Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 30, 1925, Page 1

G day. nerally falr tonight and Thurs. Somewhat warmer Thursday. VOL. IX. NO, 295 | LA FOLLETTE SWEEPS Wi Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation . CheCa CASPER; WYOMING, WEDNES wr 3 (dWOD). NOLSTH ALVES st y MEMBEn OF ASSOCIATED PRESS DAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1925 Delivered by Carrier 75 cents a month On Streets or at Newstands, SCONSIN ELECTI 6 oente SUBMARINE LIFTING BLOCKED AGAIN EARLY DECISION SEEN AS TIME FOR DEBT NECOTIATIONS WANES WORK LIMITED ETO SEARCH BY DIVERS, WANES RUNNING HIGH Preparations: Made for| Hoisting Efforts ° on Sunken Vessel But Cranes Are Blocked. U. S. SUBMARINE BASE, NEW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 30.—(By The Associated Press.) —All rescue opera- tions on the submarine S-51 have been suspended be- cause of unfavorable weather con- ditions, Rear Admiral H. H. Chrysty reported in a message today to the submarine base herc The message from Admiral Chrysty, who is in charge of the fleet working over the spot where the S:51 went down Friday after be- ing rammed by the steamship City of Rome, said: “Present weather conditions at Charred Body Identified As Grave. Victim BIN —(Assoc IAMTON, N, Y., Sept. 30. ed Press).—County offi- clals investigating the finding of a charred body beneath the burn- ed wreckage of an automobile at Hancock Frid night, and the ation of a grave in the little 'y nearby, today were cing together the testimony de- veloped at a coroner's inquest. ‘The body has been identiffed as that of James Davis of Hancock, who died of tuberculoris six months ago. The corpse was at first believed to be of Fred @. Beale, insurance underwriter of this city, and funeral services, half over, were halted Monday as soon as discovery of the looted grave was made known. Beale has not been seen since the accident. He is believed to have gone to Flort- da. ; The authorities ;announced that an indictment charging thé viola- tion of the Davis grave would be placed against him. Bankers Elect In Convention TIC CITY, N. J., Sept. 30. ated =Press.—Oscar Wells, $-51 make operations impossible.” This was the first word to co from the rescue fleet since last night, with the exceptior of a brief weather report transmitted by the submarine motor ship Camden. The weather report had indicated that diving operations at least could Je rasumed today. Plans to make another attempt to raise the submarine by the two giant cranes, Monarch and Century, had been thwarted when the lumber- ing crafts were forced to return to Newport today after a midnight at- tempt to join the rescue fleet. The ,cranes were being held in readiness to proceed at once if con- ditions moderated sufficiently to permit. U. 8. SUBMARINE LONDON, Conn., Sept. ciated Press.)—Rough weather hav- ing caused a suspension of work at the scene of the wrecked submarine $-51, officers at the submarine base today ‘said that it might be neces- sary to stop the efforts at rescue and try to salvage the boat., Such a step, however, would have to be ordered by the navy depart- ment at Washington and probably would be takén only upon the recommendation of Rear Admiral precident of the First National Bank of Birmingham, Ala,, was elected President of the American Bankers’ association today to succeed William E. Knox of New York. committee on public lands. receive suggestions for ita amend- Chrysty. i: Soenmand oe ed Lb a be mart. Wwitegive: tha erasere- of “en work who so far has refus pea tie Ae a ie ae up hope that some of the naa | Tse aaa eng eetan MnO aE ing men who went down with her| | 10) Brievaheus & r nearing more than four days ago, migt 3; 2 : be alive ‘Two bodies are all that} Senator overt Stanfield of went down, sion, and his retinue will arrive in The beginning of ralvage opera-| Rawlins from the west tomorrow tions would mean that efforts to] morning. They will leave their pri Mft the stern of the sunken submar-| Yate car there and proceed to Cas- ine, which has been the object of| Per by motor, pausing at the Path- wreeking lighters, would be aban-| finder dam for lunch in order to be doned and divers would try to patch the hole punched in her hull by the steamer City of Rome, perhaps put pontoons under her and attach her to barges to be towed to the surface. The time {t would take for such work would be uncertain. for It has not been determined how f ‘as settled in the sandy be the ocean. It would be a matter days, however. ON able to give that nucleus of reclama- tion work in central Wyoming a thorough inspection, The commission will be the guests of the Casper chamber at a public dinner In the Hotel Henning at 6:15 tomorrow evennig. The banquet will be followed at 8 o'clock by a meeting In the Henning dining room, at which interested citizens u to be present. Former verne . B. Brooks will preside and Wilson, as the chief speaker, will explain for the visitors NEW (Continued on Page Elght) LONDON, Conn.. Sept. Oil the vital Importance of the Casper- (Continued On Page Ten) ROYALTIES TAKE BIC SLUMP Government Earnings from’ Public Lands in Wyoming Fall Off CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept, 30.— The total receipts from mineral leasing on the public domain in Woming during the last fiscal year amounted to $6,953,501 41, a decrease over the previous year of almost 50 per cent. according to Mart T. Christensen, register of the U, 8. land office in Cheyenne. According to a bulletin issued by the government, “the test de. crease from leases on public lands was in Wyoming, where the receipts declined from $1 50144, in 1925 pri per t and June, a 0,500 to $6.953,- decline in the A of oll from a maximum of $2 rel during March, April, May to a maximum of $1.50 ing August and September/ and $ in October, November and De- cember resulted in the wells being el temporarily, or In pumping to storage and holding for better prices, Leases on public lands in California showed a gain in receipts from $957,480 in 1 » to $1,637,007 this past year.” A committee of welcome from the Casper Chamber of Commerce departed overland for Rawlins this afternoon to meet and escort to.Casper the members of the senate by congress to conduct hearings throughout the west on the conduct and results of the federal land policy, and to Promise for Revision of Payments in Event Load Proves Too Heavy Speeds Up Negotiations With French’ WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—(By The Associated Press) —The debt negotiations between the French*and Ameri- can missions seeking to fund. the’ $4,000,000,000 French war debt moved-rapidly today ith the negotiators nearer together than they have been since the discussions began. Plans Laid for Land Hearing Committee Leaves for Rawlins to Meet Commission; Public Dinner Thurs- day Night Will Be Feature Here The committee, authorized NATIONAL LEAGUE. | At'Philadelphia— KLE.) ooklyn —. 030° 001—" * * Phitade!phia 000 200—" * * Batteries: McGraw and Deberry; Willoughby and Wilson. _————— AM At Boston— Washington ---100 001 011—41 10 2 Boston “_5, . 110 001 11°—5 11 3 Batterie Ballou and Tate; Kuf- fing and Bischoff. SPANISH WAR VETS ELECT ST. PETERSBURG, Fia., Spt. 30. | —{Associated Press}—Colonel Carm! Thompson of Columbus, Ohio, was | elected commander in chief of the| United Spanish War Veterans on| the second ballot cast here today. | The total number of votes he re | received was 441, General Harvey H. Hannah, Tennessee, received 323, | and Richard R. Flynn, Massachu- setts 73, Solution For Crime Penalty Dodging Found STOCKTON, Calif., Sept. 30.—(By The Associated Press)—Dr. Joseph Catton of San Francisco, discussing “Insanity as a Defense” before the Celifornia Peace Officers association convention, advocated the fixed term rule preventing the pleas of any murderer or other criminal from an insane point under a period which would equal a sentence for the crime to a penal institution, It wna indicated.that it had been agréed. that \a. clause should’ be in- serted In,any settlement for, a revi- sion of payments in the event that it should ,become ‘evident on both sides that the French capacity to pay had been overestimated, and ' addition the American commission has reduced the proposed annuiti 3 from $150,000,000 to $130,000.n00. Both of these plans are considered of great importance by the French delegates, Another proposal would delay pay- ments in the event of the exchange market. not being fa ble to the transfer of cash on the date fixed, thereby giving the French treasury m certain freedom of movement, in choosing the more favorable time of transfer. The French group, st is under- stood, has not accepted these figures but a way may be found for keep- ing down+the French annuities by advancing. the term of years from 62 to,67 or 70 or 75.. Each of these terms of years is being examined. The term. of 62 years in the Eng. lish agreement. was taken as a basis because with the interest of 3 pet- cent the entire principal would be amortized at the rate of one half of one per centa year, Before the joint session of th two groups) today, they held. separate | meetings: to go over the situation the Americans to consider the possi the bilities of the situation, and (Continued on Page Ten) With less than 24 hours remaining of time originally set aside for conferences, negotiations for the refunding of France's four-billion. dolar war debt were speeded up today with promise of an early agreement. Photo shows the American and French commissions in Joint sessi Seated (1. to r.) Deputy Vincent Auroil; Senator Louis Dauséet, Senator Fernand Chapsal, Senator Reed Smoot of Utah; Secretary of State Kellogg, Secretary of Treasury Mellon, Under- secretary of treasury Winston, Senator Henri Berenger, Secretary of Commerce Hoover, French Finance Minister Caillaux, Rep. Theodore E. Burton of Ohto, Senator Paul Dupuy, M, Daeschner, French ambas- sador. Back row (b to r.) M, Haguenin, Joseph Simon, Deputy Maurice acenowers, Marquis de Chambrun, Oliver Moreau-Neret, M. Lacour- jayet. Driver Exonerated In Fatal Accide Foul Play Lacking in Death at Lavoye of James Snook, Who Fell from Auto While Intoxicated No evidence of foul. play was revealed today‘at the inquést into the death of James Snook, 54 years of age, who died at a hospital in Lavoye shortly after noon Tues- day from injuries suffered when he fell from an automo- bile on the road half a mile south of Lavoye the night before. A. G. Lawrence, who had driven the car in which Snook had been riding, was exon-| jury. The inquest s held in the erated, “Tife verdict of the coronor's| offices of County Attorney George A. Weedell. Lawrence 8: jury stated that Snook “camo to his death by falling out of an automo: itted on the witners é stand that both he and Snook had by ‘Lawrence.’ The ‘evi sumed a pint of moonshine be: donee proves that both bout 10:30 o'clock to na se by Fred operated of I means.’ Clary Ray ‘ed at Whe 4 place for abo' and commodities, cattle, poultry, hay and feed — tumult in the wheat pit, stock exchange, the huge ASSOCIATED PRESS. The stock and bond quotations and the gen- eral market reports of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS are received by this paper in time to make them valuable toour rcaders. These reports are depend- able—they are compiled by The Associated Press staff of trained men and are as accurate as it is humanly possible to make them. They furnish a Picture of the great economic forces which hurtle forward the industry of the world. Market News Do you read the market page of your newspaper? In it you will find all about stocks and bonds; cotton, flax and silk; sugar, butter, eggs and cheese; wheat, corn, oats and rye;. potatoes, A picture at once fascinating and ‘real—the mle of grazing lands, the waving grain fields, the towering clevators, mines and quarries, and factories with blazing furnaces or busy looms— All portrayed on the market page of this news- paper which has the market service of THE fifteen or twenty minutes | way back to Lavoye Snook comp!air ed that Lawrence was driving toc fast and threatened to jump out if fa y he did not gp slower. Lawrence he was driving at a speed of tw five to thirty miles an hour When within half a.mile of La voye he noticed that Snook was not in the seat beside him. He backed the car for fifty feet amd found his companion lying in the road. He plaéed him in the car again and drove with him to 20k's home, Snook lived in a small house owned by Peter Rasmussen and on the same lot as the one in which Ras mussen lived, The door to the house was found to be padlocked, and Ras mussen was away. Lawren moved Snook from the car and p ed him on the ground, hogs and sheep; wool, ‘ Although Snook previously h the excitement on the | told-him when he picked him up pens of cattle, mile on | from the highway that he was hurt Lawrence sald that he believed the man .to: be asleep and uninjured when he removed him from the car After’ Snook had said, “I'm hurt," no other words had passed between the pair, according to Lawrence. Lawrence admitted that be had felt the influence of the liquor which he had drank. It did not oc- cur to him, he said, that to leave his companion on the ground with- out investigating to determine whether he ‘ad been seriously in- jured was not th right thing to do. lt was stated that the door to the touring car jn which the two men bad been riding was defective. nnd that a string was used to keep it from swinging back and forth. Tho car belonged to Rasmuesen. | Dr. H.R. Lathrop testified that | Snook had aurecee a badly frac tured skull, The injury, he sald, could have been recelved by a fall (Continued On Page Ten) The trial of James A. Brophy, charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of John | C. Reschke on the night of August 19, has been set by Judge Bryant S | Cromer for 9. m., October 12. ‘The case originally >was tent ely set Quake Shakes Big Snow Off Helena Roofs | HELENA, Mont., Sept. 30.—(By Associated Press).—A sharp earth quake of sufficient intensity to loosen accumulated snow on the roofs of residences and cause min- jature snowslides, was fell here at 2:30 o'clock this morning. c disturbance lasted for a seconds. The tremor and the ing snow awakened many r dents, BROPHY TRIAL | IS SET FOR OCTOBER 12 and the Wag made to accommodate Murine, of counsel for the de- who has been requested by vernor Nellie T. Ross to assist in the prosecution of Scott Hazen, former sheriff of Hot Springs county. Brophy was a that he had for the week of October change Cc. D ted on evidence ipated in the gun fight at 242 North Beech street In which Reschke, half-breed Rawlins bootlege was killed. It Is ex- pected hig defense will be based on the plea of self-defense. Civil actions will take up the time of the distyct court from October 2 to October 10. The morning ses- sion today resulted in the dis of the state's case against Wilson, accused of illegal possession of Hquor, and Ralph Adams’ plea of | guilty to a similar charge removed that case from the docket. The On the | Jury was given a recess until 1:45, nt Case BASIN FLOUR MILL 15 BOUGHT BY ASSOCIATION BASIN, Wyo., Sept. 30.—The Basin flour mill has been purchased by the Big Horn Co-operative Mar keting association. The association will use the warehouse and cleaning facilities for handling the clover beans and such products as purchase and the milling ma- chinery and plant were leased to J. W. Alexander and son, Charles, who will continue to grind wheat and furnish a market for the wheat and grain produced by the farmers in that section EREOIT ASSOCIATION URGED FOR RIVERTON RIVERTON, Wyo., Sept The formation of an intermediate credit association here has been urged by ud, South Dakota banker, Underwood of Underwood K and J Wyo. The plan would require an initial capital of $10,000, which would en sble the association to make loans | on livestock and grain, through the intermediate credjt system, to the mount of $100,000. This is a gov ernment agency, which functions through federal intermediate credit banks, Under the proposed plan, however, money loaned by the asso- elation would be available throug Tribune Bidg., Publication Offices “16 BE. SON CHOSEN TO TAKE. PLAGE OF LATE SENATOR IN WASHINGTON Majorities as. High as Tén to One Rolled Up in Several Coun- ties of the State. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 30.—(By The sociated Press.) — Wisconsin again placed the stamp of approv- al on the name of LaFoNette and at a special election held terday ch the th yenr-o of jts late senator to x t the Badger e in States senate yvnl was emp 1s the enormous majori given by every county in the sta Three counties of the fir ngted sional district, formerly considered (rivalnersbsie twelrerts thei rurk Wisconsin republic put to the test, « A Thirteen counties went to La Fol by approximately a 2-to-1 vote while his tremendous strength was shown In two counties, Calumet and Kewaunee where the ator 10 to 1 ahead Edward F. ning as an s jependent The strength of young La Follette was further shown by percent age of the votes in the other cour tles of the state. With 315 precinct of the 3,692 In the state mis sing early this morning, owing to the heavy rain storm in the northwest section of the state La Hette showed a plurality of 134,544 over Dithmar, and a majority of 112,915. The prospective senator went on record during both his primary and election campaigns as unqualifiedly endorsing the platform of the 1 er-LaFollette party of 1 em phasized in almost he made, however, that the contest in which he then engaged was be. tween “a man who will stand behind the Coolidge administration and one who will follow in the footsteps of Robert Marion La Follette He promised to carry on the worl started by his father The ® senator Robert M, La Follette ed In 1922 and his son will fill his unexpired term which ends March 1, 1929 MADISON, Wis., clated Press.) pt., 30.—(Asso- The people of Wis- onsin have reaffirmed their faith in the fundamental principals of the progressive movement and have re-enlisted in the struggle to wrest the control of the government tnter- est entrenched at Washington,” tobert M. LaFollette, Jr., senator- elect from Wisconsin, dec to- lay > STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF PARKING RULES 10 MARK POLICE ACTIVITY loc." banks at 7% per cent. Parking rules are going to be enforced wit greater strictness hereafter, C of Police A. T. Pat rick announc Tuesc night Many motorists have been violating the rule that perm cars to_ be parked in the busine tion. ‘for only one hour at a time between the hours of 8 a. m. to 6 p. m, Others have been found to violate the rule prohibiting parking be- tween 1 a. m. and 6 a. m SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Sept. 0. —(Associated Press).—The election of Henry L. Bowles, republican, of this city, over his democratic op- ponent, Roland D, Sawyer of Ware, from President Coolidge’s home dis- trict, adda to the ranks of the wets in the national house of represent: ativen. Bowles’ election yesterday after assertion by came him that he be WET NAMED To _ SEAT IN HOUSE Coolidge’s Home District Piles Up Big Majority for Henry L. Bowles aed Meved the 18th.amendment had no place in the constitution and assur- ance that ho would work for any chang in the existing 1 for prohibitt t would add to * r t and respect for In The vote was, Bowles, 12,70 yer, 907. It was a special election to fill m vacancy caused by the death of George D. Churchill, re publican, of Amherst