Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 18, 1924, Page 1

The circulation of The Tribune is greater than any other -’ Weather Forecast pee, Sea pee Fair tonight and Friday; colder in southeast portion tonight. Rising. Member of Audit Bureau UES SAMUEL GOMPERS - IS LAID AT REST Mi ton EVIDENCE PILED Hendreds’Join in Last Tribute to Late PLANS URGED P I N T RI ' Labor Chieftain in Services Held County Officers U OM E B fy L ve) F at Federation Hall For Elimination of H U A. b E RS were held today for Samuel Gompers at the Elks club, after) cunyENND, Wro., Dec. 18.— which the body was taken by automobile to Tarrytown for | | Useless Expense. ° ° : . County assesso: and commisaio: Benefits Promised by Association Offi-| interment in historic Sieepy Hollow cemetery. eke 90 y ar NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—Impressive funeral. services fers of Wyomin In. session here, : ° The great assembly hall of New York Lodge No. 1, fadopted a resclution condemning cers Not Realized; Laramie Agent draped in the mourning purple of the order, was crowded |‘h? *™Ployment_ by public officers at public expense, of deputies and to capacity with co-workers and/flcer wore a carnation, the badge of 5 i os P ts D ° . friends of the late president of, the | mourning. eet Cumataree eel warenery siiee 4 rl fi resents Damaging Evidence American Federation of Labor. In simple Jewish ritual tor the | Sry nt ne Asiatic ibang y the throng were men high in the| dead was ‘ni by. Rabbi. Stephen | harform. This resolution, which G W; Dec. 18.—M epi oat hundred rsons unable ti = acest eps vide apt yi. | mentioned both state and county of: jHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 18.— een hundred persons wi 0 | reading in w of the twenty-|ricers, was coupled with another overnment’s matnoeas remained t saa oe dopmmgatne sain admittance into the hall, as | third Psalm. Other verses from the | resolution requesting the next legis. a ae nec’ today to be examined in |sembiea in the Town Hall across the | Bible were read’ in Baellaohy Yature to take: all fesetule: taba. toe the trial of William T. S. Barnes, Arthur L. Barnes and | street and heard the services by rn : *s > the reduction of taxation. William D, Hooper, indicted for conspiracy to use the mails | radio. Other thousands stood rever- t y The assessors and commissioners to defraud in connection with the operations of the-Dnited | ‘tly 12 nearby streets. Brace adopted a resolution requesting the Officers of the lodge heated by legislature to advance the date for Sol Tekulsky, the exalted ruler, con- i so far was H. L. Shupe of Laramie, formerly the United's representa. ve at Laramie. Shupe test'fied that he) induced a number of friends and. acquaintances at Laramie to subscribe for United contracts, he td leas protised within sie months | , In these bitter days the need for warm hearts-and the Numérous purchasers of the Unit- ed concerns loan contracts have tes- to others the duty of making the ablevagndne! the’ witnesses examined S R state enumeration. The resolution EA CH YOUR HOMES TODAY Yohe :and officers McDowell and|ruary and Mafch to give proper at * epped from the Burling: | tention to census taking. f e last night and a quan-| The ossessors and commissioners ty of narcotics, including a com-|recommended to the state board of 4 Home Builders association of Casper. ma: é per. The trial y ex. Sol ‘Tekulsky, ss ech me ga veginning the decennial state census tified that they did not receive bene- R. ‘Smith, a Sact reek taxicab] sets forth that the astessors are too plete “snowbird” outfit, was confis-| equalization several changes in the tend into next week. from the first. Monday in February Tea elit Cuber y Ries ate Sia aoe eR eS Le to April 1st, and requesting further 5 that should the tegislature not do t ES U . . j this, it transfer from the assessors fits which they were promised. Not- . L —— driver, wag selzed by Chief Bert §.| busy with thelr regular duties In Feb. cated. Smith was held at the city| present valuation of livestock for jall pending the arrival’ of a federal | taxation purposes. agent from Denver. SEAS Fg but that the loans were not forth.| Steady flame of sympathy, to hold at bay the frost:of-pov-|* smith is belleved’ to have been DENVER, COLO.—Sugar prices coming and that he thereupon sever-/ erty and suffering, is greatindeed. - bringing ina consignment of dope}on the local market advanced 20 ed his! connection with the Unitedand “i madedeeaneen. totus clients ‘of Somewhere in Casper attics, discarded and forgotten, | ‘T°™, Bulings for mgent Saas a the, amounfs which they had paid|are garments that will save four unfortunates from” ex- ‘ the United! upon his advice. posure, suffering, perhaps illness and d C, S, Barnes of Casper. and John | four is a 18-year-old, newsboy) | ‘His Donohye:-of Sheridan testified that | mother ds ill: and ‘unable to work, théy‘bad“obtained loans from the|and the little fellow ts United after they had permitted | bravely to help suppott * their ito by only pay- | pay for ‘the ing & of about 50° per|restore her to heal! cent. 68 testif'ed he réceived | overcoat, something j a loan’ of $500 on an $800 mortgage | enough to keep, out chill of days | and hue said he was loaned /and nights like t! » If someone | vA $1,800 . has such a garment, outgrown’ but : i Mra. © W. Luckuk of Gillette and | still stout and serviceable, he is*ré- ‘ Ethel Henshaw of Casper testified | quested to communicate with Mre- B cents per hundred weight ing 5! follow- $7.05 and can that ¢! had bought United con-|P. C. Nicolaysen, 1134 South Wol- 2, 3 edding Burns tracts with the understanding that|cott street, phone 2301, and’ she will . « 7 thi be granted loans but |see that it reaches the plucky lad. ° nat they were unable to secure the | Mrs. Nicolaysen is asking also for While Casper promi loans. the donation of a ranean Sie carts: " ° I. Fj Steffer, Casper accountant, | 38, and for coats for two.little ; H F ‘ws 9 testified that when he examined the | twins of six years of age. ss unts ‘Kivers books of the United the day before| Other garments of all sizes’ an W. T, 8. Barnes took charge, the | descriptions are urgently needed by ae concern‘a Joan fund was sufficient |the Salvation Army for distribution | “71 tie okt of Gasper ebivered to meet tts contracts, Earlier wit-|to the needy folk on ite list. “Phone | (yoni, ost of Casper. abtvered nesses had testified that after | 2108 and the Army car will cal breathed a drowsy wish for just Barnes. took charge th's fund was|them. one more “kiver,” a huge pile’ of those same kivers, in the store of the W. 8S. Buck Mercantile com- pany, 446 South Beech street, were « giving firemen from station one a depleted. lively little battle. Forty gallons® ——— currants we, oe. mee BOY SCOUT AT CAPITAL prosecution rested today in the trial of chemicals eventually reduced in federal court here of Willam T. ‘the blazing blankets. to a charred S. Barnes, Arthur L. Barnes and . FS OF Two William D. Hooper, indicted for con- E and odorous casualty. 2 splracy to use the mails to defraud in connection with the United Home The blankets were ignited by an Builders’ ‘association of Casper.| CHEYENNE, Wyo.:Dec. 18.—The| overheated gas stove, which had W. T.. 8. Barnes, first witness for) lives of two unidentified boys about} been left burning overnight to pré- the defense, is under cross examina-|7 years o'd were saved by. the:hero- tect water pipes from the frost. Smoke roused Mr. Buck, who Senate-Com mittee Employe Accused of Agcepting Money for Influence in Urging Legislation ~ 4 » WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The department of justice has begun ‘an investigation into charges that an employe of a senate committee has accepted money to use his influence in aiding in the passing of legislation. Attorney General Stone anneunced today that it had been revealed that money had actually passed, but he de- clined to indicate the legislation con Lady Astor ' Is ports, Mr., Stone said he had ‘no edge'of that phase of the ques- cerned or to identity the employes Fond of Both tion this afternoon. ism, of Eddie Taylor, 14-year-old Boy suspected. Gin and Rum Scout, when the two youngsters { ‘The attorney general also refused to intimate. from what source the sleeps in the rear of the store, to | the capita! asthaving expressed the = Pr ——— broke through the ico while playing} coughing wakefulness about 4:3” + od LONDON, Dee. 18.—Lady Ast. charges had come. .. ' ae ! belief that the president should be ad. tg 3 * on Lake Minnehaha. Young Taylor! gm. and he phoried in the alarm. |yjsed of the alleees tellteee ee in,| Of kiown for her sponsoring of JULIUS KAH crawled to the edge of the hole In fhe Some senators were reported at Asked if President Coolidge's at tention had been called to the re- " the temperance legisiation {n the The flames had eaten their way | belief revailed; in some uarters 3 ice in which the children were strug-| \e1) into the heap of bedding and a house of commons, of which she that this “had taken place and that sling and dragged them to safety. their extinction required a good | Mr. Coolidge hia called it to.the at Ro Signs yesterday: publicly PASSES AWAY sike aihtoritee t saB Hon. ar ithe, attorney ; spirits. 5 The floor of the building imme- rr. Stone -has had several confer AL symm. 6G hae FUGITIVE CAUGHT IN intely | jaround ‘the | slave ras, Lenoes wilt Cho peeshdanh ta ‘the last |: nracied train oa igucr ealode es slightly charred, but otherwise the temperance ways, she said: he explained, when he left the de- “I am very fond of gin and rum, Parinrent ‘hurriedly. wergiin relation | .ssigy gauge: thronen dite to “unexpected \development: — > IN CALIFORNIA damage was restricted to the stock. GNED It was entirely covered by insur- eance. 4 4 will find there are a lot of things FER yee ee you want but are better’ without.” SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 18 ; On this text she based a lIlttle —Representative Julius Kahn, chair-| CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 18.>T.| GREELEY, COLO.—Georse W. Cheyenne Joins In Iara Roveeeniae ihe artis or man of the house military affairs}. Keefe, recently arrested in Chi-| Scarborough, Elmira, New-York, and 4 . a alcohol which, she declared, was committee, died at his hone here | cago after long being a fugitive, was| Paul Fish, Elizabeth, N. J., students! Sidon Tribute TO| “ne. s00d.t6:any, one.” today, his fllness of several wecks| arraigned here Wenuents! wits at e Biche cone: mig Se i —@: suddenly becam: mplicated by | charge of issuing about of fraud-| theolo school, were expe 3 heart attacks, He ay $3 years old nie checks in Cheyenne in June,|cause they had married secretly sev- Late Labor Chief and is suryived by a widow and two/1923. He pleaded not guilty and was|eral weeks ago without permission sons, bound to the district court for trial.|from the school authorities. Methodist Board CHEYENNE, Wyo, Dec. 18 Meets Tonight » State and municipal offices here, al- eo many business A very. important meeting of the E l T [@) were closed between 11 aiid. 12 0',| official board of the First Methodist ae 7 clock Thursday during the funeral > 2 e president of the American Federa-|mceting. Every .member of the tion of Labor, board is urged to be present. W. 7 Your family’s fopd is food for thought. : 5 Th tion | concerned, it is the feeling of Presi-| standings, The government . bere , , over Pees cd Raunt is dent Coolidge and his principal ad- | feels that should.the ‘agitation:be car- If you are trying to reduce expenses why not cut down on : : ig part of your regular Tn the that the American and Japanese | ministration authorities say there} | day in the week. Food constitutes a big p y zu Mes rr wiibbaristesa, comice peoples wili not themselves disturb | never has existed before. the com-| | expense and if you start saving in that department of expendl- > the pe tries. | ist. ko. more for the moni a spend. The’ nee Breit pe las soon | Agitation, which {t ts felt will ere-| So far as the question of ,nayal | | Set ey yo b rT ney by] fulfitied in letter and spirit the pro-| | une columns. Every one of them has numerous articles at spe- iu payee tos pice bond aftistata hoce.¢ Thert pessoa how- | virions of the naval limitation tréaty | | cial ‘prices..Read their ads and reap the harvest. church will be held tonight at 8:16 services of Samuel _Gompers, ° tate | o'clock, immediately after the prayer ° ° ? ° . ¢ Cy ° e oe] U. S. ACITAT : READ ADS, CUT LIVING COSTS ASHINGTON, Dec, 18.— (By So far as the two governments are , cently hag been to arouse misunder- : the grocery bills? Gfoceries and meat are articles on which you latio: -all that] ried on, the two governments may et Ane ji andi. paiags ot Vigeea the ee They are hoping | be embarrassed in thelr dealings. Ad-| | can effect @ saving regularly because you buy them almost every ding which now pre- | | tures will be giving if a weekly raise in pa: bending bei Washingtcn and| these relations by agitation over sit-| plete understan ures yor, yor ly pay. Tokio of a header aire alarm | uations of conflict whieh do not ex-| vails between Washington and To- You can luce your grocery bills, save more money and ?-LBy reading the Tribune ry ads. Tomorrow, Fri- ts is concerned, Japan has, How?-S By grocery i : 9 a clastigetg ea His tabea te the roves Higa the. ores atc in the opinion of authorities here! | day,’a nutaber of leading groceries will advertise in the Trib- t¢ 3 5 itness Your family's ‘food is food for thought. friend ited | ever, that the result of much that | ard displayed always, an earnes' tales and doe ee ite: has been published and spoken re- (Continued on Page Ten.) - 4 é Daily Critnme ot Circulation Ba. : ER, WYOMING, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18; 1924 oe nats SvactnRE Ie Wyoming newspaper. On Streets or at Newsstands, 5 cents Delivered by Carrier 75 cents a montli K WITH 32 BELOW TAX REDUCTION = idnaped Boy Is Recovered Mother Recognizes Baby Missing Since July in Photograph of Child Aban- e doned in New Jersey CAMDEN, N. J., Dec. 18.—Found after having heen in} jthe hands of kidnapers for six months, two-and-one-half- |year-old Russell Carl Steimling, Jr., formerly of Girard Manor,,near Mahanoy City, Pa., wa today awaiting com- pletion of minor legal technicalities before being restored to his parents, Last night after the mother had] child's birth certificate and other recog a newspaper photograph | identification paper proving his par. of ab y abandoned in a houre here | entage. as that of her missing child, a joyful| Russell, Jr., iw with his tether at reunton between little Russell and|the home of Israel Shatz, where he his parents followed. was found abandoned by a couple After Russell had been kidnaped, | who rented a room Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs, Steimling moved to Shartz, reporting the finding of the Philadelptiia and directed a search|baby yesterday to police, and un- To obtain funds they sold their|aware he had been kidnaped, asked home. Mr. Steimling left for Ma-|to be allowed to legally adopt Rus- hanoy City-today to bring back the! sell. COWBOY DEBATERS WIN FROM OXFORD BY POPULAR VOTE IN FORENSIC CLASH AT LARAMIE LARAMIE, Wyo., Dec. 18.—Wyoming, represented by Herbert Woodman and Ralph Conwell, won the debate last night by an overwhelming vote of the audience. The vote was 465 for the Cowboy debaters and 154 for the Eng- lish team. The Englishmen, J, D. Woodruff and H. C, Hol- lis, were extremely witty and kept the audience in laughter, but “Woodman and Conwell, espe “Resolved, that this house stands FINAE HOME EDITION Publication Offices fribune Bldg, 216 E. Second St. SECOND LOWEST MARK IN TEN YEARS SET BY MERCURY OROP Rising Temperature in Prospect Tomorrow With Continued Cold Forecast Tonight. With 82 degrees below zero recorded by the weath- er bureau thermometer here in the small hours of this morning, the peak of the icy wave bearing down from the north was belleved to have been passed without having shattered last winter's low mark. Continued cold is in prospect for tonight with slow. ly rising temperatures forecast for Friday. Shallow lafd gas lines which freeze up in severely cold weather, caused Lavoye, Midwest and contiguous oil field residents great inconventenco yesterday and today and resu'ted in suspension of school activities in Midwest today. The gas supply for the last twa days, particularly through the day- ight hours, has been reduced in pressure s0 as to be almost negli- gible, As a result the people have been burning coal, wood, boxes and everything down to newspapers: as a ‘substitute. Lavoye, Midwest, New Salt Creek cially Woodman, made telling argu:fopposed to the principle of pro. ments for their n hibition. queetion, which was: ‘The English, on tour, were par- Micipating in thelr thirty-third de bate. The Cowboys, both natiy. ef Wyoniing, are members of Pe that toured Canada and the Pacific coast Inst year, and in the two years snice Debate Coach Higgins came to the university here, haa won thirty-three put of 37 deba: | Appeatis Taken! TU] PROBE NEWS His lawyg-'s decision to appeat a conviction for violation of the | drug ordinance cost George Whit ten, 204 W st $50 Jast night: Whitten was arraigned ; following a raid: Tuesday night-in which a quantity of Uquor was |, seized. “Pifty dollars fine,” pronounced Confidential Information | Judge J..A. Murray, after) hearing | "the testimony. of Captain Ferris Given ‘Out by Of- | and other members of the rafding party. fi Cl : “I ‘shall. file notice. of appeal, cers, aim. your. honor," promptly rejoined a ka ts G.’ Cvypreansen, counsel for . | Whitten, : WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Publica- “In thut case I'll make it $100,” | ton’ cf confidential. information in suavely countered the judge. the controversy ‘over the American J. B. Eecles, arrested two doore’|7@v¥ hae precipitated a naval in- ftom Whitten’s place ‘a few min- | uiry to fiv responsibility,specifica ly utes before the officers déscendea | for the recent appearance in a num on Whitten, profited by the inter. | ber. of papers, for a communication change of amenities and paid his’ | between Cuptain Osterhou at the na +850 fine without a murmur. Violet war col’ege, Newport, L and Mock,..arrested in the Eccles re- | Captain Berry, in charge of recruit sort, was fined $15 for intoxication. | !"& at New York Secretary Wilbur ins ordered a ag naval court of Inquiry convened a Mayfield r ‘ase the New York navy: yard to investi: gate the unauthorized publication of Is Postponed icemasion regarding naval matters of value to a pos- sible enemy count: and other points in the field reported temperatures varying from 30 to 37 degrees below, this morning, b None of the themometers hava’ bee officially tested. pet et communication interruptions ‘Har! (the intense cold yesterday and last night, but railroad tra: portation has been maintained with surprising regularity In view of tho obstacles encountered. Sudden drops in temperature caused toll wires to snap at many points in Wyoming. due to aufck contraction, but at no time has Casper been {solated tn communication, prompt action by telephone and telegraph companies keeping some wires operating at all times. Statistics and records are apt to be tedfous but when the mercury slip- ped so precipitously and surreptiti- ously last night it went as low as any ‘officlal thermometer has gone in the last 10 years except once. Just about a year ago now, Decem- ber 30 to be exact, the thermometer went to 35 below. In the dog days November, 1919, the reading was 82 below, the same as last night. Never since 1914, except on these two occasions, do the records show such frigidity The local. weather observation office was started in 1912 but the records for the first two (Continued on Page Nine.) ee any GRIFFITH WILL LEND SUPPORT TO JOHNSON CHICAGO, Dec. 18—(By The As- clated Press).—Clark Griffith, pres- ident of the Washington club, de- clared today that he and other friends of Bah Johnson, president of the American League, who was re- buked yesterday in a letter read at the Joint meeting of the major lea- gues, still wil support Johnson as ident, of the league. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—Further} In announcing the inquiry Inst senate investigation of the Texas| night, the secretary said he had re senatorial election in 1922 was post-| ceived statements from the two na Poned today by the special investi-| val officers and knew ‘which one gating committee pending prepara-| gave {it out," referring to the com tion of @ brief-by counsel for Senator | munication involved, nid further ex Mayfield in reply to one fied recent-| plained that in its publication, the ly by the contestant. George E. B.| name of the writer and the addressee Peddy. No date was set for the next | and certain identifying parsages had meeting. been deleted. Woe are still for Johnson," Mr. ffith said. Mr, Johnson ts expected to remain as head of the American League, Gri(fith said, adding: “I personally regard Mr, Johnson a8 one of the greatest leaders base- ball has ever had,” POPE CONDEMNS SOVIET RUSS HELP CONTINUED ROME, Dec. 18.—(By The Asso-jafter speaking of tho returneof the} clated Press.}—Strong condemnation | Pontifical relief mission from that of the Ttusela soviet government was,| Country and yoleed in Pope Pius’ allocution, de-|" “We have decided to continue as Uvered at the secret consistory to |} much as possible to help n: “dy Rus day. sians,, whether home or The holy father also took dccasion | abroad. Nobo: can have to'praise ths Congress of Holy Name} thought that we by creating ti Societies recently held in Washing-| work of relief for thé Russian pec ton’ whieh culminated in an addres#| ple, have intended in any way to by President Coolidge declaring re- | favor stein of government which Ugious freedom and toleration funda 0 far from approving mental under the laws of the United 1, we, after having for States. long time With regard to Russ! ith all our*heart and the pope] with our forces, tried to relieve the immense sufferings of that people belies it Is our duty to exhort a! \« clally men in power who love jPeace, the sanctity, of family and j human dignity, to make e 1 effort | to fight the ver Srave dan and | certain inju coming from social isin end communism This, however, must not affect | our utiful solic ide in elevating the condition workers and a humble pe in genera The consistory was that preceding the celebration of Holy Year and@ no cardinals were created. : )