Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 21, 1924, Page 1

‘A S The Weather southeast portion. ~ c RYAN HOLDS TO SECOND PLACE IN LATE COUNT Only Few Small Precincts Remain to Report In Two Counties; Evans Gets Jump on Edmonds for Commissioner In this close, Michael #. Ryan of Casper whose standing is 1,223: Both Henry Per. kins and Richard M. Boeke hold third place, having 1,194 votes each. Responsible for this edging ahead of Mr. Cromer are the returns from Fremont county which are now Practically complete, there being enly 10 precincts unreported there. Votes from the remaining 10° Fre- mont county precincts will probably mumber no more than 50, with the main benefit of the 60 falling to either Mr. Cromer or Fenimore hatterton. ° Until near noon today Mr. Ryan Stood first, his quick advance being due t returns trom several large city precincts and the majority of those in the’ Salt Creek - district. WHarlier in the counting Mr. Boeke was leading. The race was throw- ing leaders close: together, so that it was possible to predict that Fre- pe county returns would greatly ‘The standing ot others in the Judicial returns are: Fenimore Chatterton, 1,191; E. Paul Bacheller, 1,060; BD. H. Foster, 1,038; I. G, McCamn, 931; Lincoln H. Sennett, 655. Tabulated returns on Natrona county with only several small pre cinects not in, are as follows: Cromer, 916; Chatterton, 517 Cann, 822; Foster, 973; Perkins, 111. Ryan, 1,144; ‘Sennett, 635; Bacaelier, 920; Boeke, 1,100, Figures as reported from Fre- mont county, are: "Cromer, 348; Chatterton, 614; Mc Cann, 109; Foster, 65; Perkins, 83; Ryan, 79; Sennett, 2 Boeke, 94 Concern over county primary glee: rcheller, 140; tion results has narrowed down to the sheriff's race on both tickets and the Republican contests for county attorney and two-year term county commissioner nominations. Necessity for official count to de- termine whether Arthur F. Ed- snonds or E. T. publican. nominaticn for commissioner, two-year term, seen in the latest returns to: With the exception of Lone B Splitrock and Bucknum precincts all the Republican voto in the coun ns gains the Re: county is ty, or that from 54 precincts, has een “reported. At present Evans leads by 20 votes, total of 1,777 against $1,757 for Eamonds. John A. Bruen remains third with 986 ‘votes. Tuesday night returns from precincts placed Edmonds in an parently safe first position, Counts coming in from the Salt Creek dis trict. and other utlying polling places have, however, caused Evans to advance to the lead. The vote on these two now stands s0 close that Yery material changes may result from the reports to come from the three last precincts, and in all events will require official count be- fore the contest can be settled. It {s quite improbable that any change will occur that can prevent ‘William C. Irving from obtaining the Republican nomination of sher iff. Hig vote stands 1,612. Nearest a Fair tonight and Friday” slightly cooler~ tonight in Greatest interest in the outcome of Tuesday’s pri- mary election is now concentrated on judicial returns, sur- prising changes having occurred within, the past 24 hours. c shifting race for the Eighth Judicial District, Bryant S. Cromer of Riverton, now leads the field with 1,264 votes. Member of Audit of Cireulati TICKET IN NOVEMBER ELECTION On the basis of late returns the following county candidat will oppose each other in the Novem- ber election as nominees of their respective parties: State Senator. Erwin A. Froyd (Rep.); W. W. Sproul (Dem.) State Representative. Five to elect—Republicans— M. A. Becklinger, Marvin L. Bishop Jr., William B. Cobb, C. M. Coltrane, C, W. Mapes. Demo- crats—Robert CC. Ayres, Alex Hamilton, J. H. Jeffrey, Hugh F. Johnson, Robert N. Ogden, Jr. County Clerk Alma F. Hawley (Rep. C. Marshall (Dem.) Sheriff. Wiliam C. Irving (Rep.); Alex- ander McPherson (Dem.) County Treasurer. Agnes M. Claire, (Rep.); Demo- crat, no candidate. County Attorney. judgeship of the Emma In second place is yim are Alexander Nisbet with 1,208 votes and George 8. Massee with 41 The others who were out on the Republican ticket for the same nomination are running follows: W. J. Bailey, 833, W ads 635; Thomas B. Heaney, 241; Fréd Hen- derson, 1 In the contest for Republican| George A. Weede'l (Rep); Ed- nomination’ for county attorney,| W!" Barrett, (Dem) George A. Weedel has assurance in County Assessor, - his lead of 218 votes over W. J.| Lyle E. Jay (Rep.); Cyrus 0. Wertz, (Dem.) County Surveyor. Herbert L. Kennedy (Rep.); Al- bert Park (Dem.) Clerk’ of District Court. Mrs. Mabelle Fiedler (Rep.); Wehrlj, of getting on the Novem- ber ticket. His vote totals 2,098, against 1,880 for Wehrli. C. C, Cypre- ansen -continues third with 1,050 votes. Though his lead has been some- What cut down, Alexander A. Mc-| George Patillo, (Dem.) Pherson ‘still holds first place in the| oi sioner, Four Year Term Democratic contest for sheriff's B. I. Scherck, (Rep.); Jack E. nomination, being 88 votes ahead of Claude Gamblll. The ~total-for Me- campared with 754 for Gambill, Standing -of others” in Scott, (Dem.). Commissioner, Two-Year Term. BE. T. Eyans or Arthir F. monds,. (Rep); Earle G- the race is given as follows (Dem:) H. J. Buchanan, 408; ‘Tom Mea. Coroner. Sam Palmer. 329. Owen A. Muck, (Rep); Lew M. pen Gay, (Dem.) Experiments in 32 American cities Justice of the Peace. indicate that 17.6 per cent of acci- Henry Brennan in District No. dents occurring at night are due to] 1, (Rept Edward C. Madden in inadequate illumination. Distriet No.2 (Rep) Judge Rose Holding To Vote Lead Late Returns Fail to. Show Material Change In Standing of Candidates For Senatorial Nomination Meagre overnight and morning returns had little ef- fect on the standing of Robert R. Rose, Joseph C. O’Ma- honey and Leroy R. Laird in the Democratic primary con- test for nomination for United States Senator. With about two-thirds of the votes cast in Tuesday’s primary reported, Rose has 4,269, O’Mahoney 3,106 and Lard 1,962. These returns are from. only 293 of the|Wanerus, Democrat, who were un- 685 py ncts in the state, but the}/opposed in the primary, and U. G. remaining precincts aré in. rural] Applegate, progressive, whose nom- communities where a very ight vote|ination by petition is forecast. was cast. O'Mahoney late yester- day conceded the “Domination of Rose. The race for United States sena- tor at the November election will be between Senator Francis E. Warren, un, who was unopposed in mary; Rose, Democratic, and probably George E.* Kindler,’ pro- CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 21.—Re- turns from 311 precinets of 685° 'n the state from Tuesday's primary election contest for the Democratic nomination for United States sena- tor, give Robert R. Rose a lead of 1,177 over Joséph C,. O'Mahoney. These returns tabulated at noon give Rose 4,374; O'Mahoney 3,197; Laird 1,994. The greater part of Rose's lend over O'Mahoney is rep. resented by his plurality in his home county, trona, which was 94 gressive, whose nomination by peti- is anticipated. ive in The race for congress will’ be Winter, ineum- Republican, and Theodore G. ment, WOMAN BADLY BURNED ND HOUSE WRECKED IN BLAST AT SALT CREEK Mrs. Ina Curley, Victim of Explosion at|*=. Curley, who 1s proprietor of Lavoye, Hurled Several Feet By Force of Gas Blast Mrs. Ina Curley, houses at Lavoye. 2 years of age, suffered second de- gree burns over her entire body shortly after 10 o’clock last night when a gas explosion occurred in one of her The force of the explosion hurled her geveral feet and wrecked the cottage in which she had been standing. She is now at the Union hospital at Mid- . the Castle Creck hotel at Lavoye, as showing a cottage to a pros- pective renter. The gas stove in the room had been leaking gas and | the room was filled with the fumes. When Mrs, Curley struck a match the explosion occurred. The man was not Injured, w en W. E. Hodson who was ing at the time saw that flames sped the garments of Mra, ho rushed to her assistance and other persons also assisted in extinguishing the blaze from ‘her clothes, eri CASPER, WY - MEMBER OF. ASSOCIATED PRESS ., THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1924. at (dwosy | The circulation of The -Tribune is greater than ang other Wyoming newspaper. 44 Crile On Streets vr at Newstands, 5 conts Delivered by Carrier 75 cents a month 9 OF FAR NORTH CROMER TAKES LEAD IN JUDICIAL RACE G. O. P. Enthusiasm Is Fired by Gen. Dawes | Aggressive Stand Taken by Republican i Nominee Wins Applause of Party Members; Attack On Radicalism Cheers LaFollette Foes ens here among Republicans gressive position. And politi MAJOR GNERAL WARNS OF GER CHAUTAUQUA, N. ¥., Aug. 21. —Warning of a _German-Russian- Chinese-Japanese combination was expressed today by Major Gene! James G, Harbord, former deputy chief of staff of the army, in an address before the institute on in- ternational relations from the Christ- jan point of view.» He urged ade- quate: . tion and compefive arthing. He declared that Russia and Ger- many would not remaifi content to be excluded from the Fa East and that “our unhappy manner of doing Defense Day Plans Coming Up Tomorrow Plans for the observance’of Na- tional Defense day in Casper will sed at a meeting called lock tomorrow evening by Mayor 8. K. Loy. The meeting Will/be at the City hall, Every patriotic, fraternal, mill- tary.and civic organization in the city is asked to send one repre- sentative to the meeting. Septomber 11 has been designated as National Defense day by President Coolidge and on this date appropriate observance will be held locally. W.J. BRYANIS HURT INCRASH TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Aug. 21.— William Jennings Bryan was in- jured last evening when an automo bile in which he was speeding from Tuscola to Mattoon, Ul. turned over on the highway. Mr. Bryan was bruised and cut about the head and face but was able to give a sceduled lecture upon arrival at Mattoon. News of the ac- cident was withheld last’ night at Mr. Bryan's request for the reason that hg did not want Mrs. Bryo who Is-ill at her home in Florida to know of the injury. LIGHTNING NEAR HOME OF COOLIDGE PLYMOUTH, Vt., Aug. 21,—Li ning struck” about ‘the presid home here during’ the severe storm late yesterday afternoon and night, one bolt putting out of commission the telegraph apparatus in the tem: porary business office in the gener- al store. The store is situated about fifty yards from where the président and his fam’ staying in tt home of his father, John Coolidg Electrical workers were kept several hours repairing the but no material injury was done by the bolt. President Coolidze apparently were not disturbed. No wired go into the Coolidge home and the real effect of the bolt was. not y are na his family (Staff Correspondent of The Casper Tribune)—Copy WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—General Charl idge, not because he expounds the issues ar ternational co-operation for limita- BY DAVID LAWRENCE, even more enthus y more skilfully cians like the f. HARBOARD MAN ALLIANCE NATIONS OF FAR EAST the thing we had a right to do may have lost us the warm friendship of Japan.” “What would a German-Russian- Chinese-Japanese combination do to the plans cf the world?” He asked. *What would withstand a union of white, yellow and brown, gathered from the Rhine to China sea, and What en-un- likely in such an alliance?” “With “all the “Latin-American states in the league of nations can We maintain the Monroe Doctrine with these countries south of us (Continued on Page Two.) \CRUDE PRICE CUT IN EAST PITTSBURGH, cent cut in the p Imes of the New York transit com- pany and a similar reduction Bradford district crude wa: today by the South company. The new price WIFE DESERTER ~~ ISHELDHERE James A. finery wo: charge of child ertion, taken back to Wichita the charge fi! J. Bradfield, deputy Aug. 21—A 15 © of ofl in the Winninghs local re. m, d here on a will be city marshal, Mr. Bradfiela, who arrived this morning for his prisoner, has a record of 41 consecutive rs a8 an officer in various law enforcing departments. He has been with the department of justice, the post. of fic internal rey department, t enue service, a deputy city the lo BOGUS CHECK WRITER SEIZED deputy sheriff and a arshal of Wichita for Telegraphic communication re. ceived this morr vised the eriff's € I oyd of Casper, wanted » bad check charge, had 1 ted at Basset, Neb, Boyd “is said to ha iven the Chicago and Northwestern ratiroad a cheek for $ 4. drawn on a Ne- braska bank, fraudutent A deputy sheriff is leav this ight, 1924, Casper Tribune. es G. Dawes’ asm than the address of President Cool- y, but because he takes an ag- e of an attack. It was the Republican vice presidential nominee’s attack on LaFollette and radical- ism, however, which made it inspiring to the Republicans. See eee Beer ee ge LO VEO AC PURUCAMS: Vice Presidential speech of acceptance awak- Whatever misgivings there may have been immediately after the Cleveland convention when Ge eral Dawes was nominated over t protest of friends of President Cool- idge, who feared the effect of Gen- eral: Dawes’ anti-union labor utter- ances, there is no doubt now that, since LaFotlette has entered th race and labor has endorsed Lafol- lette, the Republicans are more glad of a champion of the Dawes type who appeals to the» conservative business interest of the country. The whole Republican strategy now is to gather Democratic and Republican conservatives under the Coolldge-Dawes banner without mak- ing any-effort particularly to coax the radicals into line. There are hmore conservatives, if the combined Republican and. Democratic strength is measured, than there are radicals, especially those of the extreme type. Mr. Dawes concedes that John W. Davis is safe and sound, but argues that the three-cornered fight may deaock the contest and make Gov BALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE. > First Game, At Pittsburgh— Boston — 100100 104—7 9 Pittsburgh 000 330 000—6 11 3 Batteries — McNamara, Lucas, Bentdn and Gibson; Morrison, Pte. fer and Smith. At Chicago— Brooklyn o RH. R.H.E. 100 000 O01—2 7 0 000 000 000—0 4 0 Second Game, At Pittsburgh— R. H. E. Boston --000 000 000—0 3 1 Pittsburgh 000 O11 30°—5 9 2 Batteries—Cooney and O'N and Schmidt. At Cincinnati— R.H. Philadelphia -..000 00* ***—* * Cincinnati -_._.000 01° * Batteries—Mitchell and Rixey and Hargrave. *. Henline; First Game. At St. Louis— R. 1. EB. New York —-. .005 20° 0 i) St. Louis - 000 30° pcos Batteries miley and Gowdy; Fonzales, ee cnt AMERICAN LEAGUE. First Game. At Philadelphia— R. H.E. hardt and Deberry; | Hoatten Offic Tribune Bidg, 216 E. Secon SUPREME TEST UF TRIP OVER THE ATLANTIC TAGKLED TODAY Hop-Off for Landing Place in Greenland | Made This Morning By World Airmen. REYKJAVIK, Iceland Aug. 21.—(By The Associ- ated Press).—The American round the world fliers and Lieutenant Locatelli, Italian airman, hopped off from here at 8:15 o'clock this morning. The fliers passed the United States cruiser Richmond on patrol about 70 the coast of Iceland at Lieutenant Locatelll was leading his American companions, Lieuten- ant Lowell H. Smith and Lieutenant cc H. Nelson “by five miles. her was beautifw we and conditions were excellent Louis ~-..-130 203 020—11 18 9) when the aviators set out for Green: itadelphia, --011 000 000— 2 9 2) land, Lieutenant Smith's plane ltt- teries—Shocker and Severeid;} eq from the water a few minutes Gray, Meeker, Harrison and Per-| after 8 o'clock and Lieutenant Net- kins, Gibson, son's plane was off two minutes later, At Boston— R.H.E.| Lieutenant Locatelll, who caught Cleveland -...000 006 100 0—1 8 0] up with the Americans in order to Boston 00 000 000 1-2 8 2 Batteries—Uhle and Myatt; Quinn and Picinich, At Washington— Chicago 000 000 * Washington -010 000 * Batteries—Ovengros and Jobnson and Ruel. Second Game, At Philadelphia— - Louis — R. H. E. 00 000. 003—4 13 1 100 300 O1°—5 11 0 ernor Bryan president.’ The Demo- crats will use the same argument, (Continued on Page Two.) Legislation to Ena Philadelphia Batteries—VanGilder and Severeid; Heimach and Perkins. BERLIN TAKES UP NEW PACT ble Functioning of Dawes Plan Framed for Reichstag; French Cabinet Okehs Treaty BERLIN, Aug. 21°—(By The Associated Press).—The German government has begun the legislative program re- quired to carry out the agree conference for launching the A bill presented to the re ment reached at the London Dawes reparation plan. ! chstag provides first, assent to the Londen protocol; second, authorization for the of finance to float a loan of 800,000,000 gold marks; and third, wuthorization for the.government of the releh to take measures with a view to the surrender of state rail bonds to the value of 11,000,- 000,000 gold marks and bonds to the value of five billion gold marks un der the law relating te taxation of industr way COMMU: DEMONS PARIS, Aug. Asso- ciated Press) plan} and the steps taken at the London | conference to make it eff overshadowed by violent demonstrations in the r of deputies today when I Her: riot went before the chamber and senate, read a long decla fon em bodying the j:ov ment case. and asked for it ths approval of the 1 islature. The premler was spared much of the violence during the hour it took to read his statement but before and after his address the chamber was a mad house and the session had to be suspended in order to ‘restore quiet. The communists monopolized the debate and maneuvered in such fash: fon that the entire afternoon was devoted to their motion for adjourn ment until the senate votes the Am nesty bill. Not a word of discussion about the work of the London eon ference was heard. PARIS, Aug. 21—(By ‘The Asso. ciated F }—The French cabinet met today and oved the terr ndon reparation conferer which } emier Herriot to read oth | chambers of parifament. th er noon. Most of the parliamentary groups | also held rlamentary meetings | against any motion that might be afternoon for Basset to bring Boyd back to Casper to faco the charge, introduced in opposition to the pre | verified as wire communi $50,000 IN SILK TAKEN BY BANDITS NEW YORK, Aug. ed men held up a silk truck in Madi son Square today and took truck and its cargo of silk valued at $50,000. Scores of persons witness. ed the holdup, 21.—Six arm- the accompany them across the Atlantic 2 long flight from Pisa, Italy got off 11 minutes after Lieutenant f All N of the take-offs were none of the filers hay- ing the slightest difficulty in jockey- ing from the water, Lieutenant Smith, the flight com- mander had been up all night re- cording weather reports and work- ing out plans for coping with weather and meclianical conditions «]which he and Lieutenant Nelson might encounter during the and hazardous jump to the shores of Greenland, Lieutenant John Harding, Jr., me- chanic of Lieutenant Nelson's plane, also had been up all night but he left his room only to go on board the plane, declaring it was his duty to take care of the machine dur- ing the last houra heresBecause of the early departure there were very few persons present when the ma- chines set out. The fliers are heading for Wred- ericksdal, near Cape Farewell, at the southern tip of Greenland, a hop of approximately 826 miles, accord- plans which were adopt dice and weather condi- tions in the north Atlantic had fore: ed them to abandon their original intention to make the shorter flight to Angmagsalik or to another har- bor 20 miles north of there, which later also was found to be. ice bound, The American filers arrived at Reykjavik from Hoefnhornafjord on August sixth, intending to continue their flight to the east coast of Greenland within a few days, but re- ports on weather and {co conditions which were unusually bad forced them to walt. WASHI N, Aug. 21.—Liew tenant Clayton L. Bissell, acting ad- vance officer for the army world fliers, officialy reported the depar- ture the world flight squadron eyikjavik, Iceland, for Green- from } land in the following message : General Pat , chief of the Nelson and Locatelli left 8:15 Greenwick mean (3:15 a, m, our time) August the time of departure , eastern standard time, parenthetical explana t Lon 3:16 our time" having been insert- ed in the message after its receipt TWO KI DAKOTA in Washington STORM; DAMAGE LARGE District Northeast of Huron Is Swept by Severe Storm; Buildings In One Small Town Are Demolished WATERTOWN, S. D., A reported killed and serious 1 night’s storm at Hayti, S. D ati HURON, S. D., Aug, 21.—Report ug. 21.—Two persons were sroperty damage done by last These reports have not been on is interrupted. received here today say a tornado struck through a district 15 miles east of here, killing one man at Yale, north eust of Huron and injuring persons in the tow (Continued on Page Twoy of Iroquois Cavour, Yale, according to thes everal | ly nd | mfirmed wiped out Newspapermen are accompanying | (Continued on Page Nine) j une reports, was virtual