Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 1, 1921, Page 4

CC _ ens PAGE FOUR —————— Che Casper Daily Cribune TESTIMONY OF REPORTERS IS TURNED DOWN Two of State’s “Strongest” Witnesses Ruled Out of Peete Trial; Judge Says Evidence Irrelative (By Associated Press.) LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 1.— Two of the state’s “strongest” witnesses, as District Attorney Thomas L. Wool- wine designated them, Warden Woolard and A. M. Roch- ten, newspaper reporters, were not permitted to testify here today against Mrs. Louise L. Peete, on trial for the alleged murder of Jacob Charles Denton, mining promoter. The district attorney had called them to testify concerning alleged statements by Mrs. Peete in an ex- planation she was said to have made relative to the purchase of cement. Judge Frank R. Willis, presiding ruled their testimony on that ques tion was “not relative’ and declined to let them testify. The state then called Charles Jones, Los Angeles city detective as signed to duty at the district attor- ney’s office, and efforts to lay a foun- dation for introduction of a state- ment said to have been made by Mrs. Peete while at the Los Angeles, after her voluntary re- turn last fall from Denver, Colo., were begun. Despite objections by the district | attorney the court granted the de- fense permission to read the state- ment, a document of 100 typewrit- ten pages. The prosecution said it the statement important because contained contradictions alleged have been made by Mrs. statements attributed to her by sev- eral state witnesses. ment referred to a “Spanish woman” who the prosecution has charged, was said Mrs, Peete to have aided a man ir killing Denton. On instructions from the court, the statement was admitted in evidence ani read to the jury by Deputy Dis- . trict Attorney Raymond I. Turney. The statement, it was said, was made by Mrs. Peete to deputy prosecutors. considered it to LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 1.— Plans to call during the day “several of the state's strongest witnesses” against Mrs. Louise L. Peete, on trial for the alleged nurder of Jacob Charles Denton, and to complete by tonight presentation of the prosecu tion's case were announced today by the district attorney. These witnesses Doran, who held several Mrs. included W. chef deputy district attorne conferences with her. Shdiot: Cc. Peete previous to There Any Should All Women Judged by One? These Are mendous Picture. Special R jenn ranch, near! Peete to} Also the docu-| Excuse For the Unpardonable Sin? Two of the Questions Answered By This Tre- —ALSO— LARRY SEMON IN “WELL, Iris Orchestra—Admission 30c¢ jment; Charles Jones, detective, and Miss Hal Bland, detective. CHIRNPRACTORS UP FOR HEARING HERE TODAY The preliminary hearing this after- |noon for the four chiropractors, ar- rested here two weeks ago on-charges of practising without passing medical jexaminations, was given over to con- jsiderable discussion on the part of E. |Richard Shipp, representing the chir- oprators and Hal Curran, represent- ing the state. At press time the hear- ing had net been completed. — ARMY BALLOON MAY BE LOST WASHINGTON, Feb. 1—Army air J officials here entertain fear that an Jarmy balloon which ascended from |Lee Hall, Va. early this afternoon | will be carried to sea by prevailing air urrents. Ships and shore stations have been asked to keep a watch for the craft SON OF RICH | TACOMA MAN IS KIDNAPE BULLETIN TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 1.—Arthur |Rust, 20, son of W. R. Rust, wealthy ‘acoma resident, was kidnaped here |today by a lone bandit and forced jat the point of a revolver to write a note to his father for $25,000 ran- som, according to reports to the .o- lice, nna need | pry Tribune wantads for results, MONDT LOSES TO STAN ZBYOZKO, MAY BE NEXT OPPONENT OF TAYLOR “Toots" Mondt, heavyweight cham. pion of Colorado and mat instructor at the Colorado Agricultural collegs, demonstrated his ability to go against Jack Taylor of Casper when he stay- ed one hour and 30 minutes with Stan. islaus Zbys%ko before the giant Pole was able to slap him to the mat in @ match at Greeley;Colo., Monday night, Mondt quit after the first fall and the match went to Zbyszko. Negotiations have been opened for a match between Mondt and Taylor and last night’s showing would indi- cate that Taylor would. have to be at his best to pin the husky Color- adoam. Taylor lost one fall to Zbyszko in 20 minutes but came back after 2 15-minute rest to give the Pole one of the hardest tussles of his career. Inethe event Mondt and Tavior ure brought together the match prob- ably will be held in Casper. >. ELEVATION OF COBB IS CELEBRATED DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 1.—De- troit belonged to Ty Cobb today. The Georgian returned to the cen- ter of a full day of ceremonies in celebration of his appointment as manager of the Tigers. A large re- ception committee met him at the railroad station. Among the notables who will at- tend a banquet tonight are Judge Landis. Ban Johrson and Gover- nor Groesbeck, TROOP 4 TRIUMPHS OVER RIALS AT BASKETBALL Troop 4, Buy Scouts, won out last evening in spite of the heavier weight of the boys of Troop 2, the wiry youngsters of Troop 4's basketball team held their opponents for the two full halves of a strenuously con- tested game and ended the contest with a final score of 8 to 19. The contest was a hotly contested one from start to finish, and only the excellent team work of Troop 4 saved the game for them,.for had the Troop 2 lads been trained to work together as were the smaller boys, the game would have been a walkaway for the boys from Troop 2. The, teams lined up as follows: TROOP 2— TROOP 4— Grisinger was substituted for Mil- ler in the second half. TODA A Problem of The Ages Be eturn Showing TLL BE-~” Tomorrow—MARY MILES MINTER Down to Modern Life. H. B. WARNER Y ONLY JOKER IS SEEN IN BIL COUNTY MAPS Senate Debates Proposal Destined to Increase Assessors’ Salaries; Boxing Bill in the Senate (Special to 7 CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 1.—Whether Senate File No. 39 is purely and simply a measure to get around the con- stitutional limitation of $1,500 salary, or meets a need for service that should be performed but not by the assessor, unless he be paid additional com- Pensation for performing it, is a momentous question that occupies the gveater part of the morn- ing session of the senate, after having held the center of the stage during the greater part of the ‘preceding afternoon's session. At noon today, after nearly every senator had dis- cussed the bill pro or con—the ma- jority of the discussion being purely ‘tcon"—and severai had addressed themselves to it repeatedly, the august upper house still was undecided and laid the bill over for another day with- out prejudice. It provides that the county commissioners shall require that there be made annually a county plat book at an expense of not to ‘ex- ceed $500 and that the work prefer- ably shall be let to the assessor. The boxing bill, House Bill No. 65, after first reading in the senate this morning was referred toi the commit- tee on finance. When House Bill No. 48, the Mercer measure authorizing counties to bond themselves to obtain funds for highway construction, came before the senate on second reading it was recommitted to the highways cofmittee for covsideration of the| measure with a view to making it| acceptable to Governor Carey, who! vetoed @ Similar bill two years ago, ‘The house committee of the whole this morning approved House Bill 84, authorizing the organization of Jack-| son Hole county from the northern} portion of Lincoln county. tative Deloney spoke so long, fervidly | and entertainingly in support of,the| bill that the house did not reach its wireless © operator Represen- call was picked up by the naval radio L FOR he Tribune. as a county assessor’s annual special order of business, the budget bill, which was takeii up this after- oon with indications that assaults would be made on several appropria- tions, Senate File No. 46, the administra- tion's bill for a law enforcement de- partment, will be on third reading in the senate this afternoon and will be passed. The Pilot county bill will come be- fore the senate committee of the whole this afternoon. FIRE ALARM IS SENT OUT BY WIRELESS GALVESTON, Texas, Feb. 1.—A fire alarm sent by radio was answered by the Galveston fire department here yesterday. Discovering flames eating through the bulkheads of the engine room of the American tanker Gladsbe, the| sprang to un} adjacent pier to telephone in the) alarm. The line was busy, however,| so he returned to his instrument and) sent out the alarm by wireless. The station here and relayed by telephone to the fire department. Only minor damage was done to the vessel. TITLE TO THOROUGBRED IN DISPUTE, ARGUMENTS HEARD I GOTHAM GOUT (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 1.—Argument in a suit for ownership of the noted thoroughbred stallion, Friar Ro: which appointment of a receiver for the horse was asked, was on the Su- Ppreme Cqurt calendar here today. The suit was filed by John E. Mad- den, owner of a breeding establish- ment at Lexington, Ky., ageinst John E. Rosseter, of Santa Rosa, Californis. It is said to be the first action of it« kind instituted in this state. In his affidavit Mr. Madden, who paid Aug- ust Belmont $50,000 for Friar Rock after he bad won the Brooklyn ani] suburban handicaps, declared he sub- sequently sold a half interest in the horse to Mr. Rosseter under condi- tions by which the latter failed to abide. The Kentuckian requested a pre- emptory writ o2 mandamus calling up- on Rosseter to return the horse from California to Kentucky for breeding purposes as stipulated in a contract. Friar Rock, Madden asserted, was to stand in California in 1919-20 an‘ then be shipped to Kentucky for two seasons. Speed Skaters Gathering for Champ Events (By Associated Press) SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., Feb. 1.— Seventy of the best skaters of Canada and the United States were gathered here today for the opening of the an- nual amateur international speed skat- ing championships, which will con- tinue through Thursday. Among the entrants were Russell Wheeler, who won the Canadian championship at Montreal last week, and Charles Jewtraw of Lake Placid, N. Y., runner-up in the Canadian title event. je LEAGUE ADVANCE SOUGHT. (By Associated Press) GREENVILLE, 8S. C., Feb. 1.—Ap- plication will be filed by the South Atlantic league for advancement from the Class C to Class B with the Na- tional Baseball Commission, the di- rectors decided yesterday. MOORE HAS SHADE OVER | KELLY IN 10 (By Associated Press) AURORA, Il, Feb. 1—Pal Moore Memphis bantam, and Jimmy Ke of Chicago, boxed ten fast rounds here last night. Moore had a shade, news- papermen decided, as he landed more blows but Kelly caught him with a hard left to the chin in the third round that sent him reeling. —<—$<—<—<—_£{ ‘HIGH SCHOOL FIVE GOES TO SHERIDAN FOR GAME Basketball teams of the Casper and Sheridan High schools will come to- gether for the firgt time tonight ina game to be played in Sheridan. The localg reached Buffalo by automobile last night and were to continue their journey to Sheridan’ this morning. The “dope” points to a victory for the locals in the up-state metropolis. Buffalo defeated Sheridan early in the season and Casper won from Buf- falo when the latter invaded Casper three weeks ago. ‘ od NO CHANCE FOR FIGHT IN QUEBEC QUEBEC, Feb. Viciutions of the law prohibiting boxing bouts in this province will not be counte- nanced, Deputy Attorney General Lancot said today in discussing pro- posals to hold the Dempsey-Car- pentier championship bout in Mon- treal. oo MICHIGAN BEATS PURDUE (By Associated Press) * LAFAYETTE, Ind. Feb. 1.—Pur- due was beaten 28 to 23 by Michigan in a western conference basketball game last night. ——_—— BEAUMONT BUYS BASEMAN. (By Associated Press) BEAUMONT, Texas, Feb, 1.—Fred (Red) McDermott, third baseman of the Des Moines, Western league clu, has been purchased by the Beaumont, Texas, league club, it was announced today. ) Brought “Guile of ~ Women” TODAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY Adapted From the Well-Known Story by Peter Clark Macfarlane You’ve seen Will Rogers as a hobo, a cowpuncher, a bashful lover, and in many other splendid characteriza- tions, but in “Guile of Women, as a Swedish sailor, he proves he is the best: comedian of his type in pictures. You’ll laugh many, many friends about it. —A times, and then tell your LSO— Special Two-Act Northern Drama “THREE AND A GIRL” BRUCE SCENIC Shows at 1:00, 2:00, 3:30, 5:00, 6:30, 8:00, 9:30—Every Day ADMISSION 40c TUESDAY, FEB. 1, 1921 BANK BANDITS GET $30,000 (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Feb. 1.—Half a dozen robbers held up the Kenwood Trust shortly after 9 a. m. today and and Savings Bank on the South Side escaped with a sum which bank of- ficials estimated: at $30,000. —_—_—>—_—_ DIVIDEND IS PASSED NEW YORK, Feb. 1.—The Board of Directors of the American Hide & Leather company here passed the regular quarterly dividend of 14% per cent on preferred stock. ‘This rate has been paid since January %, 1919. It’s Here! It’s Here! Ha!. Ha! LYRIC Continuous 1 p. m. to 11 p. m. TODAY an Emerson-Loos Production Attraction IF IN LOVE, TRY IT! Babs was a love expert. She made a scientific study of love, dissected and analyzed it until she knew all the symptoms. She ed it out on herself first, and it worked. She discovered the men she didn’t love and the one she did. But the man she loved didn’t know. that he loved her. Bes.des he was engaged to her aunt. Outside of these two difficulties, she had to mar- ry off his decrepit aunt, a cou- ple of old maid sisters and a few others of his family before he could wed. But Babs was some expert and she got busy. She busted wide open the engagement and married her own aunt to a pro- fessor. And the way she pair- ed off his aged aunt and the old maid sisters would ‘make you die laughing. Then the man she wanted was free, She still had“to land him. Well Babs was some lander and she will teach you some tricks in the art of match making that will open your eyes, ADDED ATTRACTION A Story of the Canadian Border “Just Over the Line” Next Some More Coming “The Restless Sex” WOMEN WATCH THE LEADER AMERICAN SHOE SHOP The Best and Finest Shoe Repairing in Casper Basement--Corner Durbin and Second