Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 15, 1926, Page 1

‘PBaturday. WEAIHER Unsettled tonight ‘now west portion, colder-northwe Portion tonight and east VuL. X NO.75 ee, and Saturday, portion Mem| of Circulation. Che Casyp ot Audit Bureau rr 2D MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘CASPER, WYOMING, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1926 On Streets or at Tribune B RGINIA MINE DISASTER TAKES TOLL WEST VI STRIKERSTIGHTEN LINES FOR LONG FIGHT SOCIETY RAIi‘s IN DENVER ONLY STARTED, CLAIM New List of Bootleg Patrons Found by Chief of Police to Mean More Work for Sponge Squad. DENVER, Colo., Jan. 15.—(#)—Discovery today by prohibition agents of a new “social register” of alleged Denver liquor customers in the possession of J. M. Coving- ton, alleged “society bootlegger.” arrested yesterday, augurs more liquor raids in exclusive residential sections here, Chief of Police Washington Rinker announced today. “The raids yesterday were just the fuse," Rinker declared. “The real bombshell is yet to burst.” He predicted a number of raids upon homes of Denver's elite would be staged in the near future. P, S. Harrison, oi} geologist and prominent Denver society man, to day pleaded gullty to possession of NUquor In justice of peace court and was fined $300. Police yesterday searched Harrison's home. Charges of violation of the state prohibition law today were filed against J, M. Covington and his wife, Edna, whose arrests yesterday led to raids on eight homes of Den- ver's elite. The police said that the search of Covington's effects dis closed a new list of names. When he was arrested, a list of 26 names of Denyer society folk was found on him, Mrs. J, H. Porter, prominent society and club woman, will be tried in justice of peace court Janunry 21, William G, Geddes, business man, will be tried January 19 and J, H, Hine, also a business man, will be tried January 26, All furnished $600 bond for appearance. ITALIAN DEBT VOTE PENDING WASHINGTON, Jan. (15.—@)— A> vote before night fall on the Italian debts settlement was made possible when house ledders today agreed to limit further debate to three hours beginning at noon, Reading of the bill, section’ by séc- |° tion, with amendments in order, however, may delay final decision. TROLLOPE FUNERAL TO BEHELD HERE SUNY ‘The funeral of Henry Trollope, pio neer of Wyoming and Natrona county, who died Monday at Stoyer, Mo., will be held at 2:30 o’cloe day afternoon from’ the Episcopal churgh, the K. Edwards officiatin is at the Shaffer-G: oo LAD FALLS VICTIM 10 HEART TROUBLE HERE Harold FE. of Mr. and North Beech stree died at 5 o'clock this morning of heart trouble. He was a pupll at the North Casper Maxon, 12-year-old son Max 1021 Mrs. L, school, The body is at the Shaffer- Gay chapel pending funeral arrange- ments. SHERIFF RETURNS FROM DELIVERY OF DESERTER Sheriff Aléx’ McPherson returned here this morning from Salt Lake City, where he went with a deserter from the navy who had given him self up. On his way k Mr. Me- Pherson stopped at en River, Rock Springs, and Rawlins, tor in vestigation work in connection with the charges of robbery placed against Ray Dubois and Robert Morton. SNAPSHOTS OF LIFE IN THE NEWS (By The Associated Press) BRUSSELS—Flowers sent ti Cardinal Mercier by Secretary of State Kellogg have been placed be- fore an altar to symbolize the Prayers offered by Americans for the cardinal’s recovery. LONDON—A tip to the Anti-s: loon League. U. S A.: When Mo- zart is played at Queen's Hall little drink is sold at the bar there. A Wagnerian concert creates a big demand for beer. Mendelsohn booms whiskey sales. WASHINGTON—To the state- ment of Senator Edwards that if Andrew Jackson were alive he would challenge Wayne Wheeler to a duel, Mr, Wheeler retorts that Jackson would be inclined to order any violator of the constitution shot on the spot. SAN FRANCISCO — George Washington cussed and drank lke a gentleman and made some of the best whiskey in Virginia, avers a namesake, John Thornton Wash- ington. WRANGEL, roses Alaska — White are in bloom, OGDENBUR«! Xe i At least one robin ts’ about town. MENTONA, Italy—A huge wolf driven from the mountains by cold has been killed 15 miles from Rome. BELFORT, France—The city council hopes to increase the birth rate, Three*hundred francs wiil be paid on the birth of the third child and 100 franes for each arrival after the first three. Mass —Harvard ars of age have of $18. da CAMBRID graduates at 42 n averag’ year. ineor NEWPORT, R. I.—The Charles- ton has been forbidden in public dance halls. NEW YORK — Burglaries have been so numerous that several companies are restricting theft in- surance. NORTH PORT, Y¥.—Franklin Lewis, 70 year old artist of ac- complishment, lives on $3 a week, of which 85 cents {fs for news- papers, LaMarr Pioneer Stage Driver [s Dead FRESNO, Cal, Jan (PIAL tha Carter, 90, who ts said to have accompanied as a gui the first stage coach which came across the mountains to California, died last night on a ranch near here. Carter had been a resident of this state for 80 years, William F. Cody, “Buffalo Bil." was a guard on the trip with Carter, the latter often said. Carter also tr said to have ridden as a messenger for the pony express, Veteran Mayor Of New Orleans Dead a ies tain Martin Behrman, five times may- or New Orleans, died this week Once a grocer’s clerk, he was elected mayor four successive terms, suf- fered defeat in 1920, and came back in 1924. Full Confidence in Lewis and Other Officers Voted by Scale Committee ‘After'Report on Parley #: cite struggle. Wilkes Barre, Scranton. The scale committee voted full confidence In Lewis and other of- Geers vonducting the strike, and approved of all their acts, ‘The committee also approved the recommendations of Governor Pin- and on’ Monday at chot to the Pennsylvania legisia- ture that the anthracit~ industry be feclared a public utility sc that it can be regulated by the state. It {s expected that the mine workers will resist the passage through the legis- lature of a proposal to amend the law which provides that a man must pass an examination before he can be an anthracite miner. Lewis told the scale committee that all of the resources of the United Mines Workers would be at he disposal of the ant ircciate men in their struggle. and that there need: be no fear that anyone would starve. PONZI STICKS AS PROMOTER JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 15.—(#)—Charles Ponzi intends to continue to demonstrate his ability as a financial wizard by selling $15-an-acre Columbia county land for $230 an acre despite the arrest of Caledonio Alviti, his branch HAZLETON, Pa., Jan, 15.—(4)—Having given an ac- counting of their stewardship to the scale committec, through it to the full membership, the officers of the United Mine Workers are now tightening their lines in the anthra- President John L. Lewis on Sunday will speak at and The legislature at Harrisburg has adjourned until Monday, and hopes for legisintion toward an enforced eirly settlement of the strike are fading. ght chance of pas legislation {s seen by the ad- age of either (Continued on Page Nine) | pose bhaineann C.&N.W. Has Big Program N ZW YORK, Jan. 15. —()—The 1926 budget of the Chicago & th: wertern railway aggregates $20,000, 000 of which $3,000,000 ts for yard improvements, 100.000 for equip ment, $5,000.000 for rall and track material, $2,000,000 for extension of lines, '$1,000.000 for new ballast and $7,000,000 for other expenditures, Britain’s Richest Duke U.S. Bound } “17, Britain’ noble, is preparing to visit the U. & ranks to see the sights. He cut- all other non-royal dukes of England. office manager in Boston, one blue sky violation charges. tracts of land in Columbia county, comprising a total of 1,000 acres, The land in question, described. in Ponzi’s advertising <as’ being “near Jacksonville,” is, roughly speaking, some 65 miles west of this city. It is what is commonly known hs ee ee Judge Blocks Jury Acquittal County Grafter in “Old Alabam” Runs Into Stern Justice When Court Refuses to Accept Verdict BIRMINGHAM, “Ala., Jan. 15.—Rad Batson, head of the board of county revenue been indicted by the grand and wilful neglect of duty, of Jefferson county, who had jury for corruption in office and also, along with other members of the board recommended for impeachment, was found not guilty by a jury in Judge W. L. Park’s court after a lengthy and sensational’ trial, When the jury verdict was sht | promptly and ordered a new trial , new trial signed by the state attorney general was based upon these grounds 1. That the verdict law. 2. That {t was contrary to the was contrary to overwhelming welght, of the evi- denee. 3..That {t was contrary to the In- structions of the court in his charge to the jury. Condition Of Film Star Is “Not Hopeless 4, That the court erred tn exclud- Ing the report of State Bxaminers | Malcomb and Avery trom evidence S. That the court erred in allow- ngithe. defense two jury strkes to thé state's one. The case has attracted more than state-wide Interest, because !t {s one of the few of its ‘kind occurring within the state, charging an elect- Ive publi¢ officer with graft and cor: ruption, when the evidence was largely public record and overwhelm- Ing against the accused, Settng aside a jury verdict is the unusual thing In this state; but 80 clearly was the guilt of the mem- bers of the board demonstrated dur. ing the trial, that the court refused to stultify itself by approving the jury's verdict. The people at large endorse the action of the court and the malefactors, in which Batson ts the prime mover, will be brought to Justice In a subsequént trial. Ponzi is using as a base for his operations in Florida six | | \Liquor Under | Snow, Casper Man Arrested WHEATLAND, Wyo., J Edward Bradshaw of Casp by the sheriff's force here art sste this week, whil haye been digging { of moonshine in a snowbank at the outskirts of town. Mr. Bradshaw came here from Casper late In De cembér, it is sald, starting a dis tributing business that came to officers. attention of moonshine w the gallons of Cosden Estate On Long Island Sold to Astor NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—UP)—The tate of Joshua S. Cosden, ofl mag nate at Port Washington, Long Island, w the Prince of Wales was entertained during his last visit to America and where the $150,000 robbery of jewels belonging to Mrs Cosden and Lady Mount ed in Septebnrer sold to Vincent Astor announe: Ing the purchase today Mr, Astor sald the price was than Kellogg Back Today at Desk w scrub oak and palmetto” land, covered with a thick growth of palmetto and other weeds. At least one firm gf .Jacksanyillg realtors have land of ‘thé same call. F ber in Columbia on sale in ten-acre tracts at $15 and acre, The process by which Ponzi ‘finan- ced his real estate operations and by which he made his land tnto a sub- division are simple. The sub-divid- ing work consisted of making plats of the property and driving stakes in the ground so that purchasers who might visit the tract may find thelr lots. He frankly states that there are no {mprovements on. the prop erty. The Atlantic Coast Line rall- road runs near Ponzi’s property, al- though there {is no station ‘here. Ponzi’ financial scheme, so far has withstood the acid test given by, such agencies as the Chamber of Commerce, the Jacksonville Real Estate Board, city authorities and state and government investigators. MORMON GRID STAR KILLED INFALL TODAY SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 46. —A)—Adolph Wullstein, 23, star athlete and member of the Uniyer- sity of Utah varsity football team fell $5 feet to his death today at the university. Wullstein was standing on a beam on the tower of the building taking photographs of the snow covered campus when he slipped and fell to the fnarble He died en route to the hospital. A fiinior at the university, Wull stein broke tho intermouptain lin record two years ago. He end On the football team and made the trip to the southweert Calit., Jan. 5—P) . film star, s been ill since last summer, was ribed by her physician as “quite but not hopelessly so. e his developed pyelitis, that is, inflammation of. the pelvis of the kidney,” the physician said, “and if we can get that cleared up she will be_all right.” The new complication appeared in serious form a few days ago. The actress is at the home of her father, W. W. Watson, in Altadena, a suburb. 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William Christy, 56, whom she first m weeks ago. Vital forgans of Mr. Christy, who was q representative of the Christy Missionary association of the Unit.d) traces of poisor The charge of murder was pre. ferred .« Mrs. Christ r day by Chief ef Police McDermott, who said the woman had corifessed to him-dnd Prosecuting Attorney R. M. Brookes, that she bad given her husband poison; Mr, Christy, died Wednesday night in a hospital. Mrs, Christy in her signed con fesion, according ‘to Chief .McDer INTENSE COLD, GRIPS EUROPE, PARIS tihues Intense vated lent ¢ tion of propert ‘0 and the cold y moved over to w 1 re gions which previously had been spared, notably Dinard, which this year launched-on a career as a mild and sunny winter resort, thanks to the gulf stream which washes the nearby shores The snowfall in the Perpignan re: gion ie quite unprecedented. It has stajlgd trains and street All hari@fi, are crowded with storm bound: vésaels, Tugs are being used to succovegnels in distress, Yesterday In [taly the canals and lagoons in Venica were frozen over, Take Advantage of This Generous Offer! while in Rome, te people sweltered under a hot windu@riven across the Mediterranean seaé from the heated sande of the deserv 68 Sahara. North- ern Italy is covered with snow and is experiencing bitterly cold weather, with the temperature 18 degrees be. low zero the Plave river, et and married less than two mott, said her ed from Indiges minis d the husband had s on and th Mrs husband on January him the next d jury Chris EFFORTS BEING MADE TO REOPEN HIGHWAYS LEADING T0 CHEYENNE CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan moved sor highway, A crew of men 1 the highway f: south, and to k as begun m Wheatlar and Bear fr the C nne postoffice have been made intermittently, elther by horse, back or by bobsled since the hes snows. DOZEN BODIES FOUND, 28 AR (STILL MISSING IN LATE BLAST Tragedy Visits Second Mine Region in Two Days; Hope Held Out for Safety of Few. FAIRMONT, W. Va., Jan. 15.—()—Rescue workers, toiling in mine No. 8 of the Jamison Coal and Coke com pany at rmington, in an effort to reach the men en- an tombed by explosion late la four additi n all, 1 from the to after noon. men are unaccounted ported that they 1 progress in. the ses and that the unt for the missin men by P; ubandone tonight. of the miners would be found alive, bu ate mine Inspectors thought it was possible that: one or two of the men had found refu ections far remoy from th er of the blast efforts to reach the ling, where the explosion occur and turned their attention to other parts of the min It is believed that the 16 men, know to have been working in this head- ing perished rhe explosion was reported by mine experts as one of the most unusual tn the history of West Vir ft thining. ‘The blast spent itself round, those on the surface nouing but a slight “tremor It séemed to-cehter ih the one head ing, whero \steel mine cars were Mpped asunder and braces ‘torn out. The blast’ came on™ the/eye of a state-wide campaign for mine safety, launched by R. M, Lambie, chief of the West Virginia depar nt of mines. Only yesterday Lambie, cit ing the Wilburton, Okla., explosion 4g an example, ts d a statement to miners and operate them that the cold weat! the hazard of g nd sions. § BODIES TAKEN FROM OKLAHOMA MINE, WILBURTON, Okla., Jar (P)—Bodies of all but three of the 91 victims. of an explosion at the Degnan-McConnell coal mine here Wednesday. had been located at noon Seven bodies were removed debris. and--brought to the surfac FAIRMONT, -W.-V J (®)—T! hope 0 express the c men ‘are. still of tt found have’ not been identifi others are se of W. E. } r 3 i his son, Herbert M 27, ‘both of West- chester, a town near Farmington t the men might be alive d a few.hourg! before bott f (Continued on Pag Wyo., Jan. 15. — Judge T. Blake Kennedy has author. lzed the dra names of petit jurym ne Casper term of the Unite trict court, which will s ‘ Wight crim! nd five etvil cases are on the doc the Cas per term. One clvil cas suit brought by C, H. Ar JURY FOR U. S. the pany g m: pany of Indiana, | 1 to oc eupy a promine the ses { whicl ably last two K 1 Mrs, Kennedy w York City, 4 Mra erranean