Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 5, 1925, Page 1

q a i? WEATHER Mostly fatr tonight and Thursday; except possibly local thundershowers in southeast portion. eee central portion. Cooler in (Che Casper The Circulation of The Tribune Is Greater Datly Crinuw SSOCIATED PRESS EMBER OF 4 VOL. {X NO. 253 DOW LEVIES FOR ALL PURPOSES HERE DOWN 7.8 MLS Schedule ‘Approved by the State Board Is a, Received. . i es a Casper property owners as a whole will reap benefits of tax reductions araounting to approximately 22 per cent when they pay their essess- ments for this year, accord- ing to the. complete schedule approv- eds by the. state board of equalization and@ returned to Lyle B. Jay, county assessor. The only exceptions are in instances where adjustment in yaluattons called: for increases {n such cases the percentage will be reduced.. ; The combined state, county, city and school levy for the néw year amounts to 26.9 milla as compared with: 94,5, mills pajd last year, The reduction-was made possible in great pact by the slash in school levies, last year’s assessments having car- ried® special levies: made necessary by rapid expansion of the school sys. tem. The city tax also was reduced materially. Total amounts’ to ‘be raised by lev- ies this year follow: State $355,929; county $27 county poor and pauper $42 county general school fund $86, county library $25,727; county nigh school $199,719; county high school bonds $40,143; City of Casper $395,- 312; city of Mills, $6,758; city of Evansville $1,287; school’ district No. 2 (special) $150,237; school district No. 2 (bond) $81,848; school diatrict No. 9, $6,072; School district No. 16 $2,159; school district No. 18 $7,039. No other school districts are assessed tor funds. Valuations and levies undér which the total of 26.9 mills will be as seased follow Levy 3.597 2.799 Valuation $98,951,896 98,951,896 State County. ~ County Poor & Pau- 98,951,896 43 per ----+<. I County Gen. School 98,951,896 87 County Library ~-- 98,951,895 26 County High School 94,968,850 County High School Bond 94,968,850 528 City of Casper 23,645,846°13.8 City of Mills - 244,007 27.7 City of Evansville. 160,991 8. School Dist. No. Special School Dist. No. Bond School School School ~ $8,974,829 027,594 > School 310,602 School 148,778 School Dist. No. 2,646,090 School Dist ‘No, 1 School Dist No, 11.. School Dist No. 16. 1; School Dist No. 18... 2,846,614 3, of aluaions in Natrona county made xy the county board showed some increases but the gross total for the county, amounting to approximately $1,000,000 more than last year, is accountd for by an increase of ap- Adjustment and equalization proximately $5,000,000 in of com, (Continued on Page Bive) PARLEY ENDS STRIKE SEEN ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. 5.—(By The Associated here la CASPER, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1925 SCOTT OUSTED ‘Misconduct and Malfeasance Guilt Affirmed by Decision CASPER TAXES CUT N 22 PER CENT Five Persons Dead In © Collapse of Building Rubbish and Debris Give Up Five Bodies Following Crash of Kansas City Structure Being Remodeled; Nine Others Meet With Injuries KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 5.—(By The Associated Press.) —Firemen digging to- day in a twisted mass of rubbish and debris recovered two bodies, bringing the total to five persons who lost their lives in the collapse of a three-story brick rooming house yes- terday. The dead: Mr. and Mre. J. M. Holliday. C. Cartella, had been leased to John Disalvo, who was having it remod- eled into a cayvaret. The weakened condition of the walls and supports, ue to the alteration, is believed to have caused the two upper ‘floors to cave in, KANGASB CITY, Mo. Aug. 5.— (Associated -Preas). — After an all- night search, firemen early today William Banks, negro, workman. = Ss An unidentified carpenter. Nearly a dozen persons were in- CHICAGO, Aug, 5.—({Associated Press)—A. fortune in narcotics, jured. The building, owned by Josepb found in an apartment which hi ‘ali the fixtures of an orfental dru; dle nothing less than 500 sales; ‘The value of the drugs confis- varlously estimated be- tween $144,000 and $250,000 With Than Any Other Wyoming Newspaper Publication Offices Tribune Bide. 218 B Secona St Delivered by Carrier 78 On stfeais or at cente ® month Newstands, 6 cente | GOOD GOVERNMENT TruMPHs| MORGAN PUT ee —< ON TRIAL FOR No good citizen rejoices in the downfall of a fe N EXT BATT L. = low citizen; but all good citizens rejoice in the vind cation of the law and the upholding of good govern- ment. Decision ‘Against Séott Carries Entire Costs of Ouster Action; Evidence in Morgan Case to Be Voluminous Natrona county, charged with ‘malfeasance in office, and disobedience of the law, the court saw sufficient evidence in the records, which could not be disputed | by the defense because the records covered the offi- | cial acts of the defendant and were signed by him, to | take the case from the jury, pronounce the defendant guilty and summarily remove him from his official position. The court’s action is eminently correct and marks the beginning of a long awaited reform in the admin- | istration of public office in this county. In the trial of J. E. Scott, county commissioner of Adjournment until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning was taken this afternoon in the trial of County Commissioner Guy charges of misconduct and malfeasance after a jury pleted and the defense had entered a motion to str evidence marshalled by the state. Protest to tho out certain evidence was i i 1} , based on the claim that Morgan as a single member ef the board Public office fs a trust:conferred by the people. Tt |” eed MeevStuINIE bériata covert etd: Clied snd: wal: fhSeNTore not te must not be used for any purpose other than their | sponsible, It was contended that he should have n necused strict benefit, and above all it must be administered in jointly with other members of the board strict accordance with the statutes governing in all Ps eases. And since Mr. Scott was shown not to have ob served the statutes, by the limited evidence the court ruled as admissible, but-had flagrantly violated them, he deemed him guilty as charged and removed him from further opportunity to abuse his official position. The companion case of Commissioner Morgan, un- der similar charges, but including the entire record of Jack E. Scott is no longer a member of the board of commissioners of Natrona county. A directed verdict handed down this morning in district court by Judge Harry P. Illsley, judge of the seventh | judicial district, permanently removed him from office by |adjudging him guilty of misconduct and malfeasance. The : < court decree, in’ entering which;general opinion that t ase wi the year 1924, now comes on for hearing. The result Judge Isley hewed to the same Ine | %e appealed is a foregone conclusion. Morgan will meet the same | o¢ jysticg which marked hin decision | ,, S¢tt Was visibly affected when fate as Scott. t Jui e . the court had finished reading the od > eliminating all evidence relating to! decision removing him from office. Removing these two law violators from public of- | scott's preceding term of office, ) Up to that timo he had assumed an fice, sérves due notice to all other public officeholders ninates @ four-year term on |S bravado; sand sesemed content in county and city to be careful of their step or pre- | Which the deposed commissioner |OF Ns Wein pare for the same fate. It is a lesson also to the voters | embarked on Ree dee pent] from office!" he sald, “but that don't Ot x i= been re-elected last fall ofvall Loti att otal ac bd better qualified candi- | The penalty of removal carries |™e#n that I can’t run again. T am dates for all offices in all respects, integrity included, | with it the entire oosts of the trial, | °OMNE out © F the same oftica next estimated by the attorneys to be be- It is in no spirit of gloating that the Tribune prints were still digging into the debris of | den was seized by federal agents | an additional $10,000 worth of ~ ser) ae bang.” brick and timbers, the wreckage’ of | last night. pipes and weighing and measur: the words above,-it is in a spirit of deep regret that ithe birt ete $4,000, which must) “When the verdict removing a 'three-story: Dullding which ‘col-| ‘They arreste@ Kitty Gilhooley, |, ing requisites, such shame has come to the people of Natrona county. | ‘t'p to tnis hour tho attorneys tor | {2% office public, an, ef lapséd here late yesterday, seeking} who, with her husband, Wille, Pat Roche, ace of the special The individuals, Scott’and Morgan, a: Iv incl. | Soott have not indicated just wiat | fo%t was ma Is of Dr. G two other victims of the disaster,| were charged with carrying on a | intelligence unit of the internal dental to th trit h of , are merely inci- | Se t have not indica pd) Just what iy aropgan 4 ) mn im Three ‘were killed and-nine injured | wholesale traffic that would han- (Continued on Page Five) enta ¢ triumph of honest county government, rogaine) Leg wea iotelce, ance OEIenOI| gala tly maelf and the when the structure fell. A white J decision: of the oourts: but 1 18 the county the ¢ of a trial, it be Man, and a negro are unaccounted ing nitted a sides that the for. conse inst Morga nuch stro ‘Those killed were Mr, and Mra. J. ae than‘the oe against Bootts, aide M. Holliday, and William Banks,,a gan was lurate, h er, and in negro. sisted on going to trial. A construction company was re- At exactly 10 o'clock the court re modeling the first floor of tho build- : convened to take ¢ trial of Dr ing. A partition was being torn Z Pt Morgan, w 1 with prac out on this floor, with about a dozen Ba 4 : athe t t ame enses as Were men at work at the time of the col- . 7 one hi against & . oP Ta lapse. ‘The weakened condition of Fleet of 200 Lumpe The work of drawing 4 was teas sad spoon, ce || 9 Q PRIZE AT . ped Off for Scrapping avr psi bossa gt alterations, is believed to have . , 5 @) e tleally certain that t Seton saused: the: two. upper fldcrs to cave on Bid of $1,706,000; One Negative y pelle The second and third floors By ae in. were occupied by roomers, among whom were Mr. and Mrs. Holliday, aged and 75, respectfully. pepsin hin) osha LIFE-TEAMER AT STATE PRISON TAKES FRENCH LEAVE, SEARGH IS. MADE TRIBUNE FOR _THISWINNER I an cal war-built fleet with the sale c Ford, chiefly for scrapping. President as recommended by Pal- mer of the Fleet Corporation, was voted by the board. late yesterday, 4 to 1) with Commissioner Benson CHEYENNE, Wyo. Aug B— adhering to his opposition to the Rharitt Geotxe Carrell, ot LALAnie ship scrapping policy by casting the only negative ballot Shairman county, has been on the lookcut for John McClelland, an escaped oenvict O'Connor was joined by Comipission. from the. Wyoming, state peniten ers Lissner, Haney and Hill in yot- tlary, who waa reported in Cheyenne ing for the award, while Commis. early this Week, @& man answering aloners Thompson and Plummer his description having asked for Pepper a tslen. TAB, VOUS” NRE transportation at one of the local : garages. Most of the ships will be broken} McClellan was credited with hav- up for junk, but it is understood to ing framed the robbery of the Pilot be Mr, Ford's intention to convert Butte Avenue butcher shop, early a few of them to diesel engine pro {n 1923, He, together with two com- buision for use in overseas trans- panions, entered the shop, and when port of ithe products of his own surprised by the owner, Frank Fer- plants, This, as well as the expected retention of some of the ships en wines and equipment for use in his own plants are both permitted under lic, one of the trio shot him to death in cold blood, McClellan was seftenced to serve Lucky fellow, graph is a nea ‘The above photo- likeness of the man 4 life sentence at the state peniten- peppers py the advertisement for bids. tary on May 16, 1928. Boing a but-|ariving Shoiogecpher in his mee | Mr Ford's offer, the highest sub: cher by trade, he was given that! seriguy wanderines about the bye. | mitted: war received when the board kind of work in the prison and was! ness section of Casper. He is the | 4 ® second call for bids, opened regarded a trusty during the last July 6, apd after the previous high winner of the $10 merchandise order on any Casper merchant offered by the Tribune in connection with Bar. gain Festival Week, now in full swing. All the chap, pictured above, has te do is call at the Tribune office as soon as possible and identify himself and claim the $10 reward, He may name any Casper merchant and will receive a merchandise order fow months. It ts thought that he took advantage of his trust and made good his escape CHILD FALLS 18 FEET ON HEAD, WILL RECOVER Carl Multeen five-year-old son of on the house signified, Mra, CG. A, Hulteen of 114 South Miss Margaret Kipling, who re] Park street, miraculously escaped sides at the Evanston Apartmeni#, | fatal injuries yesterday afternoon was the winner of yesterday's prize | when he fell a story and a half, a for the Casper ladies. Miss Kipling | diatance of appro 18 fent, Wan snapped by the Tribune photog-| The boy escaped with a concussion Tapher sometime Monday afternoon | of the brain and his recovery fs near the entrance to the O. and 8, | certain Pegan)-cemepension of work on September 1 by 158,000} jutiaing. sie called late lust eve-| Carl was play with anothenition anthracite miners in the Pennsylvania fields appears cer-} ning at the ‘Tribune office and re | on the rear balcony of an apartment tain unless an outside influence, federal or state, brings to- | ve!ved her $10 order on the second floor when he fell gether the United Mine Workers and anthracite coal] Tete Prize offerings of the Trib) tO the otrect. Dr. C. H. Platz was o | a 1@ Purpose of stupa | eiitied immediately ond took the In Operators, — : jing greater intercst in i Jured Woy to hie De. J, R.| Negotiations for a working contract to replace the one | Festival Week among the 1] Hansava, fami of the} expiring August 31, were broken off | tives. which has been {n seselon since | public. Merchants of this cit¥ havé| Multeens, repor thet no night. The conference of | July 2, voted unanimously to adjourn } advortieed bargains talore and the! bones were broken and that the miners’ and operators’ representa (Continued on Pi Five) (Conunuea ov Cage Five) * boy's was expected, Ballot in Shipping Board Award WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—(By The Associated Uress.) | ~The shipping board has consummated a deal for disposal of the major block of the idle ships of the government's Up by Ouster Suit Success, of 200 such vessels to Henry Award of the ships to Mr. Ford on his bid of $1,706,000, : bid of $1,370,000 submitted by t Boston Iron and Metal Company of As matte fune s stand now, Natrona county i tioning . i. Baltimore, in the first opening oi without a complete board of county commissioners, after | were eral re ¢ that J June 30, had been, withdrawn at the/the removal by court orders this morning of J. E. Scott, | Howe ae es who was chairman of the boar bate ec 4 4 na st @! Tv H y . eae Ghalnaee OW Contes minke The board met yesterday evening and allowed all of the that of that with the scrapping of “useless” |S8lary warrants for county employes, but Chairman Scott | (Continued Page Two. ships thus put under way, the board | filed to affix his signature to th The » one in mind for t _— would return with renewed vigor to| Warrants, and they are therefore| 1 Com er } a ~—~---— the task of finding Ameridan buy-| Worthless without being properly | this afternoor All I war woine || ers for the government's active fleet, | *ened | good, honest citizen > the | LY | He expressed conviction that-Amer| Shor After: Scott emoved of the cou th 12, | n common sense had definitely de, | Come ner , 1) who the f feated the “propaganda of the for. |Commlesioner and asked _ eign ship owners” against an Amerl:| that they go in session pol ‘| I . NATIONAL LEAGUE ean merchant marine. some one to fill Scott's 7 | wi . 1 At . RHE Morgan refused to meet I boa n | Philadelphia 101 200010—6 13 1 am | well Chicago W001 7 93 Noted Author Tt ts generaily ¢ c the ——_—_>__—_ Batteries; Ring, Pearee, two remalr m 4 liee oye to fill the vaca | WATCHMAN FOUND, pgap).. |204)\) son: Kaufinan, Keene, Critically TU) t20 sy tis Sescat ve Se ULOER ep ears event that Me 1 | ola ! f | At St. Loui ROWE > a. and re t a dire 4 | Boston 0— a7S WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—(Asso: | will be, It ix then up t nu r| ng I in: | St. Loui . ciated Press:)—John Temple Graves, | Burwell to sole ¢ a ealn chit us| Batteries! Genewich and Selmer; widely known southern writer, was|member of the Board, and these two|found dead in the crossing house | Reinhart and O'Farrell in.an extremely critfeal condition at|in turn will relect the third member ate yorterday, He died of apoplexy.| Other games postponed, rain, his home here today and members| These new commissioners then meet | 1 « ch he used to direct | or of bis family virtually had aban-!and proceed to organize by » leoting | traffic over the crossing was found AMERICAN LUAGUE doned hope for his recovery. ® chairman, Nn All games postponed, rain. * + > * + * * ° * ° > ° * e ° > o CALAIS, France, Aug. 5.—(By The Associated Press.)—The Bnglish Channel remains unconquered by woman, The icy. waters Which has numbed 60 many swimmers, last night halted Mile. Jane Sion of France, when within one and one-quarter miles of her goal on the English coast. Mile. Sion was in the water 18 hours 30 minute In addition to establishing a recorg for immersi of the several women who have tried to swim n by women, she came closer to the English shore than any other ss the channel from France to England. Miss Lillian Harrison of Argentina, who a fortnight ago made, hecause of the cold f miles/the morning under good weather, near the Eriglish shore, a her third unsuccessful attempt lo] fram the goa € ] ns Throughout a dull, }and w er wind: with swim from Cape G. ¢> to Dover, Mile Bion plunged int ve water Jol oudy day she swam with @ steady | brought the temperature of the water was compelled to the water |at Cape Gris Nez at clock in|stroke, but after Sundown when| (Continued on Page Five) ‘