Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 7, 1925, Page 1

gis R. M. Boeke to Succeed WEATHER Fair tonight and Wednesday, but with some cloudiness. change in temperature. Not much VOL. IX NO. 152 + fait MEMBER OF ASSu. “#057 BRASS CASPER, WYOMING, Che Canper Dail Ore Dy TUESDAY, Arn. * 1925 reets or vered by Carri at cents nth us y Crile Publication ribune Bidg., ore! B, 216 Second St. STATE LAWS IGNORED BY COUNTY BOARD. EXAMINER'S REPORT SAYS “Morgan Stuffs Papers in Pocket to Delay Audit Publicity CITY ETH PUT IN AY ORDINANCE THE GOUNGIL Ambrose Hemingway in Post Here City Attorney Ambrose Hemingway resigned his of- fice last night at the city ouncil meeting and the ap- pointment of R. M. Boeke with Kenneth McDonald as hi nt y Mayor 8. K. Loy, was unanimously confirmed by the councilmen. Boeke is a former city attorney and he and McDonald have ting Hemingway .{n the the city’s legal department ass been work of for the The council accepted the city at- s resignation with expr sions of regret and the vote of ac- ceptance included “thanks for the painstaking and’efficient manner in which “he has conducted his office.” fo this Chief of Polic Patrick a words of apa ation for Hemmingway’s co-operation with his department. Whree new ordinances designed to revise and make more drastic the city code governing prohibition, carrying of concealed weapons and prostitution were passed on first reading by the four. councilmen present. ‘The prohibition ordinance, which was drawn in order to secure separation from the present city drug ordinance and to make the dry law more effective, makes it unlaw- ful to possess formulas or recelpes: for the making of intoxicating li- quors and prohibits sale, manufac- ture, transportation or possession of such lquors. The maximum penalty for viola- tion is fixed at a fine of $100 or a 90-day jai] sentence or both. ‘The ordinance follows the Wyom- ing prohibition code throughout, it was explained by the city attorney. All rooms, bulidings, houses and ve- hicles used for liquor traffic oF moonshining purposes will be he garded as nuisances. In prosecug tions under the ordinance it will not be necessary to name the prosecut- ing witness, but complaints must be in writing and verified by the nant after which a warrant arch will be issued by the po- ice, the ordinance provides. tion, covering pre-Volstead es, provides that while evidence that in- kept to be it torney the 11 sumption s being entertain- J not be reported.” however, ends th the clause , “In any action burden .of proof is on the pos- r to prove that the liquor was lawfully acquired.” The revised ordin: e pe ning to concealed weapons makes it 1l- legal to carry a dirk, pistol, bowie kn dagger sword-In-acane, or ther deadly weapons with Intent or pe of injur.ng né's fellowmen. rhe maximum penalty for violation is fixed at $100 fine or 90 days in both, rdinance against prostitution same ea (Continued on Page Five) Radio Fans To See Next Olympic Play BALTIMORE, Md., April 7.—In- vention of a device known as “the prismatic ring” will enable radio fans to see the next Olympic games, as well as hear the cheer- ing, it is predicted in a report to the American Chemical society in session here today by the inventor, C, Francis Jenkins of Washington, D.C, He also promises that the stay- at-homes may see the presidential inaugural ceremonies from thelr own fireside, see a distant football polg or baseball game as it is hap- pening, a regatta, mardi gras, flower festival or baby parade while these things are actually happening. . More essentially applied, Mr. Jenkins says that the extension work of the great universities can be more’ vividly brought to the dis- tant farm boy and girl by radio than in any ethér manner. In military work the chiefs of army and navy it is declared may see at headquarters all that a lens looks upon as it 1s carried aloft in a scouting airplane, Mr. Jenkins explained that still pictures are now excellently done beth by radio and by wire and that’as the speed: of the appara: tus is the only difference between stills and movies, the public may confidently expect radio movies soon. The prismatic ring is a new contribution to optical science, the report sald. : TY ATTORNEY QUITS POST FLOPING MINISTER 15 FORGIE WIFE SAVES HIM FROM POLI SOUTH BEND, April-7.— Wilson W. Culp, 37, former Spring Valley, Ohio, minister, father of ten children and one of the principals in two elopements in the past two years, is forgiven and is back home ain peeling potatoes, After eloping with Mrs. Cleo Culp, his sister-in-law, he returned Sunday and was hidden in his home here by his wife until she obtained the prom- ise of officials that he would not be arrested. Interviewers last night found Culp paring potatoes for supper. He would not say anything, He will look for a new job tomorr Mrs. Culp said. Some time. ago Rev. Culp eloped with the leader of his choir at Ind., | | [ Spring Valley, Ohio, and war forgiv en by his wife after serving a work house sentence. sshd SASS EMERGENCY HANGARS UNROOFED BY WIND ‘BE, Wyo., April 7—An- other section of the emergency han- gars at the Cheyenne air mail field is roofless as a reeult of high wind. A much larger section of roof was blown off a few weeks ago. The hangars are flimsy structures erected after fire destroyed the hangar plant last year. opportunity to look into the situation,” the letter states. Casper Motor Club’s Drive In Fall Swing Membership of 2,000 Is Goal of Cam- paign Just Launched; Big Pregram For Year to Be Made Possible. The drive for membership in the Casper Motor club is now on in full swing with 40 enthusiastic solicitors working constructively under direction of Chairman M. A. Beck- linger and they will continue their labors until tomorrow night when it is expected the membership roll will total 2,000. every business firm is expected align themselves with the Motor Club. Memberships two classe Individual membership is $5 per year and firm or business membership {8 based on a sliding Je. Under the reorganization plan this is the last drive for one year under direction of Casper Mo- tor Club, ‘The door will be closed to any further solicitation of Casper citizens for either highway or tour- ist purposes. Any movement re- lating to motorists or tourists need not be considered by citizens of Cas- per or Natrona County unless it has the endorsement of the club. sting at the Henning Hotel was splendidly attended was for the purpose of consider: discussing various angles ng the future program of the Casper Every motorist in Casper and Natrona county and club which might be utilized by those making the solicitation for |s during the BS Becklir led was lively and pointed the proposals submitted by Cc. B. Stafford Chief of Police Patrick was pres ent and in positive terms declared himself sold on the Casper Motor Club and gave assurance of hearty cooperation of the Casper police de partment with the club. J. 8. Mech- ling gave some interesting sidelights on what the club could accomplish in attracting tourists to Casper and all of Wyoming and related some oF the work done in the past by the club. He was enthusiastic over the possibilities as outlined pro: gram submitted and upon men vi drive, Ch A mar and there Inter in the ed in ur (Continued on Page Nine.) Casper has in mind a factory which would handle beets produced throughout central Wyoming, being centrally located for the transporta- tion of beets {rom both the Riverton and Douglas districts. At the present time Riverton-grown sugar beets are moved north and beets grown near Douglas are shipped elther to north- ern Colorado or western Nebraska. It is believed that enough acreage could be signed up tn the territory extending from Riverton to Lusk and north of Wheatland to supply a factory here. This is the plan that wili be placed before the sugar com- pany officials when they come here and {t is Ikely that a special forum will be called to consider the ques- tion. Utah Defeated In Injunction Case Decision WASHINGTON, April 1.—The court of appeals of the District of Columbia has handed down a de affirming the re! al of the court to issue of an Ifjur training Se Work from rcing interio: with p gas on the AN ssl Sugar Factory Sale Cancelled cision upre Utah retar mits to prospect for lands DENVER Judge F. firmed his de last, « Lupt Colo fon of } the wale tory at ton Independ company Largest and Fastest Craft of Kind in World Nearing Completion at Camden, New Jersey, Yards. CAMDEN, N, J., April 7—The giant airplane carrier toga was launched late today at the yards of the New Ship Building corporation, Mrs. Curtis D. Wilbur, wite of the secretary of the navy, acting as sponsor at the christening ceremonies, with high offi als of the navy and other government departments witnessing the event. ship, the be laur 8. 8 Asister . Lexing: ton faM at Quincy hed this Mase Originally these two vessels to have been built erul der the arme limitation were uty, they | but un |r FLOATING AIRPLANE FIELD FOR U. S. NAV Y LAUNCHED were converted Into alrplune carriers before advan When ed, | the kind their construction was far npleted and commission in 1926, the Saratoga will be and fastest craft of It will be the vessel of any west its in the world, longest nayal design In the world, vk be aratoga is 874 feet long of 106 foet Her ele ie plant is designed to develop 180,000 horsepower, greater than the Jcombined rated output tria driven capital nt the Ne | fornia idee esion alt Tenne We and a flying steni to stern The Saratoga w eo drive huge deck reaching from by being generated by turbines operated | by steam fr oll Cred | pollers. She will carry 8 inch rifles the Limit of size for whips of her type under the treaty and will welgh more than tons. ‘The power the new na Juld be capable of suppl eles | of of bitant electric motors, — the n m sixteen 3,000 neek Ink Re hiet « L \dimiral Gelffir nuinued on ‘RIVER PA Commissioners Paid “No ‘Attention Either to Laws of Our | State or the Principle of Good Business,” Examiner Finds After Survey of Records Here; Detailed Story of Extrava- gance and Violdtions Is Lett to Taxpayers’ Auditors. Charges of gross mismanagement in Natrona county offices, of ficeholders and numerous cases of the manner, are made in the 1924 re state examiner. of thelr county during the past year has paid no attention whatsoever to elther the laws of our s the principle of good ministration,” the re commissioners’ office says, “The taxpayers of Natrona county are beginning to wake up to the fact that conditions around the court house are not what they ought to be and as a means foward an end have formed what they c payers’ oclation which ployed Messrs. Lincoln G. Kelly & company, of Salt Lake City to make a detailed audit of the affairs of the county for 1924. This company has three men on the job and are going Into this matter in detail, se- gregating and analyzing all expendt turés, especially those as made on road and bridges and the hospital.” Because of the Taxpayers’ associa- nd consider “Wearin’ O’ the Green” Scheduled For ‘Auto Owners CHEYENNE, Wye., April 7.— It will be a matter of compulsory “wearin’ 0’ the green” with Wyo- ming automobiles next year, Dep- uty Secretary of State Harold Sy- mons hag selected the 1926 motor eense plate color scheme, which calls for wiilte numerals on a grass green background. Bids for pro- viding the plates will be asked within a few days. Bids will be in- vited for supplying 45,000 passen- ger car sets of two plates each und 500 motor truck of two plates each. ets CT SUCCESS IS NOW LIKELY Colo., April 7.—Delph a member of’ the com: mission on interstate com ts for ( ndo, expressed confi 1¢¢ in A statement here yest that the six-state Colorado r 1 completel at he believ ervations att to the s by California does not measure. GREELEY, E Carperiter water iver com Mr. ed res: ched state kill the Highwaymen Rob Diamond Dealer W YORK, April 7 Ross 1 diamond merchant, was robbed of between $40,000 and $50,000 worth of unset diamond: by men who waylaid him as he was ascend ing the stairs of a building in West 44th street, two blocks from Times Square, Hoss said wr etiitex from behind and did not know many robbers holdup, The him to delive bracelet T he down were Involved in the robbers had telephone the in rt after eon and a reduction 1 voluntary ‘nment to two per members ted of interest on the pre n to the gove nt, supporters how | it Casper in the near future with a view to-maki the possibility of establishing a factory . Stafford, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, } sed to the latter some time ago. or to include Casper in our itinerar tion audit, the examiner informs the vernor that he has not gone into the audit in detail in but that the Salt Lake submit information to ing the expenditure money in this county ments of roa county hospital. The Tribune was enabled to secure the report from other sources for the benefit of its readers after Mor- san had refused to permit of the county's official copy TLLEGA AYM MORGAN IS OF Th6 report on the office of county treasurer declares that Dr. Morgan, chairman of the board last year, re ceived from the treasurer $300 undet the heading “justice fees returned The report continues that some phases npan, her re; of the people's in the depart: and bridges and the to say SUGAR COMPANY OFFICERS WILL INSPECT DISTRICT NEAR CASPER Officials of the Holly Sngar company of Col¢rado will visi survey of the beet growing possibilities of central Wyoming a This information is contained in a letter received today by Chas. B. from A. E. Carlton.of the Holly company, in response to a btter of inquiry addres: “We are planning a northern trip soon and will endeav ng a here, , thereby affording an county’s business being transacted port to Governor Nellie T. Ross by S. A. Bro This is one of the reports of count year’s chairman of the board of commis “I wish to say that the board of cou y offices which Guy T, Morgan, last ners, refused to make public today. inty commissioners in the handling of the affairs inefficiency of of- in an illegal wn, assistant Miss Agnes Clare, the treasurer last | sald she was ordered by Dr.| c chairman of the board to} him this amount, he giving her | receipt covering the same. “This transaction 1s absolutely contrary to law since he (Morgan)| no authority to issue such an| the éxaminer’s comment | also says a receipt of | 859.63 from oll royalties was ced in the general fund and spent to pay bills in general, contrary to law for the law atipulates that this money be used for permanent road improvements only. PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD INCOMPLETE, Besides illegal transactions alles eda t the commissioners by the examiner, he also charges that their proceedings were found incomplete and that they do not show in detail every act as performed by the board The report on: the commissioners follows in brief: “In many cases T find some acts as performed by the board are not of record at all in the proceedings This In the face of the fact that they employed R. ©, Vandenburg at $150 (and this salary paid contrary to law) whose duty it was t6 audit all bills presented to the board for their consideration and payment (a dut which he did not perform satlsf: torily in the opinion of this office) and also to see that the minutes of (Continued on Page Ten) Annual Business of Millions of Dol- lars Shown by Books of Syndicate Revealéd by Raid Yesterday. CHICAGO, April 7.— millions of dollars a year w raid on its headquarters where eight men, alleged to be minor heads of the organization were arrested. Records of wealthy liquor customers, names of bribed prohibition enforcement accounts of beer deliverie nels whereby liquor was m rum fleets off New Y mi, Fla,, and New fiseated. officers, and cha wk, papers was a $287 f and New Or John Pat Burnham, a suby rested was cha ward Birmingh with having offe ‘forget the boot The others were underws with police rece The office suite Name on the door and t entered was fitted clan's recep! Two Killed, Two Injured in War LOUISVILLE, I men reported nd two others taker following a gun battle on t of Albany y Tennesse est 40 telep arres ld ds were Kentt and his son Walter, 21, It was county ce and the streets we ple. A bootigkger'’s ¢ Heved to huve started the At least men to hinve participated in the They mot on the sidewalk it in Alt were repor six are ho Harvey horn, 45. t wounded. Low! to have lost bne ing All rep 40 hiy DI ‘Giant Liquor R Uncovered at Chicago vidence of a liquor and vice syn- dicate which the police said has be Drought | for Mia-| to t TARIFF POLICY | leratond | justice by the ing Is en doing a business of 8 found here yesterday in a stocked nds pre with half pints of various id kinds of liquor available spective customers to take own chemists for analysis OFFICIAL SAYS HE WANTS THE FIRST CRACK’ AT INSTRUMENT Single Member With Support of County Clerk Overrules Other Members of Board County Commissioner Guy T. Morgan withheld from readers of the Tribune this morning the reports of the state examiner covering all county offices for the past Morgan refuses expressed of Scott and Commissioner Earl Bur well, both of whom © willing that notes be taken from the reports for publication. ‘The apparent at titude of Bc t and Burwell was tha the rs report is a to abide Chairr by n the wil Jack examin record, count glve th publi oper ers of the ‘8 should Tread the er > rtunity niblite mu) ts in You ca wish from Scott sald te Tribune, 7 in this office and ¢ are public records, So far as I am concernéd the newspaper can use them. There 1s one statement in the examiner's report that refers to a saving of thousands of dollars to the taxpay ers of this county.” “It's all right with me for the re. Ports to be published,” Burwell said. Only Morgan, refused, basing his objection on the pretext that “the ers want the first crack He did not elucidate as ho meant by “the first @ notes you Chairman tative of t en recélved commiss at them." to what crack." no reports were commissioners’ was In Inying on the table and the board regular nexsion. When the reports were next seen a few min utes later resting Again he was he wanted to keep such Important news from tke public and ho replied as before that “we want the first crack at them." Scott and these actions evidently ed from thelr fellc County Cl int sed ing they were snugly in Morgan's pocket. asked why Burwell smiled while were in progress and their amusement proceed the unique eccentricity of commission k« Emma Marshall aleo mplied objections regard ition of contents of the sald they had not been comn mers at this pub! reports read to the scrupulously itimized an dloose leaf ledge were listed names In the ag ere, aceour oads of t cost systems used in| rderly houses. earch the was made after the raid Neged heads of the eyr ealed through ald to be mer L cirel 1 by the ne a runt 1 been re When told th for reporters have daily acc and business other There ho fs IS UPHELD BY PRES. COOLIDCE Address Before Cotton Manufacturers ‘| Reviews Status of U.S. Industry and Necessity for Its Protection. WASHINGTON, April 7,—Justific the prospective sounded by industrial President business prosperity and ple government tn ite re. with business. Full assistagce by th so ii and the rnment Coolidge in f before the National Cotton Manufacturers’ assoc The nation’s executive voic ation of the tariff in the keynote addr t night tion, ed an assurance of increased edged an admihistration of situation an tton pre epecitic office Nine) ation among ducing: states (Cont