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WEATHER ‘ Unsettked with snow in north por- tlon tonight, and probably in south portion tonight and Wednesday. Colder tonight. Fresh to strong | shifting winds. ik Poe eee : x MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. IX. NO. 135 VOL. IX. NO.135.. «Member of Audit Bureau CASPER, WYOMING, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1925 On Streets or at Néwstands, 6 cents = -= Che Casper Daily Critmare | ‘GOVERNMENT RE Delivered by Carrier 75 cents a month 4 | <a ITS CASE IN BATTLE FOR TEAPOT ANNULMENT JOHN G. SARGENT WILL BE ATTORNEY GENERAL ARREN TURNS DOWN EGE SO, OT IN NOTE President Turns’ Back to Home State For New Nominee WASHINGTON, March 17.—The senate late this’ afternoon firmed the nomination of John G. Sargent to be attorney general. con- WASHINGTON, March 17.—John G. Sargent of Ver- mont was nominated today by President Coolidge to be attorney general. At the same time the White House made public letters ex- by the president and Mr. Warren in which the chief execu- tive referred to the senate fight inst confirmation as “a political controversy" and declared the plan to give Mr. Warren a recess appoint ment was due to “unshaken confi dence’ in hin Replying, Warren said he could not take the appointment now cause he did not care to have a longed political controversy that ht Jes your opponents for full usefuln ‘The name of Mr. Sargent was sent to the »itel after Charles B. War-j ren, twice rejected by the senate had declined to take a rec mpDoihs ment to the att and after senate le the White House ther changed had assur- was a fair prospect of quick approval of the} new nominee. | Coincident with the senc of | Mr, Sargent’s name to the senate, | the White House made public an ex || change of correspondence between the president and Mr. Warren in hich both made reference to the fight sgainst the latter's confirma DUBLIN, March 17.—Armored political controver esters asia) AA KeatS letter renewed bis! Crat’ thousand Bree State troops s appointment and) \ih their bands took. part~ in Me. Warren's declination on the! taiyre milttary display ‘here:-in ground that his acceptance would| jonor of St. Patrick's Day. After prolong the controversy to the P08) Tass the troops paraded the prin- ance of the administra- on as the new nomination reached the senate chamber it was referred to the judiciary committee and the leaders indicated that con- firmation would be voted in time to SCHURMANIS AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY | JACOB GOULD SHURMAN. WASHINGTON, March 17.—Ja- cob Gould Schurman, now mipis- ter to China, ax named today bj President, Coolidge as ambassador to Germany, WASHING March 17. rON, favorable t on the nomina- tion of John G, Sargent to be at- torn general yoted unani- mously today by the senate judict- ary committee. The committee took less than three quarters of an hour to arrive at its decision. ‘St. Patrick | Paid Homage In Ireland streets while airplanes man- red over the city. At College Green, President Cosgrave with the members of his government and the ar chiefs took the salute soldiers marched | ‘SONNY’ WILLIS ADMITS FORCING LIE TO SAVE MOTHER FROM CHARCE Confession Is Wrung From Lad After || J 7 udge Found Two Hours Grilling; Mrs. Willis to es Be Held for Killing. | Running Still || A Sideline LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 17,—A boy who tried too hard to make folks believe it was he who committed the} — sz murder for which his mother was sentenced to life im-| While prisonment, today was just a boy again, having admitted| !nt to the district attorney that his “confession” was a lie,| {\\ forged to free his parent: from the consequences of her shine ~ ATTLE, Y be CEs eel ah, Washington, his duties on was making moon- son on thet performing he th hi (27TH CHILD T MEMBERSHIP IN227%.C¥"-> JNBERT B. FALL CREDIT RATING ove woven WOT CALLED TO EXCHANGE HERE! ANTES OTAND 10 GIVEN BOOST AT CHEYENNE (Charge Account AGeaal Son-in-Law Testifies to Bond Possession But Is Discussed Before | are. Is Sustained in Refus- AGAIN MONDAY | “Every merchant in Cas- CHEYENNE Wyo., March 17.— rs should belong to the| (By Associated | Press) —Com- Credit association and abide| fies “4 : ob sia > Ce k ended to prove a conspir: | oy the regulations of this | | financial liaison betwee |protective body,” was. the] | of declaration | of H. C. Chap-| inl tae n JOFmnGe: aegree faa, stat tary of the interior, the govern- ment rested its ternoon in the ase late this af- lease annulment crime. He was Harold “Sonny” Wil-| Mrs. Willis, who ten days ago cor: th Roar i i 5 © & complaint filed here | progran sharge of the ( suit being. trie . 7 lis, 14-year old son of Mrs. Matgaret | roborated her scn’s “‘confestion,” afd Sheriffs Joe Hartahan | ber’ Merch Fen hacer eral SHORE RRO Willis, convicted slayer of Dr. Ben-| said she sent Harold out to play ball| and Robert Gisson. ‘The -deputies Bat Seyi ree t nos y ; biedirgsitger a Ady jamin B. Baldwin. _ |after the killing while she packed| declared in complaint they | sp Seareehihoathatots saa | uses to /Answer es BAA at be Nee seeders te3¢ z $s representing » associa- F; ° * “Sonny” announced about ten the doctor's body.in @ trunk, declin-| found the judge and his son mak: | tion. M. Av Beckiinwer, chem Q f qaeatien soins een bo igen days ago that he killed Dr, Baldwin | ed yesterday to discuss the repudia-| ing the illicit quor and that Mrs. | of the Forum committee, presided at | uesnions eric tt RB alee i last Aptil when the doctor attacked | tion of the “confession.” Meanwhile} Hunt poured the contents of one | the lunc Near et - —— the Lenees i ig eee of his mother and on the strength of| the district attorney announced he| jug of moonshine over. Harrahan ‘ ; CHEYENNE =p J | fac, resgrear rey ously had re- his ‘confession” his mother’s attgr- | Would continue his investigation Into) during the raid. Hunt-and his son | eeai, crater the na 17. 1 ae ek March jury investig tion mt. W samen 3 wec hera stay of execution | the origin of the lad’s story. sosted $750 bond eac pee? " happe — s y decline} 4), 4 ston ney won for herva sta xecution 8 ; ry F 1 each. Bc people situa! Vat respectfully decline| (1 the ground that his answers to Bobtpontie Bes Sei to i Quen- re earning money by avoiding ana|t® answer on the ground that | questions might tend to incrimé pepe nc ty: Patan a: bs Konu 4 e e sidestepping the payment of their jmy a answer might iner: are nate him, ; itorney Asa bills. The ‘deabeats’ are known to|me are Boor aie ee eee Ore ae all the me ause they have | Haitankwar chy ohT NE eee puirder! and, feapitertte castrice at delinquent with : Fat Inker of Puebl ; CHEYENNE, Wyo:, March urder, and, Gs . then). Some merchants aia ane OF nemo 117.—— (By The Associa fiat GIT eh ile 3 chance but they have to more than| Aine Fall, to questi wae “| )—Ruling that M a il, r ; earn thelr mone: coilect , pe Saeed haa vices we ca ers re Yesterday,"after twe-Hbuy grilling. ‘ vont ATeRRE TE ota th “tng. the | Owen. D. Hoberts, counsel.) tor the} Everhart, ata and ranch- Harala broke Bae apo. Fan) “L Credit @asoclation tan teleptions to} St arie teouch ; pats eer /er of Pueblo, Colo., and son- was in school when Dr. Baldwin was the credit office and ain adequate | tdi ts aha in- law of Albert B. Fall, must killed, I knew nothing of it until Sete) eee dntésination bf aby culitomer esidgnce he Savery to an alk ite Nebiet F later, I sad I shot him to help, my Mere ee ite eatin) it for annulment of the ulleged deposit he mother,” An audit of the city’s books by O.; tended ‘to shave city expenses to alto the esl Nea: 4 Is Mee De eRe roy pane’ On tt I’. Steffen and his ther, was| minimum compatible with tho prop-|merchants should tm ‘sna poe ene 1 authorized to start today beginning | er ctioning dty*denatt-ilas those who easke c. Geactioeet nat | r 1 MULE GREEK with the city, treasurer's office, by | 1 and, thus xe was Pies nee sO 4c we there: t . | the city council last night. C. E.|dema rs meeting | 5 Sige ing, - og diy Ba /bD t to: pre Hoffhine, chairman of the finance | held la the sponsor-| io those whe de tay, theeteit re Ratio ne ee sits! nanc peat batwadh>’ Sell aka committee spoke in fa thor-] ship of the R Board. aaa ite ine te ri na anes Yt eet Sy Harry F. Sinclair, lessee of the big L. 7 fee eee ; d cover. the Joss or ac pectfu @ toa . I 5 ugh, arldit-whibh would srevea} {5 a | Councilman J Chandler stated | counts of ‘deadbeats.’ In justice to|on the ground that my answer aa nt| V¥omng oll reserve. comprehensive, manner where and t he had talked with the elty|everyone merchants s i as| incriminate’ n ated Eyve rhart | Everhart yesterday refused to an- how every cent of the c surer and employees of that of-| particular as a bank Ww, inag-| SWer the question on the ground tha been spent advanced and had lea d that $3,2 Mule crude we rrel by Creek peri? 1924 down to the pres Mr, Hoffhine r en handled ice d (Continued on Pese Ohio the ou price | | talle that the fir cents company now $1.50 pe the period Tens making barrel. 0,000} statements of fina y treas- of |and mere lal s art In the ght cause him to incrim- to ¢ before ants tinued on P, | collateral | collatera apot Dome reserve, | n Involvin don Page Fight) should County A udit Recrine Close; RESERVOIR DEFECTS ARE REVEALED | Water Goitimifiee Says It Can Not Be ES Used in Present Stage, Urges That Repair. LATE SPORTS s Be Rushed. Elks Tournament Program Tonight ls ¥ Tentative) t rmit the senate to end the special was ved quietly ; ; 5 1 Laine session tomorrow. The whole situa- tile; Thoreau eaves A > The new reservoir completed in the latter part of 1924} yank aitler, Legion, 78 poun envi tiga had been nv : aa ie Reais stival aan) a moulae holt | at a cost of about $115,000 “in its present condition cannot Bruce Py ‘ yy ore ent ‘€ ere Specie ‘eligious vier | 2 se ” aceording ar j ‘ 1 Pe ee cile. and noptawods WUT) were” lisids IN the roteatant tee UW n S ee e be used,” according to a report submitted to the city council | Pounds; Ralph Rouselle, Q, 74) « Republica d@ Democratic floor] we! s the Catholic churches. last night by the water committee composed of John W.}?°)" 2 i F 1 sim dealt leaders d Mr. Coolidge had told] There was no “drowning of the Gs ‘ Tucker, chairntan, A. E. Chandler and N. E. Thomas. se} dba ha 10. 71 hack ; naa sn them ¢ he did not wish} shamrock” all the saloons. being After the re port had been submitted and diset ussed, the Paper Weight. araweticed: ies tote aes ee to such nder the rn act rl ! ft fyiner's office have pleted thelr 1 to Casper, insp, frand| 4. ¢ Cr t ; ext CUBAN ENVOY RESIGNS POST : ay eae ‘ I 1 I 1 Cour Taxy ; tT 1 t I T bassa ! rmulated ected | itot nu to t United Be a t 1 1 exar e he people of the ce ty i ~ aS} r ywe y " general of the state A i c- | yesterd: t resign xpayers a ation, Ww e avail * inviting — cc to| | | the « ‘ : . J terized’ by his frlends as-* st| tion from the Washington post sub- | able and will show wiat the results|meet its expenses. tizen, | | Right of W ay | eid lawyer in New Englffnd.” 64| secretary of State Guillermo, Patter-| of the examiner's labors have been.| whether a property rest 1] cage? Yeats: old: ron said today Representatives of the state exam tinued o | | ‘ tention to th 1 = = See ||, Adin Sireats ere eee as M'COY IS je— 4 wk! |e r us saree oes CONMI be given the rig eWilh, HOS rd sufficien traffic over all ho eres, Cones he sine This y * ba ca ~ v last night of tt portions. ig é | «ntercebt a*tun at once t ertain What action may | p a Be = pabie hae | be necessary to place the r Jury Verdict on Assault Charges Grow- ——— —_ | r: * 4 safe and usable conditi it | that {¢ was wa the way s Wet % . r “ ; McClintock’s Foster Father Promised | tee | teen testunieal oeovebeibn anc | yn Fan tn g g y ' | ‘The anr ement statement con-| that th chauffeurs who in the ¢ f | 39 Vo ;M ‘2 Huge Sum to Bacteriologist Upon _ |ences were recounted tn Faiman's vstate's is, to] solemn funeral procession should | Fascartatbingr Oru a M tion with Shepherd up to a time 1 realize th ri | disciplined by the police depart § thers al ' : Coming Into Great Fortune. after MeClin th when Fal: | {nal ‘Aspect from his own standpoint, | ment , Calif., March 17,—Kid McCoy, former <3 peat tl baa Noa ad t.$ said 1 1 he Yer eane pty ae “Ae Chief E 1 the Oe | 1 t m-| pugilist, recently sentenced to n Caentatnce the slaying ie t nit 1 4 | e he i] et il « led by t the|of Mrs. Theresa M I 2 } a ; " | with tuberculosis germs was dl hate i vi {eget 7 a . a Mors here last August, today facec 2 CHICAGO, March 17.—Typhoid fever germs which | *00n- | cussed but atapdoneds aiinan s alaattaas it Rats $0 i ait nhs i" oie foe tae loaita pr’ | prospect of having 88 years of imprisonment add led t x ia killed William Nelson McClintock, “millionaire orphan,” ae n's que Ss ‘ ‘ to be ause the disease. would >| funeral procession passes. Cutting ire Whisk the “tor |term for manslaughter. 3 were given William Darling Shepherd, foster father andi elere or aamiitetering thé get ie Riais night ion thadeptation a the line of march, racing |twenty yeare | He was convicted i Nn superior court yesterday on three chief heir, upon his promise to pay $100,000 after settle-| nut sata the schot head had coached | cause tt perhups would not work | {We and ahead of a proces It ts ‘stated by Mr. Tucker that | counts wault growing out of 1 the Wounding of W. G. ft ment of the estate, C. C. Faiman, head of the school of | shepherd along that line, informing | igtactorily in an adult “eco si pice ne ia coy! way Interdersae | the only expanse Of the tnenéctibn'ty)| the ‘plete! orgy: which raged “In Dra ettempted to escape from the bacteriology, told Robert E. Crowe, state’s attorney toda; y, | him baclila bes 1 be given in] After typhold fever was well GAGHLUTCAMAIU a fobarcied ak. THATERTT | eto On eRe aa TILGS EER Tere alee anor. the! morris | antique’ dip vette had The amount was decided upon,| promise of $100,000 cold water, icy 1 in young McClintock, Fat-| for police Auto Grivers'| the ling. expenies bt’ the retresen«| the iene ia MH tinea han enenee ; Fatman sa after first had de-| conferences with Sheph Faimar 1 a Shepherd was anxious be- | » Instructed op 8 soon as | tative while In Cae Tite’ ovine | bes cooupving: Coy a lie ing f A ‘ mandéd a quarter of a million do Falnman said that h by the state actor had been called. How see yrocession a not bound to # the Acqua-| Or ant « 1 wi P e Law lars, reduced the amount to $200,000| method of administerin Kept th t Fatman said, ‘he reassured] hi misemeia:t ea: unthh Tite : ; 4 bibl hes Pay ihe Hons ae ehikaera hike be Deadly, Sep gout bm and’ finally compromised upon a|and 1 Shepherd tubes he re ntinued on Page Five) the procession has pas \ yon Page Ten) — one to 10 by ch ath daa Mal ie