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

The Weather Unsettled WYOMING: DRUG TRAFFIC IN FE SPER, ‘age s FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1924. 9°) YUMHOH oe DERAL QADINANCEMUSTSTAND COUNCIL Spring Floods|iMON FRIENDS YT AULES AFTER LENGTHY HEARING Play Havoc Ini) i WZE Region West) COMMITEE ing Business Transactions on Sunday Presented in Open Meeting. Temporary annulment of passenger trains between Charge of Convention - Casper and Lander on the Chicago & Northwestern, ‘De 1” to Be Sifted a. ites dbainknca recently passéd? by the? city | counell paralysis of Western Union wires to Lander and brief To the Bottom. Arguments for and Against Measure Restrict- : interruption in Burlington traffic, west and northbound, ich provides for the closing of grocery stores on Sun- 4 , ° day except that they are permitted to sell a few perish: [Were developments of the last few hours in flood com. able S yoareas BES Ope AOL ee ony is wiven:8 de notorious for its high water. They in places but no rise in the volume trial or until something be R o S| region is the same in which the |of water has been reported since 2 to a common agreement by members of the city council | Burlington suffered a million-dollar] a, m. today. last night gathered to give a pub- flood loss last fall. Present trouble WASHINGTON, April 4.—Three additional witnesses who are to be questioned about reports of “oil early today following reports of Harlingen, Texas, who were friends damage to the rallroad's. bridge over of the late Jack Hamon of 2 deals” at the Chicago Republican the question and to : 's charged to melting snow, the te-] NORTHERN WYOMING national convention in 1920 were lo hearing on a sult of warm weather. adh ia oeeinsiee if they deemed . REPORTS FLOOD summoned today by the of! com- pia 1° The Burlington resumed service] simRIDAN, Wyo. April 4-| mittee. it advisable. west and north at 9:30 this morn- : 3 hey H. W. Batard z The contract for paving, in Dis- ing wher passenger train No. 29,|2Urlington’ ratiroad trains running % Bey Let athe allard bas 08 so SN Hs Denver to Billings, crossed a bridge|east out of Sheridan were.cancelled| A™S*!s: Caltfornia, John Smith of trict No. 86 which is an exten: baht difaite seek ten en ee Paris, Texas, and J. ¥, Baughan of of the East Second street paving ; in repair after having been weaken- ‘was awarded to the Warren Con- Okta- |SUNDAY CLOSING LAW TO BE GIVEN TRIAL A Newspaper for All the Family, Ciean, Unbiased, and a Booster for City, County and State Che Casper Daily Crinaw NUMBER 139. PRISON EXPOSED SENATE PROBE OF OAUGHERTY FOLLOWS NEW LINES, REPORT Secretary Weeks Turns Over Papers to Com- mittee but Hearing Is Delayed for Time, WASHINGTON, April 4.—The far sweeping eye of the Daugher- ty Investigating committee today encompassed a vast array of scat- tered activities including alr sev- vice frauds, drug smuggling and federal paroles at the Atlanta penitentiary, transactions at a Daugherty bank in Ohio, and re ported liquor drinking at the Two Hearings Are ‘Lost’ In U. S. Capital By WILLIAM C. LYON. (Copyright, 1924, The Casper Tribune.) WASHINGTON, April 4.—In the whirl pool of con- gressional investigations now playing hide-and-seek in the halls of congress, two hearings have been completely lost. They were perfectly good hearings and had a “big gallery’ when they were going good. Teapot Dome developments set the first oneptors who were flocking into the Rus- aside, and ‘Just plain disinterested-| sian hearing back in January. Sen- ness broke up the other, The first | stor Lentroot, who was a member of was the Borah committee investi-| tno committee, also was chairman gating Russian propaganda under| of the sub-committee that was hear- a resolution to recognize the Soviet/ing the Teapot Dome testimony.| “little green house on K street.” government. The second was the| np those d. Teapot Dome was not J. E. Dyche, former warden of investigation of propaganda in con- ating much excitement and Len-| the Atlanta prison, told of exten- nection with the Bok peace plan. |rcot was a fairly regular attendant| Sive use of drugs among prison ed by the high water. Oniy two spans of the structure, which crosses the Badwater, were affected by the water and only two hours delay to the passenger schedule re- sulted. The Northwestern has lost no bridges but ts having trouble with spans at Powder River, at Moneta and west of Riverton. The Western Union has no service west of Sho- shoni, it was announced at the of- fice here. The company's lnes in this district follow the Northwest- ern railroad. The telephone. com: er ‘a ny for $2.82 per (Continued on Page Twelve) homa. lon . compa: : ware yard. The curb and gutter contéace “was also awarded to that company. Councilman Pelton voted against the paving contract on the grounds that the price was excessive but since the property owners of that district felt that they were gct- ting a square deal the remainder of the council voted in favor. About 200 interested citizens at- tended the session last night and there many different opinions were voiced on the closing ance, the aud- BERKELEY CALIF.—An earth quake shock, recorded on the Unt- versity of California seismograph Was felt in Monterey, Oakland and San Francisco and Stockton. No damage was reported. EL PASO—Mexican officers along the border are watching for Adolfo De La Huerta, former Chief of the rebellion reported to be in the United States, WASHINGTON, April 4.—The senate legislative program was tho subject of another White Hodss breakfast conference today attended for the remainder of the senate ses- sion, and speeding up legislation to allow congress to adjourn by June 1, Besators attending said the sitaa- ie ee He While certain: members: of” PARIS—The French Chamber of | Din” Teported te service to Lander|-by-eight Republican senators, tion was disciissed only in a general fen¢e felt that the closing law was] aeputies by a 408 to 151 vote, re- In tact at 3 p. m. today. The conference was the second] way. an entering wedge for “blue laws” it was generally agreed that Sunday closing is a question of health and fairness rather than of religion. Attorneys Roy Bulack and W. W. Lacy were present for those who favored the repeal of the ordinance. Attorney Lacy presented their argu- ments to the council and upset all previous arguments when he admit- ted that the question was not a re- /ligious one and that the council had a right to pass Sunday ordinances if it so desired. He attacked the present ordinance on the grounds that it was gross discrimination against certain businesses and that it was unconstitutional as worded. The city ordinance as drawn up and passed does not conform to the state statute and the council hag ex- ceeded its authority in passing it, according to Mr. Lacy. Among the differences, he sald, are that gar- Sges and filling stations are except- ed from the closing regulation by the city ordinance. These are not excepted by the state statute, livery stables being the only institutions referred to in this connection. The city ordinance excepts “rafl- roads or othe> transportation" while the statute excepts only railroads. ‘The state statute excepts cigars while the city ordinance does not. “By your ordinance,” said.the at- torney, “you give the right to a newstand or confectionery to sell cigars but if a grocery store sells cigars the proprietor is punished. ‘You cannot do more than your state statute gives you permission to do and whatever laws you make be- ond that are not worth the paper they are written on. We do not question your right to pass Sunday Ta but we maintain that this is gross discrimination. According to your law a man may sell a $4,000 car but he is prohibited from sell- (Continued on Page Thirteen.) Streams of that region 8re report-| within three days, for the purpose siatered ' confisencs ed to be overflowing their banksot Poincare government. in the new Those invited to take breakfast agreeing upon a concrete program | with the president included Chair. KANSAS CITY—Eight additional delegates of Missouri's Republican delegation were instructed for Presi- dent Coolidge. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.—Augus- tus Thomas, the dramatist, appear- ea to be elected delegate to the Democratic national convention. If his election is assured, it was under- stood, he will put Govefnor Smith's name in nomination. Six Months In Jail ‘Shop in Today’s Tribune Sixteen pages today. Not just 16 pages of type, but 16 pages completely crowded with live, snappy news and advertising. The Tribune today is proof that Casper is booming, that Casper has Wyoming's best newspaper. A thousand opportunities are offered. Take advantage of them. And watch for the Sunday Tribune. It will be full of news, local, national and foreign, high class features, the best comics and the most advertising. In a class by itself. That’s the Tribune—both daily and Sunday. REBEL FORCES IN HONDURAS WELL EQUIPPED Large Munitions Sup- ply Received at Puerto Cortez. ALBANY, N. Y.—Chiropractors are to be officially recognized in New York under an agreement reached by the state department of education and tho state medical society. Verdict Is ROME—Cardinal Hayes of New York, took possession of his titular church, Santa Maria in Via Lata. ‘WASHINGTON—Secretary Wil- bur said he was opposed to any project which contemplates a united army and navy servic POISON LIQUOR TOLL NOW 19 TOLEDO, Ohio, April 4.—Dena- tured alcohol and poisoned liquor continued io take its Ceath toll here with three additionn} fatalities to- day and last night, bringing the to- tal number of victims to 19, —_—_—_————— tion sentences. liberated 41% hours. The case of W. 8. Grace, father of Ray, on the same charge, went to the jury at 3 o'clock this after- noon. Alex King and William B, Cobb, attorneys for the defense, announced that verdict in the first would be appealed to the supreme court and Judge Brown fixed the appeal bond at $3,000. It was current rumor around the courthouse this morning that the jury stood 10 for conviction and two for acquittal from the first ballot and that there was no change in the voting until a decision was reached this morning after the jury return- ed from breakfast. Although there were eight counts in the original information Judge Brown had thrown two out and had instructed the jury that they could ‘find Grace CHEYENNE READY FOR BIG OFFICE BUILDING CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 4.—The ACCIDENTS ON INCREASE CHICAGO, April 4.-—A _ twenty percent increase in industrial ac- cidents in the United States in 1923 is estimated by the Nationa! Safety Council. The éstimate for the year fs 3,000,000 accidents, of which 23,- 000 were fatal. BOBBED-HAIR BANDIT OF GOTHAM ELUDES POLICE; CALLS THEM ‘BIG BUMS’ case Plasterers in Chicago are demand- ing a wage of $14 a day, SAN SALVADOR, April 4.—Ac- cording to reports reaching here from Honduras, 25 machine guns, ten cannons, four thousand rifles LECISLATIVE PROGRAM TALKED AT BREAKFAST RAY T. GRACE CONVICTED BY JURY Imposed by Court After Tardy Imprisonment of six months in the county jail and a fine of $2,000, which was the sentence imposed on Ray T. Grace this afternoon by Judge C. O. Brown in district court, constitutes a record for Wyoming in liquor viola- Grace was found guilty on tavo counts, possession and transportation, after the jury had de- Commissioner Enright to Find No Joy In Life Until Woman Robber Is Run Down by Vast Police Army; Five Hundred Detectives Assigned to Job By HARVEY ANDERSON. (Cayright, 1924, The Casper Tribune.) NEW YORK, April 4.—The spectre of a bobbed haired girl in a’salmon-colored turban and a three quarter length fur coat, rises before the eyes of New York’s police- men like a horrible nightmare after a rarebit. Just when Commissioner Enright would boast to some foreign dignitaries about his pride and joy, along comes the girl and stages a holdup. Not so rare, not joy- killing in itself, but invariably, she leaves a note calling the policemen “big bums” and dares them to get her. has assigned 500 detectives to the; pounds, took the wind out of the For the mecond time since she be-| case und has given uniformed men| commissioner's saila last time he or- gan her attempt to emulate the| orders to shoot to kill. dered the policemen to shoot to kill. exploits of Mollieut Purse, Eng-| The slight girl, described by her|An hour after a general alarm had land‘s womay bandit of the six-|victims as an Italian-American of|been broadcast for her, she enter- ‘eonth century, thé commissioner about five feet five inches and 119 (Continued on wage Sixteen.) and 200,000 rounds of ammunition have been received by the revolu- tionists at Puerto Cortes. Generals Dionisio Gutierrez and Toribio Ramos are advancing from western Honduras to attack from the rear the revolutionists who are besieging Tegucigalpa, The mo ment is said to be timed in acco ance with the program of the de- fenders ,of Tegucigalpa in the hope of lifting the selge of the capital Prantl ssn ys daiwa APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce hag appointed a committee to enlist capital in the erection of a large office building, to meet the present demand for office rooms, which far exceeds the supply. YEGGS TAKE SAFE FROM POSTOFFICE | WASHINGTON, April 4. — The nomination of Harlan F. Stone of New York to be attorney genera! was approved today by the genate judiciary committee, YUMA, Ar April 4,.—Bandits entered the Yuma postoffice last night and carried away in an auto. mobile truck a enfe containing ap. proximately $1,000 in cash and reg- istered mail. ‘The safe, blown open and looted, was found this morning. The bandits escaped, ers there, and said he made re- peated and ineffectual efforts to induce Mr, Daugherty and Heber Votaw, federal superintendent of prisons to help stop it. Instead, he said, Votaw's interference re. sulted in suspension of an ing vestigation started by W. J. Burns, Burns himself then was summoned with the records in the case. It took two guards at the commit- tee room door to handle the specta- at the Russia hearing. “Bill” Burns was a regular daily spectator and with him were a num- ber of his operatives from, the de- partment of justice bureau of inves- tigation, They were in close con- sultation with, the representatives of the state department who were lay- ing before the committee endless files of correspondence intended to prove that Russia propagandists in the United States were planning to “raise the red flag on the White House,” Teapot Dome bubbled over Burns’ bureau atd Burns promptly lost- interest in Rursia and Bolshé- vicks and such trivial. things. ‘Then Senator Walsh took his lttle ple who were supposed to have ad- (Continued on Pago Twelve) man Smoot of the finance com- mittee; Chairman Warren of the ap- propriations committee; Senator Capper of Kansas, head of the farm bloc, and senators McNary, Oregon; Weller, Maryland; Edge, New Jer- Sey; Couzens, Michigan, and Howell, Nebraska. WASHINGTON, April 4, —The senate committee in- vestigating the official acts of Harry M. .Daugherty reached out today in sev- eral new directions. Having failed to induce Mal 8. Daugherty, brother of the former attorney general, to come here with records of his Washington Court House, Ohio, bank, the committee decided to make a trip to Ohio to enforce its demands that the bank's books be thrown open to it. The date for the trip {s yet to be fixed. From Secretary Weeks the com- mittee received a batch of army ser- OFFICERS ON LOOKOUT Returned . retary personal xppearance for questioning was delayed until later. Senator Wheeler, prosecutor of the The police department and the sheriff's office here are on the look- out for a truck load of merchandise inquiry, then called to the stand J. B. Dyche, now an Oklahoma City stolen from a store at Burns, Wyo., two nights ago, The merchandise prohibition agent, and formerly war- included sults, overcoats, shoes and and $2,000 Fine Is den of the Atlanta penitentiary, who testified about narcotic prosecutions, Among other things, he said he had “kept after” Heber Votaw, superin- guilty on not more than three| jewelry. tendent of prisons in the justice de- counts, The one on which he was} The stolen articles are said to|Pertment, for nearly a year trying acquitted was that of maintaining al have been loaded into a truck be get him to send agents to stop nulsance at 827 East A. street whose destination was Casper aor doit ng. Votaw ts a broth. The case has attracted unusual ——— tae °F the Inte President Hard, Interest because of the large amount has athebath: voles of Mquor involved, Bonded whiskey THREE ARRESTED ON igommnittes, wars.thecn denen Geren and moonshine combined to the iapetnee pope Naa ibhn eh. value of $8,500 was seized at the Lane, who t ladyyeutarday: thks ace residence last November 16 p ‘ted yesterday th The court room was crowded ail LIQUOR CHARGES HERE er Ladi been eee a8, eee aes throvgh the trial and was well filled etnsing ‘to; Mota eogery rad es case, Three arrests on lMquor charges} Weeks asked that in view of the rou’ The state completed its side of| were made by the police depart-| portant evidence involved, bearing the case yesterday afternoon, the} ment last night in the vicinity of|on prosecutions now pending, the testimony being almost identical|the North Washington dance hall.| documents be kept in confidence, with that of the Ray Grace trial.| D. B. Holt, Tom Jackson and R. 8.| M, 8. Daugherty, whose books will The defense teatimony wag alsa] Salyons were those arrested, Bessie|be examined when the committes very similar to what it put on in’ Layu was arrested yesterday after-| goes to Ohio, hag failed to respond the first case. noon on sim charges. (Continued on Page Thirteen) GOVERNOR NUCRAY NOT WORRIED BY LONG LIST OF INDICTMENTS, CLAIM Jaunty ‘Air of Confidence Worn by Indiana Executive 'As Trial for Embezzlement Proceeds In Criminal Court But Real Ordeal Is Pending By ROBERT T. SMALL. (Copyright, 1924, The Casper Tribune.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 4 One hundred and fifty citizens of Indiana sit daily in the dingy criminal court room of the old fa hioned Marion county court house and watch their governor on trial The governor, a heavy set man, rather florid of complexion and with an abundance of hair just beginning to show its first streaks of gray, wears a jaunty air of confidence as he sits surrounded by half a dozen of the ablest lawyers of the state, They say here in Indianapolis | come. ‘There are two federal indict-) ough to make the average offender that ¢ rnor Warren T. MeCray| ments againrt him and he has be nm) quake. Th wift is and sureness is net tie least bit worried by the) ordered up for trial on April 21 be-| with which he directs a trial, the fifteen county indictments which| fore the famous Judge Al 3.| strict discipline he imposes upon stand against him. | Anderson, known out here as * His real ong lof fire is yet to B,” Judge Anderson's namo is the ttorneys appearing before him (Continued on Page Sixteen)