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, 1923-01-06
NEW TRIAL FOR
JOHNSON
IS AU RIZED
May Go Free After Serv-
ing Two Years for
Wales Murder.

CHEYENNE, wyo., Jan. 6.-Henry
Johnson. who has served two years
IN the Wyoming ~penItentiary for the
murder of Nancy Wales. eccentric
ranch.woman OF the Splitrock section
of Fremont, county. may go free as
the result OF the action of tho su-
preme court in order that he be given
4 new trial. Rather than 20 TO the
expense of the second trial. and be-
AUS OF features of the Ease that
ave arisen since johnson was con.
yioted and sentenced to life imprison-
ment. It is believed that Fremont
county VIII nolle the Ease against him.
Mrs. Wales was shot from ambush
August 81, 1890, while she was serv.
'ng supper at her. home. A bullet
fred from a point some distance out
side the house went through a WIN.
low and shattered her thigh. She
He'd several days later at a Lander
hospital.
johnson inc Charles and Robert
Coleman were arrested. johnson was
tried first and convicted. Charles
Coleman then was tried and acquitted.
w~hereupon the case against Robert
Coleman was dismissed.
IL is commended by counsel aud
friends OF Johnson that IL he wera
guilty, then tho Colemans were guilty;
that IL the Colemans were innocent,
then johnson was innocent, the evil
dence against all three being identi-
cal. The imprisonment OF johnson.
therefore, they contend, has been an
injustice.
The supreme cour ordered a re-
trial OF the johnson a on the
ground that the evidence at his trial.
purely c!rcumstantial. failed to con
meet him directly with the homicide.
Governor Carey ABOUT a year ago
declined to pardon johnson, contend
Ing that the matter was one for court
action. not for executive interference.
At that time there were laid before
the chief executive certain allegations
in the case OF an unprintable descrip-
ton.
, 1923-01-06
HOOVER REJECTS
INTERIOR POST
RENDERED TODAY
Ambition Is to Build Up
Commerce Department,
Secretary Says.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.-Prc.-
ident Harding today rendered
Secretary of Commerce Hoover
the place as secretary of the
interior which Albert B. Fall will
vacate on March 4. but after a
conference it was decided thai Mr..
Hoover would retain his present
position. .
The president was said to have
called Secretary Hoover's attention to
the fact that in point Of seniority. that
the interior department ranks above
the commerce department. Secretary
Hoover. however. recalled that on en-
tering the administration. he had de-
>flared It his ambition to make a real
department" out of the commerce
organization. To this purpose he told
the president he intended to adhere.
, 1923-01-06

uASSdtioleu WIN Iue support WHICH
had been accorded him throughout the
year from members and that he and
his fellow officers had been handl-
capped in their york through this
lack of support. He said that at the
beginning of last yea the George
vroman post had been "the sick man
OF Wyoming and that during the
course of events and by dlnt of much
enort it had improved Its tone be-
fore the public OF Casper.
The former commander spoke of
the movement to organize a new post
and said hat he believed there was
room in Casper for two posts and
that he would make application to
become a member n II were organized.
c. II. Reimerth. the newly elected
commander. justified his election and
denied h a II was any Reputation Of
the previous administration He
brought out that It was merely the
placing in office OF a man who had
as yet no organized enemies and who
could for hat cas- consolidate the
different factions and work in har.
mony with them for the betterment
OF the organization.
Having beer charged with the lack
OF active support during the past
year. he replied that he had not
volunteered his services although he
had always willingly responded when
called upon for work because he had
not believed In the policy which tho
officers were following.
Mr.. Reimerth said that the Amer
lean Legion in Casper would have to
get over the continual receiving OF
benefits from tho public and would
have to start giving something In
return. That the overhead had been
too great during 1922 and that the
time Of the executive secretary for
that reason had been taken up In the
obtaining of money for meeting this
instead OF in serving the ~ex.servicc
man in more necessary ways was one
OF the points OF the speaker.
The Legion should take an interest
in and should further other civic in.
%terests. according TO MIR. Relmerth.
Among the things which he outlined
as possible outlets within the organ
izatiou for activity during 1874 hs
placed n permanent home program, =
Continued on Page TWo9
, 1923-01-06
COAL MEETING !
BREAKS UP IN
failure, Said

CHICAGO. Jan. Coy The Asso-
c!ated Press, 1.-THE joint conference OF
bituminous coal operators and repre-
sentatives Of the union miners of the
nation broke up lato Friday In
failure. A telegram informing John
Hays Hammond. chairman of Presi-
dent Harding's fact finding coal COM
mission. of the situation was dis.
patched to Washington.
The telegram was said TO have
stated that the operators had done
everything in their power to reach an
agreement with the mine workers.
leaders but that all efforts had ended
in disagreement.
Phil II. Penna, Terre Haute. Ind.
operator. md chairman of the con-
ference, declared. however. that a
strike next April l was improbable.
, 1923-01-06
Nesbit
Critically IH

ATLANTIC CITY. N. j.. Jan. g.
Evelyn Nesbit. former wife of Harry
X. Thaw. who in 1905 shot and killed
Stanford White on the roof OF Madi-
son Square Garden, is in a private
hospital here. critically Ill with In
fiuenza. She was removed to the
hospital Thursday suffering from a
severe cold contracted while attend
ing to her duties as manager os \
board walk cabaret New Years owe
and tho following night. Her physi-
clan said her condition was SO serious
that no visitors, except her 12-year-
old son. Russell Thaw, were allowed
to visit her.
, 1923-01-06

in the state. n tax of one mill on all
property in the state. the application
Of all automobile license fees above
$250.0 900 to maintenance of highways.
and an immediate appropriation of
$500. 900 for the highway department.
THE question of funds to finance
the future work of the department
already has been presented TO the
governor through the budget report"
says the commissions report, which
lists the highway departments an
nual needs as follows: For mainten-
ance. $3.50. 900; for construction ST.
900. 900; for property, $3.50, LOCO.
The report continues.
The request for maintenance funds
Is based upon the minimum amount
which will adequately maintain the
mileage of constructed projects. which
must not be allowed TO deteriorate
and which must be properly maintain
cd or lose the federal aid funds avail
able for further construction. and
to maintain the sections Of connect
Ing highways between constructed
projects.
THE request for construction
funds Is based upon the amount neces-
sary to carry on construction Mt Rp-
proximately the same rate as during
the past two years, to meet federal AID
funds available and TO permit the
present organization to continue in
approximately its present form OF OPP
grafton. The department organIza-
tion as now constituted is operating
successfully and economically ami
n material reduction in funds avail
able or requested would require a com.
plete reorganization with a resulting
decided increase in overhead expense.
ut is highly desirable hat the de.
partment be placed on n permanent H.
, 1923-01-06
RECEIVER FOR
PROPERTY OF
POWER FRI

CHEYENNE. wyo.. Jan. s.5Spe.
ciaI to The Tribune.HJudge Kennedy
OF the federal court for Wyoming late
Friday appointed Thomas Hunter re-
coiver of a portion of the property of
the Big Horn Power company, owning
the Boysen dam in the Big Horn
river. one OF Wyoming's largest
hydro-electric plant.
John It. Clark of New York. n
Htockholder. is seeking a r~eceivership
Tor the entire property. Opposing
counsel contend that the Boysen dam,
altho an improvement on realty. is
personal property inasmuch as 1t is
in the bed of the Big Wind river,
which Is public land.
, 1923-01-06

Sumner, the home Of the alleged as
saulted woman, TO bury the bodies
Of the two white men. O. =. Wiiker-
son. a merchant, and Henry An
drews. mil superintendent. slain
Thursday night IN the clash be-
tween negroes barTicaded in the
house Of Sylvester Carrier and n
posse 81 white men who attempted
TO search the house for Hunter.
The four white men wounded dur.
ing the fighting are reported TO be
resting easily,
, 1923-01-06
DYNAMITE TO
RAISE BODIES

RELSo. wash, Jan. 6.-Dynamite
viii be used in an effort to raise to
the surface OF the Cowlitz river bodies
Of victims Of the collapse OF the old
suspension bridge which crashed Wed
nesday evening. according to plans an
bounced today by the searchers.
Tho missing list was further re
duced early today by the fidink alive
Of Leslie Seimer of Davenport. Wash.
He was located by American legion
Investigators. This balanced the
addition Of another name to the miss
ing list last night and left the total
u~nAccounted for early today at TWEEN
ty. The list OF known dead stood at
two.
, 1923-01-06
PERISH in
WRECK At SEA

VICTORIA. b. C., Jan. 6.--Paraly-
sis of telegraph service On the west
coast OF Vancouver island vas
blamed by shipping men here, today
for fatalities, believed to number 10,
from wrecking Of the steamer Alas
kan near Pachena Point. Seach Ia
the Bush inland from where the
Alaskan went upon the rocks has
failed TO find any Of her men,
whose fate remains uncertain ex-
cept for three bodies washed ashore.
, 1923-01-06
RAIL ED.
TOWN Is QUIET

ROSEWOOD. Fla, Jan. e.-wiih
a large posse pressing on what is
believed to be the trail of Jesse
Hunter, negro, wanted for an attack
on a young white woman. the racial
situation here was reported quiet
during last night and early today.
Sheriff Elias Walker. in reporting
to Governor Hardes at Tallahassee.
last night sad he feaed no further
disorder. at least for the time being
Preparations were made today Mt
, 1923-01-06
Snow, Colder
Weather, Is
In Prospec1

WASHINGTON. Jan. s.-weather
outlook for the week beginning
Monday:
Northern Rocky mountain and
plateau regions: Local SHOWS, nor
NAL temperature. except much
colder middle of the week.
Southern Rocky mountain and
plateau regions: Generally fair,
normal temperature.
Pacific state: Frequent rains,
except generally fair in southern
California. Temperature near or
above normal.
, 1923-01-06

Arthur Gordon. keeper Of the
light at PRchenA Point, reported
Thursday AZ sOon ms he could estAb-
lish wire communication with the
dominion department Of marine
that Tuesday evening he had seen
distress flares. Twenty miles from
Gordon was the Bamfield life saw
ing station but he vas unable to
send any work to them. having no
body TO dispatch over the tangled
trail.
, 1923-01-06
RAIN DITCHED,
NO ONE INJURED

POSCA CITY, okla, Jan. o.
South bound Santa Fs passenger
train No. II, Kansas CIT yto Gal
weston, was derailed four miles
north Of Orlando. Okla. at : o'clock
this morning. No one was injured
seriously. All but me car left the
tracks but remained upright. The
engine tender was damaged and the
, 1923-01-06

The stumbling block at that time
was declared to be the capitalization
of the two companies. With the re.
cent increase of the Standard Oh from
$40. 900 900 to $3.50. 0oo. 900 at $25 par
value a share and the recent increase
in the Cuffs capitalization. these
changes are believed to have paved
the way for the amalagamation.
While no official confirmation OF the
proposed merger has been made. the
reports also carried the news that IT
probably would be arranged through
an exchange OF stock. Standard OIL
giving four shares OF its stock for
each three shares of the Gulf on
stock.
, 1923-01-06
Crissinger to
Head Federal
Reserve Board

WASHINGTON. Jan. CD. II.
c%rissinEer. the present comptroller of
the currency will be nominated as
governor OF the federal reserve board
within a few days, according TO in.
formation in high administration cir.
cles today. Mr., Crissinger Will sue.
coed to the place made vacant by re.
tirement Of former Governor w. p. G.
Harding.
, 1923-01-06


Black.
Dissatisfaction with the recent
change OF administration was ex-
pressed by some of the officers of
1922. while those who were in support
Of the new officers used their elo-
quence in criticizing the inefficiency
of the career OF the Legion in the
past.
No personal bitterness was mani
tested. each speaker claiming to repre-
tent only his ideas Of what was the
best policy for the local Legion TO
follow. Whether another post of the
American Legion will be organized In
this city is as yet a mooted question,
None of the reactlonary members who
addressed their comrades last night
stated any intention OF starting such
n post. but some OF them said plainly
that they would join It II 1t were
organized.
Judge C. E, Winter was h honored
guest of the evening and delivered the
concluding address, filled with tn
ideals of the American Legion.
Harry l.. Black, post commander
for 1922. threw the first bomb into
the air that burst with astonishing
sharpness before his audience, when
lie announced that the result of the
election had been TO him like a per
sonal slap in The face" intimating
that II had been a reputation OF his
administration.
Captain Black stated that he wal
, 1923-01-06
WIDOWS BOND
CUT TO $1,000

SAN AUGUSTINE. Texas, Jan. 8.
Permanent bond OF $4,000, pending
the meeting Of the grand jury in
March, agreed upon today for Mrs.
Lillian Knox. pretty ss-year old widow
OF Hiram Knox. millionaire lumber
man, whom she is charged with slay-
ing. The fixing OF the bond ends the
habeas corpus hearing before Judge
II. " Stark in the first district court
here.
, 1923-01-06

New officers were elected at the
meeting of the Casper Trades and
Labor assembly held in the Labor
temple last night. Alexander Ham.
ilton. representative OF the Cooks
and Walters union. No. $40. was
put in the president al chair for
1923. Others officers elected were
, 1923-01-06

DUBLIN.-A writer in Freeman's
Journal proposed tho republicans
store their arms and ammunition in
three depots under a mixed guard
of Free State men and republicans
during u general truce while peace
was negotiated.
, 1923-01-06
TORTURE OF MURDER VICTIMS TESTIFIED
Company OVning Great Refneries Here
Said to Haze Entered Giant Combine
but Confirmation Is Not Obtained

CHICAGO. Jan. o-By The Associated Press.)-W. M. Bur
president of the Standard Oil company of Indiana. today
refused either to affirm or deny reports circulated here today that
a merger of his company wild, the Gulf Oil corporation. one of the
richest petroleum companies in the country. had been effected.
Statements Of either character. he stated. must come from
, 1923-01-06

SAN FRANCISCO. = Commercial
radio communication between the
United States and China was re-
ported established. Stations have
been located ut HIlsboro, Oregon.
and Shanghai.
, 1923-01-06
NEW POST FOR
LEGION Is HELD
POSSIBLE HERE
Plain Speaking at annual Banquet Last
Night, However, May Bring About
Harmony Among Old Members

A split in the American Legion ranks of Casper which may re-
suit in the organization of a new post is imminent if the plain
speaking which developed at the annual dinner of the George
Vroman post last night holds prophecy of reaction against the new
administration. The function marked the installation of officers.
c. H. Reimerth succeeding to post commander. a position held
, 1923-01-06

RoCKLAND. Me.-George War.
rem Smith, who died recently. dis
posed OF an estate estimated at be-
tween $50, 900. 900 and 800. 5000
in a will containing less than fifty
words.
, 1923-01-06

LAU5ANNE.-The so-called irreg-
ular Egyptian delegation sen a
note to the Near Eastern conference
demanding the complete withdrawal
Of British troops from Egypt.
, 1923-01-06

NEW YORK. = Emile Coue,
French psychologist, said he doesn't
say the phrase he coined "day by
day in every way. 1 am getting
better and better"
, 1923-01-06
A
ADVOCATED BY
HIGHWAY BOARD
Needs Outlined in Report of
State Commission Call attention to
Reperue Requirements

CHEYENNE. Wyo. Jan. Especial to The Tribune )-Wyo-
ming should provide at least ST. 100000 a year for the mainte-
nance and construction of roads. according to the third biennial
report of the State Highway commission. To raise this sum State
Highway Superintendent L. {. Laird recommends that the next
leoiIafure provide for a kx of = ent. q oaUor ~ al oalo;r .olJ
, 1923-01-06

wASHINGTON.-The director OF
the bureau OF foreign and domestic
commerce reported exports for 1879
will probably show an increase Of
approximately s4oo. 900. 900 over
1891.
, 1923-01-06

NORTHCLIFFE ESTATE LARGE.
LONDON, ian 6.-The Daily Ex-
press understands that tho estate OF
the late Lord NorthclIffe is valued at
$500. 900 pounds sterling.
, 1923-01-06

NEW YoRK-James Kinsella,
the artist. was found lead in his
studio. The a Jet was open.
, 1923-01-06
Hearing at Bastrop
Is Continued With
Doctors Reports
on Death Method

BASTRoP. La, Jan. Or.
Charles W. Duyal and Dr.. John
A. Langford, pathologists. in a
report submitted at today's ses-
sion of the open hearing of
masked band depredations in
Morehouse parish expressed tbs opin-
ION that the bodies OF Watt Daniels
and Thomas F. Richards We're sub.
jected to some specially constructed
device designed for inflicting punish.
ment."
, 1923-01-06

SOFIA. Buigaria.-An explosion
of old shells killed IL persons and
injured forty.
, 1923-01-06

MONROE. la, Jan. 6.-Dr. B. NJ.
McKoin. former Mer Rouge mayor.
who returned to Monroe from Balu.
ore today. AT Bastrop last night he
made bond for ) 1000 with the under.
standing he would remain within the
Jurisdiction Of the court while his
case was pending. The original muir.
der charge against the physician re-
manned effective.
DR.. McKoin Is no longer accom-
panied by representatives of the
state, but has personal friends with
him at all times in the belief that
threats which no declares have been
made against his life might be car,
ried out.
, 1923-01-06
OF
NIGHT NEWS

LONDON. Maude Come Nc
Bride, one of the leading women re-
publicans in ireland. was reported
arrested in Dublin.
, 1923-01-06

BASTRoP, La, Jan. 6,-Investiga
ton into masked band operations in
Morehouse parish and the Staying OF
Watt Daniels and Thomas r. Rich.
ards went into the second day with
the testimony of several witnesses re.
cording Identification of decapi.
tated bodies found In Lake La
Fourche. two weeks ago as those oil
Daniels and Richards and rsports OF
the Psychologists who examined the
bodies awaited TO establish the man.
ner of death and complete the founda.
ton Of the inquiry.
DR.. Charles Duvalle and DR.. John
LAntord, New Orleans Psychologists,
were expected to testify today. No
official announcement has been made
to the findings of the two physicians,
but unofficial reports indicated thai
examination OF the bodies showed
m~utiliat.ons.
Precautionary measures were taken
again today to preclude the possibility
OF m disorder during the hearing
sheriff's deputies stood guard at the
entrance to tho court, searching spec
tators as they entered for firearms.
j. l.. Daniels. father of Watt Dan
ieis, yesterday Identified articles Of
clothing and a watch found on one OF
he bodies as those worn by his sor
when he was kidnapped.
, 1923-01-06
Weather Forecast

Generally fair tonight and Sunday
warmer tonight In east. strong winds
In southeast portions.
, 1923-01-06

legislature provide for a tax of 2
, 1923-01-06

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