Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 19, 1925, Page 1

‘WEATHER not much change in temp —xture. VOL. IX. NO. 113 Partly cloudy tonight and Friday, : The circulotion of The Tribune is arecter than any other Wuoming newspaper Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Che Canp pr Dail MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED aes CASPER, WYOMING, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, ont jo On streets or at ae y Cribune Newstands, Del'vered by Carrier 75 cents a month Bc Tribune ED P ‘ublication Offices: Eldg., 216 EB, Second St LAW ENFORCEMENT BILL OCCUPIES SENATE | U.S. INHERITANCE TAX RAPPED BY COOLIDGE BIG LOAN FOR. FRENCH TO BE FLOATED Finances to Be Stabilized and Devas- tated Regions Restored by 135- Million-Dollar Bond Issue Clementel in an address before the chamber of deputies. M. Clementel gave no details and refrained from saying whether assur- ance of the loans came through the Morgan group which has handled all the French financing operations in the United States. He limited himself ‘© the simple declaration: PARIS, Feb. 19.—Promise of a $100,000,000 loan for the improvement of French finances and another $35,000,- 000 for the devastated regions, to be floated in the United States as soon as the budget is definitely balanced and voted, was one of the remedies for France’s troubled finan- cia] and economic situation advanced by Finance Minister . Louchner (former French min- ister of commerce) has advocated a foreign loan. We have promire that when our budget is definitely and finally balanced that one loan of $100,000,000 for the French treasury and another of $35,000,000 for the devastated regions will be issued in the United States. BRUTALITIES IN PRISON TOLD BY NEW WITNESSES Former Texas Ranger and Prison Guard Add Testimony of Floggings and Hosings in Colorado “Pen” CANON CITY, Colo.. Feb. 19.—George F. Caldwlel, 73 years old, state prison guard, klansman and former Texas ranger, clung doggedly to his recital of alleged brutalities and unga: itary conditions in the face of cross-examination “today at the trial of Warden Thomas J. Tynan of the Colo- rado penitentiary on charges The guard's testimony dealt with the treatment accorded Romera, a Mexican prisoner, by Captain Watt of the prison guard. Romero, sut- fering with scalp wounds, was Kicked across the dining room and *‘ thrown into the “cooler,” the wit- ness said. Caldwell declared the prison jani- tor told him the heating plant was inadequate to supply the cell houses with sufficient heat on cold winter nights. Edward T, Elsasser, former prison guard, followed Caldwell to the stand. He was “let out” in 1921, Elsasser declared, because he wrote letters to the state board of correc: tions and the civil service comm! sion protesting the “hosing” of an inmate of the criminally insane ward. Asked if he wi a klansman, he yoplied: “No, but I'm one hundred per cent American just the same.” F. J. Homan, gun guard at the prison, was the next prosecution witness called. Homan corroborated in part the testimony of previous witnesses on prison floggings. Some of the isoners thus punished, were “black and blue,’ he testified. tew and weak coffee" for break- beans, water and bread for dinner, and “wormy fruit” for sup- per was the prison bill of fare, Homan, who at one time was a din- ing room guard, declared. One prisoner named McKee, found a mouse in his stew, Homan declared. , On cross examination, however, ' Homan admitted that he “didn't know for sure’ just where McKeo got the mouse, whether in the stew, of prison mismanagement. or whether he brought it with him into the dining hall. “No one ever told me to spy on the warden," Homan said, after ad- mitting he was a citizen of the “Invisible Empire", “Did you ever attend klan meeting: Homan was asked by Defense Attorney Sabin. "Yes," Homan asserted. Sweet's counsel objected to such a question and was sustained. “Was tho question of preferring charges against Tynan ever dié- cussed at klan meetings?” Sabin queried further. The question went unanswered when a prosecution objection was sustained, “Did you carve the words ‘to hell with the pope and all Catholics’ in one of the towers,” Homan was asked, “Not those exact words, but some similar to them,” was the reply. ase BA otha ‘ACCIDENTAL WOUND 15 UFFEREO BY WOMAN WHILE EXAMINING GUN Dorothy Peterson, lso known as “Dixie” Hammond, accidentally shot herself in the left shoulder Inst night while examining. a .32 calibre re- volver at her home, 147 Boyer street. The woman was treated at the general hospital where {t was an- nounced that the bullet had not fractured any bones. Supremacy Of Navy Over Air Craft Upheld WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Det- inite acceptance by President Cool- idge of the navy department the- ory that air power can never su- percede battleship supremacy at sea is implied, {¢ not stated, in his announced $30,000,000 naval con- struction program for the present and ensuing fiscal years, now be- fore congress. This was disclored in the pub- ication today of the report of the navy general board, acting as a special beard of inquiry by the president's direction, on the rela- tive military value of aircraft, sub- marines and battleships, along with a statement by the executive showing the basis of the appropria- tion recommendations he has for- warded to congress. While the president made no direct reference to the board's find- ings, hig tsatement shows accept- ance in principle, but on a modl- fied reale, of the board's reccm- mendations as to the priority and nature of new construction for the navy. Liquor Trade Earnings Big In Manitoba WINNIPEG; Feb. 19.—Manitoba's Uquor commirsion realized a profit of more than 30 per cent on the sale of Sectch whiskies during the last fiscal year, according to an annual rpeort of the commission released here today, During the 12 ‘months the commission recetved $8,639,179 for liquor shipped here for $2,270,122. Gradual Withdrawal of Federal Gov- ernment of Levies Urged as Part of Reducing Burden on Estates WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Gradual withdrawal of the federal government from the-inheritance tax field and greater economy in tax collection were recommended for public consideration®* by President Coolidge in an address at the opening session today of the National Tax associa- tion’s national inheritance and estate tax conference. ‘The president condemned the pres- ent federal inheritance tax, amount- ing in its highest bracket to forty per cent. declaring that in some in: it, with the state levies, closely approaches, {f it is not ac- tually confiscation.” “If we are to adopt socialism, it should be presented to the people of this country as socialism, and not under the guise of a law to collect revenue,” he said. “The people are quite able to determine for them- selves the desirability of 1 particu- lar public policy and do not ask to have such policies forced upon them by indirection.” Establishment of “ecozomy in in- stances come of revenue” is an equal neces: | sity tyith economy in outgo of reve- nue, Mr, Coolidge said, adding that the first fleld for the practice of economy in inheritance tax collec- tions lay In state co-operation. Declaring there {is “competition between states to reach in inherit- ance taxes not only the property of its own citizens, but the property of citizens of other states,” the pres!- dent, by way of illustration, showed how a share of stock upon death of its owner might be made subjuct to seven separate and distinct inherit- ance taxes by the federal and varl- ous staté governments. ‘All this means,’ he added, “not only an actual amount of tax which may under particular circumstances exceed 100 per cent of the value of the stock but the expense, delay and inconvenience of getting clearances of the states who claim a right to tax the property ts a serious burden to the heir who is to receive the stock. Particularly if this expense disproportionate to a tax pald by a small estate, which has but a few shares of stock. In many cases the expense alone must exceed the total value of the shares which it 1s sought to transfer. Looking at it from the standpoint of state reve- (Continued on Page Six) A. J. CUNNINGHAM RETIRES AS. CASPER NATIONAL PRESIDENT: PAT SULLIVAN HEADS BOARD Pe. Nicolaysen_ Succeeds to Presidency as Failing Health Forces Withdrawal of Pioneer Banker Through Sale. Retirement of A. J. banker, from the presidency an institution wich oratory be expected result—defeat. There can be no fault found with the present law and its administra- tion. "They are both as near perfect as can be. The assessors, however, in their annual meetings at state expense contrive ways and means to evade work in their own offices and try to put their immature and un- workable schemes into law. They arrived nowhere this trip and in the future, it is to be hoped, these officials will remain at home and look after their public duties and permit Jaw.makers, selected for that Purpose, to function on thelr own account. eee Gentlemen from Park county came down to the legislature with a spite bill in their inside pocket and (Continued on Page Six) STOKES’ SLEUTHING BARED WOMAN SENTENCED T0 JAIL FOR o0 DAYS 1 CENSURED BY COURT ‘Violet Mock, arrested in a raid in West Casper Monday evening, was sentenced to 30 days in jail by Judge Murray in police court last night. The judge also took occasion to censure the woman for her repeated outbursts during the course of her trial and to remark that he believed she was still under the influence of liquor. ‘A. W. Bollar, alleged proprietor of the restaurant in which the Mock ‘woman was arrested, was fined $100 and costs. Two drunks at the usual $15 per constituted the rest of the docket PRODUCTS TAX FLAYED, WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Legis- lation pending in several states to tax cotton ofl products would lead eventually to a yirtual civil war, Senator’ Overman, Democrat, North Carolina, declared in the senate, in calling upon senators to ask their legislatures to drop bills of this nature, Senator Gooding, Republican, Idaho, agreed that the legislation complained of by Senator Overman, was “outrageous” and promised he would seek to have hia state legis- lature kill any such bills, | Legislation Hits Snag | Casualty List Looms By DAVID LAWRENCE. (Copyright, 1925, Casper Tribune) WASHINGTO> Feb, 19. — Al though there will be much walling and gnashing of teeth when the cas- ualty list of dead legislation becomes Known at noon on March 4, nothing will perhaps, cause greater inconven- fence to the government than a fall- ure of the public bulldings program. Pastmaster General Now ts confi- dent the measure which has already passed the hours will get through the senate, but the lst of important measures being affected by filibus- ters and other tactics of opponents is growing. The postal pay bill, Musole Shoals, the Dist: of Columbia rent bill, agricultural legis!ation and the pub- Mo buildings bill are Interwoven in the controversies of the house and senate, To defeat one, the cpponents may insist on Jengthy consideration of something else till the time left Is too rhort to get measures passed. But the public buildings bill has n falr chance of riding trimphantly through the legislative jam. It appro- priates $25,000,000 a year for the next, six years or a total of $150,000,- 000 for public buildings. The measure provides that the es and cities which shall be selected will be deter- mined by the postmaster general in agreement with the scoretary of the trearury, President Coolidge will elgn the bill {f passed, It also has the hearty approval of the director of the budget, ‘The situation which prompts this widespread support is an unprece- dented one, Usually the building of post offices is regarded as so much “pork” and It is the objective of in- dividual members of th jenate and house to get certain buildings oon- structed to beautify their own bust- ness districts or to put work into thelr conatituencies for contractors and employes especially during a lull in business, | not, Efforts to Identify Wife as Companion of Negro in Redlight District Related by Taxi Driver CHICAGO, Feb. 19.—(By The Associated Press.)— Joseph Bruner, former hack driver, continued his testimony today of his associations with W. E. D. Stokes, New York millionaire, estranged wife, Helen Elwood Stokes of Denver. charged with conspiracy to defame his Bruner was indicted with Stokes, but granted separate trial. ‘He testified that Stokes repeated!y———— asked him if he could not identity & woman in a photograph, said by the state to be a picture-of Mrs Stokes, as a white woman he had driven with a negro years ago in what was then the segregated dts- trict. When Bruner said, he could Stokes persuaded him, he test! fled to make affidavit that he had driven such a couple Stokes also asked Bruner, who had become a taxicab driver, to de: vote all his time to seeking infor mation desired by Stokes concerning an alleged former resident of the tegrogated district named Helen, and her associates. , Daniel Nugent, co-defendant with Stokes and his former lawyer in investigations crdered by Stokes and concerning Mra, Stokes, was men toned by Bruner as present when Stokes asked Bruner for aii his ume, The coven witnesses previously intro- duced by the state have falled to identify Nugent as having appeared to them before, AFFIDAVITS OF AGENTS BARRED, CHICAGO, Feb, 19.—(By Tho As sociated Press.)—Judge W, N, Geim- mill today upheld objections of coun sel for W, F, D, Stokes, charged with conspiracy to defame Mrs, Helen Elwood Btokes, to the admis- sion of testimony based on affidaviis and correspondence of Stokes’ agents, Though an hour’s conference was held in chambers on demand of the a that the defense produce affi- dayits and correspondence in his possession, the defense did not pro- duce them after the court Issued his decision in a whisper audible only to counsel, Harford Funeral Set for Friday Funeral services for Allen Harford are to be conducted tomorrow after. noon at the ShafferGay chapel at 2 While this may, enter here and | o'clock, the Rev, ouls Bowerman of- (Continued an Page Four) Aciating. ‘| HOPE YOU CROAK’ SLAYER TOLD FATHER Feb, JOHNSTOWN, N. ¥., 19.— testified at the trial of the son for the murder of his father that after the fatal shooting when the older man was being carried out on a stretcher the son said: “I hope you cronk." The wounded man, she testified, replied: “I hope you get the char,” Mrs, Baker was the only witness of the quarrel, OBSCENE PLAY TO END RUN NEW YORI, Feb, 19.—District At- torney Banton announced today that William A, Brady, theatrical pro- ducer, had yoluntarily agreed to withdraw from the ftage next Bat- urday night the play ‘A Good Bad Woman," over which a storm of erlt- iclem has raged én comp!aints that it is obscene and demorallzing. Prison Riot Investigated BAN QUENTIN, Cal., Feb, 18.—An investigation into the riot between American and Mexican prisoners yes- terday which resulted in the death of Antonio Hernandes was under way at the penitentiary today, Mrs. Nellie Baker, young widow of Daniel Baker and divorced wife of his son, Willlam Levi Baker, today | U.S.CALLED LAW CRAZY SAGINAW, Mich., Feb. United States is “law crazy" Thomas R. Marshal, former president, in an address here night. “Documents are not the founda- tion of the government of this na- tion,” sald Mr. Marshal, “It ts the conscience of the American people that Hes behind everything that 1s done or attempted. We cannot legis- late a change in men’s hearts. Re- formers cannot attain their purposes by passing more laws, It {s the will to accomplish anything that finally results in its fruition.” 19.—The sald vice last oo Bride Finds 8 Forger-Hubby OMAHA, Neb. Feb, 19.—Search for George Harbican, 23, formerly of Blair, Neb., which his bride says be- gan after thetr marriage January 14, in Birmingham, Mich. ended in Omaha, last night when she found him in a movie and delivered him to police, He is held on a fugitive wa rant from Detroit, where he is cha ed with forging $500 worth of checks on an uncle, a But oratory without} Cunningham, of the Casper National bank, he founded nounced here today in connection with the sale of his bank- ing interests to prominent financiers associated with him in the bank for more than a quarter of a century. UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME By COL. W. H. HUNTLEY CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 18.—(Special to The Trib- une.) —The automobile bill, sponsored by the county asses- sors’ association, which sought to overturn the whole sat-| isfactory system now in operation, stirred up considerable in the house late yesterday. votes, and a bill without merit, brought the usual and to} pioneer Casper 36 years ago, was an- The an- nouncement met with Uttle surprise on the part of friends, due to realiza tion of Mr. Cunningham's failing health and desire to be relieved of responsibilities which involved. an undue strain upon his condition Under the sale just consummated, | which represents the most impo tant" financial deal in recent yes the Cunningham stock in the Cas. per National bank was purchased by Patrick Sullivan, P. C, Nicolaysen, G. R. Hagens, Robert Grieve and other financial interests. Patrick Sullivan, for 25 years a power in the institution, continues as chairman of the board of dire: ors; P. C, Nicolaysen, also prom!- nent in the bank’s affairs for an equal length of time, succeeds to the presidency vacated by Mr. Cun ningham; G. R. Hagens, counsel fr the bank for a long period of yeas becomes vice president and director; Q. K. Deaver, identified with the bank for many years, continues as the active vice president, and C. H. McFarland is cashier. Robert Griev prominent in the livestock industry, has also been added to the board of directors, while Richard Tob'n, an- other stockman, has become a stock- holder. The names of those who continue in control of the bank's affairs have long since been recognized as one of the strongest financial groups in Wyoming, all being associated prominently with other industries. The Casper National bank since ts institution 36 years ago under Mr. Cunningham, has enjoyed con sistent growth and played a major part in serving business, individual and corporate interests here, It bears the reputation of being one of the strongest institutions in the mountain region and under a new regime, marked by the retirsment of its president, should continue to add FVE DEPUTIES ARE PROVIDED WN BILL PASSED AFTER DEBATE Provision for Naming Of Agents by Goy- emor Voted Down in State Senate. CHEYENNE, Feb. 19.— The Wyoming senate cham- ber rang with oratory this {morning during considera- tion by the committee of the whole senate of senate 105, designed to authorize the governor to appoint five deputy commission- ers of law enforcement and any number of agents of the law enforce- ment department as the chief execu- tive might consider necessary. The bill was approved fot passage after the power of appointment of deputies had been taken from the governor and vested in the commissioner of law enforcement and all authortza- tion for employment of “agents” had been deleted. The bill in its original form was criticized on the ground that ap- pointment of deputy commissioners of law enforcement the governor would be {logical bi use the com- missioner of law enforcement, under such a system, would have no au- thority over his deputies. The bill in {ts amended form provides that ‘ "ea appotny PeApRonteg shy. tho commis rceMeHe shall be mange “by and with the consent of the governor.” The house this morning heard brief eulogies of the late Governor William B. Ross by H. E. Harris, Democratic floor leader, and Speaker Underwood. The house received a handsome script copy of a resolution on the death of Governor Ross, passed early in the session, and de- signated Harris d Underwood to present this cor vo Governor Nellle Tayloe Ross. The house this mornring passed house 161, providing procedure for combatting insect and plant pests; house 124, prohibiting “ambulance chasing,” and house munietpalities to levy taxes for a municipal concert fund. Twenty. three bills were passed by tae house. » authorizing EEN . Wyo. Feb. 9.—(Special to The Trib- une.)—-Governor Nellie T. Ross exercised her veto power again late yesterday when she placed her stamp of disapproval on Senate 66, provid- ing that water Civision superintend- ents must be appointed from eligible to prestige built on conservative banking principles. ¥ Mr, Cunningham, {t is understood, will retain his store and extensive livestock interests which he has operated since first establishing him self in Wyoming, attent’on to which will not react on his health. His| failing c>ndition dates back three years when he was shot and wound ed by a Mexican shoplifter as the| latter escaped from the Cunningham store. Much of his time during the last year has been spent under| medical attention and at the present time “he is at the Johns Hopkir institute at Baltim where f n Rev. A. E. Cooke To|' Address Realtors The luncheon and meeting of the Casper Real Estate Board at the Townsend hotel tomorrow noon will be featured by an address by the Rey. A. BE. Cooke, pastor of the First Congregational church, All members are requested to attend, bringing thelr wives and friends, candidates examined and certified by tha state engineer s competent. Veto was based on the ground that the act interfered with the gov- ernor's right to exercise his or her own judgment tn selecting ap. A significant development of yes- ate session, which extended ight agal < postpone. r » house of House 144 erning change in the system tax ¢ ctions\on automobiles as pproved by the State Assessors’ {ation, Under the measure a registration tax would be imposed at the time of tssuing licenses to wuto owners. ‘Tax dodging on the part of many owners would be eliminated by this method, accerd- ing to the apsessors. Senate activities included approval of House 96, known as the inhertt- ance tax code; confirmation of the uppointment of Mrs. T. B, Hood of Casper as commisstoner of child and animal protection Riches Come too Late Inventor’s Wants Few By L, ©, OWEN, (Copyright, 1925, Casper Tribune) SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., . 19.— It took fame and fortune fifty years to catch up with George Campbell Carson, desert prospector, copper miner, inventor and wanderer up and down the highways and bywaya of Mother Earth, Now that both have finally overhauled hfm and fortune has tapped him on the shoulder with a gold finger, the old man in too ‘sot in his ways’ for his suddenly changed status to make a ict of dif ference, With something like twenty mil- lions almost within his grasp—at ¢ wil) be a million or two the rouyh spots of his declin- ing years—the most that Carson craves for the rest of his natural life ia “home cookin’ " that is, along with a cemfortable place in which to sleep, and a Iittle laboratory all his own, wheré he can work out some other inventions which he has in mind, Carson {4 the man who, according to a decision handed down a day ov two ago by the United States clr. eult court of appeals, invented and in entitled to the patent rights and royalties on the particular type of smelting furnace which now Js used by many big smelters of the United States, Bhould the court decision go unre- versed (and ale attorneys here ex- pross the belief that it will) every smelter that has been using Carson's invention must pay him back royal- tion over a period of almost ten years. Twenty millions ts declared to be a censervative estimate of the wealth that will be his when all claims are settled, Ever since he was a bor of 14 and ran away from his father’s farm tn Kansas, Carson has been a wanderer on the face of the globe. Mostly as a mine prospector, he has wandered from the silver mines of Mexico to the gold fields of the Yukon. Once ho ventured into Siberia. Almost 20 years ago he worked for a time in a emelter in Pittsburgh, Pa. In those (Continu’ on #ese Four)