Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 14, 1924, Page 2

; j >. oe PAGE TWO. ie ARMERS. HEAR JOAN W, DAVIS IN LATE SPEEGH Republicans Assailed in Topeka Address by Candidate. TOPEKA, Sept. 13.—Casting aside his usual restraint, John W. Dayis, Democratic presidential candidate tonight assailed the Republican party as the party of ‘special privi, leges” and pledged himself to battle against “the hordes of greed until they are overthrown,” Davis pleaded for the election of Democratic administration and s the only opportunity of restoring a progressive government In incessive terms the Democratic candidate traced the action ef the Hepublican administration and con gress to prove his contentions. that “favored. few" had received the benefits’ of legislation and adminis tration under the Republican party while the great body of the: people suffered In attacking the Fordney: McCumber act “infamous sv to special lege Davis indirect slap at Secretary who a large holder of in, several companies. “It 4g sald that there are some in high office who are interested in a congress Mellon is stocks aluminum,” he said. “And that is what I call special privilege.” 1t is phnoxious to free the government Davis then attacked ‘‘special privi lege” the ship subsidy bill, the Melion tax plan, the leasing of Tea pot Dome to Harry F, Sinclair and thy sale pf goods in the veterans’ bureau In discussing the Mellon tax bill, Davis sprang a new campaign stunt He declared ‘that ‘the Mellon plan would » cut by 60 per cent the 1 + "1 with incomes over 7,00 wh: those with incomes 1 thar amount would only have per cent reduction. The Democratic tax law passed at the Jast session of congress, he sald, | reversed this. By FRAZER EDWARDS (United Press Staff Correspondent.) TOPE Kans., Sept. 18.—Jehn Wert Democratic presidential avis, candidate, tonight enrolled. himself, rmy of the plain people. Pavis put his past behind him He apparently forgot that he had ever been a ‘meniber’ of congress. or admitted to the court of St. James He spoke to the Kansas farmers in thetic own ianguage. ‘Assolling the Republican party as the party af cial. privijese.”’ Davis told his ‘lsteners that the only hope for t progressive adminis: tration at Washington lay in the Democratic party; ‘Without. pelent- ing in his attack on the Republicans, Dayis stressed the Useclessness of 2 protest vote for LaPollette so far as Uberal legislation and adminis- tration was concerned. Davis presented himself as the exponent of the Jeffersonian theory in ‘the of “equal rights ¢o all, and special privileges to none.’ As opposed to the Hamiltonian theory that -“'goy- ernment is the province of the rich and the well born and the able.” In eight stops in Kansgs and braska made during the day, Dayis on this theme. He protective theories of the two major parties and en deavored to conyince the farmers that the Dempcratic party was the friend of all classes while the Re- publican party granted specitl privi- leges to an “industrial bloc” to the detriment of the farmers’ interests. A note of confidence crept into Davis’ speech today, he always qualified hia pledges with the phrase ‘At 1 am elected president” but to- day he repeatedly asserted that he wolf be elected and that a Demo cratic congress would be el¢cted to hammered analyzed the suppert him in carrying out his program Governor Charles W. Bryan, his running mate, traveled through Ne- vraska with Davis, Davis paid high tribute to the Nebraska governor in all his speeches in that state At Maryville, Kans, Governor Jonathan M. Davis boarded the train and accompanied the cand date and his party to Topeka where he ‘was received by a crowd of enthusia admirers and a band blaving the lively tune of Dixie". —_—_——___—. JAGK RABBITS CAUSING BIG DAMAGE ON FARMS DOUGLAS, Wyo,, Sept. 13.—Ja bi re Causing an immer ny t of lamag to Wyoming farpme It is ordinary to see whole corn fields strip by these creatures which hop acress the " in regular armi in ma tions it is almost a impossibility to raise crops because of the de vasta by rabk Woven wi fences prove to be no protection. Plan® are bein. ade in Converse count to ee eral large rabbit drives this “fall in the hope of at BB 0h BARLEY THRESHES QUT 97 BUSHELS PER ACRE RIVERTON, Wyc er From a foursere tract of bere near here George Rein hi vested 888 bushels, 7 the acre. “This yield ‘whould teke the blue “ribbon nev only inthis stat but im all others this year. NOBILITY TAKES UP ‘LEGGING’ NEW YORK, Sept. 13—B pean nobility ‘has entered grext American trade of poot- legging. Prohibition agents fonight searched the apartment of Count Henri de ancestr, ralmont who traces his ack to the rulers of nee, found a still and issued a rayt for his arrest The apartment was furnished in the finest French period furniture. | Recognition of Soviet Fought By the French By JOHN DE GAND?T (United Press Staff Correspondent.) PARIS, Sept. 14.--Premier Her: riots plan to grant’ recognition to Russia admittedly oné of the snost important points in the govern- ment’s program encountered’ serious opposition tonight when it was an- nounced holders of the old Russian Impérial bonds gn@ securities had nized to protect their rights. The organ is headed by the gen. eral commission for protection of French interests in Russia and rep: resents 1,500,000 bond holde: Its first act will be to appear be: fore the speglal committee and in: sist that some arrangements for a settlement be made, pointing out that the amount of Russian seeurl- ties held in France is greater than the French debt to the United States and that the present Russian gov- ernment has practically repudiated them. The aims total of all French is estimated at MADE BAGIO. OF grand cl on WHEELER TALK Old Parties Blamed For Conditions in Mill Cities, By PAUL D. MALLON. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept, 18— The most cowardly act of present Politics is the stand taken by the republican and demoeratic parties in falling to prevent child labor, Sena- tor Burton K. Wheeler, independent vice presidential candidate told & Ia- bor audience here tonight. “The southern mill owners hed more influence with them than la- bor had, than the mothers had, than the little children themselves had,” Wheeler declared. The proposed constitutional amendment should be ratified im- mediately by all the states he de- clared, scoring hig epponents. He said the courts and the big business interests have ruled that property rights are above human rights guar: antged by the consititution and cited a decision of Federal Judge Van Ors del to this effect “They mean to exalt property above human life, to make the man the slave of the dollar,” Wheeler told his hearers. "We are attacked as destroyers of the constitution, but all that we pro- pose is that the extent to which the courts shall have the right to nulll- by the people themselves. ‘They by the people themselives. They shall settle it by the adeption or re- jection of an amendment to the con- stitution exactly specifying just how much authority the eourts do haye “If the people shall say, by their vo! that they would leave the courts to continue the exercises of all powers they now exercise there would be no doubt, We shall not have a department ef justice in whieh the men who own the Pennsylvania railroad have more influence than thousands of men who operate that road, We shall not haye the attorney general Daugherty applying to a federal judge. appointed by himself, for an Injunction to prevent a railway shop- man from exerelsing almost every human right that Ged has giyen him, except perhaps the right ‘to breath |, Wheeler quoted from a speech by Senator George Whelan Pepper, stauneh republican, in which Pep: per ared there was a strong be- lief through the country that laber injunetions were tyrannical ang in rable. Pepper urged that the rts be prevented from issuing In- junctions in Ja dispute: Wheeler will return to New York Sunday for a brief stop before start ing into Ohio to fire his big guns against Daugherty in the home state of the former attorney general. WALES HOST TO FRIENDS LAST NIGHT SYOSSPT, 1, I 19 —. By GEORGE BRITT (NEA Service Writer.) CHICAGO, Sept. 13.—‘And If says to Fahy, ‘There'll be plenty in the papers about you one of these days The reminiscence accompanies a sleaming smile in the baby-blue eyes ef Piorence Murphy, loyal Ama- zonian wife of “Big Tim’! Murphy. All the four years since William F. Fahy came to Chicago, she had known him as the relentiess posts office inspectar, the yindietive per- sonal foe, wesking and scheming to send her husband to Leavenworth penitentiary for mall robbery and keep him there. His conviction of Murphy ~was the peak feat of his brilliant career. And now Fahy, the prosecutor, is Fahy. the prisoner, charged with participation in the $2,000,000 Rond. out mall robbery last June and sus- pected gs the inside master mind of half a dozen other big thefts. Mrs Che Casyer Sunday Cribune oe WIFE HAS HER INNING IN ARREST OF MRS. FLORENCE MURPHY (LEFT) AND INSPECTOR ‘WILLIAM F. FAHY. regen. But IT went up to_him ene day in the corridor and surely did hurry to deny it. “And I says, ‘Listen, if Tim Mur- phy ig kept in prison a hundred years, I'l be waiting for him, pe- eause Lis little toe is more to Ine than-you or any other man in the World.’ Tim has been in 18 months now, and I've been to see him every month. He's eligible for parole, and if it hadn't been for Fahy and his framed charges about that robbery at Pullman, he'd ke out. “Fahy hasn't “stopped at Tim, either. He told a young fellow we know not very long ago that he'd ‘like to get something on that big blond,’ meaning me. “You know how they did me when Tim was arrested on the Dearborn , don’t you? ell, I was in the hospital from an operation. And Fahy and his Murphy is quick to suggest the turn of eyents confirms “Big Tim's” Plea he was the victim of a “frame- up." “I abways said Fahy was a double- crorser,"’ says Mrs. Murphy, com- fortable and complacent at the news 4s"she sits in her husband's old of. fice where she carries on his work as director of the Gas House Workers’ union. Charges He Persecuted Her. "I'm not surprised, You know he was always jolly and pleasant in court, and he would shake ‘Tim's’ hand and say, ‘There's nothing per- sonal in this; I'm just working for the government.’ But behind our backs! “While the trial was on he told somebody, talking about me, that im won't be in six months before she'll divorce ‘him and be off with another man.' I didn’t tell Tim about {t, because he would have gone after him right in the court- Man Restored to Health Years Ago Visits at Springs THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., Sept. 13. —Ter yeary ago H. Gerharz then liy- ing at Billings, Mont., came to Ther. mepolis hot springs suffering from rheumatism, He was able to walk only with the aid of crutches. He took the.hot water mineral baths for a few weeks and then walked out to the Padlock ranch, of Thermopolis, where he secured a job pitehing hay and doing other heayy work around the ranch, Puping the past Week Mr. Ger- hartz was back to Thermopolis, He is us supple as a cat and has ‘never been troubled with rheumatism since he took the baths here a decade ago. Mrs. Gerhartz has taken a course of the baths during thejr Present visit and the couple left for ttle, Wash., where they live. Wednesday, ‘I were feeling 10 years younger 1 feeling like a couple of kids. There is fe almost everlasting in these hot mineral waters C harges to Be Filed Monday in Forbes Case CHICAGO, Sept. 18.—Formal ebarges accusing Charles R. Forbes former head of \he' Veterans bureatt and John W, Thompson with brib ery, general conspiracy and accept ing a bribe in connection with eon. struction Sept The of sev al eterans’ hos Pr of Wales played host to] pitals, will be m: by attorneys in Ame n friends tonight at a din-| federal cor here i rary home on the i ted er Jude k en estate George A. Carpenter has made h Guests included Mr, and Mrs, Vin-] ruling he will set an early date for . Rodman Wanamaker, | trial Jr uriel Vanderbilt, Mr. and Elweod Francis Trees and James A. | stransky Forbes There were 22 in all, | Randolph Laughlin Louls, expects to leave for his Al-| will represent ‘Thonipson berta, Canada ranch Wednerday or] Government investizators charge Thursday of next week. was “indefinite,” The prince's plan fer tomerrowl|ans bureau that the former chief of the veter. Rauiandered @ half bil- lion dotlars, 25 miles west] |In this najlstudded jeather gnit nley Clatkson of St. Paul fough) nd-to-tooth encounters with the Umber wolves of northers Ontario, While arni® only with ¢ fouble-bitted hand-ax, he was at icked by five of the beasts, killed © of them and drove the other away. >_— La Follette Fraud Probed WASHINGTON tempts on the 1 Sept, 13.--At- of opponents to file lets of candidate the for electors in State of Washington, using the name of Senator La Follotte are be: ing by Attorney Gen- eral Stone, according to a telegram received here today by John M, Nel- son, national La Follette campaign manager, from John ¥, Ballaine, head ef the progressives forces at Seattle, Previous telegraphic advices trom Ballaine said attempts were being made to get on the Washington state ballot lists of candidates under the banner of La Follette ticket, investigated LIVESTOCK MOVING TO MARKET FROM HUDSON HUDSON, Wyoe., Sept. 13.—Dur- Ing thie week least 129 cars of stock will be shipped to. market from this point, according ‘to @re- Hable mainly of sheep, reports Shipments will be WHO SENT HUSBAND TO PEN BEHIND BARS unemployment, Squad ransacked our house. I don't know who did it, but when 1 got| this involves regulation of banking | concert back nearly everything was missing | 8nd credit. 9 =the pearl-handied knives and forks we sot as a'wedding present and and some champagne ven 85 cents from the pocket- table linen, and book of our seryant girl. He Led Search Himself. “I'd like to see him looking out from behind the bars now." ‘The arrest of Fahy was the moat ory at Fahy himself, spectacular incid-nt in the me: gt the present generation of office inspectors. trusted, keen, lonewwolf solver many a dark mystery, led search for the Rondout robbers. within the postoffice department make the crime possible. A tip from one of the prisoners Germer suggested Fahy, Almost incredulous, ids from distant ‘They found Fahy ‘in conference with James Murray, wealthy. politician, arrested for the robbery charge, but te Ghief Inspector A, BE, the chief calle@-in territory, unknown to Fahy. put en bail, They set a trap. One of the in- approach Murray ag ® prospective buyer for bonds. taken Then Fahy was Wo one else knew, By the time the buyer saw Murray, he had been tipped off. Fahy must than Bpeetors was to in the robbery. told of the move. haye walked into the trap. “There's more evidence that,’ says Inspector Clarahan Ba'timore, who came here to direct “The case is sewed the inquiry. ——__—_ SUGAR BEET CULTURE WILL SHOW INCREASE TLAND, Wyo., Sept. 18.— Bellet of officials of the Great West- ern Sugar company is that maxi- mum sugar beet production in this 1927. Next year the acreage to be planted will approximate 2,400 acres, while 1926 at least 5,000 acres should ~. total in 1927 will therefore run close vicinity will be reached in in be planted, it is estimated. to 6,000 acres which is thought be the maximum this territory will stand. ONE SLAIN IN SALOON FIGHT WILKPSBARRE, Pa., Sept. 13 Qne man was shot to death and an. ether perhaps fatally stabbed in free-for-all following a ‘meonshine” party in @ saloon in Pittston, near was shot there, tonight, according to the Mee. Samuel Piazza, 40, Instantly killed. Joseph 86 and M ranco, knife wounds. Another man slightly injured Police Court Has w Quiet Session Here ’ jomleaaiest Saturday's session of police cou was 50 uneventful that spectators almost fell asleep. One traffic violator was fined one lady who was brought in tnto: cated failed to appear and forfeit her bond of $16; one traffic accident | case was continued That sums np t work. Freak Potato in Rock River Field ROCK RIVE A rare specime Wyo., Sept. 13. and freak is in t hands of J. Q. Skolley in the form | mere shell er husk containing two new spuds with several others attached to the out of a potato whieh is a Pbhout the size of marbles. side, the He helped make some of the arrests and pointed out there must have been a trajtopous directing brain is in a critical eendition | at the Pittston hospital with several the few $5 IN BRIAN { NEW LABOR AM LONDON, Sept. 13. (United Press). —What the small, compact and high- ly “intellectual” Independent Labor party. says today, the large, slow, ox-like British Labor party endeav- ors more or less successfully to carry out tomornpw. a At any rate, that’s the Mi in English politics and explains the surprise and interest. manifested here at the announcement that the T..L. P. tas “come out for” govern- ment control of the great English bank BANK CONTROL, He arrived at Mitchell half an hour before the fully r came in. His highness is seen here Nothing may come of it, neyer-|in aniniated conyersation emphasiz- theless the fact that the I. L. P. has |ing his points declared for it means that the astute Clifford Al ho is the Prinie Mistster’s Colonel House and the Czar of the I. L. P.—thinks that the time is ripe to protect the scheme into eurrent polities. An article specially drafted for the “summer school” maintained by the I. L. P. for the education of the rank and fe forecasts a stiff fight with the king Interests of the British em- pire The Bank of England and five Joint-Stock banks are now masters. ‘“Phey should be our servants, “The banks haye controlled policy of the goyernment hut propose that the goyernment should cantrel the banks and adgpt sclen- tific polley of monetary our “Apart, too, from its effect upon propose that the state should con- the government a determining voice in saying when and how particular industrjes should be encouraged or discouraged. “To control the speed and direc- tlon of credit in a world of luxury and necessity trades, is of the great- est importance if we are to com- menee to run industry according to @ common plan with a definitely hought out design. ‘Moreover, it is foolish to continue tem by which banks accept the peop! maney on deposit at a smajl rate of interest and then jend it out at a larger rate. “Why should that profitable trans. action be undertaken by private banks which all the time rely upon the state ta come to their moment of financial crisis?" It is difficult to see how this’ pro- gram can be adyanced without al- most immediately forfeiting the sup- mort of the Liberals who not -enly object to government contrel on principle but ha’ also, a tender ¥ gard for British hanks as mon- Strating hew industry will flourish if only it is left alone. The hanks ave for Pree Trade in England and ot to lieved ta be pr trol of credit is seemingly °f) into the British arena. it aide ww cS o SEEKS WORD OF FATHER. Miss Cornelia Routte. of ingham ‘street, mation regarding the whereabouts of her father, Edward F. Routte. Mr. Route wag living in Casper up to about three months ago but since that time his daughter, who is at present iI], hae not heard from him. Any information should be sent di- rect to Miss Routee at hep Hou- ston address. —- ? Kept - Promise! ‘he to a ur tue « —=o I's beginning to look like Jam E. Ferguson's promise to his dog is foing to come true When “Jim xt: | ed | Was impeached as governor of Texas then eniy t eight years a two years old . the dog seomed d As the rest of the family in leaving apiigl at Austin. "Never mind.” Nn told him. “youll live to see Yguson® jn th overnor’s house again” Anu now Ferguson's | wife. Mra. Miriam E. Ferguson. has —|Won the Democratic gubernatorial homination—and her fight for “Jim's” vindieation. And since Tex |18 is a Democratic state her nome | natin practically means elecnon. Here "Ma" Ferguson in seen qwith | ~ “Jim's” dog. the | (Copyright, 1924, by United )Press) the | standard we | from the Capital Theater, New York. this problem pf unemployment wel 6:15 p. trol banking because that would give | aire the Free Traders pr Liberals are he-| PFo#ress toward world disarmar -hankers, WNeverthe. | M44 been made by the league of na- less, the issue of government con-| ons thi advancing Right’ tor @ settlement generally are ith his fist, — | Sunday’s Five Best Features On the Radio WAAF, New York, (492m), WCAP Washington (468m) and WJAR, Providence (260m) 2 p. mm eastern time, musical program WOAW, Omaha: (626m) 9 p. m., central gtandard (ime — musical eform in| chapel seryice by Grace Lutheran the Interests of trade, industry and | church. WIP, Philadelphal (509m) 2:35 p. “Unemployment ean be cured but] m, eastern standard time, matinee by Comfort's Philarmonic aus : New York PROGRESS FOR WORLD. PEACE: REPORTED “= */Geneva Conference . Is|s | Successful in Staff Correspondent) Sept. 1h-—Appreciabls ent By (United Press GENEVA, week and prospects to- The Franco-British plans as out- Uned by Premier Herriot and Meo. 1620 Donald are meeting with widespread Bi Houston, Texas,|S¥PPort and the league's disarma- has written the Tribune for infor-|™ePt commission has the t work of hearing the opponent, Bates. The disarmament commission to. day appointed a commission te draw up a draft of a proposed project for obligatory arbitration of internation: ai conformity with the Herriot-MacDonald pein aly » The fourth commission wilt draw uP report latin American bureau at the secretarial quarters here and providing for creation of a Latin American under seeretary. Roumania propgsed a internation- al loan administrated by the league's commission on International eo-op- eration to re-establish norma] condl- tlops in the intellect quarters, ie eR) Ambassador to Chile Recalled By Old Mexico MEXIOO CITY, Sept. 13. — The Mexican ambassador in Chile has been withdrawn presumably in pro- test againet the military coup @ ‘ate. Oo , ALTO DELUGED WITH AIVERTISEMENTS 04 “THE GOVERED WAGON’ Advertisements on “The Cover: ed Wagon,” the feature Photoplay to be shown by the Rialto theater, writ- | ten by amateur ad writers in Casper have been lterally pouring in on the management. The theater is of- fering liberal prizes for the best ads turned in during this contest which does not end until a week from yes- terday, September 20, | Manager Todd of the Rialto an- nounced yesterday that his letter | stoop from bending under the hun dreds df letters containing ads which he has been lugging to the Rialto (BETTY BRONSON ENVY OF MANY - office, The winning ad will be published as the last ad of the picture run. —————_ Weather Forcast WYOMING: © Fair- and warmer Sunday; probably becoming settled by Monday, un: IN FILM ROLE In° Selection for By i. HOLLYWOOD, Press, seek fame, with its concomitance of eriune. in motion pictures. en Along comes some unknown, bursting into glory overnight, and the studio gates are beseiged with hundreds of new faces for months thereafter. Take the case-of Bet nm, for instance, eee A month ago Betty was a pRenen- tity in the picture world, She is one of the most talked of girls in Hollywood, and without a doubt, one of the most enyied, or she has been picked by none ather than Sir James Barrie himself to eae the. title rele in the farth- eoming Famous Players La O- duction of “Peter Pan". nies ‘Who was to be chosen for the coyeted honor has been a subject of speoulation in Hollywood ‘for months. Most of the prominent gctresses and those not so. well knewn who dared hope at all offered fervent little prayers befora they crawled into their trundle beds that the role might be theirs. Rumer hag it that Mary Pickford obtained @ special conference with Barrie in England during her re- gent trip abroad, and urged him to Wee or play the part. nd then came the rd over the cableg from Pt Bois the effect that, after viewing spe- lal film tests af a score or more possibilities, he had picked Betty Sronson to play ‘Peter Pan", ‘The hearts of half a hundred girls were heavy at the news, while it of the little 17-year-old schoolgirl to whom fell the mantle of renown thrilled: With eestacy. After the first shock of the? an- nouncement, people to “who is this B way?” A Gules They found her, a pretty little grayeyed lass, in the first bloom of youth, 8» auiet awd retiring that she ‘has been ‘tripping about the saree, teat gra brothers ‘and a ‘yo ger ster Ueved in Betty's ability. They ‘ fe mould aales good if the o unity ever came, without miss Wsing one whit of hos ath ish snnocence and sweetness in -the quest of it, That's more than m: af these who Pha aiid Hollywood can elgim. Betty swims and plays tenn! kesps up her French and takes var ing lessons, She reads a great deal N and has read “Peter Pan" many times, News Brought Tears of Joy. T always thought I'd ike the part ef ‘Peter’, she. said, “so when T heard the beok was to be fi T went down to the studio and for the t. i dared hope for it, thoush, and when the news came I was #e su, BS rT ana fines Sil h laughed ee n we it] ushed and Mm op isa a ose Wi ‘ollow the films and have studied the plans for “peter Pan" and Barrles’ selection of a star agree that the choice was a g00d one. An BHlusive Role. The role is an elusive one—a, kind of fairy-like character which no actress well known to pleture play fans could fill and keep up the illusion necessary to the film's suc- cess. A prominent star in the part would ‘spoil it, making necessary comparisons between her work’ as “Peter Pan" and her roles in’ for- mer films, relieving the character of the dream-hedy nature which Barrie wishes for it, Pal Hence selection of an unkown ac- tress for the part—one whose im- maturity has been surrounded with careful home training, a girl whose ehildhood has net been lived -in dance halls, cabarets or other places where 80 many girls of her age are found. ’ Production Starts Soon. So little Betty Bronson soon will be at work on the big opportunity of her life. Perhaps at the Long Island studio of Famous Players- Lasky, or perhaps at the Hollywood plant. The location of the produc- tion has net yet been announced. ‘Wherever it is, on the sidelines will ind the girl's mother, cheered in the knowledge that a careful upbringing of her offspring has been rewarfed—a raising so protected and old-fashioned, perhaps, that Betty has not even bobbed her hair! Rev. McCracken to ~ Speak at Churches 0. E, McCracken, superintendent of the Wyoming Children’s Home society who arrived in Casper yes- terday, will speak this morning. at the service at the, Methodist church in Mille and this evening at 2:30 at the Midwest Heights Community chiireh. 9) 7 Be Sev aka eich Mr. MeCraken will remain in‘@ns- per for a couple of days in the in terestg of the society.