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

The Greatest Service Ever Offered by an American Neiws Che Cas WEATHER M except possibly rain Saturday in ¢ treme northwest portion. isin: temperature tonight in an south portions. east VOL. X NO. 14 y fair tonight and Saturday, | Member of Audit Bureau of Ctreviation MONTH AGO IN N.Y. COURT 15 UT REVEALED Transcript of Former Trial to Be Offered As Evidence in Lieu of Witnesses, Claim. NEW YORK, Oct. 30,— (®)—Mrs. Anna U. Stillman, who defeated James A. Stillman’s sensational pro- longed suit to divorce her, lias now begun suit to divorce him. Papers were filed in Westchester county more than a month ago and the action was kept secret. It_is' expected that no witnésses will-be-tntroduced in Mrs. Stillman’ | suit, but that a certified transcript | of the testimony in her. husband's | uit to divorce her and fllegitimatize | Guy Stillman as the son of Fred K. Beauvais, French-Canadian Indian guide, will be offeréd as evidence. Mrs. Stillman «fought ‘her hus- band’s ‘suit by countering that he had) nYsconducted himself with Mrs, Morehes 11. Leeds, that ber son, Jay Ward Leeds, was in reiility the son of? Stillman, ‘and that™Mre. Leeds actually was Florence Lawler, an actress, who quitted Broadway for sudden affluence. Papers in her husband's sult were served on Mrs. Stillman -July 18, 1920 Besides $90,000 a year alimony to Mrs. Stillman, the former liead of one of the world’s largest banks paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorneys’ fees and court costs, More than 40 witnesses testified in United States and Canadian courts including some who became known as the ‘ladder and keyhole” witnesses because of their manner of getting ,evidence against Mrs. Yuliman, and a doctor whose evi-4 dence cagsed prolonged discussion in medical circles as to the ethics of divulging information given by ua patient. The case after four years and eleven months of ltigation, finally was settled only ten days ago when the last costs of $28,000 were paid. Mrs. Stillman has been living at Grand Anse, Canada, since last spring. Mr. Stillman could not be located. Isaac N. Mills, counsel for Mrs. he® husband's suit today sald that report of a divorce action brought Mrs. Stillman was “unauthor-} who was chief Stillman during Yor wa Stillman home fa th Mr, Stillmar ONE MAN BEAD IN GUN FIGHT WITH POLICE JERSEY CITY, N. J., Cet (P)—One man was shot and killed the today by Police Lieutenant Emi! | Fuhrman in Union City during 1 plsto) duel between three police | offivers and five gunmen, Lieutenant Fubrmann if eritically wounded. The, shooting followed a < was him- ° | | | EMINENT YOUNG RADIO EXPERT MEETS DEATH Tragedy Marks Installa- tion of Station at Laramie. LARAMIE, ~ Oct... 30.—@)-—Elden F. Horn, 26, a native of Chicago) and one of the most eminent radio’ en- gineers in the United States, not- withstanding his age, was instantly killed last night while at work on the installation of a large broad- fasting station;at the Cathedral in this city, when his hand came in contact with a tube bracket. He is ‘a single man, the son.of Mr. and Mrs. John Horn of Denver, and the business partner of Bernard L. White, of that city. Mr. Horn was the president of the Mountain States Radio Distributing company at Den- ver. Young Horn and Ross Tucker were working on ‘the plant, testing it last night when the acel- dent occurred Tucker at once summoned a surgeon, and they worked for two hours, in an effort to restore heart action, but without avail. ‘The plant was fully com- pleted, one of the most extensive in the west, and) Mr. Horn and Mr, Tucker were giving it a test when the end.came for Horn. A current of 7,500 high efficiency volts passed through his hand and arm into his body, death coming instantaneously. The current was of 1,080 kilocycles. The elder Horn arrived in the city this morning, in an automobile dviven by Mr. White, and they are looking after the funeral arrange- ments. Mr. Horn is said to haye refused a salary of eight thousand 5 t Mr. White in the 1 of the plant here, St Cathedral is the place uip here for the missionary 4. trict of Wyoming. Funds we plied by M only in the Rocky Mountain region by the station at Denver, The story of the aceldent is being broadcast from the Cathedral station. a SALT CREEK MAN AELD FOR THREAT 10 KILL Peter Panos was arrested at Creek yesterday by . Undersheriff Jake Carter and brought to Casper. He 1s charged with threatening the tUrough Union City which was halted when’the gunmen’s car over: | turned. The men previously had| held up a woolen truck, ' BANDIT SLAYER HUNTED ANDERSON IS SUSPECTED BUFFALO, N, ¥Y., Oct. 30.—@)— While the detective forces of this and nearby places today were bend- ing every effort to run down the gang that murdered Charles W. Clifford and Lewis M. Yarrington during a botdup th tront of the bank of Buffalo, branch of the Marine Trust cotppany on Thursday, extra ordinary precautions were being taken by the police and sheriff to suhrd prisoners in ‘the county fall charged with similar crimes and to | life of Gus Loutas, also of Salt Creek. At his preliminary hearing last night befor® Justice Henry F. I # he was held in $500 bond. protect the funds of banks in tran- sit, These steps were taken because’ of the fear that George (Dutch) Ander- soh, pal of Gerald Chapman, ‘inter nationally notorfous bandiz, and Harry Harris, alleged leader of 9 roll robbers’ gang that operated bere recently, were the principals In Thursday’s holdup. With these two men at the head cf a new gang of gunmen, {t was bélleved that yester- duy’s bold stroke which netted them MITCHELL PLE MRS, STILL ACTION BEGUN |Entrance of A. K: Bott, Hotel Manager, in First Ward Councilmanic Race, Only New Development Here Names of five candidates for mayor and eleven for the city council will be inscribed on th |municipal election which will be he time set for filing closed Thursday afternogn and saw no new candidates in the race with the exception of A. K. Bott, manager of the Henning hotel, who filed for the office of Filings Complete fo Five Seek: Mayoralty, | ballots for Casper’s next Tuesday. The councilman in the first ward and on the Taxpayers ticket. Mr. Bott filed just before the closing hour. The mayoralty candidates who go before the public at this time are J.T, Scott, C, B, Littlefield, W. W. Slack, Robert A. Byrnes and Dante! Worth. There are wix tickets in the field. The Independent has no candidate for the mayor's job, the place hay- ing been left vacant when C. EB. Hoff- hine withdrew his name. The tickets are as follow: ATL-Citizs —John T. Scott, mayor; William Schwartz, ward; L,.D. Branson, second ; Carl # Gompf, third ward. j American—t¥, W, Slack, mayor; Louis, J. Baerthe Eads, second ward. People’s--C. E. Littlefield, M, &. Harnan, first ward; Chapin, secon’ 1; WAL Woesner, third Casper—Danie: Worth, mayor, Independent—J. A. Cantrell, first ward. Taxpayers — Robert A. Byrnes, mayor; A. K. Bott, first- ward; aj: Charles Scheeck, third ward. Qnly three days are leffin which the various candidates may cam- paign and it is not expected that there will be much in the way of fireworks during this brief period, So-far the campaign has been the quietest in the history of the city as well as the shortest. Although citizens were given an: opportunity to announce themselves for office nearly a month ago no one took ad- vantage of this opportunity until about half the filling period had ex- pired, There will be no registration day first ward; W. C. mayor! “pec” NVIMOLsty aL Ry ww «- pra CASPER, r oo & [ MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS WYOMING, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1925 > 201 GUILTY: RE MAN FILES DIVORCE SUIT ie paper---Tribune Accident Policy---ls Open to Fribune Readers Delivered by Carrier 75 cente a montb On Streets or at Newstands, § cents 11 for C ouncil | The Watch on the Rhine! (Continued on Page Seven) Initial steps toward the organiza tion in Casper of a club to be affil- lated with the Associated Advertis- ing Clubs of the World were taken today at a luncheon of business men nddressed by Warl Coll eld rep- resentative of the organization, who was brought here at the request of the chamber of commerce. W Kimball, J. Chapman, R. EB. Cal- law: I. Gulich, D. LaBreche, Rowell and Q. K, Deaver were appointed members of n committee to take the lead in local organization efforts. Appointment of the commit: tee was made by W. F. AWilkerson who persided infc as chairman of the gathering Encouragment for the movement followed the remarks of Mr. Colley who outlined bri the purposes | $93,000 might prove to be only the beginning of a velgn of terror, Evidence of the presence of An derson in the gang was established to the satisfaction of the police and the head of the Burns Detective Agenty by Charles Welling) a gar- age employe, who {dentitied a rogues gallery picture of Anderson as the} Mkeness of the man who on Wed: | nesday wight stored the automobile used by the bandits the place (Continued op Page Seven) tr club, The association's work vided into two m by “better busin and community efforts. These are “departmentized for the purpose of offering special advantages to different groups. is dl Sections headed The association's slogan, “Truth in Advertising,” has been carried in- to effect in relentless war on fake business and financial ventures and in correcting all questionable prac. tices that enter into.advertising me- thods to the end that both the public and the business man may benefit One of the most recent activities of national interest in which the nssocl-| ation eurbin; o! was a interested centered ten-milliondollar headquarters. in in swindle promoters with Califor after thoy had taken. in only $6,000. The association was ac tive in bringing to justice qne Dr Cook of North Pole fame for illegal operations in Texas of! promotion rchemes, Both” Mr. Kimball and Mr. Wil kerson spoke in fayor of an ad club organtzation here as one whose work is not duplicated in any respect by the chamber of commerce or service clubs. It would be worthwhile, ac- cording to Mr. Wilkerson, if it suc- ceeds only In putting across the mes- sage to the rest of Wyoming to “buy In Casper {f you can’t buy at home.” Following its organization with a list of at least 30 charter members the club will be formally launched at a meeting to be attended by another reprerentative of the world’ associat tion, It will recelve {ts charter ¢ this time. a The Chineee, as a result of man) generations of experience, are the most expert. jade carvers in the world. COLD WAVE PA ORGANIZATION OF AD CLUB IS. ~ (NUNGHED AT LUNCHEON TODAY AS DEAD! eel | | I Hi fh un i)}) f MONTANA IN GAME TODAY. BOZEMAN, Mont comir Ove but t from rec Both ¢ ivitie The proba Montana State Glynn Winn Wyle Babcock: Gregory NO TRACE OF — YEGGS FOUND | BY OFFICERS the two me that the ‘culpr | Identified through theis | came to na when | Ideoh, © tinge: nt Casper police found on erprints | Lie expert artment; | SOES IN WES ae Crop Losses Left in Wave of Ab-| normal Weather Conditions; W eek- End to See More Snow Old Man Mercury gave up his premature attempt to dredge up a zero reading last night, and contented him- self with a minimum of thirteen above. promised to make short work of wip A generous sun ing the snow off Cas- investigation that the men had worn| | gloves duritig their operations. Lieu. | tenant Ideen and Undersheritf Jake | | Carter, who hurried to Salt ek | whén» word of the erime r ned | Casper, yesterday mornin return: | | ed last night with no p Deputy William V ned in charg: | | unt | A checkup of the I disclosed that $240. the ct were not touched. Th covered by burglary ins a PROPERTY OWNERS OF | SOUTH GROPER TO HEAR | robbe total about ZONE REPORT TONIGHT McKinley hearing WOMAN DIES AT GAM shoved thermometers up to forty during the morning and | IN SALT GREEK FIELD! per streets. Incidentally, | the led in heay wall with boosted his batting ave: e than 16 inches in 48 hours In yesterday. His repetitions ‘Not so ? > some plac anchers face consider- cold” finally brought results, but} me P e igs # SOR: a the “probable snow” with which he | %ble loss of crops and stoclt unless a qualified his optimism failed to ma- terlalize. He. promises fair weather and temperature for the weeker cH tion A Ha} da This cheering information fror the weather man balanced in. part the sad storles from Iowa, Minne sota and Colorado potato growers, whose unharvested suffered heavily from frost Colorado cultivators spud suffered a loss of a half million dol- lars and prices jumped from $2.50 to $3.00 a hundred pounds. Government reports said some 700 carloads of po tatoes were ruined during the last fortnight. crops of the near Davenport, timated thelr loss at about Minnesota’: w the bull has been harverted. ebraska yest took from South Vakota the doubtful honor of being. the coldest spot In the coun try with Gordon's unofficial thermo meters reading 11 below zero. Mon- moderating wind brin Cold weather histor: in be and wrilter lowa AD. (P)—The council ations hurriedly last to pre PARIS, Oct. 20. of the League of summoned on Mor vent threatened hos! Greece and Bulgaria, adjourn day with {ts task Saccomplished | Official notiGeation from allied {tary oxp on the see ent the final meeting Greeks had completed thelr tion of Bulgarian oll, elght before the time limit set by the coun ell eyacua hours LEAGUE COUNCIL WIN A mmmiaslor inqul by ling up tot arian ribune B CESS TAKEN ‘cowBoys AND TRIAL (F ARMY Pubit Ittices 4 B. Second st HELL GAT 15 LLAYED UNTIL Last Appeal Lost By Officer in Attempt to Dodge Trial Upon Military Charges. WASHINGTON, Oct .— _ The question whether Colonel William Mitchell's defense counsel will ask his court-martial to sub. poena President Coolidge, was taken under advisement today by Reid, of Minois hell's counsel, No sub- by ssued before the convenes Monday, onsideri ing a sub. poena for Secretary or War Davis, since Col. Mitchell's counsel con tends that the war secretary as Well as the president is the aceuset in the al of the air office sof the decision of the + in the matter of subpoenas the court-martial, in the opinion of ieers, probably will refuse a presidential subpoena rh president, they said inst such a course WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. — Having lost every preliminary effort to halt the court-martial proceed- ings against him, Col. Wil- iam Mitchell today pleaded him and int a the 1 His pl actual f tl court had 1 the last of i lor list of ot « i 1 or pa ir off 1 andiling, do ‘ P i 1 ifi I a pe 1 I ple cused hi i i la « a denial that t ysation « i t dd ¢ J u 1 of I order and d 1 in The req rR 1 \ ed ' 1 ' objection MITCHELL BLOCKED AT EVERY TURN S