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and ‘Saturday. CHAMBER WIL FIGHT FOR Bl WATER PROJECT No Let-Up in Campaign For Imigation of Natrona Land. Every evidence that the Casper. Chamber of Com- merce will fight to the last ditch for the Casper Irriga- tion project which has been hanging fire more than two years was produced at a -special meeting of the irrigation committee if the chamber this noon. That Na- trona. county is entitled to a retur for the enormous oil royalties pai the f@leral government out of t fields here was the thought voic by R. 8. Ellison, vice president of the Midwest Refining company. Mr. Ellison looked unfavorably upon the idea of a severance tax which he said would be the same as “killing the goose that laid the gglden egg. It was generally agreed that if any results are to be obtained it will be necessary to go direct to con- gress for them. “Now is our vest time,” said Mr. Ellison, “It is ‘W. O. Wiison, member of the lo- cal “boards of education, reminded the committee that people generally do not realize the fact that while the county has xudditional prosper- ity from the ofl {t also has addition- al burdens. Under the present’ ar- rangement the county from which ofl is produced gets six per cent of the royalities, the state university nine per cent, the state highway commission 35 per cent and the state school fund 50 per cent. It is felt that because of the great obll- gations induced the county should receive greater benefits. It is probable that in the near fu- ture a meeting of the Casper Cham- ber of Commerce will be held with Frank C, Emerson, state engineer. on the program to discuss tho irri- gation project. The “Camper irrigation project is one of the great things for which Casper is fighting. So far no re- sults have been accomplished be- cause of inability to gét an appropri- ation from congress. Fire Destroys British Vessels HAVANA, Feb. 29.—The British auxiliary schooner Wybadilty, whose name, according to members of her crew, stood for “will you buy a drink if I tell you?” was destroyed by fire here yesterday after an ex- plosion on board. The crew escaped. The schooner for some time had been running in and out of Havana, clearing for various West Indies ports. PRES. COOLIDCE TO STAND PAT AUGHERTY ON D The Weather « WYOMING: Fair tonight Somewhat colder in northeast portion tonight. Senate Guns Open- ed on Attorney General In De- bate WASHINGTON, Feb. 29. —Attorney General Daugh- erty today became the center of one of the bitterest senate debates in recent years. When the resolution for an inquiry into the department of justice was brought up for action democratic senators let loose against the attorney general an attack brist- ling with accusations against his Personal and official acts since he entered the cabinet. Single handed, Senator Willis, of Ohio, Mr, Daugherty’s home stat: attempted to stem the tide of criti- cism while republican party leaders looked silently on, The Ohio senator conceded he had discussed the makeup of the inves- tigating committee with the attor- ney general but insisted there was nothing improper tn his conduct. Charges of efforts to select a “packed jury” flew back and forth across the chamber as the debate on the make up of the committee progressed, and the galleries were stirred to repeated demonstrations a reiterated warnings from the el . WASHINGTON, Feb. 29+The res- olution for investigation of the ad- ministration of Harry M, Daugherty as attorney general was taken up today by the senate. Its adoption is-expected. before night and inquiry will-begin.nert week. Controversy. at once developed over the question of appointing the investigating committee. Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Montana, au- thor of the resolution proposed that five senators, three Republicans and two Democrats, be selected by the committee. Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, the Republican leader countered with a proposal for the appointment of the committee in the customary manner by the senate’s presiding officer. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, supported the plan for election of the special. committee by the senate, declaring ‘dt had been openly declared that efforts were contemplated to pack the committee,” He added that he Casper was chosen for the 1926 convention center of the State Federation of Labor when a vote was taken among the 85 delegates which attended this year’s conven- tion held in Cheyenne for four days closing last night. The convention passed resolutions condemning prison labor, endorsing the child labor law, and urging safety devices to protect mine workers. FENCE ON BOUNDARY IS URGED CALEXICO, Calif., Feb. 29.—A ten. mile international boundary fence extension to aid customs officials’ in suppressing narcotic and lMquor smuggling between here and Mexicali, just across the border on Mexican soll, was sponsored by the Calexico Cham.» ber of Commercé today fol ernor Curry of New Mexico, now a member of the boundary com- mission, had agreed to lend” his ald in the fence project. had reason to belfeve that Senator Cummins of Iowa, the president pro tem, @'d not desire toname the com- mittee. COUNSEL RETAINED BY DAUGHERTY —~ CHICAGO, Feb. 29—Attorney Gen- Standing Your Ground eral Harry M. Daugherty has re- In the late war we often heard tained George E. Chamberlain, for- mer United States senator from Oregon, and Paul Howland, Cleve-, land attorney, to represent his in- terests in the senate ofl investiga- tion. Announcement of his employment of counsel was made by Mr. Daugh- erty in a telegram to Senator Frank B. Willis of Ohio, sent from here before he left last night for Miami, Florida, to join his wife, who is ill there, < The telegram, the only formal statement made by the attorney gen- eral during his stay of 12 hours here yesterday, requested Senator Willis to again advise the senate that he had not opposed the passage (Continued on Page Two) Proof of Case ‘Against ‘Attorney Gen- eral to Be Awaited Before Any Ouster Plea Is Recognized BY DAVID (Copyright, 1924, The Casper Tribune) WASHINGTON, Feb. 29. cided to stand pat and make their case against any member of his cabinet. He will ac- cept the resignation of Attorney General Daugherty only after the latter has had a ful cusations made against him in the senate of complicity sin the ofl controversy. "This means that the attorney gen- eral sticceeded in persuading Mr, Coolidge that nothing would be gained by outright surrender to the demand of the Democrats and that LAWRENCE. .—President Coolidge has de- his political opponents prove 1 opportunity to refute the ac- the public would of necessity sus- pend judgment if no precipitate action were taken at this time. Mr. Daugherty feels that no charges made against him can be (Continued on Page ur) quarantine California of all varieties of live- stock, grain, hay and biological products. The signed to prevent the spread of foot and mouth diseage to this state. use made of the expression ‘‘con- solidating the position won.” The lesson was often learned that it is easier to rush and secure @ position than it is to stand and maintain it. Efficient advertising and mer- chandising methods persisted in both “attain” and “maintain.” It is important to “pull” buyers for specific merchandise adver- tised—it is also important to leave seed in will of the buyer which produce fruit in the future. The Tribune reaches people who | can buy now. The Tribune also has a distinc- tive following which offers a field for cultivation for future results. $250,000 Loss In Detroit Fire DETROIT, Mich., Feb, 29.—Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the four story brick warehouse of the Commercial Milling company to- day with ‘a loss estimated by com- pany Officers at $250,000. Thirty thousand barrels of rye, corn and barley flour were destroyed. (1+. QUARANTINE PLACED ON ALL LIVESTOCK FROM CALIFORNIA SHIPPERS CHEYENNE, A. W. French, veterinarian, Wyo., Feb. 29.— Wyoming state today proclaimed a against import from quarantine is de- CASPE®, WYO., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1924 John W. Thompson Also Named In In- dictments Returned by Federal Jury In Vet Bureau Scandal CHICAGO, Feb. 29.-—Charles R. Forbes, former direc- tor of the United States veterans’ bureau and John W Thompson of Chicago and St. Louis, were indicted today by the federal grand jury which has spent four weeks investigating the administration of Forbes. Forbes and Thompson were jointly indicted in two true bills charging conspirady to ,two kinds, the first charging con commit bribery and offenses against | spiracy to commit bribery and of- the U. S, government in connection | fenses against the government, and with the construction of veteran|the second, conspiracy to defraud hospitals. A separate indictment/the United States government. Both against each man arso was returned, | indictments were based on details one charging Forbes with accepting |involving the construction of ve- a bribe, and the other charging |terans bureau hospitals. Thompson with giving a bribe. The grand jury in a special re- The two individual indictments | port sald that “bad judgment was merely dealt with bribery. In the| used by the bureau” in entering case of the joint indictments, $10,-|into certain contracts, including 000 bail for each defendant was|that with the continental Chemical fixed. company, known as the floor wax The indictments were suppressed | contract, and the Society for visual temporarily by federal judge Carpen- | education, but nothing criminal was ter on motion of assistant attorney | found in these and nothing to Justi- General John W. Crim, who was in| fy a formal indictment. charge of the grand jury inquiry by| Another group of contracts, order of Harry M. Daugherty, at-| cluding the depot matter, the torney general of the United States.| Tupper Lake, New York, and Later by authority of the judge the|the Livermore California project, indictments against Forbes and/are without the jurisdiction of this Thompson were made public. court but should be investigated by The two joint indictments were of (Continued on Page Two) HONDURAN REBELS FIRE ON THE U. S. CONSULATE “WASHINGTON, Feb. \29.-The] ines tro the “crutser "Denver has American Consulate at Cuba, Hon-| been landed to act as a consulate duras, has been fired on by revolu-| guard. tionists and a detachment of mar-| Consul ‘Waller, The entire four days of the session were taken up with lve topics, The mayor of Cheyenne turned over the key of the city to the visitors and Governor William B. Ross de- livered an address to the delegates on the first day. On Tuesday eve- ning a banquet was held which was. attended by about 200 persons. A smoker with several boxing matches was staged on the following evening. Casper men who attended the con- vention as delegates were John Salmond, trades and labor assembly; Ed Moore and Ed Hamilton, cul- inary workers; Charles Howard, bakers; William Dittman, sheet metal workers; Edna Hoffman, laundry workers; George McPherson and Paul Shelyick, carpenters, and William Burkitt, carmen. in- in the street for four hours, and that some bullets “had penetrated the consulate.” reported today A. Mitchell Palmer, Attorneyfor Publisher, Denies Many Sensational Charges; Doheny, Sinclair and Fall Named In Tax Payment Investigation WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.—Several of the sensational assertions made in telegrams sent to Edward B. McLean in Florida by his employes here were flatly denied today in testimony before the oil committee. ' A. Mitchell Palmer, a former Democratic attorney general who acted as counsel for the publisher, testified that he was not a “partner” of J. W. Zevely, attorney for Harry F. Sinclair; that he was not looking after the interests of Albert B. Fall; and that he did not, as stated in the telegrams,| Southern Pacific land cases in Cali- The senate itself, meantime open- ask Senator Underwood or any one | fornia. ed another possible avenue of in- else to bring pressure to bear on| ‘The committee also cross exam-|Vestigation by asking President Senator Walsh to keep McLean off] ined Karl C. Schuyler, a Denver at-|Coolidge in a resolution adopted the witness stand. The witness then added that he ‘was not at present employed by any without debate to throw open to the committee the income tax returns of Fall, Sinclair, Doheny, and the torney, who declared the Denver group that intervened in the Teapot Dome negotiations and were brought ofl company and defended under ajout by Harry F. Sinclair had acted|Sinclair and Doheny Oil corpora. severe cross examination his deci-|on the theory that there was ations. sion while he was gttorney general |‘‘conspiracy” between Sinclair and/ On the senate floor chairman to dismiss pfosecution of the famous!the Pioneer Oll company. Lenroot was challenged later by Senator Heflin, Democrat, Alabama to summon William Boyce Thomp- son, a New York banker, foryques- tioning about a loan of $3,500,000 which the Alabama Senator ‘said Thompson obtained in 1920 on a “dummy” note for use in the Repub- lican presidential campaign. “William Boyce Thompson is a stockholder and director in the Sin- clair Oll companies,” Senator Heflin said, “and Sinclair stock was used as collateral for that ‘dummy’ note.” WASHINGTON, Feb. 29,—A Mit- chell Palmer, attorney general in the Wilson administration, testified before the oll committee today the circumstances of his retention as attorney for Edward B. McLean, publisher of the Washington Post, in the oll inquiry. He denied that J. W. Zeverly, counsel for Harry F. Sinclair, is his law partner, as suggested in the McLean telegrams. He added, however, that Zevely “is an old friend of mine” and had outlined to him a couple of months ago the salient facts in the ofl in- WHITE MARKED FOR DEATH BY TONG SLAYERS Killers Sent Out by Frisco Chinese to Trail Soldier of Fortune Who Eloped With Chinese Girl BY L. C. OWEN. (Copyright, 1924, The Casper Tribune) SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 29.—Precedents of more than halJf a century’s standing in the friendly relations between Chinese and white citizens of the far west have. finally quiry. gone by the boards. s AGP - 3 z Zevely asked his opinion, he said, For the first time in the history of San Francisco’s|as to whether Sinclair and Fall Chinatown, a white man has been marked for death and a | could be compelled to answer ques- price set upon his head by Chinese] Chinatown guide here, is going| tions before the committee. Palmer tongs. about heavily armed and in moment-| gave it as his opinion that they could. Palmer said he had not seen Fall “Tor s” and denied he was to look after, the interests of “the man (Continyed on Page Five) Today, somewhere in the vicinity| ary expectation of an attack upon of Tia Juana, Mexico, just across| his life. the California border, Jack Whalen, Meanwhile, six Chinese highbind- an Irish-American soldier of fortune| ers from San Francisco, dispatched and for a short time recently a (Continued on Page Twelve) FOR BRIBERY CASPER NAMED CONVENTION CITY FOR 1925 BY LABOR FEDERATION Prison and Child Labor Are Condemned in Reso- lutions Adopted at Annual Meeting Just Ended at Cheyenne. A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, and a Booster for City, County and State | Che Casper Daily Trimoe PR BONES FOR MAH JONGG SENT OUT GALVESTON, Tex., Feb. Three car loads of selected shin bones from cows slaughtered at Chicago packing house were ex- 29.— ported from Galveston on steamship Patrick Henry for Japan where they will be re- exported to China for the manu- facture of Mah Jongg sets. The popularity of the game in the United States and South America is said to have caused a large de- mand for the bones. a St. Patrick’s Own Pullet Lays Eggs For This Financier CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 29—Miss Hattie Wells of Cheyenne has a pre- mature pullet—premature both as concerns laying and its celebration of St. Patrick's Day. The hen, a Rhode Island red, laid 18 eggs’ be- fore she was six months old and then began setting. The last egg was twice as large as the normal hen's egg and in one end contains an intaglio the exact shape of a four-leaf clover. ee First Offender Of Dry Law In State Capital ‘In’ Again CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 29.— to have been the first person ar- rested in Cheyenne for violation of the that fighting had been fn progress the prohibition law, is again under arrest on that charge, with the added charge of drunkenness. —>_—__—_. RESIGNS COMMISSION. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 29.— ‘William ‘F: Mullen of Cheyenne has resigned from the commission on uniform state laws, and Governor W. B. Ross has appointed Marion A. Kline of Cheyenne to the vacancy. PROBE DODGING OF M’LEAN IS TOLD; SENATE VOTES TAX RETURN INQUIRY BARGAINS IN LUCKY STRIKES On pagp nine of today’s Trib- une will be found a full-page ac vertisement for Lucky Strike cig- arettes, one of the most popular brand of ‘fags’ on the market. By clipping out the coupon tn the ad and presenting it to any dealer in Casper handling Lucky Strikes you will be given a regu- lar package containing’ 20 clg- arettes for nine cents, Regular Lucky Strike smokers will all take advantage of this lib- eral offer to lay in a supply of their favorite smokes, while those who have never used them are af- forded an excellent opportunity to try out a new brand. RUM ON BOARD NUMBER 109 ME TAXES SLASHED BY HOUSE MAJORITY DAUGHERTY ISFORBES HELD STORM PIVOT COMPROMISE (5. | VOTED IN HOUSE | AIEPLAGING THE GARNER RATES Maximum Surtax Rate Of 37 1-2 Per Cent Is Provided Under New Program in House. WASHINGTON, Feb. 29. —The Longworth compro- mise income tax schedule was approved today by the house. . It provides for a maximum surtax of 871% per cent on incomes ever $200,000 and reduces the normal tax on small incomes from 4 per cent to 2 per cent, Another provision previously voted into the revenue bill reduces by one fourth all income taxes payable this y Enough insurgent Republicans swung back into line to give a ma- jority for the Longworth plan and to throw out the Garner Democratio plan they previously had helped to vote into the bill. Whether President Coolidge will approve the compromise if it also passes the senate remains undeter- mined. He has opposed a com- promise and has not given any assurance that the Longworth plan will be acceptable. The vote by which the Garner plan was displaced and the Long- worth plan adopted was 216 to 19 An attempt” by representative Mills, Republican, New York, to knock out the amendment increas- ing the estate tax lost 261 to 107. The gift tax was retained by a viva voce vote. The amendments open- ing income tax returns to certain congressional committes*and open- ing corporation tax returns to of- ficers of all states were retained in the bill by votes of 238 to 124, and 222 to 179, respectively. WASHINGTON, Feb. 29—A one fourth reduction in all personal in- come taxes payable this year was approved today by the house. A Proposal to eliminate the entire sec- tion of the revenue bill carrying this provision was defeated, 181 to 145. The amendment remained in the bill by a vote of 267 to 144. Organt- zation Republicans voted to elimi- nate it while Republican insurgents joined with Democrats in its sup- port. WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.—The house today voted down an amend- ment to the revenue bill which would have restored the Mellon in- come tax rates whieh were elimt- nated with the adoption of the Garner Democratic schedule. WASHINGTON., Feb. 29—House Republican insurgents formally agreed today to support the Repub- lican compromise for the Democratic income rates in the revenue bill. Representative Nelson, Wisconsin, leader of the group sald practically all of the 17 insurgents who voted for the Garner plan would support the substitute to be offered by Rep- resentative Longworth, Ohio, Re- publican leader. Reunion of the Reublican forces, leaders said, would force a rejection (Continued on Page Seven.) - SEIZURES SHIP SPREAD PANIC Foreign Liners Stripped of Bar Supplies In New York Ports; “Gentle- men’s Agreement” Passes BY ROBERT T. SMALL. (Copyright, 1924, The Casper “Fribune) NEW YORK, Feb. 29.—The gentlemen’s agreement which has been permitting “business as usual” in the bars and smokerooms of the trans-Atlantic liners plying in and out of New York the last two months or more, seems defi- nitely to have been broken at last and everyone involved is wondering just who is to blame. Under this so-called ag many liners have been bringing into port sufficient Mquors to run thelr bars on the way back home. Of course, this has not applied to ships emient i bone nowadas ai come and go. flying the American flag. They are] ut least supposed to be as dry as and Uttle or id to them as they no ention is p: But with the ships flying fi (Continued on Page Fo