Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 21, 1924, Page 1

“CONVICTED OF The Weather WYOMING: Unsettled to- night and Saturday, probab- ly snow. Not much change in temperature. CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1924 - A Newspaper for All the Family, Ciean, Unbiased, and a Booster for City, County and State Che Casper Daily Tribune Million Paid INDIAN SLAYER FOUND GUILT | H AILY [§ tanstaughter Ver- oie dict Returned In Herman Trial by Court Jury Here CAFE ROBBERY Jury Brings in Guilty Verdict in Holdup Trial Today. bery in district court in record time this morning, the trial taking less than three hours and the jury be'ng| out approximately 15 minutes. The; crime carries with it a sentence of from one to 15 years. Daily's case was almost a cut and @ried affair. ‘Two witnesses, who were In Pup Cafe No. 3 when it was held up last September 28 identified Dally as thes man who committed he robbery. was working at the Clayton tank farm the day the robbery occurred ‘was a weak one and he did not sub- stantiate it by witnesses or records of the company for which he worked. H. B. Myers, the cook on duty at the time, and who was making change for a customer when the robber entered and ordered them to “stick ‘em up”, was the principal witness for the prosecution. He ‘was brought here .from California, where he has been spénding the win- ter, as a witness, and furnished the courtroom with considerable com: edy during his time on the witness stand. E. A. Grissom, the customer there at the time, corroborated Myers’ statements. He identified Dally as. the holdup artist. Herman, Soto, who with Frank Fleming ins the string of Pup eafes, stated that the robber took $65 when he went through the cash register. The defendant was represented by E. C. Madden. The jurors sitting on the case were J. J. Chapman, Peter Froensen, Ray Shaw, J. A. Tatum, W. J. Tubbs, Arthur Locke, A. L, Peake, A. B. Poling, G. C. Evans, Frank Robideau, Clarence Springstee nand C. L, McKeegan. ——— CLERK IN OIL OFFICE GONE; SEARCH IS ON DENVER, Colo. March 21.— Police today resumed their hunt for G. F. Nayer, missing Texas ofl com- pany payroll clerk who has been absent from his office since Monday noon. The search was intensified when an acquaintance reported see- ing bim Tuesday afternoon at the union depot. It is believed he board- ed a train for Cheyenne. Nayer’s father, F. B. Nayer, of Alice, Texas, is said to be near death and has not been notified of his on’s disappearance. C. M. Cox of Gonzales, Texas, father-in-law of the missing man arrived in Denver to- day to assist in the search for him. REAL ESTATE BOARD WILL MEET TONIGHT The Casper Real Estate board will hold its annual meeting and the elec- tion.of officers at the Henning hotel this evening. The session will start at 6:30 o'clock. Action is expected on the multiple listing system which has been under discussion for many weeks. FLIMSY-- WASHINGTON, March maiden speech in the house was devoted to what has been characterized as the most succinct and unbiased statement Datly's atin that he| ONLY EVIDENCE IN OIL SCANDAL James A. Herman, Indian ward of the government, was found guilty of manslaught- er by a jury in district court yesterday, the verdict hav- ing been brought in at 10:30 last night when the jury had been out three and a half hours. Man- slaughter carries a sentence of from one to 20 years but Herman will not be sentenced until tomorrow. Herman's conviction was in con- nection with the death of C. A. | “Swede” Anderson, oil field driller | Who was shot and instantly killed at Lavoye last October 10. The evidence was purely circum- stantial, there being no eye wit- nesses to the tragedy. Anderson jot as he stepped out of a |room at the rear of the Gem cafe. | Herman was found lying on the Sround a few feet away apparently | intoxicated, with a .45 gun in his hand. The bullet found in Ander- son's body was of .45 calibre. The trial occupied two days, the jevidence with the exception of a short rebuttal by the prosecution, being concluded,by noon yesterday. In the closing arguments Joseph Coursey, Indian service federal at- torney, and M. F. Ryan, chief coun- sel for the defense, reviewed. the evidence and summed up the case. E. H. Foster, prosecuting attor- ney, Who with W. J. Wehrli, his assistant, conducted the case, made the closing argument for the state. | BLAMED FOR | OIL SCANDAL CHICAGO, March 21—W. J. | Bryan, speaking here last night de- clared that the people of the United States are to blame for the oil scan- dal. He expressed the hope that no public official would be found guilty of committing a crime, but if such a result is obtained, “you have ofily yourselves’ to blame,” he said. “When the people are more careful in their selection of public officials, he added, “we will have no more oil scandal CHEYENNE SOCIETY BREATHES EASIER AG "LEGGER 15 SENTENCED CHEYENNE, Wyo. March 21.— Some in Cheyenne’s select gociety circles probably breathei easier Thursday after J. B. Comers, so- called “society bootlegger” in whose possession a list of “customers” re- cently was selzed, was permitted to enter a plea of guilty in Federal court. Somers was sentenced to a fine of $100 on each of three counts of violation of the Feceral lquor law. -WINTER 21.—Congressman Winter’s covering the naval oil reserves yet delivered in congress. It was entirely free from partisan bias and given to clean- cut statements of fact. intention to either prosecute or de- fend Fall, Doheny or Sinclair ‘These matters have been assigned to the courts, where they belong.” declared the. member from Wyo- ming. He called attention to the He made it clear it was not his character of evidence offered before the senate tigating committee. declaring most of it to be of the flimsiest nature, and to the bitter partisan attacks being made on (Continued on Page Nine) Slaying of Kansas City Divorcee Remains Unsolved But Case of Colored Janitor Is Taken Up as Main Lead In Attempt to Unfold Mystery KANSAS CITY, Mo., the slaying of Dr. death, police today faced a number of unfolding leads. These involved a mysteriou: ous sanitarium “deal,” an unexplained influence over Dr. Wilkins. «But all the avenues pursued re- volved in some manner about the negro, who had heard his employer talk about jewels and valuable pa- pers, and who is alleged to have owned the rusty pocket knife found beside her mutilated body. Davies is known to have dominated the woman on certain occasions, and onee, it is said, attempted an as. rsault upon her. The negro is under ‘arrest and, according to I. B. Walston, chief of detectives, is tightly enmeshed by @ chain of circumstantial evidence. Besides the negro, Charles Wil- kins, a brother of the slain woman, and B. F. Tarpley, a devotee of the pretty adventuress, are held. The negro, who had been the cause of a quarrel between Dr. Wil- Kins and her brother, Charles, is the last person reported to have been gwith the woman before her death. He was at the Wilkins home (Continuet on'Pagé Nine) of the leases had been fraud are pending against him in the courts, Martin F. mrttleton of the Sinclair counsel told committee members that their course was a “monstrous proposition’ and an outrage.’ Senator Walsh did not agree with the Sinclair attorney but some com- mittee men wanted more time to think it over and adjournment was taken without a decision. The ar- gument will be resumed tomorrow. Soon after the committee ad- journed, Senator Dill, democrat, ‘Washington, a member, started a debate in the senate in which he de- clared Littleton’s appearance in the case demonstrated powerful influ- ences were at work to stop further investigation. Recalling Littleton had questioned pene 21 i esis Raa ocean Put the Best Foot Forward You have often heard the °ad- vice to “put your best foot for- ward,” in every undertaking. Your best foot forward is not enough. It is necessary to put your best foot forward in the best and most effective way. Many good merchants have their best foot forward and it is not generally known. There are good merchants right here, with good locations, the right goods, priced right and a sincere desire to render good ser- vice. The best foot forward, but must be stumbled over to find it, because of lack of effective adver: tising. It has been said that the super- for mouse trap maker will th beaten to his door, nvited by adve inspect your product, a they must be invited again, for others are doing it, March 21,—Seeking to pierce the veil of mystery which hides Zoe Wilkins, whose gaming at love and intrigue ended in gruesome is quartet whom the woman feared, an equally myster- and the knowledge that Dillard’ Davies, negro janitor, wielded Return of prosperous conditions for the sheepmen of Natrona Coun- ty Is indicated by the announce- ment of the Casper National Bank that flockmasters of the county through that institution have con- tracted $80,000 lambs for fall do- livery at am fiat price of $10.50. Contracts have been signed at a rapid rate during the last’ two ‘weeks, the majority being sold to Prospective feeders of northern Colorado. Contracting of lambs before the $850,000 WORTH OF LAMBS CONTRACTED BY SHEEPMEN Peet the general crop arrives has not been nego- tiated since war times. Prices which sheepmen are obtaining this year mean much to Casper and central Wyoming since contracts signed through the Casper Nation- al alone amount to $850,000. Over $2,000,000 worth of lambs probably wilil be contracted before the lamb- ing ‘season opens. © This return from the industry exelusive of the wool clip will far exceed that real- ized for several years and will Prosperity of e city and state. ‘ authority to proceed with passed on in a resolution of congress, “fairness and ‘justice’ Sinclair should not be compelled to the authority of congressional com- mittees to question witnesses, Sen- ator Dill said: “It was extremely significant that this move should be made just when we were about to question Mr. Sinclair and Mr. Hays (Will H. Hays) regarding the reported fund of 75,000 shares of oil stock to pay campaign debts.” It also was to be noted, “that the great eastern newspapers all began to find this inquiry nauseating on the very day we exposed the tele4 grams from the White House to McLean—the man who confessed he lied fo the committee.” “They didn’t think so," he contin- ued, until we began to get close to big Republican officials, Until then with comparatively small culprits involved, they were content; now we find the most brilllant member of the New York bar retained to head off the committee.’ Senator Reed, Democrat, Missour! suggested that “the sickening effect” was heightened by “‘the fact that the department of justice is paral- yzed and actually is used to protect sel for Harry F. Sinclair waged an inconclusive mittee today in an effort to have their client ex- the inquiry after the validity and contending that in testify while charges of some of the culprits; that the chief executive has failed to put some one at the head of the bureau who would put its machinery in motion. WASHINGTON, March 21—The right of the oil committee to pro- ceed with its inquiry into the leas- ing of Teapot Dome and related sub- Jects was challenged today by coun- sel for Harry F. Sinclair when he returned to the witness stand for questioning about his possible rela- tions to the dramatic disclosures of recent weeks, Attorneys for the operator based their objection on the Walsh resolu- tlon adopted by congress, directing annulment of the ofl leases. They pointed out that the resolution de- clared the leases were made und circumstances indicating fraud and corruption and said if this be true the ‘committee has ascertained what it was directed to ascertain. Ina long argument Martin W. Littleton of the Sinclair counsel con- tended’ that by the resolution con- gress not only had brought to an (Continued on Page Five) AXE ASSAULT IS UP FOR TRIAL IN COU The “wild” party held at the RT HERE aly recovered from the injury and Rhinesmith apartments in Evans-| will be one of the principal witness- ville last fall in which S. C. Wenta was hit in the head with an axe while lying on a davenport came to a | today in district court. Dodge han. non, one of those alleged to hay taken part in the ning’s enter- tainment, went on 1 at 1:30 this afternoon for assault with t to kill. He js charged by the state with being the welder of the 1 that sent Wenta to the hospital with es for the state. Shannon was steriously missing for the next f after the trouble. The sheriff's office had NW the roads north being watched as Shannon was reported -to arted for the Canad line This later rre Shannon wa the 3atews Hole countr s been out on bond since a month after hel lot by a fractured skull, The latter hasi was arrested, In Nomination Jennings Says LONG BEACH, Calif., March 21.—(By The Associated Press).—Al Jennings, former train robber, now evangelist and politician, will tell senate oil probers of a $1,000,000 cash payment that “bought” the nomination of the late President Harding, according to his statement to the Long Beach Telegram before he left last night for Was’ ington. In his statement, made in the of- fice of Captain of Detectives J. B. Worley, Jennings, friend of the late Jake Hamon, leader in Okla- homa Republican politics, declared that “the m er mind who con- trolled the 1920 Republican national convention and practical en- gineered the nomination of Warren G. Harding for president upon pay- ment of $1,000,000, is an easterner, an ex-senator, prominent in na- tional Republican circles. I will tell his name and the whole story to the senate committees at Wash- ington.” The subpoena served on Jennings to testify before the Washington in- vestigators followed his statement earlier in the week to Captain Worley that he was in possession of testimony regarding Jake Hamon's reported efforts to swing influence in the 1920 Republican na- tional convention. Worley notified Washington of Jennings’ story and the former train bandit was summoned to ap- pear before the senate committee. Last night he took the train for the national capital. In response to questions as to the source of the alleged $1,000,000 pay- ment, Jennings sald that it came from oil: interests, but he refused to detail the negotiations further until he appears at the ‘Washington He pata was @ personal friend SINCLAIR FIGHTS APPEARANCE AS WITNESS ON GROUNDS OF LAWSUIT PEOPLE ARE Charges of Fraud In Lease Negotiations as Set Forth In An- nulment Suit Should Excuse Him, Attorney Says In Scoring Methods of Conducting Probe WASHINGTON, March 21.—Coun two hour legal battle with the oil com cused from’further questioning. Challenging the committee’s Witness Dies, Thett Charge Is Dismissed The charge of automobile theft against Don Elliott, which was to have been tried in this term of court, was dismissed yesterday by E. H. Foster, prosecuting attor- ney. The owner of the machine nas since died in a local hospital thereby removing the principal witness for,the state. Elliott. was one of the two youths who were said to have helped themselves to a car at the Liberty garage February 25 last and to have taken two high school girls out on the Salt Creek high- way 25 miles. The girls claimed that the boys refused to bring them back to town because they would not acceed to demands. The evidence was not deemed sufficient to try the youths for at- tempted rape so the charge of car theft was filed against them. pi wieie -ia a3) North Dakota Ballots Go to Pres. Coolidge FARGO, N. D., March 21,—North Dakota's thirteen votes in the Re national convention in will be cast for Calvin with only a few scattering returns remaining to be tabulated from Tues- day’s presidential preference en. dorsement primary in North Da- kota. Corrected figures from 1,826 pre- cincts out of 2,058 in the state gave President Coolidge 47,885 votes; Senator Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin, 34,008, and Senator Hir am Johnson of California, 30,167. Johnson’s headquarters in this state have conceded President Cool idge’s victory and the remaining precincts to be heard from are not expected to materially change the figures. Senator Jot en the rur son had bi nFol B-by re of means stickers, of the late Jake Har na he had “inside information Hamon's efforts to name the Repub lican presidential candidate in 1920 together with at Hamor pected to get out of It.” ABAKDONMENT OF PIPELINE IS CONFIRMED CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 21— The Illinois Pipe Line Company to- day applied to the Wyoming public Service commission for authority to abandon its pipe line from the Lost Soldier Oi} field to Fort Steele, Wyo- ming. The petition relates that the Producers and Refiners corpor. ation has constructed a pipe line serving the same territory and that there is no longer need for the Ili. nols Company's line. The Public service board set March 27 as the expiration date of a period for filing Objections to granting the applica tion. that ex CHURCH DRIVE 5 GOING OVER The drive for funds which St. Marks church 1s conducting for its now building 1s progressing very satisfactorily, most of the people res- ponding willingly and giving to the point of real sa¢rifice. One woman 4s giving up the purch of a wash- ing machine in order that she may donate the money to the church building, That is but one example of the spirit with which the congre- gation is taking hold of the project. The committees at work expect no difficulty in reaching the mark set and hope to go well beyond it. 2s He weet hte RANCHER DEAD WIFE 1S HELD DEBUQUE, Colo., March 21— Jake Gilman, rancher residing six- teen miles west of here died late last night as a result’ of two gunshot wounds said to have been inflicted by his wife. Mrs. Gilman is being held in jail pending the outcome of @ corner’s inquest which has been set for this afternoon. George Bar- nard, a neighbor of the Gilmans {s sald to have been talking to Gil- man when he was shot. He will be a witness at the inquest. —————_____ Boxcar Used as Sleeping Quarters Scorched by Fire The fire department was alled out at 4 o'clock this morning to a box car on the Burlington tracks. It Was necessary to string about 900 feet of hose in order to get to the car which was used as the home of four workmen. ‘The interior was all that was burned. DITION $700,000 PAID FOR PERMITS IN CAPITAL ‘SPLIT sIK WAYS, SUD Startling Tale of Big Liquor Steal Told Daugherty Investigat- ing Committee. WASHINGTON, March 21.—Unfolding a new maze of startling charges having to do with illicti withdraw- als of whiskey in 1921, and which involved payments ageregating $200,000, John Goront, president of the Alps Drug Company of New York, today told the Daugh- erty committee that the money was “split” six ways. In brief Goront's story was. Fifteen dollars a case was pala for permits to withdraw the whis- key. The fifteen dollars, he sald, was “split” this way: Four dollars a case to the prohi- bition director (in 1921). Two dollars a case to Mannington, one of Attorney Gen- eral Daugherty'’s friends who had an office in the “little green house on _‘K’ Street.” One dollar to the druggist in whose name the whiskey was with- drawn. One-dollar to Goront. Fifty cents to assistant United States Attorney L'Esperence of New York. Six dollars and a half to Will Carr and Owe. Murphy. Mannington had to split his $2 three ways, Goren! said Orr told him, and that some of it went to the late Jesse W. Smith, attorney General Daugherty'’s “bumper and friend.” “This committees needs th dence of Howard Mannington, ator Ashurst sald. “I have reason to belfeve that there is a conspiracy with the attorney general to spirit Howard Mannington away to Eu- rope, where he cannot be reached. “I demand that Secretary Hughes be asked to furnish the orlg- {nal application for mannington's passport and that he be caused to be returned.” “I understand he ts on the Dawes committee in Europe,” Senator Wheeler put in. T deny every ‘impifcation of wrong doing on the part of the at- torney general in this proceeding,” Mr. Howland put in “Then I demand you produce Howard Mannington,” returned Sen- ator Ashurst. “Don't worry, Mannington will be here if we want him.” Howland said he would endeavor to produce Mannington, “We will bring him hera tf we can,” Howland explained, “and we want no implication that we are suppressing evidence.” - The committee was suppressing evidence to Mr. Daugherty, he said. Howard Wheeler told him he had “uttered @ le. “We're getting pretty low,” said Howland, “And you know {t {s a falsehood,’ continued: Wheeler, In the discussion Wheeler told Howland that “framed up evidence won't go on the witness stand.” WASHINGTON, March 21.—Morg collections of $1,000 bills were un- earthed today in testimony before the Daugherty committee. This time they were for fllicit withdrawals of whiskey from federal warehouses. John Goronl, president of the Alps Drug company of New York, testt- fied that after being refused with. drawals by Prohibition Commt: lon. er Hart, he had paid Owen Murphy, (Continued on Page Twelve) VICTIMS OF JAP SHIP DISASTER BELIEVED DEAD TOKIO, March 21.—(By The Associated Press) .—= Although rescue work is being continued vigorously, the fear grew today that 18 survi yors imprisoned in the after compartment of the Japanese navy submarine 43, which has lain 26 fathoms deep on the ocean bottom off Sasebo since Wednesday, hav from the inte Dwentysix men cf the crew succumbed to suffocation. Signals esse) mae fuchetn aaa in th compart. nt of tl a collision tt nav nd ‘8 now r smoth- a quarters, of their crampeg