Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 4, 1924, Page 1

it wel, t ir <3 ee7 if = eS DOHENY’S EFFORT CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1924 _ A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, and a Booster for City, County and State’ Ss ues) a Che Casper Daily Crimow FR NUMBER 112 --lfO INVOLVE WALSH IN OIL DEAL IS BARED UNITED HOME BUILDERS MEN EIZED FOR ALLEGED FRAUD ——— $15,0CO ARE FO BONDS RFEITED BY VIOLATORS Fifteen Defendants Fail to Appear for Arraignment; Criminal Cases for Spring Term Set for Trial Natrona county was enriched $15,000 this morning when 15 defendants failed to appear or to be represented by an attorney at the opening of the spring term of the Eighth district court. Judge R. R. Rose, presiding, ordered all criminal cases in this category in default and forfeited the respective bonds. “BOND VOTE IS LIGHT; STORM HELD CAUSE Reports’ received late this after- noon from Casper polls indicated a light -vote on the proposition of is- suing $500,000 worth of bonds for @ new-eourthouse. At noon 15 ‘votes was the most that had been cast in any one precinct. The polls will be open until 5 o'clock. Today’s @snowstorm, following a fall of several inches yesterday, probably accounted for the general apathy of te taxpayers in the elec- tion, a total of over seven inches of snow having fallen. 77 SUICIDE ATTEMPT OF CHEYENNE WOMAN 15 FOLED BY YOUNG SON CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 4.— (Special to The Tribune.)—Mrs. Ella Anthony, wife of William Anthony, traveling salesman, is recovering at Memorial hospital today from the effects of an attempt at suicide Monday afternoon. Neighbors who were told by her 12-year-old son that he could not get into the Anthony cottage, summoned police who broke down two doors and found Mrs, Anthony unconscious in the kitchen, where eight open burn- era were pouring forth gas. Cracks about the windows and doors had been caulked with strips of paper. A rambling note of farewell to Anthony lay on the kitchen table, ‘The woman was rushed to the hospital and resuscitated. Jealousy is believed to have been her motive, $2,751 FINE FOR VIOLATOR CODY, Wyo. March 4.—A. E. Carey was fined $2,751 and costs and sentenced to 11 months in jail here for possession and transporta- tion of liquor. Those whose bonds were taken up evidently preferred to lose the money rather than to face a jail sentence if they were found guilty of the charge against them. They included John Clemmons, liquor, $1,000; H. ©. Peiffer, fraudulent check, $1,000; Lee Davis, lMquor, $1,000; Edward Curtis, gambling, $1,000; Richard Dabney, liquor, $1,000; Leslie W. Burrows, assault, $1,000; C. C, Gammon, liquor, $1,000; Lee Davis, lquor, $1,000; Thero Brown, gambling, Murphy, liquor, $1,000;’ Aleck Con- tas, gambling, $1,000; James M. Porter, ‘fraudulent check, S. W. Brwin‘and O. -F. liquer, $1,000 each; B. E, Bradbrook, unlawful electioneering, $1,000. Judge Rose disposed of the 200 the majority for trial beginning March 17, when the jury will be called. Although the docket origi- nally listed 201 cases there will be (Continued on Page Two) Hooper and Barnes Under Arrest, War- rants Out for Organizers; Court Names Reimerth as Receiver William D. Hooper, president and Arthur L. Barnes, secretary and treasurer of the United Home Builders’ as- sociation are under arrest and the affairs of the concern are in the hands of C. H. Reimerth, receiver appointed by Judge Robt. R. Rose, as the outgrowth of an investigation just concluded here by postal inspectors. his release this morning on $4,000 bonds set by M. P. Wheeler, United States court’ commissioner, but Barnes had not yet succeeded in se- curliig bail. Both are charged with use of the mails to defraud in con- nection with the sale of contracts to association members scattered throughout the mountain region. Warrants also are out for the arrest of W. T. 8, Barnes and Mrs. S. A. Crowe, organizers of the asso- ciation, whose apprehension was urged upon A, D. Walton, United States district attorney at Cheyenne, at the time the concern here was found insolvent and suspended by Byron 8. Hule, state bank examiner. The whereabouts of neither is known at the present time, both having fled from Casper some time ago, but their arrest is expected by federal authorities. Before coming. to Casper to organize the United company the pair were identified with the Reserve Loan & Invest- ment company of Denver and with “three per cent” concerns in other cities, all of which.led a precarious ‘existence: Hooper and Barnes were arrested Monday afternoon by Ri J. Allen, deputy United States marshal, work- ing with Dennis C. Hudson, postal inspector, -who.-has.been- checking over the company’s books for evi- dence of fraud. This is alleged to. have been found in circulars and letters sent through the mails, to (Continued on Page Ten) NEW PAVING IS PLANNED HERE District Created for Extension of Work | On South Lincoln, Beech and Other Sections; Addition Admitted Creation of a new paving district to take care of streets in southeast part of the city, final admission of the East Burlington addition into the city limits, passing of an ordinance to prohibit future carnivals in Casper, extension of the fire department, and creation of a sanitary sewer district, were among the things taken up at the regular meeting of the city council night. The paying district which the council declared its intention to create consists of Beech street from Eleventh to Fifteenth, Lincoln from Eleventh to Fifteenth, Oak Crest from Eleventh to Fourteenth, Twelfth from Durbin, to the middle of the block between ik Crest and Bonnie Brae, and Thirteenth from Durbin to Oak Crest. The declar- ation was the result of a petition from property owhers in that sec- tion. last The East Burlington addition which les between the tracks of the Chicago and Northwestern and the Burlington railroads and from Blackmore street eeast to Franco comes into the city automatically after several months of protest. Chief among the parties protesting against the incorposation was the Burlington company itself because of the fear that its stock yards would have to be moved. The Bur- lington withdrew its protest last night through Jack Scott who signed (Continued on Page Ten) Hooper secured Indiana Man Is Found Slain GOSHEN, Ind., March 4.—Harry i. Whitmer, 32, only son of Mrs. Lincoln J. Carter, wife cf the play Producer, wan shot and killed in his home here yesterday. Police said Mrs. Whitmer told’ them she found her husband's body with a bullet hole in the head and a re- volver by his side. OIL ROYALTIES | FOR IRRICATION PROJECT URGED Chamber of Commerce Takes Action to Secure Recognition for Natrona County In Reclaiming Land The romance of converting land worth five cents an acre into land worth $57 an acre was.vividly portrayed by M. P. Wheeler to the members of the-Casper Chamber of Commerce today and at the conclusion of the meeting @ chamber passed a resolution recommending to the that immediate ‘steps touch with Congressman Charles *H. Winter urging him to present to congress the proposition of giving to Natrona county a portion of the vast royalties recelved from the oil industry here in order that the ™money might be used. to convert 90,000 acres of land in this county into irrigable acreage. _ The resolution was Grafted by Attorney R. H. Nichols and was read by Earle D. Holmes, chairman of the trrigation committee. It presented the view that since the federal government derives enor mous income from the oil royalties some of this income should be con- verted back into a project that would make the industrial future of the county safe, It also maintains that if necessary an amendment to existing statutes should be made in order to get this thing for Natrona county, “Let us remember that it is a just equity which we are asking,” sald R. S. Ellison in closing. barrel of oil taken from the earth can never be replaced and we have a right when the oil js exhausted to have something else to fall back on. “We must remember that we have only resolved and that even though our legislators disagree with us we are to push the fight to a finish,” Mr. Wheeler had gathered inter- esting data on the value of land which is under irrigation as con- trasted with that which is not. The present value of the 90,000 acres of land proposed to come under the Casper irrigation project is $4,500. The valve according to Mr. Wheeler's figures when the project is completed and the land improved would be more than $5,000,000. Mr. Wheeler took up the different prod- ucts that might be raised such as alfalfa, corn, beets and potatoes, giving the relative amount possible, and also paid attention to the dairy- ing possibilities. The annual banquet of the Cas- per Chamber of Commerce will be March 18 at 6:30 p. m. in the Pres- byterian tabernacle. Arrangements are now being made. SENATOR WHEELER MADE | DAUGHERTY PROSECUTOR Inquiry Into Administration of Attor- ney General Expected to Begin ‘In Week; Plans Outlined WASHINGTON, March 4.—Senator Wheeler, Demo- crat, Montana, has been made the unofficial ‘‘prosecutor” in the investigation of Attorney General Daugherty, hav- ing been assigned the task of determining the date and procedure for the opening of sion yesterday of the special Because of the quantity of papers dealing with the questions which have accumulated since introduc: tion of the investigation resolution, ‘Wheeler, its sponsor, is not the inquiry at the first ses- investigating committee. expected to start the inquiry before next week. The committee held its first preliminary session yesterday and its meeting was described es entirely ‘harmonious by Senator Brookhart, Republican, Iowa, the chairman. The committee took up the re- quest of Mr. Daugherty's personal ‘counsel—Paul Howland and former Senator Chamberlain of Oregon— for various privileges, and decided not to grant unlimited right of cross examination nor for calling inde- pendent witnesses, holding, Mr. Brockhart announced, “that these questions should be kept under its control.” Cross examination within certain limits will be permitted however, and the committee will consider re- quests that it issue subpoenaes for witnesses or documents wanted by the attorney general's counsel. parently had not sent a message to the White House and had not indl- cated whether a message might ‘be sent. At a press conference last night he made no reference’ either to the receipt of a message from President Coolidge or whether he intended to communicate with the White House. BET MONEY FOR CABINET MEMBERS. WASHINGTON, March 4,—A story to the effect that Attorney General Daugherty went to the race track with Harry F,) Sinclair and bet money for cabinet members was told to the senate today by Senator Heflin, Democrat, Alabama. MIAMI, Fla., March 4.—Attorney WASHINGTON, March 4.—Attor- General Daugherty early today ap- ¥ {Continued on Page Nine) be’taken to getin DIVORCEE FALLS TO DEATHFROM WINDOW POSITIVELY NOTHING TO IT! Foolish and _ irresponsible rumors yesterday caused a slight flurry in banking circles in Casper. That the rumors were foolish and irresponsible was proved from the fact that they could not be traced to any source or origin. On the strength of these statements possibly ten or a dozen persons withdrew their accounts, all small ones. When it was dis- covered that any person having money in any Casper bank could get it by presenting his check, and that every bank in the city is carrying’a reserve away above the requirements of the Jaw and the emer- gencies of business, the “bornin.” incipient bank run died Casper financial institutions are in an enviably strong position. The combined resources of the banks exceed fifteen millions of dollars. They can liquidate at a moment’s notice any liability against them. The growth and prosperity of the five banks is revealed in the gradual increase of business from eighteen million dollars in 1916 to two hundred and two millions in 1923. The soundness of the banks is guaranteed by the unquestionable integrity of the officers and directors. All men of the highest honor and responsibility. All intimately known to the patrons and who come into confidential relations with them every day. There is nothing more timid than money and its possessors. alarm. Any danger of its loss on tie-up causes So far as Casper banks are concerned there is not the slighest basis for alarm. For the past dozen years local banks hava formed the particular bright spot in Wyoming finance. Other banks may have had difficulties and seasons of more or less depression, due to purely local conditions. prosperity of Casper and The unexampled Natrona County, which is consistently maintained, has placed local financial in- stitutions beyond the reach of rumor or flurry. It is rather in the nature of a foolish joke to bring any one of them under suspicion. It is understandable that persons who do not read bank statements, reflecting actual conditio"s at stated periods would accept statements from iriends and (Continued on Page Two) Mrs. Fern Blaylock, Former Wife of Willis Stidger, Casper Attorney Is Killed at Cheyenne Today CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 4.—Mrs. Fern Blaylock of Casper died at a local hospital at 2:50 o’clock this after- noon from injuries received in leaping or falling from a fifth story window of badly crushed by the ness. Mrs. Blaylock wife of Willis Stidger, wealthy Cas- per oll operator. She came to Cheyenne from Los Angeles, it ig said, in connection with ltigation involving valuable oil land in the Salt Creek field, in which she claims an interest as a result of her for- mer marriage. Mrs. Blaylock had been sitting beside an open window for several minutes before she fell, an employe of a nearby industrial establishment who had been watching her said. Ho couid not state whether her fall was voluntary or accidental, but sald that as she plunged out, she attempted to grasp the window ledge She was clad in a kimona and a heavy fur coat, Mrs. Blaylock was awarded a divorce from Willis Stidger, prac- ticing attorney here, on November Large Scale Co-Operation In certain lines of farming, fruit raising and other food crops, a bountiful yield at times proves to be a disaster. There is lack of nationwide co- ordination “between supply and Possible demand. On the contrary in lines like raisens, oranges, prunes, and Many other co-operative adver- tising’ of the entire industry sells the production of the nation to the consumers of the nation. Advertising is coming more and more to be the economic and scl- entific method of universal dis- tribution. The need of our day is that every line of production so mas- ter and use the art of publi that there shall be no wasted sur- plus, general and even distribu- tion with prices in reach. of all, the Plains hotel here. fall and never regained conscious- formerly was the 22, She was 1921. She had made Casper her home since 1917, They had no children, << ____ DENVER—The lunacy commis- sion appointed by County Judge Luxford to pass on the mental competency of Miss Rosalind El- sner reported that she was in- competent and recommended that she.be committed to a private in- stitution, Miss Elsner, heiress to part of her late father’s $100,000 estate, recently escaped from her custodian and was found in Chey- enne, Wyo. cemeteries Mi RES OMAHA—An aviator and a car loads of bombs was sent to Schuy- ler, Nob., where rising water of the Platte and Loup rivers and Piling ice are threatening. MULCAHY ACQUITTED IN FEDERAL COURT CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 4.— (Special- to ‘The ‘Tribune.)—B.“M. Muleahy, Casper tailor, indicted for making a false affidavit in connec- tion with a parcel post shipment, was acquitted by a jury in federal court today. He presented an alibi defense, EXECUTIVE 10 TAKE DENBY’S PLACE SOUGHT WASHINGTON, March 4.—Pres- ident Coolidge is searching for a seasoned executive to succeed Ed- win Denby as secretary of the navy but thus far has reached no decis- fon. The president hopes to find an cutstanding industrial or commer- clal leader or possibly a prominent engineer to takd over the nevy post. ALLURING OFFE MADE SENATO BY HOLDER OF LEASE REFUSED Proposal Interpreted as Effort to Hamper Pro- ceedings of Lease In- vestigation. WASHINGTON, March 4, —Surprises tumbled over one another again today when the oil committee re. sumed its public hearings. Senator Walsh, of Mon- tana, the committee's chief prose cutor, presented corfespondenca showing that B. L. Doheny sought last December to interest him in ay oll enterprise and that he promptly refused to have anything to do with any venture that might make him appear in a wrong light in view of his official position. Senator Walsh said the purpose of the negotiations apparently was to hamper the work of the oll com: mittee, Telegrams put. inte the record of the ofl committee today showed that after Walsh hed forwarded to Doheny a suggestion from a con stittent™as ‘to development of tha Montana oll field, Doheny suggested that Walsh or his brother go to Los Angeles and consult about it. Doheny, based his suggestion on & proviso%that the Montana senator or his brother was willing to “take an interest” in the proposition. Senator Walsh replied that the suggestion was “most alluring” but said he could not accept because leasing» negotiations with the gov ernment would be necessary. “While I am in the official post- tion I hold,” said Walsh's reply, ‘dt seems to me unwise for me ta engage in any business dependent in any appreciable degree on govern ment favor.’ The correspondence took place before Doheny revealed that he bad loaned $100,000 to A. B. Fall, but after the senate inquiry into the Sinclair and Doheny leases had been begun. In reading the messages into the record, Senator Walsh sald efforts had been made “to discover some- thing that might be urged feloni- ously or otherwise against me.’ That end would be served, he sald, “if it could be whispered about that there had been an exchange of telegrams between Doheny and my- self." McLEAN WAS “SPECIAL AGENT.” William J> Burns, chief of the bureau of jnvestigation at the jus- tice department, testified that E. B. McLean had been placed on the roll of secret agents of the department soon after inauguration day in 1921; that he still retained that conne: tion; and that the famous “Mary” message was sent to Florida in an (Continued on Page Nine) ctewcabae Ba To DOUBLE OF CODY DEAD CHICAGO, March 4—Wm. A. La valle, 82 who often doubled for the late Col, W. F. Cody, “Buffalo Bill" with whom he was associated in the show business, is dead at a hos pital here. 16 VIOLATORS SEIZED - IN RAIDS BY POLICE Fourteen Rounded Up Yesterday After- noon and Last Night Face Trial for Liquor Violation Raids started by the police at 2 o’clock yesterday af- ternoon and lasting until after midnight netted 14 alleged vidlators of the liquor ordinance and two alleged solicit- ors. The arrests were made in various sections of the city and in some instances on evidence obtained at the time of the arrest. Ella McKenna was arrested at 516 East Yellowstone avenue, Three cases of home brew were taken.|the Wyatt Jack Cunningham was i ted in the bellman in taken over 220 South Center street, and Ben Mendoza at 270 West A street. Mrs. P. M. Fisher was taken at 304 East A street. Stub Le- vere was arrested at 254 South Cen- ter in the place said to be owned by J. W. (Wes) Middleton. These, many of whom were released on bonds, are all charged with viola- tion of the liquor ordinance. Della Pierce, also charged with liquor violation, ig being held along with Dixie Randall and Mary Cha- v liciting, They’ were ar 226 We Bulger, and Mrs, at 1001 North Harrison street, as announe ed yestercay, ph