Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 16, 1925, Page 2

PAGE TWO. . MRS. HART SOBS OUT STORY ON WITNESS STAND Domestic Troubles of Film Star and His Wife Recited Today in Trial for Annulment of Separation LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 16.—Winifred Westover Hart took the witness stand in court here today in her suit to break the separation agreement with her husband, Wil- liam S. (Bill) Hart, film star, and told for the first time the i tory of their domestic trouble veen fits of crying, while her husband looked on stoically and her baby boy frolicked that ud $400,000 and that he his nurse's lap nearby, the former ) would create a.trust fund of 103,000 screen actress told of Hart's fre-|to provide an income for herself ac she get a di-| and er of $100,000 %o take care from her repe uted | ¢ ed child refusals on necount retorted that she did They were 1 she said, in| n¢ he sald, and December ndicap her until May n life with sagreement ister Mary, he kind of stu 1 I don't “I owe nothing to posterity." Several times, she continued, her husband added, she testified,| y.sband urged her to go to Reno and obtain a divorce, but she ag often refused and other relations GASSED IN strained that at times er their home. On such he said, she went te her became so This ts the wickedest pair of eyes in all the world. Che Casper Daily Cribune Oh, Those Eyes! aa" At least Erich von y" v1 jelka Elter, who's Btrohelm, film director, thinks so. They’re owned by Ant : just arrived in Hollywood from Poland, ~ BRIBE CHARGES. ACAINST MEANS ARE REPEATED Former Secretary of Justice Agent Made No Secret of His Employer's Activities, Witness Asserts NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—Elmer W. Jarnecke, former sec- retary to Gaston B. Means, one-time department of justice agent now on trial in federal court with his former attor- ney, Thomas B. Felder, for conspiracy to obstruct justice, made no secret of his employer's alleged bribery activities, Samuel Schmidt, a Chicago jeweler, testified at the trial vlaraeeke who tag pleaded, git OFFICERS FLEGTED RY WYOMING TRUST CO. IN ANNUAL MEETING HERE Felder are standing trial, owed him R. 8. Etligon was elected chatr- several thousand dollars, Schmidt testified. Just after Samuel Safir, former president of the Crager Sys- tem, a stock selling concern, was alleged to have given Jarnecke $10,- 000 as part payment of a $65,000 total which Means is accused of having told Safir would be spent in bringing the then attorney general, Harry M. Daugherty, the secretary paid him $4,000 on account, the) jay of the board of directors of. the ae tere eptal ‘me.’ the witness testi.|W¥oming Trust company in annual The search for Ed Piérce being | formerly a taxi 4river here, conducted by police here on word | now in Wellington, Colo. that his two children were seriously ill in Rapid City, 8. D., ended today Hart Schaffner@Marx Clothes at Sale Prices FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1925 —__, MISSING MAN LOCATED when it was learned that Piercé wan Notified there of his family's need, he le: at once for South Dakota. MEDNICK BROS. OPEN. EVENINGS fied, ‘That he soon would give me the rest of the money he! owed me, as he was going to get $65,000 from meeting here and H. O, Barber, well known Lander capitalist who is ig- terested in a number of Casper en- terprises, Was miade president. R. C. Y. W.C. A. to Hold Annual Mrs, Hart is attempting to break that provision of the trust fund set: | | tlement which bars her from return. Jing to the screen, Yesterday, the court held that the agreement ap peared to be one “in restraint of trade," but he ordered testimony presented today to determine wheth. Jer such was the cause. Mrs. Hart-wept frequently under | days” from May 1 to May 10, 19: Narrowly Averted | | she repeatedly voiced her objection the fire of cross exemination when C ¢ |the attorney referred to “the ten Wholesale Tragedy Is sedi sc 4 when the separation was under con sideration. Throughout her tears at Croton, Nebr. to divorce despite the protests of the attorneys : The examination developed that CROTON, Neb., Jan. 16.—(By The| yrs, Hart and her mother were Associated Press)—Thirty children | without funds when she married and five adults narrowly escaped! Hart, although she was before the h from the effects of carbon near ald Gat dally xide gas in the &§ t present to the bride on < last evening when t th lage date from the so-called pipé leading from the gasoline en-|«two gun man” of the films, ry ine ich was being used to light $5,000 check Another for 00 r, became clogged. The | followed a few days later. © terminated Just in) }tart’s attorneys, laid much stress © the audience on the $12,000 part of which Mrs. r Hart admitted giving to her mother eb. Jan, 16.—Accord-| ‘phe defense counsel sought to: dis ing to 4 belated report reaching Om-| credit Mrs. Hart's assertion that she 2 this noon m Croton, Ne-| was turned out of the Hart, house braska, 100 miles north of here, 30) hola “without funds.” children a five a s were gased| “ah at the r theater there last even LOS: ANGELES, Jan. 16—That ing when some oné stuffed the ex haust pipe leading from gasoline en gino in the theater bullding All of the vietims dropped to the r, the report stated, but this morning were reported as recover portion of Willlam/S. Hart's separa tion agreement with his wife, Winl- fred-Westover Hart, which prohibits her from resuming her former occu- pation of motion picture actress while enjoying the proceeds of trust funds established under the separa- tion pact, is an agreement in re- straint of trade and therefore illegal, it was ruled by Superior Judge Stephens. It still remains to be shown, how- ever, the court added, that the hero of western films actually intended to restrain the free play of ordinary barter in films and film actresses’ services. What looked like a more KILLING ONE logical explanation to Judge Steph- ens was that Hart hoped by means FRIES of the $203,000 trust fund and separ. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 16.| ation agreement to insure to his in Sach teeta teat TRIO SENT TO Three men were hanged in ¢ ul-|fant son the undivided attention of rnia today for the murder of one] his mother. r [wo men, Jack Ferdinand era er re executed at the an Quentin and nt to his death on prison at Folsom convicte of killing les A. Chapman in Los Angeles. Ferdinand fired the shot that killed | 1apman while the three men wer robbing him [ At & Quentin the double’ trap the gallows was sprung simul taneously after the men had walked ther a steady tread, seem-} A flaw of gas estimated to be ing the 150 spectators.| between 5,000,000 and 10,000,000 en r stimulant, saying he] cubic feet is coming from the test r ) go to his death “with a] well of the Mack Ol company on 4 j Sheldon Dome in Fremont county. ea 2 the warden to] Depth of the hole {s 2,805 feet, in 1 $18 to in the prison| a sand of the Frontier series, Work r > “I've done} on the well has stopped and will warden, “I| probably not be resumed for an again t it tt in too} other week or so in order that tt ‘i _— to his fate © i @ Tribune Classi Late Brunswick Releases 2760—Honolan Shanghai Shuffle 2767—Honest and Truls Doo Wacka Doo 2768—My Best Gal Dreamer of Dream 2769—Oh, Mabel Back Where t Daffodils Grow 2776—-Where’s My Sweetie Hiding Feedin’ the Kitty 2779—I Want to See My Tennessee No One Knows What It’: ---~--.~Gene Rodemich opowmnomaad Isham Jones --Nick Lucas Isham Jones Bennie Kruger All About The Chas. E. Wells Music Company. Home of the Chick CASPER and Lavoye ering 232 E. 2nd Phone 194 The annual meeting of the Young Women's Ch: istian association will occur Frid: at the Townsend hotel. be served at 6:30 followed by a pro- gram of interest. Election of mem bers of the Board of Directors will evening, January 23 Dinner will program planned by the cominittee in charge be inattendance Y. W. C. A., husbands of members, and others interested in the take place and reports of the year's work will be given as well as other features which are being Members of the association should and friends of “the pro: | Meeting on J anuary 23 gram of the organization are most welcome ttend, Mrs. B. B. dent of the beard of preside at the meet- will ing which promises to be a pleasant affair socially well as informa tional in program. Mrs, . Robert Heinze {s chairman of the commit- tee on arrangements and the pro- gram in detail will be announced in the nea rfuture. Tickets mist be purchased by Thu y evening preceding. Mem- bers of the committee will have the tickets for sale or they may be se- cured at the ¥, W. OG. A. office. INCREASE IN COST OF AUTO REGISTRATION FEES IS URGED BY ASSESSOR IN ADDRESS The proposed act providing for an increase in automobile registration fees to serve in lieu of taxes will, if enaéted, collect. from’ thousands of motorists who now esc taxation and will materially the Jevies on other kinds of proper. pe all lower ty, Lyle Jay, county assessor, told members of Casper’s Real Estate Board today. Mr, Jay was a sp Jal. guest at the realtors’ weekly luncheon In the Hotel Townsend At least 800 automobiles In Na trona county alone paid no tax at all last year, Mr. Jay said, Changes of address, removals and sales ac- count for most of these, he ex plained, Motor cars purchased after the first of the year also escape tax ation: The county is held responsible by the state, however, for every car listed for registration in the secre: tary of state's office. Whether the county collects or not it must pay over to the state §0 per cent of th fee, and this causes other funds The bill which has been drafted by representatives of all the county asessors and commissioners in Wyo ming, with thé assistance of Judge Mullen of Cheyenne, now provides that the present license fee be doubl ed and all other taxation on motor a heavy drain on vehicles be dispensed with. Mr. Jay said these rates probably would be altered before the bill was finally presented since the 100 per cent in crease works a hardship on small car owners. The proposed act would mater fally lessen the inconvenien whie e owner is now subjecte obtaining his license, I would be issued direct! Nat not from the office of the secretar of state, Mr, discussed briefly the his office met in assessing of other property, par- ticularly real estate, and asked ‘the board to me a committee to meet BEES ARE STOLEN FROM WILLIAM MOSTELLER; S100 AEWARD OFFERED Reward of $100 has been offered by William Moste well know? horticultural ay er of Hat Six can rin 1 lead ing to arr nda a. £ thieves who stole sc ands of bees from the Webel ranch, some distance down the creek from the | Mosteller piace. The theft was dis covered when inspeétion was mad of the hives, many of which were missing RAZOR BLADD 5 Gillette re 6 Ever Ready 30c 20c . 20¢ 0.S. CIGAR STORE ©. S. Building, 6 Gem -.___ ass with him and the commissioners, in- spect the rolls, an® suggest such changes os seemed to them equit- able. essment levies if the taal Wear ranged between 40 and 50 per cent the list or sale value of prop erty here, Mr, Jay explained. Preliminary reports were submit ted by several firms who have as- sisted in the survey of vacant houses undertaken, by tho board at the re- quest of the Chamber of Commerce When al! reports are in, the figure and conclusions will be summarized by a committee consisting of 8. K Gibson and B. L. ScRerck and pre: sented to Charles B. Stafford, sec: retary of the chamber. An agricultural exchange situated in Casper to market Wyoming pro ducts wis suggested to the realty board by Walter Warren, Rivertor real estate dealer, who was a gues at the luncheon ete a) A have LARAMIE WIFE TRIES TO IL LARAMIE, Wyo., Jan. 16.—W. D. Richmond, a registered: pharmacist, with a Wyoming license and a Mis ri Mcense dated January 1, 1925 was shot in the right side this morn ing, by his wife, after a family quar rel, and {s belleved to be dangerously He was taken to the hospital und his wife was locked up in the county ja{l, to await the outcome of the wounding. Richmond and hir wife it was stated at the home at Fourth and Garfield streets had been quarelling for some time. She was hysterical when-the police arrived, and pleaded with the phy- siclans not to permit her husband to die, crying “why did’ we quarrel?” over and over again, They have been here about four months, com. ing from Missourl POULTRY EMBARGO I LIFTED BY WYOMING Embargo. on shipments into Wyo- ming of poultry from Colorado, Ne- braska, Utah, Idaho and Kansas has been lif! by the state authorities, rding to advices received by the chamber of commerce through the American Railway Express com- pany. These states supply the bulk f. poultry products used in the state WANTED POSITION AS HOUSE. | KEEPER By reliable middle-aged woman. . Best of refer- ences. Phone 2884-W, or write Tribune Box 199. the Crager crowd.” a NATRONA PIPE LINE GRANTED TAX REFUNDS DENVER, Colo., Jan. 16.—-Tax refunds, totalling nearly $1,000,000 have been granted Colorado and Wyoming corporations on excess profits and incomes paid during the war period, were announced by the internal revenue bureau here to- day. 2 :The Great Western Sugar com- pany is the largest beneficlary, re- sieving $744,615.97. Other refunds include: $49,964.90 to the Natrona Pipe Line and Re- fining company, Casper, Wyoming; the Nevada Electric corporation, Denver, $57,367.92; the Denver Rock Drill Manufacturing company, Den- ver, $32,951.52; and the Colorado Milling and Elevator company, Den- ver, $25,116.29 PIONEER STAGE DRIER Cather and H. G. Bizzell were made vice presidents for the coming year and Leo Dunn re-elected as cashier. Mr, Barber came here from Lah- der to attend the meeting. He is one of the owners of the Midwest building and the Coliseum company, Garage } ‘Make your skin a business asset ~ Get rid of those blotches and black- heads! That skin trouble may be more than a source of suffering and em- barrassment—it may be holding you out of a better job for which a good appearance is required. Why ‘take a chance’ when Resinol Ointment heals skin eruptions so easily. Resinol Soap and Resinol Shaving Stick con- tain the same soothing properties and are used by discrimifiiting men who fike their ‘genet- ous, cleansing lather and wholesome Resinol fragrance. At all druggists, “Restnol wins by improving skins” OF CHEYENNE 15 DEAD CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 16.— RESINOL “) » >. UNTIL 9 A large selection to pick from, either a Suit or Overcoat 20% DISCOUNT On every other garment in the house Its your opportunity to get the clothes you need now, and save money while doing it. MEDNICK Bros. OPEN EVENINGS Luke Voorhees, 92, one of the old- est Wyoming pioneers, died this morning from pneumonia,. He came ‘fo the region now called Wyo- ming in 1859, During the Black Hills gold rush he operated a stage Une between Cheyenne and Dead. wood and had many exciting exper+ fences with hostile Indians. He served as territorial treasurer and held several other public offices. A widbw and one son, George Voor- hees of Big Piney, Wyoming sur- vive him. SHOE Regular > as clockwork Faulty elimination is the c ay al most sick- ness. oe reguiar as clockwork, each day somewayenjoyROMAN a properly tal- food ular anced Women’s Felt Slippers. 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