Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 19, 1924, Page 1

Weather Forecast Fair tonight and Saturday. Rising temperature. Dai 3 Sa! sas ATE " sour IHS. IDAY, DECEMpcxt 19, 1924 he Casps VOL. IX. Delivered by The. circulation: of The Tribune- is. greater than any. other Wyoming newspaper.” Critnue On Streets or at Newstands, 5 cents Carrier 75 cents a month TAL SUPPLY SETS PACE FOR PEACETIME MEASURES SLEET AND SNOW CARRIED IN STORM CASPER FINDS OMAHA OFICER RELIEF TODAY ‘SHOT DOWN IN CLEAR SKIES soe = NEGRO FURIE Middle West and South Now Bearing Brunt of Severe Storm Conditions _ | Passing in the Northwest HOLIDAY'RECESS FOR | CITY SCHOOLS BEGINS; PROGRAMS ARE GIVEN The ten-day Christmas recess of the city schools’ began ‘gt tlie close of this afternoon's session, and many $f the teachers left this despite the weather many availed themselves of the opportunity to meet the teachers and inspect the exhibits ; of work done during the ter: ing states and in the southwest as the severe cold spreadl| ‘venins to spend the holidays at |*}ovcry member of -the board ne Would- -Be Slayer Killed 27 ‘Below Is Coldest over large sections of Missouri, Kan.» —10;. Dubuque, Iowa —4; Duluth,| their homes. The Burlington train | education was present. The school sas and Iil:nois, accompanied by | srinnesota. —34; was held from 4/0’clock until 4:30 orchestra provided music during the for their benefit. im Resisting Arrest — STORES TO STAY OPEN AT NIGHT The majority of the.down town stores which wre ‘not open this week in t! in antictpa. Uon of Ch will begin Monday evening to keep open unt!) 9 o'clock Not counting today there are only four shopping days before the holiday It be have not comple hoove t those who Chr their 1st mas shopping to be on the move: The last day before Christmas is bound to be an unsatisfactory time to shop. Crowded stores, worn out sales people, picked over mer- chandise and nmiany other handi- caps will contribute to the diffi- culty. Last Night, Lander ; Has 40 B 40 Below “clear skies and the pass- ing of storm conditions in the northwest brought some re- lief ‘to centrat Wyoming to- day from intense cold of the last two’ days. Prediction hat the-peak of the icy wave had en passed with Thursday's ex treme low of 32 below zero was bérne out ast night when the mer- cury held to 27 below, official, and under) the influence. of bright weathercontinued to rise slowly, throughout the. day. The: {owas marked by a shift in the from the northwest to the (southwest, from which more normal eratures may be expect- ed,. ‘The change was manifest this m™m i in unusual manner w'th similar sudden drops in temperature in sections of Texas and New Mex-|~}, a © ico. Sleet and snow had demoralized communication in Illinois and North- east Missouri. St. Louis was: in communication only with Memphis and Kansas City by means of shaky commerc al telegraph wires but oth- erwise was isolated.. Wire com- munications between Chicago and Springfield Aurora and Decatur and other Illinois points was errupted and the Associated ‘Press resorted to the Daily News radiocasting station, W™MAQ in efforts to serve them with the news of the world. The northwest still was held. in the grip of the cold wave wh'ch reached {ts maximum, intensity at 7 a. m. with 44 degrees below at Mfles City, Montana. Hibbing, Min- nesota reported 34 degrees below zero. Godland, Kans, reported a rise In temperature from 14 to 10. Down in the southwest the cold had penetrated, producin, from 86 to eight degree: a pooys oh Other government rend L were: | —8; Davenport, evening. During the Christmas holidays the school buildings will be thor- oughly cleaned and considerable caleimining and redecorating will be done to put them in shape for the new vear. The* schools - will reopen again December 29, and will recess oye one day for New Year. The traditional Christmas. pro- gram of. carols and “pieces” held the forum in* every classroom throughout the city this afternoon. Each room had ‘its own tree, dec: orated and lighted by the chil- dren themselves. Grants school -held operi house last EAT ee SST sd ECs ee eas CRY Chey Pa Xears. Mes ernie yt for parents and other CASE OF ALLEGED HOME BUILDER SWINDLERS GOES TO JURY AT END OF ARGUMENTS TODAY CHEYENE, Wyo., Dec. 19.—Argu- defense witness in the trial in Fed- ments were completed -at noon. in |¢ral court here of himself, ‘his son, the trial of W. T. 5. Barnes, Arthur S. Barnes ‘and William D. Hoper,| AftBUr 8. “Barnes, and william D. Hi Fr, on gm indictment for on trial in the federal court. heré pe Per ety pag $on- "The | 19 ‘connection with the operation of the Casper concern for Late Assault OMAHA, Nel Dec. .19.—Ben Danbaum, Omaha chief of detec tives who, late yesterday, was shot and seriously wounded by a negro who had barricaded himself in his home where he later was killed, and whom officers sought to arrest on ®@ warrant charging a statutory of- fense, early, today was resting com: fortably in a local hospital where it was said he had a slight chance for recovery. } Danbaum was’ shot several times about the, head and face while lead: ing -more than two score officers in an attempt to capture the negro, Frank» Myler,’ and Thomas Ryan. another detective was hit by a glancing bullet when he ran to his falipn chief.. ‘Ryan was saved from | possible -werlous’ injury ‘by a ‘“bul- Aet proot” ivest.he wore. Following the wounding of the oars |e sets. polide: ‘firemen set 's place of refuge, and a ive did not appear after the house was half, burned. down, De- ective . Harry, Hufford, _ colored, utiouslymioved' up to the blazing ‘ pierre ushed.opeh the door and, sealer the fugitive lying. on ‘the r; already wounded, opéned fire on" him with a Ronen, killing him instantly. CHICAGO, Dec. 19.—Zero blasts that have Saphed the| east and south today, leaving death and crippled commu- nication in its trail. Kansas C'ty, Mq, ‘Tossé, ‘North Platte, Nebraska’ S20, Onle- homa City —2; Poca- —16; St. Paul —14; Sioux City, Towa —14; and Valentine, Nebraska —18. states were most seriously affected. northwest for several days brought snow and cold farther The mercury plunged downward in Illinois and adjoin- Wisconsin —8; Omaha ze: tello, Idaho —16; Rapid City, 8. D ‘Wire communications in the Plains (Continued on rage Seven) contracts, to the Denver concern. Furthermore, Barnes test'fied, he had paid'to Denver holders'of United ntracts, who were friends of ied $140 each after they had paid only, $20 each to the United, a that each of the $140. payments was + from) the loan and: reserve of the United. t c@ae went to the jury ¢arly ‘fterngon, PORE eee $i Uni sips rt erabess in th thé: see iy toa! Beck! ist ‘s. : indleted Jointly with Bastien, (eee: cold - * the northwest, having re- t tact ieee, ane receiving ported a rise of 24 degrees in 24 hese con’ ime. saan sam anehhe’ ic bee the it money previously. Of Last Ten Lander, with a ‘temperature of 40 HOME BURNED, CHILDREN DIE SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 19. —Fire late, yesterday destroyed the home of Mr, and Mrs. Wren Chides ter near Ca Idaho, and two small chfldren were burned to death, according to ‘word. rece!ved here, Mr. Chidester was away at work and Mrs. Chidester and several old er children were attending a school meeting when the blaze occurred. Oo TOWN FIRED BY ROBBERS era FORT. WORTH, Tex., Dec. 19.— ‘Valley View early today after ing a cartying away two safes. The banks were the First Nationa! and thé Guaranty, and the business section was wiped out by the fire. No accurate estimate of their loss Was obtained but the fire damage was estimated at $100,000. The safes weighed 4,000 pounds each. de; below zero, was the coldest place!in the United States Thursday n’ght, according to the government weather bureau here. This tempera- ture is the lowest ever recorded’ for Lander by the; bureau since the rec ords started 33 years ago. Cheyenne was experiencing 2 warm ;wave which was gradually sweeping the cold on cast. The temperature at 10 o'clock this morn- ing was five degrees below zero, a rise of 10\degrees In two hours. The minimum at Cheyenne for the past 24 hours. was 16 below which was reached At 1 o'clock this morning and ¢onftinued for two hours. The forecast predicts that the weather Friday and Saturday w'll be fair with rising températures. Other points in Wyoming where the temperature fell to low .marks included: Sheridan 26 below; Yellow- stone park,. 32 below: Evanston, 24 below, and Green River, 25 below. The coldest place on the Wyoming division of the Union Pacific was at Lodge’ Pole, Nebraska, just east of Sidney; where 26 below was ré- ported. The minimum temperature last night in Laramie was 17 below with 11 below at 7 a.m. The sun rose into a clear sky there this morning DRY BILL UP FOR HEARING WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. — The fos bill, proposing to unite all prohi mn work in one bureau un- der thé treasury department was the subject of further hearings calls to- day before a sub-committee of the senate judiciary committee. Years Listed The below zero weather of the preceding three days has resuli in so much comment on frigi records here in recent years that George S. McKenzie, weather ob- server, has dug through the. local weather statistics for the preced- ing 12 years and unearthed figures on the coldest day of each individ. ual year. While records have been kept in Casper 14 years those of the first two years were destroyed. The low temperature recorded each year is as follows: 19J3—December 21 -----. 1914—February 6 1915—December 27 -----. 1916—January 27. ------------—80 1917—January 22 ----------.—22 1918—December 31. -.--------—-21 1919—November 29 A 1920—January 27 1921—January 11 1922—December 17 1923—December_ 31 1924—December 18 Mex Workers Pay Tribute To Gompers WHOLESALE SCHOOL BOND ELECTION AT SUNRISE HANGS ON VOTE OF SINGLE OWNER Queer things happen at Sunrise. Not long ago there was a mar- riage performed at Sunrise at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Then, a_man was actually shot at Sunrise, Just when people were beginning .o believe that | shoct- ings 4: sunrise we\e myths. These things have happened a: Sunrise, Wyo., an iran mining vil- lage ‘in Platte county. Right now this town, of Sun- rise is confronted with the pro- position of passing on bonds for a new high school at an impend- ing election. In order.to vote on| school bands in Wyoming, one must be a) prop- erty owner, says the law of the commonwealth. Al Johnson and the Colorado Fuel and Iron com- pany are the two land owners in the district—No, 14. Corpora- tions’ can’t vote, so that leaves the whole matter of bonds for a new $37,500 high school building up to AL & by Tearing Throats and Suck “wholesale murderer,” was sentenced to death today. The extreme penalty was also ordered in the case of h Haarmann was found guil a period of six years. His co-defendant was condemned for inciting to murder in one case. “I go to the decapitating block joy- fully and happily,” Haarmann de claimed to the court. Then he pleaded: “Don’t send me to the in- sane asylum. TI would rather not lve.” Grans’ attorney reviewing the his- tory of the case, resented the charge that such an affair was possible only in Germany, as claimed by some of the newspapers. “A long chain of cases leads from Gilles De'Retz via Landru, Loeb and Leopo'd. to Haarmann,” he declared: The attorney pleaded that Haar- mann was the “master mind” tn the series of murders and that Grans was buf ‘his tool who did not know the real purpose of luring the young men to Haarmann’s room. Haarmann, addressing the jury, showed no remorse for his grewsome deeds. a o8 That Al will ‘probably see that the issue “is ‘carried, is indicated by a straw vote recently taken and in’which his vote was conspic: ous. But even Al is not soverign of the situation’ since the law goes on to say that there must be several other land owners to act as judge and clerk. -So Al has arranged to split up his land with a couple of other people. Then he will step up to the polls and put over the bond issue. MAN RETURNED FOR GAR THEFT E. R. Morris, arrested last week at Hutchinson, Kan., charged with the theft of a Buick roadster from Charles H. Ely of Salt Creek a few weeks ago, has been brought back here to face trial.’ Charles Young, deputy sheriff, arrived with the prisoner this morning. The car was picked up in Okla. homa but Morris, who had aban: doned the machine when his arrest threatened, was apprehended in the Kansas city. wax", he sald, “but I needed him, as I was olen in the world.” Claiming his condition was a mor- bid one, Haarmann said: “How I got into this condition I don't know, I eimply saw that In the morning there was a corpse next to me, but not {n all cases.” He declared a large proportion ‘of his potential victims escaped. “I never acted with premeditation” and “I don’t understand why my vic- tims did not offer resistance,” were other declarations. Fritz Haarmann, a Hanover butch- er, was shown at his trial to be a criminal degenerate who lured men and boys to his lodgings and there kilied them by tearing their throats with his teeth and sucking their blood. The crimes were committeed in his boom in the top story of ‘a de- crepit tenement house, facing the River Leine, and the bodies were TRIBUNE PUBLISHER TO VIEW MANEUVERS AS GUEST OF FLEET By special invitation received from the secretary of navy, J. BE. Han way, owner and publisher of the sper Dai’y Tribune, will witness, one of 60 of the most prominent ‘MEXICO CITY, Dec. 19,— Work- ers throughout Mexico are laying down their tools for one hour today as an exhibition of mouring ies Sam- uel Gompers. OIL BOARD IS NAMED TODAY addressed to the secretaries of war, navy, Interlor and commerce, in wh'ch he said: “It is evident that the present methods, of capturing. our oll de posits is wasteful to an, alarming de: gree, in that it becomes impossible to.conserve oil in the ground under at leberty, I would he said. “Why I kill'{e a mystery to me,” he remarked. His plea was full of recriminations against his dead fath er and his friend Grans. | Xmas Offerings Large There will be but-one more big Sunday edition of.the Trib- revious to Christma nm it you should find advertisements that will take care! of your minute shopping needs and that’ will make it possible | to save muney on these purchases. Many merchants are offering special bargains for. the three days preceding the holiday and | Conservation Commission ‘Created by President Seeks Co-operation of Industry in Conservation HANOVER, Germany, Dec. 19.—(By The Associated Press. whose trial for the slaying of 26 persons SLAYER SENTENCED Decapitating Block to See End of Fritz Haarmann, Han- over Vampire, Found Guilty of Murdering 26 Youths ing Blood )—Fritz Haarmann, the has stirred all Germany, is accomplice, Hans Grans. ity of murdering 24 young men, the crimes extending over disposed of by throwing them into the stream. Many human bones were found when the bed of the river was dragged after his arrest early last summer, The testimony at the trial which aroused intense horror throughout Germany, was revolting, much of it to the extent that witnesres were heard. behind closed doors. Among the allegations was that the mur derer as a butcher ‘had offered bis customers human flesh for consump: tion. Haarmann confesred to slaying 15 youths between the ages of-15. and 22, but declared he could not remem: ber the exact number or the names of fs victims. The crimen were spread over a period of several years. ‘ York Conferenc our present leasing and royalty practices if a neighboring owner de- sires to gain possess'on of his de- per men in the country, the maneuvers of the navy's Asi fe fleet in Hawatian Waters during the Trifune advertisements. will cover the greatest part of them. i WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—An oil conservation board, consisting of the secretaries of war, navy, interior and com- When you have perused the advertising columns thoroughly posits. é return to the news columns will disclose many features that Auet editors ale tntte eubeisiott merce, was created today by President Coolidge. Cee et aeraas craxe'ca| | will bold your attention: The world flight of the army uvlatora,| | nn sears, t0,be eueats of The board will study the government’s responsibility in supplemented if not, dominatea by | | cross-word puzzles, articles by feature writers in addition to the| | feet of cruisers, troyers, gu oil conservation and will seek the full co-operation of the} aviation, 1t-is even probable that regular telegraphy loca SEY ADOT poclety Ane etait: boats and auxiliary: ¢ raft from Han | oil the supremacy may be determined] | news make the Sunda ribune the greatest publication in the ‘edro to Ha aoe quad pa eet Bs Art by Mr.} Will work in cooperation with the| by the possession of available pe-| | state, 4 Ronee! a oh fae ne 3 \e9 hy 401 Pan pe “| new board. troleum and its ptoducts. Watvh for the Sunday Tribune. Lica ig fe i eli an yc “polidge lat March to study the fu-) “whe president announced ‘the cre'| . “‘T-am advised that our current ol} a | Lavill tke the newspaper men (ure supply of fuol oll for the navy ation of the new board in letters (Continued on Page ‘Eleven.) Le eager nrp—rereenmeninee! pofits 1p the orient { ' raint NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—( | William Green of Ohio was t | American Federation of Labc James P. Noonan, | Brotherhood of Electri pre al Wo president to fill the vacancy on the e3 1 ni Green's promotion The he r our ikayno said, tation, FINAL OM Bank robbers set fipa to the town of | mended by the budget but $341, wrooke {pasta the ate and national bank and| year. ‘The bill) WILLIAM IS SUCCESSOR TO LABOR POST New Chieftain Elected Today at New Carry Out Gompers’ Policies LON Publication Offices Tribune Bidg., 216 E. Second St. BUDGET FIGURE 5 REDUCED BY ELEVEN MILLION IN COMMITTEE Appropriation for Air Mail Cut Slightly But Without , Reduc- tion in New Service WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. — The largest peace-time supply bill ever presented to congress—a measure carry- ing more than three-quarters of a billion dollars for treas- ary and postoffl depariment tivities during the coming year—was reported today by house appropriations comm ittes. The total !s $76,180,522 or $11. 890,614 more than for the current: year but approximately $12,000,000 less than budget estimates. Of the combined total $126,917, 107 would go to the treasury and $636,269,415 to the postoffice departe ment, Included in the treasury {tem is $11,000,000 for enforcement of pro- hibition—$783,120 more than poco. le t] Hh oie eae ees for thé\coast i uard which is being — used to’prevent lquor smuggling. Among the postoffico department ftema is $2,600,000 for the trans- continental alr mail service—$150,- 000 less than’ the amount granted for this year. Chairman Madden estimated per- manent and indefinite appropria- tions would aggregate $1,340,883,. 955. He expects a reduction from $865,000,000 to $830,000,000 next year in interest on the public debt. An automatic increase in the sinking fund was estimated at $310,000,000 this year and $323,175,000 next year. The bill carries $16,656,200 for the customs service—$322,940 less than appropriated last year; $417,600 for the federal farm joan bureau; $48,- 021.860 for the internal revenue service, including the $11,000,000 for prohibition enforcement; $9,103,- 101 for the public health service and $1,682,040 for mint and assay offices, No provisions is made for main- tenance after July 1 of the assay office at Dedwood, South Dakota, and Balt Lake City. Blimination of these offices was recommended by the administration. “From the evidence obtained by the committee,” said the report, “there is no decrease in work to be performed in the enforcement of the prohibition and narcotic act as to Justify at the present time. a de. crease in the organization.’” The committee recommended that not to exceed $50,000 be expended “for the dissemination of informa- tion and appeal for law observance and law enforcement through the use of posts and other modes of pub- lic appeal.” The appropriation for air mail service is $150,000 less than the amount available for this year, but does not contemplate reduction of service. The bill carries $526,373 for mail transmission by pneumatic tubes—- the amount available this year, and $89,250,000 for rural delivery serv. ice, the fatter a decrease of $600,- 000. e Is Pledged to By The Associated Press.) —4 oday elected president of the or. ident of the International rkers, was elected elghth vice utive council caused “constructiv progressivism."* b In a fe arth statemerrt Mr. Green | sata that he weyld, curry out the | policies of Samuel ¢ pea