Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 19, 1926, Page 1

WEAILHER Snow tonight, Wednesday gener- ally fair, except unsettled northwest | portion; riring temperature east por. | tion Wednesday. Vow. X NO. re MITCHELL | Member of Audit of Ctreulation. ASSESSMEN = CONFISCATION OF PROPERTY [a URGED ON CITY Holders of $140,000 Sidewalk Warrants Demand Action. With nearly $140,000 in sidewalk assessments _ still unpaid and due within the next two years, the city gov- ernment has been urged by Bosworth. Chanute & Co.. a Denver bonding firm which holds the warrants, to make plans to con- fiscate the property on’ which the assessments are delinquent. Mayor Jobn T. Scott had the firm's communication read at the meeting of the clty council Monday night, ’ “T am offering this letter T believe the people f should he informed of the serious ness of the situation.” Mayor Scott declared. ‘“‘I think that every cent of it is go'ng to be paid, but the property owners should pay as early ns possible Instead of waiting until all assessments become due. They should maken special effort to keep up the Interest on their assess- ments.” Two sets of warrants are mention- od by. Bosworth, Chanute & Co. Thev are 1923 and 1924 Issues, each Issue maturing in four years from the time it was sold, The warrants {s- sued {n/1923 Amount to $74.415.89, of which only $9,000 worth has been paid, Thirty-eight thousand dollars worth should have been taken up by this time, and the delny means that the warrants must be paid off at the rate of $33,000 a year In 1926 and 1927 Sidewalk warrants of 1924 were issued to the extent of 385. 000, Thir. ty-six thottsand dollars should have been paid by thle time. Only $1100 has heen taken up. These warrants will mature {nm 1928. The company regards the side- walk warrants of more immediate importance than those’ for paving. since most paving assessments do not mature for ten vears after the warrants are issued, Casper policemen will appear fn blue uniforms in the near future They also will carry night sticks and will wenr new bauges. The counct] decided te act on the sue. gestion of George W. Jarvis, police commissioner, and bids probably will be called for soon. Badges will bear the date of 1926, and all hades not hearing this date will De recalled, in order to eliminate the possthility of old badgesyin the “lost. strayed because Cassper or stolen” ‘class being worn by un- sernuulous persons. O. L. Thompson was appointed sexton and caretaker of the High land cemetery. ‘A welfare worker, whose name ts belne withheld, was appointed, The woman will devote her time to curbing delinquency among younger iris, . A resolution for the Installat'on of a modern set of bookkeening meth- ods and the employment of A. D. Lewis as city arditor, was received and placed on file, U. S. Steamship Line Is Sold WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—— The Pacific-Argentine-Brazil line fas sold by the shipping beard to- day to the McCormick Steamship comparly of San Francisco. Lost Pearls Are Found By Paper Carrier WARRENTOWN, —(#)—A string of pearls, recently by Mrs. Mitchell Harrison of Philadelphia, who valuued them at $100,000, were turned over to Va., Jan. 19. Jost re- the Fauquier National bank by George Freeman, negro newspaper carrier, He received a reward of $1,000, Freeman picked up the pearls from the frozen snow while mak- ing his rounds several days ago. Thinking they were a “string of beads,’ he gave them to his daugh- ter, who had just fallen on the slippery pavement and was crying. Their subtle glow promptly pacified her, * Mrs. Harrison advertised her loss and Freeman examined his tittle girl's new trinket. He de- cided to take it to the bank. His first purchase out of the $1,000 was a string of beads, for his daughter needed pacifying again. ce Stes “sors Se, POLICE COURT AUTHORITY PUT TO TEST HERE Man Sentenced to Jail With Money for Fine Seeks Release: A question as to whether the’ Cas- ber police court has power to impose a jaii sentence when the prisoner at the bar has money enough to pay the maximum fine that might be imposed, was up for settlement be- fore Judge Bryant S. Cromer of the district court this afternoon when a hearing was scheduled on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to free Guy Brown. Brown was sentenced to thirty days in jail by Judge Ed ward E. Murane,,police magistrate, Monday morning, for illegal posses- sion of a gallon of whiskey. Brown had pleaded gullty to the charge andfor that reason was un- uble to appeal his case. Like an- other defendant who had been given a similar sentence, he desired to pay n f'ne, and it {s reported, would have paid a much heavier fine than the law permitted the court to impose. rather than go to jail. The court would not change its decision. The power of the city court has been curbed since a curious investi- gator reminded the city that {t could not impose both a fine and a fail sentence as had been customary for a lengthy period. Judge Cromer was called to rule on that several months ago, and the police thority since that time has limited: The privilege to fix a jail sentence was not questioned until this week Tt has been the practice in the past to assess fines against lquor vio- lators rather than place them tn jail Brown is employing M. F, Ryan to defend him. Kenneth McDonald, city attorney, will handle the case for the clty of Casper. Montana Grain Rates to Stand WASHINGTON Jan. 19.—()— Acting upon protests of the Mon- tana, Oregon and Washington rail- road commission, the interstate commerce commission today refused to allow northwestern raf!roads to raise export rates on grain and grain products moving from western Mon- court's been Storm Passes, Snow Is Light Borne out of the north on the wings of a gale. the snowstorm which descended on Casper last night with all the threat of an old- time blizzard passe: on after leav ng little more than two Inches of snow. With moderate temperatures [prevailing there was no loss to live- stock. Drifting interrupt continued to traffic during snow has highway recent days, travel between here and Salt Creek being open only In- tervals for the last week. ST. PAUL, Minn. Jan. 19—)— Two Inches of snow were whipped into the Twin Citles early today by a risk wind) that blow fragtents of .0 below zero weather from Canada into Minnesota, North and South Dakota. Devils Lake, N. D., reported 16 y early today with other, points recording aubsarp itersperatiifea, un de> a steadily sliding mercury which was Can forced down by cold trom ja, where Prince Albert. Sask., below and Winnipeg nie tuba, 22 below. Scuth Dakota, Miller reported (Continued On Page Ten) == Che Casyp Bureau xc S > rr Dat MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS CASPER, WYOMING, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1926 ly Crifime Delivered by Carrier 15 Cents a Week On Streets or at Newstands 6 Cents ; BOOZE BARONS MUST BE PAIDIN TAX FIGHT MRS, VALENTINO GETS DIVORCE PARIS COURT AWARDS DECREE PARIS, Jan, 19.— (#)—Winifred Hud- nut (“Natacha Ram- hova") was granted ® divorce from Ru- dolph Valentino, mo- tion picture actor to- day on grounds of abandonment. The wife was to have retained her American citizenship she married Valentino on March 15, 1923, a year after the passagé of the cable act preserving the citizenship of American women marrying foreigners. This conclusion en- abled the court to award her the decree. Miss Rambova filed action on December 17 and at the hearing on January 12, it was stated that the court believed the suit well founded, The only remaining, question | was that of determin- ing her citizenship. The laws of Italy do not recognize divorce. Miss Rambova, the daughter of a Salt Lake City man named Shaughnessy, took the name Wini- fred Hudnut after her adoption by Rich: ard Hudnut, of New York, because WINIFRED HUDNUT. se RELIC DAY PROMOTED BY D. A. , WASHINGTON'S.BIRTHORY DAT A relic day for the purpose of reviving interest in the history of Wyoming and of the United States vil be sponsored Kebruary 22, by the Casper chapter of the Daugh, ters of the American Revolution. A program will be held in the as esmbly room of the Natrona Coun- ty Public Library on that date Washington's birthday, and th relics which will be gathered will be exhibited there for sev eral days. Members of the local chapter of th dD. A m t the Hbr Monday afternoon for pu of making plans for the program and exhibit. The committee in charge conrists of Mrs. W. § Kimball, Mrs, William Hol‘and, Mrs. M. W. Winter, Mrs. W. , of the D. A. Blackmore, Schulte, and D. W. reenturg of the Natrona County Historical so- which will assist the D, The co-operation of been requested ALLEGED LAND FRAUD CALLED UP IN COURT the public In order that PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 19.—(7)— Men and women who a quarter of a century ago settled on government timber lands in eastern Oregon crowded Federal Judge Bean's court here yesterday when evidence In the government's sult against T. B. MacMiller and others, for $74,358.76 damages alleging fraud, started. Tn outlining the case the assistant United States district attorney stated that the men and women who came to eastern Oregon in 1902 and took up timber claims under the timber and stone act did so upon Mac Miller's orders, were financed by him and in turn turned over title to him or his assistants as they proved up The attorney also charged that be- fore coming to Oregon many of the entrymen were employes of Mac: Miller in Wisconsin and that they came here in groups, following # survey of the territory made by MacMiller's aides, as many relics as p aval'able. The, safety hibits is guaranteed, and each ex- hibitor will be given a receipt for" the article placed on display. Per- fons having such relics are urged to communicate with some mem- ber of the committee. os ible may be of the ex- BROWN EYES LAST LONGER Jan. 19. than CHICAGO. e; es are better they 7 McC of th o. Optometrists said so at a clinic for postoffice workers. The brown irises operate like dark curtains in shutting out light and protecting the eye. But the blue eyes usually an exception 9 the rule that a per- fectly normal eye will not feel the nee of glasses until It ts 45 years old," he says. SOUTH JOINS IN TRIBUTE ATLANTA, € Jan. 19.--P)— Dixie stood today with ba A head in reverent tribute to the mernory of her venerated hero and Idol, Gen, Robert BE. Lee, on ion of the 119th anniversary h at Stratford, Va. Formal ceremonies were held In some states, while others quietly ob- served the occasion with exercises tn schools. A legal holiday prevailed in most southern states. Failure to Pay Income Levy on Profits of Three to Ten Million Dollars Charged to.Chicago Ring CHICAGO, Jan. 19.—(?)—The profits of beer-making, running-into millions of dollars, is the subject of contro- versy between the internal revenue bureau and Terry Druggan and Frankie Lake, beer barons de luxe. The government says they failed to pay income tax on from $3,000,000 to $15,000,000 income accruing from out of town beer shipments. It is re ported that the tax collectors are prepared to prove definitely that th made $3,000,000, though they think they made much more than that. Revenue agents have weeks of investigation ahead of them. Druggan, ba from Florida, where he.and his partner haye been Youth Pilots Airplane In Long Flight WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—@)— farnan Parker, 14, having just flown alone in an airplane from Anderson, Ind., to Philadelphia, appeared today in the office of his congressman, Representative Ves- tal, the Republican whip, who made plans immediately to have him go before the house milita committee investigating the craft situation. The boy dircusses the technical- ities of aviation like a veteran, and Mr. Vestal wants his testimony as an illustration of what. youth ean flo in the gir, Young Parker has been a licens- ed pilot eince he was 13, His moth- or Mather also are aviators. | since they were the ce the Cook county jal! sc ter figures in ndals, admits basis that the “rap” as he describes the government's claim, has some in t, but he is sure ‘he and his ® their the partner can pre much than lowest guess. Anxious to avoid ever, the debonair b ed as millionaires sa settle with the equitable basis their attorneys They less BOY argument, er makers, the: government to do so. income was nt’s how: rat- and have instruct want to on an a have no comment on a daily news story that three Chicago poll- ticlans, two of them in public office, the profits of several years of brewing. received a “divy on all of But they draw some consolation from the fact that the police no long- the er believe them slaying of Harry implicated in Schneider, questioning yesterday. under world fagin after they submitted to Mention of their names in connection with the slaying brought them cago, their attorneys SIX PERISH back id IN FALL OF JAP PLANE NAGABAKI, . Jan. Nagasagi harbor’ today. to. Chi- 19.—)—A large seaplané from Sasebo"fell thto One body has been recovered. Five others who werein the plane are missing. ) |Woman Found With Skull Crushed in Yard Near Home Is Seventh Victim in Ohio of Unknown Murderer TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan. 19.—(P)—The body of Mary Handley, 42, seventh victim of a “clubber” in Toledo, in less than a year, was found early today in a yard next to her home. Her head was crushed and she had been gagged with strips of cloth torn from her clothing. Blood stains on the sidewalk, po- lice said, indicated Miss Handley had been attacked there and dragged into the yard. The body was found by Mrs, Mattie Sturrell. It was covered with a rain coat The scene of the tragedy {s in the art of the district where the ‘club: few months ago. Mrs. i the third woman whose death is attributed to the lubber.”” Four women have been in jured by the maniac Miss Handley had been away fe» her home since Sunday morni She had gone on a trip and was ex pected to return Sunday night, With the finding of the body of Miss Handley, fear of the clubber again spread throughout the city ‘and the authorities were renewing their efforts to find the n-who has thrown terror In the hearts of thous ands of Toledo women during the iast few months, A reward of 31,000 which was of fered by the. city council several | months ago, following the death of | the second woman, still stands During last September, October and November, the police department of the city received almost nightly calls from ymrious sections of the city reporting renewed tacks by the clubber. On investigation, how- ever, many of th were found to} be erroneous, imagined they many had seen the clubber, For several nights citizens of the clty organized fyints for the clubber and paraded the streets armed with pitehforks, clubs and other impro- vised weapone. The American Le- WYOMING’S BLUE BOOK The Industrial Edition of the Tribune-Herald constitutes Wyoming's annual blue book. It is issued every year, the last week in January. The industrial edition is an epitome of all the important in- ‘ustrial developments for the year, It is the most widely read publication issued in Wyoming. This year’s edition will be issued in magazine form, in colors, with hundreds of illustrations, and will be a veritable store- house of useful information. Get your advertising copy in as soon as possible. } Arrange to send several copies to the folks back home. | ce women having | Bion post he: in the search. pects were ar: e alded the leased as there was no eviden nt their prosecution. r months many Toledo ¥ feared to after venture on the s chtf: <a authorities dozen or more sus. sted, but all were re- to men 19 USED AS ARGUMENT AGKINGT RATE RAISE KANSAS CITY, te com: ots Mo., Jan, 19.—(#) C. A. Randall of Lincoln, today testified at the inters re commission hearir plea of western railroads freight rates, that he owned a in the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming which shof&ed such a deplorable that he was ashamed to produce t figures. Tribune Bldg. 216 B. Second St. NVICTION APPROVED IN REVIEW KIRBY SAYS RAILROAD IS TO BE BUILT ONLY HOPE FOR CLEMENCY NOW BUFFALO, claring that it will be Christmas gift the citizer mi ld possibly h Lee Kirby of New York City, dent of the Wyoming: way company the first expre: to Miles City Wyo., Jan. will be run 1 according to a ceived from Mr. Kirby by Mrs. C. J. Johnstone of She The president of the company letter Mr closed with the letter a map made recently of the Wyoming-Mon tana railway company right-of-way long showing the resources s running east and west, ot railroads, irrigated lands, grazi lands, timber, coal fields, ¢' The map showed the proposed line -~ De. he best s of Wyo Hugh presi fontana Rail is of the opinion that s train from Rawlins December asi|Report of War Depart- idan en- had the ln rsections points with the tru lo CENTERED IN Phd. GOOLIDGE ment Board Sent to Secretary Today on Way to President. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. —(#)—Conviction of Col. See eee eeiier tirstent ahiet! |W illiam Mitchell by an army dan and Buffalo. court-martial for violation of Mr. Kirby headed the party of east-|the 96th article of war was ern capitalists and railroad experts} approved today by the who spent several days here last fall! department board of review Insure investigating the feasibility of the|as 1 aspects of the trial are « road. cerned. The trial record with the board report will be forwarded probably {n the next day or so to the judge a 100 4 m Old vocate general of the army ani -) ear-' after further examination by hir will be started on its way, thr Q * ] Secretary Davis, to President Indian Will | hiss Action of the board of rev Address Boys Which considered the r 1 who! IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, from a legal standpotr to put at rest all speculation the constitutional right of the to sentence Colonel Mitchell to su + would s as to —(P)—Chief George, 100-year-old | P&Msion for five years Indian of the Ba: Indians at | COm™Mand and rank tr the Fort Hall reservation, will. | Well as to deprive him A come to Idaho is tom ‘ow nitowances for five years night and speak before the train- Major Hill, th ing school for scoutmasters and ) boy leaders. is The chief speaks no English is not expected but will have an his interpreter cretary will delay its dell one of his sons, graduate of the |‘? sident Coolidge. Until tt Carlisle’ Indian school. Another | {dent acts, the court's finding son, a youngster of 720 yeara, will grew out of Colonel Mitchell's « also accompany the aged ruler the Bannocks. we eee Ree malt ye ee MO ER Co aed. CORTE TS TN Re Oe warded likely that Mr. \c " give most c: a > th Day forfeiture before he determin: what his course of action will be icisms of the war and. naxy ments, *Afinot be thade effective. of the Davis uf depart Regardless tions Secretar: recommend. and Genera may fit that to ma Mr. ¢ reful attention to tt It is within the president's power to commute all or any part of the sentence. His subordinate advisors DRIVE OPENS may recommend only, and neithe retary Davis r eral Hu has given an indication of what ON PEKING their recommendations will be. Some legal authorities, however, belleva It is within of possibilitte - that the pre nt will commute the LONDON, Jan. 19.—(P)—A gen-| Are and (hae dition wiltcalton eral att in thé direction of Pe-| the ofticer sor aie king by Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, the | pay and allowaness Manchurian war lor , 1s reported by the ening News" correspondent A reduction of the five year period at Tientsin half would cause the A heavy bombardment has devel: | &XP!re near the time ( oped around Shanhalkwan, midway | WOU!d become eligible between Tientsin and Mukden, and year service law: t the foreign and others staffs of the| “ement railway have been forced southward| The- colonel, hov to Chin Wang Tao on the coast | no Andi te A es us to } SEEK REPEAL MI Petitions are to submit an the gene seeking 1 tion laws. It the petitions are throughout the state ership of the of Montana “purpose of Is to restore and liberty in the by repealing all la hibition except thc minors", SOULA, Mont., Jan. 19 being initiative lection in al of the state he intr r the unc anti prohibition The: p the stition s foregoing me # relating rela (P) circulated here November prohibi that duced f Montana | the » pre retir ar THEORY OF RATE MAKING IS DEFENDED WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. | defer the rate r ng th whic | competition by wate i enate interst me to} general cou for t A t Vet Bureau Program utlined by Official Major Arnold, Assistant Director, Ex-| Vit: wc plains Plans and Necessity for Co- operation of Many Agencies A call for missionary work through the spa sections of Wyoming for the purpose of contacting vet- erans of the World war who are mental incompetents and who are beneficiaries, w Arnold, assistant director of the U.S bur ‘au, addressing representative children of ex-soldie day by Maj. Davis G. Veterans’ philanthropic or veterans’ bu u Representatives ations at of the Amer adquarters he the | Lea! Wwyom Amer ¢.| Legion ‘Auxillary, ne E an|eign Wars, Associated Charities sely made settled to- Red | and Spant A n 4 mornin, Ma. Arnold ¢ ned t 1d) a ns are of the opinior of the United State erans’ by reau and ussed practh Jiems with th worker The | clal guardianship servi eh }¥as the main suubject a with, } cannot function prop: t | work with the burea Ma Ar |" tating that while many | | -| various | be | t ~~.