Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 2, 1925, Page 5

TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1925 $15,000 CASH TAKEN BY Bombala DENVER BANDIT GANG IN HOLDUP OF MESSENCER VALUATIONS ON OIL PROPERTY WILL BE RANGED Commissioners to Meet| Again Thursday on Equalization The county commissioners meet again Thursday as a ‘bo: equalization and it is probable that at that time the matter of raising assessments on ol] property will come before them, it is announced, At the equalization board meeting yesterday certain Casper property was consiered and in some cases the assessments+ were increased. In one instance tax schedule of one down- town property owner was raised by $10,000, it is stated. This morning's session of the com: missioners was spent in attending to routine business and in the pay- ment of (Ey LOPEZ-FRNZIER CLAIMS GIVEN SHARP OE TBACK Government Attorneys Roll Up Voluminous Evidence MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June (By the Associated Press)—Arthur Lopez-Frazier returned to the scene of his hotely contested identification trial in federal court here today in time to hear his counsel blocked time and again in their attempts to con- tradict the mass of evidence offer- ed by the government. It was the first time in 10 days that he was able to leave the tuber- culosis ward in a Minneapolis hos- pital and he showed the benefit of his enforced rest, appearing brighter and stepping briskly to a séat beside Mrs, Hannah Frazier, mother of Ar- thur Frazier. South Dakota Sioux Indian soldier. Mrs, Frazier believes Arthur to be her son, but the government, de~- fendant in this court action, is striv- ing to proye Lopez-Frazier a Mext- can imposter in support of its con- tention that the real Frazier died in France. The plaintiff appeared today just as his counsel was trying to have the court accept testimony of Mrs. J. P. Johnson, of Blair, Nebraska, representative of the American Le- gion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, regarding her opinion as ‘to symptoms of shell shock AIR FLIGHT TO HONOLULU SET SEPTEMBER 2 ——-\- SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June Information received from the navy , Gepartment at 12th naval district | headquarters here states that Sep-| tember 8, has been set as the date | for a non-stop flight from the Pa- cific coast to Honolulu to be made | by three naval airplanes of a newly | Daring Holdup DENVER, Colo., June group of armed automobile escaped under a fussilade | $15,000. SUMMARY OF | NIGHT NEWS CINCINNATI,—The Scent pour loaf of bread returned to Cincinna after un absence of years WASHINGTON.—Secretary Wil bur indicated belief that the status of the Elie Hills nayal gil reserve would be suffictently clarified by the end of the year to pernit the navy to take over the reserve's admini tration PARS.—The French dramatic a Lucien Guitry died. ‘DiNnERSToRIES A over the his crop. the fence orange tor ifornian was in a great stew shortage of help to harvest When a tramp stopped by and asked for work, the rove owner looked the fel. low over doubtfully and finally said: f 1 were sure you are honest, I'd give you'a job gathering these oranges." “Honest!” exclaimed the tramp with offended dignity. “I was man ager of a public bath for 15 years and never took a single bath." It had been Johnny's good luch te become the proud possessor -of litter of kittens, Having too many, he had the idea of making ne money. Thus begins our story. A ring of the doorbell and a lady of uncertain age appe d “Do you want to buy thome toot ‘ilite titens?”” “Some what, I don’t understand.’ Do you want to buy thome toot ‘ittle tittens?’ Another lady appears on the scene. “What did he say?’ “Do you want to buy thome toot ‘ittle tittens?” I didn’t understand. Will you y it again? By this tinie Johnny was disgust ed. : ‘Aw hell! Do-you want to buy a dod dam tat?” The small daughter of an actor had seen, and heard, her father re- hearsing a new part, and after it was over she retired, greatly im pressed to the nursery. A little lat- er her mother overheard her appar ently rehearsing a play she was in- venting as she went along. fy loved one is ill! -I must go to There was a momentary pause. Then suddenly: “Blow it, he’s dead!" GRASS CREEK MAN DIES OF PTOMAINE POISONING developed long distance scouting pe. The flight, if made, will be the fongest sustained flight ever attempt A fghanistan In Uprising | hea af | LONDON, June 2.—(By the Asso ciated Press),—British forces in Jn: | dia are moving to the vicinity of At ghanistan Indian frontier as the Yesult of reports reaching official cirlée here of an imminent general uprising in Afghanistan against the Emir. The reported proposed uprising is rumored to be the result of the ao tivities of soviet emissaries who have been working In Afghanistan during | the last two years. Portrait of Late Calvin Coolidge, Jr. Is Unveiled Today » MERCERSBURG, 7 June (By the Associated Press).—A tribute to youth was paid by William Mann Trvine, head master of Nercersburge academy in an address today at the unveiling of n portrait of the Inte Calvin Coolidge. Jr., san of the president. Mrs. Coolidge, accom panied by Commander Joel Boone White House physician, arrived here from Washington to attend the ceremony. The unveiling wae a part of the commencement week activities. The Younger son of the president who THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., June 2.— Ptomaine poi proved fatal to toydon L. Huff. of Grass Creek after an illness lasting one week WRECKING OF. ELEVATED IS FRUSTRATED NEW YORK, June 2,—An attempt to blow up an elevated train edi dently was frustrated today with the finding of two boxes believed to con tain bombs connected over the tracks at two stations. Police threw the boxes into the East ver. at Representative Charles E. Winter of Casper,, Wyoming has been suc cessful in getting the pension al lowed for Greeley C, Ladd, of Riv erton, Wyoming. veteran of the Spanish American War, who served with Troop A Uteh Cavalry, The pension became effective March 14, 1925, at the rate of $f per month al NEW YORK—Tex Rickard nounced the gross receipts of the Milk Fund boking show, at which Mike MeTigue lost his world’s light heavyweight championship to Berlenbach had reached $172.6 pp tanancsli acetal Aaey BALTIMORE—Jess Sweetazer, arm ateur national champion won the all invitation golf tournament at the Gibson Istand Country Club for the aacond consecutive time. The first photographie portrait taken from life was -produced by Professor Draper at the University ‘lind Yaat July 7, would have graduat ed from the academy tomorrow, of New York jn 1599. Robers Escape in Hail of Bullets After | Downtown Section. —(B; The Casper D Daily Cribune Executed in the | | Associated Press bandits today held up and | robbed a messenger, carrying the payroil of the Windsor | Farm Dairy company in downtown Denver earl} today and of shots with approximately ; Three men ac 1 a messenge: | from the Home and Trust | company, who carried three sacks | contal more than $19,000, and escuped with two of the parcels | after exchanging shots with em ployes of the Dairy company Several windows were smashed by bullets f robl guns | 1 ' lared they believed ¢ holdup men was wounded in the short gun battle The robbery, which occurred | shortly afier § o'clock occurred | street, filled with. < of enroute to their dally ta ic from North Denver blocked temporarily and several mi | nor automobile dents resulted. SAE thes FOUR JURYMEN IN SHEPHERD | CHICAGO, of venireme lection of ju: Wiliam D in the of se the trial aa charged with the murder Wile liam N, McClintock, by typhoid | germs, continued today with no more | than a dozen spectators present. be Oniy four jurors have been sworn | ® in although the trial entered j third week yesterday POWER EXHIBIT. DRAWS CROWD pr ors to hear Shepherd, of his foster son, its were taken through the various ex hibits and their explained by Mr. Grinnell of the sales department uses Small applainces and hotlow-ware were shown in one seetion and then the classes were taken Into the kitchen and laundry sections, each appliance, such as-stoves, washing machines, mangles and sewing ma chines were explained as to opera: tion, labor saving facilities, conven fences, ete. The exhibit the power mp cational value and the tending today were enger to be of thelr operation Heir to Baron Is an Apprentice Aboard Airship LONDON, June 1—(United Press) —Pavid Kenworthy, the ten-year old Grandson and heir of Baron Lord Strabolgi, wants to be a pilot when he grows up and has dy begun his apprenticeship. If Master David there will be ging ur alre ambition @ spent a bu ek 0: ter W. A. Massey. H wala Dersuaded me to try and win sixpence by dropping a coin off my head into a funnel at the back | of my trousers. While I was busy alancing the coln on my head, I received the contents of tin ‘of water tifrough th g funnel into the } bac k of my pante' Afterwards I enjoyed the joke on three more victims. fiat chosiesai eR EEEES VIOLATOR WANTED IN NEBRASKA ARRESTED Charles Hindman, said to be want ed in Rushville, Nob. arrested | bs nty officials today, The ar | munication in which the ch wa | not named | > » |Fire / Menaces | Federal Coast The exhibit of household electric | appliances held in the club rooms the Natrona Power company for the | benefit of the public and the stu dents of the high school, attracted many interested persons today, a greater number of whom were mem- bers of graduating cla Classes | | _PAGE FIVE _ st, Following Threats, Litters Town With lewelry Police are seeking the authors of threatening letters sent te TRIAL SWORN BILLINGS IGNORES Al Fred Adsett, Minctva, Os jeweler befure » bomb exploded in his sands uf dollars in every direction, Adsott was absent at the time Nearby stores were damaged. ‘The photo shows the eflect of the a the hee AT FORUM MEETING © appea preservation of trail which should he marked ills and historic points in N aside for posterit 1 County and In Wyoming was| clarence B. Richardaor ian today by speakers before the|tigntful address on the cad Chamber of Commerce Forum at its | jy are Lae ar san luncheon at the Henning hote eat ie progra as under the auspl-|jating to {ts period of usefulness in of Natrona County. ‘Historical Sah roaya. ve wan't iit pol Society, each number being full of | trom which all trails diverged in Is and deep interest to those In| travel westward. He called upon t endance people of the eto unite in continued’ From Page Gne) deci We x ay Elliso © persident of the ing both state a gover able freight rates would kill such | nthe joi 30, presZing in the absence of |menis to have si Le fA / Thomas Cooper, made |aside as a Natlona Denver haa grown to-such’a fine | nation aga » pointed references and remark#| Aone ihe n ; Tntaa che the expense of | We want ts ar and that |of historic moment in introducing | 1,6 4 tan es Coe Ca in centrat | ut the |the speake He ted « TAR aa eet i r jner., pioneer res of Wyomin Wienrhitie. ancahigy sods | sion 1 us about three | growing interest in matters historl-| 1.) Caine garbed in the b ie under the present rates to such | Per cent higher rates than Cheyenne | cal throughout the nation and of the) yi eq. soft shirt. sans co: {BORER towns as Basin and Greybull cheap- | bu because | special setting of Wyoming 88 among | teen ee eee nev euned er than Casper can ship-them. The | of Casper, | the outstanding historic state of all] jo 3 PY Mantaeeeees 16 same Is true of Cheyenne At wines jthe” weet | tendin ‘asper has the reputation of being | enne can G. R. Hagens » . enter-| tog He z ge. r a high priced town and this fact ts} niles of | tainingly in tracing. de his" | pla he plano on usions due solely to our unfavorable freight |<4 That | of the Old Oregon Trall and) ing it was the usual cust f rate new decision, cutting the Is er te a trails throygn Wo or gomiedne to net up th , will make for more perma 1 he expense ing and ¢ r and “polsted As an inspira Ww. I nent Industries in this city and the | Casve entral W n spots along the on and ©. . rd entire state would be benefited t Cc} i t in near-beer and glass and has but one city designated | ° hould pro the - it at Mr. Wagner's disposal 18 a common paint town for lov % effect or 10 In} | 7 | following his rendition on the piano freight charges and that is Cheyenne | th ton's | | Tq, 1 Fot‘a-real western early day tune: Am Colorado ‘tne | thegets ae gate ce oe I. McCutcheon on the “fiddle” Montana prot ad bly | experience in securing rates | Seven-r 7ounc Ii bowie cea & Ecprinatt ss prime movers in the whole ter | fo) If, ‘The precedent would ald } | fa file duattothes f the t Ia fuhabre’ i f ¢ | all towns im the mountain country e Dat pcr po eloped ph aha ¢ ; onainians rene |The action of the Montana commis 1 rout Beauty| Pe oun os Saye ocr aneas NUNOT, Hare FEE Wagers LR Gt AES SRR IE Fate an ede Ga =a j |, haya been explained by D. W mitnuiyy tiying’ to rear Ua-otrt \p and foolish from their own stand. | — = y Ayal eS IN opt aabeis dae feally, and financially Conwell | Point. If we don't win our case} CK, Wyo., June j with, but it was announced that said. Billings will have nothing look lers who are conte some time later this feature would “As the situation now stands. it is | forward to.” sr fishing honors here have | be brought up In an effort to appeal urgently necessary’ that all eltisens| Jf the fhteratute commerce com:| a back seat es ewaiiaeny Miat | Lon Peon netenmers membexsinp, in and especially the business men of | mission heeds the protest from Mon-| George Barber, who caught and {Natrona County Historical Society this city and the Chamber of Com-| tana and a new hearing is ordered | landed a seven-pound rainbow |The society now has more than 150 merce come forth Mberally in sup: | it will mean at least a long delay In| from r Creek, near the members and hopes to, increase the port of the fight that is now-ahead | Securing actual enforcement of the| trance to first canon. I Peapabae tO Suetyberets, the «nreaens 5 aaah | new class rates for the date on which | believed that the recent flood car- |S¢ar ends. The annual dues are $2 take. money, “Much has been spent |Coubtedly be postponed pending the} some wecluded pool in the moun. | Jiao fr ongtn oF foaidance haa! already but the benefits to be gained | A: Petntes out taina up‘above and made bim easy no bearing on tt eon as Birahin 4 so greatly outweigh fhe expense ipithe Det ere epee : —__—— that the latter does not mean much “Casper has always been discrim- inated against in freight rates. Aj} ANU WOMAN ROBBED | few short years ago, and perhaps {t is stili true, potato growers in Greeley, Colo., could ship their pro duct to Cody, right through Casper, cheaper than they could be shipped | to Cody from this city. “We simply cannot afford to lay down now and let slip the great op: portunity as given by the commis OUARRESTSBY ling towns in Adriondacks were isola Hail apd wind caused more tha SHERI HEAL 100,000 ‘damag n Ontari Canada DESMOINES, Iowa, June (By By Associated Press)—lFour leaths | and injuries to a score of persons were attributed today to a wind, elec- trical and rain storm that swept lowa late yesterday and ast night ‘actly 50 arrests were made dur-| While damage to property estl ing May by Sheriff Alexander Mc-| ated at nfore than $200,000. ‘The Pherson and his deputies. As usual | Tan fall, while not heavy, was gen violations of the prohibition laws | eral except in the northwestern part lead the liet with 10 persons taken | Of the state, and is exprcted by: the in custody for that offense.’ The | United States weather bure next highest mumber of arrests was |t® be of great benefit to g of held for investigatior Seven were arested on that cause. ‘Three were arrested for grand lar persons ceny, five for gambling, three for a snult and battery, one for intent t Kill and one for robbery cae Nant Se f | Guard Station) | ERIE, Pa, June (By the A sociated Press).—A fire which start ed yesterday on the Presque Ini Peninsula Stuie park had assumed | Seriuun proportions today 1 | threatening the United States ve | guerd ution and the rie He | Mght houre, -“ rout Caught In Back Yard By Landerite June 2 r one's back yard hing catching a full mea om this vantage polnt is another t remained for Charles Cox, loc r for the Western. Union, from but monstrate the feasibility of such astime when he hooked and led n 22 ineh trout that tipped © a at four paul The uw came from stream ‘bh inde ite way throngh Lander and ‘ox at the edge of hie gur den in turning the Wick, ine BIG. 10 (Continued From Page One) transportation services were disrupt ed. Heavy rains and falling trees blocked highways Northville Y and surround WNERIGINSHOT AT aN RUM ROW ACAIN ACTIVE; ARMED FLEET ~ PLANNED ‘Eight Liquor Vessels Return to Old Stand Off New York; Bootleggers | fs ° Finance High Powered Boats. | | NEW YORK, June 2.—(By Associated Press.) —Rum jrow is showing activity again ter being virtually at a |standstill because of the five-week blockade by the coast guard Light ships are now in the smuggle rs’ zone ¢ oston j}and a New York bootleg cin said to have contracted for | the construction of ed. as e med ette | powered fle » combat the coast h was ca ed a n jard’s arme fleet. mae ¢ ef be in smugg row off Boston, in-| painted and refitted and bullet pr asing the present population windows had been insta € Jeipht, a 0 customs sco oms officials are trying One « the s French and e wner of eb British. ‘Two destroyers will| Nine members o 1 | si to nforee the 15 patrol ding for ait vice * and one airplane now patroll 1 more Massac Ba elr The New York Hare Jot high boats chine ¢ omt nckade If is reporte ry na ‘APPEAL FOR PRESERVATION 0 t, JEWELS BY BANDITS IN WAIT NEAR HOME | RAWLINS, Wyo., June 2.—"Don't scream and take off those rings,” |were the last words heard by Mrs | W. K. Goostree of 920 West Spruce tre befo: she fainted in her car at t fam hon When she was c 1 by he he who had \ h the open the} eck r some $1,800 | were missing The bandits appeared with guns on both sides of the car just as the wom s husband entered the house | Thes aped in the darkness after her jewelry | removing = ROTARY PLAYS HOST TO GRADS Commissioner Burwell voted TMP MENTS PUT COUNTY IN ACK AGA ~ USPER LON -TOGLOSEOUT Med pror || Girl Carried Off on Ship Is Returned I { Y s € ard the I 1, to bid « \ the warnir t anc they came on deck they we Captain Anderberg comn cated by wireless to girl's pi s. Miss Handel tain to bring ba turn trip, Pinar trip wag a succe er again,” Dorothy decl I was homesick all Passen against essing all (Continued Rive | Page Qne) ns nig e sca are bi pg ception yy the resolution requesting aid for the ded'to the general scheme, Button Board of Equali ration in ass hole gs carried out in the < * . riven to each of the omitted property. s and nolse makers 1 added joliity to | ide of the millionaire Chairman. Continued From Page One) eof Is he-on the Ipalteay Wiiactivad tend toll ot yohie “= ASSASSINS OF x dodger, or on the side of the small farted sbould ixot, bes (ranted. a8 property owner and bread winner The Chinese foreign office reserves | the ht to make claims ou behalf : be, visting of vidlenoe: at Shanghal © SIR LEE STACK Turn on the light. demands immediate relea stu | dents under arrest and a that : : measures be taken by tho foreign “| FOUND GUILTY Storm city hall tonight at sintttar attalt | AIRO, Egypt June 2.—(By The} cs hl bane Pal Pil ’ PEKING, June 2—iBy The Asso: | Aavociated Lh 3 the | defend: GEO. W. FERGI elated Press)~—The cabinet today de | ante in the trial growing out of the | rided to instruct the foreign officer wiesination last November of Sir to prepare a protest, to the | Gee ek, #irdar of the Beyptior 7 SS Tipteeessseere PPeriritiiii ster ire)