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♦ The Weather WYOMING —Fair north and west; snow probable southeast portion to night and Friday. Slightly colder east portion tonight. VOLUME vm. REBELS HURLED BACK N MARCH OH CAPITAL U. S. CONGRESS GOES ON HOLIDAY VACATION HOPE HELD FOR COMPROMISE IN REGENHIGHTS Record to Date Holds Nothing in Way of Legislation. WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. >—Congress began a two ■weeks holiday recess today with senate organization still incomplete and a practically blank record of legislative accomplishment since ft assembled on December 8. With some of Its committees functioning during the holidays, the house will be able to get down to the serious business after it reas sembles on January 3. The senate, however, will come back to renew Its efforts to break the deadlock over the chairmanship of the Interstate Commerce committee unless it should prove possible for leaders to effect some sort of a compromise in the meantime. With the senate having agreed yesterday to defer further balloting until after, the recess, only business of purely routine character faced the two houses today. Wtih the two ballots taken yester day, the senate ran the consecutive string of' twenty-five, which sets a precedent for voting of this kind so far as officials can find from their search of tho records. TAX PROGRAM IS CONSIDERED. WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. —Com mitted tp a program which calls for temporary shelving of the sol <Mers bonus, the house ways and means qommlttee forged ahead to day with its consideration of the ad ministrative provisions of the treas ury's tax bill. ___ Under an agreement reached yes terday, the committee, once it h?s pasred on the administrative fea tures, will postpone action on tax rates until a decision is leached as to whether a bonus bill is to be re ported to the house. Present plans call for committee sessions until the end of the week, then adjournment until after the Christmas holidays. During the two weeks congressional recess, however Chairman Green expects to have a sub-committee at work on some of the technical features of the rev enue bill. Standard Refinery Wax Plant Makes Christmas Candles Tomorrow w.’ll see a great variety of candles on display in the office of N. S. Wllscn of the Midwest Re fining company. Plain and fancy they will be, and all coming from tho wax plants of Standard Oil re fineries. Employes of the Midwest '■•111 have an opportunity of pur chasing these tapers at reasonable prices. Mata of Progress The Industrial development in this country has Increased many fold in recent years. Unheard of possibilities of fur ther development lie out before us. The greatest field for progress in manufacturing Iles in the de veloping of demand beyond the consumption at a given time. In other words enterprising and Intensive production, spurred on by educative and want-creating advertising is increasing output tremendously. These processes put more people to work at high wages, withal greatly Increasing demand for an ever widening line of things hith erto called luxuries. Thus our great manufacturing interests, by judicious use of ad vertising, insuring demand keep ing step with production, are plac ing our country in the foremost industrial position and bringing our average scale of living to a higher point than any other peo ple in ths world. A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, and a Booster for City, County and State - r (Elir (Easpsv ilaihj (Lriluuu' PUBLIC URGED TO ATTEND BIG RADIOMEETING Realtors to Give Over Friday Luncheon to Mass Meeting. Benefits that will accrue to Cas per and Wyoming from the main tenance of the radio broadcasting station now being installed at No. 2 fire hall on South David street will be driven home to local residents at a luncheon meeting tomorrow noon at the Henning hotel. -The Casper Realtors, who promulgated the plan for a community radio, will give over their regular meeting to full discussion of the project and any and all residents who are inter ested In the proposition are urged to attend. Civic interest, it is cer tain. will assure attendance on a large scale by business and profes sional men who have helped to sponsor tho movement launched last year by tho Realtors. Plans for the meeting were made yesterday at a conference of busi ness men at which time a commit tee was appointed to handle the pro ject. Tho committee Includes Har ry B. Durham, O. L. Walker, Jay M. Probat, C. L. Thompson. Clar ence Spicer, C. B. Stafford. Sylves ter F- Pelton, A. P. Nesbitt, P. A. Bums and Felix Thompson, all of whom strongly advocate the proposi tion. Present plans call for the broad casting of one or two concerts each week in addition to important news and weather reports. At the present time Wyoming weather reports are not broadcasted by any station in the west and in sending them out from here with notices of storm warnings or other valuable informa tion to rural residents they will be relayed direct from the United States weather bureau at Cheyenne. Ranch homes for the most part are now equipped with radio receiving sets nnd their ability to tune in with Casper at stated hours for weather and otheir’reports will be of untold value both to them and to the city. Casper received much valuable advertising from the broadcasting last year of programs by the Wyo ming Radio corporation In conjunc t'on with the Casper Tribune and disappointment was voice*! in many quarters when this service was dis continued. Tomorrow’s meeting at the Hen ning hotel should be widely attended as definite announcements will be made regarding the operation of the station here. WOMAN VICTIM OF SHOOTING CHEYENNE. Wyo., Dec. 20. (Special to The Tribune)—Mrs. Edward Dolan, forty, wife of a prominent stockman of the Pine Bluffs district east of here, died Wednesday night from a bullet wound in the head sustained while she was alone at her home. Coroner Finkbiner Is investigating at the scene of tho tragedy. Mrs. Dolan was found In a dying condition on the kitchen floor by her husband when ho and Carl Ray returned from the outskirts of the ranch. She died three hours later, it is said, without making a statement. There were indications that she probably was cleaning a revolver which was found on the floor beside her and that the weapon had been accidentally discharged. Train Robbery Suspect Seized MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Dec. 20. Milwaukee detectives and members of the sheriff’s force early today were searching the railroad yards for the bandit who held up the Pioneer Limited, crack train on the Chicago. Milwaukee and St Paul road, as it was nearing Milwaukee last night. Meanwhile reports were awaited from Chicago, where a sus pect was taken into custody after news of the holdup had been broad cast The man arrested was taken EARLYGONSTRUCTIONOESUBWAY ASSURED RY Preliminary Surveys for Putting Zoning System Into Effect Also Authorized by City Council in Special Meet. The waiving of objections to technical points in the recent subway contract signed by the city and the Bur lington Railway company and the appointment of men in the office of the city engineer to make a survey of the city as a preliminary step to working out a zoning plan were the two most important matters which came up at ths special meeting of the city council held last night. Since City Attorney Robert N. Ogden gave his legal opinion on the ordinance including the con tract for the subway and brought to light a number of technicalities I which he considered might serious ly Interfere with its fulfillment railroad officials and city council men discussed the matter with each other and It was finally threshed | out last night. The city concluded that it would not be “putting its head in n nooso’’ by letting the present contract stand without re vision. H. B. Durham. Arch Weidner. C. H. Bowman and Ben Scherck who are members of Casper's zon ing commission met with the coun cil last night for the purpose of hastening a zoning plan for this city. It was agreed to have several employes of the engineering depart ment work on a survey. The work can be done by these men at thia time of year because it is the slac’t period in that department. The council voted to have Judge John A. Murray issue a court order authorizing the return of a large amount of "punch board” candy to tho concerns from which it wan taken by the police department. The PHILIPPINE PROBE IS URGED Wisconsin Solon Proposes Searching Investigation of Administration and Reports of Misconduct WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.—Demand for a sweeping in vestigation by the house rules committee of the admin istration in the Philippines of Governor General Leonard Wood was made in a resolution introduced today by Rep resentative Frear. Republican, Wisconsin. The inquiry, he suggested, also should seek to establish whether the time Is ripe to grant the Islands inde- veioped resources of the Phillp pendence. pines.” penuence. Referring to General Wood’s cam paign In 1920 for the Republican presidential nomination, Mr. Frear’s resolution declared “it has been re peatedly and publicly alleged Gov ernor Wood’s selection for the post of governor general would enable him to reciprocate favors extended to him in the political primary ram paign of 1920 and that the alleged usurpation of authority and effort to extend exploitation privileges would afford recognition of unpi-e --cedented obligations Incurred in tlie campaign.” “Individual subscriptions,” the resolution continued, “which went to make up the 11,773,000 expended by the Wood campaign committee in presidential campaign Included contributions from oil, tobacco, banking, railway and other interests that have an interest in the unde- off a Chicago and North Shore E'ec tric train after he had tried to get the conductor to change a >SO hill. He had taken the train at a small station within a mile of the scene of the holdup and shortly after it oc curred. Railroad officials today were check ing reports of the losses .sustained by passengers and they revealed that the amount taken, according to de tailed reports of the passengers rob bed, was >579, of which >250 was in Canadian bills of >SO denomination. CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1923 TWO WIVES LAY CLAIM TO PICTURE DIRECTOR council quite agreed with Alexander Nisbet, chief of police, that the con fiscation of the punch boards was the correct thing to do, but it did not desire to be unduly harsh on those who had spent their money for the candy. Consequently Cas per young ladles who were to l>e "treated" by the police department are in for a keen disappointment. COOLIDGETO GET CHOICE BEEF CUTS CHICAGO. Dec. 20.—Choice cuts from Broadus White Sox. pro i claimed the nation’s champion steer at the recent International Live stock exposition, will be sent Presi dent Coolidge. The animal was butchered yesterday by Prof. M. D. Heiser of the lowa State Agricul tural college. 'The steer dressed 87.59 per cent. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and Julius RosenwaM, president of Sears Roebuck and company, which purchased the animal, also will re- . celve cuts of the bee#. The resolution proposed that "In justice to Governor Wood and those who contributed to his political campaign the investigation should be extended to include charges to tho effect that rights in the Philip pines given or proposed to private American Interests are not unre lated to such contributions.” Congress and the country. My. Frear continued contended, also “should know all facts surrounding the acts of Governor Wood in cabl ing the Philippine legislature in special session; the legislative pro posals insisted upon by him from the legislature; the facts relating to the attempted closing of the Philip pine National bank and the rival interests thereby served, if any; the alleged attempt to lease the Manila railroad company; the bond Issue demanded by Governor Wood and deposits of moneys received there from; the facts surrounding his course In the sugar centrals; the proposed oil and rubber concessions: the unwarranted removal or ap pointment of officials, and other acts that have been the subject of bitter controversy In the Philip pines.” At considerable length the reso lution quotes a series of dispatches sent to a group of American news papers last May from correspond ents in Manila In which statements were made that Governor Wood had In his possession the names of "senators, representatives and others prominent In Washington social life,” who, it was charged, had re ceived money for advocating Philip pine Independence. The investigating committee would establish whether there was any truth in these charges which, the resolution declared, "besmirched of ficials in congress, in the insular service of the war department, and, others.” SMUGGLING OF ALIENS RESTS ON PM BASIS NIAGARA FALLS, New York, Dec. 20.—Twenty to forty dollars i per head is the fare smugglers along I the Niagara frontier collect from aliens reeking illegal entrance into the United States. Business was said to be brisk.'. Hundreds of aliens, stranded In Canada with the filing of the Amert can immigration quotas, arc willing! to pay In advance for passage. The transaction is equally profitable for the smuggler regardless of his suc cess or failure in penetrating the' customs lines. He gives no refund when his charges arc caught. At Youngstown on the lower river, where the smugglers' hazards arc increased by the proximity of Fort Niagara and the coast guard station, the quoted price on good authority is >4O. At Lewiston, further up the river, it drops to >2O. Passage over the International bridge at Niagara Falls is sold nt an average price of >25. Immlgra- 1 tlon authorities cite numerous in-' stances In which aliens have paid, that sum In advance, only to be' turned back or taken into Custody. I PHOSECUTIONS LOOM FOR INIS Numerous cases of persons cutting Christmas trees on government and state land on Casper mountain have come to the attention of the author lies in the last week. This is strictly against the law and further viola tions of a similar nature will be fol lowed by prosecution. Persons are privileged to cut trees only on privately owned land nnd then after they have the permission of the owner. | TRIBUNE’S ETHICS [ The Tribune does not, in soliciting advertising, employ blackjack, dark lantern, or blackmail methods. It does not invade the skeleton closets and threaten to drag forth the contents to public view. It does not by misrepresentation, prevarication, false statements or other deception attempt to induce advertising patronage. It does not bury its subscription records in a dark closet, away from the view of the advertising public; but on the con trary freely exhibits this data to anyone concerned. It has no secrets respecting its business or its business methods in any particular whatsoever. It dors not pretend to be anything other than that which it can fully substantiate and justify by the most searching and enlightened business methods. It does not believe in unfairness, trickery or false pre tenses, and neither does it practice them in any department. The Tribune is a business institution, guided entirely by tried and approved business methods, with ideals of honor, honesty and fair dealing. It is free from envy, malice and vindictiveness. Docs not seek to punish those it does not approve nor exact tribute from those who have substance, for imaginary service. The Tribune has a fixed policy in its business, its opin ion and, its general attitude toward the public. This policy can not be influenced by cither rewards or threats. Pope Reviews World Events in Allocution ROME, Dec. 20.—1 n his allocu tion delivered at the secret consis tory today Pope Pius pointed out that peaco conditions in Europe had not changed for the better since his last consistory. Ho recalled the re cent visit of King Alfonso and i Queen Victoria of Spain and an nounced that the Irish question was approaching settlement. Today’s function was held tn the 'consistorial hall of the Vatican amid | all the dignity and splendor that characterize one of the most sol- One Says In Divorce Complaint That Elsier La Maie Tried to Sell Her To Rich Juarez Negro LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20.—Conflicting statements by two women in two widely separated cities yesterday and last night, made Elsier La Maie, motion pictlre director and theater man, a much sought after person today. The first woman in a divorce complaint filed in the superior court yesterday, gave her name as Helen La Maie, j<«f lx>ng Beach, near here, and i charged her husband, Elsier LaMale ' I with having attempted to sell her to ’ 'a wealthy negro of Juareg, Mexico. I ! for >500,000. >150.000 of which sum 1 i she was to keep her herself. She | married LaMale in Santa Anna, Cal., I ' nine years ago. tho complaint stated. | The second woman, who said sh- i was Mrs. Violet LaMate. wife of : Elsier LaMale, motion picture man stated in El Paso last night that she know of no divorce action against her husband, that they had always been on the best of terms since their marriage In Dallas, Texas, three years ago, and that she expected him to return in a few days from Los Angeles, where ho ' had gone two weeks ago, according | to advices received here. Efforts to reach either party to the divorce suit tiled here had not met with success at on early hour I today. C. E. Bush, attorney for ' the plaintiff, said ho was sure both ' were "somewhere in Long Beach. - He said he was not aware that ' there was a Mrs. Violet LaMale In IEI Paso, hut that Mrs. Helen LaMaie had mentioned to him the name of “Violet Holler, of El Paso," In connection with her divorce action. In the divorce complaint filed here is charged with having broached to his wife an offer by Lou Harris Baker, said to be a prominent negro of the Juarez underworld, involving the hnlf mil lion dollar marriage purchase plan and to liave persisted over a period of four years in urging her to accept this bargain. When she (Continued on Page Eleven.) emn functions of the church. The' pageantry began an hour before the stated time when throngs of artisans and workmen lined the two old papai roads leading to the Vatican, to watch the cardinals resident In Rome drive to the apostolic palace for their part in the creation of princes of the church. It ended some time later In the ancient hall when the pontiff having placed up on the fingers of the new cardinals the rings of their high office, re tired lu state to his private apart- Stores Open Until 9 P. M. For Shoppers In order that Christmas shop pers may have an opportunity to obtain the numerous things they desire to purchase at this tlnu* of year, all the mores in Casper will remain epon until 9 o’clock each night until Christmas. This Is the usual custom during the pre-holiday week and is made nec essary by the great Increase In business that comes at this time of year. Casperites should not fall to take advantage of tho opportun nlty for making purchases. They will find in the stores of Casper practically al! lines nnd many sug gestions for Christmas gifts. HOMING CHARGE FILED C. FL Mitchell, styled by the sheriff’s office ns the “Horse Meat King” of Balt Creek, was arrested by Les Snow, deputy, Wednesday charged with killing a range horse with the intention of retailing the meat. The animal was a two-year old colt, the property of A. J. "Smoky" Rowcn. well known Na trona county rancher. The nnimal was shot with a Leuger pistol. When Mr. Snow found the animal only tho head, legs and tho hide was left. A wagon trail from the scene of the butchering is said to have gone directly to Mitchel’s house ! at tho new town of Salt Creek. CHEYENNE BOY SCOOT HEADQUARTERS BEST IN COUNTRY, SAYS PIPER CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Dec. 20 Cheyenne Boy Scouts have tho best camp headquarters in the United States—the Harry P. Hynds lodge, said John H. Piper, regional scout executive, addressing tho Rotary club here Wednesday, after an In spection of tho lodge which was built by Hynds for scouts at a cost of >25,000. In recognition of this and other public contributions by Hynds, a bill for an ordinance has been Intro duced in the Cheyenne council, changing the name of E street to llyndM street. TEfIKELLISr FOR RECEIVER AT DOUGLAS WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—Nomina tlons sent to the senate by President Coolidge today included Arthur M. Teakell to be receiver of public moneys at Douglas. Wyoming. ment. leaving the prelates to the congraulatlons of colleagues. The pope began his allocution by recalling “the atrocious and eacri llgious crime,” the murder of Car dinal Jean Soldevlla Romero, arch bishop of Saragossa, on June 4 last, an event which, he said, caused him and all good people profound grief and sadness. Conditions abroad, especially as far aw peace is concerned, ho aisert (Continud on Page Twelve) , EPTTIDN NUMBER 49 REBELLION FATE BEING DECIDED IN BIG BATTLE AT SANJAHGDS Rebel Claims of Vic tory Denied at the Capital and by News paper Correspondents (By The Associated Press). The rebel advance against Mexico City from Vera Cruz has apparently been check ed, for the moment at lea.t, near San Marcos, 85 miles east of the capital, where, in tho words of a Mexican City dis patch. the fate of the rebellion is being decided. Revolutionary headquarters In Vera Cruz claims tho federal* have withdrawn toward the capital, but this is not borne out by newspaper correspondents on the scene, who report that the situation has remain ed stationary since Tuesday’s fight ing with the advance guards of the opposing forces in contact near San Marcos. President Obregon, in a message to the Associated Press, brands the rebels’ claims us false nnd says he hn* "reason to that peace will be restored very quickly.” A federal thrust from the south In nn effort to cut the railway line be tween Vera Cruz and the rebel army is reported In a movement by Gen eral Juan Dominguez over the rail way from Santa Lucrecis, with Coro doba and Orazlba ns Ids objectives. In the western area the Mexican war department says tho operations, against Guadalajara, tho rebel stronghold, aro “developing for mally.” MEXICO CITY, Dec. 20 —(By Ths Associated Press)—Enrique Colunga, secretary of the interior, denying re ports that Washington had offered to medkite with those rebelling against the Obregon government, said "Mexico has not officially re ceived tho proposition, which would have l>een rejected as it would Impl* recognition of tho rebels’ belliger ency’.” MEXICO CITY. Dec. 20 —(By The Associated Press! —Rebels attacking Villa Hermosa, capital of the state of Tabasco, have been defeated after a thirty hour battle, with the loss of 200 killed and more than that num ber wounded, according to an official bulletin issued by the war depart ment. The defending federals under Gen eral Vicente Gonzalez, military com mander In Tabasco, fought gallantly nnd suffered thirty casualties, ac cording to his report. The rebels fled. leaving their dead nnd wounded and large quantities of war material. General Eugenio Martinez, com manding a military column march ing upon Vera Cruz, "reports no further developments during the day.” according to tho war depart ment communique. General Martinez Is sending to Mexico City 56 prison ers taken during skirmishing about San Marcos. "Military operations against Gua dalajara are developing formally.” concludes the war department’* statement. MEXICO CITY. Mex., Dec. 20. (By The Associated Press) —News dispatches from Apizaco. 86 miles from here, state that fighting has been resumed on the outskirts of Puebla and Esperanza, while Tchua can Iras been evacuated by the forces under Generals Fortuna to Maycotto nnd occupied by a federa. column. Puebla is 63 miles southeast of Mexi co City. 4 a— MEXICO CITY. Dec. 20.—(8y The Associated Press)—Judging from the dearth of official and unofficial statements available here, military operations against Vera Cruz, Puebla and Guadalajara apparently are en tering a quiescent period, although reports of negotiations in an at tempt to reconcile the warring ele ments as well ns reports of prepara tions for a general advance con tinue in circulation. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 19.—(8y the Association Press, delayed!—"There arc no ememies for us to fight either in Vera Cruz or Jalisco." President Obregon told the torelgn correspond ents tonight, “because they refuse to give battle and retreat continually tearing up the tracks, preventing pursuit and leaving prisoners and munitions behind.” Relative to the situation in the state of Jallsca on the west coast however, the president stated that I he expected a battle there shortly, | (Continued on Page Eleven.)