Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 1, 1924, Page 1

_The circulation of The p “is greater than any.other. Wyoming newspaper. Publicatcon Offices: Tribune Bldg. 216 fH. Second Bt. On 3t Delivei Old TOW “ ABOUT ROSE’S CANDIDACY "BY JOEL F. LONGENECKER Lander, Wyoming During tle primary campaign, Judge Rose quoted a Wash- ington decision as to his eligibility, while on the bench, to run for United States senator. Here is the Washington constitu- tional provision: “The judges of the supreme court and the judges of the superior (same as our district) court shall be ineligible to any other of: or public employment than a jud 1 office or em- ployment, during the term for which they have been elected.” Here is Wyoming's provision from the constitution, Art- icle V, Section 27, r “No judge of the supreme or district court shall be elected or appointed to any other than judicial offices or be eligible thereto during the term for which he was elected or appointed such judge.” Analyze the above and you cannot help but see that Judge Rose is ineligible for the office of senator of the United States or at Newatands, & cents by Carrier 75 cents a month PLAGUE TAKES UNUSUAL TOLL IN CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 1—of twenty persons stricken here in the ast two weeks with a malady ten- " diagnosed as ‘pneumonic eleven were dead early and small hopé was held out ‘or the recovery of several ott The first victim, Mr: Luciana 3amarano, died October 19, last, and since that date so many of those vho attended her funeral have sick ned and died cf parently .the ame disease that autopries were o ered, with the result that ‘ast night tiy health officers ounced- the was ably pn Of the ten who Irs. Samarano to the grave, 4 cally all had been mourners at her uneral. FINAL EFFORTS PUT FORTH BY CANDIDATES IN ARP BATTLE Windup of Campaign Finds Leaders Out for Votes East of the Mississippi. LAN STRIFE Suicide of “Mexican Lucy’’ Removes Witness In Marder Case Here Prosecution of George Espinosa, Held for Slaying Last June joc A SE et he eM of Catarino Albarado, Faces Collapse When State mombera gathered for gneetings ot | ~~ the Ku Klux Klan and anaes of}! x oi. r . oe the Flaming Circl2, an anti-Klan or- Witness. Dririks Lysol in Suicide pecieation, The first shooting occurred early today after Col. E. A. Watkins, re- LOOMS IN Troops Await Call ‘to Service When Violence Breaks Out at Niles NILES, Ohio, .Nov. 1.— Niles, which heretofore hasj’ had no-distinction except as the birthplace of President M*Kinley, today faced the WASHINGTON, Nov. (By The Associated Press) — With the suicide last night of “Mexican Lucy” A street, the case against:Georg: ly wotild be dismissed: M past the rear of her the state’s one material ‘The Gonzales woman, well-known character tn the negro-Mexican 'sec- tion of West. Casper, ended her lite about 9:50 o'clo¢k last evening by‘) drinking lysol. Death occurred with- in) a few. moments. Police were no- tified by other inmates of the West '&. street house, and thé» boty was taken in’ charge by. Coroner Lew No: motive for the Pega ba cide was. known to her: acquain' ances. Stiggestions ‘were not lacking however, that the fmminénce of the ttlal, at’ which: away soon « pA Ae later, she said, she lieard. two Rushing “to sthe rear’.of, the ‘house, She fawig man whom she'swoteito Espinosa dash past and ‘disippear the alley, Lewis Coleman, e , also identified Espinosa as the in he -Rad«seen® tfance of the alley. ered in his room fitted a '.38: cabre revolver found inthe alley.some 150 feet. fromthe scene of the crime. On thé strength of this evidence,’ Hs- Dinosa Was indicted on 4 charge of first degree murder. 4 --Hard feeling (was ‘known ' hay between ‘Mexican Lucy ‘and accu! aac Gay to be unquestionably a case of suicide. BARRESTSAY. COUNTY FOR _» passed - office © grist iN uring the month of,October, 33 Brat arrests being: madeiand seven being. prisoners. in transit. Grand larceny and gambling, with four arrests each, lead the violations. The classification of the incarcera- tions fs ds follows: Gtand latceny ~- Gambling .- —samwnree Tillegal cattle hide inspecti For out of town warrants Liquor’ ~+------- Short checks Investigation Mortgaged property removal Pi er ees Mansaughter ult ffolating auto laws --.. Vagrancy, - Total deene sen ece ene nae eens Storm’ Sweeps French Coast PARIS, Nov. 1—Several days of unseasdnably mild and rainy weath- er culminated yesterday in a temp- est of unusual violence which did much damage along the’channel and run ‘fromthe eh} }- house a few moments after Albarado witness. ~ ; NG LUA “TOMINOR Is and Poplar on a charge of driving a car while intoxicated, was held in $100. bond: ; He ‘will’ be heard this afternoon. z {H. Gills, 208 North: Bryan, and Frank R. Dieter, 204:North Center, al last’ night in police court on warrants sworn out by each charging the other with reckless driving. ‘The complaints were the Tesult of a collision’ in which the two cars were slightly damaged. Both men dismissed. Five of- fenders pleaded guilty to intoxica- tion. and’ were.réleased’ on payment of the usual $15 fine. One of these was again in custody. on’ the same charge within two hours of his re- lease, and will appear again this af- ternoon. Four others accused of in- toxication will have thelr hearings at the same time. “ Gonzales at her home at 304 West e Espinosa, ‘slated to face the district: court for .the-murder: of: Catarino. Alb lapsed,.and. County Attorney E. H. Foster indica trial at the present term of arado on June 16 last, virtually col- E ted this morning exican Lucy, who testified that that the case probab she had seen Espinosa run was shot down in front, was WYOMING TRUST COMPANY WIL early Hallowe'en season was d sipated with eruptive suddenness and Neteness last night. Six- imen ‘The . deceptive ull. marking the “pipés Being. rolled » gates lifted © from ¢ spirited away, i rinatances \ ne For the inet part, Lappe: t6 the “vigilance * 1@ police, t! damage’ was inconséquential, all. the youthful culprits esca; with nothing more severe than ‘a lecture and a few hours in ths city Jail, ‘Windows throughout the city this morning bore inscriptions as cabal-|# Ustic and thysterious as tnose scrawled on the wall at Belshazzer’s feast, and many that had »not seen soap and water in six months’ past were being scrubbed down and polished. - RALLY and ul puted head of the Klan tn Mahon- ing Valley, was threatened and while Sheriff John E. Thomas, chief of ed and three inspectors'sent here:|' y Governor Donaghey and several citizens were prenaring to confer, It followed refusal of Mayor H. C. Kist- ler to revoke a permit for the parade and Governor Donaghey to send troops am requested by the mayor and sheriff. Frank McDermott; 19; son of John ‘ chairmi of the com- : § Which presented to Mayor Kistler the resolution adoptéd by the citizens’ committee demanding that he revoke the permit, was shot three times’ and htly “Injured when @ man‘in an automobile fired to a. crowd standing on Main street weral-hours after-a.meeting of the E Circle ended. é “Pbreats. to -shoot~ Col. were made af he atempted to ar- rahge ball for four alleged klansmen: ed fe carrying ). Dhreats: of. trotible were sen in circulars announcing the meeting of the Flaming Circle 'in which mem: irged to Syindows de: | bri clan parade was interpreted as “an open deéciaration | of (foie eity and county officials. intimated. KLANSMEN ATTACKED , SECOND. CLASH. NILES, Ohio, Nov. 1—(By The Associated Press)—Two robed klanr- men were attacked by.an excited crowd of: pedistrians in. the businers treet section today in the secon (Cont'nued on Page Se TON is MOVE BANK 70 DALY BUILDING | In order that the Wyoming Trust company may have quarters suffi- ciently large to caro for its expand- ing: business, a move to ‘the Daly building in the place formerly occu- pied by the Wyoming theater, will be made soon after the first of the yenr. Work of tearing out the the- ater has already started, Space on the ground floor of the Daly building 25 by.127 feet is af- forded. In addition the Trust com- pany will also have the entire base- ment. Under the direction of Bernie Webb, architect, the place» willbe completely; remodeled and ‘bani’ Tix- tures of the most modern type ‘will be ‘installed.. One of the larger changes will be’ the construction of a fire and burglar’ proof vault in which safe deposit boxes ‘are to be placed. . Everything facilitating the work of .the Institution and the. proper Atténtion to, depositors will be: pro- (Continued on Page Four) Legality of Elk Hills Contract C LOSsANGELES, Calif., Nov. L— Further cross examination of Dr. H. Foster Bain, director ‘of the federal bureau of mines, was expected to consume most of today’s brief ses- sion of the government's federal court batt'e'to recover Elk Hills leases’ and ‘contracts- awarded the Pan-American Petroleum and Trans- port company in 1922. Through’ cross examination of the bureau’ director yesterday, govern- ment counsel brought out that the Pan-American was the only oil com- pany willing to take a chance on the legality of a contract involving ex- change of royalty crude ofl for Pear Harbor storage facilities, Five companies were approached on the subject, according to Dr. Bain's previous testimony, and of these two declined to bid at all. In yesterday's cross examination he admitted that of the three bids act- ually submitted that of the Standard Oll company provided only. for. an exchange of royalty crude for fuel oil, and that of the Associated Of company carried with it a proviso that if accepted the contract must be submitted to congress for ap- proval. One bid, however, adhered to the allenged original proposal to exchange roy: alty crude for Peorl Harbor storage facilities. It*was'the Pan-American bid and it was accepted. After establishing that Dr. Bain had been previously ; addressed= by the various companies.°of. their doubts as to the legality of the. pro- posed contract, government counsel asked: ‘Then you knew that there would be but a single bid from an oi!’ com- pany covering the entire proposal “Yes,” was the answer, * Further questioning of Dr. Bain brought out that while the govern- (Continued on Page Seven) for the term for which he wa S appointed does not expire until January 1925, so that even though he resigned, he would still be ineligible. Here is what the supreme court of Washington said about the: constitutional provision quoted above: (State versus Howell, 126 Pacific Keporter, page 1118-1121. “It will be observed that the inhibition is not limited to the incumbency of the judge, but that it is extended to the term for which he shall have been elected. vision above, ” (Under Wyoming pro- during the term for which—in this case—he was appointed. “It was cenceded at the bar, and it cannot be doubted, that a judge cannot qualify himself to hold office other than a judicial one during his elective term,by resignation or by any other act on his part, The framers of the constitu- tion know that judges would be called upon to sit in judgment upon cases of large. public and knew that the righteous.cor and it was their. purpose, in by the In accordance with that aur. moment, and they also not always the popular one, ras it conld be accomplished paramount law to keep the judges out of politics.” view, the legislature, in order. to ~ further keep the judges out-of politics while they were judges passed the non-partisan judiciary law in.1915. FOR CALIOPE LANDS IN JAIL “Imbued "conjointly with ’ the spirit of the Hallowe'en black cat and the equally potent spirit of the bootlegger’s white mule, a 26-year-old Mexican, who gave his name. at headquarters simply as Joe, “invaded the Burlington roundhouse late last night, mount- ed the cab of a quiescent loco- motive, and set out to perform the Mexican national anthem on the siren. Auditors, “failing to | convince him that his concert, however well meant, was’ somewhat {Il timed, notified police’ headquarters and the young virtuoso’ was dragged protestingly from his in- Strument and lodged in a cell at the city jail. Patrolmen Ideen and McDowell made the arrest and Joe, unable .to provide bond, was held for preliminary hearing tonight IGHT TO WIND UP MPAIGN HERE Mondell, Winter and Sullivan to Speak at Elks Auditorium; Hubert Work Unable to Visit Casper Frank W. Mondell, former floor leader of the house of representatives and at present director of the War Finance corporation; Congressman Charles E. Winte and Eugene ullivan, | Republican nominee ‘for- governor, will. be the three speakers who will.make up the program at the last Republican rally previous to election, to be held at the Elks «uditorilum this evening. The rally will get under way promptly at 7:30. The Hon. Hubert Work, secretary of the interior, will not be able to be shere In time for the theeting, ac cording to a telegram received from him this morning. Mr. Mondell and Mr. Winter are expected to handle largely national issues while Mr. Sulivan will confine himself to those topics particularly actecting the state administration. All three of, the trio of speakers DEVALERAIS SENTTOJAIL BELFAST, Nov. 1——Eamonn de Valera) the Republican leader, was sentended to onc month's {mprison- ment ir} the court of the second divi- sion today. He declined to recog: nize the court, which he called “the creature of a foreign power,” add- is all a farce.” ‘va was arrested at Lon- gday night when he ap- pAdress a meeting in de- telarning not to re-enter ty: are interesting and entertaining or- ators and as this is the closing rally of the campaign a record crowd is expected ‘to greet the speakers. The Kiltie pand will-be present to add to the occas‘on and the county candidates will be present on the platform but’ not on the speaking Ust. TEACHER DIES HERE SUDDENLY Miss Jean King, 25 years old since September teacher of the sixth rade in the Grant school, died at this morning at her room, 315 Jast Eighth street, of acute Bright's lisease complicated by peritonitis She was stricken\at noon Thurs: lay while at her duties, and despite he fforts of thre® physicians thé nd@ came this morning. Miss King came to Casper from rer home in Neshkoro, Wis. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George King, of that city; by two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Ellis of San Diego, Calif., and Mrs, Frank Scoble of Ripon, Wis., and by three brothers, James King, of Cedar Rapids, Towa; Sayles King, of Ne: kore, Wis., and George King, Akron, Ohio. A cousin, Thomas EB Devine, regides in Casper. Funeral sérvices will be held at 4:30 this’ afternoon at the Muck funeral chapel, with Father Mullin officiating.. The body will be sent 0 Miss King’s home in Wisconsin for interment. BUILDING HITS $59 S00 MAAK Building permits granted by the elty of Casper during the month of Yetober totaled $59,300 in value, ac: ording to figures compiled this af. ternoon by Thomas O. Smith, build- ing inspector. The gest single item was the new Salvation Army home on Wolcott, which is to cost $20,000. The total for September was $48,725. Hay Provides Fuel For Bright Fire Here Last Night A blazing load of hay at the Cas. per Ice and Cold Storage plant in West Casper brought out one fire engine Jast night about 7 o'clock. The flames were extinguished with- out trouble and the damage was slight. Submarine Is Refloated Off Hawaiian Coast HONOLULU, N 1—(By The Associated Press.)—The submarine R-1 which ran ashore on a soft cora’ reef at the entrance to Honolulu harbor on Thursday night, was re- floated and docked at Pearl Harbor last night. E. T. Williams Denies Canard Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 31, 1924. Casper Daily Tribune: I understand that statement has been made that E. J. Sullivan forced undersigned out of presid E. T... Williams Oil company. my name to deny this as strongly as you wish. You are authoriz KE. J. Sullivan is and has been for years my friend and I left the Williams Oil company of my own accord and with kindest and friendliest feelings toward Sullivan. The statement referred to is a lie out of whole cloth with no basis whatever, (Signed) 1 E. T, WILLIAMS. ‘ The great American political classic of 1924 is approach- ing its-day of decision in a shower of sharp words and a fog of rival predictions, In its final stages it has brought into play all the old fam'lar strate- rems, modernized to fit an age of radio, movies and senatorial invest! rations and laid out on a new scale © appeal to every remote sub-div sion of the ever growlng American lectorate. The last day of active campatgn- inx finds most of the principais east of the Mississippi, seeking ad- vantage in a sector 5 regarded as almost dominant. Meantime in every nook and corner of the repuh- lic, lesser lights are shining thelr brightest to guide the feet of the wavering voter along the pathway of party rectitude. Keeping to a policy adopted rt the Inception of the campatsn, Pres- ‘dent.Coolidge alone amonir the c: rushing 4 strom of oratory that heralds to the world another pre-election Saturday night. While the New York den oeracy Is -ral'ying to hear John W. Davis conclude his platform caim- vaign in Carnegie hall tonight, and Senator LaFollette is summing up his case against the old parties in convention hall at Cleveland, “Mr. Coolidge expects to remain quietly at home in the White House- Spectator with a front seat bes: the quiet Potomac, But on Monday night the presi- dent wi'l deliver a final election eve message to the American people iv radio, speaking after Mr, Mavis Ik wise has addressed the great inv! ibl* jury of sovereign voters throue! « nation wide system of radlocastin:- stations. Thus for tho first time will the nation Msten to two pres? dential candidates as if from platform. arles G. Dawes, who has borne the brunt of the forensic battle for the Republican ticket, will close hia campaign tonight at South Bend Indiana, after having followed his famous dipper pipe across many states. Governor Cliarles W. Bryan will wind up in his home state of Nebraska after a speaking trip that has takea him over much of the western ccuntry where the name of Bryan for manyryears las been a nolitical institution. Senator Wheel er, the only nominee on any of the three tickets to carry his campaien all the way to the Pacific coast, will conclude it with a night meeting on the Atlantic seaboard—in New York City. From all three camps today there issued the usual pre-election pression of absolute satisfaction and unbounded confidence. Bach group insisted most emphatically that. its particular candidates had not been weakened by evidence produced be- fore the senate campaign fund in vestigators, although each appeared) quite conyinced that the casualties among the, opposition would bx heavy. Meantime the committee members having adjourned their hearings both in Washington and Chicago, assembled here to draft a statement for submission to the vot ers before election day. The final figures on campaicn contributions have not yet beco ® matter of record, but to date th: republican total stands far in th lead. approaching $4,000,000, With the it ered presiden- tia} fight fii eye of the na tion, the congressional campaign has had to take a back seat from the start and seems like! come {nto Its own in the y tion attention until the returna he ein to roll in on Tuesday night Interest in it has been further local fzed by a var‘ety of unusual biqnar mbination: t w able to id demo. mada their erwhelming’ vic tte laafleraem!! whichever of Th manag Jaims and the LaFoll cratic usnal ¢ tory Wiscons! ract their ower In sen entire membership of the hones, + tv-four senatere are to be chosen Tuesdav—enoueh to up- Contiiued on Pago Ten.) \