Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 20, 1925, Page 1

— 4 : bi} | 4 WEATHER settled tonight and Thursday, U Probably showers west and north portions, Not much change in temperature. VOL. IX NO. 189 School Tax to Be Slashed by District Board Levy of Less Than Four Mills Is Held Sufficient for Needs Next Year; District Enrollment Up The school board announced today that it will probably be able to cut the general school tax in half this year. This will mean a levy of from three to three and three-fourths mills as compared with about six and twenty-seven hun- dredtis mills last year. The amount asked for last year by the board was $550,- | AMERICAN LEAGUE, | At Chicago— R.HLE. 000. This sum was to carry on the usual school expense and to meet the expected increase in enrollment. As it happened this anticipated in se did not occur. hus with less pupils and by a| careful supervision of expenditure by the board there fs enou in ht and and to this year and to maintain the sys money on complete tem for a part of next year, the| poston 010 310 1688 8 oe board © even though the ofl| Chicago “044 10F Gree royalty totals did not core up to} Wingfield and Picinich: expectations in 1924-25. pertson, Mack, Connolly . and While tho enrollment in Casper | schools-is estimated to haye de creased by 200 puplls this year there RHE has been an increase of nbout 500 in oe the oil fleld towns which is a total . increase of 300 in the district. For five years previous, however, the yearly increase of enrollment was from 30 to 50 per cent. This . Louis _....000 roee a4 Batteries: Harris and Cochrane; Davis and Severeid. | At Detroit— R.H.E. fluctuation also caused correspond: | Washington ...000 001 200—3 1b 0 ing fluctuations tn the tax levy and] Detrolt — -000 020 14x—7 10 1 (Continued on Page Two) Batteri Ruether, Russell and Ruel, Ttate; Leonard, Dauss and Bassler, Hartman hit homer in 5th. PENNSYLVANIA At Cleveland— New York —...000 430 10! RUDE JUMP Cleveland 110 110 00 | Bateries: Shocker, Pennock and | O'Neill; Smith, Speece, Buckeye (8th) arta and M PITTSBURGH, Ps (Assoclated Press.)—Incre: ing from a various prices of F NATIONAL LEAGUE. At New York— R.H. E. oil were announced by the principal Chicago ja 000 000 100-1 8B 6 purchasing agencies today. New York - $00 000 03x—6 7 3 new price for Pennsylvania g Batteries: Blake, Keen and Hart- nett; Barnes and Snyder. Kelly hit home run in first, in New York transit lines and E ford district oli in National t lines is $3.65. Corning grade in Buckeye lines| At Brooklyn— R.H. BE. and Ragland grade in Cumberland | Pittsburg 102 030—12 22 lines remained unchanged Brooklyn 01 100 00I— 3-6 2 Batterie: iner and Smith; | Petty, Osborne, Hubbell, Greene and | Krumie, Hargraves. MERCURY UP At Philadelphin— Ru. ny 9 HA 1) St. Louis 100 110 100—4 11 ti 0 82 HERE Philadelphia —--200 101 13x—8 11 Batteries: Dicke », Day, Sher. del and Gonzales, Schmidt; Knight and Wilson. f At Boston RULE. | 4 Cineinnatl ..--200 009 02215 15% Boston p00 101— #14 day so far in to thermometer: readings of George 8. | Batte iton, Sheehan McKenzie, local weather observer. |and Marquard, Yast year the.record warm day in| Gra Batchelder and | showed « temperature of 79 de-| O'Neill, Giemer. grees. On tho seventh of the month Wrightstone hit homer last of 6th. fn 1924 mercury tumbled to 26 de —_—_—_——— grees. The holtest day last sum: | BRUSSELS Baron Cartier De mer came in Ju t when |Marchienne, the Belgian ambasru- the readings re et | aor was summoned home from Ayedr ago today ‘the temperature | Washington to confer regarding the was 65 degrees, Today it was 83. | Belgian debt to the United States, BUILDING SITES ARE CONSIDERED Definite Decision on Location of New Community Structure Pending en, chairman of the Com. munity Bullding committee, stibmit- ted a report asking that the council Four proposed sites for thé $500,- 600 Community building project are being considered by the members of investigate four proposed sites. the clty council and a definite decl-| Many citizens. oppore the plan to sion on the location In expected to|bvild on the City park site, The be reached at the next the city council. meeting of | question of the selection of a definite site was left to the city council, Sev r Dail MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Circulation of The Tribune Is Greater Than Any Other Wyoming Newspaper. Che Cagpr yo CASPER, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1925 SHEPHERD WITNESS DI State to Hunt for Robert Wh On Streets or BRIBE CHARGES ARE HURLED AS SAPPEARS One of Chief Accusers 4120) 4, ite, TAS rd Delivered by Carrier 75 cents a month Publication Tribune Bidg., Offices 216 B. Second St at Newstands, 6 cents Final Arguments Opened at Topeka With Admonition to Jury Stressing Conspiracy Feature of Case COURT HOUSE, TOPEKA, Kan., May 20.—(By The Associated Press.) Judge James A. McClure today gave his instructions to the jury in the trial of Jonathan Davis, charged with seeking a bribe while governor of Kansas. Arguments were to follow and each side will have three hours. The judge explained that the Kan- sas statutes make it unlawful for any state officer to take a bribe to Influence his vote In the decision or action in his official capacity. “The first thing for you to deter- mine is whether there was a con- racy between Jonathan M. Davis consider the former governor's be havior on the witness stand and his apparent candor. Paul Heinz, courty attorney, in the arguments of prosecution, de- clared the case “is a very serious one because it goes to the very foundation of our government.” spt and Carl J. Peterson to solicit {| He warned the jury against the bribe from Anthony L. Oswald, to|arguments of defense attorneys influence the action of Jonathan M.|“who will raise the roof because Glenn Dayis and Fred Pollman have testified against the governor, be- cause they are ex-convict John Addington began arguments Davis on the application of Walter Grundy for a parole from the pen!- tentlary” declared the judge. “You are instructed that Jonathan M. Davis is not on trial for the al-|for the defense. leged solicitation or acceptance of He assailed Dick Smith, Kansas a bribe from Fred W. Poilman,” City newspape un. declaring tly Judge McClure pointed out that| Kansas City Journal-Post plotted testimony about the Pollman matter and the alleged sale of a pardon to Ernest Barthulome was admitted merely to show what might have been the governor's intent to the Grundy parole applications. “You must try the defendant only on the facts proven,” the court warned the jury. “One of the modeasfor.impeaching a witness Is by determining whether he had made statéments outside the court room contradictory to state- ments he made while © testifying” Judge McClure added, “You must not let passion, prejudice or partial- ity decide your verdict, but you must be guided by the law and the evidence as it was given in your presence. “You are warned against convict- ing the defendant unless you are certain beyond a reasonable doubt that he is guilty. Every presump- tion of law js that he is innocent until proved guilty, You will give him the benefit of that presump- tion.” Judge McClure told the jurors to (Continued on Page Ten) YOUNG GIRL SH CHICAGO, May Associated. Press.}—When Wunsch, 17-year-old high school girl, last night with her mother found her father, William, in com- pany with Miss Agnes Simneck, 28, she shot and probably fatally wounded Miss Simneck and slight- *ly wounded her father and mother who attempted to intercept her. The girl was held by the police in Riverdale, a suburb, where the shooting occurred. Her mother, who threw herself before the girl to prevent her shooting the father, said she did not know the daughter was carrying the weapon when they confronted Wunseh and Miss Simneck. —(By The Lucille SHE FOUND WITH HER FATHER DAVIS JURY IS INSTRUCTED BY COUR Contract For New Pipeline Pending Here Materials for Gas Carrier Scheduled to Link Sand Draw With Casper Are En Route from Mills Arrangements for letting the contract for construction of the 95-mile pipe line from Poison Spider to the Sand Draw gas field will probably be made Friday at a meet- ing of the New York Oil company and officials of engi- neering companies, it is understood. The pipe line is to be built at a cost of approximately $1,000,000, it was an- nounced by Minal Young, of the|the recent contract was signed by ‘ew shortly after] which huge volumes of gas from the Sand Draw field will be sold by York com the Producers & Refiners company to the New York concern. The president of, the Hope En- gineering company, of Ohio, which constructed seve pipe lines here and in Colorado fields, will attend the confere Friday. Work {s ex pected to start in the near future. Miss Simneek» wounded in the Thirty-nine carloads of pipe for sida’ and in both lunge, will die, |the project are now on the way hospital surgeons said. from the factories in Youngstown, Lucille was detained by the chief |©., to the field over the Chicago & of police at his home and River: dale officials were said to be re- luctant to prosecute the girl, at Northwestern, railroad. Ten car loads have already passed through Casper and more will be shipped, it least pending some development |is said. in the condition of Miss’ Simneck. ——>___. She is one of Riverdale's younger JAIL ‘COOK’ BACK ON JOB village belles and her fathgr is a | James McDonald was released member of the village b The girl ts sald to goaded to shooting of gibes of school mates, who knew of her father’s friendship for Miss Simneck, e latter and Wunsch had returned from an autemobile ride when the shooting occurred. from the city jail yesterday morning and arrested again at 4:57 o'clock yesterday afternoon on a charge of being drunk\ McDonald is a fre- quent lodger at the city jali and acts as cook while serving his sentence. He has been arrested several times for being drunk. _ BODYGUARD’ OF ‘C. C. FAIMAN [a MISSING WITH ENTIRE FAMILY $25,000 Bribe Said to Have Been Offered Him With Opening of Robert W. White, regarded as a valunble witness for the e, whose | G M d T : ] disappearance has caused the first erm iV¥iurder nal. sensation of the William Shepherd oa trial at Chicago CHICAGO, May 20.—(Associated Press.\—Grand jury investigation of the diss © of Robert White, i t witness in the trial of V m Darling Shepherd, rged with the murder of bis foster son, Williary N. McClintock, by administration of — typhoid germs, is understood to have been 's Attorney Robert jal session of the grand jury for 0 p.m. and although he and assistants refrained from divulg- ing the purpose of the call it was generally believed that the vanis! ing of White was the subject of it. | CHICAGO, May 20.—(By The Associated Press.) — Robert E. Crowe, prosecutor in the trial of William Dar- ling Shepherd on a charge of slaying his foster-son Wil- m Nelson McClintock with ty- phold germs, is determined to locate Robert White, one of the state's chief witnesses, whose disappear- ance has brought the first sensation of the trial, Information has been obtained that White, with his wife and two children, abandoned his home and vanished with a rented automobile last Friday, A letter written by M White to Mrs, Budlove, a friend, said, vo had to leave; our lives were in danger.” Budlove has turned the let- Judge Thos. J. Lynen of the Cook county criminal court, who {s pre- siding at the trial in Chicago of William Shepherd, accused of the murder of his millionaire foster-son, William McClintock. RUM SHIPS J FORMATION ANNOUNCED | HERE DECORATION DAY | B. Pelletier, chairman of A. the| police, joint committee in chargé of Mem-| jai oi, orial day observance In Casper and : mmander of the United Spanish| American I War Vetera nounced today the} Com re A sradé Jand Veterans of ” The . tions in the order of | Officers of their position in the ne of march | Staff Officers will be as follows Mas Colors carried GASH. cars. Guards. nd Marshal of the Day. Senior Vice Guide Aide de Camp. Guides. | Untformed ¢ War Nurses cars Indian War Veterans cars. eeEvild Us Confederate Veterans cars, High School cadets c chool childrer Civilian orga Other autos: BELIEVED INVOLVED FOR MARCH TO GRAVES | AM HALIFAX HARBOR | British Coast Proves Port of Refuge for Vessels Driven Off United States Waters by Blockade NEW YORK, May 20.—(By The Associated Press.) — /Rum ships, driven from off American shores by the coast |guard blockade are jamming Halifax harbor as one result jof the determination of the administration from President |Coolidge down to enforce prohibition to the limit. Thirteen steamers and schooners are tied up at Halifax. os = BARTENDER S The seal on a freight train was broken and 110 pounds of high grade candy were stolen by persons believed to have been amali boys, it was revealed when a check-up of the car's contents were made this morn ing by the Chicago, Burlington and ORLEAN MAN? Quit rallrond freight department. —— One 100-ppund carton and a 10-| NEW ORLEA La., May 202— pound carton were missing while liny The Associated Press.)—Willlam several other packages were broken | ye. as bookleeper “hero” of open, according to Spectal Agent | *Umses, 35, bookkeep Frank Lee, Several crates of or.|the cave-man wedding today re anges, shipments of bacon and can-|sumed his task of juggling figures ned goods were not touched which {in a downtown office At w special meeting last night]eral prominent. loc usiness men at the city hall which was attended} Including representatives from the by Mayor 8, K. Loy and all the| chamber of commerce were present members of the city coun P. C.! the short session last Indicates almost conclusively that His bride, the former Miss Cor the pilfering was perpetrated by|rine Walter, 20, who was rushed small boys, Lee says. Grown men|into matrimony when Rumsey ap or heboes would have stolen the| peared Monds at the offic where meats and other foods, it Ie pointed [she was employed as a st srapher out. The car was broken Into as It |and “kidnaped” her, stayed at home tood ongside the Burlington |to preside over the tiny bungalow eigist ptattorm to which her newly acquired hus iS CALM e publication of a transer io the Sobor 5 Cod gad 8 Jichne'son, barte le t thy | b . a 1 of Bnyde Was arre rcamer ed aie yeate a 1 a Watson’ of Indiana told | churge of violating the p bition committee that the administra aw by Underwheriff Jake Carter tion would vu all neles #| at 48. fh. Ow i] |command to dry up the countr Bs he and State Enforce “If after the law has been enforced | ment Officer Lee Craft {to the limit, the ¢ le do not want} Michaelson was arrested while tn Lbs saat for It he continued, the act of removing a pint of (Continued on Page Ten) and #& t moonal wih from vd count the offt ers He was Yeleased on bond pimenhi ee utes THREE BUILDINGS IN CHUGWATER DESTROYED S ‘CAVE band brought her, and where police nnd newspapermen finally found them after q night and day of search . pe Ye Asked about the nove} method off CHEYE =, Wyo, May 20.- winnihg a bride which he chose| Mire starting in a rertaurant from maey sald: "I waited eight years] an undetermined origin destroyed for her, ‘s a long time. There] three buildings in Chugwater before Was opposition to our marring that didn’t stop me "L knew gometti 1 berre J a | went to get « rled ghortly there t# + but the blaze was finally brought under control The joss, which was only appreximat $6,000, was covered by insurance. A garage and an tm plement shop, together with the com, bination restaurant-hotel and pool hall building were raxed d to be done nd's car and We ar ond that's all ter qver to the prosecutor. He sald. every effort would be made to find White and when he is found “thers will be action,” he warned. He put detective squads on the ind a police message was adcast asking White's detention ted. go Herald and Examiner says {t learned from William Adams, a blind news vendor of an alleged ,000 offer made to White 10 days ago to leave for Florida. The offer Poppy Day To He included a furnished bungalow Be Made Bi which would be given him on his g arrival there, Adams said. White told him. Adams quoted White as saying he (Con Page Ten) 3 WANS HELO ® : FOR SHOOTING Success Here complete for 2 Popr day in Cast | { 4 nnd ¢ C fi ' t , j and cl xecutl ! 1 | Der riff “Le na on t jal proclama ‘ ng a sald te tlons t uch | J r t e band } ts in thy |n t had ref to give \ 6 apport on the f oft it 4 | ‘ nt Popple 1 I 1, is naid | be sold on the eot corr f > 4 revolve c \ ay. Wear a 1 1 r You will helping the |O'F 1 sled WOOL CLIP is | -. RUNNING HIGH \Sheep Shearing Ten and Shipments Per Cent Heavier Are on Move « only shearing 10 ! « eondiilonst pring, | Der ¢ 1 er this year than Tala t on many ranches the y th ils to the tr tw. | Gunde t pt 1| Cast s were now be Jed, ‘The « been n f t he agent declares. Last week nine earlier t teva i urloads ar 1 over the-Northwest to Wallace nt | 1 the week before the total of the railroad [was eight