Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 11, 1924, Page 1

SENS: The.-circulation The Weather | Generally fair tonight and Satur- day; cooler tonight in east portion; rising emperatures Saturday iy portion. VOLUME VIII. NUMBER 222. of The Tribune is greater than anu other Wyoming newspaper. he Casper Daily Critnuw MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1924. d or . it Newstands, D ON 15 COUNTS York Battle |CWNPLIN OF _ Center of the Coming Campaign Saat Audit Buren Member of of Circulation ‘ BRITISH STAR Davis to Make New RACE WINNER World’s Record for 400-Metre Run Is Attitude of Some Leaders, Including McAdoo, Still In Much Doubt as Result of Convention Row; Smith-H ylan Bat- JUDGES FOR PRIMARY ELECTION IN AUGUST precinct—Ed Scherck, T. Reyneke and John Shattered by Liddell In Defeating c tle for Tammany Control Is Possible CASE AMENDED Fitch; U.S. Point Total Climbs ARE NAMED BY BOARD NEW YORK, July 11.—After a night’s rest at his home at Locust Valley, John W. : 1 ‘Tdagun 467 the RRL IGGeEE « Gata: avis, Democratic nominee Drunkenness and Fail. fn i for president, returns to New York today to give further is deration to campaign plans at the home of his legal associate, Frank L. Polk, which he is making his city headquarters. _ All doubt about the attitude of William Jennings Bryan towards the head of the ticket seems to have been dispelled by Mr. Bryan’s statement that his support will be forthcoming. Mr, Bryan and his| Hearst. and: some even suggest. that | ———<$<_—____— brother, Governor Charles W. Bryan,|a Smith. Hylan battle for control of of Nebraska, nominee for vice presi-| Tammany looms. dent, dined last night with Mr. Davis Some political circles expect that out the city and county who will act in the August primary election were anncunced late yesterday by the county commissioners. The city with 24 instead of 19 precincts under the . redistrication completed last week, has a .arge number of new judges and clerks. The complete list is as follox.s: Elizabeth Bryne. High School precinct—Dan Worth, Mrs. A. A. Slade and W. G. Green. Boundy precinct—Lucy Boundy, W. D. Ford and Robert F, Ward. Evansville precinet—Ward Tubbs, Dan Sullivan and W. T. Ryans. OLYMPIC STADIUM, COLOMBES, France, July 11. —(By The Associated Press.)—Eric H. Liddell, the Brit- ish flying parson, crowned himself Olympic 400-metre champion this afternoon in the world’s record time of 47 3-5 seconds, defeating Horatio Fitch, Chicago A. A., who had shattered the previous world’s record an hour ure to Perform His Duties Are Charged Against Fred Wyckoff before in the semi-finals, Liddell’s victory in the 400-metre at the Polk residence, Mountain run, today's only final event, made the British total an imposing third among the point scores. The point scores follow: United States, 183%; Finland, 183; Great Britain, 60%; Sweden, 24 1-5; France, 13%; Switzerland, 11; Hun- gary, 7%; Canada, 5; South Africa, 6; Norwayj 4; New Zealand, 4; Den- mark, 344. Liddell, Teading all the way, raced to triumph in an-event which had witnessed the smashing of the world’s record three times in two days and supplied the most start- finish of any event in the six in the Olympic competition. SEVEN FILE FOR Seven filings for nomination DISTRICT JUDGE CHEYENNE, Wyo., July. 11. — for judge of the eighth judicial district had been made at the office of the secretary of state here when the filing period expired Thursday night. The names of those filing will go on the non-parti8an judicial ballot. in Muddy precinct—Jo"Lamb, Wil- Mam Keith and George Kistler. Compton, North Burlington preainct—D. A. Nichols precinct—Frank Scherck, J. S. Pettingill! and George L. Lad- berry. East Twiggs, Goodrich. Roberts precinct—Ira Naylor, W. J. King and Ted White. Elk Street precinct—Mrs, F. R. Hufsmith, Mary E. Rouse and K. R. Jourgensen, North Casper precinct—J. Mc- Casper Ww. WwW. precinct-—O. W. Yard and Leon Bessemer Widmer, Ray Donaldson and W Standard Additien precinct—D. M. Alcova precinct—Jarfes A. Craw- ford, Boney Ernest and T. H. Miles. Freeland precinct—E, L. McGraugh, Jr., W. H. Bird and Tom Martin. Roy Mills and Ira Gartee. Split Rock precinct—Charles Spur- lock, Tom Sum’ and Lon Clayton. Effell _precinct—James Milne, Bob Hawley and B. W. Adams. Ol City..prect F J. C. Bell and Don Roberts. View precinct — Jack . M. ‘There remains some wonder as to the position of W. campaign. Edelman Mrs. W. T. Davis a “4 = today prints a story suggesting that Emma Spencer. ir) Corie Jn) Norbee, and Pitt" Mr. McAdoo may form another party, possibly with the aid of W. R. Hearst whose newspapers have indicated that the publisher is far from pleased with the choice of ‘the democratic convention. Mr. McAdoo has main- tained dilence since sending a tele- gram to Mr, Davis limited, in ef- precinct—Alex Mills. fect, to the words: lease accept tons, Some of Mr. McAdoo's friends who doubt the suggestion of a bolt, point my congratula, inct—Robert Grieve, Tayler, the second American fi- out that Mr. Davis has received by the primary election August 20. Fil- Dowell, J. I. Jacobson and Mrs. E. precinct—Charles Penden- st, running despite an injured Miller son, Emma Clator and William wireless the congratulations of Ber- ankle, tripped over a line marker and fell heavily when making a great bid for third place, ten yards from the finish, while Imbach, the fleet Swiss who broke the record for the 400 yesterday, fell 75 yards from the tape and did not finish, Riverton. Expiration of the period of filing ings for nomination were made by the following: Henry E. Perkins, Irv- ing Goff McCann, Lincoln H. Sen- nett, E. H. Foster and R)M. Boeke, all of Casper, ‘and Bryant Cromer and Fennimore Chatterton, both of Stover. Mills precinct—George Boyles, William Mills and Duff Newherder. City Hall precinct—L, A, Reed. R. Henry and Bob Blackmore. Nelson precinct—Cole Campbell, Mrs. Winnon@ Hunter and L. H. Nicholson, ler. Daugward. plot. Bucknum precinct—J. W. Long- shore, George Reynolds and A. T. Arminto precinct—D, C. McClen- nen, J. S. Renfro and W. L. Sim- nard M, Baruch, a warm McAdoo supporter in the convention fight, of Miss Margaret Wilson, Mr. McAdoo's sister-inJaw, and other active Mc- Adoo partisans. Miss Wilson was presented to Mr. Davis yesterday by Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, a McAdoo New York will be the center of the Davis campaign. With 266 electoral Yotes necessary for success and with Davis reasonably assured of 147 from the solid south plus Maryland and Kentucky, aceording to these opin- ions, the 45 of the Empire state will be vital, and next to ‘New York much attention must be devoted to Ohio, Illinois and Indiana. The fact that Mr. Davis has.indi- ated that shortly he will select a temporary residence making him ac- cessible is taken to coroborate the opinion that New York state will be the main battle ground. Arriving "at the Polk home, Mr. Davis had a long talk with Cordell Hull, ‘the present chairman of the democratic national committee and other party leaders, Organization of the new national (Continued on Page Two.) BODIES OF TRAGEDY BALL SCORES AMERICAN LEAGUE. First Game. At Boston— R.H.E. St. Louis ~-002 012 003—8 13 0 Boston —- ~-000 000 001I—1 8 3 Batteries—Wingard and Severeid; Ferguson, Ross and Hewing. Second Game, At Boston— R. HE. St. Louis 5 3 Boston —. O10 112 02%—7 12 2 Batteries—Kolp, Ba; and Severeid; Quinn and O'Neill. At New York— R.H.E. Chicago - 104 120 00%" © * New Yorlc 218 000 33%—* * * Batteries—Mangum, Lyons and Grabowski, Schalk; Bush, . Gaston and Schang. At Philadelphia— Cleveland Philadelphia __220 006 00*—10 14 1 Batteries — Clark, Cheeves, Roy and Walters; Heimach and Perkins. CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 11.—An amended complaint against County and Prose- cuting Attorney Fred Wy- koff of Hot Springs county, containing fifteen allega- tions of drunkenness and failure to perform the duties of his office, has been filed by State Law Enfo! ‘CO- ment Commissioner M. C. Wachtel, Hearing on the amended complaint wus set by Governor Ross for July The hearing is to involve why Wykoff “should not be removed” from the office of county and prose- cuting attorney for having “wilfully failed, neglected and refused to pers form” duties of the office and for having “been guilty of imtoxication and drunkenness and misconduct since January 1, 1922." Hearing on ths original complaint, set fdr July 16, has been cancelled. The amend- ed complaint’is more specific than the original. Supporter, and gave her congratua- tions in person. New York papers are frankly skep- teal toward,the na- tional ticket of Mayor Hylan, who has had the constant support of Mr. Taylor lay seemingly stunned on the track, but at cries from the officials, - picked Nera up and staggered across the to secure | fifth place, Then he collapsed. Im- bach, the only other contestant, wag given, sixth place, Fitch ran a beautiful race, stick- South Butler precinct—B. L. Me- ‘Graugh, Pat Royc@ and A. B. Chap- man. 9 tise, - Marion P. Woolf and George Wee- dell.” ‘West Casper precinet—Henry W. Borders, Maud- Heald and J.” B: Powder River: precinct—S. E. Jay, W. 8. Miller and W,. C. er. en precinct—A. C. Archer, Bad . Water precingt—George A. Continued on Puge Four) for norainations for other offices will At Washington— R.H. EB. be July 20.. | Detroit - mt me ore_e © Washington --_1 ste 2 © Batteries — Stoner “and Buasler; Johnson. and Ruel. Mail Pilot Forced Down VIGTIMS TAKEN EAST - BY PITTSBURGH MAN NATIONAL LEAGUE. 4 OMAHA, July 11.—Night alrmait an At Cincinnati— R.H-E-| piiot Clarence C. Lange, in a west- ing first to Liddell until 20 yards Frisby. - | f ee. MURDERER’ UNABLE TO ore, bodice of Mrs, Pau! Ache and | phitadelphia ..000 606 000—0 9 1) sound plane was forced to land early fromthe finish. when, unable to : | Fire Hall precinct—Ray Marshall, from. polson, ‘caused by ripe olives | “memmadl 00 O18 Oor—6 11 1! today at Benedict, Nob., by a severa keep the pace any longer, he fell MAN AN Wi FINED H.-I. Buchanan and Jobn Daly. lrtesp, orn con to the tarcily mote ha | Batterles—Hing, Betts and Wil-|windstorm. THe was nile, homeces back slightly as the Briton crossed ' Court House precinct—Tom Sawey, | “ipptaeses De ae ieninen, {20% Wendells Donohue and Har-!t6 "hop off again for Cheyenne nad the line a winner by eight yards. John WwW: Tucker and Ray: Arbogast. Mont., yesterday. Because of ‘this|2 2" according to Carl I, Egge. superin- ‘The race furnished a thrilling mo- Central School precinct—Wilbur fact it will be impossible for the Cas-|_. At Pittsburgh— R.H.E.|tendent of air mail, his cargo will fe otherwise colorless day} _ Paul Graffe was arrested at 241/Foshay, M. D. Askwith and Fred Dar Boy Scouts. to pay; their respects | Boston © 100 000 100—2 11 4|be only about two hours late into ailing whit Finland and the Unit-| West First street last night on a| Cottman. ADMIT by meeting the bodies at the station, | Pittsburgh 100 002 32°—8 16 1] San Francisco. ed States each won heats in the 3,000 | Chase of violating the Nquor ordin-| Bryan précinct—Grace_ Bryan, Batteries—Luca, Murray, Yearing and O'Neil; Cooper and Knop. Some moonshine was-found in Don Herbert and John Whisenhun' it is said. vin- It was originally thought that the remains w This was the second mishap to the night mail metre team race, the American vic- ry coming despite a mishap that his pinabakionng He was| Burlington precinct—Tom uld be shipped by way vice since its inaugur- 3 ;_|of Casper-and an order was issued} At Louis— ation, Pilot Frank Yager was forced revented the American star, Joje | TKned one Nelda Was anipadiviins ee HANOVER, Germany, July 11.—While popular in-| for toca1 scouts to appear at the|New York to land a few days ago at Chappell, : sick, 3. W. : ne iliams. : ‘ - 76% indifferenc ic rlington station tonight. ‘This or-|St. Louis — Neb., by a windstorm. Yager’s plang Ray, from scoring. jy | Defere Judge John A. Murray last} Kenwood © precinct—Arthur 4J.| dignation over the alleged indifference of the police to the penritgs a ation: toniahtss is OF Reg ae Recah ei ae Bearning six points in. the. only | night-on a charge of beating his wife | Wood, Carl W. Schauss and Thelma ¢ase of Freiderich Haarmann, confessed mass murderer, ass EA boon: Cencgien Mb Ache: | Halse aves. One. 5) Cnlies Biuten increase ite lead over ‘Fin. | appeared that the offense had been |1.. LaVelle. is growing, the slayer himself is taking his situation with ‘ States ‘increase its lead ovér IFin-| mutual and for that reason the mag- = ’ victims, was a great benefactor of| At Chicago— the local nization and financed a| Brooklyn trip of three scouts to Cody for the| Ch unveiling of the Buffalo Bill monu ment recently, Reservoir precinct—Mrs. J. C. Counts, Charles E. Carlson and Mrs. M. E. Butler Cromer. Jourgensen precinct—Earle D. Holmes, Lyle Branson and O. L. ‘Walker. CIRCLE TOUR COMPLETED Casper Boosters Roll Into City This Afternoon In Conclusion of Tri- umphal Tour of Several Days Forty Casper boosters, all but a few of whom com- pleted the circle drive that took in the principal points of eastern Wyoming and Western Nebraska during the last four days, returned to Casper at 3:15 this afternoon, run- ning slightly ahead of schedule. The tour in the unani- mous opinion of those who took part was a howling suc- Slayer Hanged In Canada Jail greeted at a majority of points voiced the, appreciation of those places for being included on the itinerary. Walter Muir of New York Sent to Gal- lows Today Following Failure of Fight to Secure New Trial Not all of the favors taken out by the boosters were passed out, it being annbuhctd on their return that the chamber of commerce still has on hand some whistles that will be MONTREAL, July 11.—Walter Muir of New York was hanged at Valleyfield, Quebec, early today for the murder of Henri Laviolette last September. Muir killed Laviolette after a quarrel in a Valleyfield barroom. Laviolette, according to court testimony, had distributed free to the first boys and truck Muir’s crony, a crippled man named Joseph Plant, girls who call for them. The trip today from’ Lusk was boy’s mother, and scores of other perscns to obtain a new trial, accomplished without incident, the Muir claimed that when he R.H.E. -202 030 002—9 13 0 001 000 000—1 6 1 and Deberry; Blake, Milstead and O'Farrell. calmness and poise and is asking to be beheaded, “as I deserve to be.” “I don't remember the names of all of my victims,” Haarman told interviewers today. “You see, they came so fast that I really did not have a good chance to get well acquainted with them He recalled having slain not less than a dozen boys and young men und was quite certain there were many more whom he did not recall. oO |= 4 E é ivi i R O if E D here ye-terday, will bo held Saturday As a result of the alleged indit- morning, Interment will be in & ference of the police with respect to Pasadena cemetery. ae missing,» poouiae mass moot “LI7ART SHOWER” AT [Installation of New Pumping Equip-| crear vai ment to Guarantee Ample Supply _|*ontans ¥armertavor CAPITAL NOTHING NEW For Lawns During Coming Months 11— ment was demanded of police offi- May primary were plec which clals who are believed to be in pos: tor “ollette at nference of the any Cheyenneltes onvinced session of accurate knowle¢ of Haarmann's wholesale butchery. executive of the party. took’ place here last Tuesday night was not locally unprecedented, ac- Hundreds of letters are arriving cording to “old-timers,” several cf daily from all parts of Germany, in whom profess to recollect similar which frantic parents report the suspicious disappearance of mem phenomena in the past. In 1869, states David Miller, lizards fell from bers of thelr families and ask the police to search for possible traces of them among Haarmann’s belong- the clouds in such numbers that the streets were littered and the creatures invaded many stores and ings. dwellings. Time Wanesfor Convicted Man tims is situated on\the top story of a decrepit tenement house facing the River Leine. The bodies of slain Russell’ T. Scott, Former Millionaire- Contractor, to. Hang at Chicago Un- less Fugitive Brother is Found land to 80% point Great Britain gained second place in the first heat of the 3,000 metre team race, qualifying for the finals which -will be held Sunday, but the Scandinavians never were threaten- ed by the Angol -Saxons and won as they pleased. Italy and Norway were eliminated, while Poland an added starter, also failed to qualify. America won the second heat and qualified for the finals despite a mishap to Joie W. Ray, Illnois A. C., ace of the team, who lost his shoe im a mix-up on a turn in the fourth lap and finished far in the rear. Edwin Wide of Sweden finished first but 20 metre behind him were the three Americans, William TL. Mercersburg Acadamey; Kirby, Cornell and W. L. r.. Harvard, who finished in istrate fined beth husband and wife $25 each. J. P. Holmes, alleged to have cut through a wire fence at the Stand- ard refinery, was fined $50. which is now being dragged for fur- ther evidence. NEWS BRIEFS BERLIN, July 11.—Baron Mumm Von Schwarzenstein, former ambas+ sador to Tokio, ig dead on his Italian estate at Porto Fino, near Genoa. PASADENA, Calif., July 11. —Pue Neral services for Brigadier General Dames B. Erwin, retired, who died 48, Mont,, July 11.—+ ctora cho by I the bets, that order for a total of nine points. France, by gaining second place, also qualified for the finals while Sweden, despite Wide's, great. work, and Spain were eliminated. Mexico, nC committee ALLAHABAD, British Indiz 11.—Three hundred Persian. ¢ men were killed by Turkomanr ing a night attack near Gumt Kabuz, in the Turkoman country, according to a dispatch to The news paper Pioneer, Theeremainder of the cavalry escaped to Bujnurd, whither reinforcements have been sent. Republicans to Hold Gathering Party Interests and Responsibilities to Be Discussed In County Conven- tion Scheduled for July 16 GLOBE FLYERS Call was issued today for a Republican county con- vention to be held at the Natrona county courthouse on 3 the evening of’ Wednesday, July 16. The purpose of the MAKE HOP TO) sriverne as set forth in a/notice issued by A. E. § tirrett, 7, respectiv TURK CAPITAL Republican County Central committee, ts to | the welfare of the party and to sug-{ general elections jn the ges chairman, and C. H. Bailey, secretar to the voters at the primar county precincts, at tt July rds"? July The of it The water situation of the city of Casper will be re- lieved Monday and it will not be necessary under normal circumstances to shut off irrigation during any period of the day, according to an announcement by William H. Johnson, water commissioner. The new pump which was ordered several weeks ago will be in operation Monday and it will add 2,160,000 gallons of water per day to the city’s supply, making @ total. of 6,009,000 gallons per ‘day together with the two pumps already in operation, The clty at present only about 5,000,000 gallons and for that reason there will be no scarcity except in a possible emergenc A new 10,000,000 gallon reservoir should be completed by September 1 which will add greatly to the supply system. | The present reservoir capacity is only about 2,000,000 gal- lons and heretofore it has been im- possible to store enough water at night to be used during the foHow- ing day without the additional use of pumps, @ condition that will. be relieved when the reservoir 1s com pleted. the fifth entrant, was scratched. ine of the French runners was hurt in the same mix-up in which Ray was involved but finished gamely (Continued on Fage Two) persons were thrown into this river, uses last ‘stop of any: length: being at Glenrock where the Glenrock ‘Com- munity club entertained the Casper- ites at lunch. A brief stop was made at Parkerton. Lusk turned out in force last night to honor the visitors. A ‘banquet featured the evening “show with good fellowship prevailing ‘to « marked degree. rata Aletha OLIVES KILL ANOTHER MAN. By OWEN L. SCOTT (Special Correspondent of The Casper Tr; (Copyright, 1924, Consolidated Press Association.) CHICAGO, July 11.—The failure of “brotherly love” to come forward in a crisis, has brought Russell T. Scott, ely, of discuss antown, Pa., died at pital here at noon today as a résult of what doo- tors believe to be botulism pdison- during an argument over the merits of a hunting dog. drew tion of August 19 qualified and suit-| o'clock, p. m. o: uesc Not until the noose slipped was it | his pistol during the quarrel with| ing from eating imported ripe ollves | former 29-year-old president of a $10,000,000 contracting | CONSTANTINOPLE, July 11 able candidates for the several com.| 1024, and to consist of thr Viaced into effect, so unremitting |t\o bullets into the floor, one of| rich Lodge near Cody, Wyo. Rich: Sentence already has been ‘passed condemning the | arouna the world utrived here vee: | call amen cyte conven “at pew: (ituemigey, ce eee Comal: had been the efforts of the Countess| them glancing and striking Layio-|ardson. is the fourth victim of the| young adventurer to be hanged and the short continuance | terday. All of the men were in good| ¢inct primaries to be held at the “Tho committeem:n will call the , cf Richelieu, Mrs. Walter Muir, the lette in the breast. polsoning. ~~ uve : (Continued on Page Four) } health, — voting place designated at the last (Continued bajvage Ten.