Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 24, 1924, Page 1

The Weather WYOMING—Mostly cloudy to- night and Tuesday, probably snow in south portion. Not so cold to- night in southwest portion, CASPER, WYO., MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1924 AIR IS CITED FOR (dues) ueproyery 28S") CONTEMPT AMERICANS ELEVATED 0 CARDINALS rchbishops of New York and Chicago Honored at Colorful Ceremony In Historic Hall of Consistory at Rome INVESTIGATION | [3 POSTPONED FOR TWO DAYS Illness of Senator Wheel- er Discontinues Daugh- 9 erty Probe | WASHINGTON, March 24.—Further hearings in the senate investigation of Attor- ney General Daugherty to- day was postponed until Wednesday. ROME, March 24,—Mgr. Patrick J. Hayes, archbishop of New York, and Mgr. George W. Mundelin, archbishop of Chicago, were made card mals’ of the Roman Catholic thurch at a secret consistory this morning in the historic hall of consistory at the vatican. The ceremony, carried out in conformity with centuries old ritual, was performed in majestic solemnity amid a set-»deeds of charity they had previous- ting of colorful splendot. ly performed. The two Américan prelates thus] ‘Phe consisto: Ty was participated raised to the dignity of princes of | in by all the cardinals resident in the church, were not present but] py ‘ ome. "The hall w: awaited notification of their eleva-| or coice aria! ava ee tion at thelr respective temporary o¢ the ‘cardinals, hahging to the Las _ eae ened in ome, in ac-| ground in graceulé fade mingled Soraance with custom. Cardinal) with the purple of. the monsignors ache 1a caterer. 2 the be ithe papal “hotibehoig;. Shits notification is called, at the Ameri. can colloge, and Cardinal Mundelein Paiste caanaee at the College of Propaganda, reaps es en (acer - papal gendarmes officers of the vat- pe. in his allocution, de \ican's armed forces and numerous Shipping Board Investigation Is Under way WASHINGTON, March 24.—The tivities, stven free transportation. Among specific facts were: transactions with the board, the na- financial settlement. circumstances of clared America to have attained | runction t w; aries in historic garb added primacy” in charity and that hel to the plicturesqueness of the scene. wished to reward this in an unus-| ‘The Cardi: ‘cord. J nals were ranged - ual way.’ Therefore, he elevated to (Continued on Page Two). the sacred purple two prelates whose qualities and the importance The postponement was due to the illness of Senator Wheeler, Democrat Montana, the committee prosecutor and to conflicting engagements by ther committee members. Senator heeler is confined to his bed with| of whose sees warranted it, @ severe cold. Another member,|: « Senator Moses, Republican, New et aaa an ae Hampshire, was engaged with the sald, “there are brothers more fa. Opening of a: new investigation Into| vorea by divine een Rio Grande land transactions. Sena-| through the tarvernne ee wee for Jones, Republican, Washington, | +10 Metstandes of taske rien nee was called oilt of the city. Chairmen Brooktiart asia that the pate brothers in their trials and dis- aster. inquiry would proceed on Wednes- day even if Senator Wheeler should “Our heart is touched and at the be unable to return. same time exalted toward Gcd -When the committee resumes on| thinking of and beho'ding theif ‘Wednesday it hopes to conclude with| magnificent acts of fillal plety and the testimony: and cross examina-| fraternal charity. We find pleasure ton of Miss Roxie Stinson, divorced | in expressing to them this exalted place in this distinguished wife of Jess Smith, assembly a fervent declaration of perch SREY our gratitude, that of a father who SPEED SOUGHT feels himself ‘much indebted on be- ON TAX BILL half of his suffering children. “We feel, however, that some- WASHINGTON, March 24.—In- ensive work to speed up consicer- thing would be wanting in this ex- ation of the revenue bill was in prersion of gratitude if special men- tion were not made uf the Position Prospect for the senate finance com- mittee this week and when it ‘took and part which the Untied States of America took and maintained in this concourse of charity. ‘From the moment in which our volce was first raised in behalf of the poor starving children of Rus. up today some of the few remaining | *ia. the episcopal clergy and people administrative provisions with the Ukelihood of reaching the rate sched- ules up for action, and Republican and Democratic members hurried their plans today for the contest ex- pected to develop on this SS WASHINGTON, March 24.—Cur- tis D. Wilbur, of California, the new secretary of-the navy arrived in Washington today, _ conferred’ with President Coolidge, and then was in- stalled at his desk at the navy de- partment. Secretary and Mrs. Wilbur were met at the station by two naval aides in one of the White House automobiles. Mr. Wilbur went direct to the White House and spent a quarter of an hour with the Pres!- dent ina general discussion of. his new work, . ‘I have no pre-concelved ideas as to naval policies,” the secretary said. of the United States responded to ection. BANK HEAD IS SUICIDE them in the first ranks in this cru- sade of charity. “This benefvience, shown every- where and by all. continued for a long time; we can say that it even MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 24.— Robert S. Polk former senior vice president of the Union and Planter Bank and Trust company, shot and Killed himself here today. * Coal Tar Dye Is Used to Prepare Fish for Market HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 24.—Painted fish have been found in sea food markets here, John 8. McKee, deputy secretary of agriculture, declared today. White, salmon, dipped in coal tar dye to give them a reddish tint, Were sold as rea salmo: still. continues, though gracually reduced in proportion as the days advanced in which the need dimin- ished. ‘Later we intimated that. fresh miseries and necessities had arisen in vatious parts of the world. It was’ only an intimation, as indeed diseretion counselled, but it was fufficient to enkindle again every- where fresh ardor to bestow money. and material according to the vary- ing possibilities. “The slight intimation was suffi- cient to move the hierarchy, clergy ané: people not only to maintain thelr primacy, but to push forward and upward so they are seen to ex- cel even the grand and wonderful Mr. Polk returned here from El Paso, Texas, Saturday, several days after a shortage of $41,000 was rep- orted by bank examiners. He died instantly. ne said. EXHIBITORS IN TRIBUNE SHOW ARE PILING UP Earl G. Burwell of the Casper Gas njuries Fatal to ‘ Salt Creek Worker Suffering from internal injuries sustained when he was struck by a car at Salt Creek last week, D. R. Mellis, 62 years of age, died at 4 P. m. yesterday at a Salt Creek hos- pital. It had not been supposed at first that the man was seriously in- jured, but his age is thought to have had much to do with the ser- iousness of the injury. The deceased was employed by the Midwest Re-| Appliance company has arranged fining company, having been at the| with the Tribune Exposition depart- oll field for only a short period. Two} ment to display many of the attrac- nephews there survive him. tive gad appliances handled by his The body has been brought into] firm. A Clark-Jewel gas range with Casper and is now at the Shaffer-| the well known Loran oven heat re- Gay chapel. gulator will be displayed in the x1. - model kitchen where actual demon- SHIP IS SUNK strations of the efficiency of this pro- ED duct will be made. In the model laundry will be placed the . Snow GRAVESEND, England, March 24.—The American steamer Amerl- White Cabinet clothes dryer. It is ornamental and will prove one of the can Merchant and the’ British steam- er Matatua, collided off Thame- feature attractions of this part of the exposition, The model living room with the beautifully designed mantle will con- tain another of the firm’s products known as the Radiant fire gas heat- shaven today. The Matatua sank, and it is variously reported that from one to eight of her crew were killed and several others injured, The American Merchant, formerly the United States Transport @isné er, The design of the heater will be of the period type and will add con- siderably to the attractiveness of the model lying room, An article which was formerly intended for the of 7,555 tons gross, left New York] as the Minneapolis heat regulator March 13 for London, The Matatua| and will be instaled in the model Was of 8,010 tons gross, built in| Uving room of the exposition, 1904 at Belfast, and owned in South-| Arrangements are being made Bmptom 2 ~~ with this firm to install a number ef. their other interesting and usefut products handled by them. These include the Bryant tubular bofler and from {ts neat appearance.one {s inclined to feel that basements of homes are intended for other pur- Poses more interesting than places to put rubbish. Another of these products is the gatage heater and from its description it 1s considered fool proof as well as being automa- tic, and with the garbage incinerator which this firm handles and _pro- poses to display at this exposition will make a very interesting and at- tractive showing of a part of the many products handled by them. Mr. Burwell is interested in the arrange- ment of this exposition because it affords an economical and genuinely comprehensive plan. and shows the correct way in which each and every article should appéar in these rooms. Mr, Shikany of the Shikany Shoe and Clothiig company has seen the advantages afforded exhibitors at this exposition and has made ar. rangements to display two pairs of shoes. Mr. Shikany like a number of other merchants and dealers was quick to see the value of such a dis- play, It is estimated that fully 20, {Continued on Page Nine) i most expensive homes and business buildings has now been made avail. able for every home. It is known step. CURTIS WILBUR TAKES UP WORK IN WASHINGTON AS CHIEF OFFICER OF THE NAVY @vhile_I_pick up the threads.”* “big navy man,” he said: navy.” base controversy. ies for forty years while I have been considering legal matters before I make any decision with respect to Alameda,” he said. Newest In Every Line.of Cars Will Be On Exhibition ‘At the Arkeon—Prominent Officials Here From Denver for Show—Entertainment Program Offered house investigation of the shipping board got under way today with a demand on the board for detailed information concerning all its ac- The investigating committee pre- sented shipping board snd emer- gency fleet corporation officials with a long memorandum listing the kinds of information expected, rang- ing from the construction costs of reach ship to the names of persons requested ‘The names of all buyers, builders and claimants who had had business ture of these transactions and the final The names of all employes with salaries exceeding $3,000, by whom they had been employed and dis- charged, and the reasons for each ‘I am taking it for granted that the naval establishment is well organiz- ed and will be able to run along Asked if he could be considered a “Well I am for a pretty good sized He said he had no definite opinion with respect to. the Alameda naval ‘Lam going to study both sides of that question and consult with men who have been studying naval polic- CHURCH DANCES] Modernist Wins HELD AGAINST Puts On Barefoot Spec- Potter upheld the moder tacle During Service Virgin Birth NEW YORK, March 24,—Rev. Francis Potter, pastor of the West Side Unitarian church, defeated Dr. John Roach Straton in a debate be- fore that father, and three judg doctrine, Joseph was Christ's were unan imous in giving the decision in his favor. Dr. Straton, in an Impassioned ap- peal, insisted belief in the doctrine of the virgin birth of Christ w: NEW YORK, March 24,— Some of the clergymen who es a . , | Sent al to Christianity’s tenets, but acted as an unofficial jury} Roy. “potter pointed out that Christ expressed approval today|himsci¢ had never referred to the of barefoot dancing as per-| Virgin birth and argued that men formed in the historic church who declined to believe in the Holy Bes Miao seanitig. Ghost as the father of Jesus Christ Six barefoot girls, clad in flow.| Were certainly entitled to be classed ing garments of silk gave “The Rit, |, Christians, naming Charles .W. ual dance of the Della Robbia an.|HUet and. William Howard Taft rare among his supporters, Several score clergymen acted as jury at the invitation of the Rev. Dr. William Norman Guthrie, rec. tor of St. Marks, who recently was requested by Bishop Manning of the New York Episcopal diocese, to discontinue the dance services he has been holding periodically. The dancers appeared both in the afternoon and evening. Admission was by card only and thourands were turned away. The police had to regulate the crowd outside the church. offered to let Bishop Manning appoint twenty-five of a committee of fifty to judge the dance and he ignored the offer; Dr. Guthrie said. ‘Then I invited the clergy and the public to witness it and judge for themselves, ‘The bishop's stand is autocratic. I take the democratic view and on this dance I wil! stand or fall.” 5 The rix dancers symbolized Birth, Death, Pain, Pleasure, Conscious- —————___ THIEVES BUSY OVER WEEKEND Thieves were busy in Casper over the week end. 'T! Yyoming Groc- |S company, 217 East Midwest aye- nue, was broken into, last night the robbers entering by breaking the glass in the front door. Severat cases of cigarettes were taken. Just how much was taken is not known but one case and two sacks filled with cartons of cigarettes were later dis- covered in the Nicolaysen lumber yard where'they had been cached. The Campbell Johnson company's shoe display window was broken into from the rear and one pair of shoes was taken early Sunday morn- ners, and the Virgin Spirit of earth. | ing. They danced to the music of the| \ No clue to the thieves has been organ and a harp, found. ANNUAL AUTO SHOW OPENS TONIGHT: = BY SPARK PLUG : Motordom’s Four Hundred will enter upon a true classic tonight when the Casper Third Annual Automobile Show will shift into high and be off in a cloud of dust on its annual attempt to pleage the public. Promptly at 7:30 p. m. the doors of the Arkeon will swing open to hundreds of waiting Casper citizens, anxious to avail themselves of the world’s of information which they will find within. ; Display.cars are ready and many of them have already been taken to their show spaces. Men have been busy Mon- day morning in every salesroom ‘| with sponge and chamois giving a never to be forgotten lustre to every cay, Decorations and other like in- dications point to one of the most elaborate spectacles of this kind ever held in Casper or the state of Wyoming. Versatite entertainment has been provided by the committee for the occasion, Three young ladies who sing, and dance, and on. be. hind the footlights will do their best to please the auto show crowd. A premier banjo artist, imported from the Denver show is reported to be a crowd thriller and is in a class by himself. The Arkeon orchestra. wili be featured throughout every eve- ning. * Tho importance of the Casper (Continued on Page Two) oes gg ee Members of Dail May Quit Cabinet DUBLIN,. March 24.—Joseph Mc- Grath, who resigned as minister of industry and commierce, declared that he and two or three others will resign membership in the Dat! Eire- ann, tomorrow, EIGHT KILLED IN COLLISION METZ, Lorraine, March 24.—Eight persons werd killed -and eleven others injured in a collision today between the Ostend Basle express and & freight train, HORSE KILLER RECEIVES FINE OF $100 ONLY Because he was a man of good|ing. ‘The magistrate fined him character, because he had been sup- | $190. porting a mother 65 years of age] img original charge against Mit: and had killed a horse in order to provide meat for the family larder and not from any criminal tendency, because it was the custom to kill horses for beef in South Dakota, and’ because the market value of the animal could not have been more than $20 at the most, C. Mitchell was permitted to p guilty to a petty larceny charge before Judge R. R. Rose this .morn- LAWYERS MEET chell was that of grand larceny but Prosecuting Attorney HE. H. Foster thought it best to be lenient with him inasmuch as he had killed the meat for consumption in what was represerited as a time of great need. Mitchell is a worker in the Salt Creek field and it was while there several months ago that h killed a colt belonging to “Smokey” Rowen and cut it up for beef. Hard circumstances had forced him to the deed, Mitchell was slated to be tried tomorrow in district court on @ grant larceny charge. TUESDAY NIGHT Discussion of the minimum fee bill will feature the meeting of the Natrona County Bar Association to- morrow night at, the Henning ho- tel. Arrangements for the even- ing include a banquet and a regular program, the hour for being 6:18 o'clock, A n association's members notified W, J, Wehrli of t intention to be present, Those who have not are requested to call Mr, Wehrii before tomorrow hoon. DAVID MEAD DIES TODAY David M, Mead, 27 y convening | died at a loc mber of | is survived b by a mother ears of age, hospital Saturday. He wife « child and i How ll be bh aftern: tomorrow Muck Funeral home, Rey. L, H, Carter wil be in charge. t from A Newspaper for All the Family, Ciean, Unbiased, and a Booster for City, County and State Che Casper Daily Tribune NUMBER 129 BY SENATE SOLONS WANT ACTION TAKEN Big Debate on |pistrict Attorney Is Asked to Bring Pro- ceedings Against Oil Magnate—Vote Is 72 to 1—Committee Pushing Inves- tigation to Finish WASHINGTON, March 24.—The law officers of the government were asked tod by the senate to bring con- tempt proceedings against Harry F. Sinclair, whose lease of Teapot Dome started the rolling snowball of the oil in- quiry. By a vote of 72 to 1, the by its ofl commit certifying Sin. clair to the district attorney on a contempt charge because of his re fusal to testify further in the com mitte hearings An he before another witness senate adopted a resolution ansaction by which Sinclair helped e out the Republican national committee deficit after the 1920 cam- paign. Vivian said such a story was told to him by eph J. O'Neill, Hays publicity director, but O'Neil! C. C, Chase, custonts collector at El-| in a telegram read to the committee, so, and son-in-law of Albert B.| dented it. ll had refused to answer the com. In its examination of the witness, mittee’s questions on the ground|/the committee turned again to that it might incriminate him. His] stories of an “ofl deal” at the Chi- re cago convention which nominated considering | Harding. Meantime preparations the sinclair re: the committ lution brought In by . government couns in the ofl suits returned from the west, conferred with President Cool fdge and ‘announced that were completed to leave to the courts the refusal of Harry F. Sinclair to testify further, Before the questioning of Thomp- criminal : t < son began, there was a brief e: Proceedings in the case would begin | cursion into the matter of Sinclair pis r- grand jury here about) contribution to the republican na- April 10. tional committee to help make ur the defictt resulting from the 1 campaign, Senator Spencer, Republicay Q sourl remarked that he had that a subpoena was out fe W. Upham, the republican AN treasurer, “I now.ask that wo e4ET Odds and ends of testimony bear- ing on widely separated aspects of its inquiry went into the record of the ofl committee today. As if the committee men had. de. termined to push their task of in- vestigation to a qttick conclusion, witnesses sticceeded each other rapidly. and most of them were dis t missed with only a scant semblance | Chairman and sectrtary4 NY of cross examination. ceratfe national commit Carmi! A. Thompson of, Cleveland,|Senater Spencer. “I not. one of President Coolidge’s campaign | Doheny testified he gave $7 managers and a close friend of the|Wrd the democratic natlor late President Harding, testified that | mittee while its records show he had no knowledge of an ‘oll deal"’| lished only $8,000 from him at the Republican national conyen-| we are going into these matt tion of 1920*. ought to get both sides.” 1@ Harold Vivian, a reporter for the} Senator Walsh, Democrat, New York ‘Times, told the committee] tana, suggested that the regub he had received confirmation from|funds had been investigated the New York office of Will H. Hays] so far as they were involved in that Hays would testify to a st oll leases and Senator Dill, De crat, Washington, sald the repu n administration had been elect- ed and this made the inquiry into the republican funds pertinent. the suggestion of Senator the committee deferred a of Thompson who was at the Chi- cago convention as a Harding sup- porter. The witness sald he did not hear Jake Hamon, ofl operator and republican national committee- man for Oklahoma “make a prop- osition of any kind to Senator Hard- ing or his associates for the delivery of the Oklahoma delegatio “He certainly made no such prop- osition to moe,” he added. Reading from a prepared state- March 24.—Wil- | ment, Thompson said: Mam H. Anderson, resigned state | “I have been called before you to superintendent of the ant!-saloon | tel about a statement which one League, of New York, recently con- | Tiffin Gilmore (deputy secretary of victed on a charge of forgery,.| state “of Ohio testified before you must go to Sing Sing prison for a | that J was alleged to have made to term from one to two years, Su- | him concerning political deals and preme Court Justice Wagner rul- | other matters at the 1920 republi- ed today in denying the former dry | can national convention held in leader’s appeal for a certificate of | Chicago. easonable doubt. " reasonable doubt “If Mr. Gilmore was quoted cor- |Court Rules Dry Head Must Serve Year Prison Term NEW YORK, rectly in. the newspapers, he said MEW EXORE| Marcti 24-—Wit.'| hat tne conversation ho wan alloged laim’ H- “Anderson, resigned state | +. imave had with me was upon a Superintendent of the Anti-Sa- nia train leaving Chicago lock Sunday evening, tm- y after the convention, for ton. did not go to Washington from convention. I took the New York Central train known as the ‘Twentieth Century Limited, on Sun- day immediately following the con- ntion direct to Cleveland. “While on the train from Chicago to Cleveland, I met several friends, among whom I recall C. B. Stabley and wife and John Price and wife, all of Cl land. I engaged in conversation with them most of the time from Chicago to Cleveland. When I was not with them I was visiting with a prominent steel man- ufacturer, who discussed with me tlook for business. Being NEW YORK, March 14.—William |e"gaged in the ore and pig iron H. Anderson, former state superin- | business myself, this was a matter tendent of the Anti-Saloon League |°f much interest to both of us, as loon League of New York, today lost another battle in his fight against going to Sing Sing pris- on as a convicted forger, when Supreme . Court Justice Wagner | the denied his motion for a certificate of reasonable Coubt. i Anderson's only remaining re- course to avold immediate trans- fer to prison to serve his term of from one to two years would be the issuance of a stay of execu- tion by some justice of the appel- ate division. Justice Wagner's denial auto- matically cancelled Anderson's $5,000 bond on which he has been at liberty since his indictment by the grand 4 in July 1 the ¢ of New York will leave for Sing|W® Were at that time passing thru Sing prison tomorrow, to begin serv-|% Yery inflated period. ing his term of from one to two I do not recall seeing Mr. Gil- de-| More on the train and I did not have & conversation with him upon the referred to by him at any Mr. Gilmore must fused in this matter. equainted with Jake arrived in Chicago convention. I did not hear 1 proposition of any kind nator Harding or his associates of the Oklahoma del- certainly made no 11 hat Mr. Gil- s that I was interested rhaps in southern California, (Continued on Page Nine) years imprisonment for gree forgery. Colonel Williams of counsel, announced he render, his client to the morrow after supreme court Wagner today mer dry leader ficate of reaso conviction last third subject or time became Hamon after hi Anderson's would iff to- Justice had denied the for. motion for a, cert ple doubt from his him make WASHIN ‘ON, March —The house naval commit to- As day approved plans of the navy | m to establish an aviation base at | in Sand Point, Wash,