Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 26, 1924, Page 1

‘temperature, VOLUME VIII. PLATFORM OF “DEMOCRATS. IN COMMITTEE: Foreign Policy Is Aiso Stumbling Block jin. Big Convention. NEW YORK, June 26.—A tentative draft of the Demo- cratic platform ‘as: contain- ing alternative proposals on the Ku Klux Klan and the league of nations, was sub- mitted today to the platform sub- committee of elever. It ‘was prepared by Chairman Homer 8, Cummings, and Senator Key Pittman of. Nevada, on. the basis of discussions which continued before the sub-committee assembled. It summoned Owen D. Young of New York, for a breef ‘discussion of his plank proposing American co- operation with other nations through the league of nations or other asso- ciations; criticizing the present ad- ministration for its foreign policy and denouncing the use of unoffi- ciah observers abzoad. William J. Bryan presided in the absence of. Chairman, "Cummings, who Pig ae pete Pittman had re- main up all night i the, plaLrorgi” wate, MIG SaaNGR EAS Bryan was summonéd from the com- mittee room: by @ spokesman for ‘Willlam ‘G.- nme hade; ‘oné of the can- didates- fdr -the--presidential- nomina- tion, _ with whom _ he _ conferred briefly? The )sub-committee hoped to con- clude its work before night and it was the plan to present the finished draft to the entire platform. com- mittee late in the day. It was the fhope to have the platform ready for consideration by the convention tomorrow. Whether there will be a fight on the floor over the Klan and league issues depended, leaders said, on the action of those two questions by the*full committee. ‘There. wag conriderable commit- tee discussion of the plank dealing with corruption in public office. As presented, this plank scores the Re- publican ‘party in connection with the ofl scandal ‘and attacks Albert B. Fall for the naval oil leases. to Edward L. Doteny and Harry F. Sinclair. President Coolidge also came in for attack, the plank declaring that the investigations which led.to the disclosures were permitted by ‘an unwilling and reluctant éxecutive.” After the committee had been in fession for more than two “hours, Chairman Cummings, who had ar- rived meantime, issued this state- ment: “The present situation is simply this “Senator Pittman and myself (Continued on Page Nine) seen 1 sae Rl alata PATHFINDER CAM STILL HOLOS RANK AS: SHOW PLACE FOR BIG REGION Thirteen inches of water was still pouring over the spillway at Path- finder dam this morning after con- tinuing a-heavy flow for two weeks. The amount is unusual for this sea- son of the year and the dam con- tinues a show place for Casper peo- ple, hundreds having motored to the reservoir during the last few days. The head of water is steadily diminishing and the inflow is like- wise viep mene | Generally fair tonight and y; not much change in PAINTERS TO PUT FINISHING TOUCHES ON BOY SCOUT CAMP Members of the local painters’ unior will ss to Camp Carey, the Boy Scout summer camp, Sunday for the pur- Eo of painting the cabins which have been’erected there. € painters are donating their services the same as did the carpenters and )S‘icklayers. Three painters went down last Sunday to do the preliminary work and the job will be finished in p few hours. The cabins haye been covered with tar paper held in place: by ‘Vertical ba- tons. These batons will be painted Reading Betwee> Day’s News o white, thus presenting a sharp con- trast of black end white. Cars will leave the Union Labor temple at 7 o’clek Sunday morning to carry those who have no means of trans- portation of their own. Last Sunday was bricklayers’ day at the-camp and the massive: fise- place which ‘when completed will Present an artistic appearance ines in the ‘asper. When you order 50 pounds of ice ‘THREE ARRESTED IN SEIZURE OF TOO-GACLON STILL WEST OF CITY Source of Large Bootleg Supply Cut Of as County and Federal Officers Descend-on Mountain Plant Wednesday. In the topple of the Rattlesnake mountains, 15 miles west of Oil City, W. C. Irving, undersheriff, and S. R. Owens of the federal prohibition department yesterday found a 100-gallon still bubbling merrily away. The of- ficers have been working on this particular still for several months as itis believed to haye been the chief source of supply for a larg part of the moon- Shine that has found its way into BALL SCO NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Pittsburgh— Chicago -...-.010 000,000—1 8 3 ittsburgh -000 002 00%—2 6 0 Batteries—Aldridge and Wheeler; Farrelle and Hartnett. At Cincinnati— St. Louis Cincinnati ___100 000 000 0—1 8 2 Batteries —Pfeffer and Benton; Gonzales, and. Wingo. At New York— Posten ie 100 600 000—1 7 New York _____300_401 00*—8 11 1 Batteries—J. Barnes, Yeargen and O'Neil; VY, Barnes, Jonnard and Snyder. R.H.E. R.H.E, At Ana Pom R.W'E, 200 000 002—4 9 O Philadelphia 40 010 002—8 9 6 Batteries — Decatur, Hargraves; Glazner and ——____— AMERICAN LEAGUE. Chicago— R. Cleveland -..,..101 110 0**—* + Chicago _. 000 000 24%" © Batteries—Metevier and Myatt; Cvengrose, Blankenship and Crouse, or at Newstands, & cents Publication Offic hy Carrier 75 cents = month 16 w “werpune 33 GREETED BY TERRIFIC DIN KLAN ISSUE STILL UNSETTLED UPROAR IS CONTINUED OVER HOUR Organized Demonttration ‘Aided by Hundreds of Followers in Democratic Hall Slows Up Convention MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK, June 26.—Plodding through another day of oratory, demon- stration and racket, the convention was steadily working its way to the point of balloting for a candidate. After an upset of the day’s plans at the outset had started the proceedings with a renewed demonstration for William G. McAdoo, the Smith people got steadily today while the convention Squared around with the nomina-;was in session. The convention tion of the governor by Franklin D.| ccnvening at 10:30 In the morning. Roosevelt, an dthey staged the long-j| eastern daylight time, worked on do you know whether or not the chunk you get actually weighs that much? Probably not. You will not take the trouble to weigh your ice after it has been put in the re- frigerator, It might weigh anything as “far to rival was well under way. Brick- players who did the work included Martin Anderson, “Slim” Lancaster, Arlo 8. Goodrich, James Russell, Harry Fiddler, Fred Hessling, and Charles Cretz. Mortar. was fyrpish- ed by Charles Spehcer, brik contrac- tor, and J. C. Cottrell and transpor- Power Corpany Lineman’ Rescued By. Fellow Worker Casper this spring. This latter theory {s born. out by the fact that three operators were found at the still when ‘the officers arrived and the fact, as yet un- proven, that the still has been run- ning night and day. The three men arrested gave the as you can tell. The methods some icemen have of determining the weight on orders are very crude, no doubt of that, but there is no intimation that Casper dealers are jax. No such charge is intended. Now comes the order from ‘the state food commissioner at Chey- enne that a pound of ice must Weigh @ pound at the time of delivery. ‘That's a very good ruling in places where, the ice man, is careless. tation by a scout truck and by Mr. Spencer. The bricklayers were at. ‘tended by Sam McFarland and ‘Tom Burnle, members of the Hod Car- riers’ union. ‘The fire place should be completed this Bunday. Severe] older scouts will leave Sat- urday afternon to clean. out® the cabins in pc ioidaee = for the Paint. ers. OF BO “ae vention held at hha ~ yester- day and makes it ridicules. At that place were gathered a¢legates party for “progressive po- Utical action.” Their doctrines are at variance with those advertised by other parties. Therefore, on the basis of thése “different” principles the delegates met. But the meeting was framed, Natrona county men and women were without a voice, and “Big Biz’ had nothing at all to do with the mixup, Men will be men, politics remaining politics, re- * (Continued on Page Seven) FIREWORKS AT hundred dollars. Thousands of Dollars Spent to Turn Night Into Day In Great Display Overlooking Canyon Highway THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., June 26.—At the Wind River Canyon Road celebration to be held at Thermopolis, July 1 and 2, a display of fireworks extending over two hours, said to be the finest ever attempted in Wyoming, will turn the night into day from the top of Old Roundtop, highest peak in the Owl Creek range. ROAD OPENING: ie names cf John Kane, Roy Calkins Heat from an are light where he} and L. A, Knapp. Knapp is a former was working stared the face of Harry Boxfora yesterday afternoon, causing him almost to. lose con- sciousness ‘and .cling to the pole only by his leather belt. He was fall in 2 raid on a distillery, The plant was well equipped and had 25 barrels of mash setting. There was only 25 gallons of liquor on hand and all the establishment ex- cept that needed for evidence was Bent up in smoke. * LD ROBBERY DOUGLAS, Wyo., June 26.—W. A. McMillan of Waco, Texas, who was driving from his home to Casper, was held up by an unmasked highwayman, nine miles east of here at 9 o’clock last night and relieved of $85 in cash and valuables worth several McMillan drove theough yesterday fron Pueblo, Colo.; and had reached a point east of here when he was flagged down by a party of men ae two cars. The only man whom McMillan saw closely: walked up to him and holding a gun on him proceeded to search him for his effects, As soon as this was accomplished the man climbed into one of the two machines and the Party started off, east. McMillan drove into Douglas and reported the matter to the sheriff. ‘One of the cars used by the bandit arty was a 1924 Buick sport tour- ing. The other could not be made out by McMillan tn the dark. The loss “sustained by the victim was $85 in-cash, $200-in traveler’e checks, a watch, a ring and @ diamond stick pin. Sheriff Peyton had the Yellow- stone highway patrolled all night east of here but the two cars were not seen. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie M. Nelson of INCALCUTT Casper, driving from Denver to their home, saw the last stages of the holdup but were not close f enough to realize what was happen ing. until too late to give any assistance. CALCUTTA, June 26.—(By the As- sociated Press)—The American round the world flyers arrived in Calcutta this afternoon from Akyab on the bay of Bengal. PERMIT ISSUED FOR oftender, haying been picked up last | PI FEDERAL AND CHICAGO OFFICERS IN WARFARE WORLD FLYERS|Rem-Sellers Rejoice as Nine Govern- Several thousand dollars has been spent for this display and experts have been secured to handle it. The streets of Thermopolis run to, the base of Old Roundtop and the sides of the mountain rise almost perpendicularily to a hetght.of sev- eral thousand feet above the city. By. a circuitous route arotind the north side it is possible to Scale the mountain, which will be @ blaze that will light the whole sity oh the night of July 2. ‘Tho Wild Went. show will. have some of the most daring riders and bad bucking bronchos of the’ west. Many of them have taken part in celebrated rodeos of Wyoming and will appear at the Cody stampede after the Thermopolis celebration. There will be 40 rounds of boxing, including 10 roynds between. Roy Conley of Milwaukee, and Al Web- ster of Billings; three big airplanes giving thrilling stunts simultaneous. ly; two games of baseLall; two bands of music, including the famous Gebo Miners’ band; parade through the canyon and dedicatory services .to take place at the north mouth of the canyon. Governor Ross, former Governor Carey and many other notablen will take part. Thermopolis expects to have the biggest day in its history at. the vpening celebration of Wind River Canyon Road, July 1 and 2. BUSINESS BUILDING ON CENTER STREET ‘The permit for the first story of the business building which wis #5] erected betwen First! and Second street on Center by Jack Daly, own- re of the Daly bullding, was taken out this morning. Work will Degin immediately, Colby and Rognstadt being the contractors, The permit calls for a $10,000 brick structure 30 by 90 feet. CANDIDATES. MOBILIZING FORCES CONVENTION LINES DRAWN TIGHT By DAVID LAWRENCE. (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune.) MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK, June 26.—William Gibbs. McAdoo ts holding his 1 Govern Al Smith of New York, is forming a. more cohesive organi zation hourly and working {n com bination with several “favorite pons” delegations. John W. Davis, leader of the dark horses and second choice of most of the delegates of the convention, bas been almost irreparably hurt by ney for the Standard Oil company. Senator Ralston of Indiana, al- though criticized as being too old to make the strenuous race, is con sidered the least objectionable of the candidates offered and. Tom Taggart is maneuvering him gracefully into position for a compromise. Until the McAdoo delegates have been definitely driven away from the former secretary of the treasury, ‘the convention will remain | dead- locked indofiniteiy and talk of dark horses‘is premature” And McAdoo Mae disclosure that he is am aitor-l delegates ace alll sticking, This is the situation on the third day of the Democratic national con- vention, #o far as candidacies are concerned, but there are other troubles and controversies almost as significant and vexing for the dele- gates. It js-ineredible; for instance, that there should be a row in a Demo- cratic convention over the League of Nations issue, especially after the remarkablo demonstration which greeted the mention of Woodrow Wilson's name iff the opening ses- pions bub 16 ia true Devertheless The resolutions & / & ts still holding open hearing. «Are going into executive séssions, but the friendsof the league are growing more and more apprehensive every minute that the committee may de cide to straddle the question and adopt something vague and indefi nite instead of a straight declara- tion for American participation in the League of Nations. There is -every likelihood that unless the platform plank is un equivocal on this subject that the ued on Page Ten) Bear Numerous In Big Horns, Report BUFFALO, Wyo., June 26.—Who says there's not a lot of the old west left in Wyoming? For example, bear are reported to be numerous this summer along the Big Horn moun tains, §. L. Tathwell who has been camped at the foot of the hills tells of running across a bige surly bruin several days ago while he was re- pairing fence. Considering, as most anyone would do, that discretion is the better part of valor, he beat it. $15,000 DAMAGE SUIT °/COMES UP FOR TRIAL ON FRIDAY — MORNING morning Tomorrow the damage sult of $15,000 instituted by Ellen McCarthy against the Ol! Well Sup: ply company ani John J. Durst will be tried by a jury in district court The plaintife neeka the amount men tioned) for’ personal - injuries she claims to have received when she tripped over wire in front of the Olt Well Supply: qompany's bullding on Center street. The incident occurred October 11 last Mulvaney and Barret are appear ing for’ the pla and Henry for the defendants, At St. Louls—Detroit-St. Louis | est, loudest and lustiest demonstra-| through the afternoon, without game postponed; rain and wet|tion of the convention to date, stopping for rest or food in*the grounds, It was not wholly a delegate] effort to complete the long string of “ I gE demonstration, to be sure, but as} Presidential nominating speeches. First Game. Was the case with the McAdoo art At Washington— R.H.E.} demonstration of yesterday, it was| MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, Philadelphia. 000 000 000—0 8 Washington 00 002 O2°—5 7 0 Batteries—Baumgartner and Per- kins; Johnson and Ruel. an affair built up by the use of large numbers of banner bearers, shouters, noise makers, horn blow- ers and specialists in the art of arousing enthusiasm. Second Game, Nevertheless it served the pur- At Washington— R.HLE.} poses of the Smith managers and hUadelphia. ...010 000 00°—* : held the floor longer than any which had preceded it. After the Smith demonstration subsided, the conven- tion went ahead with the roll of states for presidential nominations, taking seeonding speeches ss they came along. To hurry the business toward the point of nominations the convention ininagers were planring to hold the Peesione through uiul, al nomtha= tions were in and then probably take a brief recess and get a start on the balloting. Such a proceeding might make it necessary to begin balloting before the platform committee makes its report and there are some questions pevean at we ne | Mussolini Is Given -Vote Of Confidence }':.\2,7%2" 28,5 2hn cou be expected the platform would be ready tomorrow and with some con- tests in prospect over some of the planks the balloting for president if not begun tonight would not be reached before Saturday. The platform builders ROME, June 26—(By The As. sociated Press),—ilie senate today gave Premier.Mussolint a vote of confidence, 225 to 21. ix senators abstained from voting. worked NEW YORK, June 26.—Having given a renewed but brief demon- stration for William G. McAdoo, the Democratic national convention to- day plunged into a rip roaring demonstration for Alfred E. Smith. Like the principal McAdoo demon- stration of yesterday, the Smith demonstration was aided and pushed along by a complete organization of dernonstrators, hundreds of whom marched into the hall from the oute side hearing banners and noise make ing devices. Galleries and guest sections, obviously filled with friends of the New York governor for toy a&y's event, kept up @ continuous hewle and whistles. No sooner had Franklin D. Roose+ velt finished his speech placing the New York governor in nomination than the racket broke loose. Bands, rooters, cheer leaders, singers and others, with all the equipment of pro+ fessional demonstrators, burst out into the jammed aisles and began & procession about the hall. From points: of observation on the speak- ers’ stand it appeared that probably, half the delegate space was taking part in the demonstration elther by contributing to the marching parties which bore various state standards, or by standing on chairs and waving flags and cheering. The other section of the delegate space, apparently interested in look« ing over the show, stood 1 yy but gave no evidence of Jo the Smith movement. In the m: ment Men ‘Are Caught In Police Net; Fight Will Be Carried to Courts By OWEN L. SCOTT. (Copyright, 1924, The Casper Tribune.) CHICAGO, June 26.—Chicago’s rum-selling gentry is celebrating the outbreak of a war between federal pro- hibition enforcement agents and police, and pulling for its spread to such proportions that neither arm of the law will haye time to fool with mere bootleggers. The feud which has smouldered for weeks, was brought to a head by the arrest, at; for the rum purveyors and local the hands of Chicago police, of nine| “ry organizations are bending their federal rum sleuths. allegedly out on| ¢fprts to patch up a truce. a tour of duty, The nine, police say, All the police have conceded to were taken in a Chicago “black| these efforts so far is to say that belt” resort, where they had gath-| arrests of federal agents have beon ered about’ a big table on which a| Ye'yY few in the past. Nothing: is patetat tepotnyindtn Shirt said about how numerous they may black Salome” was about to do her! he in the future stuff. As for the federal agents, they © agents indignantly maintain|are not saying anything. But if ycwere there for the sole purpone | there {= anybody on the police force Peele aensiracs oe who ‘a in league with the bootleg- oF Betting evidence to warrant A! pers, it is a safe tip to him to lay quor raid. ‘The police detectives | mighty low suy they were there solely for a good time. The agents retort that it is necessary to look Ike a good sport in order to get the evidence necessary in thelr business. In any event, the issue is joined and is to be fought ont in the courts, the issue being: How far can a prohibition agent go in violating the law in his quest for evidence, and still keep out of jail. Allegations of the arrested agents that their dixcomfiture was nothing SIDELIG By ROBERT T. SMALL more or less than a revenge plot| (Copyright, 1924 The Casper Tribune) brings to Mght the fact, that trouble! NEW YORK, June 26,—Not only has been brewing between the local| is Mrs. William Gibbs McAdoo at and the federal law enforcers for} her husband's side every time he some time It dates back to the| makes a public appearance, but In} indictment several weeks ago of| her own quiet way, the daughter of Lieutenant Michael Grady in con-| Woodrow Wilson ts doing all in her nection with the removal of a mil-| power to further her husband's am- bition to follow her father in the White House. Mrs, McAdoo preat- Mon dollars worth of tiquor from the Sibley warehouse here. The. police, they declare, have been “sore” ever | des graciously over the McAdoo suite since that eyent and have been|in the Vanderbilt Hotel and con laying for aychance to get even,|stantly ts recetving and talking with This, the polidn, of course, deny. delegates and other convention visit The situation ig “made to order|orty Mra. McAdoo is a woman of of the demonstration about ever device seen heretofore and many new app Children as young as three four used. Some of them we ragmuffians others as newstes. ‘The fathers who presumably had routed their children out for the oc- asion, tried to balance some of them fon the high rail about the speakers’ stand, fifteen fdet above the floor, with the result that the youngsters were scared to death and beflowed ones lustily, After some experiment, the children were removed Although state standards were carried into tho procession, the del gate spaces remained well fu’ while it was going Smith rooters and boosters had been packed into the hall by the hun- dreds and the plan as arrar us for Connecticut to yield to York for the nomination of Governor Smith. But when the convention got under way, Governor Sweet of Colo- rado was recognized and delivered @ sevond speech for McAdoo. Immediately the smouldering eme bers of yesterday's demonstration for MeAdoo sprang to life and the Me- Addo demonstration was on anew with fresh vigor and force after an overnight rest. State standards were rushed Inta the aisles at the head . pusMing, milling column of McAdoo boosters, who wormed their way through the hundreds packed three for Smith, ‘The Smith rooters packed up againat the rafters in the upper galleries let out a few howls of “oll, oll." From the floor the New York delegation Jontinued on Page Six) HTS ON BIC CONVENTION th are charm and personality and be standing her in good stead crinia in her: buy " wh part in convention affairs Davi named as @ resident New Yorker a number of the women's co is taking invention committees and has been active tn entertaining the fair Demoei visitors And still the Republicans come. Pretty soon there #ill be no room fom (Continued on Page Tomy