Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 15, 1924, Page 1

- The circulation of The Tribune is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper. 2. “ $ rae nh) aS MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Member of Ausit Burecu ~___ CASPER, WYOMING, MONDA] “Ss5) g-2eR 15, 1924 CONGRESS PAYS TRIBUTE TO WILSON IATEPRESIDENT| Auto Accident) ##% crnt||Scantily Clad EULOGIZED IN Menace Grows, |# <i ons|Guests Escape SEANCES TOON F¥oover States Fire in Hotel The Sant Clausing the local post of the Salvation Army will do in Dignitaries and Friends : Of Dead Executive |National Conference on Street and Mills Taven Blaze Sunday Morning of Undeterhined Origin Wreaks Siete’ ts angina Ole Mepee Gather for Memoriam: | Highway Safety Opens in Washing- WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. ton; Many Panaceas Suggested Great Damage or slelghs for carrying out Christ- mas missions. A new charity chariot fg now tn pessession of the army. It is the Yuletide gift of John M. Whisen- —Congress ‘paused in its round of activity today to) WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Modern methods in indus- render honor to the memory | try and commerce and policing have been successful in re- of Woodrow Wilson. ducing annually within the United States the number of ac- . The chamber of the house | cigental deaths and injuries front every case*but one, and that isthe automobile, Secretary Hoover declared today in hunt, city councilman and owner of the Hupmobile and Chandler agen- colt of representatives was br faenss Y. memo! services, rr. r Py es ay an address opening the national conference 6n street and highway safety. “The time has come when every Singe the automobile, « fine Overland—was not marked “Don't Open Till Christmas” it will be press- ed into service immediately and one of its chief duties will be collecting discarded clothing from homes which are calling the army headquarters Héwin, Anderson Alderman, presi- dent of his old alma mater, the Unt- ersity of Virginia, pronouncing | In ten years the rate of fatal acci-|accident must be examined and from the rostrum where the late) dents has been doubled by automo-| punishment meted out that will im- president revived the Washington-| pie operation, tha secretary said,| press the mind of the reckless for n custom of delivering In person | and while motor vehicles have estab-| the balance of their natural lives.” is message to the congress, the eU-| lished themselves as a prime neces- ality of American life, it is now necessary to find “constructive meas- and making contributions. _ |to keep the flames in check until reinforcements could ar- Officers of the post greatly appre- logy of his life and achievements. ures to meet the crisis of tens of thousands of deaths annually, with rive from Casper. gradually began to yield. It w: ciate Mr. Whisénuhunt’s exception- tad vite was an hundreds of thousands of serious Weather Forecast WYOMING: Snow tonight and ‘Tuesday. Colder. Cold wave tonight % east and north portions. with zero temperature. Strong northerly § winds, VOL. IX, = On itteets er at Newstands, & cents NO. Delivered wy Carrier 75 cents a meath One Girl Student Taking Course In Law from Casper LARAMIE, Wyo., Dec. 15.—Cas- per has the only woman student in the cdllege of law at the University et Wyoming. Miss Marion Field, daughter of Mrs. Beatrice M. Field, recently appointed state humane of- ficer by Acting Governor Lucas, has this distinction. Miss Field enrolled as a law stu. dent at the beginning of the fall term and is taking the complete first year law curriculum, — Bandit Pulls New Stunt by Waiting On Store Customers SAN FRANCISCO, lif., Dec. 15. —If the modern burglar finds that business has been bad prior to his rald on a store he stays and waits on trade while his victim ts stowed behind the counter stunned, bound and gagged. San Francisco police today are searching for this new type of culprit who bound Thomas R. Shaw, manager of a drug store, and did not leave the place until he subbed for his victim for ahout thirty minutes! ‘The burglar was relieved by a clerk, who mistook the man for a new employ The burglar collected about $30 before departing. HOLIDAY LIQUOR SUPPLY FOR EAST TRICKLES AND GURGLES DOWN FROM KENTUCKY STILLS By ROBERT McKEE. (Casper Tribune Leased Wire) BRISTOL, Tenn., Dec. 15. — If the United States has a Christmas lquor shortage it: won't be the fault of the army of moonshiners in the Appalachian mountain region in the south. In préparation for an unpre- cedented volume of holiday business, the wheels of the moonshine whis: key industry are -humming as they never have hummed before. The first of the yuletide supply already has begun to trickle and gurgle down from the mountain tops and by the] effort to. maintain contact . with end of next week the gurgle will|moonshiners, distributor and con- have become a toar, sumer, Throughout the mountain ‘coun-| ‘The bulk of the spofis, however, the moonshiners have made | * (Continued on Page Nine) Contracts Let On DRY AGENTS School Building ARE GIVEN A score of scantily-clad guests, routed from their beds at 0 Sunday morning by fire of undetermined origin, fied from the upper rooms of the Mills Tavern in a smother of smoke and shivered in the racing wind outside while they watched the Mills fire department fight an uphill battle With more than half of the up-|hour later, however, before the ally generous gift and feel that noth-| stairs rooms reduced to a blackened | drenched and charred bullding ceas: ing could be of mare nso to tne Ei | shell, two-thirds of the roof consum:|ed to smoulder. SSB me WORE det Soe ed and the rest of the building flood. numerous. ed with water and steeped in smoke, 2 the damage this morning was esti- mated at well into the thousands, though exact figures were impos- LARAMIN, Wyo., Deo. 15—That the new gymnasium buflding : of frlenda of late nppnead sn guests made up the gath LJ Shieh al space on the floor and gal- lerles had been reserved. A vast un- seen audience, too, had been remem- bered in errangemnts for radio cast- ing the ceremony through a wide chain of stations, President Cool- idge and his cabinet, supreme court justices, the representatives of for- the insurance adjustor, The Mills Construction company, owners of the building, said this morning in- surance was inadequate to cover the loss. The blaze apparently originated in the rear ofthe building, possibly in the kitchen, and shot upward. Warned by the smoke, guests hast- ily gathered what belongings ‘they could and made thetrescape without injury. The high wind. fortunate- ly kept the front of the building and the stairs reasonably free of smoke. Hampered by inadequate water pressure the Mills fire fighters waged a couragvous strugsie, and managed to keep the flames from gaining material advantage, though they were unable to make much pro- gress in quelling them. An §, O. 8. to Caspér brought the City Hall force to the rescue, and with their reinforcements and the ald of the additional pumping power the blaze tr sur. “A very large portion of the 22,600 deaths, the 678,000 serious personal injuries, which is our annual traffic toll for the last year," the secretary said, “have happened to men, women and children on foot... The next larg- clgn goyernments, governors |, of st. group who suffer are the motor- inten aeseBA, Wi Mists themselves who are the net.andcbigh. gfficers of the , of réckjess. driving upon the pert of and nayy were among those. joining minority of viclous or ‘with members of the senate @nd}ie i crant persons. house to. the man who ‘The automobfle is the greatest nlceps ‘neath the cathedral | development of twenty years,-both maths ehmarh yey eet nation’s) sconomically and. socially. But. tt capito) we wish for {ts fullest development The. progrem of ceremony was ®/ must reduco its terrors. almple one. Early the great white} wtiere are three broad methods capttol gave evidence that it was al, rere are three, br day apart. Its halls were hushed” weirs through. prevention. and and the machinery of lestslation| (Furst, through. prevention and Avas stilled. In the morning only | 7 uch stronger purilahment for viola- shembers and those having urgent |tion of the rights of others; third, WEsiness within. were admitted. Half}. uch public education ea to ite past ten was the time set for open- Feaponstbnities: : Ing the east doors leading to the ro-|Terponelbiities, to tupde jta admit those ‘Socorded the | ster upon the propossis hefore ths oars Spee cin ney enam-| conference. ‘They cover a tremend- acs} Janning and Both the senate and house ‘were | 0US range from town pl called to convene a lIlttle before the | traffic planning to regulatic noon hour, ‘the time of the cere: |!ation and engineering, con Sea kery sperms St oe, Sele, ae punitive and preventive measure: prayer, recessing to go to the house | I for the first ttme ‘in Wyoming in the tiled swimming pool measuring 100 feet by 30 feet, The gallertes will. peat a ‘The armory wing of the new gym is,large enough to contain the in. field of. = regulation-sized baseball diamond, with room for a cinder track as ‘well. ‘The building: contains. nearly fifty rooms, including an inddor rifle range, armory, trophy hal and recitation» rooms, for athletic equipment, physical training, yeducation and corrective rooms, exercises rooms, shower and dressing rooms, steaming and rub- and halls for boxing sible to obtain pending inspection by Proaching completion on* the Unt- ready on ® prodigious scale. They are running. thelr xtilleeday and night, many. of them -withe"'Christ? mas specials," reserve stills, in ac: tion to take care of the extra or- ders. Alon activity. The professional. runners will come in for their share of the prof- its. They are busy organizing fleets of fast powerful cars to distribute the stuff. "The bootleggers are jump- ing from pillar to post in a frantic in’ stat Just ‘published in The Branding Iron,” the collegiate week- yy. , 5 A basketball hall seating 4,500 spectators and having an area of approximately half an acre not only ‘will take care of the Cowboys’ inter: ‘collegiate cagé contests but will be prepared to accommodate the mon- ster crowds which attend .the an- nual state championship tournament for high school tearns. Half a mile of overhanging steel balconies will seat the bulk of the crowds. Nautical sports will be possible the line there is hustle and FORUMMEETS WSweetin Trial TUESDAY NOON; Progress Slow Contracts for furnishing the new ee ! high school building ‘at Midwest : the proposals are in iste efueminm mune easrbting | In more were awarded to the Centennial lected to furnish music, assembling | Use in some place in the country in the. house wing shortly before|today but only in parts. For in- School Supply company and to the School Service company,~ beth of Denver, by the board of education at a meeting Saturday afternoon. Minor, purchases, including the light fixtures for the Midwest school and new buildings at Evansville, Moun- tain View, and Salt Creek townsite, also were made by the board. Members of the Casper Chamber of Commerce and Casper Motor Club who are interested in tourist travel and in the marking of high- ways are especially requested to at- tend the Forum luncheon Tuesday noon at the Henning hotel. The meeting will be addressed by Denver and Cheyenne business men who are interested in the formation of a Wyoming Motorists association. ‘MA’ FERGUSON MAY TNAME MEN FOR ALL IMPORTANT OFFICES First Woman Governor of Lone Star State Is Going to Disap- point Women’s Organizations by Letting Men In On All Big Appointments in Her Cabinet, Claim ~ ? stance, but few of our states impose rigorous’ determination of com- petence~ before licensing drivers, There is no uniformity 4n traffic regulations. “The vast majority of motorists, are conscientious and careful and competent. It is the inconsiderate, neon. With Senator Cummins, as presi- dent uro tempore of the senate, oc- cupying the speaker's chair, the ceremonial program: opened — with MOUNT VERNON, Ill., Dec. 15.—An alleged confes- sion made by Mrs. Elsie Sweetin of her part in the murder by poison of her husband, Wilford Sweetin, made to a Chi- cago newspaper reporter, was permitted to go to the jury today by Judge J. C. Kern, after Mrs. Sweetin had taken the stand for a few minutes to testify she was in a confused mental state at the time. ever having seen her before? Asked Mrs. Sweetin testified she remem-| her attorney. ; bered little that happened at the "I have not” answered Mrs. time she was alleged to have made Sweetin, looking at the Chicago her confession to poisoning her hus-| newspaper woman. band, for whose, murder ahe is on} yirg, Siectin ‘said she had been trial with Lewrence M. Hight, for-} under the care of a physician be- mer Ina, Illinois, pastor. for her arrest and later had been Robert Smith, her attorh taken to the Salem, Illinois jail by posed introduction of the co a physician and nuree. Dr. & A. on the ground that she Thompson corroborated this state- enced by Hight when she was ill,| ment and said Mrs. Sweetin was to take a share of the blame to| nervous, but aware of what she was save them both from lynching. doing and saying. Mrs, Sweetin, testifying in the ab-| Attorney Smith questioned Miss sence of the jury, said she had no| Lewis at great length concerning recollection of fn interview with| the cond'tion in which she found Miss Sarah F Lewis, the Chicago! Mrs. Sweetin when she called on her newspaper reporter, and that she| at the Salem jail had never seen her until the open-| ‘The reporter sald Mrs. Sweetin ing of the trial was very tired and sleepy but that Mrs. Sweetin; who had Iafd aside| she seemed to know what she was the hat she had been wearing | saying. through the trial, stepped briskty to the witness stand, Speaking dis- tinetly she gave her namo and said she was 32 years’ old. She sald she had seen Miss Lewis in the BERLIN, Dec. 15.—Chancollor court room. Marx today tendered the resignation “Do you haye any recollection ofof his cabinet to President Wbert: KANSAS CITY, Mo., Deo. 15.— Four former fe(eral prohibition agents convicted. of conspiracy and graft today were sentenced to two yearn in the federal penitentiary and fined $2,000 each. : . Montgomery, chaplain of the horse. Introduction of Dr, Aldeg- man by the presiding officer and}the careless, the incompetent, who his address in eulogy of the late|are bringing these dangers. Nor president, followed with the benedic-|is the pedestrian altogether free (Continued on Page Eight.) from contributory negligence. Piling Up Snow and Coming South; —~—_—. Sr ade AEE: 08 GREAT FALLS, Mont., D yesterday from 12 noon at cording to George |Sunday the govenment thermometer stood at 63 above 21 below. This, says Director Sanford, is the greates during its history in this end of the state. tockmen arc 1 5 | | the service 17 | Thor Great Northern rafiroad ree-) are-all: excellent and A ) a . ords here show a drop of 44 degrees | all provided with an 2 feed - = a | | {n one hour in the town of Shelby A startling situation is reported By ROBERT T. SMALL (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune) ey TEMPLE, Texas, Dec. 15.—“Ma” Ferguson, who is to become governor of this vast commonwealth which, not so very, very long ago was a republic in its own right, seems destined to. get into all sorts of trouble with the women’s political organizations of the drop erDatlyCrifame ff lication Offices: cual afibune Bidg.. 216 E. Second St ‘BY ALL WORKERS SPECIAL TRAIN SPEEDING EAST: FUNERAL PLANS NOT YET MADE Cortege Enroute Be- sieged With Tributes And: Floral Offerings From Admirers of Leader. §T. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 15. —(By the Associated Pres) The train bearing the body of the late Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, to Washington and New York, arrived in St. Louis from San Antonio, Texas, at 7:30 o'clock this morning, about 15 minutes ahead of schedule. At Parsons, Kan., the train was 36 minutes late, having been delayed by thegreat crowds which wished to see the dead labor leader, but this lost time was made up in the night A vast concourse, compos of persons in all walks of life, greeted the train as {t pulled into the ste- tion here, ’ ‘The coffin was taken from tts sfik- cloaked catafalque and transferred to ‘another observation coach, at- tached to a Baltimore and Ohio train for Washington, This train is due to depart from St. Louis at 12:05 p. m. today. ; The tite and exact place for hold- the the final funeral rites for Mr. Gompets had not been definitely de- termined by executive council mem- bers aboard when the train ‘reached * 1g? ; m.country. For ‘Ma’ is going to give the state for two years a “man’s” administration. afternoon. At noon today| from Shelby in the freezing up of *y It is commonly understood by now that she:is going to have a man cabinet and that office ME ree AE, P i biizenrd im reported there and at|the gas line wh'ch suppliva two ‘ seekers of the feminine persuasion haye found “Ma” icy cold as to their rights for public Y-E-8, a three-letter word indicating ‘affirmation. {| Sunburst it is thirty below, while | thirds of the ‘places in town with preferment. of prisoners in the state. As afhonor system and, it is said, will It didn’t take Cusper eross-word puzzle fans long to nomi the same records at noon show heat The gas was all right until Leaders of the feminist movement, | matter of fact, Texas has had yery|abolish it. There ‘have been. too nate this as the one proper solution to the conundrum pro ut Hayre, the coldest po 7 o'clock when it b to go down, clated at first over “Ma's” election, |little of that sort of thing. many escapes under it, she has been} pounded by tlie Tribune ten days ago—“Do you want a puzzle |r led on the ayater in Montan a, A “hoon st was dov nall a are turning thelr gaze away from| “Ma” will look Into the subject | told. ben 21 everyday?” 2 be ma tilings and forty above How: pe: te make; the al tee apes: xas, saying that this is not the|along with other things and If she Just at the beads. ae Pa” tah Dozens .of ‘em, scores of ‘ent yolleyed in their answers, by in A dean pao Le Se alae aaa | Lie lige io jal sir , victory they were looking for. | finds abuses at any time moacetine gusun, otherwise Ha fy im phone, letter, and word of mouth. And inthe lot there was just Se mF ron s Pna Lee eis Cod wie . Mal" te Secunia erie) Aen inenial: isl with eka yoy ofa paula, ; one irascible dissenting voice. The ayes overwhelmingly have it. | 2, Gr02* ais withabout ft Tiwaten aise arctan art: and he Le Te GMO ie rR te hue «OR epee halite at tne’ ola Bene So henceforth there will be a eross-word puzzle for you |tholeau. The bile I Iter Wall, buckite’ the tiles Ne ts: tor SANpERagdctargely, by..the Dried sy at to represent her] every day—six fimes a week, with the solution of the previous | iis was and. steoni now drifts, "The trip vr al vidoes, ofa husband who is|veen aléng an entir at various state conferences—the day’s riddle appez ng in conjunction with the new enigma. | tO below ate ‘sage ee ze | sco As ah . pam to : one of the keenest politicians the|recently. The “h most important of which has just) And every one of them isa ments! conditioner good for at least Hebi ol an reatigeeg oe SEM Tara he Theat cen iens de s ever known, a mun who|been on trial at the pecrienpe. at Fain etee| & half hour's strennons exercise. Some will take you longer to | %,r°P 1” Butnita) ng therinoiaten |reni to, aoltnch: the been eee § 1 one entire and one inter [the “good prisoners’ have 1 noloft new Ny Me xs OMe, unravel, but none of them is too involved or tricky to be work. | '""* Pdinge16*-bélow sat’ 12 o'clock, | the‘gus, and tt In belteved t the brane ene Oe ace lite as" possible | adudniecration.” Te algo uses Fathee| able if your wits aro in fighting trim. growing colder to ¥ be atithat point. Bus Tt haa been eeported that. \Ma.:'| to. live ‘us foe a Ufe as possible |adiuipfitration. - He also ave roy’ And ‘if by any remote chance you haven't yet contracted There is little suffering predicted | iness houses in Shi have shut ‘ovause sha isa woman, would first | within the confines of the big Yanch.|frecly the editorlal or the royal i ll y eth CoE MORARGGK Ab FOU ah the. tasaeo Goes tate an of ell put @ stop to the ‘“Mogging’’ “Ma” does not think well of the (Continued on Page Nine) e habit, you can start today. lor Mvestock as yet ag th nge where perhaps £ 1 4 , here. The advisability of postponing the time from Wednesday evening, as originally planned’ to Thursday morning in New York, was advanced last night. This again underwent « change when ft was suggested to have a great public funeral in Madl- son Square Garden, New York City, Wednesday night, the services to be broadcast to the country by radio. This was to be determined at a mest- ing of officials in the traveling party to be held here this morning. Pall bearers for the Washington services also were to be named this morning. Labor leaders aboard, who have been planning ever since Mr. Gompers died in San Antonio Satur day morning, expected to mest magy other officials of the federation here, and hoped to have assistance In the heavy work which has worn. them out since their leader became fll in Mexico city early last weelr, All members of the party were in good health on arrival, but all were very much fatigued. Frank Morrt- son, secretary of the federation, up- on whose shoulders has for the time devolved the work of chief execu: tive of the organization, together with James Duncan, Matthew: Woll and Martin F. Ryan, vice president (Continued on Page Seven) STORM IS RAGING DOWN FROM NORTH, | ZERO DROP IS DUE . Great Falls Reports That Blizzard in Choteau and Shelby Is Thermometer In Great Falls Drops 69 Degrees Over Night - 15.—A drop of 84 degrees in 12 hours was registered field on the United States reclamation service records, ac- anford, director of the Sun river project at Fairfield, today. At noon ; at 12 o'clock Sunday night it was in the time ever recorded by six or seven have been used and are & to get by until the trouble all have been reached. Just what will happen should the pipes continue frozen would be. ser. ous. The Dlizzard raging Is the worst of y id snow {s reported in the om two to five feet deep, and drifting more every mo ment All of the wells of the Kevin-Sunburst flelas except those specially prepared for cold weather ay been shut down temporartly and drillePs ar Operators in Shelby are tied up until the break } com the warst In many years and seems to be com ing from the northwest. That the storm is not al » for th's tion is indicated by the condition of the wires today. “