Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 27, 1924, Page 1

The Weather —— WYOMING: Somewhat unsettled tonight and Wednesday, probably rain tonight in extreme southeast portions; not so cool tonight. The circulation of The Tribune is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper. ===... VOLUME VIII. 6. 0. P. LEADERS HOPE FOR OKEH OF PRESIDENT Revenue Measure Now . In Mellon’s Hands For Analysis. WASHINGTON, May 27. —Republican organization leaders were hopeful today that President Coolidge would make an early and favorable decision on the tax reduction bill sent him yester- day by congress. In addition to receiving the over- whelming endorsement of both branches of congress—a total of only 15® votes having been cast against {t—the measure was de- clared by treasury department of- ficials analyzing it to be an improve- ment over the present law. President Coolidge has !st it be known that he will consider the bill upon its merits in relation to the present law and will act according to the preponderance of its advan- tages on disadvantages he. finds after such a comparison. The bill was sent immediately upon its receipt at the White House yesterday to the treasury depart: ment for analysis by Secretary Mellon. The. measure’ represents. little of the original tax réduction plan ad- vanced by Secretary Mellon and asked of congress by the president. While only nine Republicans in the house and™six in the senate yoted against the bill. as finally framed in conference, a large num- ber, it was indicated, could be counted on to support a veto. Re- publican leaders expressed the - be- lief, however, that a veto would be overridden. MONDELL IS WITNESS IN OIL PROBE WASHINGTON, May 27.—For- mer Representative Mondell of Wyo- ming, and officers of the internal revenue bureau and two Washing- ton banks were among the witness- es today before the special oil grand jury in the District of Colum- bia supreme court. Income tax returns of Albert B. Fall and other central figures in the naval ofl lease scandal were in- quired into, as were certain bank transaction MESSENGER IS ROBBED TODAY CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 27. Four men held up Herbert Hume, a messenger for the Guaranty Trust company today and robbed him of $15,000, NUMBER 184. Member Robert Franks, the 14-year-old son of a Chicago millionaire, who” was found murdered after he had been kidnaped and ransom demanded. a DRIVING IT HOME Reading Between Lines in the Day's News of Casper. Because of the war Frank Baird has been deprived of his family for miore than four years. Somewhere he has a wife and two kiddies but he can’t locate them. Wonder how much any kind of a bonus could compensate him for such a loss? Having given the nation the “covered wagon" pairs: for the scenic west, towns out here are be- ginning to realize that there is a limit to what ‘can be offered “free.” For instance, there are camping privileges. Today it is possible for an auto tourist to steam up the ‘Yellowstone highway to a town, pitch his tent there, prepare his food on a gas stove under electric lights in a clean building where running: water, bath tubs and laun- dry tubs are furnished. There he has every convenience in the com- munity’s cafeteria hotel. In the past he has not had to pay—in the future he will. Casper is. about to establish a charge of 50 cents per car per night. At the coal mining town of Su- perlor, Wyo., the kids’ have peti- tioned their teacher to keep school all summer. They don’t want a vacation. You see, school its vacation enough for youngsters who live in a barren spot where there is grimy coal dust in the air, With teacher to guide the way, they can open their geographies and go for the day to some far-off place where the world is green and beautiful, and they can Usten to stories of fairy princes playing together where coal has nevey been heard of. of Cli of Audit Bureau culation er Daily Crihinie eaIticht MEMBER OF ASSCCI4ATED The Casp PRESS . M803) i ey CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, mio? 54, Delivei by Carrier 75 cents a month On Streets or at Nowstands, 5 cents Fublication Offices: Tribune Bldg. 216 E. Second St 3 IN SOUTH CARLY ACTION ON TAX BILL SEEN . Murdered Boy STORMS TAKE TOLL OF 35 LIVE CONTRACT INVOLVING PAVING DISTRICT IN SOUTH: CASPER TO BE LET WEDNESDAY BY CITY COUNCIL Property Owners Given Opportunity to Express Preference in Types of Surfacing Before Contract Is Awarded; Bogan Company to Install Plumbing at Casper Tourist Camp. A contract in the neighborhood of $100,000 will be let Wednesday by the city. coun- cil for paving of District No. 48. This dis Fifteenth streets from Beech to Lincoln. poned last night after two companies had submitted paving and after the council was advised to permit th to state their preference in regard to the matter. As the bids stood last night the firm of Russell Kimba!l was the low bidder as against the Warren Con- struction company but since the Russel Kimball bid was for concrete and the Warren for bitu'ithic paving the council was not decided. The Russel Kimball bid for six-inch plain concrete was $96,443 and for six-inch reinforced concrete was $100,963. The Warren bids were as follows: twoinch Warrenite bitulithic top with four-inch cement base $114-, 241; two-inch Warrenite bitulithic top with three-inch bituminous con- crete base, $104,970; two-inch War- renite bitulithic top with four-inch bituminous concrete base $112,237. The city engineer pointed out that there was-a difference of from $30 to $60 per lot between the concrete and bitulithic types. The council last njght annulled a previous ordinance declaring its intention to pave District 44. and. (Continued on Page METHODISTS LIFT AM [ trict includes Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Action on awarding the contract was post bids for. two different types of @ property owners of the district Mississippi, 'Alabama and Louisiana Swept by Tornadoes with Scores of In- jured and Great Property Loss In ‘Ad- dition to Toll In Death ATLANTA, Ga., May 27.—A series of tornadoes, sweeping through Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, last night and early today took a known toll of 35 lives and caused injury to upwards of 70 persons and wrought thousands of dollars damage to farms and buildings ac- cording to advices received here today. In Mississippi there were seven- teen dead and the list of injured stood at fifty, after several storms had torn through the southern sec- tions of the state centering its fu around Collins where two girls were reported killed, 12 injured, many seriously, and virtually the entire business district wiped out. The storm also struck the vicinity of Bay Springs, and Collins, causing reports of deaths and injury to sev- eral families. Other communities in Mississippi at which deaths were reported, in- cluded Swain plantation near Greenvillo, where three Negroes were killed and a dozen others in- WOMAN SLAYER OF PRISON MATRON PLACED ON TRIAL; HANGING WOULD BE DELAWARE’S FIRST By WILLIAM H. CONNOR. Copyright, 1924, Consélidated Press Association. WILMINGTON, Delaware, May 27.—Carefully guarded in her cell for 10 days to prevent vengeance at the hands of a mob, Annie Lewis, alias Annie Bell, went on trial to- day on a charge of murder. If con- yicted without recommendatfon of mercy, she will attain the distinc- tion of being the first woman ever tobe hanged in, Delaware, Annie Lewy, a 23-year old ne- gress, apparently has a much better chance pf. in Delaware than any woman -de~ GRADUATES BANQUETED BY CASPER ROTARIANS AT MONDAY FUNCTION The members of the Casper Rotary club entertained the mem- bers of the graduating class of the Natrona county high school with a banquet at the Townsend hotel last night. Eighty-eight seniors were present from the class and the Rotarians and “Rotary-Annes” also attended in large numbers. The tables were decorated with roses, the class flower of the seniors, and the same idea was carried out on the place cards and in the nut cups. It had been previously declared that no two Rotarians were to be seated together, members of the graduating class being placed alternately with club members and wives. L. A. Reed, toastmaster, gave the speech of welcome to the seniors and Miss Grace Rueg- segger, class president, responded to this. Hugh Hinds, member of the high school debating team, gave a talk on “Our Schools.” Miss Phylis Freed told what each of the students’ was going to be when he or she got out of school. In explaining these points Miss Freed dwelt on the talents of the LEE HANLONS WIN CUSTODY OF CHILD ON COURT ORDER Deputy State Humane Officer ‘Accedes to Demand on Dec laration of Inten- tion to Adopt Abandoned Baby All of the turmoil which last few days in connection w has been engendered in the vith the custody of the baby Virginia May, who was left on the doorstep at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hanlon on North Pear street May 15, was settled by Judge C. O. Brown in district court this morn'ng in a few minutes. T the chi'd and this afternoon will file legal adoption papers giving the by full property rights and other protection afforded by a legal adop. Uon, . vote he Hanlon family is to have Mrs. Virgil O. Nesbitt, deputy state humane officer, has had the baby the last few days and she was ordered on a writ of habeas cor- this mornin, During the proceed- ings Virginia May, wrapped in a blue and white checkered blanket slept peacefully. The difficulty over the custody of the child was quickly settled when it was announced by Frank Perkins, counsel for the Hanlons, that they were ready to adopt the child legally. Mrs, Nesbitt, through her attorney, H. Foster, had contended that the Ha one were expecting to give the child to second family To this procedure sho strenuously objected Some time late this afternoon the adoption papers should be signed by Judge Brown and-the child turn- ed over to the Han is Tho case has received consider- able notoriety and the court room was filled this morning with inter- pus to produce the child in court ested spectators, different members of the class. Dwight Wallace, editor of the an- nual spoke on “The Common Ground.” A. E. Stirrett told of the rela- tionship existing between the Rotary club and the. public schools. “He profits most who serves best,” said Mr. Stirrett, quoting the motto of his club. B. B. Brooks, former governor of Wyoming, spoke of the neces- sity for intelligent thinking and planning in order that good Bov- ernment might exist for the peo- ple of the United States. He ad- vised the guests of the club to become well informed on public questions. Mrs. Berta Smith sang ard Shipp’s two songs, of Wyoming” and tide Cowboy, Ride She was accompanied by Mrs. L. L. Lang worthy, * The senior class song was given by the students. TWO VIOLATORS PAY S100 FINES Two alleged violators of the liquor ordinance were fined $100 each by Judge John A. Murray in court last night. Max Schafer, in home the police found a quantity of beer, and Emma Brown, colored, ar rested Saturday night for having both moonshine and beer were the defendants. The Brown woman ap- pealed her case. Fred Vaughn, charged with hav. ing driven a car while drunk was fined $50. There were who wero fined STILL SEIZED BY OFFICERS Sheritf's officers yesterday found a 50-gallon still, several gallons of Mquor and nine rrela of mash in a dugout near Alcova The still w not running and after waiting the better part of a day for someone to show up the officers destroyed t plant. f. Rich- The Call whose about 12 drunks fendant who has faced a jury on a murder charge m yearss The crime of which she is accused is a par- ticularly heinous one. Locked up at police headquarters two weeks ago on a minor charge, she is alleged to have enticed Police Matron Mary T. Davis into her cell, slain her, taken her keys and fled. She was captured the next day trying to make her way out of the city, disguised as a man. The matron was popular and when news of her death at the hands of the prisoner spread, sev- thug making histowjera? men gathered about the New- castle county workhouse to which the young negress had been taken and demanded that Annie Lewis be turned over to them for the inflic- tion of summary judgment. She was saved by the state highway po- lice and reserves of the police force. Former Judge Henry C. Conrad, author of a standard history of Delaware, is authority for the statement that no woman ever has been hanged in the state, so far as the ‘records disclose. © The same opinion is held former Judge Ig- natius C. Grubb, author of a num- ber of historical pamphlets on the history of crime in Delaware. (Continued on Page Seven) jured; Union, eight injured, Waynes: boro, several Negroes killed and Summit, which js sald to have suf- fered heavy property loss. Early reports from placed that state as the fest suffere Ten were reported dead at the Owens mining com munity near Empire City in Dalker county and the injured numbered fifteen, Three families were report- ed annihilated in the little mining community. Seven members of the family of Billy Rudbins were killed and Mrs. John Hays and a young woman named Abbott lost — their lives there, John Hays being per-. haps fatally injured. Reports reach. ing here from Athens place the number of dead at seyen in the alamont neighborhood, the family of Will Collins having been killed nd a baby two old blown away. In Louisiana, Vestor Carr is reported family injury by light ning. Alabama next heay. rs HEAVY TOLL TAKEN IN MISSISSIPPI. JACKSON, Miss., Ma; persons were killed, 24 others in- jured and heavy property damage caused by storms which swept over sections of southern Mississippi yesterday and last night. Reports from Brook Haven stated that eight persons living at Johnson Station, 12 miles from there were Killed and 12 others injured, one probably fatally, and others serious: ly, when a tornado hit the town last night, virtually wiping it out. Red Crores workers went=to the (Continued on Page Seven) 27,—Eleven USEMENT BAN Conscience Must Be Guide of Members, Conference Senti- ment Rules in Rejecting Restrictions on Dancing, Games of Chance and Attendance at Theaters SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 27.—The Methodist ban upon amusements, except those ‘which cannot be used in the name of the Lord Jesus” was lifted today by a five-to-one vote of the Methodist Episcopal general conference here today. A minor- ty report forbidding theater attendance on Sunday and specifying dancing and im- moral theater performances was tabled by 460 votes to 295. There was no debate. BALL SCORES - NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Chicago— Pittsburg! : Chicago - -000 001 012— Batteries—Kremer, Morrison Schmidt; Alexander, Wheeler, Ki mann and Hartnett. At New York—Brooklyn-New York game postponed, rain. and AtSt.Louls—Ist game: BR. HE. Cincinnati ~....000 000 003—3 7 1 St. Louis 020 001 O0I—4 13 0 Batteries—Donohue, May and Wingo; Pfeffer, Sherdel, Doak and Gonzales. At Boston—Ist game: R.H.E. Philadelphia 000 100 030 0—4 8 0 Boston ......021 000 100 1—5 10 1 Batteries—Carison and Henline; Barnes and O'Neil. Second game— R.ILE. Philadelphia ..102 010 020—. 613 2 Boston 202 040 11°%—10 11 Batteries —Couch, Mitchell and Wilson; Gene h and Smith. > AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Cleveland— RK E Chicago - -010 000 ore—* «+ Cleveland -100 020 29%" * «© Batteries—Ly and Burns; Uhle and Myatt, At Washington—New York-Wash: ington game postponed, rain. RH. E, -020 000 002—4 6 1 001 310 00°—5 5 1 Batteries—Wingard, Bayne, Voigt and Severel Cole, Johnson and Woodall, — Boston-Philadel ‘al —_ ~ At Philadelph phia game postp AKYAB, Burma. — The hydro airplane in which Major Stuart Mac Laren, British aviator, was attempt ing a world flight,.was completely wrecked last week and he had asked for the spare machine waiting for him in Tokio, committee on the and W. M. of a standing state of the church Short of Fort Worth, Tex., spoke for the minority report. ‘The adop- tion of the former removed restric- tions against dancing, games of chance and all theater attendance, in force since the church's incep- tion, “We We are not beating a retreat going forward,” Dr. Elliott said. “Religion must appeal to the conscience and it is the nce of men that must be tr This new law goes back to and Paul and Jesus Christ, forward to a time when law u be no more, because written in the hearts of men. Preachers now will stand in their pulpits not with a po- liceman’s club, but with the shep. herd’s ervok in thelr hands. They will go along on a new program for the saving of souls,” “Sunday theatera are working a great hardship on the churches,” Mr. Short said. “Dancing is one of the great causes of divorce. People will say that the Methodist church ‘as retreated if the minority report is not adopted.” M ayfield Case Is Delayed by Counsel Clash are nsel Wesley a WASHINGTON, May 27.—Re- suming {ts election contest hearing the senate election sub-committee to y heard long legal argument as to whe B. Y. Clarke, of the organizers of the Ku Klux Klan, is a comipetent witness because of his convictions of a felony under the federal statutes in Texas last March were ‘counsel agreed that undor awe of t Clarke would no witness irts because hether } admissible nt as to be reeme would e federal courts > BERLIN, May 27.—Prelin to the opening of the new Feichstag vary day, special religious services wer held at noon for the Catholl and Protestant members, ; Dr. George Ellio't of Detroit presented the majority report McAdoo Forces To Fight for Vote of Texans WACO, tion instructing tion to the convention Tex., May 27.—A the Texas delega Democratic national favor of William Q, Mc the cardinal point in the progrem drafted by the McAdoo forces for adoption at the state convention here today leaders were confident that they would have no difficulty in controlling the convention resolu in Adoo was The program called for the selec- tion of 12 men and 12 women as delegates-at-large, each with one ixth of a vote. FINAL REPORTS ON BIG DRIVE TO GE MADE AT DINNER TONITE Visit of Holly Sugar Company Officials Not Certain at Forum Meet. This ' Evening, A. E, Carlton and other offt- clals of the Holly Sugar corpor- ation, Colorado Surings, will not be guests of the Chamber of Com- merce this evening. These men arrived at Douglas last night and this morning made an inspection of the Morton ranch, afterward drive ing to Cs t where they were Y ‘obert through Riverton. will then and to connect up with on the Northwestern take them to Montana ed Casper today enroute to It is understood that they drive to Wor a private ca whic will and Dakota. The chamber of coms merce membership recruit- ing campaign will come to a close tonight at the Open Forum dinner which will be served at the Henning hotel at 6:30. The teams that have been working so faithfully on the me paign will make their final reports, the standing of the teams will ba computed; aid the silver loving cup will be awarded to the winning team by former Governor B. B, Brooks. R. 8, Ilison, chairman of the ‘drive will also present a box of clgars to each of the teams winning first and second positions. The Nutrona county high ‘school quartette will give a musical pros gram and Miss Helen Stone will play the violin and it is expected that ait will be prepared to have a general good time after the week's strenu- ous work. All team especially requested complete teams meeting. captains are to have their Present at this It 1s not known for certain that the cfficials of the Holly Sugar cor- poration will be present. Every team the chamber he morning at ent Was represented at this judging from the workers, should be ndquarters 9:30 and of available prospe solicited before evening. The team captained by >. B. Nelson cone tinues in the lead and all the other teams are fighting for second post+ tion, and expecting to spring a sure prise on their rivals. The ip committee will give a on the Good Fellow- ship F Ip and some of the speakers that are going on the trip will be on tonight for short addre time on the program w to an experien team for talks eptions ace uslasm every 3ooster report when ers will b on describing 1 them ir All mer to attend. D. Carey work the near Douglas and Carey- hurst. > -—— Dr. Charles the dine doctors of a few NEW Mayo Americ cancer predic an within a cure SIX DEAD IN HOTEL FIRE AT NEWARK Death Toll Expected to Grow as Debri Of Four-Story Structure Burned Last Night Are Searched NEWARK, N. J., May have died in a fire toda hotel, on Halsey street probably in the debri night. A policeman reported fam The hote! is a four struct with seeing three t been con ted with a cire