Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 9, 1925, Page 1

y ® affecting traffic on land and sea Weather Forecast Wyoming—Parlly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Colder tonight ip east and south portions. Member 6f Audit Bureau of Circulation VOL. IX. NO. 104 YORK WAR VESSEL 1S SCUTTLED BY JAPANESE TOKIO, Feb, 9—({By The Asso- ciated Press)}—The battleship Tosa was scuttled today in Bunxo Straits in accordance with the terms of the ‘Washington arms conference treaty. THREE ARTIGTS TO GE nEARD IN PROGRAM TERE NEW TWO DEAD AND MANY INJURED HARBOR TIED UP Fog Is General Over Whole Seaboard Area And Traffic Suffers. NEW YORK, Feb. 9.— Two men were killed and more than 50 persons were hurt in a series of collisions on New York’s transit lines the vote cast in November, 1920. The award was the occasion of a joint session of the two houses, the Presence of state officers and a gathering of citizens! The session was presided over by Senator Daley, with President Brown of the senate, Speaker Underwood of the house, supreme court and state officers attending. Mr. Larkin made the presentation and the gift was accepted by the governor. - The affair took up the major por- today, while one of eho heay ? T, ° Co tion of the afternoon to the entire fest fogs of recent years © Chemiavsky no M-| exclusion of legislative business. the city. Harbor and river erate wees See ually paralyzed. The fog w: : Sora leanerel extending along most of the Atlantic seaboard and If.the legislature is to complete any sort of 4 program within the 40-day period fixed by fhe constitu- tion, there will have to be more actual work and less of festivities within the remaining two weeks. cert to Be Given at America Tonight. The brothers Cherniavsky, renowned instrumentalists, playing piano, cello and vio- lin in trio, will appear. here at the America theater this evening, opening their con- cert at 8:15 o'clock. Of the Cherniavsk: New York critic say: ‘They are three young priests from the Temple of the Muses, who have been projécted into the earth-world to bring comfort to “he hearts of tens of thousands. Their music brings with {t a message of hops and (Continued on Page Bight) over a wide area. Early reports indicated that the most serious of the series of acci- dents of the city’s transit lines oo curred in the Bronx where an ele- vated train smashed into the rear of a subway train on the elevated structure. Two were known to have been killed, while the estimate of injured ran well above forty. There were two accidents in Brook- lyn suburbs. Two trains of the Brooklyn-Manbattan Rapid Transit company of the Fulton Street line came together in a rear-end colli- sion, inflicting {njuries to a dozen men and women, On the Corona line near Long Island City, a steel train of the Interborough Rapid ‘Transtt company smashed into the rear of a wooden train in the Brook- lyn-Manhattan Transit company, in- juring half a dozen persons. It is estimated that these two wrecks af- fected fully 40,000 commuters, 8s traffic on both lines was tied up for ae reported to ‘women were suse tees knocked to the floor and trampled. when panic seized the crowd in’a car of the forward train {n the Corona line collision. This ‘was believed due to a report that the car had caught afire. Train guards quickly succeeded in stilling the fears of the crowds. More than likely the people of the state are surfeited with the abomi- nable record of the law enforcement department. People who live under the shdtiow of the capitol were totally unaware of the extent to which this department had carried {ts vile work, while the people over the state had no conception of what was being done but rather looked upon it as a force for good. It has been anything else but a power-tor reform. It using taxpayers’ money for the purchase of liquor for the men em- ployed and using more of the money Ex-K. aiser Excited Over Agreement Of Japan and Soviets| LONDON, Feb. 9—The Daily Telegraph quotes recent visitors to Doorn, Holland, as declaring that the former German emperor was ex- traordinarily excited by the news that an agreement had been reached between Japan and Soviet Russia. ‘This treaty portends a tremend. ous change in the world’s outloo! he is reported to have sald. “The peril, which I, alone, among the rulers of Europe, predicted a quar- ter of a century ago, now has ma- terialized. “The percussions of this event will shortly be felt in the relations of all the European states, and it is bound to cause deep thinking and heart searching in Germany, and among the allies. France is back- ing the black races, Russia is back- ing the yellow, and America and England are backing the Where will Germany stand? should she stand?” PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 9—Rail- road, streetcar and river traffic was demarolized early today by one of the densest fogs in a long time. ‘There were two street car collisions in which several persons were in- jured. ment. wire, was eatisfied he had heard Floyd's’ heart bearing at the rate of twenty times a minute. Lane said Floyd was breathing and his heart beating 18 to 21 times a minute. “While we were in the cave we at- tempted to compare the breathing of Homer Collins with that of his im- prisoned brother but we couldn’t do this successfully because Homer Col- lins was so excited,” Lane added. The test was made on the wire which had been placed around Col- lins’ chest last week by rescuers. ‘Many people on the outside would nét believe our test proved Collins was alive,” Lane sald, adding that a statement would be given out lat- er, “proving that Collins was alive.” NORFOLK, Va., Feb, 9%.—Eight persons were injured today when the naval ferry bont Rocket and the Norfolk-Portsmouth ferry Rockaway collided in midstream during a heavy fog. Both vessels made their piers in safety. More than two hundred naval of- ficers_ and employes of the Ports- mouth navy yard, including many women were aboard the Rocket. a A deaf and dumb person who is fairly expert at finger-language can speak about forty-three words a min- ute. Storm Breaks - Jn Air Probe Mitchell Precipitates Trouble That May Result in His Demotion; General in Bad With Military Officials white. Where CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 9.—(By The Arsbciated Press)— Mother Nature today had added another obstacle to the efforts of man to rescue Floyd Collins from the grip of a boulder trap in the depths of Sand Cave, sending torrents of rain last night with a promise of more today. Despite precautions to keep the water out of the perpendicular shaft almed at Collins’ prison, seepage crept into the bottom of the shaft and added heavily to the burden of the volunteer diggers. They kept doggedly at it with some slight in- crease in hourly progress as the tenth day of Collins’ imprisonment ended at 10 o'clock this morning. The shaft then was less than half way to Collins, 60 or 70 feet below the surface. When rock slides blocked tha nat- ural tunnel of Sand Cave Thursday, the use of pungent but harmlers gas was seized upon as a means of find- ing tho back end of Collins’ latest cave, but the experiment, tried last night with banana oil was unsucces: ful. Despite a strong down draft of air into Sand Cave, no trace of the odor could be located in any near- by cave. With most of.the spectacular, fren- zied striving to free Collins a closed” chapter, and all efforts centered on the monotonous toil of digging and hoisting, new theories began to de- velop about the situation until they were almost as thick as the out- standing incidents in the drama. The principal groups of theories By ROBERT T. SMALL (Copyright, 1925, by Casper Tribune) WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Old John W. Ajax, defying an extremely powerful natural element in nine letters, has absolutely nothing on one William Mitchell, temporarily a brigadier general in the United States army. The word “temporarily” is used advisedly. There is a striking unanimity of opinion that Mr. Mitchell’s prefix is correctly used. in useless until it can ae back to its th t | base and get another, having the en- what Tato the aiscratt storm wilt| €ine overhauled meantime. Gen. wreck before the sta ro shining | eral Mitchell seems to have defied again, To Mr. Mitchell, the onty| #!! the natural laws of aviation. He smiling skies'are those which show | !8 dropping one bomb after another airplanes. He likes to seo the sun | 2nd never seems to have to fly any- in perpetual eclipse, hidden from all| Where except to the capitol to start earthly view by swarms of flying | ew ructions. machines, thicker than mosquitos in Washington seriously {s concern- a Jersey march, ed as to what is to happen to the The navy says that after an air-| generaf. That {t will be something plane has dropped its big bors it tContinued on Page Eight.) UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME By COL. W. H. HUNTLEY CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 9.—To complete the week of social festivities William P. Larkin of Collier’s sented to the state of Wyoming a bronze spread eagle mounted upon a sphere of silver, as a trophy of goodirecord in having cast the greatest percentage of increase i dential vote, in November of any state in the union, over H. G. Lane, Munfordville, operating the li the bulb left at Collins’ head, said Homer Colli Weekly pre- presi- as stakes in poker games ig writing the purposes of law enforcement then these birds have performed varliantly. ¢ Here we have the record of an agent named N. N. Geer, who had a strong stomach for moon and gin and a stronger’stomach for ladies with stage names. Read his ex- pense account and shed a silent tear for the poor rancher who furnished the money for Mr. Geer’s butterfly ug Ney N. Geer, Agent (Warrant No. 823613). 2T7—Pool, etc. —--------$ 1.85 27—Two pints moon---.. 27—One pint moon-.-... 27—Evidence -.-.--.-... 28—Evidence ~.--..—~-. 28—Two pints moon-... 28—Pool, etc. —~----—-~ 29—Poo} --.----—-. 28—One quart liquor... 1—Pool .. 2—Pool ... 3—One pint moon. 3—One pint moon---.-_. 4—One quart Iquor.._. 4—One pint moon--.. 2. 5—One pint moon, Lug. 5—Two pints moon, No. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar, Mar. 280 Mar. 5—One quart gin, Daisy Mar, 5--One.pint.moor, Gean Mar. 6—One pint moon, Dutch Mar. 6—One pint moon, Vern Mar. 6—One quart gin, Daisy (Continued on Page Eight) er Bail MEMBER OF ASSOCi:... i CASPER, WYOMING, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1925. (a, kez 499) un, H 6.0 y Crilnuw - The-circulation of The Tribune is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper The Cazp On Streets or at conts Newstands, 5 75 cents a month Del'yered by Carrier 7 NORTH CASPER GROCERY MAN COMMITS SUICIDE FOG BRINGS TRAIN ACCIDENTS LEGISLATION ON CHIROPRACTORS lo THROWN OUT Table Tndetnriches House Considering Gas Tax Today. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 9.—The 1925 biennial epi- sode of the Wyoming legis- lative serial “chiropractic” faded out this morning when the house, upon motion of the guthor of the measure, indefin- {tely postponed house 87, a bill to create a state board of chiropractic examiners and to establish stan- dards for chiropractic practitioners. Previously the house had adopted by a vote of 32 to 29 amendment providing that a chiropractor, before being licensed to practice, should pass an examination in anatomy before the state medical examining board. Tho author of the bill, M, L. Bishop, stating that it would be use- less to pass the measure in the amended form, thereupon moved its indefinite postponement. ‘The bill was one of a series that have been introduced, each without success, in Wyoming legislatures during the last decade. ‘Phe -hovse-thisemornine ton re- consideration passed a bill which {t previously had rejected, house 80, increasing the salary of the clerk (Continued on Page Eight.) TESTS INDICATE COLLINS IS ALIVE Vaice Amplifiers Attached to Wire Supplying Current to Bulb at Entombed Man’s Head Show His Heart Is Beating; Heavy Rains Hamper Workers fel! into three classes, that the im- prisonment of Collins by a rock slide on his leg is a publicity hoax, that enemies finding him trapped caused, the walls of the cave to collapse so he ‘could not be rescued alive or possibly gaused the slide which trap- ped him; and, the most generally ac- cepted theory—Collins’ own story in the early day of the rescue work— that the really was accidentally trap- ped after dircovering a cavern more beautiful than any yet found in the region One of the more active rur ors of CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 9.—(By The Associated Press.) —Five electrical tests con- ducted with voice amplifiers today have convinced H. T. Carmichael, in charge of the Floyd Collins rescue work at San Cave, that Collins is still alive after 10 days’ imprison- ighting system, which supplies current for ns, after listening twenty minutes on the Sunday night was that Circuit Judge Basil Richardron of Glasgow would call a grand jury to investigate the probability of a publicity hoax. Judge Richardson said he had never thought of such a thing and didn’t belleve {t was a hoax, County Attorney J. Lewis Wil- lMams, however, said he would pre- sent the Collin: © to the March grand jury but had no affidavits or sworn information of any kind which would indicate a crime. Lieutenant Robert A. Burdon of the Loulsville fire department and (Continued on Page Bight) Withdrawal Of U.S. At Opium Meet Logical Americans Hope to Arouse People of World Against Materialism Which Blocks Attempt to Control Evil By DAVID LAWRENCE (Copyright, 1925, by Casper Tribune) WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—America’s withdrawal from He opium conference is a dramatic effort to arouse the public opinion of the world against the materialism which permits the trade and revenue made out of the opium pro- duction to block a humanitarian movement. in ot the G, approving recommendation Stephen Porter, head of the American dele- gation, that the United States with- draw. The step has long been in- evitable, the only question being what form of protest would be most effective. * The opium problem is complicated. There was nothing sudden about the decision of Presi- den Coolldge ‘Twenty-eight nations have lined up with the American point of view. Great Britain and nine others are opposed. The Britigh tave India their great obstacle to an agreement with America, For the sake of India, the British are fighting (Continued on Page Eight) PRODIGY CHILD WITH HOMICIDE TENDENCIES SAYS SHE KILLED TWO BY USING GROUND GLASS LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9.—In school she has attained the unusual qstinctior6f being the smartest girl in the eighth grade, although she is yet 7. At home she is feared because of fiendish plotting. And in jail, this little girl, Alsa Thompson, is looked upon as the youngest homicidal maniac ever observed by local acientists, Precocious, co-operative, the child often helped her guardian, Mrs. Inez Platts, of Hollywood, to prepare meals. Creative, too, she loved to concoct, now and then a desert dish; BANK TO BE REORGANIZED That the defunct Bank of Salt Creek will be reorganized and re- opened before long, !s indicated by the preparation of petitions soon to be circulated among depositors for their signatures. Provisions of the petitions stipu- late that the plan for re-organiza- tion shall allow depositors stock for 20 per cent of their funds in the old bank, the balance of the account remaining {nm a reserve fund to be returned as rapidly as collections are made. ALSA THOMPSON Depgaitors have been informed that ¥ L. McGuire, receiver of the Bank of Salt Creek, is ready to give them full particulars concerning the reorganization. Statements of ac counts are in the process of prepar ation. this one she prepared with ant paste gnd_ sulphuric-acid...Jtexvas potson enough to kill the whole family. Luckily its taste was forewarning Foiled, the child flew into a rage of fury, found a razor and tried to slash the baby of the family, Max- ine Platts, 5. So the police were called. “I guess.I did {t because I am so mean,” Alsa explained with childish frankness. But that was not all. There were the Thompson twins who died two years ago in Manitoba, Canada, “I fed them ground glass,” Alsa confessed, And she told of having caused the death of a Mrs. Price, and of having tried to poison eight other people. What {s to be done with the child is not yet determined. Alsa, a very keen child mentally, may be closely guarded for several years {n an at- tempt to destroy her homicidal ten Tim McCoy Visits Casper On Way To Engage 25 Indians Major Timothy J. MoCoy, former | dencies. Wyoming adjutant general, owner of The child's parents are separated. a “dude” ranch near Thermopolis, Teed: Os = ee an Indian expert and honorary chief- tain of the Araphoes, is in Casper today on his way to the reservation in Fremont county where he will en- age 25 Arapahoe braves and squaws to return with him to Los Angeles for the presentation of a spectacular prolog to “The Iron Horse" at Grau- man’s Hollywood Egyptian theater under his direction. Nominations Laid Before Committee WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Nomina- tion of Willlam E. Humphrey to be le a member of the federal trade com- Rrexioied LS oie in the riper mission, and of Thomas F. Woodlock Perea Oe ok amine of the | to the interstate commerce commis. al n age) oT ston were up for consideration again jagon.” Major McCoy achieved con-| toaay by the senate interstate on siderable distinction. Besides con-| i 'nrce committee P ” ducting the prolog for the showing | "Ar ths suggestion of @ sub-con of this preduction in Los Angeles| mittes which questioned Me tron and New York, the major and the] bhrey on S : waa'dekaants Indians created a great stir in 1, Sotiae [today tbertes the aan don jn staging the prelude act miltte In the recent filming of varibetg Grey's “The Thundering Herd, Ma sa es Jor McCoy d a prominent part in ta t the cast. The Lasky corporation has| the natn Anau (eps wan oe announced that Wyoming's finest disclosed. looking cowboy, as Tim McCoy ts knowledged to be in this state, will be featured {n all of its western pro: ductions. SS oe FOOD PRICES ON INCREASE WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Continu T ed increase in retail food prices dur ing the month ending January 1 wo Allotments of was shown in 20 out of 22 cities for which figures were announced today by the bureau of labor statistics of the department of labor The maximum increase of four Kansas City and Savannah. A three per cent increase was shown at Butte, Montana, Little Rock Arkan sas, Louisville, Kentucky, Omaha and Peoria, Illinois, and two per cent at Atlanta, Baltimore, Buffalo, Detroit, Indianapolis, Norfolk, Port land, Maine, and Springfteld, Illi nois, OIL PRICE IS BOOSTED ENID, Okla., Feb, 9.—The price of Tonkawa O{l was increased to $2.10 a barrel today by the Cham- plen Refining company and the Bolene Refining company, both of Enid. Decreased production was given a9 the,reason, Rush A FAIRBANK Press.) —A of which six persons have died tn Nome {n an epidemic reported Jan- ugry 27 and with which thirty per- sons were reported suffering there yesterd: The distance from here to Nome was put at about 920 miles. “Everything looks fine,” was the final word of Roy 8. Darling, agent of the department of justice here and an ex-navy aviator, pilot for the tip toa Nome, . He and Ralph P, FINAL HOME Tribune Bldg. 216 B Publication Offices: Second St MN BORROWS BIN FROM SON SENDS BULLE THROUGH HEAD Trouble Over Financial Matters Said to Be Cause of Tragedy; Body Found by Wife. Believed driven to to have been L distraction by. financial worries, William Kummer, 60 years old, thi morning sent a bullet into his right temple shortly after he had gone to his grocery store at 805 Grant street, He died at the Natrona General hose Pital at 10:30 o'clock. Lentency in requiring Payment o1 @ number of his accounts in which he had been more than generous in Sranting and extending credit, that he was without funds to tm his own obligations, is said by m bers of the family to be the of Kummer’s suicide, Leaving his home street at 7:80 o'clock, Kummer w Ik, ent to open his store, He awakened hia son, Leonard, 19-year old high schoo} student who was sleeping in @ base ment room, asking him for his gun The boy, suspecting nothing, turned the revolver, a 22-20 calibre police Special, over to his father, returned to bed and again slept. An hour later’Mrs. Kummer went to the store and found her husband so eet, em cause at $00 Glenarm lying unconscious on the floor, his head immersed in blood. Officer Roy Plummer answered the call and sent to the police station by E, Birdsell and reported the case to County Cc er Lew M. Gay. Kum- mer was rushed to the hospital, dy. ing two hours afterwards. Tho shot was not heard by the Kummer lad, so the exact time of the sufcide is not known, That the owner of the Kummer store was de- Spondent because of the insistent demands of his creditors, {fs the deo rah of neighbors, or the past five or six ear J Kummer family has Panidon in thle elty. The Ideal Grocery on Madi. son street was originally owned by Mr. Kummer who sold the place and moved to Colorado. He later ree turned and resumed business at 805 North Grant street. Surviving him are his wife, on Leonard and daughter Elsie, rel Several step-children, Willlam Kummer was born in Switzerland, coming to this coun. try 45 years ago and lived in Den. ver for some years. Funeral arrangements are being deferred, pending word from rein ves in Denver. It {s improbable that an inquest will be held. ———____ A ppropriation For Embassy Made WASHINGTOD Wi Feb. 9—Appro Priation $1,200,000 for a new American embassy at Tokio to re ed in the eartt ed today by the tions committee pposition of both Chalr man Borah and Senator Swanson of Virgint: . the ranking Democrats, Dogs and Plane ntitoxin Medicine Made at Fairbanks; One Sent by Air, Other by Sleigh to Nome; Distance 920 Miles Alaska, Feb. 9.—(By The Associated race between an airplane and relays of dog teams to Nome, Alaska, was starting today. The dogs left Nenana, fifty miles west of here, yester- day. The plane was ready to take off early today. The burdgn of each journey is anti-toxin for diphtheria, Mackie, an employe of the Alaska raflroad at Anchorage, mechanican for the trip to Nome, spent yesters day tuning up machine, an old one, brought to Alaska threo years ago, “Everything looks fine,” agreed Mackie, “although the prevailing temperature of 35 degrees below zero has made things very difficult, I froze my hands this afternoon while sitting in the cockpit of the (Continued 09 Page Eight)