Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 6, 1925, Page 1

Weather Forecast * Mostly fair tonight and Wednes- in extreme day. Colder east portion. tonight VOL.IX.NO.75. ~~ ~*Member The circulation of == Che Casp Member of Audit of Circulation x pr ail MEMBER GF ASSOCIATED PRESS Bureau CASPER, WYOMING, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1925 The Tribune is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper. yCribiune # On Streets Del'vered by or at Ne Carrier stands, 5 cents 5 cents a month LAW ENFORCEMENT AND BUDGET | ECONOMY ARE UR UICIDE ENDS TERROR REIGN TRIES TO KILL. Governor Ross FOREMAN, GERD as Policy for MAN ENDS LIFE| State Economy Body Is Found Behind Barricade in Drift of | Coal Mine. THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., Jan. 6.—(Special to The Tribune.) — Reporting for work yesterday morning, after a year’s inactivity and brooding, Chris Radech went down into the dark caverns of the Owl Creek Coal company mines at yebo 12-miles north of here, pack- ing two automatic revolvers and in- tent upon “getting” three men, He got two—and one of them was him- self. More than a year ago Radech was mixed up in a pool hall embrolgio ut Gebo. Before that evening of en- tertainment was over he had been shot through the hand by a miner named Briggs. Briggs went to the penitentiary, but Radech was left at Gebo.to nurse his wound, remain {die and think it cver. In thgt time he plumbed” asfew bitter depths. For thé first time in. many munths Radech “put on his miner's cap, lighted his candle and descended’ in- to Bie eine yesterday. It was just befo: o'clock ‘when he accosted the Hoss. Mike Finnen, and sulienly asked where he was to wield his pick. He was told. He fingered his two guns and went away. In a box chamber on the level the blackhéts was pricked by a candle light: A nfoment later it was pienced bys a'dagger of flame and Wiley Gassett, _ powder man, crumpled down over his fuse, shot through the back. Out into the main passage came Radech, eyes wild, one gun stil smoking. There was the boss, big Mike. A’shot from Radech’s heated automatic ‘seared Finnen’s abdomen. ‘The crazed Montenegrin thought he had madé a clean job of it and rushed orf. There was a third man to see. Another part of the underground pit held that man, Radech found him and’ snapped the trigger. That was alltjust a little cick. That meant Hfe for the third man on the list and he took his chance and ran for it. Again the trigger impinged against the bullet but there was no shot. Christhad not made three notches on his gun. It was too late. The cars were rattling to the top, \un- loading the miners. The mine was deserted in no time at all, with Ra dech far down below crouching alone and waiting. It must have seemed like the pass ing of staring sleepless days befcre Chri again heard the sound of men He knew what was coming. Craw! ing through the carbon dust he found a place to barricade himself. Up in the cold sunlight more than 200 enraged miners of Slavic nat jonality were gathering up arms, ready to follow Sheriff Scott Hazen and his men in to the pit. All of the ten or twelve entrances to the mine were guarded and there was blood to be paid” for in blood. Six guns, automatics, shot guns (Continued on Page Twelve) PRISONER BREAKS JAIL AT LAVOYE, NARROWLY ESCAPES CAPTURE HERE CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. Her routine called for an ecutive chambers where she will continue her work on her | message and budget recommendations to the state legis- JUG OF LIQUOR BRINGS FINE OF STO0IN COURT Nineteen’ Other Cases Heard Monday on City Docket. — A galion jug of ‘liquor which he was transporting homeward Sunday afternoon when accosted by Patrol- man Hageman coat C. W. Crump 100, and made him’ the largest con- ributor of the evening to the city’s coffers. Crump was convicted of Wlegal possession and transportation of liquor. Judge Murray’s court ground its way through ‘a record docket of 19 cases and collected fines totaling $245. H. C. Hamdorff, 1249 East Third street, paid $50 for the privilege of keeping 13 cases of home brew found in his home New Year's eve by a raiding party led by Sergeant Roy Plummer, The contention of Thomas Curran, Hamdorff's attor- ney, that the liquor was for home consumption and hence privileged under recent rulings of higher courts, was overruled by Judge Murray. A fine of $25 was assessed against Walter Brosius, 409 South Spruce street, on his conviction of assault and battery. The charge was pre- ferred by M. W. Barfoot following an altercation occurring in the home of Joseph Bott, in the same tier of apartments tenanted by Barfoot and Brosius. Brosius declared that he had approached Barfoot merely to remonstrate with him for creating a disturbance with the avowed pur- pose of running Brosius out, and that the fight had been a fair ex- change. Traffic cases and convictions for drunkenness accounted for the rest of the collections and assessments. — Fermer Mayor of Cheyenne Is Dead CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 6.—Ed- ward F. Stahle, former mayor of Cheyenne, died Sunday at his home at La Jolla, Cal., where he had re- sided for about a dozen years, A America’s first woman governor today got down to the tasks that face her as an executive of the state of Wyoming. 1420, Fall FIRE LOSSES IN 1924 SET RECORD HERE Fire losses in Casper during 1924 reached the staggering total of $70,201, more than three times the loss in 1923, which marked the previous high point in the city’s history, according to the report of Fire Chief Oscar Heistand sub- mitted last night. to the city council. Tho average loss per fire last year was $527.82. The loss per capita 19. In 1923 the total loss was $21,780, a per capita damage of 78 cents. ‘ insurance covered $61,141 of the 1924 loss. ARCHBISHOP MOELLER OF OHIO DEAD 6.—Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, early appearance at the ex- lature which convenes January While Governor-Ross has refused steadfastly to reveal just what the nature of the budget recommend tions will “be, it {s generally under: stood in Wyoming political circles, that they will hold out for a policy of sharp retrenchment in state ex- penditures, the axe falling the most heavily on state house employes and salaries. 13. Throughout yesterday and last night telegrams of congratulation from the governors of many states and from people in all walks of life continued to pour into her office. What legislative programs the new governor will set forth in her mes- sage to the legislative assembly still are a matter of speculation among state politicians despite the an- (Continued on Page Ten.) CINCINNATI, ©., Jan. 6.—Arch: bishop Henry Moeller, fourth bishop of Cincinnatt and the third to-attain metropolitan rank since the creation of the dfocese approximately 100 years ago, died last night. HOLDUP PAIR A FRIENDS BLAMED BY MADDEN FOR HOAX INVOLVING OFFICE; S. H. PUNTENNEY EXONERATED A hoax perpetrated by some unidentified and too face- tious friend occasioned E. C. Madden, newly installed jus- tice of the peace for the second district, several hours of perturbation yesterday and gave S. H. Puntenney, retiring justice, just cause for exasperation when he read the sur- prising news that he had taken steps to restrain Mr Mad- den from assuming office. A copy of the fictitious petition for an fnjunction was found by Mr. Madden on his desk yesterday. He accepted it in good faith and re. leased it to the press on the assump. tion that the suit was a bona fide one and that the papers would be filed during the day. Credence was WASHINGTON, Jan. 6,—The will of Samuel Gompers was contested today in the District of Columbia supreme court by his widow, Gertrude Gomper: due {influence by Mr. Gomper's son, lent to the document by the fact that Ex-Justice Punteney had de- Samuel J. Gompers, or others. The will left to the widow only the clined to yield to Mr. Madden the files of his office. This Mr. Pun tenney explains was due to his ex pectation of an appointment as justice and his desire to retain the books until that time. The matter was adjusted amicably this morn ing, and offices in the Turner-Cott man building were being prepared to house Mr. Madden's court and the papers of ‘his office, minimum allowed by the law. The Tribune takes this opportun {ty to correct the erroneous {mpres. sion that the story of the injunction plea created, and to record the fact that Mr. Puntenney has taken and Buck Passed to widow survives him. A. Beck, Held for Burglary, Turns up at Casper Bank While Officers Conduct Search for Him J. A. Beck, who early last evening engineered a lone jail break at Lavoye by unscrewing the bolts on the jafl door, missed capture at the Wyoming Trust company this morn- ing at 10 o’clock by approximately one minute, Beck stepped up to the cage of Warren J, Christian, teller, and presented his personal check for $90, The bank employes’ had been tipped off that Beck was wanted and Christian, pre- tending to go to the rear to exam- ine the account, telephoned the sher- riffs office, Deputy Charies Young arrived ‘at the bank, quickly followed by Alex McPherson, sher ff, who had heen in another room when the call came, to discover that Beck had stepped out contemplates not action to challenge Mr. Madden's right to office, Eve Is Returned With $25 Fine Eve got even last night It was about 4,000 years ago, according (o Biblical chronolosy, that Adam, confronted with the evidence of his guilt, first passed the buck with the suave explana- tion: “The woman tempted me and I did eat.” In police court yesterda R. C. Eckert turned the and avenged her sex for those long milleniums of obloquy. Ar: raigned jointly with Mr, Eckert on a charge of intoxieation and iMegal possession of liquor, follow: ing thelr arrest Saturday in the B, & M, cafo, 132 Went Midwest, she informed Judge J, A, Murray that the cafe was Mr, Sickert's, the Hquor was Mr, Hokert's, and that her only share jn tho incident was A perhaps Injudicious sum- pling of the whisky, There was ne serpent for Mr, Eckert (o charge with the ulti mate blame, He meekly accepted the onus of the crime and paid his $25 fine. Mrs, Deckert was assessed $15. just before they arrived, Tho man disappeared into the thin air after he walked out the door and not o trace of him could be found. ABeck was lodged in the Lavoye Jail yesterday afternoon, apecificnily charged with the burglary of the Armstrong home thera in which the loot consisted of $200 in cash, and other valuables, 7 When Beck's room was roarched, ‘according to Lea Bnow, deputy mher- riff who wroked up the case, 't was found te contain « choles aesortment of jadies ready to wear, silk under garments and other articles evident lly stolen, The officials have a gvod descrip tion of Beck snd expect to capture him before the day is over, COOLIDGE VETC OF POSTAL PAY AIOE UPHELD Salary Increases Now Dependent Upon New Measure. Mr, President and Gentlemen of the Counef It is provided by statute that the mayor shall from time to time com. miunicate to the city céuncil on the state of the city and make such recommendations or suggestions which In his judgment are neces sary. One year ago when I took office {t was necessary first to be come acquainted with the adminis trative duties and details of each det partment before it could be possible to offer suggestions to the members of the council as then constituted During the past year therefore we have communicated informally, but now, at the beginning of a new I desire ta acquaint you with brief facts and guch recommendations as » deemed to be pertinent. Comparatively few people of Cas- per realize that the city has grown to be a real metropolitan center comprising better than 30,000 per sons and an assesed property valua tion of over $30,000,000, within a period of only about ten years, Nor do we realize the’amount of general and special tmproyements which are necessary to keep up with the growth of the city. A summary of the work done during the year 1924 shows that*Casper added street pay ing at a cost of $952,977.43 not tr cluding District No. 48 which is only about 30 per cent This amount of paving constitutes SHINGTON, Jan, Coolidge’s veto of bill was sustained today by the senate. The vote was 65 to 29 or one less than the two thirds major- ity necessary to pass the measure ov executive disapproval. With the vote sustained, salary increases now are dependent upon the enact- ment of the pending administration | measure to advance pay and postal rates simultaneously Many sen- ators predict that this measure will fail of passage at this session. chai tse 6.—Pres!- the postal SOLDIERS HELD FOR HOLDUP CHEYE: Wyo., Jan. 6.— W, T. Kennedy and K. Connorr, soldiers ure in custody at Fort Russell, pending the outcome of an inyestj- YEGG SEIZED Mrs. | who charged un-} gation of a charge that they held-up n poker party at the post and stole $3009. about one third of all the streets we have in Casper, new pever s RE CAPTURED R. A. Leggett Paves Way for Record Work by Police in Smashing One In Jaw and Sending in Rush Call An attempted holdup of R. A. Leggett, proprietor of the . & L. grocery store on East First street, as he was walking west on First street near Kimball at 8 o’clock Monday even- ing was frustrated when Leggett smashed one of the rob- bers in the jaw, ran into a neaehy house and summoned the police who caught the highwaymen a few minutes later at Second and Grant. caught underneath the hammer, les- Leggett was commanded by the a pair, who proved to be Mexicans, to] %°mlns the blow of the hammer as It hit the shell. ‘stock ‘em up" whén they were about six feet distant. Oneofthepalr} E. O. Louden, real estate agent/ living at 113 North Grant, street, stepped up and Leggett brought his arm down swiftly catching the Mexi-| this morning at the county jail iden- tified one of the pair as one of two can flush on the jaw. The blow dazed him and as he staggered into| who held him up in almost the iden his partner the latter fired with his| tical spot at 11 o'clock two weeks gun jammed up against Leggett’s|ago Friday evening. At iat tinie ccat. The gun, a new .38 Smith &| they relieved Louden of $65 in cash Wesson, missed fire although the] After Leggett heard the gun snap hammer dented the shell. I be: | he igh acroas|the street ito a near Meved that a plece of Leggett’s coat| by More and called the police. Offi cers Ray Ideen and Sherman Reese answering t 1, caught the two Mexic at corner of Second and Grant within five minutes after the holdup had been frustrated the The Mexicans gave the names of Manuel Chevez 23 and Bensito Co. dero, 25. Both were armed with the same type of revolver, Codero is the one identified by Loudgn this morn ing. Police and the sheriff's office are making an investigation of the two men's records to-seo if they could possibly be associated wtih the Hulse murder. As both were carry ing .38 calibre revolvers and Hulse was shot with a .32 it fs not thought that they had any connection with the’ Killing of the taxt-driver. AT CLEVELAND CLEVELAND, 0., Jan. 6.—Jakie Boehm, described by the police as one of the cleverest safe crackers in the country, was arrested Lere to day as a suspected member of a gang which has recently blown a dozen safes here Recaptured several years ago in Cheyenne, Wyoming, after break ing jail here, Boehm picked the poe kets of a detective of his keys and watch and leaped from the moving train ———$—$———— AUTOMOBILE BELIEVED USED BY TIRE THIEVES 15 FOUND ABANDONED Binee the discovery of an aban. doned car of a popular make at the corner of Chestnut and Thir- teenth street by Undersheriff Lan. dera the officials have been trying to connect # up with the theft of automobile tires during the fall montha, P The car ‘carried twa powerful jacks and extra jue wrenches, equipment which would make i. possible to remove tires in the quickest possible time, The machine was operating under North Dakota license of 1924 and ’ Jack E. Scott’s election the board to get down to wor! had been standi) where It was found approximately two daya, ments of deputies in various completed. | paved The ystems which have been of county officials’ bonds, the 58" added during the year cost a total of $234,324. Sidewalks amounted to $160,000, and the new storage reservoir, with’ a capacity of ten million gallons, cost’ $120,900; The total new construction. work, in cluding minor operations in the street and water departments not included in the above, amounts to over $1,500,000, and most of this work was Initiated during the’ first half_of the past year. Most. of the special improvements are paid for in ten year bonds bearing 6 per |cent interest and maturing at the rate of ten installments as to the princtpal—one payable each year. In order to enable the city and con- tractors to sell these bonds at or near their par value it is necessary (Continued on Page Nine.) HULSE MURDER MYSTERY MA |: AF UNSOLVED New Evidence, Lacking And Old Clues Lead To No Results. The murder of John Hulse bade fair to take its place on the roster of unsolyed crimes when the tenth day found police and county authort- ties without a shred of new eyvi- dence on which to pin hope of appre- hending the slayer, “No. new developments,” was the succinct phrase with which both Chief Bert S. Yohe and Sheriff Alec McPherson summed up the story of futile endeavor which began on New Year's day with the discovery of Hulse’s hJjoo-stained car abandoned on South Cedar street, © credence was placed by either officer In the story of the unidenti- fled woman who {s said to have phoned one of the investigators that she knew Hulse was not killed until Tuesday, December 30. The fact that the Nash sedan in which “Silent Johnny’ met his death was standing on South Cedar, in front of the Homer W. Robb home, at 9:30 Sunday night, December 28, is egnsidered sufficient answer to this report, and the phone call is latd to some jokester or crank. One by one clues which at first {appeared to shadow forth the slay- er’s trail have been checked up and found to lead nowhere. The beillef is growing among Hulse’s associates, who have been most’ assiduous in efforts to trace his murdérer, that the man shot Hulse through the head, emptied his pockets, and dumped his body near a ely byway two miles from town, has long since fled Casper and ‘aay be thousands of miles distant this time. who afternoon following services at Yeager mortuary. slit OS Sa DIVORCE PETITIONED. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan, 6.—Ma bel Hill has instituted guit here divorce from Edwin - Hill, to w! she was married at Greeley, Cc September 10, 1911. She allesé non-support. The couple have child, a daughter, five years SE ae Commissioners Make Rapid Pogress in Business Session After Evction of Scott as New Chairman as chairman of the Natrona county board of commissioners yestt"d8y afternoon broke the deadlock that had existed du ring the day and enabled morning on the approval tfoning of the appoint- ofees-and a preliminary sur- k this completed | Hulse was buried in Denver this the -(D BY MAYOR Text of Message Given New Council QTAND VOICED IN MESSAGE 10 NEW GOUNGIL FnoT MEETING Administration Organ- izes for Year With Induction Into Office Of New Members. Curtailment of any scale paving projects rigorous law enforcement program directed against every form of vice and crime, and a stricter adherence to the budget were the ae and recommendations embodile in the annual Fubiiteen to the new. city council last night by Mayor large a more ing: message e4 police fore mayor's addres out that “the lowe the police department made it a real proble partmen Elve asper that 1 they deserve Dr, Loy's sin m for direct ommendation was confined to the assertion that Mt 4s not possible to compromise with any form of crime, Either you give in or else uppress It—- there is no and Proposy ng year we disposal to fight to s of lawlessness incompatible good citizenship.” 3 he supple- mented with prop for the ex- tension of the pa box cordon to give adequate protection to outlying districts, for. thorough investigation ef applications for licensing pool halls, rooming he nd dant%® halls and the of such It enses only of a $5,000 bond, and for ¢ steps to curb reck and motorists you our orms with on deposit ic intoxicaied The m marizing first or's communiéntion, su-a- the achievements of the of his incumbency read after the retiring council cted on unfinished business yielded to the new organization cath of office administered H. H. Price, ork, to vil Thomas, H. H. Brown and 4 2. Chandler, chosen at the Now=ber election, Mayor Loy thanked *: Es. Pelton and John M. Whisenwat the retiring members. for thelr “-OPer- ation in the work of the yr The new council org: the e! ion of Joseph as president. The roster of commit Lee appointments ‘sube(ted by Loy was unanime ar They are Finaneé*and P hine, H. H. Brows J Streets and All J A. E. Chandle | Department Thomas, A H. H. Brow Thomas; F H. Brow Health, Lownde Sewer ler, NF tery c. T was zed with Lowndes ave &, C. E. Hoff. M. Lownde M. Lownde Thomas; Park and Cer E, Thomas H. H. Brown Hoffhine; Public Butldi and s c. EB Hoffthine. W. Tucker members of the spec mittee which co permanent ut, the and Mr, The new council began tts (Continued on Page les, J ial heal operate elty-county he , 1 named Mayor lc Chandler legisla Ten.) APPOINTMENTS MADE BY COUNTY OFFICERS ARE CONFIRMED 8Y BOARD vey of the county As a result of morning the f Sheriff Alex McPhers: of Fd Landers as u Fred Place, Neal F Carter, Frank Rutledge, and Willlam Wittle Snow will work in Midwe Wittle in Lavoye with the force in the loca and Snow were given r appointments, the ot! special deputies. All of the count officers are well (Continued budget fe action st and law enforcement own.’ Landers, on Page Ninep