Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1924, Page 9

| Che Casper Samday Tritmow — VOLUME 34 CONGRESS MEETS MAIN NEWS SECTION 7 SECOND TAIAL PROSPECT NOW HELD PROBABLE | | Jury Stands Seven to Five for Acquittal OF Pugilist. By HAROLD E. SWISHER. United Press Staff Correspondent. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 27.—(United Press.) —Jur- ors in the case of Kid McCoy, charged with murdering Mrs. Theresa Mors, his last love, went to* bed tonight with the former pugilists fato stil! undecided. The nine women and three men on the jury filed out from the court room at 10:30 p. m. bound for the'r \% hotel in the custody of a bailife and police woman. They had just re- ported to Judge Charles 8. Cratl that they stodd seven to five with no prospect of an agreement to- night. Deliberation will be resumed to- morrow morning, Judge Crafl or- dered. If the jury should reach a verdict during the day, it is not ex- pegted that ft will be revealed be- fore Monday. In case no agreement appears probable early Monday the judge is expected-to,dismiss the jury and or- der @ second trial. ~~ - The court room was almost empty when the tired jury left for the cht. ‘They had made their report of the deadlock a half hour previ- 1s at which time Judge Crail or- red them back to deliberate until they wished to go to bed. \ few minutes later the buzzer nened the bailiff wh» was met h- word that his charges wished retire. SECOND TRIAL TALK GROWING. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 27. ussion of a second trial for Kid charged with murdering resa Mors, his latest love. heard about the court room of Crail tonight as hours passed th no sign of a break in the dead- which has gripped the jury it took the case Friday morm ing. The jury was stil! divided 7 to at 10 p. m. when Judge Charles S. ‘al orflered the body before him. Report that a full day’s delibera- tions had failed to change a single vote came from the foreman W. H. Coulthurst. Judge Crail then sent the jury lagk to the, council ropm to deliber- © some more, ordering the fore- man to let him know when a recess r the night was desired. sinc (4209) aw CASPER, WYOMING, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1924 MAIN NEWS SECTION NO. 23 MCOY JURY STILL DEADLOCKED Heir Is Gril!ed | Economic conpitisns ARE In Death Probe Foster Father of “Millionaire Orphan” Resents Intimation That He May Know Something Unusual By JAMES T. KOLBERT (United Press Staff Correspondent) CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—Emphatic denial of intimations that there was something unusual about the death of Wil- liam McClintock, “millionaire ning by William D. Shepherd, orphan,” was made this eve- foster-father of the youth, to State’s Attorney Robert E. Crowe. 110 DEAD IN EXPLOSION ON NIPPON ISLE OTERU, Japan, Dec. 27 (United Press).—A terrific explosion of gun powder on the water front tonight killed 110 persons, injured-200 others and blew up 1,000 houses. Following tig explosion fire swept along the water front while . the whole frontage was ablaze. Oteru is on the northernmost. tip of the island of Hok Kaido, It is a center of coastal fishing, and has the best port ‘on Yezo, o small isle of the Hok Kaldo group. |‘ It is connected by rail with’ Saphoro | and with the Porronal coal mines in the interior. The River Ishikari-Gwa flows into Ishikari bay, on whch Oteru is situated. The district 1s noted throughout Japan for its salmon. The city in 1910 was 12,864. eae NEW OFFICERS-ELEGT INVITED TQ ATTEND TUESDAY FORUM MEET The Casper Chamber of Commerce will hold a special open forum lunch- eon at the Henning hotel, Tuesday, December 30, 1924, at 12:10 p.m. A special invitation has been extended to all city, county, state and district officers-elect from Natrona county. of Fredric Williams, secretary oObeten ; the Rocky Mountain Fire Under- tied ih Sn cea te) ai ciagad ey writers association will be the prin- Kid! said he was feeling fine. “r| cipal speaker, Mr. Williams will can’t understand why they find the|scuss the proposed rate reduction ° iF . in automobile insurance, advocated decision so difficult,” was his only comment. Rumor about the court room, en- ire'y unconfirmed, was that the seven-to-five stand was a majority in McCoy's favor. Preceding the jury's apearance, Deputy District Attorney Fricke ad- dressed the court, stating that a Miss Stella Elbertson, apparently a friend of McCoy, had tried to influ- ence the jury when it left for lunch today. Fricke asked that she be excluded from the court room. Miss Elbertson jumped to her feet (Continued on Page Three) WYOMING men and members of the Motor club are cordially invited to attend. by the Chamber of Commerce and the Casper’ Motor club. insurance Casper All automobile dealers, The Weather WYOMING.—Partly overcast in south probably snow in north por- tions, Sunday and Monday; rising temperature. Shepherd declared that so far as he knew, McC}intock died from typhoid fever, as announced by the attending physicians. He also denied there was anything unethical in the Preparation of the will, which gives the bulk of the $2,000,000 estate to Shepherd and his wife. “So far as I know Billy died from natural causes,” Shepherd sald. “Billy was given every care that medical attention could bestow,” Shepherd said. “His frail constitu- tion simply could not resist the dis- ease.’ In explaining how the will was drawn, Shepherd said: “Some time before his death, Billy asked me who would get his money in the event of death. I told: him the heirs. would get it.In his case: it would be-his cousins, I said. © E gonit sing, to: get HOLDUPS SLAY THEIR VICTIM CHICAGO, Dec. — (United Press)—Two thugs shot and instant- ly killed Gus Haddam, chemist, when he resisted an attempted hold- up which occurred within two doors of his home here tonight. COAST WASHED _BY HIGH TIDES SAN PEDRO, Cal, Dec. 27.— (United Press.)—The highest tides of the year drenched the southern California coast today, causing some damage. A 12-foot wall of water here threatened to swamp small boats as {t plunged over the break- water, Ventura reported the high tide damaged the Rincon causeway un- der construction and flooded -the baseball park. Pleasure piers at Santa Monica, Venice and other re- sorts were swept by water. es RM Le COUSIN OF OIL MAGNATE DEAD AUBURN, N. Y., Dec. 27.—James O, Van Duyne, 73, second cousin of John D. Rockefeller, died at the Auburn city hospital today after be- ing ill two months. INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT FCR YEAR IS WORT , Minerals, Live Stock, Agriculture and Manufacturing Total Shows Slight Decline in 1924 CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 2 7.—The year 1924, despite numerous unauspicious conditions, was far from being an immemorial year for Wyoming industrially. A review of the year reveals that the monetary value of the output of its four great producing industries, the mineral, the live stock, the agricultural and the manufacturing, fell littie hort ef that of the output of these] tries output during 1924 commodities {ndustries during the peak year jn|cf the following. valu the e's history, 1923. The value Mineral, $213,328,425. of the 1924 output was $299,982,899,| Livestock, $36,030,054. mpared with a 1923 output of $311,-| Agriculture, $30,524,015. 188,770. The difference is $11,205,871 Manufactures, $20,000,000. The four great ywoducing indus- Petroleym pyodustion was respon- $311,188,770 sible for the greater part of the value of mineral industry's output. The refined value was $191,578,425. The 1924 production was 3,440,098 barrels less than the 1928 production (pro- duction during December of this year estimated.) : Coal production for 1924 1s estl- mated at 6,250,000 tons, a decrease of 1,300,000 tons from the 1923 pxo- duction Falling off in the value of the state's total production as hetween 1924 and 1923 caused by curtailment of the petroleum and coal outputs was in part offset by increases in the value cf the livestock, agricultural ind manufactures productions. In- wreases shown by these were, live stock, $3,862,529; agriculture, approx: BRIGHTEST EVER KROWN FOR WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. (United Press)—The New Year begins next Thursday with the greatest economy conditions set forth since the world war, in the opinion of government offictals, Stabilization of. American busi- ness has been éffected to an extent unrealized since 1913, and the big totals of bus‘ness during war days are being eclipsed by the healthy and the solid expansion néw under- way, reports from a dozen govern- mental fact-finding agencies show. “The outstanding evert of 1924 was the improvement in agricul- ture,” Secretary of Commerce Hoo- ver said today, Farm produetion of the year will be greater in volume and value than last year. The federal reserve board HENRY D, SCHOONMAKER, WEALTHY RANCHER . OF SWEETWATER REGION, DIES IN PASADENA USHERING IN OF NEW YEAR in @ statement today not'fied the bankers of the nation that increases in value of farm crops 1s officially estimated at nine per cent, corn and tobacco showing the only increases in yield. Stabilization of bus'ness proper is shown by reports of new business and failures compiled by financial agencies, Firms that failed during the first 11 months of 1924. had to- tal Habil'ties of $947,946,000, but the decided rising tone of early De- cember reports will cut the total for the year proportionately lower, it was said. The failures in the same period last year totalled $487,- 028,000, but the over-expansion of late 1923 had to be absorbed by the deflation of early 1924, when many (Continued'on Page Two.) - Exiled Solons |'Plan Return Victory Crowns Efforts of Rhode Island Senators in Defeating Plan for Constitutional Convention By FOSTER EATON (United Press Staff Correspondent) RUTLAND, Mass., Dec. 27.—One hundred and ninety days ago today, 21 Rhode Island state senators under the leadership of Senator Arthur U. Sherman, of Portsmouth, R. I., president pro tem of the senate, fled the city of Provi- dence following the famous *‘gas bomb” incident in the senate chamber, went into exile here, end since then have written a chapter unique in the his- rounded out a full 200 days volun- tory of American government. tary exile. Confident that they have accom- “The amazing thing to us all,” plished their purpose—the prevention | Senator Sherman told the United of a constitutional convention being | Press, “is not that we accomplished called to reapportion senate elections | our purpose, but that there were 21 in the state of Rhode Island—they | men who Would quit their own per- are now “pulling up stakes” at the| sonal businesses and ‘stick it out’ Bartlett hotel here, preparing to re- (Continued on Page Three) turn in a body to Providence for the Ca oe mn « cad 4 inauguration of Governor-elect Aran J. Pothier, on January 6. On their return to Providence, they will have 14'Trades And Known here as a prominent Na- trona county pioneer and the wealthy owner of valuable leases in Salt. Creek and other Wyoming fields, Henry D. Schoonmaker died yesterdey morning at his home in Pasadena, Cal. He was-about 60 years old, Surviving him is a ais- ter who has n his.constant com- panion for m: years. In the 80's the Negro Sweetwater river, controlling land on which Independence and for many years he and his sis. ir lived-on the ranch, their hospit nie atthactng many friends. Bride: Gets Alimony (United Press) NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—The courts today awarded Grace Jones Rhinelander, whose father declared himself an Ethopian, $3,000 counsel fees and $300 a month alimony, with which to establish her right to remain the w'fe of the son of New York's foremost society families. Leonard Kip Rhinelander, who courted the dusky little apandsee | and married her in secret, must pay the above sums pending trial for his suit of annulment of the marri- Meanwhile, investigators for both Rhinelander and his bride _ will search in England and in the {West Indies for definite proof of her father’s family tree. Both principals in New York's most famous mystery of miscegena- tion are in hiding. Attorneys for the w fe will seek to prove: 1.—That her father misrepresent- ed himself as “colored” when he to alizat’on papers, ce Jones, prior to her into the wealthy (Continued on Page Two.) |__ CLEAN UP YOUR BILLS ITORIAL ) Christmas is all over and the enjoyment has bee all used up. Now we are faced by another and different condition—the payment not only of our holiday bills but of all other bills we may owe. It is the time of year that we close the books by pay- ing our obligations and receiving what is due us. It may not be a pleasant revelation to some of us to learn just where we stand financially, but the good or bad news must come to us sooner or later and we will have our duty to face in any event. Then—why not now? If we owe anybody, we certainly, if we are square, want to pay him. We cannot expect our or elsewhere to obtain funds te we owe them money. Rather i creditors to go into the banks carry on their business, while it up to us to rustle*the money ourselves and pay those we owe. So many people forget that credit for goods, property and services furnished, is a mere matter of accommodation to the debtor upon the implied understanding that he is to settle promptly on the first of the month. If he fails for any -ason to make good in his calculations, the responsibility is upon him to satisfy the claims against him. If he values his credit he makes good at any cost and thus retains the friendship and trust of his creditors. If he dis . regards or evades his duty in this respect his business stand- ing is impaired, and it takes a long time to reg It may require some effort, possibly gather up the funds with which to pay those who*have trusted us, but always remember it is worth while. It establishes or maintains our reputation in the community, and whether you remain jn Casper or go elsewhere that reputation follows 5 and you are judged by it. In the grand settlement which will begin January first, it will aid the liquidation of bills if the “big fell will set an imatey $3,000,000; manufactures $2 000,008, example of promptness by cleaning up first, thus enabling the “little fellow” to more promptly meet his obligations. No one knows how much financial distress he is relieving when he pays a bill. His payment enables some one else to get out from under. And when the second man pays out, the third man can change the situation for the fourth, and so on down the line. It is a fine example in the operation of an endless chain. A financial cleanup in Casper is the most vital thing that could happen to business circles. Ti ie che most necessary thing to taking a fresh start for 1925, fiom New York state, establishing the famous Dumbell ranch on the the Rock stands as the major monument of the old Oregon trail, Death of Doc- tor Schoonmaker brought his son Henry D. Schoonmaker. to the state at about 1900 to claim his heritage Professions. In Exiled Forces RUTLAND, Mass., Dec. 27.— (United Press.—A model com- munity might be maintained with the 14 trades and professions rep- resented in the group of 21 Rhode Island sendtors, exiled here since Land acquired in prospective o!l fields in Wyoming and patented t Doctor Schoonmaker, passing to h son, later brought to the latter a| June 23. fortune in royalties. Parts of sec There. are fivg farmers, four tions 12, 13 and 14 in Salt Creek} storekeepers, a millionaire end were his possession, leased to the| veterinary surgeon, a lawyer, a Midwest Refin'eg company in the] stone cutter, a carpenter, an ac- name of the sister. Other lands in| countant, a telegrapher, an en- Fremont county fiekis, besides| graver, an engineer, a hote)] keep. structures in other counties, have} ek, on -insurance agent and. an + (Continued on Page Three) undertaker: +A ERSITY CHANCELLOR OUSTED ° Governor ‘Davis of Kansas Orders Re- moval of Lawrence Chief Following Suspension of Students TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 27.—Chancellor E. H. Lindley of <ansas university today was removed from his position by Governor Jonathan M. Davis and the board of administra- tion, following a controversy, which arose when the chan- cellor suspended four university students charged with drinking. W. L. Burdick, vice chancellor of the university, was ordered to take charge after his school in the way the responsible Lindley refused to relinquish his po- sition ‘at the request of the gover. | 8°84 Of the.school should know it. Fey “He has been responsible for and In a lengthy statement prepared | has encouraged and fostered the this afternoon, Governor Davis cited }false and malfcious attacks upon the Lindley on five counts—insubordina- | governor and the board of adminis- tion, incompeten procrescation, | tration that they were trying to in- political activity a aloofness from | jo partisar’ politics into the the student body and from patrons | school,” the charge continued. of the: achool. Dr. Lindley was also accused by Governor Daws of having “made steady endeavors to build about him, through displacement of o!4, true friends of the university and the ap- pointment of new professors, a per- sonal political machine within the school that would strengthen his own powers and help him in his own arbitrary control of the school and its policies.” In regards to the “aloofness” of Dr. Lindley, the governor charged that “the head of an important de- Several weeks ago four men stu dents of the untvyersity were sus pended for drinking after the car in which they and fqur coeds were returning to Lawrence from a dance here, overturned. The men charged they were not given a proper hear- ing by the chancellor before their suspension. Immediately after the dismissal of the students, an invertigation was started into Dr. Lindley's conduct of the school and was climaxed by the action of the governor. partment tried for six months to The governor, in his charge|ree the chancellor and never suc against the ousted chancellor dec'ar- | ceeded in getting interviews.” ed that Dr. LindleY “‘does not now “This spirit of aloofness and artist- know and and never has known «Continued on Page Two) AY 10 DECIDE ISSUES POSTAL PAY TO BE FIRST BILL FOR ARGUMENT IN THE SENATE Movement for Extra Session “ Revived in Face of Many Tangles To Be Solved. By PAUL R. MALLON Press Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. —Congress comes back Mon- day from the Christmas re- cess to clear the way for ac- tion on the Muscle Shoals and postal pay problems. Arrangements were made by sen- ate leaders tonight to have the new Sterling* bill including postal rates to pay for a $68,000,000 salary raise to employes, reported out ,the early Dart of the week, if poss: This would clear the decks for al dis- Position of the question a week from Tuesday. Meantime off-stage work must bo necomplished to straighten out the Muscle Shoals muddle. The Under- Wood optional operation plan is Pending, but leaders hope to delay any final action until after tho postal pay enigma {is solved. Senator Charles E. Curtis, Repub lean floor leader, announced tonight that he would attempt'to hold th senate in session two days befor New Year's, if he could get an agreement between the varying factions, ‘to handle only unobjected and-clear the senate calendar. ie house meanwhile will con- tihue at work upon appropriation bills. Three have been passed and are now’ before the senate appro. Priation’ committee. They will be reported ‘out sometime during tho Week and will intrease the post- Tecess legislative jam. Only two more months of con- gress remain. Adjournment must be taken March 3 when the life of the present senate and house ex- Pires and the new congress elected last November comes in. With many tangles still un- straightened there is an increasing pression that an early extra ses- sion of the new congress will be necessary. The statement of Presi- dent Coolidge that he had a open mind for the necessity for the extra session gives Republican leaders some hope. NEWSPAPER FIGHT Y BELIEVED WON. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—News- paper publishe tonight appeared to have made important progress in their fight against proopsed rate tn- creases in second class mail as the second week ended its hearing on the postal bill. Representative Kelly, Republican, Pennsylvania, chairman on _post- offices, which is sitting with the senate committee, announced he was formulating plans to eliminate all proposed increases on second class mail in the pending bill Kelly said he believed increased rates on newspapers would drive many out of the mails, thus very “killing the goose” as the goverr ment would lose such revenues as it now derives from this class of mail matter. He proposed to meet the $68,000,- 000 increase in postal salaries pro- vided in the Sterling bill by elimi- nating all free mail matter and im posing a fiat five cent charge on all parcel post packages. Other mail rates would remain as at present Kelly said. ho believed that increased (Continued on Faxe Two) ICY WAVE GRIPS WEST FOR SECOND TIME; LOW TEMPERATUR Three Deaths, Many Fires and Trans- portation Troubles Follow in W ake of Severe Cold CHICAGO, Dee. (United Pre -Borne on wings of a biting gale, the second cold wave in 10 days : tled a paralyzing grip on the middle west tonight. Temperatures ranged down to 34 below zero. Three deaths, many fires, interruption of wire commu- nication and intense suffering followed in the wake of the the t- wave A broad belt of ice extends far out Appeals for fuel were recelved| into the lake of poor here, Hundreds} The thermometer dropped to six of fla welle complained to police | below zero on the outskir! of Chi and the health department about the | cago early in the evening. ‘ack of heat Temperatures of 25 below zero Lake § were forecast for Iowa, 20 below for nipping was at a standstill, ‘ Jed to the ES. RULE Wisconsin, 10 below for Missour! and 20 below for Nebraska. Minnerota reports 20 below and Ca lian points registered 34 below. FOUR DEATHS IN OHIO CHARGED TO STOR: COLUMBUS, (United Press).—A person was frozen’ to leaths in Ohio toc dw only one vttribu Edward Lynch; a coal miner, was found frozen to death gn the, bani of a stream near } raitaville. One woman died as a result in- haling. smoke when the stove over- heated and set fire to her house in Cleveland and another Cleveland woman was burned to death when she stood too close to an open grate. Two Lima men died from the ef fects of escaping gas because they (Continued on Page Iwo) i