep. "Bill' Sewall,
Roosevelt's old guide and partner. who
visited the association while the relics
were being. unpacked, recognized this
old gun instantly.
That's the gun he used when he
shot his first bear" he exclaimed. III
was a favoriae with him, and was the
one he used IN a thief hun, when
he and 1 caught the three men who
stole his boat"
Next to the old rifle rested a queer
looking Weapon which Roosevelt had
made to order to take on his first hunt
for big game In the Big Horn noun
tains. 1t is a three barreiied com
bination shot u and rifle and while
old timers shook their heads hnd
questioned its usefulness. it proved to
be an effective instrument in the col
onel's hands
Tho first pair OF chaps Wort; by
Roosevelt back in the days when he
was hardly more than a -tenderfoot"
compared with the rudy adventurers
who made up the wild west" Of that
day, is also on view. They show hard
usage and have a hole burned in one
knee
ut was caused by us sleeping out
one night without bedding n he got
too close to the campfire" was Merri-
, 1922-03-18
OBENCHAiN JURY TO DISAGREE
IS BELIEF OF COURT EXPERTS

Los ANGELES. March 1s-The jury
in the trial of Mrs. Madalynne Con
nor obenchain. charged with the muir
der of j. Bolton Kennedy. local
broker, hero last August. filed into
the jury room at 9 o'clock to resume
deliberations,
Twenty-four hours after the case
had been given into their hands. the
nine men and three women We're
taken to lunch today and prepared to
resume deliberations at 2 o'clock.
Persons who had followed the con-
duct of the jurors during their brief
appearances, and who had heard their
, 1922-03-18

sets, the Republican leader. put int
the record without comment a state
iment by Reno vfviani of the French
arms conference delegation, character
izing the treaty as standing outside
all a~Iiinnces-" Mr.. Lodge said he de
sired to present this statement in view
of the charges that Mr.. Vivtani re-
sarded the pact es an alliance
Senator Shields. Democrat, Tennes-
SEQ, called attention to an address
mads IN fAs Angeles yesterday by Sir
Auckland deddes, the British ambas-
ing that he treaty had removed a men,
|ace n om the Far East Senator Rob
insun said the press report made II
even appear that Sir Auckland had in-
Dictated he believed the treaty avert
ed" a war that was Imminent in the
Pacific or tho Orient
Does the senator mean to say ask
ed Senator johnson, Republican, Cali
fornta, that the British ambassador
now is engaged in making addresses
Ifor this treaty.
Senator Robinson replied that he
fonly know what he had seen pub
nshed. but hoped the enate might
hzve a fuller account later.
Senator Robinson asserted and
Senator Burah. Republican. idaho,
concurred that the AngfoJapanese
alliance, which is abrogated by the
treaty, was rot a ena to the
United States An agreement OF 1911.
they said. exempted this nation from
its operation
Senator Fbindexter. Republican.
Washington, said Senator Reed. Demo-
crat. Missouri. one OF the most vigor-
Gus opponents Of the treaty. had de-
ciared b Angio-Japanese alliance was
a menace
, 1922-03-18
ErtraditiOn Of
Broker Asked
OF California

LANSING, Mich. March 1s.-For-
NAL request for the extradition TO Do
troit of Charles Joncsd. held in San
Francisco. WIGS forwarded by Cover
nor Groesbeck to the governor Of Cali
fornia- The request asserted
that Jonesi seemingly was the head of
the brokerage firm Of L ]. Sinkula
and company, which recently suspend
ed operations in Detroit. following in
v~estigation of alleged violations Of the
state blue sky laws
, 1922-03-18
GRIFFITH PUTS "a
ON CONVENTION

DUBLIN, March 1s.-By The As.
ISOLATED PresseApproval Is voiced
generally in Dublin over the note
which Arthur Griffith. president OF the
Dan Eireann sent to the ministry of
defense yesterday in which he for.
babe holding the Republican army
convention set for March IS
The intention has been evident of
submitting at tho convention a reso-
luton proposing the formation OF an
executive of the army and the pro.
v%isional government officials regard
this as a deliberate attempt to estab.
llsh a military government
The action of Mr. Griffith n looked
upon as having again precipitated the
issue set aside temporarily for the re,
cent settlement of the army trouble
at Limerick: by some It IL even con.
sidercd that he has challenged n def
mite decision.
John MacIntee. addressing the anti
treaty meeting at Harold's Croas, de
ciared that the Irish Republican army
convention would be held despite Mr..
Griffith's prohibition.
DUBLIN. March 1s.-By The As.
! Continued on Page Fourl
, 1922-03-18
WILL OF SUICIDE FILED.

LOS ANGELES, Cal. March IS
Tho win of Julian c. Cumberland.
wealthy farmer and philanthrophist.
body was found on the beach at
Sunset Beach. near here. March i,
with a weight about the neck, was
nled for probate here.
The estat is valued ut more than
s1o.o 900" and yielded an income in
xcess of $500 a year. It was stated
The widow. Clara E. Cumberland. WIS
named sole Iegatee. but she said the
six children void share equally.
, 1922-03-18

AaA11s
Several Re leaders wero IN con
ference ca day with Speaker Gil
ST. and rements were manr
for him to majority OF
the ways an ? n committee and
other Republi ? late today to dis
euss tho quest procedure MI
Gllett said he 4 ~ not arrive at a
decision today.
Representative LinebergeI OF Cali
fornia, a former service man. who
holds a petition carrying a sufficient
number of signatures to insure a call
for a party conference noxt Tuesday
evening. called on both Mr.. Giliett and
Representative Mcndeu OF Wyoming.
the Republican, house leader. He
would not discuss his conferences but
IL was understood that no had urged
the calling together OF house Repub-
licans to thresh out h whole bonus
question. leaders do not % with
favor on a plan for a party conference
until they have talked with tho prest-
dent
After his conferences with the house
leaders Speaker Gllett announced that
he would not make up his mind until
Monday as to whether he would per
init the bonus bn 10 come up under
a suspension OF the rules
Representative MondcIl said he
question OF the bonus had been dis
cussed in all of its phases but that
no definite conclusion had been reach
ed or any definite arrangement made.
He added hat no hoped to see he
president tomorrow evening with such
other house members as they might
desire to consult with
, 1922-03-18
ARREST MADE FOR STRIKE

JOHANNESBURG, Union Of South
Africa, March 1S.@By The Associated
PresseJoe Thompson, president of
the augmented executive board Of the
South African Industrial Foundation.
has been arrested in connection with
the mine strike.
The rebel leaders, Fisher and Spend
in, who were found dead in Trades
hall at Fordsburg. after the lombard
ment OF the city by government
forces. committed suicide. according
to an-oficiai statement
, 1922-03-18

LARAMIE, wyo.. March 1s-- The
Cheyenne high school basketball five
defeated Rawiins, 10 to IT, here this
morning and won the championship OF
the lightweight division in h state
basketball tournament With three
minutes to go in the last hair ana
Rawlins leading. II to 10, Cheyenne
made three field goals and n n
throw in rapid succession and ted the
score. Pierce of Cheyenne shot the
field goal that gave victory
, 1922-03-18
Mans Body
Found Chained
To RiUer Log

MUsKoGEE, Okla. March 1S.-
Chained to a log weighted VITA
stone, the body of a man was found
floating in the Arkansas river near
Okay early today
Police and sherifrs forces hAve
failed to identify the body, descrfb-
ed as that of a man between rs and
80 years old. His clothing was of
excellent grade A handkerchief
bore the initial "B."
Belief was expressed that the man
might have been chained alive to
the log and cast adrift, as no owl
dence of blows or other wounds was
found.
, 1922-03-18

interchange yesterday when the Jury
returned to hear some evidence read.
expressed the belief today that thu
jury n agreed to disagree and was
just awaiting the expiration of the
~ hours of deliberation usually re-
quired before a disagreement will be
accepted by the court and a jury dis
charge. Mrs. Obenchain was report
ed to have said today that she was
still confident OF acquittal but was
sorry that the jury took so long
about it.
Corridor gossip gave a jury division
of nine to three. with the nine re
ported to be for conviction.
, 1922-03-18
MAN
WOUNDS Wife,
MAY not live

LAMAMIE. wyo.. March 1s.-Al-
bert o. Clark, formerly member OF the
Laramie police force, surrendered to-
day and old the police he had shot
and dangerously wounded his wife fol-
lowing a st Patriek's party in their
home here last pteht- Mrs Clark was
hurried to a hospital. where it was
said she a small chance for recov
cry. One bullet pierced her right
lung. Will another lodged IN her neck.
No reason for the shooting was given.
, 1922-03-18
MODELS SUICIDE PRoRED
MYSTERY Seen IN DEATH

not describe
1t was early Thursday morning
when the young woman, sitting with
Wharton and Larsen while they
munched sandwiches and drank. col
lapsed. the former said She made
no remarks indicating her intention
to take her life, he added, and SO far
as known decided without making a
statement
Other members OF the party who
have been questioned by tho police
were Robert Christie. described as a
western business man; Joseph Torey,
Of Worcester. and Miss Annie Cossk-
leyLalso OF Worcester
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eaIfor of the local Mexican consulate.
Dfaz was the leader OF 5000 g
futiouists IN the state OF Nayarit dur
ing tho Carrauza regime About Feb
ruary 1870. according to Dominique.
he Kidnapped n two mining men at
their homes Al Rosa Monada- taking
them TO Topic. Ho demanded 10000
rnnsome for each of them. cutting off
three fingers from the right hand of
whfteford as an cxnmple of what he
might do to him should the ransom
remain unpaid
Tho family OF wzftsford. domfn-
Eucz said. was unable to pay the mon
ey and the American was killed
when the De La Huerta Oregon
revolution succeeded. Diaz was still
holding sway in Nayarit. Land being
stil a prisoner. Dominguez. sccreary
Of the first army division, commanded
by Angel Flores. headq aarters at MAJ
aiatan, acted as enissary from the d.
vision to Diaz's headquarters when
She latter sent a message that he was
Qing to lay down arms.
VyHn agreement was concluded
,.reby Diaz was to give UP his cont
mand, but retain his commission as a
rseneytl in the army.
Domfnguez and otheru at h con
sulate were unable to hazard n guess
as to who killed Diaz
Diaz was not the nephew Of former
president Portfiro Diaz of Mexico, who
has a similar name. Dominguez saio-
, 1922-03-18
CRIME INVESTIGATION
BUBBLE BURSTS AGAIN
Freight
IS REDUCED

SALT Lac CITY. Uezh. March IS,
Freight rates on coal from wyo-
ming mines TO Nevada points viii be
reduced April q. as follows. according
to announcement made hero by Union
Pacific Officials
between MonteIi, and WInnenucca
$3.50 q ton compared with the present
ratio of $6-575k; Wfnnemucca $500.
present rste ss-7ss Reno ss-25. present
rate s7.12h.
, 1922-03-18
ARBUCKLE JURY
is INCOMPLETE

SAN FRANCISCO. March 1s.-one
alternate juror. a man, was selected to-
day in the trial OF Roscoe c.. G'attyD
Arbuckle for the third time on a man.
slaughter charge, but the panel was
exhausted before the second alternate
wa chosen and adjournment wa
taken until Monday.
, 1922-03-18
VIRGINIA
TO BE FINISHED

WASHINGTON. March is. - Score
tary DENLY has ordered work on
completion OF the battleship West
Virginia, building in the yards Of the
Newport News Shipbulding and Dry
Dock company. resumed. the vessel
having been selected for completion
instead Of tho battleship Washington
under the terms OF the naval Iimita-
ton treaty.
, 1922-03-18

Dodge merely shook his head and
pushed his shovel into the fuel pile.
Dodge last night ate the prison
supper of noodle soup, apple sauce,
bread and black coffee and spent his
second night in Jail on one of tho
cots in a corridor, provided for short
term prisoners.
Dodge's duties today consisted OF
shoveling coal into n hand cart at
the supply pile and wheeling the
cart to h furnace rooms where he
dumps it within reach OF the stok-
ers.
He expressed himself az satisfied
with his assignment saying ut
, 1922-03-18

Larsen has disappeared
As Pauline Herrick. her engage
ment to James Davis, a Harvard
student, was announced in 1913 But
It was Lieut. Commander William
Thomas of the navy that she mar
ried. She was divorced from him a
year ago.
Wharton said Miss Clark invited
her friends to the party Of Wednes-
day night She had been melancholy
sine her divorce and in financial
difficulties recently
Wharton said she showed him two
bottles. one of which she said con-
tainedsperfume- The -othershe-did.
, 1922-03-18
NJ ON SHOVEL
PUT AT LABOR IN PRISON

DETROIT. March 1S.-John Duval
Dodge. who possesses a million and
a half in his own right was as
signed to real work in the house of
correction today with others who
are serving short term sentences.
He shoveled coal.
Tho young millionaire, who is serv
ing five days for speeding. tool the
mental work with good grace. One
of his fellow prisoners. apparently in
facetious mood. told him If he pre-
ferred TO sit around all that was
necessary was a refusal to work.
which would lead TO confinement
in She> prison dungeon
, 1922-03-18

BOSTON, March 1s.-The setting
for the suicide by poison OF Pauline
Virginia Clark was a subject I po-
lice inquiry today. The a~uthorines
had established. they said, that the
young woman who. as a model a ie"
years ago. was declared by scuiptors
to be almost perfect in form. ended
her life while drinking with a group
of friends in her apartment THESE
friends included Bayard OF
Philadelphia, a student and atniete
at Harvard college. and Otto Haider
Larsen, of Christiania. Norway a
student at Massachusetts institute
OF technology. -
, 1922-03-18
Brother OF
Premier Dead

DENVER. Coio- March i8.-Dr. d.
MaoDougal king. brother Of W. L.
Mackenzie King. premier OF Canada,
died at his home herr today following
an extended illness. DR.. King was the
author of several medical text books,
He had resided in Colorado for more
than fifteen years.
, 1922-03-18
DEMO CHAIRMAN COMING WEST

SPOKANE. WASH March 1s.-Cor-
DEL Hun. chairman Of the Democratic
national committee, will be the guest
OF honor at the annual Jefferson Day
dinner hero April IL, It was an.
nounced here following receipt OF a
dispatch by local Democrats that Mr..
Hull would be in Spokane on that
day. It was stated that he VIII visit
Denver. Salt Lake CITY and Montana
cities en- route here
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would keep him outside the gteater
part Of the day. The spirit in which
he accepted his Imprisonment was
shown at breakfast his morning.
The repast consisted Of pork slus-
age. brown gravy. bread and coffee.
Dodge praised the bread, saying it
was better than he got outside.
The five-dsy term will n Mon
day forenoon and the following morn
ing he is scheduled to appear in
Kalamazoo TO answer charges grow
ing out OF an automobile accident
there last Sunday morning
Up 10 noon trudged steadily he
Continued on Page Fourl
, 1922-03-18
STOLEN BONDS
Are RETURNED

COUNCIL BLUFFS. Iowa, March
1S-Eight thousand dollars worth of
bonds and securities stolen from a DEE
Motnes bank in June. 1921. were re
covered here late yesterday by H "
Yackey, state agent No arrests have
been made. Mr.. Yaclkey refused to di-
vuige details OF the finding of the
loot.
, 1922-03-18
INDICTED FOR FRAUD.

NEW YORK, March 1s.-rhe fed
eral grand jury returned two indict
ments yesterday against clever
men charged with conspiracy to de
fraud the government of huge sums
by false returns on luxury taxes in
the sale OF furs.
, 1922-03-18
PROJECT

HELENA. Mont. March Estate
Irrigation Engineer Fred Buck left
here yesterday for a final in
spection Of the Red Lodge-Rosebud
project preparatory to submitting the
matter finally to the state commits
sion for its approval. The project
contains. 11.116 acres and will cost
approximately $2s5. $50. The average
cost per acre. II is said. will DO s25.71.
, 1922-03-18

fields explanation OF tho hole with
the chaps is an old hat, sporting a
braided horsehair band made by enc
of the cowboys in R~ooseveit's outfit
The smaller relics contained In the
collection include a pocket compass
carried by he colonel during all his
ear in the west, a silver drinking
cup made from h top of a whiskey
flask. and a pair of glasses.
which. according to Mortified. the
colonel always carried with him in
case of accidents. but left on the
ranch when he went to New York
, 1922-03-18
REBEL Chief
IS SHOT dead
Gen. FELIX Diaz, Mexican Who Kidnapped
American Mining Man, Killed in
Sonora State, Says Report

Ell PkSo, Texas, March 1s.-Gen. Felix Diaz, who was
shot and killed near Hermosilo, Sonora, yesterday, was the
revolutionist of Carranza days who in the early part of 1920
kidnapped and killed an American mining man named G. A.
Whiteford at Topic and kidnapped another named Otto Land,
releasing the latter, according to Guillermo Dominguez, chan
, 1922-03-18
TERROR REIGN IN BELFAST IS RESUMED
Several Men and Women Slain Today in
Bombing and Shipping Horrors Re-
neved After Quiet Passing of st. Pat
rick'S Day, army Contention Is Barred

BELFAST, March 1s-By The Associated Press y
who had remained under cover all of st. Patrick's
day, resumed their activities today. Shortly after the curfew
hour a news vender was shot through the breast and a man
shot and killed in Newtonards road.
A bomb was thrown in Thompson street, the missile
, 1922-03-18
PHysICIAN

CHEYENNE. wyo.. March 1S.-The
condition Of DR.. F. L. Beck. throat
specialist. who last Sunday submitted
to a~mputaton of an infected leg, con
tiDoesHto~show, improvement
, 1922-03-18
Reported Arrest of Murder Suspect in
Taylor Case at Me1icaH Denied by
Los angeles Prosecutor

LOS ANGELES, March 1s.-The mystery drama of the
murder of William Desmond Taylor, film director, here, Feb
ruary 1, was relegated back to the list of unsolved slayings
today when the district attorneys office exploded q false re-
port of an arrest reported last night from Mexicali, Lower
, 1922-03-18
AMENDMENT BASED ON
SECRET DIPLOMACY URGED
Senator Robinson of Arkansas Argues
against Pacific Treaty as "Danger-
GUS Instrument" to IS.

WASHINGTON, March 1s-Amendment of the four
power Pacific treaty to bind the signatories against secret
diplomacy was urged in the senate today by Senator Robin
son, Democrat, Arkansas, in a speech attacking the pact as a
dangerous instrument If accepted as it is.
In the course of the debate, Senator Lodge, Massachu-
, 1922-03-18
BONUS ACT UP
TO PRESIDENT
Proposal for Passage in House Under
Suspension of Rules to Be Submitted
to Harding at Conference

March 1S-Republican house leaders
en- to confer with President Harding at the White House
ton w night regarding procedure in handling the COM
prol bonus bill. They are hopeful that he will approve
their for passage OF the measure under suspension of the
, 1922-03-18
cheyenne WINS LIGHTWEIGHT
DIVISION TITLE AT LARAMIE

Cheyenne win play Cowley. cham
pions of the heavyweight division. to-
night for tournament honors.
, 1922-03-18
Roosevelt Relics
Placed ON Display

NEW YORK, March is.-A collection of guns, knives,
chaps and cooking utensis-the original equipment used by
Theodore Roosevelt during his cowboy days in the Dakotas-
was placed on view here today by the Roosevelt Memorial as
ISOLATION for the first time since the collection was assembled.
The association received the collection recently from