Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 28, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER Unsettled weather tonight and Sunday, probably rain or snow nerth portion. Colder Sunday, VOL. 1X. NO. 144 ELLINGSON JURY COMPLETED, RECESS TAKER SHEPHERD OPENS FIGHT ON FAIMAN MULLENIX-WALLAGE DECISION. (S DELAYED BY JUSTICE HERE: After hearing testimony until 11 o’clock Friday night, W. J. Stull, justice of the peace of Salt Creek, sitting in Jus- | tice of the Peace E. C. Madden's court here, sion in abeyance in the damage suit of BE. J. Mullenix vs. R. E, Wallace which he alleges resulted to his car when CHIME CHARGED “TQ ACCOMPLICE IN) INOCULATION Illegal Operation and Death Charged to School Head. | | CHICAGO, March 28.— (By The Associated Press.) —An affidavit charging that Cc. C, Faiman, whose confes- sion has been made the prin- cipal evidence against Wil- Mam Shepherd, charged with mur- der, once operated illegally upon a woman in his science school and that the woman dled, was taken into criminal court today by Shepherd's counsel. The affidavit, sworn to by Willlam Scott Stewart, attorney for Shep- herd, who is. fighting to have the court reconsider its decision denying Shepherd. freedom on bail, further charged that the body was disposed of by turning it over to a labe CHICAGO, March 28,—Charges of blackmail and of intimidation and bribery were exchaneas today us contac ah! i sae Shepherd, Tenewed the! fight for bail for the accused. In an affidavit in support of a motion that Judge Jacob Hopking recgnsider his denial of..bail, it-was charged that the confession of ©. C. Falman that he taught Shepherd how to kill | Shepherd's ward, William N. Mc Clintock with typhoid germs, was | obtained by a blackmail scheme. The defense first called upon the court to give Shepherd its prot tion. After filing the affidavit witt Judge Hopkins; Attorney William Scott Stewart, who himself swore to the affidavit, announced that Eat Clark, a former agent for Falman’s National University of Scl- ence, had been arrested by the state's attorney’s men last night and that Clark’s wife also was held | in custody. | Assistant State's Attorr George | BE. Gorman stated to the court that ft was true that Cla and his wife Were held and declared that all wit-| nesses against whom intimidation or bribery was attempted, would be taken into custody for their own protection as was Clark. Clark was represented affidavit as having Attorney Stewart that Faiman once had operated illegally upon a woman who died afterward, and that fear of prosecution had used him to make his confession accusing Shepherd. Judge Hopkins postponed hearing on the defense motion until Tuesday when the new bail fight by Shep- herd’s counsel will be pressed in court. $1,000 BOND in th | ISFURRISHED | BY WHEELER WASHINGTON, March tor Burton K. Whéeler of Montana, indicted. here yesterday con splracy charges in connection with oll land permits, appeared in Dis trict of Columbia supreme court to y und furnished $1,000 ball. The ball was through a bonding, company. Charles A. Doug Montana senator’s counsel, panied Mr. Wheeler in court. PATIENT DEAD IN CHICAGO HOSPITAL FIRE CHICAGO, March fly blinded by an ope eyes, P. J. Regan was unable to srope his way to safety and died in the suffocating smoke of a fire which last night wrecked the fourth floor of the Chicago , Bar, Nose | and Throat hospital in the down- town business district Nurses and firemen c other patients, made hel bandages or effects of operations, when a blaze in the basement spread | through an elevator shaft, and awakened inmates, and hospital em Dloyes, ge had narrow escapes 28.—Sena given one of the accom —Temporar: ried | chairman and George White. | cent of establishment The circulation of The Tribune is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper Che Cazp Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation ““Fireworks’ pr Dail MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS CASPER, WYOMING, SATU AX MARCH 28. 1925 Seen in Democratic Wrangle Over Ad Expenditures NEW YORK, March 28.—L. A. Van Patten, whose advertising agency is involved trial of s | in a wrangle with the Democratic national committee over an advertising deal during | the presidential campaign last year, promises that ‘‘fireworks” will be produced at the suits filed yesterday by both sides. “The Borah committee investigating expenditures will be interested more than a lit- \tle in this suit,” said Mr. Van Patten. light on the reasons why John vis, Democratic presidential ute and Charles W. Bryan, vice pre: candidate, suffered such a crushing defeat in the elec- tion last fall.” The Democratle national commit- tee filed suit to compel Van Patten, Inc., to account for a $50,000 cash advance for campaign advertising last fall and to return any amounts due. Van Patten, Inc., countered with a suit for $84,220, claiming the agency spent $9,220 above the orig- inal $50,000 and lost additional mon- ey as commission on a $600,000 con- tract of which the committee ex- pended onl» about $100,000. After two unsuccessful conferen- ces in an attempt to negotiate a set- tlement, subpoenas and notices to appear for examination before trial April 30 were issued against Clem L. Shaver, Democratic national Coun- the committee sald the at- to have such examination @ resisted. . Van Patten said that Jesse H. Jones of Texas, director of fi- nance of the Democratic .national committee would be a central figure in the case. Mr, Jones was a Me- Adoo supporter, Mr. Shaver sald: “It 4s simply for the adjustment of a claim that is in dispute. The Van Patten suit is simply a backfire set against ours.’’ POULTRYMEN 3 ORGANIZATION lo PROJECTED County Association to Be Launched Next Saturday. sel for tempt would Mr. A Natrona county poultrymen's association will be organized at a meeting of all poultry raisers in the county on Saturday, April 11, {t was announced today b; M. Penley, county aggat. The meeting will be held in the assembly room of the Natrona Power company, according to present arrangements. This will be, the first attempt of local poultrymen to organize, The purpe ire to interest producers in uring better quality stock, mutual education ins poultry production 8c narketing problems, and to prepare for the poultry show that will 1d Casper next December. ultry in growing has increased and many re beginning to r dustry here offers probably better opportunities than any other farm pursuit, according to Penley. There are now approximately 50 poultry- men actively engaged {n the busi- ness in the county. “The industry is 4 within the last almost 100 per men and women alize that the in- year in process he: the county said. “There is a particularly 1 market in Casper and at pres- ent 50 per cent of the eggs and poultry meats used here are shipped (Continued on Page Six) ager go! He added that trial of the c ses would “shed PARIS STIRRED BY REPORT OF DENNISTOUN HEART BALM SUIT PARIS, March 28—Announcement that an American woman plans to bring suit for breach of promise and defamation of character against Colonel Ian Dennistoun has created a great stir in the cosmopolitan world of Paris. Colonel Dennistoun, now the husband of the dowager countess Carnarvon, was the defend- ant in the sensational London trial just concluded, in which his former wife sued for the recovery of money loaned before their Paris divorce. The American. woman who pro- poses to sue thé British officer was mentioned several times in the e dence at the London rial, but these references were made so discreetly SURVEY MADE OF FIRE LOSS Troubles Stalk Italian Woman In Strange Land Lingulstis differences presented “difficulties for officials of the Chi- cago, Burlnigton and Quincy rail- road Thursday night when an Italian woman immigrant. equipped with two babies, about one year and three months of age, respec- tively, arrived enroute to Greybull to join her husband. Several local linguists were se- cured but none knew Italian until T. Clements, mechanic at the Jones garage, was located. The woman persisted in cursing her husband while she was being in- duced to go to the Pines hotel for the night and when the price of a dollar for her room was men- tioned to her more trouble en- sued. It ‘wap difficult to induce her not to pass the night on the streets with her babes, rather than pay the price. She took the westbound early today with her bundles, her babies and loaves of Italian bread, train many several ‘President On His Yacht For The Week-End WASHINGTON, March. 28.—Tho yacht Mayflower with President and Mrs. Coolidge aboard for & week end cruise anchored last night off Colonial Beach, about 65 miles below Washington and this morning continued its cruise down the Po- tomac. The weather cleared some- what during the night but a brisk wind wa’ blowing “Enoch Arden” Kills Himself OMAHA, H. Wilson, 45, March 7, last, found himself in an “Enoch Arden,” tangle when his firet wife, missing for eleven years and whom he belleved dead, came back to him only he had remarried ended all marital troubles ht by committing sul- Neb., March who on after been six years, here last n cide. A newspaper clipping related the strange marital tangle and was 28.—John verified by court records at Lincoln, Nebraska, where he lived. ; The clipping told how Wilson's first wife deserted him in 1808 and how he waited for her return for eleven years, Believing her dead, he remarried in 119. Last Febru- ary however, the missing wife re turned and his second wife, Jennie 5. Wilson of Waverly, Nebraska, sued for divorce. Attempts at con- ciliation with his second wife appar: ently failed and Wilson came to an Omaha hotel where he shot and that there was nothing to indicate her identity and her name is sald. to have been revealed only to the judge and ecunsel, According to one Paris paper, the plaintiff's identity will be concealed by the name of Mrs. “Q” until the court proceedings oblige its disclo- sure. Her counsel, Dudley Field Ma- Jone, says the case is in no way connected with the London Dennis- toun trial. The evidence, he states, includes letters written to his client by Colonel Dennistoun before he married the widow of Lord Carnar- von and In them there are uncom- plimentary remarks concerning the countess. INNOVATION IN RAILROAD CARS [3 SEEN HERE Electricity Used for Dnving Generated by Gas Engine. A cross between an electric Inter- urban car and a gas driven railr coach passed through Casper yes- terday over the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad en route to Laurel, Mont., where {t will be taken in charge by its owners, the North ern Pacific Railroad compa The car, Which is'new in railroad transportation, !s driven by electric power generated by a six-cylinder gas engine especially designed for railroad work. The power is trans formed so that it is available at the wheels from. motors like those of street cars It is, made to op railroad tracks and according to the man in charge, A. B. Wirth, me chanical engineer, {t operates at one third the cost of steam propelled cars. The gas engine {s placed in the front, there is a compartment for baggage and express and a space for passengers somewhat larger than that of the usual Interurban car. The crew will consist of an engi- neer and q conductor. The power generating apparatus develops 180 horse power, the max! mum speed 4s 62 miles an’hour with & guaranteed speed of 50 miles on straight level tracks. The weight {s 36 tons. The car is one of seven ordered by the Northern Pacific for operation in the west, supposedly on the Pacific coast. It was manufactured by the Electro-Motive company, of Cleve- land, Ohio. Severa] of such cars are being op: erated in various parts of the coun- try, the caretaker sald. One {s in use in Mexico, @ few are used in the west and some in the east. Manu facturing of this invention was started last August. WALES OFF TO EMBARK LONDON, March 28.—(By Associated Prers)—The Prince of Wales left for Portsmouth on the Royal train this morning to embark upon the battle cruiser Repulse for South Africa and South America. precise! ate on ste: The err? 8} J. E. Wallace and $200 damages it collided with itomobile driven by R. E. Wallace recently. The defense that it was mot to bi. dent and that it occu the fault of Mullenix. T filed agai sult of the ne accident On S81 Deity treets or at Newstands.:6 cents ered by Carrier 75 cents a montk 4 Crthune UNA HOME Tribune Bldg. 716 B. Second St he Mullenix i The second brought by Rex Mul broken ribs he suffer | liston | SNOW IS. FORECAST | FOR WEEK WASHINGTON, Weather ¢ Mor tlock for the ning Rock sions— toward middle of week Cold nd tempera Id his dec suing for 1 the Wal $200 dam Was starte’ jur The suit for ix be ed int MRS. ANGUS MT PRERGON PASoES AWAY; FUNERAL HERE MONDAY Following an illness of two weeks which developed into pneumonia Mrs. Angus McPherson, 59 years of age, died at her home, 123 North Kimball street. She was one of the old-time residents of the city having come to Casper from Inverness county, and, in 1906, to join yho had preceded her ve years previous | five ye and who later became a prominent woolgrower of Natrona county. Damage from Prairie Conflagrations In Dakotas Not as Large as First by Fr re She ts survived and a niece, Mrs. Cheyenne, and by , Including Sheriff Alex Mc Pherson. She was a mem thony’s Catholic chu services will be held at the Catholic morning will church Monda o’cloc Interm Highland. cemetery. Reported, Survey Shows SIOUX FALLS, S. D., March 28.—With prairie fires in South Dakota and along the South Dakota- Nebraska border extinguished, inventory today was taken of the loss caused by the flames which raged for practically western two days. Because the country through which the flames spread i ie sparcely settled, property loss was not as large as at first expected. Re- ports of deaths could not be veri- fied, but several persons suffered RACE HORSES - DEAD IN FIRE March 28.—8tx r training here ORLANDO, Fla., noted horses in wint were burned to death today when one of the ten-stall frame buildings of the White was razed b) a firg of unde igin Three The of the horses is estimated at Stables termined ¢ horses were 84 lose F, L. st his nd a two val Parrin of Cincinni r old colt, Aetn year old colt, Somebody, each ued at approximately $7,000. WOMAN SENT TO PRISON WASHINGTON, March 28.—Mre. Margaret Buc n, former secre tary..to Representative Kendall of Pennsylvania was sentenced to three years imprisonment in District of Columbia supreme court today on gonviction of forgery severe burns while blazes, The fire along the Nebraska border on th dian reservation late yesterday, after Indians fought the most two days Loss ity was chiefly conf stacks and some small ranch build inge. The blaze {n north kota and across the border was checked T eral yillages were thre: section but timely people stopped the A small loss both fires. was onl Prosperity Is Forecast Copper Magnate was husband of} her her ed latives “of Ahrens sociated Press)—For the n its history and years, dot reigns of Ma and emperor tomorrow wi ves, the of r An-} reh. Funeral | of electing its 10} The the | eae c | held his ‘office by of the national by which he forial’ president At during the ensuing | that his provisiona ed, but it w deemed east the cc y ir presidential election act of the reichsta, late Friederich at the be in by to expire June 30, 1925 death advanced this months, obtain a clear majority there are seven runnings, nobody in ously believes that can obtain a majority fore provides that a shall be taken tion d April This t an alrendy me the Nghti declared elected, large a vote the ¥ may roll up.on the Urely new South Da he Nosebud In extingulshed ranchers and ames for al {n that vicin- pied), 200) 8 Anet, now Dulsberg, 1s expected column of returns rn South Da- —— North Dakota hurs atened in that By beached in Mill ed under completely conc NEW perou by Per the Anacontla Copper other corpor for Europ “ fundamenta ound nothing to worry “We have ha backs but the cal. I am posi ing out all right." YORK, Mare business y have tive th Rockefeller, 4 abo bodies of five Ge 1 soldiers who jot warned at the sunk the The uding eleve ix Hight « time German idered Ger ‘onditio: id there far he ald algae tempor been pure of more than d with the head the medium of a popular ballot. Ebert, German virtye assembly was designated provis arious times , he urged status end. the and 5 . in October, 921, that his provisional status was changed to a regular one date The | second and this second elec been fixed for lord to mas m eviderttly, the March week most t and GERMANY WI MOTESUNDAY ‘NEWPRESIDENT |Karl Jarres Favored} To Win Election Tomorrow. SRLIN, March 28.—(By T firs electors, German be given the opportu through | in throes o his term His sudden two The law for election of the prest- dent provides that a candidate must of all votes cast to be declared elected. As candidates Gern candidate obtaining the highest number of votes will be regardless of rious opponents aggregate. andidates may by the various parties or tions of parties for the second clec: Kar] Jarres, vice chancellor in the mayor hea¢ FIVE BODIES AREFOUNDIN | SCUTTLEDSHIP « Bay ot was scuttled by a thous. turbulent kings nation first republic of a vote 191 be unwise by the the ser ndidate w there Heer ballot in how En- be named combina, the man SORDID STORY ‘OF SIAL’S LIFE TOBE DETALED WHER DEFENGE Rumors of Plans to Enter Guilty Plea Denied as Time for Evidence Arrive SAN FRANCISCO, 3.—Dorothy year-old March illingson, 16- matricide, today | gratefully accepted a respite in the ordeal she } been undergoing in the proceed- will 4 ing which termine women was sworn tr jurors were allowed to go to the homes. The girl was returned to her cell in the county ane girl who entered montbs ago but « ently e ft quent collapses in court have given an entire legal status The jury trial is begin Mor day. It was stated that the tal of testimony will begin then and was denied emphatically young defendant we jat that time to a ler the to that rge of laught Mar sources unidentific cution and defense in the girl be expedl papers here yesterda ments over Ma with t to do 1s to ente § STORY TO BE BARED IN COURT. By L. C. OWEN. (Copyright, 1925, Consolidate Morbid lovers of the and meretricious who dally in the ec Dorothy girl i for the murder of her mother, once in their Hyves are prot their sated fill of the licenti salacious, It is shor » be fort ming in the San Francisco “jaz ania’ murder nse, unless public sentiment ta a hand before such evidence gets under a full head of steam and the authorities are com pelled for the sake of decency to turn her over to an insanity com mission or to the juvenile where t Cyprian Thais ¢ apades of the slenc nna-hatred defendant’ will be heard behind locked door That th battle for urt ro Ellings« court morbidly curious who s flock to such trials may get their fil] of such details was indi cated here today when defense torneys admitted that “sensual ulway vict of murder, a the claim should » been placed against her. Jorothy Ellingson's to run the libertinism ifn ning at tl co 4 adult male a child, beg and running a di when the flame-l girl of 1 who ex favors for fleeting wn t slaying her y of grown men a relks' going itted plan of the d bare all the sor However, there is a chance that Millions of Chinese Facing St arvation:®": CHICAGO, March 28.—More than 10,000,000 Chinese to be in actual want of food in elght provinces where word from Bishop . Birney of Shanghal, received the Chicago office of the Metho- dist Episcopal board of forelgn mis sions, indicates that 15,000,000 per- sons were affected by the winter flood and famine in north and west China, are reported A heavy toll of life continued to be taken as a result tions, Bishop Birney hundreds of thousands of west Chi lands had wes their washed dc nese sand moun ditions in north Cl mated property loss hundreds of millions o international famine “ uing and covered the dykes were broken with similar con-| reports tee to ch of the reports condi Many number 15,000,000 » Kiangs!, Pukien and | Shantung flooded ywn from the | top soll, | allable, the insufficient with an est!-| ef to more than #ix running into] per cent of the ¢ dollars. The | been relief commit Funds a are victims only 30,000 of the estimated the affécted iu able to obtain emp! Kuangtung. Hunan and Hupeh prov-| aw she commisal grant re and one t ind {t ha yment fc homeless Chinese Honan, lic opinion y intervene from } al insanit ipt to prov four days of the Ellingson past and the white-faced, panic-stricken child de- three and four 1 day's court ses . public revulsion to the whole proceeding Is growing. that the word “moth has been mentioned, Dorothy Ellingson has eringed deep in her chair &nd un bidden tears have leaped to her ey has buried her » in her swooning sion es | arm When the la fortitude has snapped, slumped into a dead fa us been nothing faked or these da (Wontinued ion ustaining s