Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 15, 1925, Page 1

i | Weather Forecast except snow tonight in south por n. Cold wave northwest portion resh to strong northerly winds ¢ night in south portion. Generally fair tonight and Friday The circulation hr VOL. IX. NO. 82 Member of ap iEMBHR CF era ASSOCIATED PRE of The Tribune is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper. tly @rihiume | Audit Bureau of Circulation INEOUI CASPER, WYOMING, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1925 reets or LE TAXATION CHARGE » BY GOVERNOR ROSS IN MESSAGE GIRL CONFESSES MURDER be “went on had Los Angeles Girl Is Cap- tured in Frisco for Crime. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. J5.—Miss Dorothy Elling- son, 16-year-old daughter of Mrs. Anna Ellingson, who fled from the Ellingson home here after her mother was shot to death, wus arrested to. day by detectives who found her in a district about two miles from the ene of the shooting. Sy ‘Yes, I killed mother,” Miss El- Ingson sald, according to detectives. I killed her because she upbraided me for going out with men. I told her I was going out on Tuesday night, and she I should not. We had an awful quarrel. Then I got my brother’s gun and shot her." The arrest took place at a rooming house where the girl said she was taken on Tuesday night by a male companion. The police said the girl wilt charged with murder. Killing of the mother was the cli- max of a family quarrel which caus- ed the. girl's father to sever the family fies after an argument over the propriety of his daughter's as- soclates. ‘The mother defended Her daughter against the accusations made-by the father, but after he left the family becamo converted to his view, police said. After the tragedy. the girl on a party on Hartford street, Tuesday night, where were drinks and something to eat.” “4 When the car in which he was a passenger crashed into another at the intersection of Seventh and Dur- in streets Tuesday evening, H. W. Kribbs, 315 East Eighth street, was lopping mad. He hopped out, hopped over to John Huber, driver of the other machine, and flourished a pis tol in his face, giving vent meanwhil to language more vehement th eem*, Officer Zook, arriving opportunely, took the gun away from Kribbs. Jus tice J. A. Murray, In police court last night, took ay from bbs Half of it assault The traffic vi h Le Huber was di on the ony of witn Given Gentlemen of the Highteenth Legis lature: It becomes my duty today in com- pliance with the Constitution and laws of our state to make report to of the progress of its affairs and to present for your considera- tion such recommendations and sug- gestions for legislation as commend themselves to me as of outstanding importance. The occasion {s one to inspire all with the loftiest motives of patriotism and to impress all with a sense of deep responsibility to the people, whose representatives, in our respective capacities, Not to serve special or personal in terests, not to be the spokesmen of any particular ¢ or party, ha we been entrusted with the task be fore us, but to labor as best we may, with unselfish devotion to the great cause of popular government, for the advancement of the common interests all the people. The this duty moves you we of contemplation of According to Mr. McCormick's suit his former wife, Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick, is attempt- ing to gain possession of the stock which is a part of a trust fund created by John D. Rockefeller, Sr., in 1917. Mr. McCormick's daughter, Ma thilde, married Max Oser, Swiss rid Ing master, shortly after her parents were divorced, and Mr. McCormick seeks to hold the stock in trust for their child who is but nine months old. The stock is held by the Equitable Trust company of New York trustees. Edith Rockefeller McCormick re linquished her right to the original trust fund which was 12,000 shares with a par value of $100 a share January 19, 1918, when she turned it over to Harold F. McCormick, who {s now. bringing suit in behalf of the infant, the sult sets out The stock at the present time has nereased to 3,824 shares. ———— TO CONTINUE Jan. 15.— The Deadwood, 8. D. Lake City will tr July 1 ched toda asury-postoffice ap as unavoidable MAN ARRESTED FOR MURDER GIVES CASPER AS HIS HOME In the DUBUQUE, Iowa, Jan. 15 belief that he may be Kinnle Wa ner, slayer of a deputy sheriff at Leakesville, Miss., a. man giving his name as George Howarton and claiming to be a resident of Casper, Wyo., 18 being held in jail at Galena, | name of George Howarton or Kin nle Wagner, reported to have beer arrested at Galena, Il, on a murder charge, One report, however, con nected such a ame with an erst while “tankle employed here some time ago but efforts to confirm this Message Text — in Fall me to a declaration of the humility with which I approach the obliga tions of the high office which has been committed to me, and of my hope that God may give me wisdom and direct my mind and heart in my official duties. In beginning this message, I feel that I may with propriety impart what I believe will be of interest to you to know, that its preparation has been facilitated not alone by such knowledge of the state's prob. lems as I the privilege of gain ing during the past two years from association with the governor, husband, but also t the extenslv notes which he h already sembled and designated to be bodied in his messag Progress of Two Years, When the legislature assembled for the session of 1923 th two outstanding problems that con fronted the state government The (Continued on Four.) em ere were EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS IN STANDARD OF INDIANA STOCK - INVOLVED IN M’CORMICK SUIT INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 15.—Harold F. McCormick, millionaire Chicago farm implement manufacturer, filed suit in the United States district court here yesterday ask- ing that 123,824 shares of stock in the Standard Oil Com- pany of Indiana, valued at more than $8,000,000, be held in trust for his grand-daughter, Anita Oser. DAVIS FACING NEW CHARGES HBkamater Of Marriages Is Facing Prison LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan. 15. —Ernest E. Swartz, self styled Promoter of marriages was con victed of using the mails in a scheme to defraud. Swartz was brought to trial when lonely men, most of whom lived in the great open spaces of the west, complained that they had sent money and railroad tic kets v who had failed to put in rance marriage promoter sent pl graphs of motion pieture accompanied by an alluring note bachelors who advertised in a t. Paul matrimonial journal and kept the transportation money which they sent MEX RELEASE W. F. LORENE MADISO} Wis., Jan. 15.—(By The Associated Press}—Governor Blaine this morning received a message from President Ca’les at Mexico City rtating that Dr. W. F. Lorenz, presi dent of the state board of control Dl, neue tare | proved futile. Records of the police land sheriff's office also fatled to today of city directories | divulge information that might lead payroll lists and other indices to] to {dentification of the accused man Casper residents failed to reveal the! a former resident here. had been released from jail at Pro. ARM AID iS OUTLINED EXPORT ‘FIRM Is URGED CHICAGO, Jan. 15.—Creation of a Farmers’ Export Corporation of fit- teen individuals with power to divert a surplus above domestic needs to he world working capital, ach commodity in amounts jent to prevent impairment of the vorking capital und a protective tar- fi bave been recommended by the adequate to collect suffi- market, with power American council of agriculture to President Coolidge’s agricultural con- ference. The suggested legis'ation, outlined by G. M. Peek. president of the coun cll, provided that the incorporators be the secretaries of the treasury. agricultire* and commerce and twelve individuals appointed by the president one from each cf the feder- al land bank digricts, from nomina tions made In the district by bonafide farm organization. The life of the corporation would extend to June 30, ies The {ncorporators would make up a board of directors with power to or ganize a smaller committee from the appointed members, to hire adminis trative officers and otherwise exer cise a corporations’ power, it was proposed. SLEMP GIVES | UP POSITION (Copyright ©, BASCOM SLEMP WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—C. Bas com Slemp will retire March 4 as secretary to President Coolidge and he will be succeeded by Representa. tive Everett Sanders of Indiana. The decision of Mr. Slemp, wh« s been secretary to Mr. Coolidge since he entered the White House, became known today after he had returned from q trip to New York. Representative Sanders will retire from the house March 4, not having been a candidate for re-election. He was director of the Republican na tonal committee's speakers’ bureau during the campaign and is a mem ber of the house steering commit tee. Mr. Slemp's decision to retire wax due to several factors, including desire to return to the direction of his face tegemeae as TTT. iarenpenatys) ve business interests. COMMITTEES IN STATE oENATE “ARE APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT Legislative Appropria- tions Bill Passed by House in Session Late Wednesday. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 15.—The senate of the 18th Wyoming legislature cor |pleted its organization late Wednesday afternoon when} President Lewis H. Brown} announced the standing mmittes, | had completed s organ ses were,ready Thursd o get down to the the sion The He eded to do so without waiting the governor's message, the ger ral Introduction of bills beginning Thursday mo. ng. Previc i late High Points Of Message CHEYENNE message to the Wy Jan. 15.—Gov Nellie Tayloe Ross in her legislature r nmend: e financ Pay-as-you-s stem of Equalization of taxation to ve small taxpayers and place greater proportion of taxes rporati x} « 1 sources, Adoption of budget system of finan by counties Application of more mo to st arm loan fund and tha d be made revolving Employment by state of guagers to meas royalty ofl and ga and investigation by state of it ack oll resour r © possibl market therefor Application of a not exceeding one thi th from state school lan rent exper Liberal support for the state university Enforcement by law of greater precautionary measures against coal mine disasters. Ratification of federal child labor amendme Hxtension of the authority of the law enforcement department unk guaranty legislation, Inflictign of penalization upon purchasers of intoxicat NATRONA SOLONS PLACED O8 IMPORTANT COMMITTEES IN Wednesday had passed its first bill, the legisia tive appropriations act, under sus sion of the rules and this was in he hands of the senate Thursday morning The legislative appropriations act, always the first measure, introduced nd passed, provides funds for the payment ot"expenses of the legisia- tive session. The act passed by the house Wednesday carries approxi. mately $85,000, of which approxi- mately $65,000 is for the payment of the per diem and traveling expenses of the members of the legislature and the per diem of the legislative employes. The remaining $20,000 covers printing and other legislative expenses. The members of the house Wed- (Continued on Page Five.) afternoon, the Hous ‘| ORGANIZATION OF THE SENATE Decks Cleared at Sessions Late Wednes- day for Message; McMillan Paid Compliment as Clerk of House By COL. W. H. HUNTLEY CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 15.—(Special to The Tribune) —Cleaning up the odds and ends of organization in both houses of the legislature was the order of business late yesterday. In the senate during the afternoon President ‘Lewis H. Brown presented his standing committee assignments, which were promptly confirmed. Na Bribe Money Paid for Pr for Prison Parole of Wealthy Merchant’s Son Is Said to Have Been Shared by Governor TOPEKA, Kan. J,an. 15.—(By The Associated Press.) —Another charge, that money was paid for a parole issued by former Governor Jonathan M. Davis was added today to the series of accusations against the retired executive, his son, Russell, G. Davis and Carl J. Peterson, state bank commissioner cutive clemenc: Th new case presented to the attorney general and the wnee ount a ey, who are « ing i s jon of the pard y salves the parole of EF rtholomew, son of C. H. Bartt olomew, w thy Wichita merchant The elder Bartholomew alleges in affidavit named parole vic Johnson he jd $1,250 to a yhnson" and received his son, who was n th for of automobile theft told him, Bartholomew ‘A New C. Year” Me GUS Automobile fans, men of large incomes, and some of the big corporations very often buy] new cars every yea | That puts cats which are good} and serviceable upon the ma ket at greatly reduced prices. | Those who want a good car and do not feel like investing in the price of a new or those who need another car for use in thelr business can get | good used automobiles at prices they can afford to pay. In Casper there are hundreds of good used cars on the market at bargain prices. They are to be found by keeping in touch with the advertisements in th automobile section of the Sun- day Tribune. Here's a hint to the wine! in connection with alleged trafficking in e tes, that the “deal would be handled through arl Peterson state bank commiss! and t » money would be divided $500 to err Davis; $500 to Petersor ACCUSED STATE ‘Oo CIAL RESIGNS. TOPEKA, Kans., Jan. 15.—(By The Associated Press.—Carl J Peter state bank commissioner ind appointee of former Governor J. M. Davis, Teaigned today DAMAGE SUIT IS ADJUSTED BY VANDERLIP, MARION, Jan The $1 "00,000 damage suit filed by F Moore nd 1. H. Brush, publishers of the Marion (Ohio) Star against Frank A. Vanderlip of New York has settled of court, the Star will say tos The suit was filed by the publish ers following an address by Mr, Van derlip at Briar Clift, New York, a year ago, in which the New York financier 1s alleged to have charged that Moore and Brush pad Pres} dent Harding an exorbitant price for th» paper. The Star in its announcement of th settlement out of court, says that formal papers withdrawing the been out 7 J The ‘Casper Dail WANT AD SECTION | “A Guide to the Market Places” suit will be filled In United States district court in the lower district of New York late today or § tomor row The Ohio amo pub nt of damages paid the ers by Mr, Vanderlip Was not made public, trona county members were placed as follows Senator Free, chairman of law en REMEDIAL LAWS ANE URGED ON STATE SOLON BY EXECUTIVE Budget Program Look- ing to Economy in City-County Goyern- ments Also Urged, CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. Declaring that she did not come before it to repre- sent 15 any special class or ins terests, but that she ap- | proached her tas pur posing her messago—the f ‘ & state legislature me ctly into the ques. fon expenditures, after a brief review of the progress of the state since husb: 1 took over the reins two years ago, Mr Ross called attention to huge overs Irafts in the ger la a for 1 It 4 rtain t na ¥ y holders are | ng more than t . proportionate it mpc sible to evade the conclusion thut our greatest obliga at this hour to a task equalin, tax ler sh sa I urge you ther in t emphatic terms I can command, to m uch provision, by appropriate legislation, that all forms of wealth shall bear their full share.’ Declaring, however, that the state had done its share orking for a reduction of taxes rnor Ross declared that “public opinion must be directed toward 16 control of local expenditures. and recommend. ed the “adoption of a that w 1 make a budget and its publicity forcement; chairman of mines and | obligatory upon ever ty, Noho mineral products, chairm of rail-| board and elty coun: any roads and transportation; member | expenditure can be made of revenue; member of internal {m Farm rélief measures were next provements and publi¢ highways taken up, defects appe i ish res Senator Froyd, chairman of | lief statute enacted by the sixteenth . county affal and cou boun. | legislature, she sald, made it, at the Collie Goes daries; chairman public utilities; | present time, ineffe e. In remedy chairman federal relations, Indian | °f this Govrnor Ross suggested that and military’ affairs; member ft-' legislation be enacted to make the Back to Old nance, expenditures, ways and] farm loan appropriation a revolving means fund and that $1,500,000 be added to As a means of initiation of new |‘ fund Ranch Home| memvers'in the rouse a mock vi| Employment of off and gus was put through the regular process | SU9sers to keep an accurate check of everything that could be done to}°" the production within the state ¥ E * , | bill. The show was not only in-|F taxation purposes, so was LO8 AN , Calif, Jan.'15. | structive but furnished considerable | "Sed —Last spring Floyd E. Runyon | amusement Participation was by Appointment of a non-salaried motored to California with his | both seasoned and unseasoned|°°Mmittes to investigate the possi- family and Scottie, their Collle | statesmen bilittes for us and sale of Wyoming , The governor's message, the first | “black oll," which at the present dog. The Runyons decided to stay | nessage from a woman go time has a lUmited market, was but Scottle did not know about | be heard in the United St asked. that and one da when the | America was scheduled to be The woman governor asked the Runyons rode away from their | by Governor Ross to the jaint ture to enact statutes that home at Bell, near here, for a | s*mbly at 25 tod rt ’ require all schools, particlpat- day's outing, without taking Scot- | "ePresentatior as beer lie Denerite of the echoal tle al he ec da th had | * I e to the state standar gone back to North Dakota wit be rap expand. out hir At least that is what a aren: the |S Sataedt omar taatt ee Wek ae his master thinks he must have il be brought | reached the limit of expansion u concluded, for eight months later the rnor’s | der the present ‘am re cor Runyon said yestred he ro. | Volee nded to the aking body tor ceived word from his former ranch The governor’s message was dis ur sympathet! 2! home at Tower City, N. D., many | tributed in ady e, with the usual] Declaring that she favored tha miles away, that Scottie had come | restrictions as to publication. There | continuance of Wyoming's efforts to back. Runyon has ordered him |W##. however, one newspaper which amicably settle all disputes arising shipped back here by express aii arded tts onth of honor The from the use of waters from inter- ¥ ada Aa fst Yenver Post, which reached Chey-| state rivers, Mrs. Ross sald “but if enno early last evening contained | that fails, there should be no falter- the entire address, thus giving the]ing on our part and vigorous action Tammany Halll | piniciiie message at tenst 22 hours | should be taken to protect our rights before deliver in court." She urged the continue - Tt ts not th purpose ot thia|ance of an appropriation to main. Beer, Dead | ree e sreseck eattala te vanes [tee <2 sooerinion ae lative officials, Such pleasant at-| «loner to deal {n disputes. tions are for the social page Calling attention to Wyoming coal NEW YORK, Ja: Thomas | They are entirely misunderstood in| mining laws and inviting compari: F. Foley, veteran Tammany Hali| serious portions of the paper. How-|son with other states, she called leader, and one of the political spon-| ever, It must t ne, even at the ature to provide suit- sors of Governor A, B. Smith | risk destroy ip, for a increasing the safety at the Rochefeller Institute today of] Natrona county man has found s and for statutes pneumonia (Continued on Page Five.) on Page N Nine) SHOALS FIGHT IN HOUSE SENATE BILL ‘ON FILE WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. The, Whether this measure will be sent Muscle Shoals problem was back to-| direct ta conference between the two day in the house where the four old 3 houses or will be referred to a ¢ fight over disposition of the prope 3 started Fis the first qu nt It was returned b enate in |r termine, Objection by a the form of the Undrewood privat | we 1" ber w serve at t leasing bill adopted as a substitute | delay the sending of it to conferen for the house masure proposing 4 | Supporter the Underwood bill wi lease to Henry Potd. | make every effort to get it before tt | , in hope that some rt sislation finally disposing ¢ sestion will be enacted this es want t a t referred ymmittee in the belief that this tep would result in the matter going for the new con- disposition by