Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 2, 1923, Page 7

f . ern candidate and there are many THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1923. FOUR OFFICERS, OF BANK BEING ‘HELD FOR FRAUD Swindle in Representa- tion Given New Town Is Formal Charge. PHO! Ariz, Aug. 2, — With four officers of the Farmers and Mer- chants Bank of Tempe under arrest on charges of conspiracy to obtain money by false representations the town of Tempe, 9 miles west of Phoe- nix was relatively quiet early today. ‘The excitement which has prevailed uince last Fricay when fire ds important records and led to the cloe ing of the bank and which Tuesday night caused demonstrations on the street, had subsided while depositors were waiting for further information concerning the status of the bank's affairs which state bank examiners have attempted to determine from partially destroyed records. W. J. Kingsbury, president of the bani, Mrs. Viola C. Kingsbury, his wife, W. W. Kingsbury, hiq son and Thornton Jones, Jr., cashier, were ar rested early last evening on com- plaints, filed in tue Tempe justice court by County Attorney Gene Cun- oingham and alleging conspiracy to fefraud the bank of $12,000 on a fic- Utious loan transaction. Jones, who has confessed he set fire to the bank's records is also charged in « second 00 each and were released early this morning. Jones made no attempt to raise bond and remained in the coun: ty jail during the night. SUMMARY OF RIGHT NEWS} MILWAUKEE—Three men were burned to death in a fire which swept the Benzol plant of the Mil waukee Coke and Gas Company burning so fiercely that firemen were unable to approach within a block of the plant until the fire was partly burned out. TOS ANGELES—Marian Lillian Bt. John was granted an interlocu- tory decree of divorce from A. Bt. John, motion picture comedian, whom she charged with cruelty end was awarded custody of her five year old daughter, ‘WASHINGTON—The new super- dreadnaught Colorado will be placed in commission August 30, and with her gister ship the West Virginia, now nearing completion will be last battlgships constructed in this coun- try ten years under the naval 'mitation treaty, it was announced. © pew MontTE, CALIF.—ceneral John J. Pershing declared in an ad- dress at the civilian military train- ing camp that the nation would need ite civilian soldiers for years to aid in suppressing ‘red’ activities and “Insidious workings of red propa ganda.” UNDERWOOD NOT YET AVAILABLE, BRYAN ASSERTS Candidacy Will Depend! On Democratic Plat- form Framed in 1924. MIAMI, Fla, Aug. 2.—Senator Oscar W. Underwood's availability as ® candidate for the democratic presi: dential nomination will depend upon the platform adopted by the demo: crates, William J. Bryan is quoted as/| faying in an article published in the Metropolis, here today, Mr, Bryan's signed statement said: “Ags Senator Underwood has for- his candidecy, Mis y upon the r. If Wall the o announced answer ability w platform rd Senator Under- l candidate. He i« Smith and has been the ut. He also repro- eet point of view But Wall Street sents ‘the Wal on public questions. and the the next convention. “There is no objection to a south- Prominent southern democrats who are in sympathy with the sentiment of the democratic party. Why not select one of these—for instance, | Daniels of North Carolina; Comer of Alabania, or Neff of Texas? Every state can furnish an available, pro- gressive democrat who can poll sev- eral million more votes than Senator | Underwood. He was not available in 1912 and is much less available spokes: | sre not likely to control FIVE BIGCOPPER NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—The commit- tee ‘considering the consolidation of the and Hecla Mining com- Pany, the Ahmeck Mining company, the Allouez Mining company, the Cen- tennial Copper company and the Os- ———<— Pueblo Visited By Heavy Rain; Rivers on Boom and creeks in the vicinity of the city overflowed, but no great damage has pest reported. The river was normal he most serious damage was the washing away of a large bridge of the Denver and Rio Grande Western raflroad at Swallows tn Pueblo coun- ty and the undermining of another bridge of the same railroad near Florence. Portions of the track near Cedarwood were covered with water and traffic was diverted to the Santa Fe tracks. Heavy rains in the mountain dis- tricts at Beulah and Rye and in the San Isabel forest did considerable damage to the roads. A bridge was washed out over the Greenhorn river on the Pueblo-Walsenburg road. COMPANIES ARE CONSOLIDATED IN MERGER ceola Consolidated Mining company today ennounced it had upon 2 plan of consolidation which provides for an authorized capitalizaticn of 2,- 500,000 shares at $25 par value. The new company will issue 2,005, 302 of these shares to sockholders of constituent companies and the re maining shares will be reserved for general corporate purposes. The new shares will be distributed as follows: Ahmeeck 536.000; Allouesz 80,000; Cal- umet and Hecla 1,205,308; Contennial 24,000 and Osceola 149,994. The allotment td Calumet an@.Hecta does not include new shares to whi ita stockholders are entitled on ao count of shares owned in the other four companies. The allotment to the other companies represents the value of all their assets and includes 378,692 shares issuable on account af shares owned by Calumet and Hecla. The rate of exchange of stock of the company for stock of the consol- idated compantes is as follows: For each share of Ahmeek 2.63 shares; Allouez 0.80; Calumet and Hecla 1.98; Centennial 0.88 and -Osce- ola 1.56. ————— BOSTON, Aug. 2.—Frank Chance will remain as of the Bos- ton Red Sox ft - thane it mn. x for Present season, it is announced by J. A. Robert Quinn, who with his associates from Columbus, Ohio, took the club from Harry Frazee. The newly-remodeled and practic ness-like appearance of Second street. . owned by C. E. Starr, of the Casper Bri The advertisers whose names a as evidence. Electric 142 E. MIDWEST 1309'S. Melrose ! | 733 8. ‘Ash St. now.” | gC Tho city of Baltimore ts bearing al largo share of the expense of the Bj Rational amateur rowing regatta, ff which is to be held there early in August. Construction Co. GENERAL ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION WORK No Job too Big for Us to Handle We Gladly Furnish Estimates CARSON AND SCHULZ GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS Supply and ° PHONE 483-M The plastering was done by J. A. PHENN» Phone 1769-W “Everything in Plastering’ Phone 1054-R “Years of Building Experience Stand Solidly Behind Us” de Casper Daily Cribune FARM SITUATION MAGNIFIED FOR POLITICAL ENDS So Says Director Meyer Of the War Finance Corporation. Poration, declared todey following a conference here with representatives of the corporation from ten agricul- tural states, territory, with the exception areas devoted more or leas exclusively to the production of wheat.” “Our Pie the director said. “do not ini that ajl the farmers in the United States are as badly off as some of their friends would like to have us think. “Farmers have been gradually hy 4 "te ¥ Uquidating thetr debts to the banka, and the banks, large and small, in the agricultural sections, have been grad- ually improving their positions. “More than 2,100 banks in the Unit- ed States have completely Uquidated their indebtecness to the corporation. “Out of towns totaling approxi. Mately $24,000,000, in Iowa, more than $17,000,000 has been paid off. Out of a total loans of approximately $12,300,000 in Nebraska, $11,000,000 has been liquidated.” Teachers Charter Plane for Trip to Gillette Ranch GILLETTE, Wyo., Aug. 2—Two teachers in the branch summer school in Gillette, Miss Vera Kummer and Miss Olive Carter had the ‘novel ex- perience of going visiting tn an air Plane yesterday afternoon. When an airplane, piloted by a man named Turner, of Shelby, Mont., came to town to give passengers a ride, the young ladies decided they would like to visit Miss Kummer's parents on a ranch about 30 miles east of Gillette, so they chartered the plane and set out for the ranch. Although the country was new to the pilot, he had no difficulty in finding the way, as Miss Kummer recognized landmarks so clearly that a landing was made in the ranch yard. Miss Kummer will teach in the schoo at Thermopolis ext year, and Miss Carter will be head of the art department at Raton, N. M. Extends to You a Cordial Invitation to Make This Store Your Headquarters During Rodeo Week Our New Location Is 110 EAST SECOND STREET We Are Offering Special Bargains All This Week In . COATS, DRESSES, SUITS, HATS And Other Items of Women’s and Misses’ Apparel CLOSED FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR RODEO ° WE FURNISHED In the building occupied by the Frantz Shop ‘ Consult Us Before Building a! Phone 1076 -___ ~ CASPER, WYO. he Frantz Shop, with its ultra s The upper floor will be occupied by smaller offi ppear on this page are the men who made the structure possible. GRAND WIZARD OF KLAN SUED BY EX-OFFICER HOUSTON, Tex. Aug. 2- B. Kimbro, Jr. former grand goblin and organizer of the Ku Klux Klan in Texas and in Mississippi, today filed suit in federal court Dr. H. W. Evans, of Atlanta, a wizard of the klan for $100,000, al- leging defamation of character. Kimbro alleges that a statement was published in a Housten news-| paper, credited to Evans, in which Kimbro was referred to as “hot air| merchant” and a “man who is not a klansman but a.man who profited through the organization of the klan, both personally and financially and now won't pay his debts.” TWO BIG RATTLERS ARE KILLED BY YOUNG LAD GILLETTE, Wyo., Aug. 2—Olen Greer, the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Greer who live on a ranch 20-miles southeast of Gillette, killed two rattlesnakes last week, each snake carrying 15 rattles. A few days earlier he killed a diamondback rattler which had 10 rattles. The boy, with the ald of his little eight. r, has killed more than this summer. PAGE SEVEN. wil pave the way for recognition of Mexico by the United State were | described here today aa “in the last | details." It was evident that word of the final conclusicn of the agreement was expected within a matter of WASHINGTON, Aug. 3—Negotia-| hours, but no indication was given ag tions of the Joint Mexican American |to the nature of recent state in Mexico City which is|department advice sfrom the Ameri to reach an agteement that!can commissioners. Recognition Of Mexico Is Near seek NOTICE’ In Order to Allow Its Employes to Attend the Rodeo The Golden Rule Dep't. Store WILL CLOSE AT NOON, FRIDAY, ™* ‘AUGUST 3 Men Who Made The New Starr Building Possible Are True Casper Builders ally newly-erected Starr building, on Second street, near Center, The ground floor is occupied by t! ck and Tile Co. P. O. Box 59 is now complete, and is a real benefit to the already’busi- elect line of desirable merchandise. ces, several of which are already com Each.did his particular part and did it well. 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