Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 2, 1924, Page 1

The the Weather | WYOMING: Thursday. day. \ “VOLUME Vill. N NOW DEA D OWNER OF FIED LIQUOR So Says Defense in Ray T. Grace Trial in District Court. Charging that Orville Grace, who died last October 31, was the owner of the $8,500 worth of liquor which was seized in a raid on the Grace home on East A street last Novem- ber, the defense in the trial of Ray ‘ry, Grace on Uquor violations rested {ts case at noon today. The principal witness for the de- fense was the mother of the defend- ant who told of the liquor being ought to the house October 16 on a truck and being piled in the base- ment. She stated that the two ‘Belcher boys, Bob and Fred, brought it there and that her son Orville, the following day, holed it up in the basement behind a false con- crete door, The case went to the jury early this afternoon with no indication of when a verdict would be. brought in. The court room. was crowded be- yond capacity this morning with numerous W. C. T, U, delegates and a class of 60 from the civics depart- ment of the high school in addition to the ordinarily curious spectators that have been flocking around the court room during the present term. The “Three Graces’ of religious and Uterary fame are ‘absolutely swamped in the present trial. There are so many Graces involved one or another that it took the first 4 day to get them straightened nt- Head of the list is Ray T., the defendant, $4 years old, slightly bald and a contractor by trade. He 1 at present sojourning at Fert Col- lins, Colo., but returned for the trial. Mrs, W, T. Grace, mother of the defendant, is the principal witness for the defense. With her snow white hair, her gold rimmed glasses and black satin dress she is a type seldom seen on a witness box. More or less in the background is W. T. Grace, father of the defend- ant. He goes to bat today or to- morrow on the same charge which was placed against his son. Hattie Grace, sister-in-law of the defendant, was to have been one of the principal witnesses. Opposing counsel put in so many objections to the line of questions asked her that about all she was able to do was to sit in the witness box and display a $1,000 mink wrap and corresponding clothes to match. Clara Mickler, sister of Hattie Crace, was on the stand for a few minutes. Her testimony was rela- tively unimportant. In addition to this was the ever Present spectre of Orville Grace 0 died last October 31 at Roches- ter, Minn. His name was brought up at least every five minutes dur- ing the testimon; Pablo tonigiesand i robable an Has Colder Thure- A Newspaper for All the Family, Ciean, Unbiased, and a Booster for City, County and State Daughertyand Weeks Should Be Indicted, Witness Tells the Senate Committee. WASHINGTON, April 2. -—Continuing his complaints about failure of the justice department to prosecute various waz fraud cases, H. L. Scaife, once a depart- ment investigator, told the Daugher- ty investigating committee today that in his opinion Harry M. Daugh- erty, Secretary John W. Weeks and others, ought to be indicted in the Wright-Martin aircraft case. The witness came to the Wright- Martin case after he had renewed his charges regarding sale of the Bosch-Magneto cOmpany and. had declared that on the very day the army airship Roma was destroyed at Norfolk in 1921 he had tried to start a department of justice in- quiry into that subject but had been blocked by William J. Burns. It was his judgment, Scaife sald, that the Wright-Martin case was one “calling for indictments.” Pressed by Senator Moses, Republican, New Hampshire, he ‘thamed Secretary Weeks, former Attorney’ General Daugherty, Charles Hayden, chair- man of the Wright-Martin board and Guy D. Goff, former assistant at- torney general as those who should be indicted. The indictments, the witness said, should be drawn up “on charges of conspitacy to defraud the United States government.” “But “all these facts,” Senator Moses intervened, “concern things which took place in 1918 and 1919, when Mr. Weeks was not secretary of war.” “But these letters were written after that,” said Scaife, referring to correspondence about proposed prosecutions. Scaife said his investigation into the Wright-Martin case was com- pleted and the matter ready for suit before he left the department of justice, but that “they refused to bring suit.” The witness said he had reported the facts to Mr. Daugherty, and that a promise had been made jn behalf of the depart- ment of justice to institute prosecu- tions. “This case had gone through every process of audit and review in the war department befo: came to department of justice, said. Letters exchanged between Sec- retary Weeks, Hayden and others, in 1922, were read by the witness. Mr. Weeks told Hayden, in one of the letters, that an appeal from air service officers to himself was pos- sible in the case of over paymentn. Another letter from Assistant At- torney General Lovett to William Hayward, United States attorney in New York, dated November 15, 1921, transmitted war departments records on the Wright-Martin over payment caso and directed that recovery pro- ceedings be started. In a letter dated November 23, 1921, Weeks told Hayden he would request the department of justice to take no further action in the caso until Weeks had talked with General Manager Hoyt of the Wright-Martin company. Scaife (Continued on Page Nine) OIL WRANGLE Is CONTINUED WASHINGTON, April 2.—With George White, former chairman of the Democratic national committee, in the witness chair, the oil committee renewed its wrang- ling today as to the relevancy of testimony relating to campaign contributions. Senator Spencer, Republi ff he knew what contributions had been made to the Democratic fund in the 1920 campaign by B. L. Do- heny and Harry F. Sinclair. Announcing that he would not ob- ject to the questioning of White on this line, Senator Walsh, the com’ mittee prosecutor, said the testi- mony sought was nevertheless wholly irrelevant. He deemed it im- portant to show large contributions by of] men to the Republican cam- paign fund, sald because from it there might come a legitimate in- ference that Republicans were in- fluenced unduly in granting oll leases, Senator Spencer inajsted, and White sald Stwelair made no contri- bution to the Democratic fund, Do- heny had given $9,900 during the (Continued on Page Ten) can, Missouri, asked White | ea. CASPER, WYO., W! — (duon®? APRIL 2, 1924, AIRCRAFT CASE INVESTIGATE Paving Plans Approved’ For New Districts Creation of two paving districts, acceptance of side- walk specifications, authorization of improvements in the tourist camp, voting to establish tennis courts on the city hall property, and granting to the George W. Vroman post of the American Legion the privilege of decorating the city with flags on holidays were the principal features of the special meeting held by thebe made, the work to be completed city council last night. The paving districts created were Nos. 35 and 38. No remonstrances had been recelved. District No. 35 lies on McKinley street from Fifth to Fifteenth and 38 is in the south- west part of the city lying between Raflroad and Cy avenues, The Casper Motor club had re- quested the council to make certain improvements in the tourist camp so that it might be ready for the tourist seazon. The kitchen will be made larger. Showers and toilets will be installed in separate build- ings, and other ‘mprovements will by May 1, On the southwest corner of tha clty hall two tennis courts will be constructed, prison labor being used for the work. The members of the Y. W. C. A. and of the Business and Professional Women’s club of the city will be privileged to use them. Morris Reagan of the Vroman post of the Legion was given per- mission to supervise the work of placing sockets in the sidewalk so that 12-feet flag poles may be set in these on days when it is desired to decorate the city in a_ patriotic manner. FIVE BURNED TO DEATH Ii HOTEL BLAZE Several Also Missing In Tragedy Reported From Grand Rapids. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 2 —Five persons are dead, five are in hospitals with serious injuries and several are missing as a result of a fire that destroyed the Living- ston Hotel, a six-story brick struc- ture in the business district, early today. The property loss is esti- mated at about $200,000. —— American women smoke cigarettes to uso up their surplus energy, ac- cording to a Now York health ex: pert. =3| Che Casper Daily Crime Hp HARLAN FISKE STONE TO SUCCEED DAUGHERTY NUMBER 137. Mutilation And |FiAMER DEAN Murders Laid (i COLUMBIA I. To Fanaticism|AW stHl0L 15 By ARTHUR PATTERSON. (Copyright, 1924, The Casper Tribune.) ATLANTA, April 2.—Religious fanaticisns is bélieved responsible for a number of murders and a case of self- mutilation which have occurred in the south recently. Quick action of surgeons and his own strong constitution are all that sved Herbert Tingle, a 17-; year-old farmer boy of Locust Grove, Ga., when he obeyed literally the Biblical injunction, “If thy right hand offend thee, cut it off.” He laid his hand on a chopping block and cut it off with an axe, swinging the heavy blade nine times before he severed the bone and the flesh. ‘Two weeks before that John Eva Winchester, an 18-year-old girl, living at Heffner, Fia., slew her sick father by stamping him upon the face end chest until she had trampled the life out of him. The girl acted at the command of her mother who declared that Jesus ordered the death of Winchester be- couse the devil was in him. Since then both have been tried. The mother was committed to an insane and the daughter was re- because it was shown that was acting entirely under her mother’s directions. At the time of the Winchester LAFOLLETTE TOPS COOLIDGE Early Returns From Wisconsin. Show “Favorite Son” Far In Front of President In Delegates Rock-Breaking Bird Hunted By Explorers NEW YORK,* April 2.—Un- daunted by failure of the expedi- tion to find a pink-headed duck in the wilds of Siam, a party of scientists said today to explore the valley of the Amazon in quest of a bird that breaks rock with its bill, swims, and resembles a bat. It is called .the Hoatzin, says George Coudert, a photographer, who {is to accompany a party of explorers for the University of Pennsylvania. Coudert said he was equipped with special para- ph ia for photographing the queer specimen. A good speci- men, he sald, was worth $50,000, ane ie he BOBBED HAIR TRIM SOARS CHICAGO, April 2.—The cost of bobbing a woman's hair is going up to $1.50 and a trim is to cost $1, ac: cording to action taken by the South Side Barbers Association, ! which expects to make the price general in Chicago. Objectors to the price raise con- tend that it takes the same amount of time and effort to bob a woman's hair as to cut a man’s and the latter {s charged only an aver- age of 75 cent: 3,500 GIRLS OUT OF JOBS NEW YORK, April 2.—At least 3,600 chorus girls are out of work in New York, it is estimated in theatri- cal circles. The closing of the sea- son for road shows soon will bring the number to 5,000, it is believed, Bad business, high railroad rat excessive expenses and the co: troversy between actors and mana. gers were given ax the chief reasons for the large number of unemploy- Governor Ts Made Witness WASHINGTON, April 2— The houne irrigation committee today voted to repent its request that the governor of Arizona appear to test!- fy in regard to the recent charges by him that Secretary Work using his position to favor the state of Colorado in the propesed Colo- rado river development, The vote was 7 to a The action was taken after Chair man Bmith had read a. telegram from the governor trom which he aid important business would pre- vent his appearance, Governor Hunt several days ago charged the interesta of Arisona weroapelng neglected in the propes: ed development, MILWAUKEE, April delegates to the two major when returns continued to come in today from the elec- tion of yesterday. Senator LaFollette’s candidates for delegates at large to the Re- publican convention had assumed a rather commanding lead early last evening and this held at a ratio of nearly two votes to one for the delegates pledged to President Coolidge throughout the night and today. The margit™for the Smith dele- gates over those of Mr. McAdoo was not as great, but it had in- creased steadily from the time the first returns were recetved up to the time when crippled wire ser- vice put a stop to the transmis- sion of returns for the time being early this morning. President Coolfdge, however, wil! probably have several district delegates, The count stood: 506 precincts out of 2,574 in the state give La Follette delegates, 67.108; Coolidge delegates, 31,508. With 455 precincts out of a to- tal of 2,574 precincts in the state reporting, the delegates for Al Smith continued to lead those for William G, MoAdoo in the .Demo- cratic contest. The count was: Smith de'egates, 13.587; McAdoo, 10,004, ‘Wet organizations in both Mil- 2.—United States Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin, Smith of New York, were the leaders in the contest for Senator and Governor Al party political conventions, waukee and in numerous out state counties have been active the last few days in working for Governor Smith's delegates and it is also thought that his candidacy will run well in Milwaukee. MILWAUKEE, April 2.—(By The Associated Press.)—Returns from 734 preclncta Out of 2,574 in Wis- consin give LaFollette delegates at large, 76,100; Coolidge delegates at large, 49,062. MILWAUKEE, April 2.—(By The Associated Press.—Returns from 624 precincts out of 2,574 in Wis- consin for Democratic delegates at large give: Smith, 17,980; McAdoo, 11,782. Utah Will Get Fort Duchesne WASHINGTON, April 2.—Bilis to give the Fort Duchesne reservation to the state of Utah as a branch agricultural college and to create the “Utah Nations! Park" !n Utah, were passed today by the senate. TWO K ILLED IN ELECTION CHICAGO, April 2.—A second killing in Cicero in 24 hours broke the early morning quiet following the turbulent village election yesterday, when one man was killed and numerous others naped, some of the victims being women, wounded, beaten or kid- Joseph Smith, a chauffeur, was shot and killed ina fight today, Armed ‘guards’ surrounded elec: tion officlata Jast night as they counted ballots and Chicago pelice and detective squads augmented county authorities in efforta to maintain erder, A dosen were kid- naped and held in Chicage during the day, Yrank Campont, alleged Noutenant ef a beer ru Ing gang, wae killed by detect! in an exchange of shots between him and his com panions and a group of officers, who stopped to question him, PUBLIO LAND WITHDRAWN, WASHINGTON, April 8.—With- drawal for pubiic entry of 1,608 acres of publ’c lands in fan Juan county, Utah, was announced by the dterion department, Coolidg ‘To the Purchas- ing Agent The head of the household is the purchasing agent for our biggest institution. Information 1s the only basis for intelligent purchasing. In order to fill this job she must know what, when and where to buy. The only way to keep up to tho minute on this great job {s care. ful reading of the advertising. Regularly in The Tribune lead- ing business houses are exhibiting the goods and wares of the world for the guidance and information of the buyers. Shop in the Tribune before shopping In the shops. CHAMBER BOOSTER TRIP (5 ROUTED SOUTH AND EAST FOR NEXT JUNE The Casper Chamber of Commerce booster trip this summer will in- clude Douglas, Wheatland, Guernsey, in Wyoming, and Scottsbluff, Al- Hance and Crawford in Nebraska, and will be taken during the first week of June, according to plans arranged by the committee which met last night. The trip this year is expected to be taken by more Casper business men even than was the case last year, At that time the towns in the northwestern part of the state were visited. RELIEF FOR NEW MEXICO IS PLEDGED WASHINGTO: April 2.—The house rules committee agreed today to bring up ct an early date a re- solution giving right of way to the nenate measire carrying $1,000,000 for relief of drought stricken arenas in Néw Mexico, Yonly tragedy tho crimes of Frank Mc- dowell, 19-year-old slayer of his parents and of his two sisters, were fresh in the public mind. He burned his two sisters to death at their home in Decatur, Ga., and a year later to the day killed his Parents in St. Petersburg, Fla., by shooting them as they lay asleep in bed. He declared that he com- mitted all these murders in tho effort to atone for the sin of cursing the holy ghost when he was a boy only 11 years old. His weird story was that as a child he blasphemed against the holy ghost becauge he found one day that buttons were missing from a clean shirt he meant to put on. Later he heard a preacher declare that such blasphemy was the un. pardonable sin and could be expiated through fire and blood. He insisting that in burning his sisters and shooting his parents he wis seeking such atonement. Mcdowell is in a jail at Clearwater, Fla., awaiting trial. Herbert Tingle, the eighth grade student who chopped off his own hand, is the son of a well to do farmer. The family had gone to bed and Herbert was supposed to be asleep. Instead of sleeping, how- ever, he crept silently through the back door of thy farm house to the woodshed. There he lit a lantern and hung it on » nail near the wood block. Then he picked up a heavy axe, placed his right hand palm down on the block, and began to hack at his wrist. He struck nine times, inflicting wounds that ranged from his wrist to his elbow. With his hand hanging by a shred of skin he ran into the house holding up the bleeding stump, and cried to his father and mother: “See I've done it. “If thy right hand offend thee, cut it off’." Neither then nor while surgeons dressed his wound did he lose con sciousness. He expressed no regret and refused to say in what way his right hand offended. For weeks past he had been in the habit of taking his Bible under his arm and going into the woods to remain all day. all day. The slaying of John Edwin Win- chester by his daughter, who was also named John, is unparalleled in the history of crime in Florida. The mother told the police she had been attending a series of religious ser- vices held by a healer evangelist and had become convinced that her husband was possessed of the devil and that {t was Jesus’ command that he be killed. She and her daughter dragged the sick man out into the yard, and there he was trampled to death as though under the hoofs of cattle, “My daughter {s not to blame," the mother said. “I commanded her to do it. I stood over her while she stamped my husband on the face and chest for thirty minutes. I threatened her if she showed the least sign of relenting before “he was dead, He cried for mercy, but I was commanded by Jesus to end CHOSEN TODAY Appointment as Attor- ney General Is Made After Breakfast Con- ference, White House. WASHINGTON, April 2. —Harlan Fiske Stone of New York fas been selected by President Coolidge as attorney general. Mr. Stone, a native of New Hampshire, and 51 years old, has served since 1910 as dean of Columbia University law school, and recently resigned to become an ac; tive member of the New York law firm of Satterlee, Canfield and Stone, He received law educa- ton at Amherst and Columbia, and was admitted to the New York bar in 1898, He is a director of the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Rafi- road company, and other corpora- tions, and is a Republican, although he never has taken a leading part in politics. Summoned to Washington yester- day, Mr. Stone had a breakfast con- ference today with President Cool!- age and was presented by the prest- dent to a number of his callers, in- cluding the Republican leaders of the senate. ; In selecting Mr. Stone, White House officials sald, the president believes he hax been able to as compiisithe purpose he announced Yesterday of finding a $75,000 mn $100,000 man to serve in a $12, Job. ‘The prospectiye attorney general {s not a stranger to the president, the two having been frien¢s since college days at Amherst. Mr. Coo!- {dge received his bachelor's degvee one year ahead of Mr. Stone. The names of Mr. Stone and Chief Justice Arthur H. Rugg of. the Massachusetts supreme judicial court have been the two most promi- nently considered by the president from the time of the retirement of Harry M. Daugherty, and: decision finally was made on Mr. Stone be- cause of the executive's feeling that Massachusetts already had more ro of high federal of- Mr. absence from Columbia for the past Stone has been on leave of year and his resignation as dean ofthe law school is effective at the end of the scholastic year in June. The resignation now will be made efdective immediately upon his con- firmation by the senate, however. His nomination was sent to the capitol today, Selection of Mr. Stone doubles the representation of New York in the cabinet, as Seci~tary Hughes 1s accredited to that state, RunawayYouth Is Apprehended CHEYENNE, Wyo. April 2.— Kenneth Peterson, a runaway boy from Colorado Springs, is in police custody here. He arrived from Portland, Ore., a few hours before he was arrested. Peterson says he left his home in Colorado Springs five months LID CLAMPED ON EPIDEMIC SALT LAKE CITY, April 2. —Machinery for com- batting the foot and mouth plague, now epidemic in Cali- fornia, went into operation today with the departire for their respective states of representative stock men, whose three day conference here, which adjourned yesterday resulted in the creation of a stringent quarantine program e Pleads For Action on Legislation WASHINGTON, April #.—Moans) session similar to that agroed wpen| New York; Brandegee of Connect! for speeding up legislation in the| last week by the executive and Re-| out; Willis of Ohio, and Watwon of senate were considered at a White! publican leaders of the house. Indians House breakfast today attended by| Benators atier ting the conference] ‘Tho conference today was the about a dozen Hepublican senators.| included Lodge of Massachusetts,| first of its kind held by the prost President Coolidge went over with| tho Republican leader; QOurtis of| dent although from time te time he his guests the entire situation, and| Kansas, the assistant Republican| has invited jndividual senators to an endeavor was made tq man out * program fap the pemainder pf the leader; Borah ef }daho; Moses, af New Hampshire; Wadewarth, of confer with him @n measures be fore the penata, to prevent ean, With the quarantine program al- ready in the hands of the authorl- tles of the various states concerned, ways and means for ite immediate the spread of that dis- exeoution are under discussion. It ts belleved concerted action will be taken to put the embargo into effect mmediately upon the arrival of the lelegatos at tho various state cap! F ma of the quarantine all mo ments of livestock will be under the rigid supervision of federal and state Inspecte Thoroughly aroused to the deadly peril threatening, every tnstrument ef selence will be thrown Into the arena ta stamp out the disease in ita Inetplency, Wontinued en Page Deny -’ the te