Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 24, 1924, Page 1

The Weather . and Friday. northeast portion, The glare of publici nook and expect to get away with the turtle dove act. “Dim your lights" is the order for motorists but not for dance halls. ‘The council decided last night in answer to a petition that they ap- “Sfoint a special policeman for the Arkeon that it would be sufficient for the regular patrolman to drop in occasionally while on his beat. The management of the dancing academy will be privileged to em- ploy anyone he desires to enforce the regulations of the Institution. The safety campaign which will bo started February. 1 with several plain. clothes ;men on the street to watch» for cicteriate. wolate certain fundamental a rules was again discussed and it was de- cided hereafter also to ‘enforce the parking ordinance, between ‘Midwest and First’ street ‘Center: and) be- tween David and Durbin on Second. This permits only 30 minute parking. Be Gy oes The council voted to employ. an electrician who would also ‘act as,a fireman at a sajary-of $200 a month. It will be the duty of the electrician to keep ‘the police and fire alarms in working order ‘that’ all calls ‘may Ae answered promptly. “ The salary of the city engineer was set at $450. This is a reduc- tion of $50 a month, but the present engineer has an assistant, thus lightening the’ work. The George W. Vroman pogti the American Legion presen! request that the city share part of the expense in keeping up the Legion band which would also act as a municipal band and would hold a number of concerts in the city park as was done last year. It was referred to a committee. eat sat SE Sa Fight Made on Trio Named for U.S. Loan Board WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Con- firmation of three members of the federal farm loan’ board was op- posed at public hearings today be- fore’ the senate banking and cur- rency committee. Those appearing included Senator Borah, Repub- lican, Idaho, and ‘Abbé Doke of the \ Farm Loan association. One basis for opposition is the appointment of Charles E. Lobdell, a former member of the board, as counsel and managing director at a salary of $25,000. The commis- sioners whose nominations are being contested are Merton L. Corey, Democrat, Nebraska, and Lewis J. Pettijohn of ‘Kansas and Elmer 8. Landes of Ohio, Republicans. EVEREST TO BE SCALED THIS YEAR LONDON. Jan. 24.—The summit of. Mount Everest will probably be reached this year,-in the opinion of Dr. T, -G. Longstaff, a member of ,“ the last expedition. “It all depends on the weather,” "he told an inter- viewer. “If the climbing party reach the same altitude they did last time (27,000 feet) before the eve of the blizzard season, they should successfully accomplish the final 2,000 feet, but at that altitude a blizzard would just kill you." pak eee te SOUGHT BY RED CROSS. The whereabouts of Miss Mar- Baret Kippling is being sought by the local chapter of the American 1 Cross, Anyone who is able to urnish -such information is re- quested to communicate with the society at the Casper Chamber of Commerce building, phone 1940. Wyoming—Generally fair tonight Much colder in east and north portions. Cold wave DANCE HALE ROMANCING DEALT BLOW IN ORDERS GIVEN POLICE Bright Lights Only Will Be Tolerated, Mayor Loy Declares; 30-Minfte Parking Rule for Autos Will Be Enforced. The death rattle of dance hall “romancing” was heard at the special meeting of the city council last night when Mayor S. K..Loy ordered the chief of police to have all lights turned of with full brightness: in the dance halls. iblicity will thus be thrown on those who would spoon while dancing or who would retire to a quiet > 2 bane cana a ube Shot” aude SHELBY WIRES $500,000 BID FOR BIG FIGHT bel New York. Ly a citizens cusuuittee, headed by -R, McNamer, sec- retary of Shelby © r “The! following Shelby iapatch will uppear in. the.,Great Falis “Considerable feeling was stirred up_in the chamber of lerce meeting hepe last evening thro: New York having secured the Dem- ocratic national convention without the. local commerce board having made a moye in the matter .and after mach discussion the following telegram was sent to New York: “Tex Rickard, New York,» N. Y. “Would you consider a , $500,000 Buarantee to stage the Dempsey- Gibbons fight in Shelby July 4 next. Shelby bank again open. “Citizens Committee, ‘Per Bruce McNamer, “Secretary Shelby Chamber of Commerce.” : No answer has yet been received from*Mr. Rickard: JOHN D. JR: SAYS GOLF ~ EXPENSIVE NEW YORK, Jan, 24.—“If my money holds out,” John D. Rocke- feller, Jr., told the members of the Men's Bible class of the Park Avenue Baptist church last night, “I eventual'y will learn to play a pretty good game of golf.” All he ‘has learned of the game so, far, Mr. Rockefeller said, is/ “to hit the ball once in ten times,” and “never to pick ‘up a lost ball until it has stopped rolling.” Another necessity, he finds, is to wear a snappy suit that gives the . proper atmosphere and never to appear in a gymnasium suit. Neither his father nor profes- sional instructors, he said, had been able to introduce him’ to all the ropes. MUSCATINE, ‘Iowa, Jan. 24— The Citizens State Hank of Letts, Iowa, near, here, was closed today by ‘the, State banking department. “Frozen” loans and withdrawals of deposits over a consideration period was given as the cause. L. U. Gip- ple is president of the bank. Obregon. Mobilizes> Forc Mexican President In Personal Charge Of Operations as Fresh Danger Is Raised; News Conflicts BUI . WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.— Orders for the withdrawal of the American cruiser Richmond from Tampico, Mexico, were dispatched today by the navy department and it was announced that as soon as salvage work on the wrecked cruiser Tacoma is completed, the cruiser Omaha and six American destroyers at Vera Cruz also will be recalled from those waters. EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 24.—President Alvaro Obregon was forced to return to Aguas Calientes, Wednesda: he essayed a trip to Celaya and now is gathe: in an effort to cut through rebel troops holding t! ant railway junction, advices received in state. Obregon left his field headquart- érs ut Penajmo, Guanajuato, ‘Mon- day, it is said, and went to Aguas Calientes for the purpose of meet~ ing the Yaqui troops en route to the, eastern sector. The mén left Juanes Monday and were being hurried ‘to the south in order to reinforce the federal armies. President Obregon, advices state, attempted to return to Celaya ‘Wednesday in order that he would not only be in touch with the west- ern sector, but the fighting in the east as well. The presidential spe- celal hurriedly. returned to Agus Calientes when it learned that Estrada's cavalry cut the rall- gvay at Celaya,.and troops are now, cancentrati Bt A, Calientes in the cpekwopilagasit through, * - {General Rafael Buena, 1s in com- of] mand of 2,000 rebel;¢avairy and not only. controls the city of Celaya, almost the entire drea for more than 50 miles, De La Huerta sym- pathizers were’ advised by wireless today: \ - Buelna advanced rapidly from Valle De Santiago after Obregon had gone to Aguas Calientes and now the only road open for the y when his forces import- today President 1s for him to effect a junction with General P. Ellas Calles at San Luis Potos!l. A branch line of the National Rail- way leads to San Luis Potosi from Anguas Calientes. Due to the action of Buelna, with his cavalry the presidential special “(Continued on Page Seven) :f es to Head Off Rebel. Army Holding Railroad Junction PRESIDENT IN TAX BILLFIGHT TO STAY; COMPROMISE LIMITED (NVOLVED, SAID Firm Determination to Stand by Fundamentals Of Mellon Bill Reflected in Stand Taken By Chief Executive. x BY DAVID LAWRENCE (Copyright, 1924, The Casper Tribune). WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—President Coolidge has en- tered the fight between Secretary Mellon and congress on tax reduction and gives promise of staying in it till the very end. The president has been watching with passive interest thus far the skirmishes between the secretary of the treas- ury and various members of con- gress all of which came to a climax with a visit by Republican leaders to the White House to tell Mr. Cool- INSURGENTS IN MINERS RANKS ASSAIL LEWIS IN CONVENTION »INDIANAPOLAS, ~ Jan. 4.—By, 4] the pose —pederee TS > ~ 1 is re 5 within the ranks of the United Mine Workers of America renewed their attacks/on President John L. Lewis, when the biennial convention was reconvened today and the creden- itals committce reported in fayor of unseating Joseph -Chicco!in|, of lo- cal union 5216 in the coke fleld of district No. 4, (Pennsylvania). The chargé was made before the com- mittee by William Feeney, secre- -tresurer of the district, that giccolini 1s an officer in a “dual Amid consideration ahd confusion three standing votes were taken on the cominittée’s report to unseat Chiccolini and after the third vote President Lewis declared the report adopted, 866 to 5 Opponents of administration renewed their cries of yesterday of ‘steam roller,””’ and idge he must compromise. This used to happen quite often in past days but congress has been taken back by the firm response of the chief executive. He will not com- promise the tax bill out of existence. Mr. Coolidge takes pains to make it clear he is not standing by the treasury proposal with respect to every detail. He expects changes to be made that will improve the meas- ure. He doesn’t object to amend- ments which may. represent merely a difference of viewpoint on admin- istratian of the tax measure but he is unalterably opposed to any change-that destroys the object. of the bill, namely” universal tax re- duction. There is more significance to. Mr. Coolidge's. latest. warning _to con- gress than has come from the White House in the form of a statement or utterance since the ‘president read his first message to congress. Mr. Coolidge doesn’t expect to sur- render anything without a battle. (Continued on Page Eight) DINES CASE HOLDS MYSTERY Victim of Shooting by Mabel Normand’s ary hearing on a charge of assault with intent to kill. Testimony given by the wounded man from his bed in the Good Sa- maritan hospital last Monday dis- played, according to prosecution at- torneys, such startling variance from other witnesses’ reports of what he had said shortly after the shooting that Justice J. Walter Hanby yesterday ordered Dines to post. $5,000 bond to guarantee his appearance in court as a material witness.and hen continued the pre- liminary hearing until January 30 to permit the ofl man to regain strength sufficient to carry him through a grilling cross examination in_ court. Justice Hanby’s action was taken at the request of the district attor- ney’s office which pointed out that Dines’ testimony that he could not say of his own knowledge that Greer shot him was in glaring contradic- tion to his positive statements to po- lice-on the night of the shooting, and North ‘Platte Relief Sought SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. That the settlers on the North Platte, Nebraska-Wyoming, , recla- mation project pay $35 per acre for the water for their land, one of the recommendations ade yesterday to the federal fact- finding commission, by F. 8S. Me- Affree, J.T. Mitchell,and William Morrow, representatives ~of “the 24— only Water Users Association of the North Platte district. The testimony of the delegates from this project will be completed today, The witnesses yesterday stated that it was only with the definite understanding that the water, un. der no condition, was to cost more than $35 per acre, that the settlers signed. the. contract with the re: clamation service, Chauffeur Placed Under Bond to ‘Appear When He Recovers LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24.—Investigation of the shooting here New Year’s night of Courtland S. Dines, Denver, oil by Horace Greer, chauffeur to the screen star, Mabel Normand, stood still today while authorities waited for the complete recovery of Dineg from a bullet wound in the lung, pending resumption January 80, of Greer’s prelimin- indicated that the Denver man might leave the jurisdiction of the court rather than testify again, un- less placed under bond to appear. Yesterday's session of the hearing was held at the bedside of Mrs. Edith Burns, former companion of Miss Normand, illness preventing her appearance at the court house. Her testimony deyeloped little that was new. She identified the pisto! used by Greer as the property of Miss Normand and told how the screen actress, as she was leaving | for Dines’ apartment New Year's day, asked her to call ‘her on the telephone in an hour ‘and provide her with an excuse to leave the party, as she wanted to be home early. A Double Mission ~ The advertising in the Trib- une is an essential part of the paper; a helpful part of \ this newspaper's service to its read- Advertising of the pape? sol chants and so combined with the news that the readers must perforce see the ‘advertising. The reading of the general news is both entertaining and educational, buff the store news so closely connects with the most pressing problems with most of us, that its careful study is an absolute necessity. Advertising helps mightly ‘in the chief problem. in most homes—the ‘buying of wants and necessities. Shop in the Tribune Before Shopping in the Shops. Dear Bill and Mary :— failed to answer on account of of your neighbors, as we are t A LETTER BACK HOME I am sending you under separate cover, a copy of the Casper Daily Tribune’s Annual Industrial edition. This newspaper publishes an Annual edition every year, ‘telling about the wonderful*things that have happened during the past year, showingshow the town and state are growing, and what wonderful, opportunities there are in this country. This will answer so many of the questions you have been -asking me in your different letters, many of which I expect I When you get through reading it, please pass it on to some ful state and every little helps. Yours sincerely, not having the facts at hand. rying to advertise our wonder- Jack AUTO LICENSE OFFICE WILL GLOSE FOR WEEK The local office for the Issuance of automobile licenses will be closed from Saturday noon of this week un- til Friday morning of the following week. Warren Dailey, motor vehicle in- Spector, is leaving Saturday for Salt SON OF ‘KING PURNELL?’ ILL BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Jan. 24.—The House of David today con- tinued silent regarding the illness of Coy Purnzit, only son of Benja- min Purnell, fugitive “king” of the colony, It was learned from au- thoritative sources, however, that Creek ‘and will be there for five days handling the work of the de partment in the oll fields. the condition of Coy Purnell is: re- garded as critical. and a Booster for City, County and State atly Crime FR California Opera- tor Says He Per- sonally Extend- ed Loan of $100,- 000 to Fall OIL LEASE NOT Magnate Sorry He Did Not Tell It All In First Tes- timony WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. E. L. Doheny, California oil operator, testified today: be- fore the senate Teapot Dome committee, that he had loan- ed $100,000.00 to former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall on November 30, 1921. He added that the loan was made by him personally and the money did not belong to ny oll company in which he is interested. The purpose of the Joan, Doheny said, was to enable Fall to enlarge his’ ranch holdings in New Mexico. Deheny declared that during ne- getiaticn of the loan there was no digcursion of any. contract between tke government and any of the Doheny oil interests, and that the loan had no relation to any subse- quent transaction relation to oll leases. The witness told the . committee ‘that. no~ officer of his - knew anything about the loan; that it was purely “a personal matter.” Doheny said he left Los Angeles January 17 to give the information concerning his loan: to the commit- tee and that he traveled via New. Orleans to apprize Fall of his in- tention. He added Fall was “in full ficcora”, with his purpose. “I have been following the re- ports of the proceedings - before your committee.” said Mr. Doheny’s statement. “And have concluded that notwithstanding my authoriza-| tion to ex-secretary Fall early in| December to state the full and com- plete facts in connection with. al personal transaction had in 1921! between Mr. Fall and myself, Mr.| Fall has been making an effort to keep my name out of the discussion | for the reason that a full statement/ || might be misunderstood. “Whether there is a possibility| ‘of such misunderstanding or not, I wish to state to the committee and to the public the full facts, and T! may say here that I regret that when I was before your committee I did not tell you what I am now} telling you. “I did not do so for the reason that such a statement was not per- tinent in answer to any of the qvestions asked me by the mem- hers of the committee and to ha done so would have “been volunteer ing something in no way connected with the contracts made with the Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Conipany. “When azked by your chairman whether Mr. Fall’ has profited by the contract, directly or indirectly, I answered in the negative. ‘That answer I now reiterate.” “I wish to inform the committee that on the #0th day of > 1921, I loaned Albert B. F 000 on his promissary note to e: him to purchase a ranch in New Mexico. This sum was loaned to Mr. Fall by me personally. It was my own money and did not belong in whole or in part to any oil com- pany with which Tam now or have been connected. this loan, bet In connection with there was no discussion veen Mr, Fall and myself as to contract whatever. “This loan bad‘no relation to any of the subsequent transaction transactions themselves in der in which they occurre of any contention that the fluenced by my making a loan to a life long friend. “The reason for my making and Continued on Page Seven. personal Lavoye Resident Freed Of Late Arson Charge Charles Petticord, proprietor 4 the Triangle garage at Lavoye, was this afternoon freed inary hearing before J at his prelim-| at Lavoye on a charge of starting caused in the fire’ which amounting to $100,00 | town four week: =} dam thi oil d had 0 E been held under a bond of $10,000. Justice Blake in delivering his opini nee had been introduced state, Petticord had a all of the ‘time immediat by Llibi y at starting of the confl }and le introduced nm: i nesses to prove his us: ? ion announced that insufficient | seen leaving the garag The state's evidence, which in- cluded the claim that Petticord w: a few m started, was the ate utes before the fire held insufficient by was believed by the en from a ca been th sprink KIWANIS CLUB HAG. INSPIRING PROGRAM FOR BIRTHOAY MEET Vice President. of In- ternational Gives Main Address Today at Casper Luncheon. A new lease of life was given the Casper Kiwants club today when it met at the Henning hotel in cele- bration of the tenth anniversary of Kiwanis international. The featur- ed speaker on the program was George Schnell of Billings, Mont., past president of his own club and third vice president international. President William B. Cobb read @ message from Edmund Artis, president of Kiwanis International, which set forth the ideals of Ki- wanis and carried an inspiration to- ward greater work in the future, President Cobb himself in review- ing the growth of the club express- ed his faith in the future growth of the organization in this city. Tho Rev. L. EB. Carter in @ short talk on “What Kiwanis Means to Me," summed up the things that Kiwanis is not as well as the things that it stands: for:'‘“Yo me Kiwanis is something more than a dinner club, more than a political stepping stone, more than a means of ‘form- ing business acquaintances. It is not a social aristocracy but it is a medium for soctal fellowship and is a@ service club with the aim of do- ing what it can in service to the community," he said in substance. Greetings from the Billings Ki- wanis club and from Kiwanis Inter- national were borne to the members of the Casper club by George Schnell who spoke at length on the fundamentals of Kiwanis. “The service which Kiwanis renders is more than a material service,’ he sald. “It is a spiritual service and can not be represented in doll: and cents. It is represented in the hearts of its members.” Mr. Schnell spoke an enthusifas- tie word for Harry B. Durham. past president of the Casper club and now district governor of the Colorado-Wyoming district. It is in its district governors that Kiwanis is to find,much of its inspiration, according to the speaker. Mr Durham was unable to be. present at the meeting today be cause of having to attend a meet- ing in Cheyenne, At the opening of the entertain- ment program today Miss Eva Sul- livan gave two violin solos. She was accompanied by Mrs. Boyer. The meeting was featurea@ by the presence of a large number of guests, among them being the wives of many of the members. Hass D Sinaia} French Peace * . Plan Contest { Holds Interest_ ; PARIS, Jan, 24.—(By the Associ- ated Press)—The French peace plan {contest for prizes totalling 200,000 + |francs promises to attract as much + tention in France as the Bok con- test did In America, judging from the responses received by the con- test committee headed by Leon t Bourgeols, The committee sent out ' its first preliminar: noti littie t more than a week ago, and already + applications for the contest rules t are coming in at the rate of more ' than one hundred dally and about } a score of plans already have been submitted. REE SS \Cripples Stage ~ | Demonstration | | | | 50 of whom brand- hes, stormed. the Mildred As ——