Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 15, 1924, Page 1

snow east colder southeast Wednesday probably fair. Strong NESOTIATION Of Denby ings, the senate oil committee today heard a recital of the chronology of the naval oil leases from D. W. Millrick of the general land office. Dawes Funds Con- tall n- “Basi nS s” for w heen questions concerning thé ol] leases, answered by Secretary Denby at the request of house members, but the committee voted 3 to 2 against admit- ting them. Chairman Ladd voted against thelr admission on the ground that they were not sworn testimony. H. W. Ballard of Los Angeles, who identified himself as an ofl man, told the committee that in 1920, Jake Hamon, Republican national commit- teeman from Oklahoma, said to him “that General Wood wanted to be president and that if Wood could be nominated he would appoint a cer- tain man as secretary of the inter- for."" “Hamon had ambitions to be sec- retary of the interior,” Ballard said. Hamon gave him the impression, he declared that big oll men in Cali fornia would help him to develop Teapot Dome, Later, Ballard said, Hamon told BERLIN, April 15.—(By The Associated ‘Press).— The German cabinet today decided to accept the ex- perts report as a basis for negotiations and to inform the reparation commission to this “yeffect. This is in line with the atti- tude taken by the conferees in yes- terday's meeting between the cen- tral government and the premiers of the federated states. The government has instructed Dr. Fischer of the German war burdens commission in Paris to notify the reparation commission that Germany is prepared to resume negotiattons on the basis of the ex- perts’ report. It makes no sugges- tion with respect to the manner in which the parleys are to be resumed i that shortly after the Baster holidays. PARIS, April 15.—(By The Asso- ciated Press.—The war burdens commission informed the repdration commission today that the German government was about to send a written reply on the experts’ re- ports, which it accepts as a basis for discussion. ‘BRITISH PREMIER PRAISES REPORT. LONDON, April 15.—(By The As- sociated Press.)—The first official expression of opinion of the repara- tion experts’ report from Prime Minister ‘Macdonald came in the house of commons today when he announced that the government had learned with greatest satisfaction of the unanimous signing of the ex- perts’ findings. “The experts’ reports constitute, our opinion,” said the premier, n unblased and carefully thought out endeavor to aid the govern- ments concerned in their task of reaching a settlement of this vital and long standing problem, “His majesty’s government,” added the prime minister, “attach so much importance to the agreed recom- mendations which can be brought into immediate operation, that they are prepared for their part to sup- port the scheme in its entirety, pro- vided all the other parties concerned are willing to take the same course and on April 10 they communicated that view to the governments con x rned, ineluding the United State After the prime minister had made his announcement on the ex- perts’ report Stanley Baldwin, his conservative predecessor, declared the premier would have the united support of the British people in his attitude, This declaration was -re- ceived with cheers. Batteries—Aldridge Stuart, North and Vick. At acne Pittsburgh __...010 004 o**-—* * * Cincinnati .-...101 200 o**—* * * Batteries—Morrison ard Schmidt; Donohue, Sheehan and Hargrave. RHE. ? At igs wae” pis Boston Philadelphia “It ore Batteries—Genewich dnd O'Neill; Ring and co sr Wilson. At New York— R.HL E -101 010 ***- Batteries—Shaute Dauss and Bassler. At Washington— Phladeiphis 000 Wisthariee-—iiarris, Ogden and Per- kins; Johnson and Ruel. Schang; Ehmke and Expressman Says He Saw Foot of Vic- tim Protruding From Closet Before t Supposed Time of Crime LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 15—-What an express- man knows about the trunk in which Dr. Benjamin Bald- win’s body was spirited out of the apartment of Mrs. Mar- garet B. Willis, admitted slayer of the former Nebraska physician, may wreck the woman’s self defense version of the <illing, it was indicated by police today According to Mra, Willis, Dr. Bald-| his head. To “avoid notoriety to her apartment here last] she then packed the body in a trunk ay morning intoxicated, and] that happened to be handy, she sald, made improper advances, in the re-| kept it in the apartment overnight, Pelling of which she finally found|and late the next day carried it out 4t necessary to put @ bullet through| Into the country in the doctor's car Spencer, Republican, Missouri. Senator Spencer offered for the record a series of 22 that him “the combination was too strong tor him; that ‘‘the Sinclair interests He was called by Senator had beaten him to the goal; the stake was Teapot Dome. The witness said Hamon had re- lated that the proposition on Teapot had been put up to General Wood and he had refused to listen to it. also said Fall was to be secretary of the in- terior, but that Warren G. Harding the deal that Ballard said Hamon knew nothing about had been put over. (Continued on Page Sever... pended on good behavior. CON April showers bring May flowers, but April snows are the “bunk.” Today's storm put the side- curtains back on the old bus, brought out the well worn over- coat just as it was about to be cast among the moth balls tn the cedar chest, and made galoshes flap down Center street after everybody had consigned them to the basement. All of central Wyoming was sideswiped with a parting storm by departing winter. Sheepmen in more than one section of the state were all set to start shear- ing today, As things look now, it will be a few more hours before there are any shorn lambs for which Wyoming winds must be tempered. Along the Union Pacific from Rawlins to Evanston the storm let fall a strip of snow across the country. At Laramie the good old sun was shining early in the morning, But cheer up! The grass is green, the meadow larks are here, the roads are muddy, and tech- nically speaking according to the SELF-DEFENSE VERSION IN TRUNK MURDER ON COAST IS GIVEN UPSET with the ald of Bert C. Webster, her roomer*and close friend. According to the expressman, how- ever, Mra. Willis telephoned an or- der for the delivery of the trunl about 10 o'clock Friday morning, an hour when Dr. Baldwin ts known to have been still alive and about to leave a hospital where he had as sisted at an operation, ‘When he arrived at the apartment with the trunk, police quote Bert Ho! 1, the expreseman, as say , it was 10:30 a.m. While he was still in room with Mrs. Wit is she | 1 to open a closet door, his alleg tatement continues and what looked like a man’s foot protruded; whereupon the woman hastily shoved the object back into the darkness and closed the door upon it. Houston said he decided ft must have been an old shoe that he saw. The witness said he was not a SPRING WEATHER GETS SETBACK IN SNOWSTORM RECORDED HERE TODAY Banquet Room of Henning Packed for County oe Gathering Last Night; Casper Imigation | Project Wins Support. Members of the Jeffersonian ciab of Natrona county met last night in the banquet room of the Henning hotel to further organization plans for the state Democratic con- cessful campaign. Endorsement of the Casper-Alcova irrigation projects and steps being taken to’ bring it to materialization FINES AND JAIL TERMS METED OUT IN COURT TO VIOLATORS Fred Harvey, who pleaded guilty] Lewis Maloney, who pleaded guil- to two counts of the Nquor laws yes- terday was fined $375 and given a gait sentence of 20 days by Judge ROR. Rose. A jail sentence of 90 days on| thé second count was sus- ty to posse: day jail sentence by Judge C: O. Brown. Following his plea of guilty to possession Maloney was tried and aequitted by a jury on a charge isi manufacturing liquor. calendar, spring has been in Cas- per for the past three weeks, LARAMIE, Wyo., April 15.—A heavy snowstorm was reported this morning from Rawlins west to Evanston, with more than two inches at Wamsutter. The weather here was fair, the thermometer reading 50 at 8 a. m. SHERIDAN, Wyo., April 15.— A fierce snowstorm, accompanied by a ight wind is raging here. to- day with 3 inches of snow on the ground. The storm is reported to be general through northern Wyo- ming. LARAMIE, Wyo. April 15.— Union Pacific train number 20 from San Francisco to Chicago, was annulled today on account of & severe windstorm raging at Ox: den, Utah, where the track crosses the northern end of Great Salt Lake. Work trains loaded with stone are waiting near the cut off, to repair any break tho waves may make in the fill sup- porting the track, Great waves are being thrown against the road- way, and the officials of both the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific trains, not so much from fear that the track will give way, am to the danger to the windows of the cars, A heavy snow fall was re. ported. ‘The storm has reached to within forty miles of Laramie, and there are indications here of {ts approach. Stockmen are be- ing warned to have a care for thelr cattle and sheep. DENVER, Colo., April 15.— Denver today, the fourth anntver- sary of the blizzard of 1920, again was preparing for a decided change in temperature, With tho thermometer registering 68 do- grees above zero at noon, the fore- cast for a sudden and decided drop to below freezing temperature was forecast by tho weather depart- ment. According to the weather forecaster the change from shirt sleeve to overcoat weather will strike the city tonight or early to. morrow - —— BERLIN CABINET MINISTER QUITS LONDON, April 1§.—An agency despatch from Merlin says . Dr Erich Emminger has resigned as terman minister of justice. No de cision has been taken as to accept ance of the resignation, jon of liquor last Sat- urday was fined $350 and given a 30 vention to, be held here in May and the election in the fall. The banquet room was packed to capacity, a large attend- ance being present to hear the opening guns fired in what the Democrats hope will prove a suc was also voted by the assembly be- fore adjournment. Democrats nom- inated for office will be pledged to lend their efforts in behalf of the project, under a resolution adopted by unanimous vote. Dr. G. M. Anderson, state health officer, acted as toastmaster and in- troduced a number of the prominent Democrats of the city who made short= political talks, Judge R. R. Rose, thé first to pe called on, made a plea for office seekers of honesty and integrity who would work with the welfare of the state and the country at heart. Crit- iclsm of the administration of the in- terior department under Secretary .| Fall came in for prominent mention, Fall; {Continued from Page Fight.) voir south of the cit $116,549 and work is to be out because they did not confurm to specifications and had no time limit clause. The only other bid consid- ered was that of Sprague and Nise. ly for $129,432. The lowest bid, which was among those adjudged irregu- lar and which was thrown out, w: as that of W, W. Sproul for $97,74 The awarding of paving Sontepete: discussion of dance hall morals, an nouncement of the purchase of a detention home for girls, and dis: cussion of, the improvement of the ‘ist cafMp, were the major fea s of the remainder of the meet A pending stotm broke before the council last night when indignant citizens of North Casper who live in the vicinity of the North Wash- ington dance hall supported their petition of protest that the hall was public nuisance. Walter Galles. proprietor of the hall, handed in a Petition at the time. There were 68 signers of Mr. Galles’ petition, all of whom professed to live within a block of the hall. ‘There had been 68 petitioners for the abatement of the hall, ‘The council! was skeptical of the number of residents within the immediate vicinity of the place. ‘Those who protested the way in which the establishment is run por: trayed vivid details of young girls being carried out of the place “dead drunk,” of wild noises, and insant tary conditions, although the ma Jority of the witnesses admitted that (Continued on Page Right) Mexicans Want General Flores For President MEXICO CITY, Apt A statement by General Ar Flore presidential aspirant that } poor to finance a re has brought hin a number of of support and a movement to campaign funds now is under way He has been unable to participate officially in the campaign an he is still in the government service but he hopes to be released from his mission soon, including a severe arraignment of Bagorini visitors were weleomed scott and Curlee to Build New City Res- ervoir at Cost of $116,549; Six Bids Thrown Out Scott & Curlee, contractors, were this afternoon given the contract for the new 10,000,000 gallon municipal reser- voir which is to be built near the site of the present reser- See ere The bid of the successful firm was There were eight bids in all six of which were thrown A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, and a Booster for City, County and State st sy Crime FR ——— NUMBER 148. PASSED BY SENATE EPTANCE | OF 494 Delegates |(PISIIIN O QUALIFIED e plies JEFFERSONIAN CLUB IN POW-WOW AGEMENT li Are "Rejected A CAMPAIGN. PLANS ARE LAID WASHINGTON, April 15.—Resuming its public hear- For Coolide e |SEC. HUGHES 15 Already Seow IGNORED WITH TSADDP TION President * Coolidge Is CHICAGO, April 15.—(By The As- sociated Press)—With approximately half of a large majority instructed or pledged, mlunagers of the -pre-con- vention campaign in behalf of Pres-| the candidacy of Senator Robert M. ident Coolidge lay claim today to| LaFollette of Wisconsin; fourteen 494 instructed and favorable dele-|are instructed for Senator Hiram gates out of 556 necessary to nomi-| Johnson of California, and two are be elected this present month will asdure his nomination by a safe ma- jority. Thirty four delegates are bound to nate. in the free lance class, neither bound Asked to Consider Added to the present Coolidge| instructed, pledged nor openly in- strength, according. to former Con-|clined to any particular candidacy. Overwhelming Senti- ment of Congress. , gressman James W. Good of Iow: western manager of the Coolidge forces, supporters of the president to The following table indicates the Coolidge vtrength Oeay, as claimed by Mr. Goud. ga : & a =f BULLETIN pas 3 ©5| WASHINGTON, April 15. es i _|——-The United States senate Golan 17 \Jate today adopted the Jap- pergad iy) - ~> | anese exclusion provisions of Idaho .. —|the immigration bill. Tilinois es Iowa sa Kansas bhiteieecrieg weit =] WASHINGTON, April 15. ane - —|—wWith the senate commit- Maine aoe Michigan ted to passage of a Japanese Ee iatonpaad exclusion law, Senator Lodge Missouri of Massachusetts went to the Nebraska North Carolina North Dakota New ‘York White House today to inform President Coolidge of the sentiment of his colleagues and to advise him to consider the overwhelming votes 4 9 approach of the vote on the Jap- anese exclusion wifich is regarded as certatn to take, place either late to- day or tomorrow. No inkling came from the White ‘House or the state department as to the position to be taken by the ex- ecutive branches of the government. Equally silent was the Japanese embassy, from which no expression has emanated since the storm on the senate floor raised by the protest of Abassador Hanihara. When tho debate opened today, ator Walsh, Democrat, Massa- etts, discussing the Japanese provisions of the bill, leveled an at- Wisconsin ~. ‘Totals eine dpa es =] on the question when the measure South Dakota —| reaches him for action. Virginia... —| ‘The question of the president's at- Tennessee -. “| titude overshadowed today the actual Washington = 36 DAMAGE SUIT [SON TRIAL} Slow progress was being made to tack on the quota policy, Industrial tify a conditions do not jus- further departure from the ation policy adopted in 1921, Senator Walsh said in opposing the reduction from 3 to 2 per cent as Provided in the bill. day in-district court in the suit for $45,000 which Walter Newland, for- mer brakeman, has instituted against the Chicago & Northwestern railroad for alleged permanent disability he received when in the employ of the railroad in October 1919. The case ia not expected to go to the jury un- til late this afternoon after occupy- ing the attention of the court for two begun within five days. BONUS BILL * IS REPORTED WASHINGTON, April 15. WORLD FLIGHT IS POSTPONED aps —The soldier bonus bill was Newland injured his ankle when| formally reported td the ae he stepped into a hole in the bottom * fa coal car standing in the | senate today by Senator WARD, Alaska, April . 16.—]° ® Coal car standing in the local)" U7” ape blics Postponement for another day of|failroad yards. He was getting a| Curtis, Kansas, a Republican the departure from here of four| !Ucket of coal for use in a caboose] member of the finance com- United States army aviators bound|*tove- He claims that the injury] mittee, on a cruise around the globe ap-|%!4 not respond to treatment and a3 { peared likely this morning on|that he is permanently unfit for! wasuingroNn, April 15.—Barly account of adverse weather con-| Vr 1 speedy cors'deration of tha #ol- ditions. Snow was falling here and| The defendant claims that New-|¢ier bonus bill by the sena-e was Chignik, the next landing place, re-|!and was not on duty at the time he|/in prospect today atver its formal ported a southwest gale. received the injury. presentation to tho chamber by Ben- The filers wero awaiting further] M. F, ‘Mike’ Harrington, well|acor Curtis, Kansas, Republican, weather reports that whether it would be advisable to attempt the trip today. The course chosen for the next leg is directly down the center of Shelikof strait. will show known Chadron, Neb., lawyer 1s rep- resenting the plaintiff William B. Cobb, The Northwestern | a!zeac is represented by John B, Barnes and Vincent Mulvaney, member of assisted by] who r the finenes committer, ade the report moasure, passed by the house, enr. minor amendments pro. the senate committ.e. PROTECTION OF WATER RIGHTS FOR WYOMING LANDS IS IMPORTANT to a just portion Local District Entitled to Just Share of |: ven wis sna" rminded ha Platte River Flow, S.G. Hopkins ree only ned by permit for the Pathfinder dam was granted on the supposition that much 3 ; of the water was to be used in this Points Out In Address Here tat Going to the subject of the Casper Alcova project, Mr. Hopkina said that os " és 5 a it was perf feasible project Wyoming water for Wyoming Lands” was the eN-| ana that no thought of 1 eral principle on which S. Hopkins, representative of | nection with it should be Wyoming in the Inter-S Water Commission, and W.| He l«mented the f |W. Sproul of Casper addresses before the Cas} : oe ote | Chantber of Commerce Mr. Sproul réad a paper in| 1 : which he set forth certain initial steps that ought to be|w 1 be was com. taken before any irrigation p ject; thing f ming of th ter | plete Piven at t ¢t $200 an is completed and his talk cleared|which runs from the water sheds of} acre, which Mr, Hopkins does not the ground for the address delivered | this state into the Platte river and| consider excessive, it ought to be by Mr. Hopkins. is then taken out at the undertaken Those who are sup. Mr. Hopkins was appointed on the| state line and used for porting the project must support it commission of which he 1 mem-|farm land Tn his speech today|'on the basis that it is 4 paying prop- ber for the purpose of getting some-| he emphasized the right that Wyo- (Continued from Page Seven.)