Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 31, 1926, Page 1

W y om ing—Generally fair Sunday and Monday, except unsettled northwest colder Sunday portion; northeast portion. VOL, XXXV NINE SHIPS SPANTSit TODAY A $100,000,000 “Peak.” To Abolish Killing. All Metal If Any. The Oxygen Booster. }__ By Arthur Brisbane __| )ROFITS on the Pennsylvania rail- road for one year reach a “ptal,” for all time, more than $100,000,000. This, and increasing railroad pro- fils everywhere, should gain a friend- ly hearing and better pay for rail- road workers. To raise the pay of millions of men would cost hundreds of millions a year. But that is the scale we are now geared up to, nationally, and the hundreds of millions would _ be poured back into general prosperity, the railroads getting their share. EW YORK state now takes seri- ously the thought at it is bad for the state, with rope, electric chair, or lethal chamber, to set the example of killing. €apital punish- ment may be abolished entirely, ex- cept only for the murderer serving a term of life imprisonment. He would be executed. Public executioners are less proud of themselves than they were. New York's new electric executioner does not wear a mask, as was proposed, but his name is not published. To make a job disgraceful is the first step toward abolishing it. ‘The new execitioner, whatever his name, shone brilKantly in his first attempt. He killed Emil Klatt and Lugi Rapito nine minutes, in- cluding tightening straps, throwing the switeh and all. Rapito, who murdered Asa Kilin, quarreling about a woman, went to the chair accompanied by Father Cashin, first shaking hands with all the sixteen men in the death house. Klatt pointed out two death house men as “squealers,” with whom he would not shake hands, saying to 2 third criminal, “I wish that Me- Namara will stay here until 1940. He did me very bad.” Men lived differently and died ait. ferently. EAR Admiral Moffett, head of ] the navy’s aircraft, recommends rebuilding of Shenandoah and spend- ing $14,000,000 for other dirigibles. Others believe that no more of the heavy sillc gasbag type should be built until the Henry Ford allanetal, lighter than air ships have a thoro t Admiral Moffetts recommendation of a $4,500,000 air base on the west coast is sound and should go thru, also his demand that airports and 1ipment at Lakehurst be properly tained. Lieutenant MacReady, flying to break the world's hight record, went up “only” 36,000 feet. Aiming at 40,000 feet, he failed, because his super-charger broke down, The super-charger, “an oxy- gen booster,” condenses the rarified upper air, feeding it to the engine with plenty of oxygen. Lungs and heart provide each of us with a marvelous “‘super-charger” that never breaks down, but few of us make full use of it. 4 begger with $7,000 in cash ctising his profession in Dal- , hires a lawyer to protect He calls it “ aie the the constita- tional points involved. But if a big organissiion, sometimes called “a trust,” can take money from the pub- lic against its will, why can’t beg- gar take money given willingly? ges will decide USSIAN monarchists, grand R dukes and others ask European government to prevent the sale of Russian crown jewels, They say it is a dishonest sale, but is It? The Remanoffs took those jewels or the cash that bought them from the Russian people, ut their consent, The Bolsheviki took them (Continued on Page Seven) e Caspe 144 PAGES NAVY PILOT 10 LEAD PARTY IN Al EXPEDITION TO POLAR AREA Rockefeller, Jr., Astor and Edsel Ford to Help Finance Trip Captained by Byrd WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. (®)—Convinced by experi- yr Critame-Hierala The Casper Sunday Tribune and The Casper Herald the Tribune CASPER, WYOMING, SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1926 Plane Makes 1,432- Mile Ocean Hop Without Mishap in Fifteen Hours FERNANDO DO NORON- HA ISLAND, Brazil, Jan. 30 —(P)—After a continuous flight of approximately. 15 hours the Spanish seaplane Plus Ultra, in command of the noted air pilot Franco, completed the long- est and most perilous stage of its flight from Spain to Argentina, South America, coming down in the sea off this island at 8 o'clock this evening. Commander Franco at first gir- died the island in search of a good landing spot, but found none be- cause of the heavy surf. He again flew out to sea, and alighted there. Later the plane was towed into a safe harbor in Concepcion bay. ence as commander of the navy section of the MacMil- lan expedition last summer that exploration of the Arc- tle by alrcraft is practical, Lieut. Commander Richard E. Byrd, retired, is to lead an important expedition into those regions this year for scientific observations and possibly a flight to the pole. Officially the nayy {s not to be connected with the expedition, which is to be financed with the aid of prominent, Americans, among whom are John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Vis- count Astor and Ellsel Ford, At the same time, although its objectsjwill be somewhat similar, it will noteoperate in competition with the expedition of the Detroit Avia- tion 5 ‘y which plans to hop off | this: from Point Barrow, Alaska,-for the North Pole, nor with the contempixted second effort of Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, to visit the Arctic by alr, Outlining his position in a state- ment today, Commander Byrd said: “Announcement of the plans for an aerial expedition to the north polar regions was made somewhat pre- maturely as none of the details have yet been completed. “My experience in the Arctic last summer convinced me of the entire practicability of exploration by uir- craft of this section of the world that herto has been inaccessible. “Financial support has been pledg- ed by a number of private citizens and we now are trying to reach a decision as to whether an airship or spetlally designed planes give the best assurance of a successful out, come of the yenture. “The expedition has no connection with any others that are in contem- plation and has no ‘commercial back- ing’ in a strict sense of the word, being an undertaking that will be financed and’ managed by private individuals. “My plans do not put me in com- petition with the Detroit expedition. The Detroit expedition has a splen- did leader in Captain Wilkins and should give a good account of it self.” Although the navy will not offi. ly be connected with the expedl tion, !t may furnish some eng: for tho aircraft and may even assign Commander Byrd, who is now in Washington on active duty to the trip. On the other hand, Commander Byrd may apply for leave to head the expedition and Secretary Wilbur, in response to questions, said today that such a request would be grant- ed. The primary object of the under- taking would be to explore the re- gion north of Greenland, Canada and Alaska, using elther the region north of Greenland, Canada and Alaska, using either Spitzbergen, or Etah, Greenland, as a base, Maniac Kills 2 From Ambush Police Storm Barricaded House to Seize Youth After Two of Number Fallin Barrage of Lead From His Gun The distance travursed was about 1,432 miles, and the Spanish avia- tors now are only about 279 miles from Pernambuco, the Brazilian mainland. The intrepid birdmen took off from Ribeiro de Infierno bay, Porto Praya, Cape Verde islands, at 6:10 o'clock this morning. ‘The flight was made under favorable weather conditions and seemingly without any untoward instances, Frequent radio messages from the Plus Ultra reported the progress of the voy- age, It was originally estimated that the flight would take sixtcen hours. Commander Franco began. the flight last Friday from Palos, Spain, starting from tho same spot-as did Columbus in 1492, They reached Las Palmas, the same day, in about eight hours. Their next siage was to Port Praya, which. they made last Tuesday in about 9% hours. The total distance thus far traversed by the Spanish aviators is 3,905 miles. Actress Weds Drama Critic CHICAG, Jan. 30,—()—James A. Whittaker, divorced husband of Ina Clair, actress, and now a New York flramatic critic, was married here today to Hal Cyon Hargrove, also an actress. BARBARA LA MARR AsT ENGLIot TROOPS LEAVE RHINE BRIDGE 7-Year Occupation vt Cologne Ended as Pact Provided COLOGNE, Germany, Jan. 30.— (®)—An historical event occurred to- day in the lowering of the British flag over British headquarters at the Excelsior hotel, denoting the end of British occupation. In place of the Union Jack, the white and red flag of Cologne was run up, vis- ible symbol of the allies’ recos on that, Germany had kept faith ac: cording to the Vers: treaty and (Continued on Page Seven) MAIN NEWS SECTION TERED BY ATLANTIC FLIERS REACH BRAZIL ISLE BARBARA LA MARR, MOVIE STAR, DEAD Actress Succumbs in California After Illness of Months Brought On By Nervous Breakdown at Work ALTADENA, Calif., Jan. 30.—(4)—Barbara La Marr, motion picture actress, died at her home here this after- noon. Miss La Marr’s death resulted from complications fol- lowing a nervous breakdown several months ago, her fa- Her death came unexpectedly ther, W. W. Watson, said. and until yesterday she Beemed rapidly improving. Thursday she was able to leave the home for the first time in many weeks. Miss La Marr's breakdown was in July while she was completing three pictures in New York. She returned to Hollywood to make the fourth and {ft was while she was engaged in this last October that she suffered a second collapse. While Miss La Marr's condition be- came worse yesterday, it did not seem critical, her father said, until 3 o'clock this afternoon. She died about an hour later, SEVEN DEATHS TRACED TO GAS CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 30.—() —The mysterious illness here yester- day of seven members of the family of Arthur Fulyi, 33, a machinist, which resulted in the death of the father and five children, was due to monoxide gas, according to the re- port of the chemists who examined the bodies today, The body of the father and those of four children were found in the home yesterday afternoon by police, Judge Tones Down Attack WASHINGTON, Jan. ot Oregon, qualified statement today the gave yesterday judiclary committee that Theod Roosevelt was “not a good Am can” because he advocated the call of judicial decisions. “T am bound to think that the testimony before the Sen: of the constitution and an ean doctrine,” he said mony at the hearings before judiciary committee MITCHELL T W YORK, Jan. On Roosevelt 30.—P)— Federal Judge Wallace McCamant in a formal call of judicial decisions subversive n-Amerl- “This was all I intended to imply in my testl- TAKE STUMP 30.) —c. Capt. ner Pr George Fried of lent Roosevelt, cue of the crew of freighter Antinoe won he|of King George, ate ore eri- re- re the O ‘ol. Project Letters Win Favorable Responses $5,000 WORTH OF AUTO TAGS “Glad To Do Anything. I Can,” Writes Vaile of Colorado; “Glad Indeed To Vote for This,” Declares Wheeler The letter-writing campaign started by the Casper | Chamber of Commerce has met with no small degree of | success in interesting congressmen and senators from other states in the Casper-Alcova irrigation project, it was re- who had been called by » neighbor, | William Mitchell, whose resignation whoso attention fad been aroused | from the army was accepted yester-. b 1 by Mrs. Fulyl, ‘faint from the. gas | day, will present his views on avin 'y Bolsheviki effects, tapping on a window. tion in a lecture tour to start here ene The list of dead increased to] February 10, and take him across six today when Jeano, aged 3, sent | the country, James B. Pond, head of OW (P)—Negotla to the hospital with her mother,|the, Pond Lecture bureau, said to- were begun today with the so passed aw Physicians believe | night. Negotiations were completed ment lolph Oblatt Mrs. Fulvi will recover. today of York, and Norman Weisz of London, representing important Am erlean jewelry houses, for the pur chase of part of)the Russian. im. perial crown . jewel: The . govern ment has decided to sell the Jewels In separate lots, but no offer will be accepted for, less than $5,000,000 worth of ger at one time. least ten other foreign diamond rts are bidding for part of the collection, the valt which some jewelers place at $250,000,000. Oblatt and Welsz mad examin. ation of the ¢ t the SOLD IN ELEVENTH HOUR RUSH. The last day of grace extended to car owners for procuring 1926 H- cense plates closed yesterday with . great number of autolsts still lack- ing plates. Late last night ap vealed Saturday. Replies have been received from a score | plicants were still calling at the of congressmen and from half a dozen senators, all these | court house in hope they might get men declar{ng their willingness to| meritorious project, I will be glad to| their tags. One far-seeing appli- give the question favorable consid-|do, I am very glad to have the | Cant even called at the sheriff's of eration when it comes, up in the|figures furnished in your letter.” | fice hoping that an alibi might be house and senate, while several of| jjlinois: Congressman E 7, | @Stablished before action was taken them promised to support the pro-| King to Geo. B, Nelson in inst the tardy auto owners. ject in any way possible. The let-lreceipt of yours of the 16th instant | One woman standing in line ters received here ‘were in answer|with reference to bill H. R. 3993| *d#y found the strain too ¢ to letters sent out by former resi- und nearly disrupted the aiting dents of the states and setting forth (Continued on Page Seven) line by fainting. It is said a num: reasons why the house and senate bills for the project should be passed. The Colorado and Montana men appear more: than willing to help Wyoming in this affair, while repre- sentatives of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri and Texas also wrote favorably of the request. ‘The Casper Chamber of Commerce stands ready to assist any resident of this city in writing a letter to senators or congressmen from his former state regapding the project. and urges all who contemplate writ- ing to communicate with C. B. Staf- ford first. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Jan. 30.—Two men were killed and several others wounded when police stormed the barricad- ed home of Clinton Hollingsworth, 21 years old, and cap- tured him after firing several hundred rounds of ammuni- tion into the house. Police came to the home after Hollingsworth had fired at several members of his familly. Detective Al Franklin, a veteran member of the local police depart- ment, and Joe Hargund, who ‘lives near the Hollingsworth home, were killed by bullets from the house be- tore police xeallzed they. were deal- ing with a dangerous man, Hol- lingsworth attempted to commit sul- cide a year ago and attending phy- sicilans stated at that time that he would be paralyzed for life. He recently recovered and was sald by neighbors to have had a mania for guns, owning a large collection, Here are a few of the replies re- ceived: Colorado Senator Rice W. Means to Burke H, Sinclalr: ‘Was glad to get your letter of January 13. I am particularly fond of Senator Warren and you may be sure that I shall be more than glad to follow his lead in this matter.” Congressman William H. Vaile to Mark O. Danford: “I am already familiar in a general way with this project, having often spoken with Winter in regard to it, and having listened to several of his speeches on Wyoming's reclamation prob lems, You may rest assured that THE COMPLETED TASK Today issue places before you the finished work of an effort that has oce upied the attention of the sev- eral departments of the Tribune-Herald organization for several weeks, aside from serving you regularly with your morning and evening newspapers. It is with considerable pride that we are deliver- ing the Tenth Annual Special Edition, Statistical, you will—Industrial, call it what Development, Re- source, or Accomplishment Number—for it is every one of them and more. We believe it to be the most ambitious, while at the same time the most complete newspaper effort ever attempted in Wyoming. This year the issue has zine form and we are sure been changed to a maga- it will be found a greater convenience for those who peruse the voluminous con- tents. It is useless to catalogue the contents. The vari- ous sections present the matter in departments con- venient for your survey, gr appropriately illustrated. ouped under subjects and Everything of importance to Wyoming, which the anything I can do to aid in bring- ing about the construction of this plates. ber of the more hard-hearted sot did not even show natural inter in the accident, so worried were tk in saving thelr places in the line, On Friday 365 license plates w issued, according to Warren Dail ate automobile inspector. Yest y approximately $5,000 worth were secured by the owners. Officials, have warned mot that Monday they will be subj arrest if they are using the obsol Hero of Valorous Mid-Ocean Rescue the U, 8 hose res- the British the thanks! AMERICANS GID Uh ROMANCE CROWN JEWELS Gems Worth Quarter of Billion to Be Sold TWO CRASH ON FLORIDA COAST TWO MEN DEAD, MANY IN PERI Disabled Lake Tug Is Borne Away in Grip of Ice-Pack; U. S. Submarine Crippled == NEW YORK, Jan. 30—(@) —tThe paw of the Atlantic’ S week-long gale has slapped at nine more ships, sending them reeling and calling for help. One, a sailing ship, was being towed to port tonight with her sails gone and her sides badly battered. Two other sailing ships hove to until the storm let them alone. Another was drifting with the wind. A fifth, a German tug, was being sought in reply to her SO 8. Still another had patched her injuries and was limping {nto port, The crew of another, a little schooner, had been transferred to another ship. A schooner and a tug were wrecked near Palm Beach, Fla,, and parf®of the crew of the schoon- er was adrift in lifeboats The F lent Roosevelt, with the rescued crew of twenty-five men from the Antinoe aboard, was near- ing Queenstown tonight, where, re- ports said, a tremendous ovat m them Two s Shoshone Settlers Would Be Freed of | $1,667,630 Assessments Under His Plan; Platte WASHINGTON, Jan. troduced in the senate based upon a report of a board or survey, and providing for charging off construction costs and suspension of payments on seven reclamation projects, Area of $22,680 30.—(/P)—Passage of bills in- was urged in reports submitted today by Secretary Work to the senate reclamation people at home and the world outside will be inter- (Continued on Pa Seven) committee. Substitutions and revistons in the| Shoshone project, W phraseology of some of the'measures | gq7 ¢ und 7,062 acres Was suggested by the secretary as : ‘ieee a means of facilitating thelr admin ee ease Tdap istration. The projects included tn| "4 ce the proposed slation, with the| Bolse projest, su ounts to be charged off and ac | Kes ugalnst 6,436 acre reage against which charges are to| Uncompahgre, Color be suspended are as follows: laa, and 2 acres, de casas mae $1- | ei x 1 with the beaut t ‘fala Aznerioa ee edrth a hla r were saved je " tug was left j wit m i ait ! bad, est nh can d t it v i > F tm ney | th t Alad nd ty reported 1 brie? radto 1 rr | messag Capt I. Maxwell nes, th {| of the Pure Oil company tanker. W. , ft W. Mill er, greatest : of wa umond exper WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan car r Jim" Brady, said the} 30,—@)—The terrific gale whieh ms were beyond dreams in theirehas raged over the At during en He extimated the y of|the past few days swept the Florida collection at approximate-| coast Friday with almost hurrl- ete | ly $150 Ithough he remarked | cane ler ng tw ‘ « ed on Page Seven) (Continued From Page’ One) Work Would Wi ipe Out Reclamation Charges The’ division of th orth Platte 680 and 7,065 acres, King Hill, Idaho, and 2414 acres. “These reclamations,” said Recla- mation Commissioner Mead, “are in line with the department's policy of giving the settler a square deal, They should answer accusations that th partment and the bureau of reclamation were ainst reclama- tion. What we ngainst 1 ting settlers on new. projects Ne out rough knowledge that the ct 1s Nkely to be a success and ttler fitted and provided for rk, The fact that about halt settlers on the North Platte ct have fafled sec to show was somet wrong with the old polley and that settlers did not have a fair chance. These bills aim to remedy such conditions." put out to sea again from } York, the Cunarder Aqul- tania and the French Mner France. Both are fig back into the storm + a throug hich they battled only a days ago. Half w dozen in-bound ships reported they would be delnyed, The five masted schooner Bright of Georgetown, Maine, cried for help today when she was 120 miles off Ambrose light, and the coast guard cutter Seneca went to her aid. All her winches had been smashed in by the high seas, so that the crew could neither raise nor lower her sails. The winds had stripped her away and s as drifting help- ess when the u took her in tow. The ships w to Red Cr Ur salind fror Johns, N. F., and the City of Me journe, f Caloutt Both bound fi lita A German ship, giving her name 1s the Caulus, but believed to be the tug Caurus, sent out a § O S giving her position ut 100 miles off the tip of the Spanish peninsula. She uid the storm was unabated. Phe steamship America picked vip the captain and three of the c of the four master ‘Tifton of Bos which had turned rin the gale, off the Florida coast The America reported the remaly- of the crew was left in lifeboats. tug boat I was wreck. - i