Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 6, 1924, Page 1

Member of Audit Burea' of Circulation CANDIDATES F sCASPER Tl OWN, THOMAS|SOGAR ROBBERS BUSY LOOTING ao uit MAVEN GAS TANK GOES EMPTY Four men set out Thursday night to levy an unauthor- ized and surreptitious export tax on Wyoming’s foreign All Are. Elected by Decisive Votes on commerce. But, like many a more innocent motorist, they forgot to see that their gas supply was replenished beyond any chance of a shortage. Today James A. Hall, Jack Gor- don, Jess-Atwell and J. B. Barss are in the county jail, ‘acing charges of grand larceny,{ The posse selzed nine sacks of the ind with the grayer threat of fed-| heap the thieves had tumbled from Tuesday. ral prison confronting them. They | the car the night before. Attempts re accused of looting a car of sugar | were being made today to trace the n transit on the Burlington railway | rest of the loot, for it was known ‘i nd federal charges may develop on . Henry H. Brown, electrical ne ground that the sh{pment was contractor of North Casper; Neil Thomas, shift foreman in the refining department of the Standard Oil company’s local refinery, and A. E. ndler, filling station proprietor were, chosen councilmen from the first, second and third wards respec tively In ‘Tuesday’s lection. Al’ n transit from one state to another. The carefully laid plot crumbled were candidates on the Caspe ticket. Wednesday morning when a sher- {f's posse, led by Deputy Dan Mill. vr and accompanied by Special Agent Frank Lee of the Bur lescended.on the quartet half way fr. Chander In the third war¢ w elected by .an. over-whelming mnjcrity, polling a total of 1,631 votes to 463 for his nearest oppon ent, Sylvester Pelton, who was run: - trips before it stalled. Deputy Mill- er this morning expressed the opin- fon that the sugar was'stolen for use in moonshining, and that if officers can trace the cache they will also locate’ a prosperous distillery in ope- ration. An estimate of the loss awaited a check of the car's con- tents in Cheyenne. Hall, declared by officers to be the leader of the gang, is said to have served time in the state penl- tentlary on conviction of a jewelry robbery. The other three men had| His majority over Michael R. -been employed in Casper, one as a|Ryin now totalling 2,395 votes, taxi driver. Bryant 8. Cromer is decisively elect- An interesting sideligkt on the] ed judge of the Eight Judicial dis- robbery was the fact that the sugar} trict and will take office January 1. shipment represented part of central] . Voting in this county on the two Wyoming's contribution to interna-| candidates, with only. four small vs two of the gang returned’ with casoline to the stalled car‘in. which hey. were carrying away their olunder, They made no attempt to resist. The men were seen at their task earller in the night by a brekeman on an eastbound Burlington train, who telephoned ‘Mr. Lee's office. CROMER WINS BY OVER 2,300 etween Casper and Evansville, just ning for, re-eleetion. Five other can tl ed in we it was on its way. aboard for export: ee “Qunne and ‘Tremaine in this wart Were far behind in. the. totals. )Brown won the seat from the first ward with 604 votes to 572 for Louls Baerthel and 527 for T. J. MeKeon, his nearest opponents Fyur other candidates were away be- #ti in the race. The ew members of the council Will take thelr places the fifst, Mon- day in January, replacing - John Whisenhunt, Sylvester Pelton ahd Walter W. Royce. © Holdovers in the council for 1925 fire Joe Lowndes, Charles Hoffhine and John W. Tucker. Complete tabulation of the mu- nicipal election vote will. be found on another page. ——_—.—_——_——_ " NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov, 6.— G. Harold Gilpatrick, former state treasurer and - defaulting cashier (whose speculations wrecked the Wirst National bank of Putnam, Conn., left today ‘or’Atlanta federal prison to begin a sentence of 15 years imprisonment. Blinded as a result of his attempt- ed suicide by a self inflicted bullet wound he said he would attempt to learn the use of raised letters and vr facilities for blind persons. e pleaded guilty to charges of embezzlement of amounts ‘aggregut- ing about $350,000 from the Putnam dank, discovered after his attempt- “td suicide at his home last August. Henry “Brennan was re-elected justice ‘of the peace in district. one with a vote of 1,548 to 1,240 totalled by his opponent, Richard MeDer- mott, while E. C. “Ted” Madden, backfield coach of the sper high school football team, hdd a walk- away fox the sam@ office in district two. He compiled a total of 3,175 votes as compared with 1,800 by his opponent, Jchn M. Hench. “Skeets” Walker, star baseball player for, the American Legion team in the city league last summer, won the eleetion for constable in district one with 1,421 votes com- pared with 1,213 totalled by his oppohent.. E, H, Gibbons won the election for th same office in dis- trict two with 2,419 votes as com- pared with 806 yotes for his «ppo- nent, Joe Adriance. : CAGE LEAGUE The Standard Ol! Athletic assocl- ation will meet .omorrow night at 7:30 in the Industrial Relations build- ing to organize a basketball team from the combined personnel of plants 1, 2 and 3, and to discuss other phases of the winter indoor athletic schedule, which promises to be a full one. The meeting was call- ed by R. R. Rowsh, secretary of the association. lectorate of the state was a trib- te to the character and public serv- ize of her. Jate husband, Governor William B; Roes, “The majority that my state has given me fills me with deep apprecin- tion,” she said. “I regard it as a tribute tothe character and able record of my beloved husband and as an expression of confidence in me as one capable and worthy of taking up the responsibilities laid down by him little more than one month ago." 3 Mrs. Ross, the lineaments of her face and hes demeanor revealing evi- dence of the strain through which she had passed at the time of her bereavement and during tho imme- diately following political campaign, her pal'or accentuated by her somber’ garb of ‘mourning, evinced no elation over the distinction of having been commissioned to be the NATIO Administration to Have Majority in Next Congress, Late Returns from Tuesday’s Election Show crease the party total to 374, or 108 more than is needed to elect. For a time LaFollette had threatened to capture one or the other, but the figures available today appeared: to make both safely repubiican. The electoral.bag of Davis and Bryan remains meantime at 136, and apparently the only chance of an in- creaso was in New Mexico, where the democratic ticket was holding the lead by only @ scant plurality. MCoolidge was gaining at a ratio which, if maintained, would add she state's three votes also to the repub- NEW YORK, Nov. 6.—(By The Associated Press.) — The Republican triumph in Tuesday’s election assumes an even greater magnitude as the counting of the ballots nears completion. Overnight returns not only boosted.the total of electoral y c ean total. votes credited to Coolidge and Dawes, but increased the| LaFollette's last opportunity to in Ukellhood that the new administra-}and gave indications of deposing|crease the electoral vote of the 13 tion will have a dependab’e majority | there all of the electoral strength| given him by Wisconsin seemingly of its own party in congres: now classified as doubtful. hinged on the returns from the only They lUkeliwse lifted to a new The latest triumphal procession | other state remaining on the doubt- height the vast republican majori- ties in several states already count- ed im the Coolidge electoral column, are Montana and Nevada, having between them seven votes in the electoral college. That would in- ful list—North Dakota—with five votes. Coolidge remained in the lead on the face of returns from two- a Cc. O. P. TRIUMPH IN N MOUNTING res a 4 ing precincts. nig, gives Hs SET ag as ay {8 Shor ne gio ana ‘Ryo 683, j h ‘approxima’ Mrs. Ross Accepts Election to Governor- _ ship as Tribute to:Late Husband; Congratulations Are Received CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 6.—Holding in her hand a yel- low telegraph slip bearing a message of congratulation from Eugene J. Sullivan, her Republican opponent, Nellie Tayloe Ross, Demcoratic governor-elect of Wyoming, Wednesday night again expressed belief that the unpre- cedented honor which had been conferred upon her by the first woman. ever. sworn in as the chief _ executive of an, American ducted as governor of Texas. “I regard my election as a chal- lenge to rise to the opportunity for service presented to me,” said Mrs. Ross. “it will be my purpose to discharge the duties of the office with the single thought of rendering to the state the best administration of which I am capable. I recognize my deep responsibility not only to maintain the record of my husband but to meet the demands that shali arise in such a way that I may re- flect credit upon my state, and that I may vindicate the fitness of women to hold high executive office.” Mrs. Ross’ majority over Sullivan, (Continued on Page Four) thirds of the state, but his plurality was diminishing as a mounting La- Follette vote came in from the coun- try districts. ‘The congressional returns not only Indicated the defeat of two of the pillars of the LaFollette senate bloc ~—Senators .Brookhart of Iowa and Johnson of Minnesota—but they Ift- ed the republican majority in the house to a point where it seemed probable that the administration would be able to outyote there any combination of democrats antl 1 Follette insurgents. “Thus it‘ ap peared thatthe Wisconsin senator hot only had been held to a mini mum of electoral strength in his fight “for the presidency, but also was in jeopardy of losing the com manding position he has held for the past two years as leader of a group (Continued on’ Page ‘Twelve NEW YORK, Nov. 6.—(By The Associated Press.)—The fight for. of congress continues to be a close one. But it holds out the prospect that President Co that the car had made one or more jority, though small, over the LaFollette insurg last congress hampered and thwarted many a Early today more than thirty districts sti ‘ent balance dministration count, as was predicted in the Trib- une yesterday. Returns from there show Cromer to have polled 1,857 votes and Ryan 1,049. , Totals for the two counties which comprise the district give C: mer 8,667 votes against 6,172 for Ryan. ‘Ituis the intention of tho new i to move to Casper, since fully have TRIBUNE ON JOB DURING VOTE COUNT With the publication today of final unofficial returns from. all but four of Natrona county's 58 precincts and total figures on the city election, the Tribune hag again held to its metropolitan stan in assembling and pub- Ushing returns. Tabulation of these returns, which wiped ut every doubt concerning the ¢lec- tion—city and county—was com- pleted before 11 o'clock last- night. after the count of the last city Precinct was made available. ‘Tribune returns were’ appreciat- ed by the public as demonstrated by the great crowd that thronged the street in front of the stereop- tcan sereen for hours Tuesday night. The ‘Tribune offices were olidge may have a manageable ma- Il were missing from the final tabulations while the votes in close fights were On Streets o1 ‘Delivered by a working control of power which during the measures and policies. being counted. But as the returns then stood, ap- proximately 3¢ hfurs after the clos- ing of the polls, the Republicans had taken 230 seats, giving a miargin of twelve of the bare majority of 217. Out of the thirty odd districts still to be heard from they hoped to so- Ndify thelr gains against the raids f a Democrat-LaFo!lette coalition. The Democrats at the same time wad taken 174 seats and had a hope of capturing some of those still out- tanding. The Republicans, however, had sone -most of the overturning. ‘Twen- yethrég cangressional districts now (Continued o crat, OME UN E. Seconé St Tat Newstands, § cents " Publicatson Carrier 75 cents a month Tribune Bidg., 21¢ SPLIT BETWEEN M iSOTH PARTIES KET MAKES CLEAN SWEEP Fight for Control of Congress Is Unsettled Upset Still Possible in Leads Which Would Give President Coolidge Working Majority in Next Congress; Result Now Hinges on Two Contests HERE’S LIST OF VICTORS IN ELECTION ‘DELEGATION TO STATE CAPITAL IS REPUBLICAN President Salvin J. ige. Vice President Charles G. Dawes. Francis i. Warren Congressman 3 Charles E. Winter. ig BRE Ok kere Emma C. Marshall Wins State Senator Erwin A. Froyd, Republican, State Representatives M. Becklinger, Republican. Marvin L. Bishop, Jr., Republican. William B, Cobb, Republican, C. M, Coltrane, Republican, County Clerk; ‘ Alex McPherson — Sheriff; Weedell Is Attorney. C. W. Mapes? Republican. of ‘ County Clerk Final tabulations on Tues- Emma C. Marshall, Democrat. {day's election returns, with Sher’ ., i Alexander A. McPherson, Demo.|the exception of the four small precincts of Alcova, Freeland, Splitrock and Lone County Treasurer Agnes M. Clare, Republican. bear, show that eight out of * County Attorney the 13 offices in Natrona county will George A *publican. | be filled by Republicans for the en- County suing term. ‘The total vote in the Lyle B. » Republican, four precincts unrecorded is ‘niet County Surveyor ¢» large enough to change the result in Herbert By Sos yi dls mean any of the offices. le" oO Sou! Mra. Mabelle Fiedler, Republican. | , 74,{he Wyoming legislature Erwin Commissioner (4’ year.) fae Fpca atc Mage 8 so Jack E. Scott, Democrat. at ere py pose cae ek 4 William B. Cobb, C. M. Coltrane and Sonivaleutanes -@. years} C. W. Mapes, all of Casper, will Earle G. Burwell, Democrat. epresented by Democrats had flop-|tinues to improve, her _ physici: ped back into the Republican: cok \Dr,-Carl W. Sawyer announced Leads Held by Coolidge, Warren, Winter lidge carried: Wyoming and sw tate the first woman governor of n American commonwealth in the xereon of Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ro: 3, Ross. Despite the fact that Wyo- ning biazed the way in 1869 for 1ation-wide woman suffrage, Mrs. Yoss is the first woman to be elect- d to such high office, With returns still incomplete, Eu- ‘ene J. Sullivan, Republican oppen- nt of Mrs. Ross, late last night con- eded the election to Mrs. Ross. With 107 precincts still missing to ay the count was Ross 38,341; Sul- crowded until morning by the real election fans. Thousands of tele- phone calls were answered over five wires, and Tribune extras carried the news to. the public while it was sizzling. ‘Tribune tabulations by precincts appear elsewhere in this edition and will meet with no’ small ap- preciation. Just today. came a wire from Oregon from Cal J. Smith, formerly prominent in Cas- per city politics, asking for a copy of the Tribune's tabylated vote. Others will want it ard it will be preserved by many. LODGE IS NEAR DEATH, REPORT CAMBRIDGH, Mass., Nov. 6. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, who suffered & stroke yesterday at a sospital where he has been conveles- ing from an operation, was still un- onsclous early today. + Dr. John H. Cunningham said that the senator’s condition “mist be onsidered critical.” FIRE BURNS KLAN HALL FORT WORTH, ee. y. 6 Fort Worth Ku Klux Klan hall recently completed at a cost of $50,000, was destroyed by fire today The structure, built on North Main street, was of brick. Origin of the fire is undetermined. ivan 81,119. The presidential vote stood: Cool dge . 36,789; Davis 11,965; LaFollette 21,981. United States Senator Francis E. Warren, Republican, had a comfort, ble lead over Judge Robert Rose, Jemocrat, for re-election’ to office. Che vote, Warren 36,599, Rose 29,- 60. Charles E. Winter, Republican, led Charles Wanerus, Democrat, by 1 00 votes for congressman at large and. seemed certain of election. Fate of two constitutional amend ments. voted on Tuesday—a - sever ance tax law and a school oll royal ty bill—still hung in the ba'ance. The severance tax was sponsored by he late Governor Ross, who was n @ speaking”’campaign in its behalf when stricken by’ the illness that roved fatal. PNEUMONIA FATAL TO LITTLE LUCILLE KELLY ¢ Lucille Kelly, 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Bert Kelly, 1129 South Cherry street, died last night of pneumonia. The funeral will bg held tomorrow morning at 10 o clock from the Shaffer-Gay chapel, the Rey, J.T. Hanna officiating —— NEW. YORK.—George Blumen-| thal, president of the Lazard Fr bank of New York, was made an officer of the French leg as a reward for work, in with stabilization of ¥ reney. of honor !3 »nnection |) ench cur-it Coast crude by A grade barrel, an B gr $1.2 ¥ | forward to Dr One or more and Mrs. Ross Grow With Progress of Vote Tabulation Here Mise ac nrenewniee GULF COAST CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 6.—Although President Coo- spt with him into office sena- | torial and congressional candidates, the senate today was the center of interest because of the electorate’s choice | Tuesday of a woman‘and a Democrat for governor. By th¢#ir action Tuesday, Wyoming voters gave to this ah tee Bale ai lid ot hates ad ‘HOUSTON, Tex., Nov. oils were 4a barrel Pipe 6.—G adva fective Line cen’ the Gut was compa $1.50 cen nts Constant declines in daily avera as the reason for the ced 2 today, | ult ny. a nts. to production for several weeks is as sighed creased prices. in Pana! form a solid Republican front in any 3 % legislative matters that come up for Lewitt Gey, Democrat: consideration. Froyd. was chosen senator by a majority of approzi- SIRS. HABDING IMPROVED. | mately 2,000 over W. W. Sproul, ren G. Harding’s condition con. | Democratic candidate, ‘The. repre- majorities ranged from int sentatives’ ' 11,500, to: 2,000:0ver thelr Democratic | opponents. Mapes and Bishop will be serving their second terms while the other three are guing to Chey- enne as Natrona county reprementa- tives for the first time. Alma F. Hawley, county clerk.for the last two years, after holding an apparently safe majority in the early count, slipped yesterday on late city returns and went down to defeat before Emma Marshall, Democrat, by the slim Jority of approximately 300. Alex A. McPherson, Demoeratio candidate for sheriff, was elected by about the same majority over W. ¢. Irving, Republican, tho result be- coming apparent only when the big elty precinct returns began to roll in yesterday. o A. Weedell, Republican, the new prosecuting attor- having defeated Edward Bar- rett by a 900 majority after trailing his opponent on early returns. Lyle Republican assessor, and Herbert Kennedy, Republican surveyor, won handily with majori- ties of 1,4°6 and 1,800 respectively over Cyrus 0. Wertz and Albert Park, a Mrs. Mabelle Fiedler, Republican candidate for clerk of the court, ran miles ahead of her ticket, piling up a majority of more than 4,000 over George Pattillo, her opponent. Jack B. Scott and Earl G. Burwell, both Democrats, were named four year and two year county commis- sioners respectively. With Dr.°G. T. Morgan, the incumbent,:. the board for the next two years will be L. majority 2, T, Byans jority of 1,000. Agnes M. ¢ , Unopposed andim publican, was. reelected” county surer, polling more than votes, 14,000 Natrona county returns complete, (Continued on Page Pleven. OWNERS UNDER PROJECT. HERE TO GIVE DATA Data Secured Through Chamber of Com- merce to Complete Survey Made by Reclamation Engineer Compilation of complete data on ownership, topography, haracter and ir y of the Caspe within a mor ata, Ch E ftord ever landowner und obtain ans e prepared by wer to a qu ” property ir 1 ability of 9,000 acres along the Platte river bottom will complete the work of F, 8. Smith, federal reclamation service engineer, who has been making a sur- -Alcova project, and his report will go lwood Mead, chief of the re amation serv- ened to each member und he, will I onally the fact oute visit last August by’ Dr, ead him if. Mr. Smith has been on 1© ground for two months, and hag (Continued on Page Eleven.) responsible for the to urvey was the