Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 20, 1924, Page 1

_ NEWSPAPER INDIC , Generally fair tonight and Friday ; warmer in northeast Member ef Circu! of Audit Bureau jation s The Canyp IBER 20, 1924 rU On Streets or at Newstands, Delivered by Carrier 75 cents a RANCHERS ABANDON WATER WARFARE CREMATION OF WOMAN STILL IS UNSOLVED Two Days’ Investigation Fails to Reveal Clue Into Death of Pastor’s Wife in Furnace of Home COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 20.—The manner in which the body of Mrs. Addie Sheatsley, 60, wife of Rev. C. V. Sheats- ley, pastor of Christ Lutheran church of Bexley, a suburb, was cremated was as much a mystery today as when the charred bones were found in the heating furnace of the family home late Monday afternoon. WEST 14TH.1S alded by city detectives, has re- sulted in no clue,/the prosecutor announced. Y Today the investigation had par- tially shifted to Paris, Ohio, where Prosecutor King will question rela- tives of the cremated woman, includ- ing her aged mother, who until last March, made her home with the Sheatsleys, The mystery is the most baffling and plaster in the rest of the house | suffered ‘Iittle. ‘The origin of the fire remained a mystery this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson had left their home about 8 o'clock, and the alarm was not turned in until-11:38. Fire depart- ment officials were inclined’ to be- Meve tho flames originated within the partition or under the floor the bedroom, and may have caused by mice gnawing matches left there by workmen. The damage, no definite estimate of which was available today, was covered entixely by insurance. Earlier in the eyening, about 6:30, the department was called to 764 South Jackson by. a minor conflagra- Defendants In Fraud Case On Witness Stand INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Noy. 20.— Three of the sixteen defendants of the Hawkins Mortgage company, charged with conspiracy to use the mails to defraud, testified in their own behalf at the eighth day of the trial in federal court here yester- day. The three defendants were Cari B. Anderson, treasurer and director of the Hawkins company; William M.. Webb, Dallas, Texas, former Baptist preacher-eyangelist and Harry J. Bovarl, general manager and secretary-treasurer of the co-op- erative League of America. All three “Wafeendants declared Hawkins, fugi- tive head of the defendant company, had acted without their knowledge in the al’eged conspiracy. LINDSEY WINS BY 198 VOTES DENVER, Colo., Noy. 20.—Ben B. Lindsey, nationally known juvenile judge here, was re-elected by a ma- jority of 198 votes over Royal Gra- ham, Republican, his opponent, it was determined by the election com- missit i Peaceful Settlement of Controversy in California Assured When Los Angeles Supply Is Turned Back in Course LOS.ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 20.—The. waters of the Los FEDERAL CHARGES ARE FILED AGAINST QUARTET SEIZED FOR LOOTING HERE OF SUGAR CAR Angeles aqueduct diverted into Owens lake last Sunday by a raiding party of Owens valley ranchers who seized and opened the Alabama waste gates north of Lone Pine, Inyo county, were turned back into their course by the raiding party at 2:40 a. m. today, says a dispatch to the Los An- Federal prosecution developed today in the cases of James A. Hall, Jack Gordon, I: J. Barss and Jess Atwell, all of whom are charged with looting a carload of sugar on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad November 5, geles Times. The ranchers’ decision to abandon their announced determination “to hold the gates open until state troops are sent or Los Angeles comes to our terms,” was reached at.a conference of leaders held at Keeler, on the shores of Owens Lake during the night. It was reached, says the Times dispatch, as a direct result of the resolution adopted last Tuesday by the Los Angeles Clearing House association, Promising its co-operation in pro- moting. a settlement. of the water rights feud, providing the gates are Owens valley banker, who, ‘Tuesday, laid the case of the ranchers before the clearing house association, was forwarded to Carl Keough, presi- dent of the Owens River Canal com- pany and Harry Glasscock, publish- er of the Owens Valley Herald. ‘Waterson's proposal to close the control gates did not meet the unan- imous consent of the ranchers on guard and it was not_until Keough, leader of an/influential group in the valley, had ‘exerted every effort on behalf of the recommendation that it. was finally adopted. tha ranchers Happy Women. Don’t Smoke, Writer Says. VIENNA, Nov. 20.—Happy and satisfied women almost never smoke, in the opinion of Dr. Hof- staetter, gynecologist, who some time ago created a stir by his as- sertion that smoking alters wom- en’s faces, making them look more masculine than feminine. “Women who smoke much have almost invariably contracted the habit at a time when they were es- pecially unhappy,” he says in his book, “‘The Smoking Woman.” ‘Women regard smoking as some- thing ‘smart,’ he continues, “Smoking affords them an oppor- tunity to execute a surprisingly large number of playful “and, therefore, graceful movements and positions. It is a significant fact that the smoking woman is much more concerned about the motions through which she goes as sho smokes than is the man, for whom the accompanying _ movement such as the play of the features, bear the character of automati unconscious movement. INDUSTRIAL PLANTS AND HOTELS TO PROFIT BY WATER RATE REDUCTION New Rates Embodied in City Ordinance Passed Last Night Must Be Sub- mitted for State Approval ’ , 7 An ordinance embodying a water rate revision designed to lighten the’ burden on users of large quantities of water Was passed.on first reading at the postponed weekly meet- ing of the city council last night. The new ordinance will be submitted at once to the state utility board for its con- firmation so that it may be made effective promptly after its fipal adoption. The present rates, a minimum of $3 for the first 3,000 gallons and 20 cents per thousand gallons thence up to 300,000, remain unchanged in the lower scales. For a consumption of from 300,000 to 500,000 gallons, however, the new ‘Tate will be 16 cents; from 500,000 to 1,000,000 it is reduced to 14 cents; and on quan- titles more than 1,000,000 the base rate is 8© cents, Hotels in particular will profit by the new scale. As in the old ordi- nance, consumers not bona fide citi- zens are taxed double the resident rate, and the 20 per cent. reduction on water used for irrigation during the summer | months remains in force. Figures compiled by W. H. John son, city water commissioner, indl- cate that only eight firms or indi- viduals consume more than 1,000,000 gullonu per quarter. There are 14 consumers in the half million gallons class and 32 who use from 300,000 to 500,000, A petition from residents of East Seventh street asking that the width of that thoroughfare between Jack- son and Cromwell streets be reduced from 70 feet to 60 feet, in uniformity with other streets in that vicinity, ‘was referred to the streets and alleys committee. Residents of South Poplar street were authorized to go ahead with a project for graveling that street from the paving on Fit- teenth street to Alcova road, and to make their own arrangements with the county for dividing the cost. The assessment roll for lighting district number two, including “white way" improvements on First, Second and* Wolcott streets, was for- mally adopted. . Ambrose Hemingway, reporting on the claim of Mrs. May Davis against the city, asking dantages for injuries incurred September 24, when she (Continued og Page Nine.) in which the control of bama gates is located. Even after the closing of the gates the ranchers did not leave the aque- duct, seemingly unable to compre- hend that the battle which they had begun a few days ago, was at an end. Only the empty apron of the spillway, down which the city’s wa- ter supply no longer rushed to lose itselfin the river béd below, betray- ed to the casual observer that the aqueduct: deadlock had been broken, (Contintfied on Page Nine.) the Ala- last. car to an automobile. Nine sacks were recovered by the officers when the arrests were made and the rest is believed to have found its way to some nearby distillery. The four men were originally held on county charges but they were re- arrested on federal warrants yester- day by Jack Allen, deputy, United States marshal. At their preliminary hearing before M. P. Wheeler, United States commissioner,, bond The theft occurred half way between Casper and Evansville and the sugar was transferred from the freight for each of the quartet was act at $1,500 which each was able to furnish. The men are expected to be tried in the current term of federal’ court at Cheyenne. The fact that the sugar was in interstate shipment made federal Prosecution possible. The sugar was refined at Worland and was enroute to the Atlantic seaboard to be shipped to Germany. ANS FOR WAR ON DRUG iL ACCORDED SUPPORT GENEVA, Nov. 20.—(By The As- rociated Press).—Canada and China threw their support to the American Proposals for the control and uiti- mate eradication of the narcotic.evil at the international opium confer- ences today. lee 8. Beland, ppoeh toe . Can Dointed out it the, Gnited Beatin had enacted lays, th enforcement of which ‘would be Campaign Funds Comb Ci sling did not flood the whole land with heroin, morphine and cocaine. He insisted that the remedy against the invading plague lay in the hands of the conference and he ap- pealed to all the nations to free humanity ‘from these hideous mon- Alfred: Sze, Chinese minifer to the United, States, sald that the speech delivered yesterday by Bishop Charies\ H. ‘Brent ‘of the American Gelegation, in et -y for Contri- butions in ‘Last 24 Hours and Send Total to $23,266 Ifthe Community Chest drive does not go over the top by Saturday, solicitors will stay on the job until the $45,000 coffer overflows. This was the answer of M the drive, warmly seconded . A. Becklinger, chairman of by the workers, to noon-day reports for the third day of the campaign indicating that the round-up of funds was lagging, with more than one-third of the ‘dis- tance to the goal still to be tra- versed. Contributions up to noon—today totaled $23,266. To this should be added, however, preliminary gift contributions, roughly amounting to $5,000. ‘The ‘total for the twenty- four hours ending at rioon today was $4,740, ‘The campaign will be continued at least until tomorrow on the lines originally mapped out. Many work- ers told of. difficulty in finding per- sons whom they. were to canvass, and it was deemed wiser to post- pone opening the field. Threats of publicity for ‘'siackers’* who had snubbed and rebuffed. sol- icitors were voiced by several of the team captains. Demands were also made for alphabetical publication of the list of donors with the amount contributed by. each, with a view to encouraging greater liberality from those who could afford it. Action on this also was deferred. Progress of the campaign is being DRIVE RIGHT MAY WIN TICKETS TO THE RIALTO THEATER Careful drivers. Here's how the contest will be conducted. Picked representa- tives of the Tribune will post themseives at numerous advantageous positions in the Cowntown section ‘and take note of the men who pass their stations who are especially careful in the operation of their License numbers will be taken, and published each Sun- day in the automobile section of the Tribune. If your licezse number appears in the weekly list, just cut tho list from the paper, check the number of your car in the column of lucky ones and call at the Rialto theater box office. have been instructed to fufnish free passes good any day during the week for which the list was published to those presenting the machines. published column and license plate. Observers wil! haunt the residence sections as well as tho business districts, the day. so it will pay to be ay The Tribune is making mobile owners to do its part in encouraging more careful driving in Watch yourselves; boys. the streets of this city, tagged. The first list will appear Tribune on Sunday, November 4: Here's your day of reward and judgment. in piloting your automobile about Casper's streets will begin on. Sun- day to pay real dividends, when the Tribune-Rialto ‘careful driving contest will swing Into action and make it possible for ten contcient!. ous Casperites.to walk through the doors of the Rialto theater each week without Indulging in the formality of purchasing a ticket. mapped on the big chart in the Hotel Henning banquet room, where the daily luncheon rallies are held, ahd on-a thermometer at the postoffice corner, American Women Held at. Zurich Are Identified ZURICH, Switzerland, Noy. 20— Two women arrésted at a hotel here on suspicion of swindling have been identified, the police announce as Mrs. Genevieve Paddleford, divorced wife of a California ofl man, and her daughter, who have been in- volved in a number of police incl dents in Vienna and Switzerland during the last two years. They nre registered'as Miss Healy of London and Miss Clay of Call- fornia, but carried passports under the name of MacKeeney, mother and daughter. AND YOU Care Ticket agents @ and careful at every hour of this ‘unusual offer to local auto Your car may be ray of sunlight he had seen in Gen- eva for the last fortnight. He thanked Bishop Brent for rec- ommending that the nations deriv. ing profit from the sale of opium to smoking addi¢ts should expend this revenue for the unfortunates from whom’ the; profits were ob- tained, remarking he had fought for this: principle: at the: first confer- enge. He conceded that there had beer 7 recrudescence of the culti- vation of opfum in China, er Daily Crile MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED. PRESS CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY; N' cents menth Memory Gone, Young Woman In Hospital CHICAGO, Nov. 20.—A pretty young woman, attired in expensive garments, who said her memory was gone, was today in the coun- ty hospital where she was removed after being found last night in an unconscious condition in a rail- Toad station. Efforts of surgeons to stimulate mental activity were unavailing, but several said it appeared she was feiguing the memory lapse. She said she had no recollection of her name or place of residence, A note book with “E. H. 8.” initialed on the fly leaf was the only clue to her fdentity. Police expressed the belief she is a stu- dent. FIVE PERISH IN LATE FIRE PLYMOUTH, Pa., Nov. 20.—Five lives comprised the toll of a fire which destroyed seven frame build ings in the business section here to. day. The dead are Mrs. Martin Sher- ako, her niece, Emily Petroski, 11 years old, and three unidentified boarders inf the Eherako hotel. Ed- ward Alexton was taken to a hos- pital in a serious condition. LARGE FIGHT OFFER IS HADE WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Nov. 20, —An offer of a purse of $475,000 for a heavyweight championship fight between Jack Dempsey and Harry ‘Wills in ‘Westchester county on July 2, 1925, telegraphed today to Jack Kearns, the title holder’s. man- ager, by George B. Doolen, White Plains realestate ‘operatod, who nounced he was acting. fof m synd| cate of White Plains business m LOWING UP Mrs. Harding Is Sinking ‘MARION, Ohio, Nov. 20. — Mrs. Warren G. Harding was in a sem!- comatose today at the White Oaks Sanitarium of Dr. Carl Sawyer, where she has been at the point of death for the last week, Dr. Sawyer in a bulletin, however, sald that her heart action was fair. , The White House is keeping in constant touch with Dr. Sawyer; several inquiries were received last night from Washington concerning Mrs. Harding's condition. Dr. Sawyer's bi itn follows: “Mrs. Harding restless most of the night. This morning she is in ‘@ semi-comatose condition. Her heart action is fair; elimination is poor. She is very weak and ex- hausted. TRAPSHOOT |S OPEN TOPUBLI Through the courtesy of the Cas- per Country club a public trap shoot- ing contest will be held at the club next Sunday ‘morning at 9 o'clock with a supply of Thanksgiving tur- keys for prizes. The club plans to hold trap shooting events through the winter months and to foster this branch of outdoor sport. All shotgun experts and trap shooters are cordially invited to par- ticipate in Sunday's shoot. LORENE GALLINGER OF MILLS 1S. CHAMPION IN. COOKING CONTEST Natrona county Js to be represent: ed.at the International Livestock show In Chicago, Noy. 29 to Dec. 6, by little Miss ‘Lorene Gallinger, age 14 of Mills, For her proficiency in cooking she has been named the champion of girls’ and boys’ club work in the county. The trip to Chicago ts the award made. by the Chicago | and Northwestern rallroad which is mak- ing ‘similar awards in three of the four Wyoming counties through which it operates. Miss Gallinger will leave eral days before the opening which is the greatest kind {n the country,’ In Chica will be the guost of the Northwest- ern and is assured of having a worth of the of its go she show in the automobile. section of the HOMESTEADE I FOUND DEA John Passic, 58 years old, and a native Austrian by birth, with no immediate relatives in this country, was found dead in ~his homestead shack on Deer Creek on the Muddy range yesterday by nearby ranche: Because of the fact that the man's shack was just over the line in Conversé county the body was taken to 'Glenrock by Converse county au- thorities. An examination showed death to be due to natural causes. | Passic was a coal miner previous to taking up his hom ad about 10 years ago. With the exception of that one fact little is known of the man. The funeral will be held to- morrow at Glenrock. 664 DEAD ~ IN QUAKE BATAVIA, Jaya, Nov. 20.—It is definitely established that 664 per. sons perished in the earthquake which recently shook central Java. n TAX PUBLICATION TEST OF RIGHT TO GIVE INCOME TAK LISTS 15 OPENED BY U.S Baltimore Post Named In Indictment Today By Federal Grand Jury At Washington. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. —The -Baltimore Daily Post was ¢ dicted by the federal gran! jury today for publi- cation of the income tax lis The indictment, the first test case to be instituted by the de- partment of justice to obtain judicial ; construction of confilcting provisions in the income tax law, charges that the Post printed the returns on in- come taxes tn violation of’ section 3167 of the revised statutes, despite &@ warning given by the treasury de- vartment when public inspection was ordered, BALTIMORE, Nov. 20—The Balti- more Post company, publishers of the Baltimore Daily Post, today was indicted by the United Statez grand dvry in an action brought by the government to test the legality of Publication of income tax returns by newspapers. The indictment, which consists of fye counts, charges the company ‘with the “unlawful publication” on ‘ast Octoher 24 of the names and in- come tax returns of five men, giving thelr. names and the amounts of their payments. The indictment followed the ap- Pearance before the grand jury to- day of Harold Allen and Sewell Key, Special assistants to Attorney Gen- eral Stone. Galen I. Tait, Internal Fevenue collector ‘for this district was named as the prosecuting wit. ness. 8} far as known, he was the only witness. ‘WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—In the grand jury proceeding against t! Baltimore Daily Post, Attorney Gen- eral Stone sought to present various phases of the question of publishing income tax returns so that a court ruling may be obtnined under the conditions existings in Baltimore, He has instructed United States attorneys in six or seven other in- stances to make presentments to grand juries in as many cities, ask- ing indictments of newspapers there to obtain court expressions in » variety of communities. The attorney general sald today he would press for early court action in thé Baltimore case and would pursue the same policy with respect to the others. He desires to get the question to the supreme court as soon as possible. Since the indictment in Baltimore is against the Baltimore Post com- pany, {t was indicated that the partment of Justice desired to hinge that case on the alleged culpability of a corporation instead of. an in- dividual. In some of the other cases indictments may be brought against individuals in order to develop an- other phase of the apparent conflict in the tax law which says in ono instance that the income tax returns shall be cpen to public inspection nnd in another paragraph re-enact» section 3167 of the revised statutes, making it an offense to print infor+ mation concerning the returns. SHORT SESSION OF CONCRESS IS HELD USELESS Labor Federation Takes Crack at “Lame Duck” Season in Resolutions Passed Today at El Paso EL PASO, Texas, Nov. 20.—(By The Associated Press) —The American Federation of Labor today reaffirmed its approval of legislative proposals to convene congress immediately after the general election and to abolish the short session for “lame ducks,” The annual convention unanimously app of the committee on legislation pledg- , has appr ing support of st tutional a ris of } roved a report been ed by tl nenate, the propo mendment of Senator aska, under which newly elected senators and taul es | made would take their seats in anuary | house s following the November elections| short ‘epr while time there as a reward for per- fection in her<lub work, I Instead of In December of the next] Oppo: ttempt to ats year. ter the Japanese ex on clause of The Norrig amendment already (Continued ov Pace