Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 26, 1925, Page 1

The Greatest Service Ever Offered by an American ener “Tialene Accident ag ey Open to Tribune Readers WEATHER NA [ Wyoming—Monday cloudy tonight portion. Not quite so cold tonight MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED * Sn on Te ane OL eee SS end ‘Tu@sday, probably snow in north in south central portion. PRESS VOL. X"_NO. 10 tee a CASPER, WYOMING, Mc MONDAY, O OCTOBER 26, 1925 24 PERISH IN TORNADO ON 7 aeO ) ‘of Cireute Delivered by Carrier 15 cents a montb Publication Offices: On Streets ———S OD trent or’ at Nawstanda.§ cents) & cents Tribune Bldg, 416 A Bacond! Bh 2 st MAUU UN ATLANTIC COAST | COMPLETION OF N. AND S. LINE Punés wipigy| Se. S709 BLAZES HINGES ON CASPER’S SUPPORT WN Hilti. 501 TRAIL OF DEATH v0 S. ARN MAN HORSE HAIRS IE AUINED AND WRECKAGE mm WINS WORLD'S ARE CLUE TO FERCE GALE OVER ALABAMA CEAPLANE A AGE GIRL S LAYER 85-Mile Wind Hits New Red Cross Rushes Aid Eastern: Financiers Will Back Project if Survey Here Shows Tonnage Will Justify Expenditure Tonnage to be provided by Casper business houses and Casper industries, including the refineries, will have an im. portant bearing on the support to be given the proposed North & South railroad by the two big eastern bonding companies that have sent representatives here in the course of an inspection trip over the route of the road. York and Northeast; to Devastated Area Traces of Animal Found Near Beauty’s| Five States Suff Where Lieut. Doolittle Takes “, gy eae Schneider Cup at 232-Mile Clip. x BAY SHORE PARK, Baltimore, Oct, 26.—4)—Lieutenant James H. Doolittle, United States army, flying a Curtiss seaplane, won the world's seaplane racing class!c, the Jacques Schneider trophy, here today. ‘His official time was announced as 222.573 miles per hour. Lieutenant Doollttle's time is n new Schneider cup record. The pre- vious best Schneider trophy time was made by Licut. David Rittenhouse in @ United States navy Curtiss sea- plane: at Cowes, England, in the first race in Which the United States competed in 1923. Ritten- house made 117.38 miles per hour. Lieutenants George T. Cuddihy and-Ralph A, Ofstie, United States naty pilots, failed to appear after completing! their sixth Jap. Tater Lieutenant Cuddiby's plane was towed in by a coast guard boat apparently undamaged. Lieutenant, Cuddithy was in the patrol boat seem- ingly wnhurt. At 4:35 p, m. no trace had been found ef Lieutenant Otstie or his plane. HOFFHINE IS. OUT OF RACE C. EB. Hofthine;! head of the Hoft- hine. Printing and Stationery -com- pany, today announced that he would withdraw his name as a can- didate for s*ayor of Casper. Mr. Hoffhine filed a few days ago on the Independent ticket. He was the first man to file for the office in’ the Present campaign. He safd today that he was not withdrawing in fa- vor of any particular candidate but because the: pressure af business will not permit him to devote his time to the campaign*or to the mayoralty Riot Ushers In ‘Conference. On Chinese Tariff PEKING, Oct. 26.—()—The de- mand of 2,000 Chinese students to be admitted to the customs confer- ence today resulted in a riot outside the conference building in which more than thirty police and several students were injured. The students held a demonstration outside the building, demanding ad- mission. When this was refused they attacked the police with sticks and stones. Several of the students were arrested, and order was re- stored, China opened the comference with ® proposal that the powers restore to her completo tariff autonomy nnd agree to the enforcement of a William B. Hooper of Dillon, Read swept over the city with the con- & company, and H. W. Bartling, of | fidence, never so great at any time Carmen, Fox and Snyder, of New York, were busy yesterday and. to- day ‘gathering information regard- ing the probable support that could be given the project by Casper. Meanwhile a wave of: optimism has POLICE NAB — BOOZE AND ARREST SIX Two raids were made by the police before, that the railroad will be built. The financiers held a meeting yes- terday afternoon with the board of directors of the Casper Chamber of Commerce and the various phases of the proposition were discussed. It was the concensus of opinion that Casper would be glad to support ‘the railroad, inasmuch as it will open up a large territory practically unayail- able up to this time. Ate committee was appointed by R. C. Cather, president of the Chamber, to assist the ‘visitors in. gatiering what Information they might desire. The members of the committee are iH. B, Durham, Sam W. Conwell. W. F. Wilkerson, T. C. Tonkin,, P, J. O'Connor, M. A. EBecklinger, 0. L. department Sunday. A gallon of| Walker and B. B. Brooks. moonshine and eight cases of beer were found at the home:of F. V. Bolmes, 714 South Oak street. Bolmes was arrested for alleged violation of the liquor ordinance, William Mis- ters and J. D. Bolmes wére arrested as inmates. One and one half cases of beer and a small quantity of whiskey were taken at 236 South Wolcott street. Sady Goulette was arrested as the proprictor, J, E. Kingsbury and V. P. Cone were charged as inma NightSchool To Launch Winter Session Tonight The night school conducted under the auspices of the Natrona county high school will open at 7 o'clock this evening. The number of stu- dents to be enrolled in the school Is not yet known, but large classes are expected because of the interest that has been manifested in the work, Classes will be held Monday and Thursday of each week. ‘4 course in practical drawing for mechanics may be offered if there are enough applicants. This course, while not for the purpose of make Ing draftsmen, is for the training of persons who ‘require a_ certain amount of drawing in connection with thelr work, A course in higher mathematics for mechanics may be offered also, it wags announced today. Lawyer Plans Fight to Prove Shank Insane DENVER, Oct. 26,—UP)—Charles Ginsberg, attorney for Ray Shank, confessed ‘slayer of his wife and 19-year-old son, Paul, who was con- demned to pay the death penalty by a jury in district court here late Saturday night, announced today that insanity proceedings will be Chinese national customs law begin- ning not later than January 1, 1929. instituted within the next day or two in behalf of Shank. W. W. SLACK TO ENTER CONTEST FOR MAYORALTY Head of Printing Conrpany and Former Editor Will Be Ca ndidate at Head of American Ticket New life was injected this afternoon into the Casper mayoralty campaign; which has been, simmering for sev- eral days, with the announcement that W. W. Slack, pro- prietor of the Slack-Stirrett Printing company, would be a condidate at the approaching November election. Yield- ing -to insistent requests of friends that he go before the electors, Mr. Slack consented toyeral weeks, presumably emanating from sources which will throw their support to him. His decision places in operation for the campaign the machinery of one more important faction which expects to recruit make the race and stated definitely that his petition would be filed late today or tomorrow at.the head of the American ticket, The announcement brought. con- Hugh Lee Kirby, president of the Wyoming-Montana Ratlway | com- pany which was organized to. take over the affairs of the concern which first planned to build the railroad, expressed confidence yesterday, that the financing of the road could be brought to a satisfactory completion. If the representatives of the east- ern bonding houses make favorable reports to thelr companies and if the companies decide’to back the prop- osition of laying a Mne between Miles. City, Mont., and Rawlins, Wyo., it is bellaved actual work will start next spring. The processes of financing such a deal womnld take some time, according to: Mr. Hooper, and it could not be expected’tBat the matter would’ be settled at!once. The fact that-the city council here recently withdrew a grant of. land for a right-of-woy to the older rall- road company 1s not expected to cause much difficulty, because, it is believed, this. grant will be made again to the Wyoming-Montana company In view of the determina- tion to go through with the propo- sition. Grave Believed Held as to Point to Man Suspect EUREKA, Calif., Oct. 26.—()—Horse ies found near the crypt in Baker Creek where the body of Miss Car- men Wagner, sweetheart of Henry Sweet of this city, was found last Friday, may prove important evidence in estab- lishing thé identity of the girl’s murderers. The hairs are from a roan horse, and authorities say that until a few days ago such an animal was the property of Jack Ryan, one of the suspects held in the county jall here. He is said to have recently traded the animal to his half brother Walter David, atso held in connection with the case. Other evidence, found hidden near the spot where Miss Wagner's sup- posed murders secreted her body, is. being brought. here by a volunteer possee which spent the day in the woods hunting evidence, Miss Wagner was Sweet's com- panion on a hunting trip. He was found shot to death beside his parked automobile two days after the couple MAN SHOOTS THREE AND KILLS SELF STURBRIDGE, . Mass., Oct. 26.— (®)—John Brown shot and killed Eugene Holden and wounded Hol- den's housckeeper, Mrs. Mary Tit- fany and her 17-year-old daughter, Jessie, at Holden's home last night and killed himself at his own home early today. No motive has been disclosed. left for the mountains, The finding of Sweet's body started the search for Miss Wagner. Death and Disaster. NEW YORK, Oct. 26.— (®)—A disastrous Sunday]; gale swept the middle and north Atlantic states. An 865-mile-an-hour rain- bearing wind: caused seven deaths and much property damage In five states. At Woburn, Mass., 500 houses were shattered and troops were called out. Seventeen navy seaplanes were strewn on the beach at Baltimore, with ten de- molished. Ocean and coastal ship- ping was demoralized. The fatallties were: TWOHOSPITALS HERE GIVEN FORMAL OKEH The Natrona Memorial hospital and the Casper Private hospital are listed among the “approved” insti- tutions inspected: and indorsed ny the American college of suigtons in its standardigation survey just com- pleted. Only one other Wyoming hospital, that at. Wheatiand, is so recommended. The hospitats on the approved Ist, according to the formal announce- ment, “are those recognized as ful- filling the fundamental require- ments for good service to the pa- tient,, as assured through efficient staff organization, adequate diag- nostic and therapeutic facilities, trained personnel, complete case records, and periodic check-up or medical audit of the clinical work of the hospital.” dragged from fifth story window by wind-whipped clothes line. Mother and child died after Caesarian operation, Two fishermen drowned in a cap- sized motor boat off Rockaway point. Baltimore—Child killed by falling tree. Patterson, N. J.—Child killed by falling brick walls, Woburn, Mass.—Natlonal guards- man killed by falling tree while re- paiting bis automobile, Several towns were in darkness last night and others were cut off from, syire communication. -Gréatest damage apparently was done in Woburn, Mass., where Mayor Thomas H. Duffy has issued an appeal to contractors to cease their regular building work and con- centrate on repairing shattered homes. Mayor Curley of Boston has telephoned a relief offer. With 500 houses unroofed or with walls caved in and the streets a mass of tangled wires and wreckage, looting began in that city, a resi- dential and manufacturing suburb (Continued on Page Five.) MRS. FREY WINS $37,500 IN SUIT AGAINST ACTRESS Sealed Verdict Finds Wilda Bennett to Blame for Alienating Love of Kentucky Sportsman PARIS, Oct. 26.—()—Francols LaMouret, first horn player of the famous. Lamoureux orchestra) died after playing the solo passage in Vin- cent d'fndy’s “Sauge Flurie,” at a concert last’ evening. He slipped lifeless from his chair to the floor. The conductor, Paul Paray, reas- sured the audience, telling them that LaMouret had merely fainted. The membets of the orchestra played ORCHESTRA CONCLUDES CONCERT WITH SOLOIST | DEAD BESIDE HIS CHAIR} through the remainder of the pro- gram knowing that their com lay dead in the anteroom, It ¥ marked that the next selection, ner's wonderful musical setting. to the death of Isolde, was played with unusual fervor. TaMouret, although “comparative- ly young, was regarded-as the finest horn player in France, and one of the finest in the world. Wag- DEATH ENDS COLORFUL CAREER OF ‘LONE WOLF’ DRY SLEUTH, MAN OF THOUSAND DISGUISES CHICAGO, Oct. 26,—(). LeRoy Asher, “Lone Wolf” of the prohibition department, government witness in 130 prohibition cases now pending, and under indictment for larceny and assault. died yesterday of cerebral hemorrhage. For a t{me the manner of Asher’s death aroused the suspicions of ‘his chief, E. C, Yellowley, prohibition administrator for Illinois, who ‘be- Meved! Asher might have been pol- soned by some of his countless en- emies among bootleggers. An tiyen ‘gation was Gnderway when a Post mortem established beyond doubt that death had resulted from natural caunes. Asher, as nn enforcement officer, had a colorful and exciting career. Arcused of murdering a saloonkeep- er, during » raid in Uhilndelphia, he firmation of rumors afloat for sey: (Continued on Page Five) was acquitted. Sater, as a revenue —James agent in the Kentucky moonshiners’ hills, he worked to break up the dis- tribution of illicit Mquor. manufac- tured in that district, In Washington, D, C., he caused the arrest of more than 100 persons, by a series of ralds, evidence for which he obtained tn the disguises of ah iceman, coal wagon driver and piano tuner. His spectacular methods of rald- Ing, his disguises and the unique twists he gave to his activities, lead- Ing at Peorla, [l,, to open'a saloon under th name of “Uncle Sam's Place.” brought him into continual prominence, His sobriquet “Lone Wolf" was won by the popular be- Met that he worked single-handed and the name stuck even when It was established that he always had an assistant. MINEOLA, N. Y., of Louisville, Ky., today was Oct. 26.—(4)—Mrs. Katherine Frey awarded a jury’s verdict of $37,500 against Wilda Bennett, musical comedy actress, for alienating the affections of the plaintiff's husband, Charles C. Frey, race horse owner and sportsman. The case was given to the jury in SunEeM e court last Friday afternoon and a sealed ver: dict was returned late Friday hight. The verdict was read when court convened this morning. The case was tried before ‘Supreme Court Justice aber, Mrs. Frey sued for $100,000. The trial lasted almost a week, Miss Bennett and Frey sat in the court room as Mrs. Frey, on the witness stand, accused the actress of steal- ing the/ affections of her husband. Miss Bennett entered the court room on the arm of Frey a few! min- the verdict was opened Frey entered” just as the bein read. William J. Fallon, counsel for Miss Bennett, immediately announced that he would appeal. His motion to set aside the verdict as being con- trary to the weight of evidence w denied, Fallon then asked permis: sion to argue a similar motion next Wednesday, which Justice Faber granted. “Verdict or no verdict, I know I am all right. Of course I do not in- tend to pay it,” she sald. Frey, who sat beside the actress said “There will be an appeal. worry about that.” Mrs. Frey said she was too happy to talk. “I feel that my suffering has been somewhat allayed,” she sald. “The verdict shows that these things cannot go on unchecked tn New York.” Considerable testimony Don't was taken hurband, Charles C. Frey, wealthy clubman and turf follower, had been “pursued and woh,” by the actress, as charged by Mrs. Frey or whether. he had, as he testified, ceased to live with his wife before he met Miss Bennett in 1923, Breakfast parties at which Frey was said to have attended clad only {n purple silk pajamas and entertainment by him of women in his apartment, were prominent features of the testimony. Justice Faber, in charging the Jury, said damages could be awarded only if the jury found that the ag. tress had indeed alienated fections of Fre: 4-YEAR GRANDDAUGHTER OF W. F. DUNN LOSES EYE THROUGH ACCIDENT Jean Ann Dunn, 4-year. ter of Mr. and Mra, gene Dunn of Iaramie and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs, W. F. Dunn of Cas per, suffered the loss of one of her the from his wife, at ld daugh- eyes yesterday. While the child was playing she cut the eye with a mbovel and it had to be removed. The accident occurred fn Pennsyl vanin where her parents are visit on the question whether Mrs, Frey's ing with relatives. New York City—Expectant mother’ |, eR e x RAE LS Premier Pangalos of Greece ts one of the leading figures In the warlike controversy between that country and | Bulgaria He formerly was Greek war minister a Wa LEAGUE ORDERS BALKAN BATTLE TONE GLEARED Athens and Sofia Are Given 60 Hours to Recall Troops. PARIS, Oct. 26.—()—The first sitting of the League of Nations council, called to consider the Greco- Bulgarian crisis, was extremely brief. “Lhe members assembled at 6 p.«m. and adjourned 35 minutes laters The council during. the session, which was held in private, adopted a resolution giving Greece and Bul- garia 24 hours in which to inform the council that orders have been given for the withdrawal of troops Inside their frontiers and 60 hours to inform it whether the evacuation has actually been carried out. SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct. 26—@)— The Bulgarian telegraphic agency asserts that the Greeks last night continued intermittent bombardment of the border villages. The Greeks yesterday are reported to have burned Noveolescyo, a vil- Jage constructed recently to house refugees from Greek territory. PAMIS, Oct. 26.—()—Mutual de- flance marked the attitude of both Bulgaria and Greece today before the opening of the special session of the League of Nations council, convoked to settle the new Balkan conflict. Bulgaria sent a fresh note to the league, announcing her refusal to enter into direct negotiations with (Continued on Page Five.) Air Explorers Leave Chian For Salt Lake CHEYEN?D Me 26.—) —The Duteh New Guinea explora- tion plane hopped off from Cheyenne Moni morning at 10 o'clock, mountain standard time. ‘The party expects to stop at Rock Springs, Wyo., to. refuel and, ather per mitting, will fly on to Salt Lake City teday. 17 Perished; Loss Is Tremendous. TROY, Ala., Oct. 26.—() —Reports today indicated that the tornado that struck widely separated places in this section of Alabama killed 17 persons, injured about 30 and caused property loss estimated at $250,000. Relief was being sent today to th@ stricken communities in Barbour, Pike and Crenshaw countles which were hardest hit. Among the dead in Crenshaw county {s Mrs. John Peacock, who had lived to the age of 105. Troy Red Cross forces and local Dhysiclans were ministering to the needs of the injured and were assist- ing the stricken people to adjust themselves, A rellef fund was sub- scribed here yesterday afternoon and made immediately available to relief workers who went Into field. The tornado seemed to have Its origin In Crenshaw county, where it swept down with tremendous force, tearing Its way across the breadth of*Pike county and on eastward into Barbour, where it appears to have spent itself. Near Luverne, county seat of Crenshaw, two were killed, both of them aged, and one past 100 years of age. The death list could not be com- pleted as to names, owing to the widely scattered nature of the devas- tated districts, some of which are remote from telephone and telegraph communication, and the general {m- pairment to wires by the tornado, In addition to two dead in Cren. shaw county there were elght dead in Pike county and seven in Bar- bour. Of the elght who lost their lives In Pike, four were children of the same family. Their father and mother were serfously injured and are not expected to live. Two other Persons of the same family, Knight, wero also injured. In Barbour county, were killed, Residents near the path of the tornado were aroused by the roar of the twister and the crics of the In- jured. They rushed into the strick- en area In a deluge of rain, working for hours In a search for the dead and giving ald to the tnjured, An emergency call to Troy sent doctors, ambulances and nurses from here in the storm path and soon scores of Injured were being brought the the six negroes into the city, taxing hospital capa- city to its most. The dead and in- jured ‘were a up in the fields, in the roads and under debris of fallen buildir t and lay. It trical was fo! storm. Man Held H ere Under Mann Act Lew Webster this morning for justic Mant brought was arrested here the department of a charge of violating the t. Webster is said to have a woman here from Omaha, CAILLAUX WILL NOT QUIT UNTIL SO COMPELLED | |\French Cabinet Crisis, Postponed for Day, Is Believed Inevitable, but German Ministry Will Stick PARIS, Oct. 26,—(P)—Tho inter- ral dissension In the Palnleve cabi net came to a head te y ata meet ing which had been called as. the preliminary to one under the chair manship of President Doumergue for final decision on the financial program While the ministers adjourned without definits tion and the meet Ing with the pres was post poned until tomorrow, the breach hetween Finance Minister C: 1x on the one band and Premier Pain dleye and Foreign Minister Briand on | | the other ynsidered by political quarter nd Ing M. ¢ ported to have | ques st by P reached a point heal iWaux thia morning is re flatly refused a mier Painle ety made a scapegoat ernment, sponsible situation he would Appear to (Continued whieh with him f press He de not, b: on Page