Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 16, 1924, Page 1

sang The circulation of The Tribune is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper. WYOMING—Unsettiea tonight and MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 201. CASPER, WYO., MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1924 tempera EDITION Publication Offices: Tribune Bldg, 216 B. Second Sty On Streets or at Newstands, 5 cents Member of tele Burean of Circulation ! Delivered by Carrier 75 cents a month ‘portion tonight; not much change in (darosy 22 SSHOI ay8g% Tuesday; possibly showers in north- —— Countryman Held as Suspect in Ash Street Fatality ATTORNEY IS CHARCED WITH DRUNKENNESS THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., June 16.—(Special to The Tribune).—Twelve-charges were filed against County At- torney Fred Wyckoff Saturday accusing him of intoxica- tion and neglect of duty and citing him to appear before Governor William B. Ross July 16 to show why he should not be removed from office. The charges are the out- growth of the dismissal of 35 cases COURT [5 ASKED FOR REVIEW OF DEATH PENALTY New Evidence In Mur- der Trial of Walter Sim- mons In Nebraska WASHINGTON, June 16. The supreme court was ask- DRIVING IT HOME Reading Between Lines in the Day’s News of Casper. George Espinosa was ar- NEW YORK, June 16.—T rested by the police at 2:30 o’clock this morning as a sus- pect in the killing of Cata- rino Albarado. in front of “Mexican Lucy’ Gonzales’ house, 215 North Ash street, half an hour earlier. A bullet had been fired J into Albardo’s left breast while he was walking in front of the Gon- zales woman's house. Motive for the crime has not been learned. ‘The incident occurred in a sec- tion of the city Irgely inhabited by ) This evening Walter Royce now in Los Angeles, will give Casper a long distance slap in the face, We puny citizens still smart in remembrance of the insulting w: he snapped his fingers at us wh We asked him to get out of our coun cil chambers, As a big, blank, sleep- looking Buddha convicted of viola- tion of the liquor laws, he refused to quit as councilman, After showing us that we had nothing to say about his staying or leaving, he decided in |France next month. colors in eight branghes of competi tion. Supplementig the ‘track team, will be eleven gymnasts, 26 boxers, 17 wrestlers, 36 men and 24 women swimmers, seven cyclists, 17 fencers and tens orasmen, This main body of athletes will be followed riext Saturday on the against defendants on gambling and liquor charges here recently. State Prohibition Enforeemrent Officer Wachtel signed the complaint and Mexicans and negroes. A row of also Yearrested the entire 36 defena-| : liner Homeric, by the Yale cight, ed today to‘review the déath| finan houses front Ash street. in acts on fodetal WAM othe peng ara my een, ‘e!6"—| which won the right to represent sentence imposed upon Wal-| ine block where the shooting occur- - American R.WLE, | ©28¢s will be tried in Cheyenne. Tre ene eae pera the United States in the Olympics ter -RRY Simmons, for the|rea'and tt would have beep « simple Beware 200 oe EE . triiike mad fleas we bounced around) by a thrilling victory in the final murder of Frank Pahl at| matter for any man to conceal him- = rying to oust Royce. As it was,|tria's at Philadelphia last Saturday 4; All celf between two of these and firc| Chicago - .-100 000 4xx— “Wachtel is sore,” was the way|We only slightly annoyed him. So|On next Friday the Blue wi!l meet seg tha 8 aise esdae hd at a man walking along. Batteries—Johnson and — Ruel, | in which Attorney E. B. Enterline (Continued on Page Three) Harvard in their annual four mile Espanosa had nothing on him to this morning deseribed the action he elite of America’s athletic heroes and heroines, 235 strong, are sailing from Hoboken on the specially chartered steamer America today at noon, standard time, to compete for the 1924 Olympic laurels in Track and field stars comprise 105 of the total aggregation, which will wear the Yankee race at New London, Conn. America’s 1024 Olympic entries compare favorably with the galaxies of stars which Save brought honor to Old Glory since the Olymples in 1896. "The track and field squad composed of athletes who smashed three world’s records and psed URUWIING ALGIJENTS uenlM LIVES OF BOYS MEXICAN IS SHOT TO DEATH ON STREET ATHLETES SAIL FOR OLYMPICS ONE ACCIDENT IN GRAVEL PIT OTHER TRAGEDY, IN RESERVOMR Inability to Swim Fatal to Local Youth When He Stepped Into Hole While Wading - Two tragedies from drowning occurred less than 14 Olypmic marks in the two day/SiX hours apart yesterday, tests just concluded at Cambridge, is |one especially confident of Olympic history in Yankee terms. School and college athletes will bear the brunt of America’s fight (Continued on Page Hight) Being in recess the court cannot consider the petition until after it / convenes next October. The filing of the motion was decided upon by B. P. Holmes, Josiah Combs and Thomas P. Littlepage, counsel. for Simmons, after consultations with Justices of the court. It is based upon the discovery of new evidence of the prohibition officer in rearrest- ing the defendants whose dismissal had been secured by the Casper at- Qj torney. Mr. Enté@rine stated that @| at the time Wachtel had threatened indicate that he had fired the fatal shot but because he was found lol- tering in the vicinity and because “Mexican Lucy" identified him as a mfn who had knocked at her door a short time before the shooting, he is being held. Lucy and two men friends were to follow this course of action. The cases mentioned had been dismissed on an order from the county attor- ney after the jury had acquitted Council to be court acts upon the case. The pe-| were unab’e to discover the assail- R, H.E. tition asserts that several farmers | ant. ciao. iad a who did not appear at the’ trial wijl| |The dead man was 32 years of age Cincinnati ere 000— : $ Possibility that Fred P. Moore, testify that Simmons was not in the} and had been. employed on a sec- Brooklyn -.._000 5 2 tion ging working for the Burling. and Wisrerave; automobile when Pahl was driving : Tton. “Hell an’ Maria” At New York St. Louis -....002 000 000— 2 7 1 New York ..-101 021 lix—714 0 Batt herman and iteries—Bell, Dic! Gonzales; Nehf and Snyder. Se cirelés this mortiinge™Several residents of that ward fave the mayor with a request that Moore be appointed,} it is cessor to Royce is expected to take place tonight. Mayor S. K. Loy stated today that he would prefer to sor to Royce in the hands of the| that Noyce, who now resides 1a Los council rather than to indicate his Ankle Me Sean out Langs ns i$ moved out éf his ward. When gg ali as the councilman was convicte? on succeed Walter 5. Royce as councilman from the fisee At Boston With the close of the football com-| Royce’s resignatior will be offl-| several counts of lMquor’ violation Pittsburgh 000 004 C00— 4 5 0) petitions there will be a lull in the}cially handed into the council at}be promised the mayor that he Boston - ---..010 050 30x— 9 14 1] Olympic Games program until June|the session by his attorney Frank would resign at that time but later Bat! Sooper, Stone and | 21, when the marksmanship contests] M. Perkins, The wording of the| was advised by his attorney not to Schmidt; Barnes and O'Neill. are scheduled to begin. resignation is such as to indicate|do so while he was “under fire,” Royce’s Successor In Named and on the charge that three of the|!" her house at the time of the RL H-E-| two or three of the defendants jurors who tried Simmons were| shooting. They ‘heard the shot but 1 6 8 at dauda levers .eeiekeds hc: prejudiced. thought it was a tire blown out. OL) Nording to Attorney: Eintertine; the e 3 e It is the expectation of counsel| Two officers of the police depart-| Batteries—Bush Schang; jury had become dissatisfied with for Simmgns that Governor Bryan| ment heard the shot also and rush-| Coveleskie and Myatt ThE cvIbAGe pEMUeENOE tee 'atoal oni S e 1 of Nebraska will continue to-grant| ed around the corner in time to see SOB pigeons.” A 30 day respites until the supreme| the victim fall to the ground. They! At St. Louis R. LE. @ contractor residing at 1142 South David street, may ward was yoiced:in official approached the council and said. The election of a suc- leave the matter of a succes- there being at that time a deter- mined effort ‘on the part of the cit- izens of the ward to oust him. This effort failed but Royce moved out of the city soon afterwards. He had appealed his lquor violation case to the supreme court where it is now, pending. Wind, Hail and Rain Storms Sweep Area Between Mitchell and Sioux City; Property Damage Is Very Heavy Rail Communications Are Held Up Former Casperite Explosion Victim On Mississippi MITCHELL, S. D., June 16.—With wire communication gradually being restored, additional details were expected today from sections of South Dakota swept by torna- does and wind, hail and rain storms Satu-rday night with a death toll of at least 12 killed, scores injured and property damageestimated at more than $1,000,000. Advices received here by officials of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway, told of a family of eight being killed at Bijou Hills, Brule county. Rodney K. Anderson who was killed in the explosion aboard the U. 8S. 8S. Mississippi last week lived in Casper about nine years ago, ac cording to information from a friend of the family, received His] Two others met death at White here, including the shops. and two Chamberlain, two inches of rain f father Eric Anderson was killed e, in Aurora county; another at| large warehouses, wero partially|in ten minutes. Huron reported here when a Northwestern train e and one at Blunt, destroyed. Four persons werelinches of rain In 30 minutes. ‘The Valley, a small town tn Zie-| injured, one probably fat Many] downpour was responsible for irrig ‘0! bridge west of the 1 ¥ Pee, SArOLEh: &. Lelare. eae "© | bach co.nty, was sald to have been} houses and barns were unroofed of| tion dams being swept away near city, it is sald. His mother, now tually wiped’ out in the storm,| blown down, livestock suffered hy Draner and Vivian. ¥ Mrs. Elva Wooley, resides in Los] which covered a territory of approx.| fly and poultry was ble igh Angeles. imately fifty miles*and swept over| Hundreds of light, powe: pt NSB Geccape Srey po EE —_——_-—_. ning countiss. ‘Twenty persons were|and telegraph poles were blown} | HURO! 5 miles southwest injured at. Glad Valley, three ser-| down. Between Mitchell and Sloux jnaton he papieserttoat Ra imualyand ‘property damage was| City, Iowa, 17 miles of) telegraph | © Nene OS's vei sands of dollars, estmated at $100,000. wires were out of commission a cccotlenil eee tele The state highway supply depot| In the neighborhood of Murdo andthe business district’ wrecked, | ac : cording to telephone reports here today. Every brick block in the business section was flattened and frame buildings crushed, when two tor MAKES LENGTHY Character study of Genera! Charles G. Dawes, selected running mate nadoes met in the center of the for President Coolidge, after a hectic finale to the vice vresidential race town late Saturday As far as can At the Republican convention, be learned no lives were lost, al though there were many minor cas Cara oe unlties. DE REACH Differences of opinion in regard to public. questions pes pe eteeeticr iesta shames Seat. were subordinated to the almost unanimous desire to sup-|/\) there was wearcely a house in town which was not damaged. port Calvin Coolidge for president, according to Congress- man Charles E. Winter who returned yesterday from the Advertiser of Custer Bat- NEW YORK FOR tl field Hi hwai Now Republican convention at Cleveland. w le g y “Although it was inevitable that various members of vag Rc vec ns the convention should hold opinions importance. On the second ballot it | C#m ; oh cs ~iT M A ix E UVERI N ; In Tennessee Aifferent from the president it was) rested between Lowden and Burton, | Springs and over (he countryside never supposed for a moment that] The western gation inclual for a radius of 20 miles from here they should oppose him for that rea-| Wyoming went unanimously for|by @ tornady that struck this cit SHERIDAN, Wyo. June 16- son. The various questions were aub-| Lowden because he also represented | Saturday NEW YORK, June 16.—Demoerat-| ocratic ranks will be here, including White Eagle, Crow Indian in the] ordinated to the general policy, suc-| the agricultural and livestock inter Hatimates cf damage range froin fo leaders from all parts of the} Willidm G. McAdoo, George HB. . cess and welfare of the party, Cool-| ests. On Lowden's declination sentt- | $500,000 to $1,000,000. country are here or on the way,| Brennan of Chicago, Illinois Demo-|service of the Custer Battlefield] (7205 strength Mes in the absolute| ment, quickly erystallized in favor ready for tho wevk of political man-| cratic chief, and Edward Moore of| highway association here, has reach-| confidence which the people have in] of Dawes because he was known euvering which will precede the na-| Youngstown, Ohio. ea Memphis, ‘Tenn., by horseback | his cepa Lle Bonny. end his to be a business man, a bank er, Apes FLIERS MAKE onventic came from Albs ‘@ Judgmen ogarded as 1 t ho in| rede ak Fah Sencanet, Table Terral ater the Epees Teton, neaording, 10 sora ecety abbey Rr Mii atin 5 sey man of the Democratic national] It was sald that Cummings will] ¢d at the highway headquarters h him. as a reactionary. His outst committec omer Cummings of| be given the convention's third big-| today. ‘The Old Indian has been gor ne 5 boggy | os be ro porgin | Conn, J. E. Bruce Kremer of Mon-| gest honor, the chairmanship of the] about «ye: Hoe travels by horse-} Pye ona’ y an ple not. the tana; Norman E. Mack of Buf committee | on r futlone which back showing pictures and original | Republican alone, e —s George While of Obio; and Burt| will draft tho party's platform. hab rs Wre Toisas ds Ary i he taeporemeap Mt 9% New of Indiana are among the lead;|is designed to make this, reporta| Poema as an advertisement of the} oniibe falict. Rohator nite , HONG x ING, June 16.—Tha thee ers alread here, while William Jen-| have it, a brief document. Senator| highway. He witnessed the annual! genyon for vice president becaus and initiative. TI cor 4 : nS “ie A ’ mee oe s nings Bryan Ix expected td arrive} Pat Harrison of Mississippl, aldeady | celebration in honor of the confeder-| he represented so well the agricul-| nation of Dawes and Coo'll te in ve. | AtOUn n rid landed safely later in the day. By Wednesday|has been decided upon as the con-|acy's heroes at Memphis recently, he] tura!; interosts. Lowden was more| guarded as of national appeal to! Seigon, the capital of French Coch gether leading figures in the Dem (Comtinued gm Cage Elghv eaid, of a commanding figure of national) every one.” . in-China, at @ o'clock this afternoon 12 DEAD IN TORNADOES IN DAKOTA Mondell Cruises With President On 2-day Trip WASHINGTON, June 16. — President and M Coolidge re turned early today from a wee end crul aboard the Mayflower which to them down the Poto mac river to the upper reaches of Chesapeake bay rhe cruise, which t 1 Satur. day afternoor onstituted the longest perlod Mr. Co: has b ent from the car noe he entered the White H last August He and Mrs. olidge accompanied by several including Frank W, Mon Wyoming permanent n of tha publican na tional cc ention, and chairman of the committee which will not! the president of his nomination The Mayflower steamed about the lower stretches of the Poto- mac yesterday and anchored last night just below Mount rnon. The trip from Mount Vernon to Washington was begun shortly after daylight today at a gravel pit just rewriting /northeast of Casper and the other at the Ohio company’s reservoir near the town of Salt Creek. Carl Ukena. 17 years of age, lost his life in the gravel pit at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, He had been wading and suddenly stepped off from a ledge into water 14 feet deep. Several youths were with him but none noticed the dis- aster until after they missed hime Then they sent for help and the body was discovered. Lorine Chapin, 16 years of age, was drowned while swimming in the reservoir of the Ohio Oil company. He apparently got out too far and was unable to reach the shore. T: accident occurred at 11 o'clock yes- terday morning. Another boy. wag with him at the time, The Ukena boy was the son of Mr. and Mrs, Frank Ukena, 903 St. Mary's street. The famlly had lived here for a year and a half; having nty, Katha The er en working at Standard and for the last three weeks the boy had been employed in the laboratory of the Standard. The funeral will be held from thd Methodist church at 2 o'clock /tos morrow afternoon. The Rev. L. Ex Carter will officiate. Young Chapin was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Chapin of Salt Creek. Mr. Chapin. is employed by the Salt Creek Lumber company. The boy was a student at the high school in that community. The funeral will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon from the Shaffer-Gay chapel, the Rey. L. E. Carter officiating. CRUDE CUT IS POSTED FINDLAY, Ohio, June 16.—Thé Ohio Ofl company announced a droy of 15 cents a barrel in the price of Wooster oil. The quotation is $2.00. COAL RATES | UNJUSTIFIED WASHINGTO June 16. Proe | posed increased rates on ligni ul from ines in orth Dakota to = |tinations in North Dakota, South | Dakota and Minneapolis were found not justified today by the Interstate | Commer Comn for hed- ules which previously had been sus+ pended were ordered cancelled Th ymmission held that present rates 4 too low but that the record is insufficient to ermine speeifia “proper rates the future.” I¢ submitted a scale of rates proposed by the examiner who conducted hearings in the case for the purpose of securing the views of all interests concerned as to its fairness. a oe Russell Funeral Tomorrow | The funeral of Zink Russell, policd judge of ¥ ville who died Satur+ w 10 ,o’clock Gay chapel at morning. tomorr TEN HELD FOR ._ MAIL THEFTS Three Women and Seven Men In Those Believed to Ha ve Had Part In $3,000,000 Robbery CHIC held AGO, June 16 I part of the trated a ,000,000 wr here, and officers are the bandits’ cache where th ere nil } 1 nd 1 re € Ww ursday night pe bbery at Rondout, LL, nea ng three additional men and ey believe the approximately pe- 40 bags of registered mail will be found intact. Morgan Collins, chiet of px ndmitted last night that an a check up on the cotten af the mail sacks revealed a loss is of $3,000,000. i Continued qq Page Hight) |, m re it es a?