Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 28, 1924, Page 1

The Weather WYOMING — Partly cloudy. to- night and Friday, probably rain or snow in northwest portion tonight. Somewhat colder Friday. | VOLUME VIII. ES GOT ATE BEE rhe CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1924 A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, and a Booster for City, County and State Che Casper Daily Critnie DITION NUMBER 108 DEMOCRATIC TAY.SCHEDULE IS ‘DOOMED BY HOUSE COMPROMISE PALMER IS CALLED IN PROBE DAUGHERTY FIGHT SPEEDS UP WILSON CABINET MEMBER NAMED IN TELEGRAMS Was “‘Go-Between” in Delivering Messages To Committee. Natrona county Democrats started the 1924 political ball roll- ing with a meeting Wednesday night coincident with the pres- ence in the city of Governor Wil- liam B. Ross. The Jeffersonian club, as the local Democratic or- ganization has been christened, met at the Henning hotel and was presided over by P. J. O'Con- nor, former state senator. Governor Ross was the last speaker of the evening, touching briefly on the problems that con- front him at the capital and urg- ing the members of the club to enlist young men in the organt- zation to perpetuate the ideals of the party in Casper and Natrona county. W. W. Sproul, chairman of the executive board of the central committee, discussed the coming state convention to. be held in Cas- per and asked for a real repre- sentation at the meetings. He stressed the importance of the convention with reference to the fall elections and urged the Jeffer- sonian members to show the WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. A. Mitchell Palmer, attor- ney general in the Wilson administration, will bé call- ed before the senate oil committee. ‘The committee so determined to- before it resumed the reading df additional telegrams sent to Ed- ward B, McLean, publisher of the Washington Post at Palm Beach concerning the oil inquiry. Senator Dill, Democrat, Washing- tion, insisted that Palmer should be GOVERNOR ROSS’ VISIT IS MADE OCCASION FOR DEMOCRATIC POW-WOW R. N. Ogden, Jr., ex-city attor- ney, discussed the various issues that would be celled “up in the campaign such as the farmers’ condition, the Teapot Dome scan- dal, war time fraud, taxation measures and prohibition enforce- ment. Among othem prominent Demo- crats who spoke were A, H. Stew- art, L. E. Laird, John Hendryx, Lew M. Gay, Henry Perkins, At- torney B. G. Westover, Wade Fowler of Douglas, Calvin Smith, Ed Landis, EH. H. Foster, county attorney, and Byron 8. Hule, state bank examiner, DOOR FORCED BY OFFICERS IN RAID MADE ON LIQUOR JOINT Locked out by three bolts attached to the door, mem- bers of the police department last night found it neces- sary to break through the panels in order to remove the VOTE ON RESOLUTION SOUGHT Ao ATTORNEY GENERAL STANDS PAT Retirement Expected as Soon as Investigation Is Concluded by Senate; Foes Hope to Force Issue Earlier. erty’s administration. visitors that they were the leaders of the Democratic party through- out the state. Jack Scott, county commis- sioner, in @ brief talk, outlined the present excellent. financial condition of Natronad and) noted that an addition to the county hospital: had been built last year fs well as considerable expendi- tures made on the county roads. called, saying he had been the “go- between” in the delivery of McLean mersages to the committee. In telegrams read today John Ma- jar, a.McLean employe here, re- ported to McLean that he was “busy with Underwood, Curtis and “Zev. " locks and gain an entrance to a room at 248 South Center street, shortly before midnight last night. The room is on the second floor of the building occupied by the Senate pool hall and cafe but ‘has ‘None of those arrested admitted nection with these establishments..|proprietorship of the establishment Seyeral men were arrested in the|and they were Leing held today for raid and a small quantity, of moon:|investigation. They are B. J. Snell, shine was found, One jug is said|alias Shields, J. M. Hiplane, Martin to have been tossed out of the win-|Andérson, Charles Boyle, William dow on the arrival of the officers.| Johnson, and F, H. Stineman. yer: ‘was understood by oom- mittee men to'refer to J. W. Zevely, personal counsel for Harry F. Sin- clair. Ira Bennett, editor of the Post telegraphed McLean on January 1. that he and Major saw “Curtis” who promised to see “Lenroo' “ ‘Curtis’ advised us,” the tele- gram said, “to see Underwood. We saw Underwood who promised to speak to Walsh but he hinted that it would not do any good.” In placing the telegrams in the record the committee members made no announcement of identifi- cation of the persons referred to, leaving the public to draw its own conclusions. A telegram signed “Johns” sent to MeLean, said “Willis” saw “par- ty this morning.’ “ Willis’ reported party in friend- Ty mood,” the mesaage sald, adding, “Harry is out of the city. “Before proceeding,” interrupted Senator ‘Walsh, Democrat, Mon- tana, “I desire to say that Senator Underwood called a few moments RAIL PERMIT RECOMMENDED Wyoming Public Service Commission Joins With Montana In Urging North & South A pplication CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 28.—The Wyoming Public Service commission and the Montana State Railway Com- mission today forwarded to the Interstate Commerce Com- mission at Washington their recommendation that the The place was of particularly dif- ficult entrance. A small hole in the door provided for an opportunity to view the features of anyone desir- ing entrance before the door was op- ened and the three locks on the door were exceptionally strong and well arranged. ATTEMPT AT LYNCHING OF NEGRO FAILS LUFKIN, Texas, Feb. 28.—Lut- kin is quiet today, following an abor- tive attempt last night to lynch Booker T. McMillan, negro, alias ‘Williams, held in Angelina county jail on a charge of murder in con- nection with the slaying Tuesday North and South railway company be granted authority to extend its line from Salt Creek, Wyoming to Miles City, Montana. The recommendation is road, will from the outset, have suf- the result of a hearing held recent- eoeae noe. to fre it in ‘healthy e unction and make {it a profit to its ly at Sheridan in which the Wyo-| {Oy aorew ming and Montana state commis- sions acted as representatives of the interstate commerce commission. Opposition to extension of the "North and South railway by the Casper (Wyoming) Businessmen’s association, and C. M. Taintor, a wealthy land owner of Wyoming and night of Andy Sulser, commissary clerk at a saw mill near here, Com- pany C, 143d infantry, a Texas na- tional guard unit from Nacog- doches, which arrived here at 11:30 Pp. m. last night, is maintaining a guard about the jail in which Mc- Millan is confined, HIRAM FILES ago'on the te’ephone and said he had read something in the news: papers this morning that he had endeayored to cissuade me from my purpose to subject Mr. McLean to examination, a conclusion drawn from some of the telegrams read yesterday. “Senator Underwood never at- tempted to influence my conduct in the matter in any way. I have no recollection of Senator Underwood speaking to me on the subject ex- cept that one morning in the sen- Montana and Wyoming commis- sions also forwarded to the inter- state commerce commission today a recommendation that the Wyoming Railway company be denied authori- zation to extend its line from Buf- falo,- Wyo., to the Billy Creek oll field, “and that this company and ate chamber he asked me if I had any dbjection to having inserted in the congressional record a letter to me by Mr. Palmer, and I sald I had not. “Senator Underwood in his con- versation with me this morning said further that at the request of (Continued on Page Four) Montana, is minimized in the rec ommendation to the federal com- mission. “The territory to be served,” says the recommendation “sa for a small area in the state of Wyoming, is without rail service of any char- acter” and continued “that the yew sary trackage of the North and 21 miles. the North and South company be required” to effect a joint trackage agreement where the Wyoming Rail- way company may use the neces- South Railway company from Buf- falo to Billy Creek, a distance of DECLARATION COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 28.—Sen- ator Hiram Johnson of California, today filed with Secretary of State Brown his official declaration of candidacy for the Republican nomi- nation for presidency. ‘DRY’ FORCES ARE FLAYED FOR BUNGLI Senator Edwards Asks I. nvestigation Based on Late Shooting of Senator Greene of Vermont WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—Declaring the accidental shooting of Senator Greene of Vermont, during a chase of suspected bootleggers by a dry enforcement squad was “typical of the methods pursued by the national prohibi- tion department,”’ Senator Edwards, Democrat, New Jer- sey, urged in the senate today that a thorough investiga- tion be made of the federal enforce-| hibition bureau by “nationally ment agencies. prominent friends of the 18th Such inquiry, he said, also | amendment.” should determine whether there was| Senator Edwards spoke in sup foundation for charges of gross in-| port of his resolution empowering sfticlency, made against the pro-| the senate judiciary committce to NG ACTIVITIES conduct the proposed investigation, and asserted that “the deplorable tragedy which prompts the resolu- tion, places the inquiry far from personalities and partisanship.” “I have been waiting patiently,” he said, “for some one who advo- cates straight-out prohibition to take official cognizance of this latest evidence of contempt for the public in the alleged effort to en- force a Jaw that is not enforceable. I do not understand the studied silence on the part of those in au- thority. To me it has a sinister aspect. “Is the law to enforce the 18th amendment so much more sacred than laws to enforce other. amend- ments that those charged with its enforcement may, without regard to the public, engage in pistol duels with lawyers, ayeged or real, in a place where hundreds of people pass to and from at all hours? Is the 18th amendment so much more sacred that our national prohibition department is justified in violating the fourth fund fifth amendments to enforce it?” Those who place the prohibition amendment above all others in im- portance “are riding to a. fall,” Senator Edwards declared. Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania and William Dudley Foulke of the civil service reform league were quoted by Senator Edwards and friends of prohibition who have pub- licly criticized the present status of enforcement. The Pennsylvania governor haS asserted, Senator Ed- wards said, that “the 18th amend- ment has been betrayed in the house of its friends,” while Mr. Foulke, he (Continued on Page Eleven.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—Attorney General Daugh- erty’s announced determination to remain in the cabinet for the present, at least, spurred Senator Wheeler, Demo- crat, Montana, to press for quick action in the senate today on his resolution calling for an investigation of Mr. Daugh- As soon as this investigation is completed and regardless of its out- come, Mr. Daugherty will be ex- pected to quit the cabinet. He re- fused yesterday to retire voluntarily while the inquiry is pending and President Coolidge decided not to force him to do so. Mr. Daugherty was fully advised at yesterday's succession of con- ferences regarding the conclusions reached by the president but he took the position that he would not resign unless Mr. Coolidge was wil- ling to make a formal imperative demand for his retirement. ‘The attorney general left for Chi- cago- y after a last minute. conference with President Coolidge. Strict secrecy was maintained about his plan to leave and it was not until three hours later that a statement he had prepared previously with re- ference to his retention of office was made public. “It is not my purpose,” he declar- ed, “to even consider tendering my resignation as attorney general until after a fair hearing on charges preferred against me.” Another statement, also prepared by Mr. Daugherty in advance, had been made available in conference to many newspaper men about half an hour after his department, ex- plaining he had been called to Flort- da because of the illness of his wife and was golng by way of Chicago “to attend to important government business which demands my _per- sonal attention.” As soon as he learned of the at- torney general's decision not to re- sign pending a fair inquiry into the charges against him, Senator Wheel- er announced his intention ‘‘to push the hearing” and said he would try to get action on his resolution to- day. Strictest secrecy was maintained as to the purpose of the attorney general's sudden trip to Chicago, and no intimation was given wheth er he went there in connection with the grand jury investigation of the evidence adduced during the senate investigation of the veterans bur- eau. Failure to prosecute cases srowing out of thié inquiry is one of the charges specified in the Wheeler resolution. GOES TO CHICAGO ON VETERANS CASE CHICAGO, Feb. 28.—Harry M. Daugherty, attorney general of the United States, arrived here today ostensibly in connection with the federal grand jury investigation of (Continued on Page Eleven.) 365 -- 1—366 Februa ry CSA A You Gain a Day Tomorrow on Account of Leap Year Your Gain Day means more than gaining a mere day. It means you will gain added val ues as your dollars will purcha: more on Gain Day than on a other day in the year. Read the Advertisements in To- day's Tribune—Both Display and Classified Every advertisement in to- day’s Tribune has a message of vita! importance to every reader of this paper who wants to profit by the extra day, “YOUR GAIN DAY” TO BE CELEBRATED HERE BY LOCAL MERCHANTS Tomorrow, February 29, is belng recognized locally as ‘Your Gain Day.” While the name origir in the idea that once every four years the public gains a day over the length of the ordinary year, it has developed a much wider signficance, “Your Gain Day” {s a day not merely significant for its time value but for its value in doll nts. The majority of the merchants in the city are taking acCvantage of the oppc nity to | offer bargains that will not be available on any other of the | year. To the merchant it means an opportunity to increase his sales volume for February, ordinarily a short month, and to the public it means an opportunity to obtain reductions in prices pot ordinarily available. Today's Casper Tribune will be filled with “Your Gain Day” advertising, It will be well worth the time of subscribers to read every advertisement carefully. Somewhere in the group the one par- ticular piece of merchandise you need may be advertised at a bargain. And don't forget the Leap ‘Year babies! Following notice given by the Tribune yesterday that $5 will be deposited to a savings account of every infant born on February 29, tomorrow, the Casper National Bank authorized the Tribune to state that it, likewise, would place an additional $b to the credit of each and every baby born tomorrow. That will give each child a financial start of $10, All that will be necessary to obtain these credit deposits is for the parents to exhibit a doctor's birth certificate. LIQUOR EVIDENCE TOSSED OUT OF WINDOW CAUGHT BY POLICE The latest wrinkle in ralding me- thods was revealed in the session of police court last night when officers testified to having held a_ blanket heneath the window of Retty Rick ura” and Gladie Lazelle in the ‘Thompson apartments so that they might catch the Mquor as it was tossed out to be destroyed. One jug was caught in the blanket but since enough other evidence had been secured Inside the apartment it was unnecessary to use it as such, The Rickard woman was fined $100 and ‘sern/Jnced to.c0 daya fn Jail since this was her second offense within three weeks. The Lazelle woman was ofdered to serve a sen- tence that had been suspended be- fore on g00d behavies, OIL COMPANIES NAMED IN SUIT Standard and Sinclair 'Among Fifteen Defendants In Ouster Action Filed in Nebraska Court i OMAHA, Nebr., Feb. 28.—Suit was filed in district court today by Attorney General O. S. Spillman of Ne- braska against fifteen oil and refining companies doing business here, asking that some of them be ousted from the state and that others be dissolved and placed in the hands of trustees. He alleges a combination exists to fix the price of gasoline and other petroleum products. Indiana, the Sinclair Refining com- The attorney general charges|Pany, the National Refining com- the Manhattan Oil company, Shaffer Of! and Refining com- pany, the Texas company, ‘the Tidal Refining company and the Texaco company. senate SEE restraint of trade. The companies he would oust are foreign corpora- tions, the Standard Ol] company of MIRS. N, A. SHANNON DIES AKRON CARS RUN AGAIN. AKRON, Ohio, Feb. 28.—Street cars were in operation here again today, under terms of a franchise signed by the city council late last night. The city has been without car service since February 1, when the Northern Ohio Traction and Light company was ordered to dis- continue local operations by city AT ONUGHTER'S HOME Mrs. N. A. Shannon, 58 years of age, died last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. A. Tatum, 249 East J street. No arrangements have been made for the funeral, the b. 0. P. LEADERS ND INSURGENT FORCES 10 JOIN IN LATER PLAN Tax Bill Troubles To Be Ended With Agree- ment Reached Today By House Factions. WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. —Virtual agreement be- tween Republican organiza- tion and insurgent leaders was reached today on the Longworth proposal to re- place the Democratic income rates now in tl revenue bill. After ” rence between lead- ers of ti wo factions, President Coolidge was told that the Repub- cans of the house were confident the Democratic rates would be elim- {nated in the final vote on the bill. Representatives Bacharach, New Hilson, Connecticut, and 4s, New York, Republican mem- bers. on the ways and means com- mittee, and staunch advocates of the Mellon rates, informed the pres- ident a compromise had been agreed upon and would be voted upon by “practically all Republicans of the hours," The compfomise provides for a flat 25 per cent reduction from the Present surtax rates with the same brackets released. This would make the maximum 37% per cent on incomes in exceas of $200,000, in place of 44 per cent ‘on Incomes in excess of $94,000, as proveded in the Democratic sched- ule, 4) OOLONG IN HOUSE BEHIND BEER MEASURE Introduction of Bill Scheduled for Next Week, Is Report. WASHINGTON; Feb. 28,—Forty members of the house joined today in an announcement that next week they each will introduce a bill to legalize the manufacture and sale of beverages with am alcoholic con- tent of per cent by volume. SUIT AIMED AT OIL LEASES TO BE FILED SOON body now lying at the Shaffer-Gay chapel. officials. WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—Court action in the oil le vill be instituted ‘very, very soon” the senate was informed today by Chatr- man Lenroot of the oll commiitee RECEIVERSHIP FOR ASSOCIATION Contract Holders In United Home Builders Endorse Petition Filed In Court by Examiner Contract holders for the defunct United Home Build- ers’ association, the “three per cent’? loan company de- clared insolvent and suspended here ten days ago by Byron S. Huie, state bank examiner, last night approved the application made by the examiner to Judge R, R. Rose for the appointment of a receiver for the institution. Judge Rose probably will take ac-|step should not be taken for the tion on the petition early n week | protection of the contract holders. when officials the organization A committee consisting of E. H will be cited/ to show why such @° Hoon, Dr, Doran and Mrs. L. Bb. URGED Newman appointed to repre- sent the « holders and keqp the latter 1 any action taken in their Postal inspectors are now busy checking the books of the associa- tion for evidence of fraud on which to prosecute W. T. S. Barnes and ‘4 Crowe nently » until n 0 Ww 2 not ente s we 1@ book to all to which it is a both (Continued on, Past Seven.) omi- he re in and miss ns ere Fe ESET lo Int ial