Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 18, 1925, Page 1

eos VOLUME 34 RAIDERS SEIZE TWELVE ‘= FLOOD VICTIMBANK CODETO | OUND BURIED REMAINS FOUND IN COAL GREEK ARE IDENTIFIED Body of Ed Spangler, Engineer, Given Up By Sands. The hand that held the throttle on Burlington pas- senger train No. 30 when it hurtled into black space on the night of September 27, 1928, and was engulfed in the raging flood waters and swirling sands of Coal creek, 14 miles east of here, was the hand of a skeleton when it was uncovered yesterday morning. ‘What had been the body of Engi- neer Edward J. Spangler,, reduced 15 months’ interment in the hard ked, sodden stream bed to a mere boney framework, was found by workers on a bridge gang en- gaged in the construction of a new steel and concrete bridge over Coal creek. It was buried deeply in the sand near where the engine had plunged on the night of the wreck which took a toll of two score lives. It-was @ watch embeddea in the sedfment around the remains that served to identify them as those of Spangler. This tirreplece had been carried for many years by the pilot of that train of tragedy and its enutiiberwas checked on the records kept by the local watch {nspector. Word was sent to the Converse county coroner at Douglas where the remains are now betng* held pending advice as to burial arrange. ments from relatives who live at Joltet, Ti. Engineer Spangler at the time of the wreck was making” his home at the Shipley apartments. He ts sur- vived by a widow, Mrs. Rose Spang: ler, he finding yesterday of what was left of the corporeal man Spang: ler brings the total of bodies recov cred to 24, Men and machines do not run equal races in life, for the engine which Spangler was lord over that stormy night many months ago and which went go far into the sands of Coal creek that it was completely covered and out of sight for weeks, is again doing duty. SWINDLER IS CAPTURED BY DENVER POLICE | | 17.—(United | s arrested t DENVER ess.)—D. Colo., Jan P M. Roll we | day charged with having defrauded | Alien L. Burns of Allen rns Mining and Development com ny of $1,000 through the use of} confidence game. . Polite are searching for D. L. , #aid to be implicated with land Garrett, the complaint charged, obtained \$1,000 frcm the company on representing themselves 4s able to interest eastern capital in developing the Burns property. The sum, which was to defray their ex- penses to. New York where they were to negotiate the loans, was MAIN, NEWS SECTION. ~ DRUNK IS ANALYZED IN COURT CHICAGO, Jan. 17, (Unitea Press)—The “three degrees of drunkeness" were defined by an expert in criminal court here to- day in answer to questions by Clarence Darrow, defender of Na- than Leopold and Richard Loeb. Darrow, now defending Joseph F, Kyle, who is charged with mur- dering another man while intoxi- cated, placed Dr. Samuel J. Parks on the witness stand in an effort to show that Kyle wés not under the influence of liquor. “What are the degrees of toxication?” Darrow asked. “There are three degrees,” the physician replied. “First, is a slight acceleration of the pulse, Inclination to talk free- ly and exaggerate and jerking of the knees, “Second, is a middle when all symptoms of the degree are exaggerated. “Third, the power of speech is lost, equilibrium is destroyed com: pletely and there is a rapid ad- vancement toward a state of coma."” TYNAN HOLDS - TO POSITION CANON CITY, Colo. Jan. 1% (United Press).—Judge James L. Cooper, in district court here today sustained the demurrer of Thomas J. Tynan, warden of the, state pent- stentlary, inst..a writ of damus. by Sherift: Glasson of Fremont county. Glasson attempted to get a decl- sion restraining Tynan from. func- tioning as warden of the state pent tentiary. Judge Cooper, in rendering the de- clsion, said ‘The governor was wrong and had absolutely no right ‘to suspend “Tynan. Only. the civil service can take such action involv- ing a man appointed to office under the commission. Even if the com- mission had given power to the goy- ernor, {t would have been wron according to the state constitution.’ in- ‘ stage, first CASPER, WYOMING, SGIENTIOTS GATHER AT GOTHA FOR TOTALECLIPSE OF THE UN (Solar Phenomena to Be Viewed From All Pos- sible Angles During Two-Minute Period Next /Saturday: By HERBERT LITTLE (United Press Staff Correspondent.) NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—Hundreds of scientists gathered here tonight for their “chance of a lifetime’ which comes for just two minutes in the northern United States Satur- day morning. The total eclipse of the sun is the first to hit New York state since 1806 and will be the last in the United States until 1970, It has attracted more BE OUTLINED | were to have been presented within SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1925 Che Casper Sunday Trilnme MAIN NEWS SECTION NO. 26 es ee Guaranty Bills Delayed in Legislature! by Agreement Pending Consideration of Measure Now Being Drafted CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 17.— (Special to The Tribune) —Introduction and consideration of a new banking code | for Wyoming, now being drawn up by the state examiner, | will precede legislative discussion of all bank bonding and bank guaranty bills introduced in:the house and senate. An agreement to this effect has been reached by proponents of the five measures already intro- With the convening of both houses duced in the house and senate and| tomorrow the legislative mill is ex-} sponsors of several others which] pected to begin functioning in carn j est The week-end finds many 1 ons out of the clty but much work is being accomplished by others toward the introduction of legisla tion and the coming week should witness developments. When the house adjourned Fri day afternoon, after receiving not! fleation that Governor Ross had the next few days. This morning the house held a brief session featured by the appoint- ment of memorial committees. Ad journment was taken until 10 0° clock Monday. morning. No session was held today by the senate, which adjourned yesterday until Monday morning. signed Enrolled Act No, 1, which attention than any other side event was original House 1, the legisla- since astronomy and physics become able to cope with problems of the Universe. Scientific Instruments for taking pictures and other data are being prepared in nearly fifty different lo- cations. Several million radio fans have been asked to listen in during the phenomenon to notice the fade- MORE DENVER CITIZENS ARE FOUND WITH BOOTLEG BOOZE tive appropriations act, the number of bills introduced by representatives had increased to 23. Of these 21 were on the files, one had been passed and one withdrawn. In the senate four bills and one joint reso- lution had been introduced, making a total for the two houses during the first four, days of the session outs that the shutting off of the sun’s rays by the moon is expected to cause. The principal investigations are to be carried out by the bureau of standards, the United States naval observatory, the American Astron- omical Scolety, and Yale university| Investigators declated they, found with many resources of the army| bonded liquor disguised as “Star and navy involved, including the | brand tomatoes" in| the homes of (Continued on.Page Three) Charles Humburg; realtor; Hald Van DENVER, Colo., Jan. 17.—(United Press)}—Prohibtion agents today add- ed four more names of prominent Denver citizens to the list of nine facing charges of violating the liquor laws. 4 D FO FACE HEARING THIS WEEK SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 17.—(United Press.) —D orothy Ellingson, 16-year-old butterfly girl charged by a er mother, sat in her isolated room in the city prison-tonight-trying to re- and plan for those of next week when the looms of the law start weaving coroner’s jury today with the murder of h construct the events of the past few days the pattern of her punishment. This girl, who once quaffed almost nightly of the cu because of objections to her mode of living, heayd her own brother today accuse her of matricide, saw-her father feel his way, a broken man, from the in- Boris of Russia to this it s for spending celebrity. The duke, accompanied by his wife and his mothernaw—the lat- ter incidentally, was’ required by Boris to travel second class—arriv- ed in New York today aboard the White Star ner, Olympic. Although he was reputed to have hocketed by the two, it is charged sent $1,000,000 worth of francs to Boris Arrives For Gay Time Trip Overseas of Russian Grand Duke Is Marked by Barroom Brawl as Preliminary to Wild Time By FRANK GETTY (United Press Staff Corr NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—If the v country keeps up the pace at which arted, his exploits of 1902 may be eclipsed. the voyage from Paris was half completed, the duke was witness to as snappy a barroom brawl as ever enliv- ened the good old days when he was Broadway’s free quest room, saw steroptican pictures of her mother’s huddled body on the bed where the fatal bullet dropped her, and’ then heard the fateful words of condemnation composing the verdict of the inquest jury reach- ed after an hour's deliberation. The girl has been tqid that she can expect no mercy from the state. The juvenile court to which she had not been a stranger during the last two years, refused her case and tn- sisted that the regular criminal court hear the evidence against her. “Dorothy Ellingson murdered her mother and she should pay the pen- alty the law demands,’ said Miss Theresa Meikle, assistant Cistrict at- torney, who will prosecute the girl. Next Thursday, according to pres- ent plans, Dorothy will go into pelice court for her preliminary hearing. Last Tuerday morning, according to her confession, Dorothy quarreled with her mother. Upbraided for the la ars\she kept, for her lack of | int in her family, her blunting | of brilliant talents with irresponsible pleasure, the girl lost patience She went and got the pistol her (Continued on Page Three, ——S—— ondent.) t of the Grand Duke Even be- this country, the duke, who is a cousin of the late czar, occupied a modest, first: class state room ahd said that economy prompted him to bring his. mother-in-law over in the second cabin. It was not like his voyage of 1902 when his suite oc- cupled seven palatial apartments aboard their steamer Nor is the duke, the slender, hol- Casper Scots To Celebrate Burns Day With Fete RESIGNATION WEEK ENDED loweyed, sensation.craving youth who was the Ilon of the hour ir the early days of the century. The fion is tamer now, a slightly bald, breezy) citizen going on 50. Boris was dressed unpretentiously, in a blue serge suit, a brown sweater and green hat, and wore Members of Clan Stuart No. O. 8. C., are inviting all cots of | Casper and others tnterested to the Elks hal! on Friday evening, Janu- ary 23, to celebrate the birthday of Robert Burns, The “immortal mem. ory” will be proposed by Past Chief Thomas McKay. President Turns Attention to Inaugural Address After Being Occupied With Recent Changes By WILLIAM J. LOSH. (United Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—“Resig- nation week,” ended in the capital tonight and President Coolldgo, his f cabinet and list of clore officials vir- tually made up, Curned his attention to drafting his inauguration address ‘The week saw the announced res- fgnation of both Secretary of State Hughes and Secrétary to the Prosi dent Slomp, their replacement re spectively by Ambassador Keollogs | and Representative Sanders, Indian- apolis, the shifting of Ambassador Houghton from Berlin to London and the attempted tranrfer of Secretary of Commerce Hoover to the Agricul- ture protfolio. It closed with author- itative indications that Prohibition Commissioner Haynes is slated to go and that General Frank T. Hines, director of the Veterans Bureau will resign. With these changes, the prosi- (Continued on Page Two) Old time dances and songs will be enjoyed while. Scotch caps and Burns cards will be given as souve- nirs of the occasion, Everyone ‘# on his wrist a “slave bracelet” of fine gold links, And despite hig pro- testations of economy, he expressed the hope of having “a gay old 27 bills and one’ resolution. Delivery of- printed bills enabled members of the house | Saturday morning to become acquainted for the first time with details of legisla tion which had been introduce: ‘Tho original bills, coming back from the printer, were delivered to the standing committees to which thes had been referred. These develop (Continued on Page Three) Gilder of the Van Gilder agency Walter M. Appel, attorney, and In the office of J. H. Daly of the Daly Heating company. Investigations, following the dis- covery of Wednesday of 87 cases of King George bonded whiskey labelled “tomatoes” had previously resulted in the filing of charges against nine other Denverites. R MURDER TO p of “gin and joy’ and who admitted killing her mother | oe |MURDER OF 36 YEARS CONFESSED 17. (United ENGLISH, Ind., Jan Press).—After 36 years the mys t surrounding the murder of Abigail Knight has been solved murdered the Patoka river where it was lat- er found and buried, All efforts of authorities slerce the veil of myster: ed, failed, but today an old man, hounded all thése years by the memory of that er’ and real s that death was lifted the v igh Brow 80 years old, his home at Miffin, a vil- lage near here, confessed that he and Dan Knight, both relatives of the.woman, murdered her to get of her estate. Knight share in clence. words Brown confessed to t the murder he said came from h GLENAOCK CAPITALIST DENIED REHEARING Of FEDERAL COURT GAS CHEYENNE, Wyo,. Jan. 17.—Mo tion for a new trial in the case of Jess Nickles and Jay B. Kelly versus John Higgins has been denied by Judge T. B, Kennedy of the United States Wistrict court. Judgement was found for Nickles and Kelly when 5 tried here recently. It ate deal fter the last lips he was dead Soon \Bishop Bliss Is Summoned NEW YORK, Jan.‘ 17.—(United Press).—Bishop W, H. Bliss, of the Episcopalian church stricken with a heart ailment a month ago while returning on the Leviathan from the Geneva Opium conference died in St. Luke's hospital. His home was in Seattle, Washington. Blood transfusion improved the bishop's condition after his removal to the hospital December 21, but only temporary. His wife was at the bedside when he died. Bishop Bliss was a member of the Morgan Collins. hecked, Collins declared late today. ‘© under arrest | nell received eight months and $2,000 fine and costs ven others recely- ed sentences of from $200 fine to three months in jail and fines District Attorney Olsen in frantic terms denounced the convicts. “These men should have been tn prison years ago,” Olren sald. *Save for laxity somewhere they would have been in prison.” Lut for the promptness of Collins in turning the prisoners over to the federal auttrities, they would have been released, Olsen said Municipal judges have reached a tentative agreement to impose sen tences of twenty years or more on all persons convicted of assaults or attempted assaults on women. isc Scores of suspects s in addition to a large number of-per- scns captured for crimes during the past few weeks, and crimes or at tempted crimes during the past 24 hours. Collins’ direction to show no quar- ter has resulted in the killing of one “bad man,” and the shooting of four gangsters. “We'll clean up the town if we have tq kill off the underworld,” Collins declared Federal and municipal judges have taken a hand in the war on crime by imposing heavy sentences on con- vieted criminals. Federal Judge Adam C. Cliffe, struck a severe blow at the underworld today when he imposed sentences of jal! and fines on Johnny Torrio and Edward O'Don- nell, two powerful figures in the Mquor running industry and several others, all involved in the robbery of the Schene brewery. Torrio was sen tenced to nine months in jail and a KANSAS CITY AROUSED TO VICE. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan, 17 (United Press}—Business and profes time.” invited. Something of the sort started at a party while the Olympic was on the high seas last Tuesday night. January 13 is New Year's day for Russians, so of course, there had to be a party. The duke passed hiy hand over his eyes and mopped his brow as he recalled the affair today, “No guns, thank God,” he mur. mured plously, “Just two American gentlomen with fis Tho Olympic had not reached.the 12-mile limit. Toasts were drunk to Boris, to Nussia, to New Year's day, and everything w going merrily until some one proposed a tonst to fe Herrigan, a popular young (Continued on Page Two) Speeders beware! Tomorrow morning, bright and early and from then on ad infitum two «pecialmotoreycle speed cops will be patrolling the main thorough- fares, the byways and the hiways, looking for those whose regurd for clty traffic laws is light. Chief Yolie, who announced last WAR DECLARED ON SPEEDERS fine of $5,000 and costs and O'Don Casper Building | Comprises Most | Of State Total CHEYEND Wyo., Jan Bullding permits issued in Wyoming during the first nine inonths of 1924 totaled $3,988,989, according to report complied by Frank Clark, state com mirsioner of labor and statistics. Cas per led in the total of local permits Other local permits totals Cheyenne, $468.51 Gillette, $162,000; Laramie, $058,252 Rawlins $199,084; Rock Springs $121 night the #pectal arsignment, sald that the traffic officers would also check up closely on lights and park ing regulations, “The majority of the automobile aeeidents in Casper in the last year have been due to excessive speed,” said Chief Yohe. ‘From now on we | certed action against are going to make ap attempt to 188; Bheridan $237,877; Thern curb reckless drivers," $50,000. » 4 American Episcopalian church. Shoot to Kill Order Given Chicago Police “We'll Kill Off Piderworlid? to End Crime, Police Chief Says in Launching “Blood and Iron” Policy; One Gang- ster Killed, Four Wounded CHICAGO, Jan. 17,—-(United Press.)—Crime slumped sharply here today as} gangsters fled to cover to escape the drastic “blood and iron’’ polic Not a single crime of major importance w Carrying instructions to shoot to kill, special squads of police toured the city, warking the regular street patrol.. The unprecedented crime wave of the past few weeks s reported during the da bul- us City, formed were sup tonight, ans of in this city pressing crim Aroused by a series of bank rob beries and hold ups recently, the sup port of more than been rallied for and their activitic First « drive on crimnals steps probably will be con “‘speak-easies,” enforcement, immoral ”) lax law re (Continued on Page of Chief of Police | the 0,000 citizens has | WAR ON BOOTLEG AMERICAN CLUB ON CENTER NEXT TO FALL IN DANE HERE Officers on Roof as Door Is Crashed; Ef- fort to Destroy All Evidence Thwarted, The against Casper bootleggers and gam- blers, launched Friday. eves ning with a raid and four arrests at 225 South David street, broke last night with full force when Chief of Police Bert Yohe, his squad of officers and state law enforcement agents battered thelr way into the Am can club at 254 South Center street and seized every man in the place. A dozen arrests and the capture of a small quantity of moonshine along with @ case and a half of beer, were the prizes taken to the police station in the calaboose after the raid which oceurred at 11:30 o'clo Nine men we in the party that swept Into the so-called American club which is owned and operated, they 6s by “WwW Middleton and Frank Maher, A heavy sledge ham- mer was used to break away tho massive, fron-barred door from | hinges and away from the hold of four large-sized bolts. While tho front entrance was being attacked by the majority of the raiders, two officers kept guard on the roof and prevented any escapes. Those two Were showered with bottles of liquor and home brew that came hurtling from the back windows as those in- side attempted to discard evidence. One trip of the patrol wagon was enough to cart the culprits to the station where they were turned over | for booking. Bonds for the entire 12 men en in the place were fur- nished by Tom Curren. Two men of the dozen were singled out to receive charge of violating the drug ordinance and a $200 bond was required of each. These two were Frank Maher and Pete Farrell, the latter alleged by police to bo bartender at the “club.” Tho oth- ers on the list were separately charged with being “inmates of a bootleg joint” on the blotter and were covered with bonds, All were dismissed for the night. It is believed their cases will come up for hearing fh police court Mon- day or Tuesday night Those taken in the raid weret Frank Maher, Pete Farrell, ‘Tim Johnson, E. Wuderhill, James Car- ney, R. 8, Murphy, Lioy@ Harris, G. K. Laney, Martin Carmino, John Kline and J. Tim Donovan. Police led by Chief Yohe in storm- ing the “club” were Officers Zook, McDowell, Russell, Patrick, Ideen, Baker and the two state men. That the authosities are making a cleanup that is complete, is shown in what happened those taken in Sout David street raid Frid: Charged I posses- f liquor John Maclver we broadside two w ht wtih al | to bars tenced ehind the jounced appeal. Beans Cunningham, up for being proprietor of the joint that was raid ed, was sentenced to 90 days {1 Jal! He also declared he would appen! His ‘bond set at $1,000. Both men are now tn jail, for Judge Mur- ray in reconsidering their cases found that they were not entitled to another hearing, having pled gullty, So he ordered them back to jail 'to (Continued Page Two) ther 60 agal was U. S. FOREIGN POLICY HIT |Senator Johnson Offers Resolution to Ask Hughes for Text of Agree- ment Reached in Paris WASHINGTON, Jan, 1%,—(United Press.)—Senator Hiram Johnson, is out to “get at the facts’ regarding the role the United States Is play ing tn Buropean politics. The senator introduced a resolution demanding that the text of the agreement signed by Ameri enn representatives ut the confer ence of allied pox of the World war be placed before the by Secretary Hughes “The resolution’s purpose, today senate John Jon sald, rardin is to wet at the facts re. the part we are playing In an politics, “There can be no doubt that we mixed in the storm pean polities, the resolution are irreve of he text is as secretary of required, tr mpatible with the publie Jinterest, to transmit to the senate | (Continued on Page Three) ' | | st t reby