Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 20, 1924, Page 1

The Weather Generally fair ~’tonight and Saturday; not. much change in temperature. VOLUME VIII. " BE FI ‘COMPLETION OF NEW PROJECT sts: PROMISED sss. =. Fitadaphin’ eee er serece 2! bo ae sues Batteries — Zahniser and Ruel; Fi cing Pr Is Naylor, bine and Perkins. At Detroit— REALE. Under Way to Build. | eves -----000 49" sn—v 5 Batteries—Coveleskie, Smith and Myatt; Stoner and Bassler. At New York—Boston-New York game postponed; rain. eS NATIONAL LEAGUE. urgh— R. HE. .-100 210 000—4 12 2 North and South. Construction of the Wyo- ming North and South rail- road from Casper to Miles City, Mont., will be carried to completion «in the “‘short- est practicable time;” it is stated in a message received here last night by Chas. S, Hill, vice president of the railroad, from P. D. Saklatvala, president of thé Middle States Ol! corporation. ‘She latter has ¢harge of the financing pro: gram, Thé message was inspired by re- ports from Sheridan that engineer- ing forces had been laid off and ‘work suspended for this year, coupled with the announcement yes- terday of the Sheridan Commercial club. that it would move to protect the interests of those who had sub- scribed money and land as a bonus for cénstruction of the line. Fn- gineers will remain ip. Sheridan until further orders, accgrding to word rece! .., The railroad has beer] completed from Casper to Salt Creek and much grading has‘ been~ done orth of the ofl field. ‘The Ruether, Decatur and Taylor. tntvale of the ‘aa . mn action ret rene neering force has no ‘BULLETIN: pt than that it is a NEW. LONDON, June /20.—Yale Feduction on expense. “Our lawyers are now at work on the application to the ‘nterstate commerce commission for authority to issue securities. covering the whole ¢nterprise, but as immediate action cannot be had on this appli- cation, it ts not considered good business to continue unnecessary expense. “The people of Wyoming. may. be assured that we will spare no effort to complete the proposed railroad between Casper and Miles City, Mont., in the shortest. practicable time.” MIAN AND WIFE LAND IN JAIL Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cockburn of Salt Creek, proprietors of the Half way house on the Salt Creek high- Way, Were arrested by the’ sheriff's office Thursday afternoon charged with violation of the Nquor laws. A search of the premises is said to have uncovered numerous cases of ‘beer buried along Horse creck closé to the: house. The Halfway house seems to carry with an unlucky omen. Lee Morrell, proprietor previous to the tenure of the Cockburns, was in sev- eral mixups with the officers, spena- ing considerable time in the county jail after his wife had been acci- dentally poisoned and his children taken away from him by the authorities. won the four mile varsity eight race this afternoon defeatihg Harvard by three lengths. Lives of Hundreds pled and slowly sinking, rac: passengers through a blind off Cape Race. The vessels were the Italian steam- er Clara’ Camus which crept into port with her forward peak driyen back to the forecastle winch by the force of the collision, and the Cana- diam Pacific Mner Metagama, bear- ing 700 passengers bound for Mon- treal from Glasgow. The Matagama, listing heavily, was beached on a shoal in St. Johns’ harbor. Loss of life was averted in the crash. Cool action by the Metagama’s of- ficers averted a panic aboard the craft when the passengers rushed on deck after the collision had sent the craft reeling. Passengers praised both captain | Leading Rivals In Demo Race ba, BY ROBERT T. SMALL, (Copyright, 1924, The Casper Tribune). NEW YORK, June 20,—For the first time that dele- gates can remember, the two leading figures in a fight for the Democratic presidential nomination are “on the ground” and petyad to go the limit in their personal struggle for the highest honors of the party. It prob- ably was the fact that the convention is being held here in the home town of Governor Al; Governor Smith would rot admit PHmith that convinced Mr. William | himself ja candidate Until the ctate Gibbs McA.Joo and his supporters| convention was held some two that he should Ipse no time in gét-| months ago and unanimously en- ting behind his fight, In any event, they are both here nd beth jn @ militant frame of mind. dorsed him for the presidency. From that time on, howover, the Smith (Continued on Page Four) 003 00° eves 9 #1), -| the local o: LINERS. LIMP INTO HARBOR Saved When Sinking Vessel Wins Race Against Time Into Port ST. JOHNS, N. F., June 20.—How a liner, half. crip- coast—and won—was told after two battered steamers found their way into this port last-night after colliding | Waging Battle SBURGH OIL MAN FINANCES SPOUT TRIP TO CODY MEMORIAL Check for $250 Will Pay Way for Four Boys And Official , of Local Council at Unveiling of FineStatue. A check for $250 sent*here from Pittsburgh, Pa., will e the means of providing official representation for the Casper Council of Boy Scouts at the unveiling of the “Buf- falo Bill” Cody memorial in*Cody, J uly 4, This money, sent by Paul S. Ache, nate who-has a summer hom pay the expenses of four scouts and @ scout official going from this city for the ceremonials. At a special meeting today Earl G. Burwell, scout commissioner; Leon C. Goodrich, senior deputy scout commissioner, and H. Roe Bartle, scout executive, were ap- pointed members of a committee to select the boys who are. to repre- sent Casper scouts at Cody next month, Upon their outstanding records in in, the following Scouts were chosen: > Keith Baherenburg of ‘Troop No. 17, Roland Nichols: of: Troap No. 2, Donald Taylor of Troop No. 7, and of Passengers ‘Are against time with her 700 og off the New Foundland and crew for thelr handling of the situation. During the-long race sea- Men provided music with bagpipes, String instruments and phonographs to help maintain the courage of those aboard. Although-other ships had appeared to give assistance, the captain did not halt to attempt a transfer in the dense fog. LONG FLIGHT i COMPLETED BY PORTUGESE Airplane “Damaged in . Final Landing After Record-Flight. HONG KONG, June 20.—(By The. Associated Press).—The two Portu- #0 aviators, Lieutenants Beiros id Paes, virtually completed their Lisbon to Macao. flight this after- noon ‘when they passed over Macao and at 2 o'clock landed at Shamchun, on the frontier of the British new leased territory, ‘The landing was a foreed one, how ever, Lieutenant Paeg being bruised and thelr maching slightly damaged. The aviators, finding, a, landing at Macao impracticable | becnuse ‘of bad weather, bad intended to continue to Canton, following the. Une’ of the Kowloon Canton rallway. Ignition trouble,.however,, caused a sudden change spShoas jcensy | Pittsburgh oil mag- e.near, Cody, will: be used to known his wish to take a few of the Casper scouts through Yellow- stone park this summer at his expense. ~ fo SRS IE DEMING RETURNS. Cc 1, Wyo., June 20— William °C, Deming, president of the United Civil Service commis. sion, whO “has been spending a month4 nm in Cheyenne, de. ington this morning. of © fa ion sherry. His_pre- cudn’ for ‘ihe accord- Ing, tovhig’ friends, gals him ‘the utle of “A' Culinary Wet.” The other day Mr: McAdoo spoke glowingly of Lady Baltimore cake, which he “had eaten on a recent Visit to Major Jobn S, Cohen, national comniitteeman-elect from Georgia. Theresult was the arrival today of.a cake almost as large as a bushel basket. “Mrs. L. T. Stall- ings, premiere eake maker of At- lanta, was asked to bake the cake. She was willing but bemoaned the lack of sherry. Major Cohen sup. plied the sherry.” The, Volstead law, it was explained, permits the use of otherwise forbidden lquids for cullnary purposes. Howard Byerett, Democratic com- mitteeman from Minnesota, sald that in his state there ts a very robust Smith sentiment and that of the 24 delegates, 19 showed leanings toward Smith, | 7 Cc. C. Carlin, manager of Senator Underwood's campaign, has an- noynced that he land his backers would join with Groree E. Brennan, in foreing the “Klan fight to the front. There will be no “pussy footing’? on !the question, Carlin Maid. Members of the National League of Women Voters -hage arrived here to present a petition to the Demo. cratic-party to recognize’ in its plat form humatarian planks sought by women. J.T. Crawford, ‘Democratic na- tional committeeman from Florida, and. moat members of that delega tion will arrive today. The delega tion, of which William J. Bryan is a member, is instructed for McAdoo. OD) Uvyi0;8F 978; RAILROAD TO SLAYER DIES fe cde mee The circulation of The Tribune is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper: MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS : . <.,CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1924, On Streets Delivered by Father of University Student Slain In Cold Blood Looks On as Trap Is Sprung In Arizona Prison FLORENCE, Ariz., June 20.—William B. Ward, negro, was hanged at dawn this morning at the state prison here for the murder of Ted Grosh, Arizona Uni- versity student. The gallows trap was sprung at 5:12 a. m. and Ward was pronounced dead after then rcmoved from the noose and 30 minutes later it was buried under the sod of the prison burial grounds. Composedly and-with a steady step, Ward mounted’ the stairway with more than three score officials, peace officers and newspaper men gathered to view the execution. W. H. Grosh, father of Ted, saw the execution, Ted's brother, George, also was present, with Hal McNelly, brother of Maxine McNelly Gilbert, the girl companion of Ted Grosh who was wounded after Ted had» been slain while riding in an automobile near Globe, Ariz, last December 26. Ward declined to the last to make any statement in reference to the murder in Phoenix last November of Mrs. Ada Boudreau of Elkhart, idelights Of ig Convention Ind., with which officers have at- rs. Tex ‘0 te ‘for nomination ‘for vice president, has issued the following statemént on his eandidacy: “I appreciate the compliment paid to me in the 14 northern, eastern and western states through prefer- ential primaries, conyentions and delegation Conferences. It would have been quite presumptuous, how- (Continued on Page Four) or at Newstands, 5 cents Carrier 75 cents a month DRIVING IT - HOME’ Reading Between Lines in the Day's News of Casper. So the Wyoming North and South railroad is going to carry its Cas- per-Miles City, Mont., line ta com~ pletion in the “shortest practicable time."* Short for somé ts long “for others. When work is started, a ballyhoo is sent out, and the funds aro short— then: work stops. It is odd that railroads and other things are start- ed without enough money te ‘put them through as promised. » You ktfow how we talk about’ a’ wildcat oll company that doew that kind of thing. With groans, those on the jury 14 minutes. His body was tempted to link him. Questions con- cerning the case were answered With protestations of faith by Ward who was the first negro to be exe- cuted in the history of the state. Ward was convicted of the mur- der of Grosh on the night of Dec ber 26 last in Gila county. Because of the intense feeling against Ward immediately following his arrest, he was tried in Florence before Judge Stephen H. Abbey. Ward was con- victed on April 15, the jury return- ing a yerdict in 16 minutes after being given the case. An appeal was taken but a few weeks later it was withdrawn at the request of Ward who declared such a step would be futile. Grosh was slain while riding in an automobile with Maxine McNelly. Ward stopped their car as they were proceeding along the road, stepped on the running board and fired a bullet into-the head of Grosh, killing him instantly. He then forced. Miss McNelly from the car and to accom- pany him to an abandoned mining tunnel where he. attacked her and fired two shots into her body, leay- ing her for dead. She eventual} recovered and was a witness against Ward at his trial here. Poliowing his conviction and con- fnement here, he attempted to gain his™ “by attempting to Kid- nap. hold in his cell two women miss y who were calling .on him in his cell. One of the women sustained severe injuries at, his ands as he attempted to foree her Into his cell, there. to be held until he was promised his freedom. Fel- low convicts in the penitentiary, at- tracted by the screams of the women (Continued on Page Three) list will read today that they must be at court next Tuesday. -Nothing Promising sensation In the way of criminal cases, is offered. Only the ary fodder of civi} cases. Those who by hook or by crook cannot be excused, will sit in the box hour after hour chewing their cuds, seeing themselves in the reflection of mountain stream where there are lots of trout. It is a habit to do these things. ‘We weep when we see our names on venires. We start building up ex- cuses that will Iet us out, just as we would go about the serious Job, of conjuring up income tax exemp- tions. Of course, {t {s all wrong to look at jury duty the way we do. We are as juvenile in this respect as the kids who kick about going to school, If by some means jury duty were made an honor for the few, then we woyld battle among ourselves to be jurors. — At 4:30 o'clock every day we have (Continued on Page Hight) ee GLOBE FLYE : RANGOON, British India, June 20.—(By The Associated Preks.)}—The three American army airplanes ar- rived hera: today from Bangkok, Siam, on thelr trip around the world. GREER IS ACQUITTED OF DINES SHOOTING Curiosity of Courtroom Bench-Warmers In. Wild Party That Newton D. Baker is scheduled to make the nominating speech ‘for for mer Governor James M. Cox of Ohio. Culminated In Wounding of Denver Oil‘Man Remains Unsatisfied at End of Chauffeur’s Trial LOS ANGELES, June 20.—What transpired at the alleged gay party here last New Year’s night in the course of which Courtland 8. Dines, Denver oil man, was shot and seriously wounded, today remains food for the imagination of those who hopefully attended session after session of the triai of Horace A. Greer on a charge of attempting to murder Dines, only to see the defendant acquitted by a jury of ten women and two men in the superior court yesterday without having uttered a single WYOMING DEMOCRATS OFF FOR CONVENTION CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 20.—-The Wyoming delegation to the Demo- eratic national convention ‘departed for New York this morning, travel- ing in a special car. Governor W. B. Ross did not depart with the Wyomingites, but at noon boarded a special train carrying California's McAdoo contingent to the conven- tion. News on Every Page The Sunday Tribune offers to its readers the best inter. national and local news service in the state. If it’s news you will find it in the Tribune . In addition to the regular news service there are feature writers covering the fields of business, sport, politics and fash- ions whose articles you will find in the Sunday edition. The .cight page automobile section, the colored comics and other special features go to make the Tribune the best Sunday paper in the Rocky Mountain region for Casper-and Wyoming readers. As a shopping medium the ing the’advertising ofall tho le perusal of the Sunday edition should mean many dollars « in the bargains announced thr rough Tribune is unsurpassed, carry ading merchants of the city A nved thé advertising columns. All in all the Tribune is the one Sunday paper that sat- isfies, paragraph of descriptive testimony from the stand. If they were disappointed, hew- ever, so was Greer; for he had scarcely finished shaking hands with the jurors when he was arrested on a charge of violating the state pro hibition enforcement act. Pending preliminary hearing on this charge he.was released on $260 bail. Neither Miss Normand, Greer's for- mer employer, nor Edna Purylance, the other motion picture actress with Dines when he was shot, were in court to hear the verdict. Miss Nor: mand sald she was not entirely satis- fied with the way the trial turned out. “I wish,” she sald, “that the im pression had never been created that a lot of things about that party had been hushed up. I didn't want any body to ‘shield’ me. I wish they had told everything; there certainly was not anything for me to be afraid to have told.’" ONE DEAD IN TRAIN CRASH 8ST. ALBANS, Vermont, June 20.— Fireman William Forbes;was killed and two trainmen were injured when a freight train collfded head- on- with - the Washington:Montreal express on the Central Vermont rail- way in Sharon today, No passengers were injured _ © Voronoft has a c wh to ¥ growe neplanting + of one sheep to another the wool to grow ten longer than normal on the ue the that glands from will inches animal with phe extra glanda, states cause GOV. HUNT CANDIDATE PHOENIX, Ariz., June 0.—Gover- nor G, W. P. Hunt.ot Arizona today announced his candidacy for the nomination for governor at) the Democratic state primaries in Sept- ember. His announcement contains a-positive stand against adoption “of the Colorado river compact or any compact which doen not protect the interests of Arizona jn the Colorado rive Woman sailants. ‘The woman charged that on the ight of April 25 she was in her home dlothed in a kimona and bed room wlippers recovering from an operation, when the three women entered her house, beat her and pulled her hair, hog tied” her, searched her hotise, taking a re- Tid Publication Offic Tribune Bldg, 216 E. Second st TAX PROPOSAL TO BE DECIDED AT POLLS HERE NEXT MONDAY Need Shown in 47 Per Cent* Increase Last Year in School Popu- lation of District. With the school censug showing an increase this spring of 47.1 per cent over that of last spring, a greater increase than any year pre- vious, the school board of District No, 2 has published a notice to the effect that &@ school election will be held next Monday: to decide upon a general tax levy to raise $860,000 as a part of the school bud. get for the y The : Part of the budget raised by taxes last year was $500,000 while income from other sources brought {t up to $620,000. An. increase over that will be noticed An election of schoo board members will also take 2 4 Monday at the same tim, t ie that tax levy is voted on. = ‘The terms of C. H. Townsend and + P. Wheeler expire this year and they have been nominated for to. election to serve three-year terms Other candidates in the field are Mrs. C.D. Murane and J. D, Tucker, Sincol¢he @lgetion of officers for the board’ of “education of the high school alno takes place C. EH. ‘Town. ane: George B. Nelson and W. 0. q mare candidates. for re. tion. J.B. Frisby, J. D, Ticker and Mra C.D, Murane have also SAnouriced their candidacy. The eltetion, will bo held at the Washing: ton (formerly Central) school, First and Wolcott streets, The budget itself does not t care of cost of new Work. About $300,000 o this year also. ake construction f it goes into teachers’ salarics. Other things paid for by it are text books, sup. Plies, janitor service, fuel, water and lights, repairs, replacements, new equipment and apparatus. Fifty new school rooms are either under construction at the present time or will be constructed this summer. These rooms will take additional desks and supplies, all of which must come out of the budget. The actual construction of the rooms a% well es other buildings and add tions planned {s be taken care of Ovt of a $300,000 special bond issue flouted some time ago. The feature of the whole thing which the school board views with optimism is the matter of the school census. The school census is tho only authoritative census taken in this city yearly. During the last four years there has been an aver- age increase of 33 1-3 per cent over the previous year, persons from five to 20 years of oge being counted whether attending school or not. (Continued on Page Four) JURORS GIVEN ORDERS TO REPORT FOR DUTY All the members of the jury called for the spring term of district court here have been notified to reappear for service at the court house next Tuesday morning. The jury was excused soma three weeks ago after a month and a helf. It ts understood that a consider able number of civil caxex will be isposed of with the calling of the jury for next v Victim Of Whipping Asks $75,000 ALEXANDRIA, La., June 20.—Charging that she waa taken from her home by three women and horsewhipped, Mrs. Lillian Bonnette has filed suit for $75,000 in district court against Mrs. Gertrude Ball, Mrs. Amelia Jordan and Mrs. Lessie Hatchett, whom she named as her alleged as- her in an into beaten like a Mrs. Bonnette is the mothe boy of seven and a girl nine years old Officials have not announced th¢ regoon for the aspault, ‘