Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 24, 1925, Page 1

F Vorumeb $4 he Casper U MAIN NEWS SECTION CASPER, WYOMING, SUNDAY, MAY 24, 1925 MAIN NEWS SECTION NO. 43 PROSECUTOR CALLS ON all fer JLU uul! AND MORGAN TO RESIGN: OUSTER ACTION IS ALTERNATIVE Misconduct or Malfeasance Made Basis of Charges Here VOLUMINOUS TALE OF WASTE RECITE VIOLATIONS QF 3m BOARD ARE TOO NUMEROUS FOR LISTING, GLAIN Gross Irregularities Hint-| ed in Examiner’s Report. Confirmed by Taxpayers’ Audit. Confirming charges bared by the state exam- iner’s office of gross waste,| extravagance and law viola- tions in the conduct of Na trona county affairs, the Satronn County Taxpayers’ assoc tion’s audit and investigation completed by Lincoln G Co. of Salt Lake City 7 made public. As a document ting forth betrayal of public and confidence it stands out by It- self in the history of Wyoming, and while couched in terms that’ should be flattering tq those involved, an nlyses of its multitudiaous hold revelations of grave misconduct of | county affairs. As promised, it elaborates on charges voiced by the state examiner. Although the report spreads vot uminously over 72 typewritten pag including several pages of figures, not all of the apparently irregular nsactions in county offices fn 4 are presented, the accounting company says in a preface. len.bers of the Taxpayers’ ion declare that even the multl tudinous charges made in the re port “do not constitute a half of what was found by the auditors.” It is well understood by those a quainted with the facts that scores more of apparently “shady” trans- actions alleged to have been perpe- trated by the commissioners cap be made public and acted upor in the courts at any time it is deemed nec- Kelly &| trust As it Is, however, scores of such obviously illegal and irregular trans. etions are recorded and the audi tors found gtound: for declaring that the ample safeguards of Wyo ming law against Improper disburse (Continued on ge Six) | STORMS GREAT first | ° — MONDAY SET ‘AS LIMIT FOR Highlights of Charges Hurled at Local* Board | | Man Freed On | Is Rearrested | Hocus pocus, 8 corpus, Lemuel Barber was used from jail but was pinched thrown in in before he time to descend the court ind had house front steps yesterday after noon, “Lem” was in for two or three after being arrested on telegraphic informa tian to the effect that he was wanted {n California for forger: Habeas corpus proceedings were brought yesterday and he was or- dered released .by, Judge C. 0, Brown, of Converse county, who sat on the case in the absence of Judge Bryant S. Cromer, He was released beenuse the only ‘thing n Which he was held: was the wifornia. telegram. While th there was a the “hoosegow is action wa difte s taking rent tran: saction cooking in County At- torney Weedell’s office. J. AY. ‘Pucker, manager of the) Wyatt hotel was swearing to a*wWerrant charging Barber with issuing to him 4 fraudulent check for $17,50, A few minutés afterwards, Dyer Hays, assistant prosecutor, who had been representing the state in the habeas corpus pro- ceedings, told Barber he was a free man and at the top of the house steps, Deputy Sheriff Fi Mutledge released him. Barber hesitated as though she thought the ways of the Inw are at once queer and wonderful and a “thank you" to the offi. clals rted to walk down the set On the next to the last step to the bottom, he was met by Undersherlff Jake Curter who read with to him the new warrant and re- artested hir —— ‘CHEYENNE MAN SHOT IN GUN FIGHT WITH SALT LAKE OFFIGERS . May, 23. Horton of Cheyenne was wounded in a gun battle riously with a deputy sheriff in Salt Lake city, according’ to reports received here. He was suspected with Everett McDaniel of Rawlins of plealing an automobil The sheriff is have been wounded n the excha pois Iso said to ‘STRIKE REGION Two Million Dollars in Property Dam- age from the Dakotas East By United-Press Upwards of two million dollars property damage was | caused by severe storms in the last 24 hours almost simultaneously over a “Dakotas to the eastern coas which struck region extending from the Riding with a gale that attained a velocity of 64 miles rain an hour in some sections, g he A record br the entire re wa en, in some instances the mercu Dp degrees in a few hours ping sixty Scores of buildings we and hundreds of cattle killed in tral Minnesota and eartern No th | | Dakota | The mercury dropped frem 99 tv | 50. Damage was estimated at from $500,000 to $1,000,000 in these states At Hibbing, Minn., the the meter dropped sixty degrees M4 to There was snow In upper Minne sota and Michigan. Ohio sweltered with a temperature in the elghties, but a high wind sprang up and the clouds threatened showe torn down A miniature tornada- struck | through central New York in the} Finger Lake region, causing more | than $210,000 damage, such prior years og we deemed essential and hail pelted many states. Utah Charge | Memorial Sunday Message By Late Audit Report RESIGNATION County Finances. can War veterans, public is invited GOVERNOR ROSS 15 FETED AT WHEATLAND and Daughters’ Com munity club. at Wheatland, Friday | Juri 1 n ‘ ' 1 return a i mornir | CHILD SUFFERS BROKEN LEG IN SEVERE FALL Lynn Frost, seven rs of age,/ non of G. Li, st of The Tribune mechanical department, had the mis |fortune yesterday to break his lek | while attempting to climb a tel phone pole while at play, ‘The boy was taken to the t reside 181 West Thirteenth street where he was given first aid by Dr. Me. Lellan, He wag reported as resting ifortably last night Special memor'at seryices under the‘auspices of the Spanish-Ameri American Legion and’ the Veterans of Foreign wars will be held at the Elks auditorium at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon da large attendance urged, etthtis’ ta Oblates Beara excess of trips fcr which he was tcher 31, 1924, there was an enor- | '¢9 gor attending the meatines, | SCOLL tO Insist on “Day in Court,” No | the tuge ‘aincunt ro. $142,095.48 on | SAf¥ 282 one-way trips would have ord from Morgan, on Action Taken | Decembor 31, 1924. This sum ts more - SACHS CES ES SOe ‘ of $489.30. | eman lied from all last |'ora1 overpayments to Hatt are| OY Weedell to Carry Out Requests of went ence ‘ listed at $2,910.20, r jhe total spnerat fund expendl-| gay ger en bald 2 commistone® | Governor and Natrona Taxpayers nearly two and one-half times great: | ling expenses indicate an over-pay- ment of $600. On December 4, 19: gan was appointed f sioner at a salary No provision of law was, found for such an action. ‘The law sets an an- of $200 and $5 a day for ach day actually employed in dis- charge of duties. It {s also provided er than expend This actual ures in 1923 management resulted in an deficit of $1 . after taking into consideration all ayail- able revenue. tal expenditures for the 1 years were: 1922, $248,270. 23, $335,589.90; 1 $841,124.47, Thus the Guy T. Mor- time commis- of $150 a month, Ultimatums ca alling for resignations by Monday or he made defendants in official ouster proceedings were served on County Commissioners Jack Scott and Guy T. Morgan yesterday afternoon by County Attorney George peeccen acting at the suggestion of Governor Ross and the Natrona County Taxpayers ation. If the resig- te QUAKE DEATH TOLL MOUNTS, JAP TOWNS ARE DESTROYED county expenditures last | tht traveling ; “ - TOO tae ee, ocean [was elected by. the pechle. Baya se patente ree ie pao Rae lage UE ling expenses shall not ex Commissioner Earl G. Burwell] been s s the people for the peo- we Ty Sede ae ten cents a mile. tomorrow, {mmediate action will | le ter and the pe \ Morgan was paid $1,900 for 1924,] be taken by the prosecutor | will ker whole truth in a ah ; y 870, close on the heels of a meetir | to make he auditors found no real or per- County Hospital. | the ‘legal; advisory dkanutive | tWhethe sonal property assessments in the| Total expenditures in 1924 for smmittees of the ccwt' ergo! ceslgeelattioesicnes cane name cf Commissioner Guy 'T. Mor-| additions and operation of the clation held last we pag ret dake) ~ gan, The 1924 tax schedule for Com-|trona county hospital were $2 The. leeat Sie cat nay piel rhs ec missioner T. A, Hall's residence and | 370.84. tints munenttsiee nn c nis peti be ranch indicates a Value of $2,500, bt nly were expenditures at the | not onfy j sper ecaeneh ae no record that th erty was pital wasteful in the extreme, but | wan | presum with » 1 or taxes collected was found nber cf i € ie) In November and December, 1924, re appar Commissioner Hall was pald $2,028 | criminal pros / Fatt , ; A to cover his traveling expenses to tu t of the new add! Blam oa beeuakt ic I NWobezann) ¥ (lees eta ao 6 and from meetings during his ten-| tion totals $200,203.67, or an increase the ;public fund of . Aa nies aeakina ure of office: of $198,578.67, over the maximum | jogey Rae i bee Baler Sh vouchers eivtigertan ae tetar “of }provided in the contracts, ee ey erates iegat oe ou " tieats Witte ton $2,172 were allowed him just before|* "The hospital arehitects should | mendations were approved he wie - pcbicaibain say Neapstners expiration of his term last year have received $8,050.27, whereu t amaott sesiee audited Be fi fh ‘hee id Hall should have been paid for but | were actually paid $9,253.61, «i iemieaea| wespend the tare fe 23,trips from Arminto to Casper for payment of $1,208.94, | Boott and st I om thelr offices. the years 1917 to 1924. whereas he} The architects charged and collect-| misconduct or smite. Tyee | etek Ee ee ae continue od was pald for 604 trip ed @ fee on the price charged the| fice as to justify their eal scorned inte ee eee During all his time in office, Hall |county for furniture and equipment. | that tho audit indicates a number| tral with che cect court to stand I regularly submtited bills for travel-| ‘In the hospital project.” appar-| of instances where county, moness | tenn eiee (re, Qbdect of permanently ing expense and they wergapproved | ently no effort was made to protect | have been wrongfully paid, were | protghiq te pad nen tial would and paid. the county from excessive prices, | found in the report by the legal com-| Ine to Weedally neat Record: The| Hall charged $5 eqch for 266 one-|and apparently no attempt was made | mittee, the recommendations ax slot court the. Sharebee day trips and $6 for 338 trips, The (Continued on Page Six) The committee declared that. it|'t! ey world be teat ene eed et also found evidences of criminal | or malfeasance In efficent Hability and for this reason *he call he attorney urges the ing of the grand jury is urged as| two commissioners to resign so that the most effective means of deter-| the county will not be put. to. tha mining the truth of such charges. | large extra expense’ of taking legit Following the taxpayers meeting procedure foi P| ‘emo iso™ Weedell was given a copy of the! eee tha ih ie re atu ie udit report and after studying its| grounds that the: would so lessen contents, he issued his notice to the| the amount of work in his office two commissioners. In the notice he| that he could more quickly proceed briefly recalls that Governor Neillie| with other actions that seem to Le T. Ross directed him to investigate | ws ted by the t report the charges as m. de by the sto ex ‘e noti follows aminer and to begin legal action to wel at me if such actic n} iC Morgan and J After he had received Weedell's | County Commissioners of ona B 5 a notice, Scott, chairman of ths com-| County Hundreds Perish in Devastated Region of Western Japan| missioners. wiv sued by im repr: | "Caner, Wyoming, sentative of the Tribune if he will ntlemen an — Governor } the guest of | OSAKA, J stroyed, bridge quake wh ing to rep Who newspaper Here’ s Sordid Story i Ni Casper, rona County Taxp: Wyoming. ers’ Assn, Gentlemen Pursuant te engagement, made a detailed audit of the finan records, books and accounts of Natrona county, Wyoming, for the period beginning January 1, 1924, nd ended December 31, 1924, and examination of accounts of In determining the preeent financial pesition of the county general fund, *** Commenis. Ww the laws | vide we have| many ca Wyoming pro-| amp improper dis funds, these afeguards against the | ursement of public provisions have, in been’ entirely atrona county during 1 in D ignored a. We have carefully examined -all of the financial transaetidns for- the year, and while not-atterpting to point out all of the tran: tions whieh ap- pear irregular, we find it necessagy to call attention, in the comments folloying, to specific items requir: | ing, In our epinion, special considera tlon The records of the utistactory for county are ing] complete and ur the{ resign as requested Sometime d Property Damage Is Great; Famous Hot Springs gare not resign until T have had | « Je an examination of thee . my day in court,” Scott emphatical. | of Natrona county as condw Town of Kinosaki | Wiped Out by Late Disaster ly replied. “Every man {s entitled | ed during the year 1924, and Mily cos to his day in cdurt. I will not re-| port was brought to the attention sign because I am not guilty of any| of the governor, who in turn baa the charges m: I am not at all a directed my ons of the By MOTO TAKATA , on to the pr (United Pr responde audit report,” Scott A hee: ro eb he st tf Wy k 23.— Hanaseds i‘ persons were killed, several towns de- Sidhe & aken down and railroads and mines destroyed in a devastating earth- ich occurred in thé Kansai district of western Japan at 11 a. m. today, accord BODY OF SLAIN WOMAN FOUND from the stricken area. le villages, including the famous hot springs town of Kinosaki, were wiped out, correspondents who flew in airplanes over the scene of destruction reported. Loss of life ter than in any Kio train ure believed to have been {sal district, although the naval es- earthquake «in catastrophe of|entombed in the Ashiya tunnel,|tablishmenfs at Maldzuru eagaped September, 1 Fires are ravaging | which is understood to have. col the distric lapsed in the first shock. This dts cities of Osaka, Kyoto’ and | . ° Although. tirat reports trom the {ster occurred near Toyookn, one at | Kohe were mot damaned, wie tlt uke | A YStEry OF Disappearance of Aida Hay- devastated area gave no list of for-|the towns which was hardest hit.| un prunt of the earth shocks: more d iS ~ r any - foreigners we At present, the train and Its pas: | ge ly. thar o 1923 eatas. ror Sereda, cna wrt | Sa uents ued as wines, vor eon ee ee ee | Ward Solved by Gruesome Discdvery and’ some may have perished dniaides Mra Saree ¢ From these points relief trains, Reports from y¢ g | Another tralr with firet ld, food and clothing for “PRES Hyogo tell troyed | turned near Genbude devastated. areas den between two mattresses on a cot-bed in the locked Cha gattiaieh collowtig * the ‘oaethE| Gagund te sthe datiaiee. |. tarnnite pada aotad ranacock, searchers today found the nude body of Miss quak | Tunne funk’ und bridges|and Toyooka is tood to be Aida Hayward, 38, missing since Wednesda n ¢ passfaeer a | were destroyed throughout the Kan (Continued on Page ‘Six) The woman, who was kidnaped after het Mr _— - os SSR Tare od = ee tt * =| I and \ wn | - ——___— — a — a - — ~ ' 2 under revie a | ive! In cases the alr amount of $85.42. Tho treasurer’s| ‘Treasurer's Cash \ ‘ e the Bihy tsp aredt deel; of; puraly| autiru (/abeentes of cacy, consistent funds on deposit as detailed on | Over—$35.42 It w tood accounting work ry to our de | re d of any kind was a difficult|exhibit “Ay were verified by obtain-| Excess cash in the at int |t ed by Harry A. Kirby tailed audit in order to determine | auditing problem {rig ‘certificates fram the several de-|is apparently the ult of i Wate Mass., f n the the true financial condition of the | BALANCE SHEET COUNTY posttories. Cash ftems in the total] errors in carh book entrie sent out « general alarm. county | GENERAL FUND, . amount of $21,994.94 were tnwpected | Due From Alma Hawley, Miss 1H 1 and Mrs. ‘Townea The failure of the board of county | 5 2014 ind comprise the following | ty Clerk: $1,367.80, Tucad f un en commissioners to require’ inhumer- | C*#h—$885,20.08, $i 4 ; |} ‘This amount represents fe« i rtalr Winthr the able bills rendered the county to be This item represents (he cash inj % mat Cage eu ct in ounty clerl Hected in De ‘ pled a mile and a properly identified as to items of ox-|the hands of the county treasurer a Sg poss Me opsha be 1924, and not turned in to the ¢ town unidentified penditure, lack of proper acknowl | as at, December 1924 1994 4 . er "300,943.99 | tY treasurer an dived n Mrs edement of vouchers d, in some] The cash in the treasurer's r 4 ee | Notes Recely a Inape Miss materlal directluns, little or no } Wan counted on February | Liberty: be 200.09 | atest Hayward. 1 tant re |alatency in claasification of expen iN and 1 nt Decer Checks tov deposit 1146.65] pit Js to the cotta tures, has lengthened cons rably|1924, with the exception of } lin the 5. Towheh barely’ escaped * wit he thme required to audit effect-} Treasurer's Cash Over In | Tot 11,904.95 « ) fe thr hoa rear win ‘ >