Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 29, 1924, Page 1

Member of Aw REN D 5 FU MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ci : > CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1924. 2 (mos) L wUr20, c FIVE DEAD AND DOZEN INJURED IN GAS BLAST Leader of Doukhoubor Colony In Nérth- west Falls Victim to Death Plot on Board Train with Four Others VANCOUVER, B. C., Oct. 29.—J. L. Mackie, British Columbia legislator, Peter Véregin, head of.the Doukhow- hor. colony. of British Columbia and three unidentified persons were killed today when & gas tank exploded on a Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train’ west of Farron Station, B. C.,.according to word received here. Eleven other persons were in- jured. ‘The explosion -happened in the first class passenger coach of train aot iguanas cee hich was consumed. (Thé: provincial: police were inves- a tigating a rumor that the explosion was a plot to destroy Peter Veregin, Doukhoubor ‘leader who was killed. NELSON, B. © mination “of the pasteboards. Week on forehead, a .38 calibre revolver be- side him. . Joe Tuck, of the Hong Kong caf @ caysin of the dead man, and unt @ week ago his employer, the meager facts of Fay’s life. _ “All time. he play /poker,” Tuck explained. ‘‘All time he lose. Very bed lorer. Last week he start drink- ing—hard. Since then I not see him —until now.” Mrs. L. Walburn, proprietress of the rooming house, Fay had” been very particular that his room. be Provides! with a key, WORK OF NEW LIGHTING ‘SYSTEM HERE TO BEEIN WITHIN NEXT SIX WEEKS “Work on the extension to Casper’s ornamental ‘lighting - system, con- tract “for which was'let by the city nell, Mo vevening,, will begin in ‘six weeks, it was learned today. ,"The length “of time will be required for the delivery of mate- rials and the assessment of proper- tY. * 9 “Contract for the excavation and concrete work in this new improve ment Was let to Larsen & Jaurgen- sen and the contract for the instal- lation f poles. and electrical system to thé. Electrical Supply afia’ Con- struction pany. : AML pe for, the improvement must ‘be pald in prior to the begin- ning of rk tt-1s understood. \ NEW YORK, Oct. -29—Jack O’- Brien, 41, former pugilist, Hes dead from two bullets, fired. in-a fight early today in a “speak easy" which he was alleged to have operated in West Twentieth Street. Republican Women Entertaining This Afterndon at ‘Tea —_— Republican women of _ Natrona county this afternoon were prepar- ed to receive large crowds at the tea to-be given at the Elks auditorium at Seventh and Wolcott streets from 2 until 5 o’clock.' Arrangements ere made to accommodate scores and early ‘indications were that the hopes of the organization would be realized. ee ROME.—The body of Pope Leo XIII was entombed in the, basilica of St. John Lateran. Fire Scare Found . In Defective Flue The fire department called out at 340 ‘yestetday evening to the O. X. rooms on ‘West First street when smoke gushed from a defective flue alarmed the tenants. Only one wa- gon. responded and no damage re- sulted. - IS RESUMED T SUICIDE ENDS TROUBLES FOR TOM FAY, CHINESE WHO TRIED TO WIN AT POKER AND LOST Tom Fay tried to buck'the w! caries Week on week he matched h fue pach eithearp pice the shrewder wit of me whee ‘shat prisardry, with the went to the Royal Visit to White House of Actors Delega- President Coolidge. Rhinelander Waldo, former’ police commissioner of New York, testified that a Coolidge non-partisan organ!- zation, of which he is head, paid the expenses of the actors during the trip to Washington, Then from Gilsoh Gardner,‘ a newspaper man, the heard a suggestion that Republican the use of “lines” favorable Coolidge in various vaudeville skits. Hotel, Inquest would be necessary. recalled that |; Special Class _ Teachers to _ Meet in City . Casper’ will “be host November 21 and 22 to the annual state con- vention of special class teachers. The program will be in charge of Miss Beatrice McLeod, state sup- erintendent of special class instruc- tion, and her assistant, Miss Vir- -ginia Warkley, both of Cheyenne. Superintendent A. A. Blade and several of the eight Joeal instruc- tors of uhgraded classes will con- tribute to the discussion. A special feature of the meet- ing will be-an exhibition of work done in these‘ classes, including barket-weaving, carpentry, and domestic art, which is expected to show the excellent results attain- ed in ’this: comparatively new ‘en- terprise, of fitting the retarded child to the task he can do’ in- stead of trying to force him into conformity with the old academic, curriculum, eran Tre we NEW -YORK—John,.W. Davis in an address to an audience of negroes declared for equality of opportunity for all, regardless of race, color or creed. SEVERANCE TAX FLAYED OIL MEN HEAR ADDRESS facts in connection therewith. The of ty of a de- dea fa J aint tied result of such research work as Mr. fpnsive attitude being taken this have returned a valuation of $102, 000,000,-or better than 22 per cent of the entire valuation of the state. tion Forms Subject of Testimony Today Before Senate Committee WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—While bankers and captains of industry waited in the wings, for further questioning, the senate campaign fund investigating committee today switched its spotlight on the delegation of actors who re- cently called at the White House and breakfasted with ‘Washington committee money had been used also to secure to white man’s game too often. is Oriental cunning against % + acrocs the hall,’ aad police headquarters were noti- fied. z Coroner Gay announced that it was obviously suicide and that no Wear by Wyoming's oil interests, Mark O. Danford, tax commissioner of the Midwest Refining Co., last night, addressed the Wyoming Pe- troleum club: on the proposed sev- france tax amendment to the state constitution. His attack on “this form of dou- bie taxation” was heard by a large Sroup of oil’men gathered in the Produgers and Refiners building for the club's first meeting of the sea- son. After relating the general history of how the amendment came to be Dresented to the voters at this time, he entered into @ discussion of the Danford has conducted in connec- tion with his~employment with the Midwest Refining company develop- ed some astounding figures as to the amount of tax paid by the ofl indus- try for the support of the state of Wyoming. “The total taxable valuation for 1924 as returned and certified by the different county assessors and the state board of equalization, is shown to be $464,000,000 of which valuation all branches of the oll industry, in- cluding tank car lines, supply houses and business incidental with the de- velopment of the oll is $150,000,000. The producing and refining branches - ‘These two branches of the indus- try are now paying taxes on. more than the entire land valuation of Wyoming and taking the industry as a whole it exceeds the land and livestock valuation by some $20,000,- 000, this new taxable wealth having accumulated and developed within the past ten years. Applying» the average mill ‘levy for state, county and school purposes, the following calculations determined that the oll industry is now contributing 62.9 per cent of the moneys collected by the state and disbursed in channels (Continued .n Page Eight) 4 Gardner, @ supporter of LaFol- lette, said that early in September William Burch of Washington, rep- resenting the McCutcheon Gerson syndicate, a subsidiary of the Shu- bert Theatrical corporation, called on him and offered to sell to the La- Follette organization for $50,000 a pubilcity proposition which would in- clude lines worked into vaudeville programs favorable to the candidate. “The young man told me that they would prefer to sell the scheme to LaFollette because they sympa- thized with /his views,” Gardner said, “‘and would be willing to sell it to LaFollette at a lower figure than to either of thé old parties.” He said he declined Burch's offer, saying, “that Is more money than “I judged they sold the propost- tion to the . Republicans when 1 heard about the actors calling at the White House, including Al Jolson, John Drew and Charlotte Green- wood, who were mentioned in con- nection with, the offer,” sold Gard: ner, From that the committee moved on to charges that an effort had to! men to take and make speeches for him. He said Drew promised that he would receive $1,000 over his expenses for this work, that $250 would be placed {Continued on Pnes Bight) Court Cleaned District Cou a | announced they will a Twenty-Four ‘Appeal Cases from City Rapid dispensation of 24 appeal cases from police court was made in district court yesterday afternoon by Judge BE HOSTS HERE THIS EVENING AT BIG DINNER Rotarians and Lions to be Guests; Frank W. Mondell ‘One of Sev- eral Speakers Frank W. Mondell, direc- tor of the War Finance cor- poration, Republican repre- sentative from Wyoming for many years and former floor leader of the house, will be the honored guest and added speak- er at this evening's dinner by the casper Kiwanis with the members of the Rotary and Lions as guerts. The dinner will be served in the (Ccntinued on Page Hight) ‘MAYOR'S HOME NILES, Ohfo, Oct. 29.—Explosion of a bomb early today wrecked the front of the home of Mayor Kistler. Although the mayor and his femily were sleeping upstairs they escaped injury. fog telan. fo the ade at the same time, but their quest was denied by the mayor, w! declared that klan officials applied first. Klaming Cirgle officials. have parade without mil ' VIOLATORS FORFEIT BONDS from Docket in rt by Judge P. W. Metz of Basin, sitting in the absence of Judge R. R. Rose when he forfeited bonds of seven alleged violators, scarcity: of evidence or witnesses, The city now has only four appeal cases on the docket out of the 48 that were slated when the present term of court bega: Two of these will be tried within the next few days and two have been passed over to the spring term of court. On the 44 cases that have been settled, the city, represénted by At- torneys Hemingway, Boeke and Mac- Donald, has taken in approximately $1,000 in fines. All of the appeal cases, with the exception.of one for disorderly conduct, were’ from fines assessed for illegal pousession of l- quor or for gambling» Those who paid fines, to settle their cases yesterday included W. W. Whaley, D. W. (Wes) Middleto Charles Miller, J. C. Burns, J. P. Kile, Spot Woods, Gertrude Bluis and Mary Ann Horton. Those whose bonds were forfelted included John Hipline, Michael Han- na, D. B. Holt, A. W. Bollar, Eliza- beth Richards, Lucy Gonzales and Mattie Brown. SEARCH WARRANT DECISION PENDING. ne of the most important decis- fons to be made in the district court here in many months Is expocted to be handed down tomorrow morning at 9:30 by Judge Metz when he de- termines the legality of search war- rants issued by a police magistrate, The matter was argued at great length this morning In the case of the City of Casper vs. Eccles in which Tom Curran, attorney for the defendant, advanced. the premise that 4 police magistrate Lad no right under the Wyoming statutes to is- sue @ search warrant. The city was represented by Attorneys Hem- \pgway, Boeke and MacDonald. After listening to the arguments his honor declared that he would hand down a decision in the matter tomorrow morning. In the past in Casper it has been the custom of the police department accepted a payment of a fine from eight who did not care to go with the appeal and ordered nine cases dismissed for to make all raids for Mquor and gambling on warrants issued by Police Magistrate Murray and his predecessors in the same office. ———_— —_—_—_ HERBERT OAILY LEAVES FOR COAST ON NEWS OF FATHER'S DEATH Word of the death last night of his father, J. A. Dailey, at Brawey, Calif., was recelved here by Herbert E, Dailey, head of the land depart- ment of the Midwest Refining com- pany, who left yesterday evening by car for Rawlins where he will take the take the train for Californta. The funeral is to be held Saturday at Brawley, Masonic services are to be used. Surviving the elder Dafley are lis wife and son, Herbert. ’ 12 ORPHANS HEAR SUIT FOR DAMAGE NEW YORK, Oct phaned children sat in the Queens supreme court today at the trial of thelr $100,000 damage suit for the death of thelr father, John Dugan, a. grocery-clerk, {nh an automobile aceldent.,. Their. mother died soon after the father was killed. Mary Dugan, 20, 4s the oldest child the youngest being one year old, Mary earns $21 9 week and is the main support of the family, —Tewlve or- the right stage a Circle foropermission to par- On Streets or at Newstands, & cents Delivered by Carrier 75 cents a month OUPPORT--- Cost Is Highiifl) Wh 10) - PROBE _ \tiWiiiS Disarmament ODAY Command of Western Pacific Handed Over to Japan by Pact, Admiral : Mayo Declares in Address CHICAGO, Oct. 29.—The United States paid an enor- mous price to bring the Washington disarmament confer- ence to a successful conclusion, said Rear Admiral H. T. Mayo, returned, in an address prepared for delivery today before the Chicago Association of Commerce. “We surrendered command of the’ western Pacific to Japan, who is now in absolute mili- tary command in those waters, able to take .possession of Guam, where we undoubtedly should have a strong naval base, and the Philip- “Friendship - between nations is governed by self-interest. Jealousy of our wealth and prosperity is the prevailing feeling of other nations toward us. Most of them owe us state, is much: gratified with money and would be very glad to concoct sume scheme whereby their debt to us might be cancelled or re- pudiated. “Our country never has been, 1s not now, and never will be under any militarism that will menace the liberties of the country, Our army is practically disarmed today—re- duced almost to a force sufficient only to be a police force for our pos: sessions, but we have not seen other nations reducing their armies.” KINDLER VOICES OPTIMISM OVER -QUTCOME OF STATE CAMPAIGN POWELL, Wyo., Oct. 29—(Special to The Tribune) — Hon. George E. Kindler, candidate on the La Follette ticket in Wyoming for* United States Senator, at home on a brief reapite from a strenuous campaigning trip over the his prospects for election. Following his endorsement for United States senator. by the La. Follette.conyention at Wheat- land Mr. Kindlet' at once proceeded to “organise Lit Foliette clubs. As a. ‘Wyoming delegate he attended the La Follette convention ut Cleveland ‘and ‘took part. in -its deliberations. He prepared petitions for the La Follette electors “In” the ‘state who are running, on Ahe same ticket and supporting Mr, Kindler, as a matter of course. Mr. Kindler was somewhat in- Pupils Draw Vacation for censed when the report reached him here. of the attempt at Cheyenne to cuple up Rose tht Democratic can- Midate ‘with ‘the ‘La Fottetfs’ move- ment.’ Rose is campaigning — the state as a Democrat and is support- ing Davis for president, whereas Kindler “is ‘an original “supporter of La Fol'ette, regularly endorsed by the La Follette state convention, and regularly appearing in the La Follette party column on the Wy- oming official ballot. MAN STRUCK BY AUTO FAILS TO APPEAR WHEN DRIVER 16 ARRAIGNED The charge of reckless driving Election Day In compliance with the state stautes, the city grade schools and high school will recess al day election day, Tuesday, November 4. Many of the school buildings will be used as polling places. Globe Fliers On Visit To ‘Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 29.— The world fliers who returned their globe girdling planes to San Diego Monday were back in Los Angeles today with a week of social activi- tles ahead of them,°as’ well as the moro serious task of writing a com- plete report of the historic round tho world ‘flight. Six civic organizations will unite to honor the aviators at a banquet here today and the succeeding days until Sunday will be crowded with other’ events arranged for their eri: tertainment, LONDON, Oct: 29.—(By The As- sociated Press).—Creat Britain's voters went to the polls today to| choose a new parliament to replace that dissolved at the instance of the Laborite prime. minister, Ramsey Macdonald, on October® 9, following an unfavorable vote in the commons. While some of the luborites still expressed confidence that the result would show’ the people favorable to thelr remaining in power, the gen- eral opinion was that the goyern- ment would be repudinted. ‘Tho? re- spective strength of the parties in against Gladys Newcome, 316 North Kimball, accused of speeding on af- ter running down Joe Valdez at the corner of Second and Center streets Tuesday while driving a car belong- ing to A. MmLioyd, was dismissed in Police court last night. Valdez, who suffered only slight brufses, did not appear against Miss Newcome. Fines: of $10 each were levied against two violators of traffic law: J. Mg guilty to fl- legal pari his assessment for s; Three arrested for intoxication were taxes $15 ench. All paid. George Young, 208 North Park, ar- rested at the North Washington dance hall last night on charges of drunkenness and possession of If- quor, was released on $100 bond to appear for his hearing tonight. bie satdaieedabi, Seed Spuds Grown In Wyoming Are Sent to Greeley CHEYE. first tw Evans paid ding. » Oct. 29.—The carloads of eight contract- ed is of Taramie county dry farmed seed potatoes have been shipped to growers.of the Greeley, Colo., growers who farm by irrign: tion, the new house, however, was a sub- ject no political observer would venture to predict, Only the returns will tell. wheth- conservatives have been able to n the majority over all other parties essary to put them back into office and bring to an end the arrangement whereby they and the IGerals until recently allowed the laborites to run the government Up to a few days ago public in- terest in the outcome seemed apa- thetic, but the sensational eleventh hour publication of the alleged Zino- vieff letter urging the British com- th er MONDELL| Publication Offices: Tribune Bldg., 216 B. basal ? RE-ELECTION 19! BEST WELFARE || OF THIS. STATE Former Congressman on Return to Casper Voices Strong Appeal for U. S. Senator “In view of Senator Fran- cis E. Warren’s long service, wide information and great influence, there’ should be, from the standpoint of the state, unanimous sentiment favorable to his return.’ The foregoing statement by Frank W. Mondell, director of the War Fi- nance Corporation, and former floor leader of the House of Representa- tives In Washington, was made this morning on the arrival of the for- mer Wyoming congressman to be the guest and speaker at a joint din- ner this evening of the Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary clubs. Continuing he said: “No new man, whatever his abib ity might be, could hope to acquire the standing and Influence of Sena- tor* Warren until after many years of service. The senator's accom- plishments in many lnes in behalf of the people of Wyoming fully: eti- Utles him to the enthusiastic supy port of the citizens of the state, - “It we were to entirely disregard. the splendid sevice and-consider.the matter only from the standpoint icf the future there, should be. no ques: ~* on of the importance of: giving the - senator strong support. ‘There: 4 not a project, proposal-or-enterprise undertaken or contemplated for the interest of-this state, with which ‘he is not thoroughly familiar. One of the very first to urge’and promote reclamation policies. was Senator Warren. His Knowledge and influ- ence in the development of those policies is recognized everywhere. “Since the time of the building’of the Pathfinder dam, a project has been in contemplation in the vicih- ity of Casper. Surveys and investi- gations indicated its high cost com- pared with other projects “and: at ' that time there was no local mar ket. The project has not been over- looked or forgotten at any time and it has been steadily kept before the : attention of the reclamation. service by Senator Warren and others>of the Wyoming .delegatfon. — Condi- tions haye not been right to: start the project and it will, be remem- bered that funds were also lacking for the start of any large new. en- terprise. “The. Democrat stried for six years to pass the leasing bill but it was. my good fortune to be in the position to put such a bill through the house in the 66th congress. and have it placed on the statute books. At the Present time that measure is bring: ing into the reclamation service $14,- 000,000 per annum, mostly; from Wyoming. ; | “The. increased resources. from these funds and the fact of our large contribution to it, renders the altum- tion in regard to the local reclama- tion“project much more favorable: “Even under these improved con+ ditions we could not hope for the de- | velopment of any great project with- out constant and continuous effort by those in position of influence. We could hardly-expect to make much progress in the presentation of this or any offer matter if we turn- ed down a s@asoned, influential: vet- eran for a wholly untried and inex perienced man. ’ ‘Such action would savor of polite cal suleide and would be in thé ‘tia ture of a notice to the world that we did not expect much. ‘Two years ago there was a good deal of stress placed on the allegéd fact that it was a wise thing ta (Continued on Page Seven) *- BRITISH BALLOT TODAY ‘RED’ NOTE STIRS ISSUE munists to intensify propaganda and organize units within the British army and navy served to fan the sentiment against the laborites - be- | cause of their reputed lentent atti, |tude toward the communists. The effect of this development | cannot be gauged accurately in ad- vance. If straw votes can be. taken as indcating which way the blows the strength of the Mberals, headed by former Premiers Asquith and Lloyd George i# on the wane, avd that of the conservatives> and laberites both is increasing. \ ‘