Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 27, 1924, Page 1

STATE IN POINT OF RESIDENCE Former Drummer Boy in Civil War Came Here 69 Years Ago; Was Prominent in Early And Late History of Wyoming. Few people that read the brief dispatch in yesterday’s Mike Henry, realized that with his demise had passed away the oldest pioneer in point of residence in the state. Sixty-nine years ago, or in 1855, Mr. Henry came to Wyoming and with the exception of the time he served.in the Ciyll war and a/few brief trips to California on vacations he had > been a continuous resident. 14 SEIZED in During those sixty-nine years he led a colorful life, replete with ac ton, As a “bugler boy” in Fort Fetterman regiment. Indian fighter .a cowboy of the old school, ‘h pioneer ranchman, a bank preal- dent, @ eval operator, anc a heavy ownersof Wyoming real estate and ranch lands. he was always one of the om 31 it citizens in the iardne, A premidnight raid. staged by the -police department last night netted 14° prisoners who are held on: thé. charge of gamibling.. The raid was at the corner of H and “Harrison street in North Cas- sper, None. of those who were play- ing in what seemed to bea house ich. no “one owned, to the stories the victims told the building up-of the atate. a poe Nee, admitted proprietorship, an died while he was a youngster-and he atter the military, school. of, the a é rnor’s Ise, Jind ‘York AS“ BOON as his military scheoling was com- pleted in June 1855, he started wert entere® ive military service ‘was’ in ,the battle’ of Ash Hollow,’ Nebraska, with the Sioux Indians, on Septem: ber 5, 1855. It was during this sum? mer at Fort Earamio he was Prgmoted. to the rank of a sergeant He went with his-regiment to Salt Lake and participated in the trouble “avith the Mormons and later moved om to California. When the Cival war broke out Mr, ‘Henry was offered a commis- sion ‘but refused. it and rerved through the war as a sergeant. He was in the battle of Gettysburg and other’ important engagements, After the war he continued in the service and was on active duty in Wyoming in 1877 when he ‘eft the army and retired to private life. Mr. Henry, as soon as he left the (Continued on Page Six) —————_— DOLED OUT Several alleged violators of the liquor ordinance were arrainged before Judge John A. Murray in police’ court last night. “Jew” Florence, Ellen Racich, William Kutzer were each fined $100 on this charge. Gladie Laze'le anc! Betty Rickard or Richards were charged with soliciting as well as with viol the liquor law. The Lazelle woman was fined $25 on the first charge.and the Rickard § woman was fined $100 and sen- tenced to thirty days.in jail, the Jail sentence being suspended. oO. B. Boroff, ; with liquor < violation, put up an ap- pearance bond for February 28. The case of Mrs. L. F. Bedford charged with roliciting was dis- missec, Mr, Hénry was born in Ireland but in 1840, Coming to New York-as a William Cunningnam is thought. by child and- was 83 years old at the time of his death. His parents both officials to be the man running Something; less = than Police entered. Poker was "being. Played. The prisoners are Bob- Johnson, also charged» with violating ' the: Uquor ordfance, a Mexican ‘by the name» of Deopao,” Henry “Ervin, Frank -Halley, T, Martin, Hanly Wicks, L. H. Pariay, Herman Peter- son, W. Wolfinger, Lewis Hall, Gergéy Bagley, Earl’ Osham and William Cunningham. LELAND IS THREATENED IN LETTERS NEW YORK, Jan. 26. — Anony- mous letters, threatening violence, have been received by Albert R. Leland, who forced his wife's ‘‘confess' relations ‘with Rev. yi pastor of the First Baptist .church of:Qak Park. <* TRev. ‘Case announced’ he ' would not be in the pulpit tomorrow. On Monday Mrs. Leland is sched- uled to resume her testimony. Attorneys for the pastor hope to prove that Mrs. Le!and merely ‘im- agined” the affair with Rey. Case. ALLEGED VIOLATOR OF LIQUOR: LAW 15; HELO Roy Lindsay was arrested at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon by the Police department and is being held for the sheriff of Converse county. Lindsay is ‘wanted’ for «an -alleged violation of the™Jiquor ordinance along with his brother who has not been found. Warren J. Lincoln Leads Officers to Grewsome Find in Dump Ground to ' Bear Out Murder Confession AURORA, IIl., Jan. 26.—(United Press).—Two human heads, found imbedded in a massive concrete block, today brought near a solution the murder mystery involving Warren J. Lincoln, eccentric attorney-floriculturist, sstant kinsman of Abraham Lincoln and cénfessed slayer of his wife and brother-in-law, Byron Shoup. $200 was on thé tables’ when the | for his license in 1921. Dr. O'Donnell came to Casper in 1915 inthe capacity of medical examiner for the C: B. & Q. rail- way relief department ahd while Casper Tribune from Douglas, announcing the death of! thus employed his status as a physician and surgeon was not questioned. Later desiring to enter the general practice in the city, he applied for ond was granted a license by the Wyoming State Board of. Medical Examiners, on his oath that he was a graduate of Colum- bia “University Medical school in 1907, and the Flower Hospital Medical school in 1913. These in- stitutions are highly repu le schools of their respective kinds | located in New York City. : a: Wyoming statutes require thal applicant to practice medi- cine in the state shall be o grad- uate of some reputable medical college and that he be in possession of a diploma made out in due form. Dr. O'Donnell made affidavit to his attendance and gradyation and it is presumed exhibited a diploma. All went well until the California Board of Medical Examiners raised ‘the question of the accuracy: of Dr. O'Donnell’s credeutiale when he was certified to the board ‘under the reciprocity arrangement among the several ‘states... The Wyoming board) was much surprised to receive the following: , Sacramento, Calif., J Nov. 30, 1923. Yours of Nov. 20th. ‘ _ Re: Joseph Francis O'Donnell. Wyoming Board of Medical Ex- aminers, . J. D. Shingle; M. D., secretary. Cheyenne, Wyoming. Dear Dr. Shingle: ’ We have your communication stating that your records show that “Dr. Josep: Francis O'Don- nell *:\* * graduated from Coltum- bia. university and ‘New’ York Flower Hospital college, located in | New York City, N. ¥., on the 27th day of May, 1907.” We are not as-yet satisfied with Your friends and relatives may not all be able to visit Casper and Wyoming but you can take Wyoming to them. How? Send them’ copies of The Tribune's ks information of Casper alone be worth the price. Thousands -of extra copies will False Affidavit Claiming Columbia University as Alma Mater Uncover- ed; License Will Be Revoked The right of Dr. J. F. O’Donnell of this city to practice mediciné is now in question, and he has been cited to ap- Pear before the Wyoming State Board _of Medical Exam- iners to show cause why his certificate should not be re- voked on the grounds of “false and fraudulent application” INDUSTRIAL EDITION TO PICTURE WYOWUING the credentials of the individual named Joseph Francis O'Doniell, who is practicing in your state. We infer from your communiea- tion that the individual mentioned as Joseph Francis O'Donnell grad- uated from the medical depart- ment of Columbia uniyersity and also is a mediéal graduate from the New York eopathic Med- ical College & Flower hospital, of which the undersigned is an alfmnus. Under date of Novem- ber 20, 1923, Columbia university, College of Physicians and Sur- geons, New York City, informs us that “Joseph Francis O'Donnell is not a graduate of this medical school. We find in the directory of the American Medical associa- tion that the information they re- ceived concerning O'Donnell does not -show. graduation from a medical college, although he was licensed to practice (in Wyoming) in.1921 *.* We wi of the New! *Xork, Homeopathic ae ee aR ord.ef an’In-~ dividual named J. F, O'Donnéll as (Continued on: Page 'S!x) ‘Two automobile*accidents only-.30 minutes apart early Saturday night’ resulted in ‘séyere injuries to. three Persons. The Ford car of Clarence Dunn, 414 South Oak street, collided at Second and East Yellowstone ave- nue about 7 p.m. with a bicycle on which were riding Henry Woods, 17 yearg of age, 636 East Twelfth street, and Bradford Faubion, 14 years of age, 1254 South _Washing- ton. Faubion who is a mes- senger for the ‘Western Union was LIEVED DEAD IN MINE Disaster Strikes at Pennsylvania Workings, Entombing Large Number, 12 Hours After Explosion Which Claimed Total of 32 Lives in Illinois JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Jan. 26—One body was recovered late tonight from the workings: of the Lanchire No. 8 mine of the Barnes» Tucker» company at Stanktown, wrecked. this afternoon by a gas explosion. Rescue workers of the Pennsylvania Coat and Coke’ company penetrated the mine to.a point about a mile from the mouth and brought the body to the surface. Thirty-seven other men entombed have not yet been located and small hope was be printed but to avoid all chance of disappointment order your copies now. Call 15 this morning. YOUTH KILLED UNDER TRAIN IS IDENTIFIED SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 26—The body o€ a youth killed under a Chi- cago,’ Milwaukee & St, Paul passen- ger train near Avery, Idaho, has been identified. by -army- discharge Papersdas being that of Claren: Burns of Butte, Mont. Burns was riding on-the trucks of the train, it is believed. HUMAN HEADS IN CONCRETE BLOCK Lincoln, who ‘has been held in jail for several weeks because of a par- Yal confession, this afternoon led Police to a lonely dumping grounds, pointed out a partly . buried con- crete block and directed them to break it open. Following his direc- tions, authorities found the well preserved heads of Mrs. Lincoln and Shoup. They had been in the block Lincoin there since said, accord: With the t long sought January, 19 ing to poll o heads form “corpus delicti” 23, case, officers immediately swoxe out| to t a warrant for his arrest on a ¢harge | hoping {of first degree murder, Before going to the - dumping, ground Lincoln confessed Killing. both his wife’ and Shoup, authorities sald. He had previously admitted murdering his wife but had insisted she had*slain Shoup. The splendid display of nerve by Lincoln during the three weeks he has been undef arrest was broken When police smashed open the block. He swooned Into the arms of Chief of Detectives Wirtz, Wirtz took Lincoln to the state's attorneys office and subjected him = hours of intensive grilling, 9 learn what he had done (Continued on Page Sixy derstand that the réecoris : into Street and the bicycle was crossing DICAL LICENSE ORDER CITING DR. O'DONNELL BEFORE THE MEDICAL BOARD letter from president of State Medical Board to Dr. J, F. O'Donnell: To Dr. J. F. O'Donnell, Casper, Wyoming. ruary, brought license in this state. Second-—That you obtained the year other school. you you have, why your license to. Avyoming shoyld not be revoke Three People Injured giving Young Woods a “lift.” The automobile was going east turning, Yellowstone from Second the street when the collision oceur- red. . Henry Woods suffered a fractured left arm, a lacerated wound of the right thigh, and a revere contusicn of the left side of the heat, while Bradford Faubion suffered a la- cerated wound of the scalp and of ‘the right leg. The Nash car belonging to J. B. Slenker, 1211 South Willow street, alive. Fitty six men were in the mine when the gas explosion occurred this afternoon, Eighteen were rescued. The mine is worked mostly by foreigners. There was a marked absence of the usual hysteria at- tending such tragedies as mine ex- plosions. . The women stood about the mine mouth in calm groups, broken. only by the whimpering children who complained of the cold. Four years ago’a’stmilar gas ex- plogion occurred and two men. were killed. The ‘explosion this afternoon is believed to have completely wreck- ed*the operation. ‘ The detonation was plainly audible for a distance of two''miles. The rumb!ing ‘died gway as"suddenly as it came’ and was followed immediately by screams of the women who instinc- tively knew that a tragedy had_oc- curred. The mine rescue squads went to work quickly and word was sent to surrounding towns for assistance Within ten minutes after the explo- sion the first crew entered the mine and began the organized battering of “debris, to effect an entrance. A few minutes later fourteen men emerged from the only heading that was open. T unable to give any det had pre- Is of what J cedeg the explosion’ and’ expressedexplosidn occurred, w Se Cheyenne, Wyo., January 5, 1924. YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE: That on the 11th day of Feb- 1924, there will be a meeting of the State Board of Med- ical Examiners meeting at Cheyenne, Wyoming, in the office of the secretary, at the hour of 10 a. m. at which time you will take notice the sail board will conduct a hearing to decide whether or not your license to practice medicine in the state of Wyoming, should be reyoked for cause. fore the board against you are: First—That you are not a graduate in medicine of any rec- ognized school or of any school at all, graduate at the time of taking your examination to obtain a cine in this state by means of a false and fraudulent applica- tion wherein you set forth the facts that yon were a graduate of the Columbia universif@® and obtained a degree therefrom in 2, when in truth ahd in fact you had never attended said university or obtained any degree therefrom; and further that in said application you represented yourself to be a grad- uate of the New York Flower Hospital and Medical college, in the year 1913, whereas in truth and in fact you were not, are not now and were not then a graduate of said school or of any WILL THEREFORE TAKE) NOTICE of this meeting of the State Board of Medical Examiners and be.and appear at said ‘meeting to answer such charges and to show cause, if any ey (Signed). ©) 2) STEVENSON, President. - (Rigned)-3-D: SHINGLE, Secretary. =~ "DONNELL CHARGED WITH FRAUD IN OBTAINING ME MIKE HENRY OLDEST PIONEER IN} The charges to be nor were you a said ‘license to practice medi- ractice medicine in the state of ‘by said hoard. / and the Ford’ owned by James Whitlaw, 309 South Oak, coltided at Ninth and David street about 7:30 p.m, Neither car was damaged much, but R. W. Perzy, 1242 South David street and fatherin-law of Whitlaw in whose car he was riding, suffered a dislocation of the left shoulder, concussion of the brain and a scalp wound. All three, of the injured persons were taken to the Casper Private hospital where they are being treated. the belief that their buddies had been killed. A second body was recovered late tonight. Thirty men stilt entombed 3.000 feet below the surface and officials of the mine do not entertain much hope that they can be brought out alive, It may be several days these men are reached. The mine itself was not damaged much.- Later a third body was brought to” the surface. The known. dead are John Stone, mine foreman, A! Stoker, assistant mine foreman, and Mike McKitko, Despite a temperature of about five degres below zero, about men hovered about the mine mouth. before EIGHTEEN RESCUED LATE SATURDAY JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Jan. 26— (Cnited Press)—Eighteen _ miners were rescued late today from the Parnes-Tucker mine, near Barnes- boro, following what was said to be a gas explosion.in the mine. Thirty, eight men are still be- Meved entombed, however, and the United States bureau of mines at Pittsburg, rushed a car here to ald in the rescue work, Officials of the mine at Barnes bero were in doubt arc to just what banpen! One official said a dust another 4 LEGAL TALENT TO BE NAMED BY PRESIDENT Any Violations of Criminal or Civil Law in Leasing of Naval Reserves Must Be Prosecuted, Coolidge Says in Plans for Special Counsel WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—President Coolidge tonight dariounced he would employ special counsel to begin legal action to enforce the law and protect the rights of the pub- lic with respect to the leasing of the naval oil reserves. Declaring that no one would be shielded, no matter what his political party, the president said that he Ppro- posed “to employ specail counsel of | purpose of insuring the enforcement high rank drawn from both political | of either civil or criminal lability parties, to bring such action for the] such action will be taken, That, is enforcement of the law.” the providence of the executive. Mr. Coofidge's statement, issued “Acting under my direction the at the White House short'y after] department o¢ justice han been ob- midnight, sald the presicent would] serving the course of evidences not pre-judge, but that he b ved | which has been revealed at tho the evidence already disclosed ,by | hearings conducted by the senator. the senate committee investigating | tal committee investigating certait the naval leases warranted the ac-| oil leases made on navel reserves, tion he proposed to take. which I believe warrants action for He promised that if any the purpose of enforcing the law criminal or civil, had been vi and protecting the rights of the pub- law, ed the public interest would be safe- lic. ‘This is confirmed by reports guarded and the guilty punishe made to me by the committee. If Mr. Coolidge’s statement said. there. has been any crime it must “It is not for the presiGent to de- termine criminal gui du it ‘In. qivil cause: the function of the cour for him.-to pro-judge. 1 #halt neither, But when. facts are reveal- ed to m® that require action for the be prosecuted. If there has been any property of the United States iMegally transferred or leased it must be recovered, NO.ONE-WILL BE SHIELDED, PLEDGE. feel the public is entitled to that in the conduct of such or render, action no one jis shielded for any N party, political or other ‘re: As I understand it, men are involved who belong to both political parties and having been adviseG by the de- partment of justice ‘that it is in Accord with former precedents,’ I Propose to employ special counsel of high rank drawn from both po- litica! parties to bring such actions for the enforcement of the law. “Counsel will be instructed to prosecute these cases in the courts so that if there is any guilt it will be punished. if there is any civil Nability it will be enforced; if thero is any fraud it will be revealed; anid if there are any contra h are illegal they wil! be cancelled. “Every law will be enforced andy every right of the people and the government will be protected.” The president's statement was made after he had received confi- Gential reports direct from mem- bers of the senate committee. While (Continued on Six) REPORTS TO BE READ AT FORUM MEETING COVER MANY TOPICS The Chamber of Commerce forum meeting. scheduled for Tuesday, January 29, at the Henning hotel will'be given over to reports from several outstanding committees. Chairman ‘of the Burlington Sub-,. way and C Street committee, Irriga- tion committee, Federal Building committee and Garbage Disposal committee, have been requested to make progress reports. The chair- man of the city zoning commission has been invited to make a brief report of progress on zoning for the commission. All members and others interested in these civic prob- lems are cordially invited to attend. LEWIS WINS BIG VICTORY AGAIN IN CONVENTION Stand on ‘All'Major Issues Endorsed By United Mine Workers; Foster Tries to Stir Up Fight 19 POURED DOWN SEWER ‘The. first obsequies held for de- parting ‘spirits by the new police regime took, place at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the police headquarters when 135 gallons of Uquor recently * confiscated was poured down the city sewer. Among those present at the ceremony were Mayor 8. K, Loy, Oscar Hiestand, chief of the fire department, Mrs. Margaret Nesbitt, deputy humane officer. Bert 8, Yohe, chief of police officiated, thought the men were entombed by a@ pocket of gas igniting. The Barnes-Ticker mine is lo- cated about 15 miles in the woods from Barnesboro and is reshed with difficulty. (Continued on Page Six) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 26.—(United Press).— John L, Lewis still rules the United Mine Workers of America. Lewis, who for a number of years, has held the officg of international president of the miners’ union, was given a complete vote of confidence today on all the major iss (Continued on Page Six)