Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 17, 1924, Page 2

SSRs we"? > ea PAGE TWO. SCIENCE TAKES Settlement Girl Who never Went to JOB OF GUILT IN CRIME Blood Tests May Determine Whether California Slayer Suspect Took Life of 13-Year-Old Girl (Copyright, 1924, The Casper Tribune.) SACRAMENTO, Cal., April 17.—Science, which day by day is proving itself an increasing factor in the solution of baffling crimes, within the next few days is expected to determine the guilt or innocence of John Kopolos, now held at Fairfield, California, as a suspect in a heinous murder. PRESIDENT OF DEFUNCT BANK GOES ON TRIAL Continuance Is Denied Former Official of Denver Bank. DENVER, Colo., April 17.—Judge Francis, Bouck of Leadville, pre- siding in the second division of the west side criminal court today de- nied the motion of attorneys for Frank Newton Briggs, former pres- ident of the defunct Interstate Trust company ‘for a continuance. ‘The court ordered the work of impanel- ling a jury to start with the resump- tion of court this afternoon. Briggs is on trial on charges of embezzlement, misapplication and abstraction of the bank funds. ‘The application for the contin- as based on the grounds that uance Briggs had been hampered in the preparation of his defense, The mo- tion was resisted by District Attor- ney Van Cise. Briggs resigned the presidency of the defunct bank a year prior to its collapse last August with alleged “frozen assets” of approximately $400,000. He is alleged to have per- mitted and been responsible for ir- regularities at the bank in the hand- ling of the loans of the institution. fe A: BLIZZARD IN CANADA WINNIPEG, Man., April 17. — One of the worst bilzzards of recent years swept over western Ontario, Manitoba and southwestern Saskat- chewan yesterday. MOTHER OF TWINS 13 CLAIMED IN DEATH Mrs. Earl Wright}“avout 40 years of age, and residing at 918 North Burlington street, died at a local hospital this morning. She is sur- vived by a widower, twins three weeks old by a daughter who is on her way ere from Ohio. No arrangements have been made for the funeral ,the body now lying at the Shaffer-Gay chapel. DITCHING BEGINS FOR WATER MAIN. LEADING TO TEARAGE ADDITION The city and laying today started ditching pipe for water mains pcond street leading) to Terrace addition. Work will be n so thet resl- dents of that district may have water as soon as possible. LATE F” ASHES PHILADELPHIA, Pa. —Frank A. Vanderllp, New York speaking before the weekly Long Table luncheon of the City Club to- ay, eaid he took an active part. to have Francis J. Heney act as in: quisitor for the senate committee investigating the internal revenue the rushed to comple April 17, bureau, RALEIGH, N. C., April 17. — Josephus Daniels today informed the executive committes of the Raleigh Daniels for President club that he could not accede to the de sire of those who wanted him to be a candidate. WASHINGTON, April 17— The serip provision was eliminated from the MeNary-Haugen agricultural ex port bill today by the house agricul tural committee and a modification offered by representat! Rubey Democrat, Missour!, adopted 11 to 9 was WASHINGTO! April 1 principal influence behind the x uosal to construct a dam at Boulder canyon on the Colorado river is an effort to secure water for irrigution in Mexico, George H. Maxwell, ex ecutive director of the National ¥ lnmation association, charged today before the house irrigation commit- tee, FIXING Should science take Kopolos’ side and indicate his innoéence, which he stoutly proclaims, it will prove, in an instance gt least that the most overwhelming net of circumstantial evidence can err, It may save the Fairfield prisoner from the sum- mary justice of western mining camp justice, Kopolos is charged with the mur der of 13-year-old Olivia Hamlin, who was attacked and slain on a lonely road near Kennet, California, ten days ago. In Kennet which {s only an hours ride by flivver from Fairfield, a thousand or more brawny miners in- censed to the point of “seeing red” by the brutal slaying of the girl, are waiting under arms determined that her death shall be avenged. ‘They know of Kopolos arrest and of the seemingly overwhelming case against him. But cooler heads have pre- vailed on them to wait for science to furnish unmistakable proof of his guilt. The part which science is playing in the drama fs one of blood tests. The only clue left behind by the maniac who killed Olivia Hamlin was a blood stained knife. Sheriffs tralling the slayer’ came upon a blood stained coat. Three days ago Kopolos was cap- tured while trying to break into a hunting lodge in the mining town of Fairfield, His shirt was found to be covered with brownish stains ap- parently blood. He admitted having been near Kennet on the day of the murder. But more than that he would not admit, under the most strenuous grilling. As an added link in the chain of circumstantial evidence, it was found that his shoes measure with the foot prints at the scene of the crime and that a cap found nearby fits him perfectly. The bloody coat however, does not fit. Unable to fasten guilt definitely on him the authorities have turned over to the state bureau of crimin- ology the stained shirt which he was wearing, the blood stained coat and the knife, The bureau's first task ig to analyize the stains on the shirt and determine whether they are blood. Then it will test these stains —it they prove to be blood—against those on the knife and coat. This latter test will bé' made by the electronic method of the late Dr, Albert Abrams, who claimed by his method to have been able to deter- mine accurately the similarity of blood specimens. Should the stains match up there is ttle doubt that rough mining camp justice will be visited on Ko- polos. IMMIGRATION QUOTA CUT TO ONE PER CENT WASHINGTON, April 17.—The senate today voted 54 to 25 to re- duce the quota percentage in the new immigration bill to one percent. Several senators explained they voted for the one percent quota on the theory that the 1910 census would be adopted. If the census of 1890 should be approved, they said, a motion to reconsider the percent- age with a view of increasing it to two would be made. The motion to reduce the quota of those entering from 2 percent of the nationals in this country under the 1910 census was made by Senator Willis, Republican, Ohio, who said he was one of the “total exclusion- ists.” He sald, however, there should be left a foundation-quota upon which a permanent policy could be constructed. et DEMONSTRATIONS OVER VERDICTS IN DISTRICT COURT WILL BE BANNED No further demonstrations similar to that staged last Saturday by wo men said to be members of the Caps per W. C. T, U, will be permitted in istrict court according to an an- nouncement by Judge R. R. Rose this morning. The particular demon- stration was in remonstrance against the jury bringing a verdict of acquittal in the Ross A. Burd case in which the defendant was charged with operating a still on Polson Spider, The question was brought up this morning by Frank Perkins attorney for Sam B. “Monk” Batley who is 1, Mr. Perkins asked one of s if he would be influenced by such a demonstration, EB. H Foster, the prosecuting attorney, ob: Jeoted to the question and a quick termination was brought to the argu ment by Judge nnouncement that in the future there would be no such demonstrations. a - Flour, MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., April 17. —Flour,’ unchanged to 15¢ lower. the juri Family patents, $6.35@6.45. Bran, 22.00, MISS BELLA HEYMAN, BROOKLYN, N. Y., Miss Bella Heyman, Modern Cinderella." A poor little settlement house girl six months ago, today she is in the first row of the chorus in a musical revue. Applauded nightly in Chi- cago, she is due on Broadway at Haster. Then—well, then Bella’s, friends here will acclaim her as the “ong in a million” who has succeed- ed. Some of these friends have never seen a musical show. To them, as {t was to Bella, the dancers, the music, the tinsel and the lights are a dream. Bella had never been in a theater. April 18, is 1.— “The Her family was religious. But the girl had visions. - “I sneaked away to dance—to sti he said. I learned to be a stenographer. I worked in a lawyer's office. It was humdrum. Day after day, I pounded on a typewriter. I watched, the clock. I wanted to.run away, to dance, to become a star, to marry a millionaire. That is the dream of many girls. I decided to make mine tome true. “From the lawyer's office, I went to work in a settlemerit house. There I had an opportunity to get off in afternoons. With money I had say- ed, I took dancing lessons. At nights, too, I would dance. I told my mother I was visiting friends, Mother was opposed to anything connected with the stage. “One day, T stole off to a theater. I was bewildered by the number of people at the matinee. I thought most of the people had to work all BEFORE SHE WENT ON (THE STAGE (RIGHT) AND AFTER. day, as I had to. This was the first time I was in a real theater—and that was only a year ago. “From then on, nothing could hold me. I straightout told my mother, I could be happy only as a dancer on the stage. Everybody fried to dis- courage me. I was told the stage was terrible, “But I gave up my job just be- fore Christmas. A dismal time seemed ahead. I heard of a vaude- ville job at $60 a week. But it was too hard. Then, I heard of a road company job. I danced all my. dances. I was given job immedi: ately. The same day, word came to me that a manager was casting a big musical comedy. To me, to appear at a Broadway theater would be heaven. bs “T rushed over. I was asked how long I had been a stage dancer, ‘For years’ I replied. And I had been— in my dreams. Again, I danced all the dances I knew. And the job was mine! “4 “I rehearsed hours and thours., Suddenly an order came that we were to go ‘on the road’ firat. The route lay to Atlantic City,’ Washing; ton, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Chicago. I had never been away from home before, I hadn't even neen: Riverside Drive in New York. I had gone to bed at nine o'clock. I was frightened. My courage left me a little then. “The day we were to go to At- lantic City, my six-year-old brother died of pneumonia. To me, it meant the end of the world. I went home, finished with the theater. “Your, place will always be open WOOD. CAMPAIGN FINANCING TO BE LEARNED BY PROBERS IN CHARGE OF OIL INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, April 17.—Wil- Mam Cooper Procter, of Cincinnati, notified Senator Walsh of the senate oll committee today that he will ar- rive in Washington tomorrow in response ta the committee subpoena served upon him yesterday. He Financed the campaign of Leonard Wood in 1920 and ts to be ques tloned concerning campaign con- tributions and happenings at the Chicago convention. Phil B. Baer, United States mar- shal for the eastern district of Texas, testified at today's hearing regarding his acquaintance with the late Jake L. Hamon, Republican na tonal committeeman, of Oklahoma. Baer said he was a delegate to the Chicago convention and that Hamon sought to get the Texas delegation to vote solidly for Low: den and Harding ‘The witness said he had never had any conversation with Hamon about Hamon’s ambitions politically He denied that after the Hamon funeral he had had any conversa tion with John Smith of Paris, ‘Texas, who recently told the com mittee that Baer said to him that Hamon intended to make Baer rich if he got to be secretary of the interior, W. W. Tarbell of Bethel, Conn., was recalled and asked by Senator Spencer, Republican, Missouri, for an opinion of the oll leases. He previously had given his qualifica tions as “an experienced ofl man.” Before giving his opinion, Tarbell read a statement saying that in his testimony March he stated he had called upon the general man ager of The Ansociated Press in w York and offered an interview about Teapot Dome for pu but that he had had talked to one in a subordinate position. “In view of the fact that the ques: tion asked by Senator Kendrick seems to be perhaps immaterial and certainly y answer frrelevant,” sald Tarbell. ‘I suggest that both be expunged from the record.” } wince lear No action was taken on the re- quest. (In the committee session of March 24, Senator Kendrick, Demo- crat, Wyoming, had asked Tarbell why “the Associated Press had de. clined his interview," and ‘Tarbell replied: ‘They said they had too many friends on both sides.’’) ‘Tarbell assailed the act of June 4, 1920, under which Secretary Dantels leased off-set wells in the California reserves. He declared any law placing the reserves “between the finger and thumb of one man is unDemocratic,"’ The witness said undoubtedly the small outflow of ofl in Teapot Dome, which he characterized as disappointing, had been due in some measure to ainage on the edge of the reserv He explained that his comment upon conditions on the naval oll reserves was not . based on personal examinations but r ited only conclusions reached him after a study of data he from newspapers, magazines got and other sources. Tarbell made to the committee what he called a “voluntary state ment” reviewing the stock market transactions of yarlous oll com panies, being particularly critical in his discussion of what he termed “speculation in Mammoth O11.” He asserted that following “the specu- laticn" the stock had been taken from tho curb market. Simple Avelicetion That Dissolves Blackheads No more squeesing and t rid of those unsigh: blackheads. There is ure Way to to dissoly about two ounces of calc porder from your drugsiat—sprin- le a little ona hot, wet cloth—rub briskly over the blackheads for » few s#econds—waeh the parts and every biackhead will be gone. Pinching and squeezing out black- inching ¥ blem- ne aime heads make larg cannot a calonite p f and water dissolves every particle of them and leaves the skin and pores in their hatural condilion, ‘|} wouldn't go for you,’ the producer of the play wired. “The kindness of that manager turned my family towards the thea- ter. “Beyond ‘the gloom at home lay the fairyland that I could not re- sist. After two weeks, I rejoined the company in Philadelphia. There, for stage before an audience, Blinded by the first time, I appeared on a the lights and. nearly dea® from fear, I danced as it my life was at stake. I had to make good! My biggest task was to go through a jazz number. I shivered with fear so much that I pulled through—for people thought I was doing a shim- my Now, it's all easy. And I back to the old life. Why, my life is my own now. I even go to bed at two o'clock in the morning. "Ot courke, the. stage 1s bad—bad for éome girls. But I know it will never be bad for me. It is simply my dream coming true, I shall be a Star some day—and marry a mil. Monaire. Even if my hero hasn't a million, I'll pretend he has. If a girl has ¢ constant love-for someone, a, high ideal and great hopes—she can be.as clean on the stage as in a settlement house.” Pay what you will— youwill never find in any other cigarette the unique delight of the process, Wonderful Shoes for Easter Camel Nubuck Airdale Trimming $11.50 Shoe and Pattern Shops on Balcony Richards & Cunningham so bewitching that you’d never guess their price was only THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1924, Jacobs’ New Sample Shop EASTER FROCKS Frocks that will add perceptably to one’s charm. 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