Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 2, 1922, Page 1

FORD OFFER ON MUSCLE SHOALS IS INTRODUCED ‘Che Casper Daily Weather Forecast Generally fair tonight and Friday, except unsettied in northwest portion tonight; warmer in northwest portion CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1922. Although Mr. Shaughnessy PHANTOM CHARACTERS PEOPLE COURT ACCUSED MURDERER VILLAIN OF NOVEL MOTIVE SEEN IN) JEALOUSY, STATE QUTLINES EASE First Evidence Is. Intro- duced in Trial at the Morning Session BASIN, Wyo., Feb. 2.— (Special to The Tribune.)— Jealousy of a woman's affec- ions furnished the motive for the killing of Harry Foight and Worley Seaton, for whose murder Albert Lampitt is on trial be- fore Judge P. W, Metz in district court here, according to the opening statement of State's Attorney John L. King. The men were killed by an explosion which wrecked the bunk- house in which they were sleeping in the Grass Creek ofl field last April. ‘The state will have to depend almost entirely on circumstantial evidence, the prosecution admitted, but it twill attempt to show that this evidence definitely links Lampltt with the crime. ‘Direct testimuny heard by the court this morning included that of Coun- ty ‘Surveyor J. R. Shemley of Hot Springs county, who identified the camps at°Grass Creek from maps showing roads, houses and other “buildings. Mrs, Anna Neese, the first person on the scene after tho explosion, re- lated the finding of Foight’s body 75 feet from the bunkhouse that was blown up and she described condt- tions at that time. . Direct examination of the witnesses ‘was concluded at noon and cross-ex- amination of the witness on points regarding Lampitt’s seclusion after the blast was in progress this after BUILDING OF SHACKS 'W. GOOD. RESIDENCE OUSTAICTS AT AN ENO CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 2.—The prideless property owner who erectr a shack which is totaily out of harmony with the character of the. buildings improving his neighbors’ property soon will be curbed in Cheyenne in all probability. The city commissioners are considering passage of an ordi- nance forbidding the erection of any structure which has not been approv- ed by the city government. The shack” nuisance has become aggra- vated here as a result of acute hous- ing conditions and consequent high rents that appeal to the avaricious ness of persons who desire to obtain the greatest return from the smallest outlay, and to do so have sprinkled heretofore vacant sections of the resi- dence districts with ramshackle tene- jof Harry Foight a with him. ‘HEARING IN RUSTLING CHEYENNE, Wyo. Feb. 2— Charles D. McFetridge, wealthy rest- dent of Longmont, Colorado, who is charged with ‘cattle theft in Wyoming and who gave himself up to Sheriff Carroll Monday night, will be given }a preliminary hearing. February’ 9. Meanwhile he is at liberty under bail | “woman in the case;" Harry Foight and his Middie—Ruins of bunkhouse at Lower—Harry Bruce, slayer ‘of James Smith, original of “Slim” in the “Fight ing Shepherdess.” Bruce may be an important witness against Lampiltf. FIRST BALLOT ON NEW POPE | TO BE CAST FRIDAY, REPORT Fifty-Two Cardinals Go Into Seclusion Principals In Lampitt Blast-Murder Case at Basin Upper left to right—Albert Lampltt, the “Mullendore” of the “Fighting|“bad man" to another “bad man”. Shepherdess,” on Mire pti for the murder with an infernal machine|and may be used as a witness against ley Seaton; Lampitt Model for “Mullendore” in Lockhart’s Book | BASIN, Wyo., Feb. 2.— (Special to The Tribune.) — For many of those daily crowding the little Big Horn county courtroom here dur- g tne irial of Albert Lampitt for the murder of Harry Foight and Worley Seaton there are present phan. tom figures—figments of a gifted wom an’s fertile immagination—intriguing y ashociated with the not less intrigu ing realities of the story of a despic able crime that ts cmlug, bit by bit from the lps of witnesses and coun sel. Such spectators when they look at the stolid man in the defendant's hai? see not one but two personall tles—the living Lamplitt whose life the law would forfeit for a dastardly deed that shocked the chivalry of the Whole ome west, and “Mullendorre,” villian of Catherine Lockhart's novel “The ‘ighting Shepherdess" Lampitt {a the model from which Mrs, Lockhart ketened Mujlendorre, Other tmagi- nary characters of the novel ars as- sclated with the trial, which began January 31 and is expected to continue at least three weeks—one intimately nV horribly, the other merely collater. iy but tragically. Those present >7ho ure familiar with the Lockhart ro- fmance will yisualize them phantasma- eorenNy during the testimony of a rumber of the 70 witnesses: ecbpoo- naed by tha state and the 40 sum- moned by the defense.® Dr. Joseph Ash of Cody, Wyo., evt- dence regarding the assassination of whom a decade ago will be offered in ah effort to damn Lampitt, was the inspiration for the character of “Mor- mon Joe” in “The Fighting Shep herdess:””. James Smith, who was shot to death by Harry Bruce, gambler drug addict, at Kirby, Wyo., last No- vember, was the model for the Lock- hart novel's “Slim,” succorer of “Mary,” the “bum” lamb that stmul- taneously developed horns and a mill- tant disposition. Bruce, imprisoned for the Smith murder in tho jail where Lampitt was held for the Folght-Sea- ton murders, exchanged confidences with Lampitt—the boastings of on: Grace Lee, Foight’s fiancee and the|rampitt, appearing in the unadmirable » which was blown to death rass Creek after explosion. role of a desperado seeking immunity from the full consequences of one (Continue on Page 10) | ASE SET FFRAIIARY Name Successor to to Beredict XV; Elec- - tion Expected in Two Days EDWARD H. SHAUGHNESSY DIES OF INJURIES RECEIVED LATE SATURDAY IN THEATER SRPSH WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—Edward H. Shaughnew | Chicago, second assistant postmaster general, died here e. today at Walter Reed hospital from injuries received in the Knickerbocker theater disaster Saturday night. *s injuries were known to be of 98.|a critical nature his condition had shown improvement up to yesterday and death was unexpected. Attending physicians at the army hos pital to which Mr. Shaughnessy was taken when removed from the wreck- age of the Knickerbocker theater sev eral hours after the disaster, said his death followed a sudden heart collapse shortly after midnight. Mr. Shaugh- nessy suffered a broken pelvis and other injuries, but had shown a resis tive power wich made physiqgjans hope- fal of his recov ssy's wife and his 10 r, Ruth, both of whom now recovering from injuries re celved in the theater disaster, had not been informed of his death at an early hour today. They are being treated at another hospital, the daughter having had both arms broken while Mrs. Shaughnessy is suffering from a fractured rib and shock’ The death of the second assistant postmaster general brings the fatality Ust of the catastrophe, as now recorded by the police, to 98. RIGHT OF WOMEN Voluminous Plan Is Submitted Today to Congress by Secretary Weeks WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.— ‘ry Ford’s proposal for the ment projects at Mus- Ala., were submit- songress by Sec- for “such ac- nay deem appropri uggestions contained transmission related to specific clauses in the contract rad the desirability of amendments which would, In the event the proposal be accepted by congress further safe- gard the government's Interests. Otherwise the secretary of war care fully avoids reference to congressional action involving the ultimate accep- tance or rejection of the offer as sub- mitted, “In the event Mr. Ford's proposal is accepted,” he declared, “the govern ment must make new appropriations amounting to $40,000,000 to $50,001 of which Mr. Ford will have the fit for approximately 100 years a’ per cent.” “In the event the offer be rejected,” the secretary gave {t as his opinion that dam No. 2 (Wilson dam) should be completed by the government and that power requirements for commer. cial purposes, the benefits to naviga tion as well as the possible needs of the government would warrant this expenditure, “If this were done,” he continues, “the government may itself undertake to sell the product to the best advan tage. In such case the amount of the government's present proposed in- vestment would be very materially re in the letter of 000 24 FOR JURY DUTY STILL IN DOUBT Argument Will Be Settled Finally Wher Question Is Raised With Woman as Defendant. : CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 2.—The trial of Albert Lampitt, at Basin, Wyoming, for the murder of Worley aton and Harry Foight, has not, in one respect, fulfilled expectation-- it has not résulted in an unequivocal judicial ruling whethér women are, or are not, entitled to perform jury services in Wyoming. ‘The question was raised at the opening of Lampitt's trial) as had been anticipated, but the ruling of the court, as are so many. decisions of the cautious judicial rind, thoroughly comprehen v: but only sufficiently comprehensjve to cover the situation presented by the especial case on trial. Judge P. W. Metz held that women were not entitled to serve on the jury in the Lampitt case, holding that a jury drawn from a list containing the names of only eligible male taxpayers would be a jury of the prisoner's peers. Determination of the question of whether a Wyoming woman 1s cu: petent under the constitution to per- form jury service presumably will await the raising of t!¢ question of a case wherein a woman {s the defend- ant—of a situation presenting the con- crete problem of whether a jury con- sisting entirely of men is a jury of a woman's peers. Meanwhlee the constitution reads as it ever has read—that “men” are eligible to jury service. Jot Pope Benedict, late pope of the |Catholic church, will be a man of |“fearless faith,” according to a pro- |phecy of the succession of the popes |in the possession of the Archbishop |John J. Glennon of St. Louis. This | (Continued on Page Four) eager ROME, Feb. 2.—(By The Associated Press.)—The con-|* be clave of the sacred college which is to choose a successor to| DRY LAW Is Pope Benedict XV began its sittings today. The 52 cardinals | who are in Rome went into seclusion last night, and when! the great oak barrier at the entrance of the courtyard of St. HELD INVALID Damaso was closed they were cut off from communication| dud, because dam No. 3, costing from $18,000,000 to $25,000.000, would not be built,” and it would not be neces- sary to make the full installation of power plant on the Wilson dam unit! the market required such installation “This partial installation,” he ex plained, “would effect a saving of the investment in at least the sum of $3, 000,000, leaving, according to the chief of engineera’ estimate, not to exceed 22,000,000 to be invested by the gov- ernment at this time instead of $40, 900,000 to $50,000,000." Tho question of unemployment is recognized as a factor to be considered by congress in connection with its treatment of the Muscle Shoals ques- tion, “At this time,” he points out, RATE EXPERT [6 RETAINED HERE TO DRAFT PLANS FOR BIG SAVING Delinquent Membership Campaign Planned to Defray Expense; Cost to Approximate $4,000 Cagper will be table to save $100,000 annually on freight shipments entering the city if the plan of the chamber of commer. », which calls for hir- ing a freight expert to come to Casper to work out a solution of the h carrier costs here materialize To enable the chamber of comm: ° to undertake this work a campaign will be inaugurated here to secure al delinquent membership money now outstanding. Over $8,000 still due from members of the chamber of com merce who have not fully pala their 1921 duo. The cost of employing a freight ex pert to come to Casper to handle the local case and show merchants how to save vast amounts of money each will be approximately $4,000 or half of the money now outstanding on delin. quent membership: Three supply hou: in -Casper an nually about 50 cars of canned goods alone. A saving of $10,000 In freight each year, if Gysper had a truffic ex- pert to hand% the case and work out the best means of shipment. The present plan, if the money ts made available is to hire the Gene: Freight Service corporation of Louis to show tho way in which the money could be saved. ' The corporation would send a traffic expert to Casper who would undertake a thorough investigation of conditions here. The result of his investigations would be placed before the rallroad up “when there is a large amount of un- | O™Paries and request for relief made. employment it is not without tmpor-| The chamber of commerce believes tance to consider the advantage to the| ‘ht If inequitable charges are pointed nation of the employment of the large |°Ut to the railroad compantes that amount of labor required !n undertak- ing this development. “Traretore, J urge that con, gress give they will immediately take steps to. re- Neve conditions, On¢ of the basic charges that have early consideration to this matter, not | bee? made fs that it {1 inequitable to only to settle a GOfitroverted question, charge an average of 60 cents per hun- but to furnish employment on a large|4Fe@ more on freight shipments to scale.” . The secretary explains hJs action in sending the offer to congress by de- claring he is without authority to ac- cept. Mr, Ford's offer, or “dispose ot the property as a whole, elther by sale or by lease.” He points out the necessity for de- termining “whether the advantage to the government in having nitrate plant No. 2 maintained in readiness for the manufacture of explosives and in actual production of fertilizer, to- gether with the improvement to navt- gation, is of sufficient importance to| Springs was discovered justify the proposed departure from the present policy of the law in regard, Suspended from a tree. to dealing with the waterpower re- sources and to warrant leasing to Mr. Ford government property for so long a period, belleye {t would be a better po- ley," he wrote, “to limit the con- tract to a term of 6 years (instead of 100) to conform with the established policy of the feeral government as set out in the waterpower act.” The secretary also suggested a mod! fication by congress of the proposal so | that in the event the operating com- pany to be created failed to carry out the contract, some penalty would be imposed. Referring to a clause in the contract submitted, the secretary adds that it might be contended that the language used “is susceptible of a con- struction to the effect that Mr. Ford {s personally bound only to see that his company enters into the contracts required to carry out the terms of the Proposal and this point should be cleared up so that there can be no question as to its proper construc- tion. Secretary Weeks outlined the volum- inous offer by. Mr. Ford tn this way: “Mr. Ford offers to undertake the completion of dam No. 2 and the con- struction of dam No. 3, according to the government's plan, for which he shall be reimbursed the actual cost, and to lease the dams and power| Casper than either Cheyenne or Den- ver. NEGRO HANGED FOR ASSAULT JACKSON, Miss, Feb. 2.—Tha lynching of a negro east of Crystal today when the body of Will Thrasher was found A note was 'tacked to the tree saying the negro had been identifid as the one who at tempted to assault a white school teacher. ‘TWO KILLED BY POISON SANTA ROSA, Cal., Feb. ¢.—Two deaths, declared by attending physt- cians to have been caused by botulinus poisoning from eating home preserved beans occurred during the night at | Healdsburg, Mr. ami Mrs. Jyseph Pas- |tores being the victims. ‘Their son Joseph Postores Jr., has oniy a faw hours to liv | clans. MAILSACKS ~ ARE FOUND , according to the physi- CHICAGO, Feb. Sight mailsac |two of them empty, stolen yesterday by three bandits from a postal mes- plants at an annual rental equivalent/senger at Whiting, Ind., were found to 4 per cent of the cost to the gov-| today by South Chicago police fp an ernment of completing dam No. 2 and alley. The ground nearby was strown of $2.500 supplied by a local bank. ments. with the outside world until their task, Rome too late to participate in the was done. The first ballot probably |°°nclave. TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 2.—The Van |Noss state prohibition enforcement act SPECIAL TAX TO RAISE SOLDIER BONUS URCED BY MELLON IN REPORT Increase in Postage Rates and Levies on Tobacco Included in Proposal for Raising Compensation WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—The soldiers’ bonus should be paid out of special taxes; such as increased first and second- class postage and tobacco levies, Secretary Mellon declared today before the house ways and means committee. Secretary Mellon reiterated his belief that it would be impracticable to depend upon the foreign debt for financing the proposed “five-way” agjusted com- poorest sources ‘were made by the sec- Pengation pian Decause the revenue! O00 cent increase in first class post- from that source ts problematical. age, $70,000,000. These estimates of revenue from! Increased second-class postage. to wipe out deficits in that branch of the postoffice department. $80,000,000, Increasea ccgarette tax, the in- crease amounting to 50 cents on one thousand, $25,000,000. Increased tobacco tax, two cents a pound, $5,000,000. Increased documentary stamp taxes, $40,000,000. A tax of two cents on each bank check, $30,000,000. . A-license tax of 60 cents a horse- power on automobiles, $100,000,000. ‘The total estimated return from these taxes was $300,000,000. Mr. Melion said the bonus would cust $425,000,000 a year for the first two years and told the committee that it could extend the. lst of taxable sources to make up the deficiency. He (Continued on Page Four.) Cardinal, O'Connell may will not be taken until Friday. The balloting is not expected to con- sume more than two days, and’ the next pope, in the concensus of opinion in vatican circles, will come from among the moderate section of the sacred college. Neither the “irrecon- cilables” nor the “peace party” which favors closer relations with tho Ital- jan government is understood to have a chance to elect its, candidate, the moderates holding the balance of power. Until the election the only communt- cation between tne approximately 250 persons in the vatican and the outside, is thought the “rota” or turning box at the entrance of courtyard, and such communications as arq made in this way are not allowed to come to the attention of the cardinals. Penalty for violation of this secrecy is excom-]. munication. Monsignor Mahoney, spiritual direc- tor of the American college has gone to Naples to meet Cardinal O'Connell, archbishop of Boston who is a) pas- senger on the steamship Presidente ‘Wilson, which steamship officials say is not’due here until Saturday. As in 1914, when Pope Benedict was elected, arrive in \today was declared unconstitutional by ST.. LOUIS, Feb, 2—The successor |the court of errors and appeals. constructing dam No. 3 (exclusive of (Continued on Page Four.) |with envelopes and parcel ter. post mat- 25 MINERS DEAD IN | EXPLOSION, BELIEF Sixteen Bodies Recovered by Noon Today and Nine More Victims Entombed in Mine at Gates, Pennsylvania GATES, Pa., Feb. 2.—Twenty-five men are believed to have lost their lives in an explosion early today in the Gates mine of the H. C. Frick Coke company here. Sixteen bodies had been recovered from the workings at 2 o’clock this after- noon, and experienced miners-in the rescue crews trying to penertate the choked entry leading to the affected workings! gave it as their opinion that the nine men still unaccounted for had also been asphyxiated. Trained rescue crews from all parts of the Connellsville field are working in relays tryig to reach the shut-in mén. The bodies were located in an entry and taken to the foot of the shaft. Reports which caine to the surface from Sam Brown, superintendent in charge of the mine, said that much progress was being made by the res- cuers through the fallen earth and rock that he expected entombed miners by ‘There on was to reach the whether the men were dead or alive. Hundreds of persons assembled from nearby mines and a detafl of 10 state policemen was sent to the shaft to holf# them back. In the crowd were said to be many members of the fami- les of the dead and missing miners. pesca ney ad POISON TAKES TOLL. SANTA ROSA, Cal, Feb. 2.—Toe Pastori of Healdsburgh, near here, died last night, and his wife and year old son were at the point of death early today from what physicians pro- nounced botulinus poisoning, belicved to have been caused by eating home nothing, the reports said, to indicate preserved beans,