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Newspaper
Casper Daily Tribune
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1922
Page
1
Ida Durham known as the Lady Barber of Burkburnett was refused a new trial by the Wyoming Supreme Court. The decision, received by prosecutor M W Purcell, confirms a likely long sentence in Colorado's Canon City penitentiary unless a pardon commutes the term.
The case of a Casper woman convicted for shooting oil field worker Jack Delury at a Sand Bar carnival on June 15 1921 is reviewed. The defense claimed self defense while the prosecution argued she followed Delury from Texas and shot him first. The supreme court affirmed the judgment with no reversible errors.
Jamiey Couzens of Detroit was appointed by Governor Groesbeck of Michigan to replace former Senator Newberry and took the oath of office today in the Senate in Washington.
An insanity hearing for Arthur Burch and co defendants in Los Angeles was postponed to Saturday as attorneys were tied up with other matters. Earlier trials over J Belton Kennedy’s murder ended with hung juries and dismissal of the indictment. Burch’s counsel pursued insanity as a potential defense.
Madrid dispatch reports a new Spanish ministry formed today by the Marquis de Alhucemas as premier. Santiago Alba is named foreign minister and Count Romanones takes the post of justice minister.
The Christmas seal drive faces slow growth with total funds unclear as volunteers led by Mesdames Rankin Blackmore Heckett Foley Jarvis Astin Young Lidherdale Myers Purcell Welch Merrin Brooke and Misa Bicknell push to meet a hoped for Saturday finish. County tubercular nurse Margaret H Robinson notes 103 cases in Natrona with 55 visits and 243 calls, highlighting the lack of a local sanitarium and the planned Big Horn county project funded by next legislature to begin plague treatment expansion.
Dorrit Stevens Woodhouse won a $465,000 judgment from her in-law parents Lorenzo and Mrs. Woodhouse of New York and Burlington after over 40 hours of jury deliberation in a million-dollar suit alleging interference with her marriage to Douglas Woodhouse. The case spanned five weeks of hearings, with the plaintiff, of modest means, claiming her parents-in-law urged her husband to separate and pursue divorce in Reno, Nevada. In other news, a U S Mexican survey mission discussed railway and water rate integration with Washington authorities.
In Eugene Oregon last night a can of gasoline mistaken for kerosene exploded as it was poured into a stove. Seven people died including two adults and five children. Several others were severely burned and rushed to a hospital.
Oklahoma deputy arrests a Houston man using a hotel registration as authorities hold him for Arizona on charges of murder and bank robbery at Nogales. The bank was robbed and the cashier killed about a year ago as requisition papers were shown.
Gray Oliver of the American Farm Burau Federation warned that average net farm income this year will be low. A Department of Agriculture survey of 21 000 farmers finds that 90 percent of food consumed by families is not grown locally and only about 7 of 70 percent could be produced locally. High freight rates raise prices farmers pay for imports and suppress prices received for their products.
Senator Borah of Idaho faced verbal assault in Boston as a public meeting ended. Mayor Curley directed City Censor John M. Case to ban American flags at gatherings. A disruption erupted when MacDonald questioned Borah about flag display while he defended American principles amid his call for immediate recognition of the Russian Soviet government.
Lieutenant Walter Hinton resumed his solo record flight from Pará to Rio de Janeiro today. He started for Morganha along the coast with the intent to replenish his gasoline supply at Bragança.
COLATMAUB Neb December 7 Mia Louie Rush and two daughters aged and 2 are in a hospital here after a shotgun accidental discharge. A nine year old son was playing with the weapon when it exploded injuring the family.
The text notes Representative Hadespeth of Texas introduced a bill to impose a tariff on cattle and stock moved over the border or for temporary pasturage unless returned to the United States within two months.
Major General Leonard Wood governor general of the Philippine Islands will remain at his present post and not accept University of Pennsylvania offer to be provost. Officials say formal announcement may come tomorrow from Secretary Weeks' office.
A dawn fire in Billings Montana caused extensive damage to the Superior cafe and the Calcott Jewelry store and damaged Chapple Drug stock rooms. The origin is under investigation and one man was nearly suffocated while three firefighters were pulled from a flooded basement. Freezing weather hindered hose operations as crews battled the blaze.
Mrs C H Townsend, 15, was knocked down by a car in the business district. The vehicle, described as speeding, struck Townsend as she walked. she sustained injuries but is recovering well from the temporary shock and minor injuries.
Washington Dec 1 Republican Tuprean tathoe Johnson of South Dakota introduced a measure to empower the president to draft an unorganized militia during war. The plan would also authorize proclamation of material shortages and price stabilization for the army and civilian population amid industrial disruption.
A. R. Tearney of Chicago was unanimously reelected for five years to lead the Western league after tendering resignation over criticism. Club owners moved to decide Sioux City franchise later at Excelsior Springs. Bobby Wallace signed as Chicago Nationals scout and Carl Fast bought by Minneapolis. Dallas manager Walter Morris to lead team with catcher Aeams as aide.
Kansas City December reports show 12 million dollar budget for the final year ending March 1 102 percent raised for benevolences. Herman C Weber of New York reported to the Presbyterian laymen conference on the church’s New Era movement noting a total of 1409749 dollars reported. Lynn T White of San Angelo urged ethical employer employee standards in industry.
In a Mississippi federal court damage suit against Gov. Lee M Russell, Miss Frances Birkhead conceded she gave material for money to a New Orleans paper enabling a scoop on the filing of the mule case. She denied selling the story and testified about early life and alleged escapades in Texas.
Chicago reports that twelve to fourteen years have been added to the average life due to medical progress. Dean John M. Dodeon of the Bus Medical school told the University of Chicago forum that infant mortality has been cut in half and diseases are increasingly controlled, yet about 100,000 Americans still die yearly from preventable illnesses.
The ultranite recovery of Mme Erneither Schumann Helnk, noted soprano, who suffered bronchial pneumonia at her home here, was predicted today by her physician. Her condition improved greatly last night.
An engineer and storekeeper aboard the American cruiser Jackson were sentenced to months in prison and fined for trading arms with China. Reports state ships and planes landed at Hankow under a wartime loan and were financed by a Hong Kong bank, violating an embargo and a presidential policy.
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