Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 30, 1924, Page 1

POLICE SEARCH WARRANT IN CASPER RULED ILLEG JUDGE DECIDES CITY COURT HAS BEEN IN ERROR District Court Decision Of Great Importance in Dry Enforcement. Police magistrates and judges have no right to issue search warrants for liquor or er contraband, and evidence seized under such illegal warrants cannot be int in court. Judge Percy W. Metz of the Fifth judicial distriet, sitting inj Casper, ruled this morning tna @ecision which will) have a pro- <n on Taw enforcement @efendant, that the it Eckles—bad been seized un- henge rhould be suppressed. ‘city has asked for a complete org. of the decision with the aim ot the issue to tle supreme court, The city attorney's office appear- ed littla worried by the possibility of damage ‘suit arising from pre- vious gonyictions secured on evi- dence such as now is pronounced yold. Judge Metz, while™he declined to say définitely that damage ac- "jtunity to tax these | | Me. test for a guilty and paid their fines would have no recourse, The suggestion was made by Judge Metz that efforts to pass legislation empowering police magistrates to ts- sue liquor search warrants probably would be made by the next state legislature. Meanwhite, it is the plan of the city to obtain warrants from justices’ pf the peace. Judge Metz quoted at length from the statute passed by the state leg- islature in 1921, specifically empow- ering judges of the district court and justices of the ce to issue search warrant; ‘This law, was designed, he *y pointed ‘to remedy the defect in the earliér statute Which did not so empbwer justices. Since the law now in effect detegates this right only to district judges and justices (Continued 07 Page Nine.) | The circulation of The Tribune is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper.” rr Dail MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Publication of Income Returns Will Be Tested WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—With a view to the preparation of a test ease on the question of publication of income tax returns by newspa- pers, Attorney General Stone has re- duested several United States attor- neys to submit to him statements of facts pertaining to publication in their localities. ; The attorney general that he was undecided as to the character gf the proceedings to be instituted ‘and that the department of justice wou'd withhold the form- ulation of a program until! it has in hand the proper data. “We will treat the test case exactly as the de- partment handles thousands cf other Prosecutions.” Mr. Stone said. He added it might be several weeks before the department fs ready to act hut when the data is compiled, a jon’ would be reached, as to where the sult would be filed and the proceedings would begin forth- with. sald today * CASPER, WYO., T! . mIOd) On Streets o: Delivered by Carrier 75 cen: Tat Neowstands, & cents & month TN BRITISH ELECTI *RRDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1924. lication Pub! tices: Tribune Bldg., 316 EB. Second St. Retarned to Power With Huge Majority QUEER POISON CLAIMS FIFTH IM?COY, BROKE AND DESERTED FACING TRIAL By L. C. OWEN - By The Casper Tribune Leased Wire (Copyright, 1924, Consolidated Press Association) LOS AN GELES, Oct. 30.—The sporting world, like sev- eral other divisions of humanity, has no particular sym- pathy for the down and outer When Norman Selby, known to fame under the prize ring nom de plume of “Kid McCoy,” goes on trial here next December 8 for the sensa- tional murder,of Mrs. Teresa Mors, it will be without the vaunted defense fund which was to be raised in his behalf among the sporting luminaries and former prize ring friends the country over. Shortly after McCoy's arrest, it ‘was announced that a fund ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 was being collected in order that the best at- torneys available might be employed to defend him. No stone would be left unturned to disprove the murder charge against him. James J. Jet- Royalty For State The presence of Frank W. Mon- del!, director of the War Finance corporation in Casper yesterday af- fords a reminder of an argument that has an important bearing on the proposed severance taxe, It will be remebered that in connection with the first leasing bill introduced, that Mr. Moridell insirted that if the title to the oil and coal lands was to be retained by the government that the state was entitled to a certain percentage of the royalties in lieu of the right and the oppor- properties, * ll continued this con- e Dortion of the for the individual states in Meu of taxes during the ‘entire eight years that the measure was before con- gress and up to the time it became @ law in the 66th Republican con- grers, of which Mr. Mondell was the floor leader. After the leasing bill had finally been enacted, with the provision for, which Mr. Mondell had so. long contended, Wyoming received a 37% per cent royalty of the total federal royalty taken on oll pro- duction in the state. This amounted to $4,000,000 for Wyoming last year ‘nd will amount to a greater sum next year and iy future years. Every one of the numerous argu- ments made by Mr. Mondell daring that period and the briefs he pre- sented to committees was based on the theory that the state was en- titled to a portion of the federal returns in’ lieu of taxes otherwise unsecurable, Had there been a severance tax at this time these arguments could not have been advanced. Whether they can be made successfully in the future, if a severance tax were to be passed, is a question entitled to serious consideration, fries, one-time ‘heavyweight king, Jack Dempsey the present” world’s champion and a host of other past and present ring luminaries were mentioned as intended lieral con- tributors to the defense fund. The sporting: world, however, it now develops, has turned thumbs down, turnea cold-shoulder or what- ever else it is that betokens lack of interest, upon McCoy and the fate that awaits him. When the case comes to trial here two weeks before Christmas, it will be as a penniless Gefendant so penniless in fact, that the state itself may be catled upon. to bear the expense of depositions from. sev 4 sie ’ Al “since his arrest’ on the murder charge, McCoy has changed, attorneys three times, Lack of. fi- nances with which to conduct a de- fense which might have any chance of being successful is given as the reason for the chgnges, Reluctance of the constant changing’ panorama of legal advisers to continue in the ease might be said to augur the final outcome, Back of the refusal of the sporting fraternity throughout the country to dig down in its pockets for the once {Continued on Page Four) 5 CANDIDATES OF GOP. LAUDED ATPARTY RALLY | Frank Mondell and John D. Dawson Are Prin- cipal Speakers. GLENROCK, Wyo., Oct. 30.—That Calvin Coolidge will, without question, be the next president of the United States and that Wyoming will therefore be best serv- ing itself by returning Warren to the senate and Winter to the house and placing Sullivan in the governor: ship, were assertions made here last night by Frank W .Mondell, direc: tor of the War Finance corporation and former Wyoming congressman and floor leader of the house. This pronouncement of. political futures was delivered before an ex: ceptionally large gathering which was enthusiastic in its approval of Mr. Mondell's statements. The War Finance director base dhis assurance of Coolidge’s election upon his re- cent trips through all states of the north and’ west where he found, he said, the political strength of the Republican candidate to be prodigious, In his speech he arraigned LaFol lette as. n self-nominated candidate Whole ‘prontiges are, Indeed, without: tees upon ed, “That such an arrogant eee | before the people who are all con- cerned with keeping this country on an even keel of good business and increasing prosperity, has’ n only not gained for the “Bob-ca: candidate any support but has, om the other hand, decidedly injured him, was the declaration mads by the former congressma:! An account was given by Mr. Mondell of his experiences of -the pas few weeks in campaigning ‘tor the election of Coolidge, He told of (Continued on Page Four) VICTIM IN EAST Another Worker Employed at Standard Oil Laboratory at Bayway, N. J., Dies Following Convulsions NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—A fifth victim of the mysterious gas poisoning in the research laboratory of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey at Bayway, N. J., died today. Herbert Fuson, 29, of Elizabeth was the latest victim. Before his death he had to be placed in a straight jacket. same hour on three successive mornings, all becoming violent be- fore death, NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—Only ten of the: forty-five workers in the re- search laboratory at the Bayway plant of the Standard O!! company have failed to show symptoms of loss of reason to date, it was learned today. Eleven more sufferers from the mysterious gas that has caused four deaths and has robbed a score of others of thelr sanity, were brought to Reconstruction hospital here yesterday, bringing the total number of victims under treatment to thirty-one. Announcement at. the hospital that an antidote had been discovered LOCAL SHEEPHE DANGERS OF W TO CASP The west is a place where men die with their boots on, perforated Uke last year's B, V. D.’s, where no one knows when he quits his “soogans” at dawn on what bleak hill the coyotes may be howling over his bones by nightfall. Tom Arundel. fresk from the. peacefui green meadows of Erin, knew all this. He had not visited Proposed Amendments Scored By Speakers at Banquet For Three Casper Service Clubs Wholehearted Welcome Given to Frank . W. Mondell Who Makes Brief Non- partisan Talk to Guests White House Dog Is on Sick List; Gloom Is Thick WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—There is gloom at the White House despite optimistic campaign reports. Paul Prye, the playful afredale pet of«Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge, ts in the veter- inary: hospital. The dog, a constant éompanion of Mrs. Coolfdge on her frequent strol’s about the city and about the house, has been operated on for a cold ab- scess. PASSENCERS MEET DEATH WHEN TRAIN IS BOMBED TO KILL COLONY LEADER Police Investigators Working. on Case Believe Time Bomb ‘Was Used by Enemy of Doukhobor Leader to End His Life in Train Holocaust é NELSON, B. C., Oct. 30.—Peter Veregin, leader of the Doukhobor colony in Sas- katchewan province, paid for his progressive methods with his life yesterday, when an enemy opposed to Veregin’s use of modern appliances on farms and homes in the colony, Placed a bomb under his seat on a Canadian Pacific passenger coach while the train was Speeding from Nelson to Grand Forks, B. C., according to the theory advanced today by 4 Police investigators. The explosjon ‘killed eight and in- jured 12 Passengers on the train. Railway officials working with po- lice on the case today, believe the pirat. resulted from a time bossy or the jarring of dynamite carrie: ina gunny sack. Included in the list of dead wi the name of John L. Mackie, mem- ber of the Columbia legislature from Grank Forks. Veregin came to Canada from ex- fle in Siberia in 1908 to lead the Doukhobor colony in Saskatchewan. Hundreds of telegrams of condal- ence over the death of Leader Vere- gin were received at Brilllant, B. C., headquarters of the Doukhobors. The body of the dead leader was to be taken to Brilliant today aboard special train, Members of the city’s three service organizations met at the Hotel Henning last night as dinner guests of the Ki- wanis club, heard illuminating analyses of the two pro- posed constitutional amendments which will come before the voters of the state at next Tuesday’s election, adopted a resolftion pledging Casper to further in every possible Wyoming Theater Passes On; Last Of Nickelodeons The Wyoming theater is no more. Its silver screen -where Harry Carey, Tom Mix, Jack Hoxie and a score of other wild western char- acters have raced through thrilling Scenes, contemptuously goring vil- Jains ad infinitum, saving ‘with rough gallantry fair little cow queens time and time again, is dark. Black’ is the house where Casper kids have whooped it up and howled as the hero under the sombrero mad- ly leaped into/a death grapple with “4 sneering, dastardly outlaw. ‘There are mourners today in this elty, wearing mental crepe for the closing of the Wyoming.. They are the grammar school boys. Tho ex- elting rampagés of western cow- hands fn one of fight after fight, is at » wonder the kids are weeping. What will be done with the space in the Daly building formerly occu pied by the Wyoming is not definite- ly known. It is soon to be convert- ed into a business place, according to an announcement. In all quartets the youngsters are passing the sad word that Tom ViIl- nave has sold the Wyoming. 1 lor way the development of the hot springs at Thermopolis and joined in a whole-hearted welcome to Frank W. Mondell, director of the War Fi- nance corporation and former rep- resentative, who was the guest of honor, Mr. Mondel! spoke briefly and felicltously before his departure to keep his engagement at Glenrock later in the evening. A plea to the electors to “vote for something or somebody” rather than againat a candidate or an issue was the focal 7 point of Mr. Mondell’s address. Mark O. Danford, tax commission- er of the Midwest Refining company presented the case against Amend: ment number one, which would au- thorize the state legislature to levy a severance tax on oil and other min- eral production In excess to the gross production tax now effective. Supt. A. A. Slade summarized the facts relating to Amendment number tw to permit the diver one-third of the ste income from the p fund for use in meeting current ex penses. Mr. Slade impartially pre- sented the arguments both of thé amendment’s proponents and of thore who cppose it, but made it clear that he believed the proposal an‘ un warranted and unnecessary raid on’ a fund” whieh rightfully shou'd re (Continued on Page Ten.) de of royalty igned sion Electricity Is Obtained Thru Senator Warren CHEYENNE, Oct. 30—(Special to The Tribune)—Word of the signing of contracts in Washing: ton that will assure Guernsey and Wheatland of cheap electrical pow- er from the government power plant at Lingle, was received by wire today by Senater HMrancis E. Warren. | The message came from Dr, Elwood Mead, commis- sioner of reclamation. The matter of securing a trans- mission line from the generating plant at Lingle was taken up with Senator Warren last summer by the two Platte county tow In conference with Dr, Mead ’ ming’s senior senator went the problem. of furnishing towns with government electric Due to the influence of Warren Wheatland and Guernsey are in line for reduced rates for light and power in the immediate future. This accomplishment was made in the face of strong opposition by the Nebraska Water Users association, and illustrates well the power of Senator Warren in Washington for the good of Wyo. ming. It is probable that the iron min- ing communities of Sunrise and Hartville will also be connected to the transmission line. —_ MALL BLAZE gine number one was walled out at 11:05 this merning to a small Ibaze in the kitchen E. D. O'Brien home, 724 t teenth. The ¢ QUELLED quench of the Thir, mage was slight | Mr. and Mrs. Charles S$, Hill have returned for a two week's trip tc Sheridan and points in Montana. The last three victims have died at approximately the for tho gas,’ brought hope to the familles of the sufferers, whose alarm earlier in the day had be heightened by the death of Willis Kresge, 29. Dr. Maximin Touart, was given credit for the discovery which was said to Involve the Ir Jection of hypo-sulphite in} the velns of the sufferers. It was belleved the antidote will save the life of Herbert Fuson Elizabeth, who was near death when the treatment was given him but who showed signs of improve: ment afterward, That the federal government will! take a hand in the investigation was revealed by an announcement that bxperts of the bureau of mines will study the nature of the gas. soda ILD. WEST A the movies for nothing. He knew too that cowpunchers are men of sudden and violent passions, that they habityally pack ponderous six-guns ready for instant action, and that the scent or sound of sheep Is to them as the sufff of blood to the starving wolf. Knowing this, Tom was a brave man when he took a job herding sheep for the Cun- eep company north of herders, whom m en countered infrequently on the sage: brush wastes where his herd grazed, learned of his fears and did not appease them, Hather, they warned him that he but half realized the peril of his calling. They painted grisly pictures of custodians of the flocks who had been found staring with wide eyes at the sullen western sky or dangling with faces horribly swollen and black from the creaking Umbs of lonely aspens. ey're Mkely to stake you out the way the Indians used to, or string you up and fill you full of lead,” they told him darkly. Monday Tom's courage finally flickered out. He wasn't a coward —but who would be fool enough to face unarmed the certain tragedy that he knew must some day (Continued on Page Nine.) RDER ESCAPES n’s FOLDS find | lost ground with the ele EXPERIMENT IN LABOR CONTROL ENDED; CHANGE 1S GLEAR GUT Liberals Drop to Lowest Standing in 90 Years; Lady Astor One of Only Two Women Elected. LONDON, Oct. 80.—(By The Associated Press.) The people of Great Britain have put a crushing end to heir first experiment with a abor government by return- ing the conservative party to power in parliament with one of the strongest majorities recorded dur- ing the last century. In this sweeping political chango, the beral party has sunk to the weakest position it has experienced since the realignment of British qo- litical parties. more than 90 years ago/at the time of the reform bill, ‘With 645 out of the 616 seats in ise of commons accounted for at 4 o’clock this afternoon, tho Itherals. had won only 37 and the conservatives had already captured 359 and were increasing their lead constantly as the returns came in from the country districts. Labor had won 137 seats and was thus assured of being the official oppost- tion party in’ the new parliament, Unlike the government which hag jus' the conserva- tles wil be able to rule as well as to govern and perhaps thus to stay fixed in the governmental saddle for the full legul parliamentary Iife time of five years if they want to, so strong was the tide that has car. ried them to triumph. re was no extensive part of the country in'which the conserva- tives did not increase their strength, They recaptured long lost seats in cities and rural districts alike. The thickly populated industrial centers of the north midlands aban- doned both Iberats and laborites to get under the Tory banner as did the great shipping centers and the small towns and villages, almost without exception, in every farming area of the nation. Labor held tight its grip. upon most of the congested areas in the great urban centers such as Glas- gow and London but even some of these shifted from socialism to con- servatism. Labor has lost many séats but it remains to be seen whether {t has torate. It (Continued Nine.) on Page More Battles Expected In Chinese War Christian General Leaves for Front to Fight New Forces Opposed to His Regime in Peking. PEKING, Oct. 30.—(By The A ssociated Press.) —Feng Yu. Hsiang,-the “Christian general,” who wrested control of the Peking government from General Wu Pei Fu, de- parted today for Fengtai, seven miles east of here, to take charge of his army there in an anticipated battle against the forces of General Wu appre Wu as military head of the govern ment Word that battle lines were drawn close Peking has 0.—(By The communique sued here yesterday says that after they had eapturea Lwanche th west of Shanhaikwan the Manchur. lans advanced towa while two brigades were expec Js Chinwangta vx a Tso-Lin, the Manchurian ching Peking to reinstate flan Chinwang and Lwanchow. mmunique ¢ nays thd gas for thd lanes, hows ained onched na tles’ on Lu Yung Hs f Cheklang here station xecom ps former tuchun 1 to Japan after ontrol of Shanghal, arrived sterday. He was met at th¢ an escort of officers and nied to the Yamen of Chang leader, who ng attack on Changli betweer{® "