Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 6, 1924, Page 1

The Casper Sunday Trifume VOLUME 33. ; MAIN NEWS SECTION. CASPER, WYO., SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 1924. d “Mrsoyeryy Wig: MAIN NEWS SECTION. CASPER-ALCOVA IRRIGATION PROSPECT GROWS BRIGHTER FLOO D M EN ACE Ways and Means Will Be Found to Offset Excessive Cost of Construction as Estimated By Engineers, Congress- IS PASSING IN DISTRICT WEST Burlington Expects All Trains on Reg- ular Schedule Today; Northwestern Expects to Reach Shoshoni Flood conditions caused by sudden melting of snow on watersheds of the region west of here after playing havoc with railroad schedules and highway traffic for two days were believed possible return to normal last night to be passing with a conditions today. The Burling- ton railroad announces that train service will be resumed this morning on regular schedule. a Chicago and Northwestern is not so fortunate but expects to have @ train to Shoshoni today and one to Lander tomorrow. It was reported last night that bridges were being endangered along Salt Creek as that stream was reported to be steadily rising. Cas- pper creek just west of Casper was going down last night after it had reached a point considered danger- The Northwestern did not report much damage to its trackage boe- yond that which was announced yesterday noon. Pile driving were ent out to Powder River and work jwent forward to repair damage done iby a. weakening of the system there. onsiderable track was rendered useless temporarily at Big Sand Draw west of Moneta and at Kirby draw west of Shoshoni. Sand was washed over the tracks at those Points and a great deal of Work will be required to remove it entirely. The trains from Casper east and as far west as Shoshon! are expect- 100 ROOMS. IN NEW HOTEL 0 BE READY SOON Wednesday Is Set for First Guests at the Townsend. One hurdred rooms of the new Townsend hotel will be opened ‘Wednesday to receive guests. Prac- tcally completed and furnished, there still remains some work of finishing which will prevent the formal opening of the Townsend until some time in May, The offerings of conveniences and comforts of this new hotel are re- markable, are cosmopolitan in every respect. Some of the suites of rooms, especially those on the sec- Pend floor, are so charmingly fur- nished and decorated that nothing to excel them is to be found in.any other hotel in the west. Those who wish to view the in- terior of the Townsend may do so ‘Wednesday. At some time in the near future’a definite date for t formal opening will be set. -| writing experts, ed to be sent out on schedulé to- day. Burlington service between Bill- ings and Denver had been resumed last night though the southbound train was an hour and 10 minutes late. This service will be brought up to schedule. The state highway department had received no reports last. night of further damage along the roads than that which had been obtained early regarding damage to the bridge across Wind River where an ice jam carried out many piling. Repairs to this structure probably will not be completed for two weeks. MCRAY DENIALS "AR INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 5.—Wit by two handwriting experts forged notes were written by Gov case in the trial of McCray on ch his use of $155,000 of the funds Over the objection of defens: tion of the statement of the hand Both testified in substance, {t was their opinion that the signatures on notes of half a dozen “cattle companies” organ- ized by McCray had been written by McCray. They testified there had apparently been an effort on the part of the person signing the notes to disguise his normal hand- writing. The testimony coming at the con- clusion of the state's case, struck ike a thunderbolt upon MeCray's attorneys, They Wattled vainly to exclude the testimony from the rec ords. The notes of which the handwrit- ing experts made thelr declaration were given to the state board of agriculture by McCray as collateral in connection with his use of the board’s money. * Men whose names appeared on some of the notes testified during the trial that they had never signed them, while other witnesses who had accepted notes from McCray said they had been wu: man Chas. E. Winter Declares Readjustment of the reclamation system with a financing program extending over a period of 40 years instead of 20, reduction of the cost per acre to the settler by financial co-operation of his state and county, and recogrtition of Natrona county’s claims to a share of the millions-in oil royalties poured into the reclamation treasury from the county’s oil fields form the crux of a program expected to bring to realiza- tion Casper’s dream of the Casper-Alcova irrigation project. Winter is sponsor of the declaration in a letter to Harry B. Durham and Chas. B. Stafford, president and secretary respectively, of the Cas- per Chamber of Commerce, in which he also reviews at length all phases of the problem and reaffirms his policy of working for the project at all, times, Regardless of the fact that en- gineers’ estimates were unfavorable to the local undertaking in the light of past experience,’ Congressman Winter is highly optimistic regard- ing its future outlook based on de- velopments which he has enumerat- ed. The letter ts self-explanatory and follows in full: “March 29, 1924 “Gentlemen: “I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter, transmitting the resolutions, authorized by the Casper. Chamber of Commerce re- garding the Alcova-Casper Reclama- tion Project. The resolutions have been submitted to the secretary of the Interior, Your viewg have been urgently presented to the secretary (Continued on Page Three) YT SURVIVOR OF 283 HAVE BEE Congressman Chas. E. DIN WHICH SLAIN FINDS NO USE FOR GUN IN WILD WEST “Nine-Life” Hatfield Escaped Tragic Fate on Eight Different Occasions When He Stopped Lead “Nine-Life” Hatfield is in Casper and he is looking for a job. «+ He’s a small and modest man—having once been mar- ried—but he has been shot eight times. war-like but he’s been in many a battle. He doesn’t look And he can draw a .45 so fast that Bill Hart looks like a wooden HE STATE Signature on Notes Identified as That of Indiana Governor by Handwriting Experts Called by Prosecution to Tes- tify in Executive’s Trial for Larceny h the introduction of sensational testimony who said that in their opinion signatures on alleged companies the notes were purported to come from. Just before placing the handwriting experts on the stand, the state completed question- ing a long procession of Indiana bankers who for three days had been testifying as to the amounts Mc- Cray owed them on March 1, 1923. The state was attempting to prove that McCray had given the sta.> ernor Warren T. McCray, the state today rested its arges of larceny and embezzlement growing out of of the state board of agriculture. e attorneys, Judge Chamberlain permitted introduc- board of agriculture a false state mént of his financial condition in that {t showed only about $500,000 Uabilities on that dai # When the last of about seventy bankers bad testified, the total amount of McCray’s indebtedness was shown to have been $1,539,600 on the date in question. «Continued on Page Seven) U. S. DEPUTY AT CAPITAL HELD CHEYENNE Wyo., April 5. — (Special to The Tribune)—Earl W, (Shag) Wilson, chief deputy United States marshal for Wyoming, was arrested this afternoon, charged with ombezzioment of federal funda, When arraigned before United States Commissioner D, W, Gill ho declined to make bond and was o mitted to jail. He declined to dis- cuss the charge, which was pre- for by a federal inspector after a int checking of the books. jo = atatement§=regarding the amount of the al! shortage will be avaliable, it was announced, un- tll after the examination of tho books mpl TWO SLAIN AS MOB FIGHTS KLANSMEN Streets of Pennsylvania Town Turned Into Shambles as Hooded Knights and Mob of 1,000 Battle LILLY, Pa., April 5.—Two men were shot to death and a score of others injured, soma sorlously, in a gun battle and street fight between townsmen and members of the Ku Klux Klan here tonight, The klansmen, be- tween 800 and 1,000 strong, arrived here on a special train from Johnstown after making frequent steps enroute to plek up members of the organization, according ta the polio After staging « demonstration on Piper Hill, burning the flery prose geing through a sevremony, the band, hoedeq and wearing white robes, started a march to the ral. read station to return to their homes, A crawd of mare aan 1,600 town: folk pathered about the station and when the kianamen approached a number ef young men went to a fire house and obtained @ howe, The howe waa attached ta a five plug and turned en the mareting klans men, A revolyor shot wag fired and then the hattle between the poedad maroherg and the jownsfalle pagan, Many men an hath pidex were armoq with peyelyers and thase whe were wnarmed hurled bricks and stones, The twa factions ¢losed in. pn each ather and any men dropping ta the ground were trampied jnder- foot, During the fighting at ela quarters, the fallroad station yw: partiy wrecked by flying bricks ang stones, During the helght pf the battle Olavyd Baula, 86, wae ahat- v ‘ through killed, throwah stanly, Frank Heyee, 40, waa shat in the left hip, Franeig Appulukelg wag shot in the stomach; Charies Bough, erty, 66, was shet in the abdomen; Wepome Magee, fi, was phot jn the lett shoulder; Fran Miawe, 84, was shot threugh the abdomen; Bar! Beadioy, 18, wag phot iy the plight shoulder, and Ray Bradley, 16, was Wounded jy the jefe arm Many ether persany were injured but {jf waa jmpessibie tq obtain thele pames because pf the excite ment, The seriously jnjured were rushed tq {he hospilaly at Altoona and Jolnstown, while those not jn & pritical pandition, were taken ta (outinued gn Page Pwelye) the breast and inatantiy Philip Conrad, 06, waa shot the heart and qieq in Indian with paralysis. His family has its own private aveyard back near the Kentucky- est Virginia state line. His enem- ; grown service ¢f both sides. Stull, Hatfield is an unmistakable gentleman— born that ‘way and ready to die with his boots on that way. He's never been known to do more than put a big dent in a clan of McCoys. All of which amounts merely to maintaining the Hatfield family honor. There you have It. What. is re. called? What but the famous, the terrible, the historic Hatfie!d.Mc Cuy feud of the mountains of Ken tuéky and West Virgnila. A little river runs its way between the two states and more than once it has swelled with feudal blood. It all startec: back in 1872. On the bright’ day of May 10 a houn’ dog belonging to Judge McCoy bit the horse being ridden to town bj Golonel Hatfield. It was the second time that it had occurred. The warning had been issued. The col onel shot the dog. That night as Hatfield was returning home he was met by the judge. Both men fired, both fell dead. Behind the scenes the fires of the Civ war still burned. Colone! Hat flelG of the North and Judge McCoy of the South—that’s what started it all. The dog was only the provo. catory ignition. Two families who were kinfolk thus parted. Fifty-one years have passed since the patriarchal heads of the two Clans slew each other. The feud has been carried to the cradle. Hatfields an@ McCoys and their champions, numbering 288 men and boys, have given their lives in the endless en. oeent of foundationless animos- ty, Rerhaps the most sangulnary combat between the two clans took place inthe’ small town of Jackson, on e'ection day in 1908, Forty-four mon were killed. Jone Hatfield, the one. whp is now in Casper, lost his father, a brother and three cousins in that mad Hot around the court: houre, A fonture of all southern feuds and of this one {n particular, is that never has a ran on etiher alde been ambushed or phot in the back, Face to face the fight has been carried on, t So Jonse Matfiold mifst have nine lived, for eight times haa he been shot, That leaves him one perfectly (Continued on Page Twelve) COMMANDER STUART IN CASPER AS AGENT OF TEAPOT DOME RECEIVER Vor the purpowe of giving full tlim@ attention ta the Teapot Dame receivership ease as of Hoar Admiral Josep) Atraym Commander H Stuart, U, BN ia how in Casper, With him here are iim wife and twa children, They will lake thelr home in Casper dur he period of the government's t ynder the present injunc Admiral Strauss is now in Washington, 1. C., expecting to re burn here shortly. S400 FINE. AND INL SENTENCE FOR WS, BRACE Second Member of Fam- ily Convicted in Dis- trict Court. W. 8. Grace was found guilty on one count of the liquor vielation laws by a jury which had been out 21 hours at 1 o'clock yesterday af- ternoon and subsequently sentenced by Judge Brown to four menths in jail and pay a fine of $400. ‘The count on which the vir dict of gul!ty was returned was that of maintaining a nuisance. Counsé] for the defencant an- nounced that the case wou!d be ap- peiiled to the supreme court. Ray T. Grace was convicted on a similar charge the day previous and in eddition to a $2,000 fine was sen- tenced to six months in jail. Appeal was taken in hig caso also. serve Emerson Is Secured For Forum Talk The Forum luncheon of the Casper Chamber of Commerce which will be held Tuesday noon at the Henning” hotel, will be addressed by Mr. Frank C. Emer- son, state engineer, on the sub- Ject of the Casper-Alcova irriga- tion project. Mr. Emerson is thoroughly familiar with the dif- ferent phases of this project and he has recently returned from a conference in Washington with Congressman Winter and service officials. His dis e will disclose the latest de: velopments of the proposed project which means so much to Natrona county and the state of Wyoming. WORLD FLYERS TO TRY START AGAIN TODAY SEATTLE, Wash., jor Frederick’ L. three companion fi again tomorrow on the second the-world flight. Although weather conditions were favorable today the aviators were unable to get away. In six trials Major Martin's plane refused to rise from the water and finally the propeller was damaged and a pon- toon began leaking, necessitating placing the cruiser on the ways for repairs. April 5.—Ma- Martin and his ers will try once morning to hop-off leg of thelr round- TRIBUTE PAID BY GANGSTERS Fortune in. Flowers Displayed as Boot- legger and Desperado, Killed by Officers, Is Laid at Rest CHICAGO, April 5.—From out of the dark places of gangland tonight swarmed thugs, pickpock 8, burglars, stickup men and other known criminals to pay tribute to the memory of Salvatore Caponi, policeman’s bullet. “bumped off” by a s Fully $20,000 worth of flowers was showered on the Capon! home. Capont's coffin was:the most ex- pensive obtainable here. Police made no effort to disturb the mourners. Capont, according to police, a bootlegger and all around perado, with a huge following. was shot in a clash with several days ago. Not content with floral offerings, many of the quick on the trigger men dressed up in thetr best brown derbys and checkerboard suits for the funeral rites. They joined “Scarface Caponi, the dead gang- ster’s brother, in the death watch at the bier and then escorted the body of the fallen idol to the church and on to the_open grave. Capont came to his death during the election riots in Cicero, a suburb, last Tuesday, His death was the one fatality when police attempted to disband gangster# who wero raveging the ballot box and terror- Intng election officia The. fitvver squa was des- He police noticed an abatement of gang war Capont's body lay in state, But they awaited the sealing of the sealing of the grave as the “zero hour” for fresh outbreaks. + CASPER BUSINESS HAS EDGE ON OTHER ITs, AML OFFICIAL SAYS “Of all towns and cities served by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad, Casper has shown the least falling off in business declared E. R. Bracken, vice presi- dent of the Burlington, yesterday He and E. Flynn, general manager of tho “Q," were visitors in the ity Friday and Saturday, while NUMBER 37. OF TAX IN SENATE DELAY 13 SEEN. AS COMMITTEE FAILS TO WIND UP ITS LABOR Tardy Action to Give Bonus Bill an Equal Chance for Esrly Con- sideration, Said. By PAUL R. MALLON ~ (United Press Staff Corre- spondent.) WASHINGTON, April 5. —Further serious delay and the possibility that the sol- dier bonus bill may edge in ahead tonight faced the ad- ministration’s tax bill when the senate finance committee fatled to finish its work on the measure as it had hoped. When the committee adjourned until Monday a number of details were unsettled. Senator Smoot said he hoped the bill could be sent to the printer Monday and reported to the senate Tuesday, but with only eight weeks left until the Repub- lean national convention it seemed very certain that it would be im- possible to get the measure up for debate in the senate at all next week, This may give the bonus fill an equal chance and if bonus a@Vvocates are strong enough may result in shelving the tax measure yntil the bonus has been: disposed of. The reason tho bill cannot come up next Week, committes members said, is that senate metibers want time. to look it over thoroughly after it has been reported. In the meantime the coinmittes will go ahead on the bonus, and as agreement has been reached infor- mally on most points involved, that measure may be reported before the end of the week. This would bring both ‘the tax bill and the bonus before the senate & week from Monday, forcing the senate to choose between them. While the full force of the ad- ministration would be thrown be- hind the tax bill in such an event, and probably would succeed in giv- ing it priority, bonus supporters sald tonight if th get a chance Uke that, they will do their utmost to put the bonus ahead. After an all di jession on taxes, the committee gave up hope of finishing ‘all the details and ad- Journed until Monday. The Repub- can members of the committee had voted the bill completely to their satisfaction but objections were made from the Democratic side of the table and the following changes were made upon reconsideration: Every radio set and part will be taxed 10 per cent of the wholesale price. The ‘committee swept away previous emption for se less than $50, Smoot estim this would bring the government about $10,000,000 annually. An amendment fe omplete pub- Met of income returns was adopted. The amendm: provides that the board of tax appeals must furnish any standing committee of congress any income tax secrets and the committee thereupon may .re- Port What information it sees fit to the senate or the house. Senator Moses, Republican, New Hampshire, asked the committee to consider an amendment exempting monies spent for reforestation of denuded lands from taxation. Tho committee instructed Moses to draw (Continued on Page Twelve) WOMAN ROBBED HUSBAND SUES FOR $200,000 “Lovely” Corliss Palmer Made Defend- ant in Alienation Suit Filed by Mrs. Eugene V. Brewster By FRANK GETTY (United Press Staff Correspondent. ) NEW YORK, April 5, diye The ee Eugene V, Brewster, milllonaire publisher weman who would not , 80 that he might marry loyely Corliss Palmer, struck today at the southern beauty who won her husband's love, Mrs, Eleanor V, Brewster, whom the publisher mar- ried in 1016, filed suit $200,600 from Miss Palmer for leged alienation pf her husband's affections, ee ae in the supreme court demanding Declaring herse!f still gdament against diverge, Mrs, Brewster, who (a mother pf ane child, Virgil, bora OF RICH BEAUTY DAMACE in February, 1920, charges that, in the fall of that year the fair defend- ant “concelved, and at. all times since haa ontortained a destgn of obtaining for herself from Hugene V, Hrewater bia financial support, affectiona and consort and of de- priving plaintife and sald child of these benefits," The action came ike a belt at a moment w thunder n Mina Palmer fur by anlow himuelt waa quotionin ive oath and the publia fa. her the whioh waa disposing af tapestet inge, art treawurea and furnishings from the New Jersey estate in whioh he established the famous beauty, The pames of Misa Patmer and Browstey appeared together jn ela. boralg AnNaUneeMenta of the auc (Continued on Page ve). name