Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 6, 1924, Page 2

re D. y t r =) i eae ow avr € 1 7 1 , PAGE TWO DEMOCRATS LAUNCH WAR ON TAXJURY INSTRUCTED TO BRING IN ~ BILL WITH SUBSTITUTE PROGRAM Principles of Proposed Measure Broadcasted By Senator Robinson Setting Forth Differences in Income Tax. BY PAUL R. MALLON (United Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—Democrats in congress struck | their first real blow at the Mellon tax plan tonight by offering a detailed program as a substitute. The plan agreed on by Democratic members of the house ways and means committee differs radically from the administration bill. It is designed to lift most of the U. 6. LAND LAW DECISION SEEN At the same time the Democrats Tokio Diet Expected Cut the norma! tax rates on invoked ald of the radio to help them beat the Mellon plan. To Hear Bitter earned incomes of less than $4,000 | from 4 to 2 per cent and 8 to 6 per principles of the Democratic pro- Debates. cent Robinson, Arkansas, senate minor- | Ity leader, In a radio speech. | While Robinson was speaking. | house Democrats were preparing a statement of the detafled program for publication next week. The broad principles of the plan, the| United Press learned, are: | 1—Increased exemption on earned | incomes of single persons from | gram were announced by Senator | $1,000 to $2,000 and married persons Surtaxes, beginning at 1 per on incomes of $12,000, increase to a minimum of 44 per cent on incomes of $94,000 and over. Although the ways and means committee halted in its labors to- day on the Mellon bill, Chairman Green and many members issued statements on the measure. | Green expressed satisfaction with the progress made by the commit- cen By CLARENCE DUBOSE (united Press Staff Correspondent) TOKIO, Jan Fiery resolutions, denouncing the United States su- preme court decision sustaining the California. and Washington anti allen land Jaws are expected tn the diet this winter. Fiery speeches are tion was created by W. E. Patton| He spent a great deal of time in expected too. Bae weasel tee on the administrative features | who appointed the present dir|Colorade stadying the (pile On the whole es Saeutved the de | of the bill and declared he intended |tors of Anna Bell Wyoming and} and geology of the country and being people ae h most regret-|t© make “alr tight” the provisions ‘trustees. instrumental in making that state cision calmly. alt | astonishment. |0f the present law which permits| Quite an extensive development|known for the ofl it possesses, Mr. fully and with reat Got was general-| ‘2 leaks. He also said he woul |cempaign wan planned and outlined | Lewle has become connected with Testi Oe decision win] Press ® provision to nab wealthy | for the coming spring. Addttional| the Anna Bell Wyoming company in “ultimately drive most of the Japan- aa erenera from’ the Pacific coast.”| #2 88 to avoid the payment of in- heritance taxes on estates. But nobody here waived Ae, In a statement denouncing the bloody shirt or seemed to get bh re} Mellon plan as a “class legislation” excited. In normal times there! sure, ‘dictated by powerful and would have been cons!derable excite ment and rabid articles and speeches ome quarters. een recent earthquake period has given the Japanese so much to do and think about that they didn't seem to have time leff to get very hot over the supreme court decision. selfish interests,” Representative Keller of Minnesota, said most of the people indorsing it are employes, who are forced to “sign on the dotted line.” ‘The actual facts are that approxi- mately 80 per cent of our peovie | derive absolutely no benefit from | It hurt the Japanese of course. and) 11. xreiion plan: 18 per cent derive | they regret and dislike it. But there} oC.) proportionate benefit, while hasn't eee Looe gies repress Ha 2 per cent representing the wealthy | ment— and won 4 of our citizens, benefit tremendously winter seasion of the diet. Ge Thame ceaan ties racist Then opposition orators will de-| Pont. sang nounce the cabinet for being weak] *° and ylelding and eating out of Uncle Sam‘s hand and all that. And meanwhile Ambassador Hant!- hara in Washington will be confer. ring with the United States state de Large Families | rm ion ot a wee tates} Again Popular American ‘treaty, but officials here } are uncertain what will come of this. od ooo SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. 5.— Large families are again becoming popular in California PEKIN, Ill, Jan, 5.—(United Press)| carrying out the scouting program, According to the report for the '—The known dead in the dry dust REN Ss SDT year 1923, made by the state board explosion at the Corn Products com. ., of health, 1,135 mothers giving pany plant here ‘Thursday nen Presbyterian Men The} Persons who make gifts to relatives | options now held on about 1,000 acre surrounding and | holdings were taken sed the members, introducing James FIRE DISASTER be Casper GUILTY VERDICT AGAINST CARL MAGEE BUT LACKS AGREEMENT SANTA FE, N. M, Jan. 5.—De- spite instructions of Judge Hollman | at 2:30 this afternoon to return af verdict of guilty against Carl C. Mages at a late hour tonight the| jury had failed to reach a verdict. Indications that a hung jury would resu't became strong as bal- lot after ballot failed to bring rival) jurors together in their views. | Magee has been on trial three_ days, charged with criminally lMbel- ling Chief Justice C. J. Roberts of the st supreme court, Through his paper, the State Tribune of Al- buquerque, Magee accused Roberts of causing ballots in the last elec tion to be {legally thrown out, as- | suring Roberts’ seat on the supreme | bench as chief. Political opponents of Magee were | said to fear that his conviction would make a political martyr of the editor, assuring his entrance }into the race for the United States enate next fall, with strong chance | of election. | Appeal, in case of conviction, will be taken on the strength of the di.) rected verdict, counsel for Mage: intimated. EDITOR MAGEE ANNA BELL WYOMING ADDS 10 HOLDINGS; CAPITAL INCREASED The Anna Bell Wyoming Of] com- pany purchased an additional 80 acres adjoining {ts holding in the Lost Soldier field on the north last week at a meeting of the stockhold- ers of this corporation. A resolution authorizing an increase from $40,000 to $100,000 capitalization was unani mously adopted and a trust associa- Western states ofl, mining, and rail- roading aches .ar and broad. His activities in many places were the forerunners of many compensative ventures in opening up vast fields of resources that have poured out their wealth to many who were for. tunate enough to grasp and know op- portunities when presented. the capacity of financier. He under- took the responsibilities of this post- tion because of his great faith in the Possibilities of the region in which the company is operating. There ts no doubt in his mind regarding the success of the venture. Mr. Patton has worked over a long period of time in getting the com- pany on its feet. He organized the company from an associate member. ship of 700 laboring men for the pur- pore of testing the wild cat acreage known as the Pickett Lake’structure or dome which is located 52 miles west by wagon road from the Lost Soldier field.” He later was able to secure an option on a lease in the Lost Soldier field. adjoining present under advise- ment and will be determined at a later date. W. E. Patton, president and gen- manager of the concern, addres- Hamilton Lewis who read a full de- tailed report from the beginning of the financing of the Anna Bell W ming Oil company, its Progress and expansion and increased valuations together with the formations en- countered giving the log of the well in detail. Mr. Lewis was formerly of Wilkes. boro, N. C. His experiences in the development of the southern and| TEN BODIES IN commissioner; Dr. Allan McLellan, assistant deputy commissioner and medical advisor, and Roland Nichols of Troop No. aide to staff and scout of honor. Young Nichols is an Eagle scout, the rank of which is a very high honor among Boy Scouts throughout the country. District No. 2 and No. 3 will-also j organize complete staffs to assist their deputy commissioners in IS LATE TOTAL birth to children last year brought | numbered 10 tonight. 5 the total of their offspring up | After two days and a night of To Meet Friday ten, some of them to a higher | work with cranes and picks on the figure. lice coated ruins of the starch house - wo mothers reported a grand of the plant, officials haa accounted) Lo Vening at Manse tota children, two had counted | for nine fo: the twenty ni¥sing eer to 19 and seven families were | whose bodies are believed to be en-| (Continued from Page 1.) blessed with 18 each. |tombed in the frozen ruins. All men of the First Presbyterian Strong winds ‘were reported almost} Seven hundred and fifty sets of} Two of the thirty one seriously In-{church are invited to meet at the uniformly over the belt. twins were born during the year. | jured died today and physicians ex-|manse, 1103 S. Wolcott street. noxt In addition to intense suffering in the tenement districts of the large|bring clear cold weather which will cities, many fires brought exposure,/iast for two or three days accord- pain and considerable property|ing to the weather bureau. damage. | } At Rainback, Iowa, fire swept nine|GEORGIA FEELS business buildings in the downtown| WINTER'S BREATH. district before fire fighters could) ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 5.—(United bring it under control. A tempera-|Press}—Near zero weather gripped ture of 18 degrees below zero added/the south tonight with prospects of to the difficulties of firemen. Damage|lower temperatures tomorrow. was estimated at $125.000 From northwest Tenneeste ti Most of the fires reported through) Florida a severe cold wave bringing the middle-west, it was said, were|/the lowest temperatures of the sen- due to over-heated stoves and fur-|son and in many cases the coldest naces, |weather in five-years swept into the The Chicago fire department an-|south causing suffering to many swered 150 alarms in thirty-six)and impairing communications. hours. Nashville was the colcest spot in Temperatures {m many instances|the territory with a temperature of broke records of long standing. In|three above zero. At Memphis the Chicago the mercury reached 22 be/thremometer dropped to six above. low, breaking all records since 1883.| ‘The situation in Nashville was Some cities reported thermometer|made more critical when the Cum- readings below anything on record. |berland rover overflowed its banks. Rellef work was conducted exten-|forcing families in the lowlands to sively by charitable and civic or-|flee from their shelter into the ganizations in the large cities. Chi-| cold. cago's municipal lodging house was| opened for the first time this winter] RE! 5 EF FE) IN and scores of unemployed were! KANSAS CITY sheltered. Jail cells were filled with KANSAS C Mo., Jan, 5—(Un- vagabonds in search of warmth. {ted Press)—Slowly rising tempera- Comn ation by wire was al-;tures brought some relief tonight most totally destroyed over a large|from the extreme cold wave which sector of the middle-west and train| embraced the southwest the Schedules were ,almost totally des-| past 24 hours. troyed | Zero weather prevailed In Kansas Trains from all directions {nto|and Missouri points which during Chicago were many hours late, Pas-\the day had suffered from temper: Sengers suffered intensely from the|atures ranging from 5 to 28 degrees cold despite efforts of the roads to} below. heat thelr coaches. In Kansas City the mercury Relief is on the way, the weather|dropped to 15 degrees below. In bureau reported. citing somewhat|Salina it was 23 below. higher temperatures today in Canada| and the far northwest. By Monday,| OHIO FAC! DROP the experts said, the mercury will|IN TEMPERATURE be climbing in this section. | COLUMBUS, Ohio., Jan. 5—(Unit \ed Press}—Oh!o faces temperatures |ranging as low as 12 degrees be- |low zero Sunday, the weather bur- —Lowering|eau here tonight said. COLD EXTENDS TO NEW YORK. NEW YORK, temperatures and flurries of| Frozen radiators interfered with snow were forerunners of -a cold|truck hauling early In the day but wave along the Atlantic seaboard|coal dealers announced tonight tonight. | haulers had agreed to work late into The United States weather bureau|the night making last minute deliv- prediction calls fcr zero weather|eries. |hopeless cripples through life, their pressed belief others would give up the struggle tonight. Many of those who lie in hospitef beds here will be Friday evening at eight o'clock. A fine program of entertainment is being arranged for the enjoyment of all. - Mr. H. Roe Bartle will lead the men in singing, and there will not be wanting anything to make the oo casion one to be pleasantly remem- bered. Strangers and men of the city not connected with any other church are invited. pa Babies born in Britain since the war are declared to be stronger and more intelligent in every way than those of pre-war day IOWA PHYSICIAN MAKES STARTLING OFFER T0 GATARRH SUFFERERS Found Treatment Which Hesled His Own Catarrh and Now Offers To Send It Free To Suf- ferers Anywhere. doctors say, It will probably be weeks before all of the bodies can be removed from the ruins. PROSECUTION OFDINES SEEN (Continued from Page One.) subpoenaed to appear at the hear- ing. “There will be no excuses," De- tective Captain Cline dectared. "They will all be there When the hearing is held.” FORMER’ PRESIDENT OF DENVER BANK FACES ARRAGRMENT IN WEE DENV » Colo., Jan, 5.—Newton | Briggs, former president of the clos- jed Interstate Bank & ‘Trust com- Davenport, Iowa—Dr. W. 0. Cot: fee, Suite 1453, St. James Hotel Bldg., this city, one of the must widely Known physicians and sure geons in the central west, announces| that he found a treatment whieh Pany will be arraigned next Satur.|completely healed him of eatarrh in day on a charge of embezzlement and| the head and nose, deafness and head misappropriation of funds and bonds |"0!ses after many years of sufferin; of the bank, the hearing having been| He then gave the treatment: to @ continued by Judge Geo. F. Duniles| Umber of other sufferers and they today at the request of the defense. | State that they also were completely DISTRICT SCOUT STAFF his "achieveroont ‘and’ o, onboast COMPLETED SATURDAY that his treatment will bring other sufferers the same freedom it gave him, that he is offering to send a 10- The first staff to organized among the Casper Boy Scouts was completed yesterday. It is for dis- reader of this paper who writes him. Dr. Coffee has specialized on eye, ear, nose and throat diseases* for more than thirty-five years and is honored and respected by countless be and snow that will last unt!! tomor-| Welfare organizations said suffer- row morning. |{ng in the poor districts of the city Monday morning 1s expected tolhad been reduced to a minimum. thousands. If you suffer from nose. head or throat catarrh, catarrhal éenfness or head noises, send your name and address today.—Ady, days’ supply absolutely free to any trict No. 1 and includes Edwin M. Bean, deputy commissioner; Hatry assistant D. McCormick, deputy nDap Cribune YOUTH FIGHTS TO DEATH FOR GIRL HE LOVES “Badge Bandit” Hunted As Slayer of Young Man at Pasadena. PASADENA, Cal., Jan. 5.—(United Press.}—"“I will always fight to the | last for you.” This was the declaration William Jacobson made to Miss Ethel Todd as they sat in a parked auto on the Alhambra road last Wednesday | night discussing plans for thelr wedding. Five minutes later Jacobson wus dead, fulfilling his promise. Details of her flance’s dramatic | death were related by Miss Todd here today at the coroner's inquest over Jacobson’s body. . While she told her story, Sheriff William I. ‘Traeger, in another part of the city, was addressing a ba of 50 police officers, laying plans for the capture of Harry J. Dunlap, known as the “badge bandit wanted as Jacobson’s slayer and perpetrator of more than a score of lesser crimes. Miss Todd told the coroner's jury how the bandit emerged from the darkness along the roadside an¢ ordered the pair to leave their ma- chine. He robbed Jacobson of his money and watch and then ordered the gir] to accompany him. “Touch that girl and I'll knock you down," Jacobson shouted. The men grappled and the assailant fired, Jacobson dropped. neeling down beside him in the road T lifted his head to my lap, the girl continued. ‘“‘I'm gone, Ethel dear; he got me,’ was all Wi Nam said. I could not realize he dead. I pleaded with him to open his eyes but he did not.” The bandit stood and looked at her calmly, Miss Todd testified, then, ordering her not to follow him, disappeared tnto the darkness. MEXICAN REBEL ARMY. ATTAGKS (Continued from Page One- Obregon's troops guarding Mexico City, are ready to join the rebels the moment they are within striking distance of the capitol. Overthrow of Obregon is inevitable. The fiat statement wastmade in a report received by Representative Oldfieid, Arkansas, Democratic whip of the house from sources he regards as thoroughly responsible, including one from an American just returned from Mexico. Many similar reports have come to border congressmen who “know” Mexico from friends and business men in Mexico. The men from the border do not question the reliability of the infor- mation they are receiving. Alarm has spread through con- gress as a result of the identical Scattered sources, representing a dl- Yersity of interests. 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[NIGHT SCHOOL RESUMES THE MEND1pr MORI EVENING By JOHN GRAUDENZ —Nikolai Lenin from his out hunting in the woods around the little village of Gorki on Christ- mas eve and again or New Year's eve, Minister Zinoviey informed a Petrograd mass meeting. The news was greeted with cheers, for Lenin's return to health this year when Russia expects to re- sume relations with Italy and Great Britain would mean much to the Soviet government. Lenin has now been hors de combat for two years. Famous German specialists have visited him from time to time and frequently he has been gtven up. An announcement to Casper’ studious “300"—night classes at the ictrola Do You Like Better ? NO matter whether you prefer the ies models, or the horizontal types—you them both represented at attractive prices in store. We are ready to stand ba: Victrola instrument we sell with all . because experience has facilities and service, of each our store taught us that the Victor trademark under the lid satisfaction. represents quality workmanship, correct ction and customer Comein and let us show you some of these fine instruments. The Chas. E. Wells Music Co. Home of the Chickering 232 East 2nd CASPER Phone Hepsi New Victor Records, Once a Week, Every Week—Friday STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF The Casper National Bank At Close of Business, December 31, 1923 CASPER, WYOMING RESOURCES Loans .. Overdrafts .,....... United States Bonds Stocks, Bonds, etc.... Banking House, Fixtures . Cash and Sight Exchange. $2,060,523.71 1,191.27 » , 112,401.96 . 50,688.55 139,933.71 $1,025,719.22 Furniture and Total $3,390,408.42 pe aia ee Sa OFFICERS A. J. CUNNINGHAM, President J. DE FOREST RICHARDS, Vice President PATRICK SULLIVAN, Vice President Q. K. DEAVER, Cashier PATRICK SULLIVAN 35 Years of Service Capital Stock » Surplus ~-.;- Tereten Undivided Profits Circulation .. Deposits . H. ey R. DIRECTORS P. C. NICOLAYSEN J. DE FOREST RICHARDS A. J. CUNNINGHAM ESTABLISHED 1889 Nationalized 1903 $ 100,000.00 100,000.00 1 82,865.38 ere} 97,700.00 —.--$3,059,843.04 Totak $3,390,408.42 C. H. MeFARLAND, Asst. Cashier E. SMITH, Ast. Cashier J. WALTERS, Asst. Cashier E. BARTON, Auditor Q. K. DEAVER May We Serve You