Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 20, 1924, Page 2

PAGE TWO. RECESS IN DAUGHERTY INVESTIGATION AGREED UPON BY COMMITTEE Partial Report on Findings to Be Made to Senate Before End of Week; SID0,000 LOAN Io CONSIDERED), BY GRAND JURY Fall Asked Cleveland Man to Testify to Falsehood. WASHINGTON, May 20.—Price nney of Cleveland and John ck, Denver ofl operator, were the principal witnesses today before the special federal grand jury in- quiring into criminal charges grow- ing out of the naval of] leases. McKinney testified before the sen- ate ofl comm!.ice that he had refused to accede to a request of Albert B. Fall that he say he had Soaned the former interior secretar: $100,000. ‘This was last November at the time the senate investigators were seek- ng to ascertain the source of the funds which Fall saiq were to en- large and improve his New Mexico ranch holdings. Stack testified before the senate committee that Harry F. Sinclair lessee of Teapot Dome had entered into a contract with him and Fred erick G. Bonfils, publisher of the Denver Post, to pay them $1,000,- 000 for Stack’s claim to an Interest in the Wyoming reserve. SUMMARY OF NIGHT NEWS PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Harry K. Thaw, after 17 years confinement in jails and asylums after the slaying of Stanford White, was formally declared sane and given hig liberty. MOSCOW —Soviet delegates from all districts assembled for the annual convention of the Communist party. CLEVELAND, Ohio — Successful transmission of photographs over a telephone wire from Cleveland. to New York City was accomplished by American Telephone and ‘Telegraph company engineers. ‘WASHINGTON — Administration forces in the house blocked efforts of proponents of the Barkley bill, abol- ishing the railroad labor board, to bring the measure. to a vote. ROANOKE, Ind.—Six persons were Killed and a score injured in a trac- tion car collisi MILAN—Premler Mussolini of Italy and Theunis of Belgium, and Foreign Minister Hymans of Belgium agreed the Dawes report must be put into effect at once and urged an inter-allled conference in this cons nectio! Commission Is Restricted in Railroad Bill WASHINGTON, May 20.—Acting for the first time at this session on important railroad le the senate Inte yesterday the Gooding bill to limit application of the long-and-short haul clause of the Interstate Commerce act The measure would restrict the Interstate Commerce commission, in au ‘ges for a long haul than for short hauls within its limits, to cases involving routes and export and import traffic and block express rates. Such action has been sought for 20 years by shipping interest in inter-mountain rate terri torles, Gov. RITCHIE IS BOOMED IN MARYLAND SALISBURY, Md May 20.—The first con ‘ted movement to place the name of Governor Albert ( titchie before the I atic na ul convention for the presi ntia} nomination has been started 1ere with the organization of the Albert C. Ritchie for President Club, Members declare the club is the nucleus of a movement to form similar organizations throughout Maryland and adjoining states. > WHAT'S YOUR DAUGHTER DOING are the daughters of today r rents know keep? DAL “Hope Deferred He Siok t church Sunday mo poten AR SEND IT TO TRH PEARL WHIT® LAUNDRY PHONE 1708 New Witness Is Heard ASHINGTON, May 20.—Plans for a temporary re- cess in the senate Daugherty investigation have virtually been agreed upon, and the committee in charge has or- dered preparation of a partial report for presentation be- fore the end of the month. $50 IN CASH PRIZES FOR YOUNG FOLKS Are you kids going to let fifty real dollars go begging for want of a few moments thought and application? The Tribune is offer- ing that amount in prizes for the best essays submitted according # set forth on a full advertisements appearing zs urday, The displ page is composed of advertisements from leading merchants of C per, and the contest has for its subject, “Reasons Why the Ad- vertisers on This Page Should Bo Patronized.” Now isn't that easy? Just imagine yourself on a shop- ping tour with Mother and tell of the places you stopped or of the things you bought, Last fall the Tribune conducted a similar contest and hundreds of Casper boys and girls contributed essays. Prizes were awarded and ten proud children exhibited their awards to their parents. Tho competition {s open to all children to the rui page of under the age of 18 whether ‘at- tending school or not, and the essay is to be limited to 700 words. Don't wait until the last minute, kids, get your essays in now, and see them published week after week in the space provided for that purpose in the Saturday page of advertisements. Send your offerings to the “Contest Editor,” care of The Tribun AERONAUTICS TAUGHT IN HIGH = SCHOOL; — PLANE IS BUILT BY HGH GLASS ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., May 20 —Other schools in other towns in the west teach auto mechanics and the Ike, but here there is a class in the high school that is a high flyer—one that teaches: aeronautic The boys in this special class have built an airplane and it has success fully made its first fight. Beirig on the government air mail route, pilots Lave been available for in- structors. The new pldne is now ready for commercial use here. Prairie Schooner Journey Is Slow Wyo., May 20.—Scooting Nebraska in a@ prairie John Nick who left here a month ago with his family, has at last reached Shoshon!. He blames his frequent stops to indulge in scenery for his slow progress. He hopes to get back among the corn- huskers before old age overtakes him. copy, back to schooner, SHERIFF'S SON IS SHOT DOWN VILLE PLATTE, La., May 20.— Lee Wiggins, son of Sheriff Wig- gins of Evangeline Parish, was shot and killed by an unidentified person on. the Mamou road three miles from here late yesterday. His body was found near the roadside and the automobile tn which he was is belleved to his slayer. riding from Mamou have been stolen by FREEDOM IS ASSURED FOR HARRY THAW PHILADELPHL The mot mine the sanity of Harry was formally withdrawn counsel representing Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's former wife. Thaw wan recently declared sane by a jury in common pleas court ———_—— Aged Couple Find Romance and Wed mm for a new Ur K. Thaw here by Though r found 1 married th Fra D. Hel mer, 64, wed Ada Sarah Wakelle, 6 Bride and groom will make thelr home up in th ‘onsleep country Wooda Filling Station, car wash ing and greasing.» Phone 1920W. Kaat Yellowstone Highway and A. WASHINGTO! May 20.—Upon the authority of former Attorney General Daugherty, orders given by Jess Smith, his friend and compan- fon, were taken and obeyed by the bureau of Investigation of the de- partment of justice, Lewis J. Bailey, its former acting-chief, testified to- day before the senate Daugherty committee. "Bailey, now agent in charge of the bureau at Atlanta, was acting chief from October, 1920 to August, 1921. He said he was told by Mr. Daugherty to take up all questions with Smith. “Mr. Daugherty sald he was a very busy man,” Bailey testified, “but that Mr. Smith represented him. Anything that came up, he told me, I should see Smith about it, and whatever ‘Smith told me to do would be all right.’ “Did you Wheeler. ‘at { " Bailey replied, “except in one or two instances, where I had some question as to Mr, Smith's judgment and went to the attorney general.” The bureau was being re-drgan- ized, Bailey added, and most of the consultation between himself and Smith dealt with the question of em- ployes to be retained, dismissed or hired, Smith, he satd, had an of- fice in the department and “took an interest in anything. The witness related how Smith had told an assistant chief of the bureau “the had to get out.” Answering a question by Chairman Brookhart, he sald there was no reason in his judgment for the de- ion verybody around the depart- ment of justice recognized Smith as the man they had to pay attention Bailey sald. ‘He was the most powerful man there next to the at- torney general." ROAD REPORT East Yellowstone Highway—High- way to Cheyenne good. To Denver, either by way of Fort Collins or Greeley is in excellent con: dition. Lincoln Highway is in good shape except a stretch of rpad from Rock Springs to Green River which is still rough. Orin Junction to Lusk fs in-falr condition. do so?" asked Senator West Yellowstone Highway—The road is good to Shoshon!. From Riverton to Shoshon!, good. River- ton to Lander good with the excep- tion of a few rough places. The highway from Lander to Yellowstone Park is in excellent condition to Du Bois. The Wind River Canyon is now open for automobile travel every day in the week after having been closed for some time, About two miles of the project 1s unfinish- ed and very rough. The rest of the road is fair, Wind River Canyor te three miles north of Thermopolls good, then seven miles of new con- struction to Kirby which is rough. Kirby to Deaver good, except detour to west at Nelber on account of bridge being out over Gooseberry Creek. Deaver north to state line rough. Absence of the bridge over the Badwater at Bonneville makes towing necessary; free team service is furnished. Highway from Ther- mopolis to Cody, good. Greybull north to state line good. Worland to Tensleep, good. Tensleep to Saw Mill, impassable, Salt Creek Highway—The highway t Creek good. Detour around Mile Lake. Natrona county to Buffalo, fair with the excep- tion of fi ning miles immediately north of trona county line which 8 ‘quite rough and chucky. Buffalo to Sheridan, good. Buffalo to Ucross, Clearmont Arvada east to Campbell county line, good, Clearmont to Sheridan north to Montana line, zood. The Upton-Sundance road gen- erally fair, tho muddy in a few places is easily passable, Irom Moorcroft to Sundance over the Cus ter Battlefield highway fair, except some mud toward the Sundance end. Custer Battlefield Highway from Sundance on east to Deadwood and the Black Hills 1s good. Newcastle- Lusk and Neweastle to Sheridan roads via Upton, Moorcroft and Gil. lette, good from south Ine of Weat- ern county to the east line of Sheri- dan county, near Arvada, Alcova Road—Road to Rawlins ts reported in fair condition and im. proving every day. Bridge over Bates Creek hae been completed. Highway from Rawlins to Wamsut ter, good. Wam~sutter to Craig, pas- sable but rough. Mountain Road—The road to Gar- den Creek is in fair condition now, but rough in a few places, So far this season no work has been done on this road Remarks The highway to Denver is in good condition, H. Bowman, district engineer of the state Highway De partment reports that the Wind] tors we on the Car 1 highway department announce a per. manent lowering of the bars, and the new link between Casper and northern Wyoming will be open for travel every day in the week, Pav ing on the Salt Creek Highway is going along at a rapid rate, Cbe Casper Daily Cribune LEWIS STONE AND ALMA REUBENS IN “CYTHEREA”--AMERICA LEWIS STONE One of the most tremendous and appealing love stories ever writ- ten will be unfolded on the America Theater screen today and run- ning through Thursday, in “Cytherea,” Goddess of Love. en of Joseph Hergesheimer and wis Stone, Alma Reubens, No’ Irene Rich and Constance Bennett make up the Pathe News and Topics of the Day will“also be 5, 7 and 9 o'clock. mantic tale is from the to be his finest novel. in “Cytherea.” shown. Shows will start at 1, 3, ALMA REUBENS This ro- conceded y Kerry, pearing fine cast FAILURE TO PROVIDE [3 NAMED AS CAUSE IN TWO DIVGRCE SUITS Effie M. Mulkey has filed suit for a divorce from Horace G. Mulkey on the grounds of failure to pro- vide. They were married November 2, 1905, at Elizabethton, Tenn., and have two children, aged 18 and 16 years respectively. Stella M. Kelley is asking for a divorce from Joel M. Kelley on the grounds of failure to provide and desertion. They were married Jan- uary 16, 1912, at La Jara, Colo., and have one son aged 10 years, The plaintiff asks the custody of the boy and an allowance of $35 per month to provide for-his expenses. 72> Reserve Bank Official Dead MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 20.— Jobn H. Rich, chairman of the board of directors and agent of the Ninth Federal Reserve bank here died at his home today after an illness of nearly. four months. Mr. Rich was 67 years old. He was made federal reserve agent here in September, 1914, Memorial Service At Congregational Church On Sunday Memorial services for all patrio- tic and kindred societies will be held at the America theater by the First Congregational church of Casper, Sunday morning, May 25, 1924, at 10:30 to 12 o'clock. Dr. A. J. Sul- lens of Denver, Colo., will conduct the services. Special musfe under the ditection of Mrs. Berta Smith will be a feature. NEWS BRIEFS ST. PAUL, Minn., May 20—Resi- dents of thirty St. Paul homes slept last night on the brink of ai veri table voleano while scores of firemen braved death to fight in four hour shifts the smouldering embers left by the $300,000 gasoline explosion here yesterda BERLIN, May 20.—According to the Hamburg correspondent of the Deutsche Zeitung, the Association of ship owners learns that the govern- ment intends to approve the Dawes committee report on reparation tm- mediately without awaiting the de- cision of the reichstag. DENVER, Colo., May 20—Robert V. Furlong, recently discharged from the army where he was connected with disciplinary prisons and bar- racks today was named captain of urds at the Denver county jail to succeed Harry Livingston, who was discharged following the escape of Willtam Dalihunt and thirteen other prisoners recently, William J. Mo- Greevey, Denver ‘police officer has been in charge tempore discharge of Livingston. ~ —_ WHATS YOUR DAUGHTER DOING? ‘Where are the daughters of today drifting? How many parents know the company their children keep? Whoso fault is it when tragedy stalks into the home? ‘These are a few of the questions answered in AUGHTE OF TODAY eo Call the formation Tribune for East Terraces is only a short distance from busi- ness center. STANDING OF CARRIERS IN COMPETITION With 40 hustling newsboys en- gaged in the Tribune Route Car. riers’ competitive race, the first day closed yesterday with all of the boys making a good showing. The incentive is five handsome prizes, including two Iver Johnson bicycles, two Elgin watches and a complete Boy Scout uniform. Practically every subscriber "tn casting his vote is voting for his own carrier. The standings of the respective carriers at the end of the first day is as follows: ntually irst Chr morning, May OISON IVY Torelieve itchandsmartapply vi'- not K in— VIS East Terraces is being sold by See Ben Realty Co. Why Not Now,” at tian chureh, Sunday Reet hin 2 Try the Tallerman Baths for rheumatism and chronic disorders, or the modified Tallerman for reducing, an incompar- able tonic effect at a slightly lower cost, Dr. L. J. Connell Daly Bldg. Phone 849J Wiring Supplies FIXTURES, LAMPS, ELECTRIC APPLIANCES Radio Supplies Motor Repairing Electric Supply And Construction Co. 142 E. Midwest Phone 483W Estimate Gladly Furnished INVENTION OF MORRISON Wha DEATH CAUSE Tt was by his own invention which he proudly ‘would make him rich some day, that Jack A. Morri- son was blown to death in Salt Creek Saturday noon; Some months ago Morrison 4 vised and patented, in partnership with E. T. Williams, a dynamite tume bomb for use in the shooting oll wells. In simple combination with a dry cell atid several sticks of dynamite enclosed in a steel shell, he used an Ingersol watch to set the time of explosion. The selec- tion of this role for the famous dol- lar watch he considered a triumph. When Morrison had finished ting his bomb Saturday so that it would explode at 4.30 o'clock that afternoon, he started to screw on the cap. <An Ingersoll is set by pushing down the stem. It is be- lieved that the cap pushed the stem in and turned it, as Morrison screwed the cap on the shell, taking the hour around to 4:30 o'clock and causing the premature explosion, and the instantaneous death of the “shooter-inventor” and his helper, Wilford Ashman, Finer, Texture and Larger Volume in your bakings Same Price over 33 years A ear for Za None ee Beet the Government. East Terraces “a look means a lot.” BANG! Life with a kick! High Heels that upset High Ideals! Smuggled Blisses and Snuggled Kisses! She’s the 1924 model “DAUGHTERS OF TODAY” TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1924 Stylish Slippers Are Colored Slippers Grey Kid-Patent Trimmed This etary attern in smooth grey kid is m ent isite. 2 graceful Hatt ed is d Se oe ing to the eye. Notice the novel connect- ne strap effect fastening with two buttons on the side. This strap and trimming are of glossy black patent. Heels of Louis height. . $12.00 G VF] IS The New Camel Kid Camel is a sgft elusive shade, hard to describe, that harmonizes effectively with the colorings of summer clothes. In the patterns pictured it is most flattering to one’s feet. The trimming is of rich dark brown kid. The straps cross in an unusual manner. To see it is to want it $12.00 In All White Kid Leather, $11.00 wissy “Quality Shoes Carefully Fitted” SPECIALS THAT TALK BUSINESS TO THE PAY CHECK Large size Head Lettuce, each Black Diamond Grapefruit, doz. Oranges, Sweet and Juicy, doz. butter, (finest creamery), lb._ Strictly fresh 4-day old Eggs, doz Bananas, 2 lbs. Bread, lb. loaves_ % lb, Loaves____ LOADS OF OTHERS WE DELIVER PEOPLE’S MARKET Rear New Public Market Phone 2627 | 25c—2 doz. 45c 40c and 45c Fis Cotte SAVING OF 50c:ON THE $ Mammoth Sale nidiod for Suits THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK ! 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