Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 17, 1924, Page 1

* 4né WYOMING WEEELY REVIEW ~ Casper Sunday Trifnme CASPER, WYO., FEBRUARY 17, 192 MAIN NEWS SECTION. MS POMERENE AS PROSECUTOR s liquor, They saw Eugene Loucks and Kathryn Martin to Represent Casper. War Vet Saved From Death by Spectacle Case NAPA, Cal., Feb. 16.—Because BY PERCY M. SARL LONDON, Feb. 16.—The ports of the United Kingdom were paralyzed tonight in When Pomerene’s name was called up, in open sessino, Dit said Pomerene’s _ confirmation would “create public suspicion.” He said Pomerene was assailed by the rall- road brotherhoods as a railroad lawyer, and because he had made ‘The impact of the bullet fired from a distance of f&br feet, knocked Guernin down and once down he stayed down for fear Harrington might fire again. er to the police “resting easily and doing very well” | had gone clear through his head or night in a battle between boot- prohibition agents on. a hidden & complete success. watching the 2. been ft: t doot- ‘ morial to Father of Eugene Loucks and Kath- United Press Staff Correspondent) open warfare between boot-| Federal Prohibition Commissioner volved in last night's shooting were Ohio as o: : me of the special of his library, the finest priv-|in impromptu speaking and humor-| Sin. : LOST IN DESERT presidential counsel to pros- ecute the ojl lease cases. th uals mite t it the Demo- Morgan announced today |iast night. Other winners were | they could unite to defeat the Demo Shooting of Greene aroused great + Fear that his wife is lost in the} sonality and integrity, but his ‘Three men are held, one of thenr| figure. ne rote On confirmation of ing endowment fund, presents a gift Louise His ‘aia the bloc. ‘They were summarily re-|B,' Fall, pivotal figure in the Tea-|roundea by the little throng. only a short distance from the| her husband every night. The last | D°mocrat. morial, available to scholars of the : 40 percent. é ¥ Newspapermen and q~handful of} elations. ean ces te eae er te eee ce tos cr, cL eee? TEI Minnesota, Farmer-Labor; LaFol. : a a Sel letto, Norris, Republicans, and Ship- way. Tat iorbared nintater | G : oratorical 4 stead, Farmer-Labor. the affaira of the Pierpont Wyatt, hi ee : : : The senate then recessed until inal lal a tto n; ° Monday when the nomination of Mbrary, memor:! be Sma 4 / 3 Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia In his covering letter to the A 5 | i will be taken up. trustees, Morgan wrote: ministration of the affairs of the Awhic alive the m - of }prizes by the Casper Kiwanis Club. ° ‘which Keepa_ alive ara Will Be Affected —- Steamers Held Up Un- terior Fall. ‘This will open’ the Locates Bonds tional value of the collection which|chairman of a committee at work ne Pany, of which R. B. Mellon, a the Mbrary and its contents should Negroes Murder John Guernin, Spanish war vet- | secret consideration ‘of the ten the grip of a dock worker’s strike, the full effect of which will not be felt until Mon- ledge and for the use of learned afternoon when his attention was Frank Harrington, also an tn- | the senate, and forced the reading the collections. Deputy Sheriff John Fesherman was) and then thrust the find into his | task of aiding in settlement of a strike vitally affecting® national life. about him and after a short | closed doors. as long a timé as‘ possib'e, I have| while he was on a liquor raid with The papers were Indiana and or unload Monday. of tha Oldham spinning mM, if a sufticl Nn 4 ing trade and shipyard work feces Rc 5, <ipneen neonate load them. of various industries. Twenty thou- | 1%. shipyard workers are (Continued on Page Seven.) The strike is. icrévocable.- the 4,500 workers have quit and many R luti To 1 tigate Indi Oil Land following an operation late today | had plowed its Way around the head, i \ to remove shattered splinters of} shattering fragments of bone from y i bone from his brain. the skull. f AT UNIVERSITY d The splinters were chipped from e . : leggers, _ prohibition agenta and/store of boot ars Republicans and Progressives Deadlocked on Compromise} ‘i handling by capital - The shooting “of Greene has | Polcn of the cise sguinat the wen | ate in Debate on Open rae te 1 a“ seers and the authorities and Fin: : ryn Martin will go to Lara- WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Defeat of the entire Mellon income tax reduction pro- inancier. 5 apparently plying thetr business ate collection of books and | °5 declamation respectively as the| At two conferences today Repub- Pomerene's confirmation came B Ls le ss “Sthat he ‘had conveyed the magnifl-| Joe Shikany in oratorical declama- | cratic Seubstitute FR see, Mallon indignation in congress, where next New Mexico deserts was expressed | qualifications for the Position for a prohibition agent, the other two| Mrs. Scholtz !s returning from|P°™*rene was 59 to 13. Of those of $8,500,000, Jected ‘by Republican Leader Long-| pot Dome scandal, came to ElPaso| He ‘stopped Jong enough to shake : capitol, " As he and Mrs. Greene | telegram from her at Roswell, N.|. 128° who voted against Pome world, The Ubrary contains 25,- Rowse, 2—A+2 per cent normal Tate on| relatives and friends gréeted the} Fall's daughter, Mrs. C. C. Chase, Senator Harreld, Oklahoma, intro- “My father’s intense interest and brother of the searetairy of the CHICAG., Feb. 16—John Kul- eran, wore a steel spectacle case | nominations, Senators La¥ollette, men of all countries, as he delight- attracted to some curiously col. | da¥ when work would normally be resumed. mate of the veterans* home at |of the agreement under which “In order te give permanence to| shot to death just before midnight| pockets. ‘Already there is serious talk of the strike technically began, but|the Lancashire cotton industry. A quarrel in the bath room of the now determi: to turn over the|a party of city and county, officers. Tilinois Land company bonds. Reporta from all over the coun- called immediately, witl involve 150,- also deadlocked with employers ove: Approximately 118,000. men are|sand Welsh dockers at Cardiff are pee : dockmen’s executive committee an-|*"!ps are affected. _ 7 The gun fight in the alley re- Greene's skull by a bullet fired last - two of the botleggers trying to re. se ~ ° . and one of the dry me P RIVATE. BOOKS Progressive Bloc Submit Min- formed the \operation, "said Greene |agtate gave chase aie wor non Lodge Accused of Try brought to a climax the Hquor situa-| responsible for the shooting Roy A. Haynes to report to him de- many raids have been conducted in i gram in the genate was foreshadow: i he ‘failure of Republicans and Pro- mie during High School a ue ed tonight ‘by ¢ P to be furnishing liquor to wealthy WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. ay NEW YORK, Feb, 16.—| Wyoming to represent the Unless the deadlock: between the G. O. P. factions can be broken at a conference on within the shadow of the capitol result of winning in contests st lican and Progressive leaders failed manuscripts in the world, 2. ard ntests staged CHARLESTON, W. Va. Feb. 16.| han cats of debate during which Wan Rennaissance building, | tion and Gladys Loveland in dram-|Plan. Both «sides agreed tonight n v ‘cel fand the land upon which |atic declamation. - Tho university | that chances for a compromise on y . haa oo apie cidaiepeeet|'s bere... tonight ‘by.’ Gari’: saboits board tees were a » tonig! b} cho! rhich P; Ms it tee Ne is oat agit the bootleggers,,blind pigs and stills hinge president Cooltdge selected Plerpont Morgan, The Progressive leader, Inid down the and internationally known mining Morgan’ said alleged bootleggers. Greene was| California in an open automobile,| Y°U"& against confirmation, seven The purpose of the deed is to “The Red worth. The demands were: tonight to be with his wife, who is| hands with the newspapermen, byt passed the entrance to an alley, sev-| M., was received February 10. Ali| °Te?® Wero Adams, Ashurst, Dill, umes which . ? comes below 5 in| former secretary when he arrived. her husband, then escorted him . we, eae Ba untgas. mpeanta? war a riet betebh ee a “a at was hit over the left eye. He was| to locate her have failed. tana, and-Wheeler, Democrats, and Morgan himeelf, his wife, two duced today a resolution for a joint atisfacYon in the library which he | humorous declamation. < Indians in his state, particularly his love of rare books and manu-| Those prizes will be given in ‘later 1 t dC question of leasing of Indian oil he had gathered. ‘on that matter, { Worth $111,000 able to Loa argoes “Since his death in 1918, I have wy treasury this year, 1s an officer, be made aval’able in every way pos- i ezyk, 14, was idling along the Deputy Sheriff in his left hand breast pocket he | Dill and Ashurst, Arizona, charged ed to do, thus carrying out the plan ored papers. He picked up the The MacDonald government, with the prime minister himself showing the strain of Yountville, charged Guernin with | Lodge claimed secrecy was in order. this memoria] and that this use of] tonight when attacked by unknown Some time jater he exhibited | 11. advisability of rationing meat| hundreds of boats in the different |threatenea lockout, which arose home, Harrington whipped out a building, the and manuscripts,| A posse was quickly forméd ‘and| Total value $11,100. fish are due within the next two|try tell of chaotic concitions already sufficient endow- applications for wage increases. Fe on strike, but another 100,000. in| affected by the strike decision and ? : i . the few hours since the walkout at |many coal mines may be compelled noon, ‘already have been affected, |to shut down Epdause of the short- m4 1 |age of mining timbers. ee From -Bristo}, it 1s reported that * Af Glasgow, 60 steamers, either, nounced tonight. loading or unloaamg’ when the % Following the breakdown of ef-| strike broke, are now at a stand- ‘ forts of Tom Shaw, minister of !a-| si, especie i TRYOUTS HELD WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Sena-) rushed to the hospital, where the | tor Frank L. Greene, Vermont, is| X-ray showd the bullet apparently sulted from a raid by police and Dr. Daniel L. Borden, who per-| move a still was put under only local anesthetic, | on, he says, and returned the fire. Ns . and that the delicate operation was | President Coolidge is personally ing to Bottle Up Sen- imum Demands Trustees'to Handle Me- “] Héari * BY FRAZER EWARDS tion here. For months there has| Greene. President Coolidge ordered eanng Proposition: tails th hooting. efforts to break up “rings” alleged SS ee By Paul R. Mallon week at the University of |8teSsives to agree on a compromise plan, men here. Wom AN SAID ahs senate tonight con- R( The fact that bootleggers in- irmed Atlee P. Midst the priceless volume| Natrona County High school|™Monday, the Garner Democratic plan appears certain of adoption by a narrow mar- omerene of dome and that they resisted arrest Sue fears eee nce |FALLWISITSSICKWIFEAT = [ees congress. high tributes were paid to his per- mediate and complete cleanup of : wealthy West Virginia coal operator | him w 7 PRs) i pt apabe wees alee eas oS igy oP losin in the capital, will be introduced. teat hast The transfer, with an accompany- “irreducible minimum demands” of | EL PASO, Texas, Feb. 16—Albert) walked through the station, b : shot while on his way to his hotel,| She had been. reporting progress to| We"? Democrats, Pomereno is a make the Ubrary @ permanent me- a—A maximum -surtax rate of | ill: Tefused to comment on the oll rev - eral shots were fired, and Greene] of Mr. Scholtz’s. efforts since. then} S8°PP*-d, Stanley, Walsh of Mfon- rare and several thousand unique. ee rnbull (Continued on’ Pagd Seven) ~ Leanitig heavily on ‘a cane, Fallf “{Contimied”on Page Seven) Brookhart, Frazier, Johnson of sons and two others form the é bs 7 congressional fnvestigation of ad- a pe tinicnaes eee ag ere cree eee aden eee ts : Approximately 118,000 Dock Workers Out and 1,000,000 yremériql to him... It Is’a miemorjal bearing wart Chieago Youth under former Secretary of the In- in the educa-| demonstrations, R. C, Cather ts scripts and his belief in lands to the: Guilt Refining com- that constantly endeavored to see During the senate wrangle over sible, for the advancement of know- street in West Hammond this is alive tonight. Lodge with trying to “bottle up” which he had in mind in making| CHARLOTTE, N.-C., Feb. 16.—] sheaf, p'ayed with the crisp paper | his dual office, finds itself faced for the second time within a month with the delicate spreading defamatory reports |The agreement did not specity the library may be continued for} negroes in the outskirts of this city| the find to his mother. in the London area, where stocks | English ports will be unable to load from the strike of 300 operatives revolver and fired. e 000 workers. Members of the bulld- together "wit The boy's mother turned them | aays but it will be impossible to un-| existing and anxiety for the future a9 shortly be involved. bor, to effect a settlement, the} at Hult, 7,000 dockers are affect- workers’ committee asserted the | od and the unloading of continental BY JAMES T. KOLBERT strike will be “fought through to| imports of vegetables and fish from Determination to float William Gibbs McAdoo in the: White House on the stead-| ‘Pe, bitter ent. the eighty ‘ships b s Simultaneouly it was announced | honded, Ineffectually attempting to detract from the testimony and evidence ily widening pool of the Teapot Dome oil scandal was announced tonight by McAdoo] that 2.000 wasehouse workers and Thirty thousand have stopped | Casper in its fight for lower freight rates, opposing interests saw the hea supporters who are here for the “availability conference’ Monday. The conference|several thousand railway men| work at Liverpool, but dperations the interstate’ Commerce (Commissiant in will decide whether McAdoo, having acted as attorney for the Doheny Mexican oi] | *truck in Liverpool in sympathy | 4, jiners departing this afternoon interests, still is available for Democratic nomination. A GW 2 Ms AB ciaad oo continutd uninterrupted. * : .. The labor government made fran- At Manchester, 5,000 men are idle Expressions of opinion from the supporters already on the ground indicate McAdoo | ‘tic efrorts to effect a acttlement be. Dut no untoward incidents are re- Nill be declared doubly aVailable, be | ssesesss——— | tore Monday, when the full force | Porter, cause they hold the efforts to con- of the strike will be apparent. It] twelve liners due to leave Mid- nect him with the graft charges is was expected Premier MacDonald | aesborough for the Far East have Brousing public sympathy. This will give the situation his personal | heen held up. Point of view also will be impressed A BIG YEAR FOR CASPER upon non-McAdoo Democrats in the . 5 Anas attention. Moreover, other omindus labor hope of swinging the whole party him. in port is sus entered by i € ring before f , ‘ the city hall finally closed at 6 o’clock last night with the odds much in favor of Casper’s application being granted. An attack was directed by G. A. Hofelder of the Burlington railroad yesterday af- ternoon against the various exhibits previously entered by the complainants. These he sought to discredit before the ex-| ployed by the chamber of commerce Casper and tho surrounding terri- aminer by pointing out alleged dis-| to push its case. tory from the left-over, under- crepancies in tariffs and rates. No direct attack was made by|welght and under-standard goods Though covering up under ambig-| Denver's representative though he | pushed here by Denver jobbers. uous suavity. he was considerably |was in evidence all during the The construction cost of the Chi- The minister of labor held two | aisputes are in the offing. Besides | disconcerted and evasive when com-| hearing, doing much” whispering cago, Burlington and. Quincy rall brief meetings during the day with!» coal strike threatened in the|pelled to reply to the edged ques-|and hectic pencilling in the hope of | road was gone into toward thaccldes behind ; representatives gf the dock workers | spring, grave. difficulties exist in‘ tions of W. H. Hezel, expert em-|averting a decision that will free of. the. hearing: Mts, 70 Poles one and employers, attempting to get f the hearing. 3f. J. y, the employers to accept a modified was division superintendent of the McAdoo now has decided to come to Chicago Sunday afternoon instead of Monday afternoon. It is said he “wants to feel the pulse” of the con- Statistics show that only two per cent of the American people exert the initiative and forward thinking which carries Burlington rallroad at the time demand of the workers for an in- e e a business onward and upward. + crease in wages of two shillings a d eerie Se oa pecberes a ferees, day. = 4 sey, Wyo., rue! ¥ we can cause one out of every hundred of, our readers to a emi ed, presented interesti ‘ a8 “The conference will be a frank ie ‘When. the employers refused fiat- : = esting figures. nnd open discussion of whether Mr.|| THINK a new thought,“a constructive thought, each day,, the || 1y tho dockmen's committee left the G. Smart of the Burlington had pre- ' j . jously testified that wh BP \00 is available as & candidate,” || purpose of these little editorials will have been served. snactlng Ant Rnaeer) pantie ey, ‘ , Magne SiTsan DOOSTRS Gen ES Riutse Roslewsits McAdoo's campaign In 1922 the building program of the West was estimated ‘he. strike! Seetinioally ‘weat: inta S oun ead n a e no? oley argued that it would “It the conta nae decides Mr. Mc-|} at $87 per capita. effect at noon but will not be felt he reasonable to deduct $2,000,000 Adoo should. drop out of the fight, xs fx until Monday as the dockmen do uf he will do so valthout hesitancy.” In 1923 Casper building construction represented $134 per || not work Saturday. afternoon or Homer’ §. Cummings, _ former capita. * Sunday. ‘rman of the Democratic national mittee, arrived here today and What can we look forward to in 1924? for the canyon and road work and that the railroad consequently cost DENVER, Colo, Feb. 16.—Dis:/ It was found by a young boy whoy vinced police it Is a case of murder.| approximately $15,000,000, where Secretary Bevin of the dockmen’s| covery of the half clad body of a| was playing on the shore of the lake.| Several girls of about this age| arse obstacles were not met or union, in a final statement, sald: | beautiful girl between 20 and 25] No identification marks were|have been reported lost here within|®bout $40,000 a mile. He stated that 5 v_. “ > ae Ae ; : 2 3 lode vo months, but police ex-|he consiCered the. Big Horn Basin ed a ble s. i ‘Tho final terms offered by em-| years of age in Denver city lake late| found on the body when officers| the past two mont i . a The ‘Teapot EReeeee Saesliniana saad EBS PT EPR S eRe erete Oreo sci S Lae mall Tapashitnn || Sas@eraiyteatitte, earie/as'l uty afternoon, belleved by police to|dragged it trom tho lake, about 25] plained that probably most of these| line economical to operate ax oom- ot scandals in -public affairs}| expenditure of around $50,000,000.00. Aue those offered earlier, They can be: have a pees: at thee teat foe the cap ae Abounts er a fone. tap tiestion of|Pared with other lines in Wyoming nee they ; + 5 regarded only as as an insult to the | police into a pathless search for the| badly decomposed, the features re-| the body may be a slow cess Ruldance'* Udeahatatthe sbaxcontrioce That is approximately 16 per cent of the cost of construct- union. perpetrators of the crimes. mained reasonably clear and showed| After identity has heen estat a, | c nplete ckange in the manage-}| ing the Panama Canal. “Our rejection is final. The strike} Clad in a three quarter length) the girl was more than ordinarily| if it ever is, every possible clew will] A Water grade was maintained in ‘ of the gcvernment, he said. Yes, 1924 will be a big year for Casper. must proceed.” man’s overcoat and a flimsy skirt,| attractive. be followed to see whether the girl] most cases and where this was not ¢ 4 ‘es, 192. 5 A ccnsiderab‘e number of vessels| the body was estimated to have} The comparative absence of cloth-| was a suicide or the victim of a mur-| possible a grade of less than)T per Managed to clear before noon, when ' been in the lake for about a month.| ing and the nyan’s coat have con-| derers (Continued onrfage Seven.) a) 3 $$$ “Those ho control the Republi- (Conuinued on Page Seven) tity the fee! rin; Th het tha Aza. of pat tal. aX aif ex full her