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Newspaper
Casper Daily Tribune
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1920
Page
1
In Cheyenne Wyoming a dozen suspects have been detained over the assault on Mrs. Daisy Odom wife of a contractor. A second man identified as Count Barrett is in custody. Mrs. Odom remains in St Johns Hospital after a brutal struggle. Police pursue the possible getaway suspect said to be at large amid guarded city streets.
President Wilson signed a bill extending for six months the time to work mining claims under the 1920 act. Claimants must be natives with county recorders noting exemption. Hundreds of Western mining claims are affected and officials report pressure from claimants seeking action.
Senator Penrose chairman of the Senate finance committee says emergency tariff legislation and the soldier bonus bill are dead for the current session. He urges careful consideration of both as a whole before any action. Ted Mosher left last night for Culver Indiana to enroll at Culver Military Academy.
Report lists monthly city improvement checks totaling 984 125 77 for the year with July and August as the heaviest spending months. The year ends with a grand total of 520 013 86 spent in city improvements.
Prohibition enforcement agents will accompany crowds along the White Way for year end festivities. City finances show private improvements totaling about 2.28 million dollars in permits. nursery improvements near 9 million with data incomplete. City payrolls for 1920 rose just above a million with monthly breakdowns listed.
W C Sly president and George Fanner vice president of the W W Sly Manufacturing Co were shot to death by five automobile bandits on a Cleveland street at noon They escaped with a payroll of 4500 after their car collided with Sly s automobile An argument over the wreck preceded the killings and the bandits fled in a police car
An unidentified man entered the People's Bank of Springfield in Nashville Tennessee and forced bonds worth 50000 dollars from the vault. He wounded a bank official and took refuge in a storeroom where officers killed him.
Geneva report states Moenter of Neufchatel, reputed oldest Swiss woman, just celebrated her 100th birthday. She says a romance failed and she remained an old maid after receiving eleven proposals.
Casper will mark the New Year with a general holiday. stores will stay open tonight until 10 o'clock and close on New Year's Day. The Tribune will not publish on New Year's Day.
Marion December 31 reports that Congress should craft a disarmament plan with major powers. Leaders urge President Harding to push limits on shipbuilding and halt new vessels while preserving protection of merchant ships. The piece notes ongoing naval discussions and legislative attention. Boston policewomen to receive equal pay to male officers.
The Oil Exchange building in Casper, the first modern business block, was sold to Consolidated Royalty Oil Company for about 250000. They will take possession Monday January 2, with leases intact and no rent lost. Intermediary I N Clay of Taylor & Clay arranged the sale, with G R Hagens representing the Oil Exchange Building Inc and B B Brooks and C B Richardson for Consolidated Royalty Oil Co.
Half of Kast Chicago Indiana is under quarantine after a smallpox outbreak with seventy four cases and about twelve thousand confined. The body of George Vroman arrives from New York and will receive military honors at St Anthony's Church and the cemetery with Legion members and auxiliary in attendance.
Governor B B Brooks outlines prospects for 192 and Casper’s economy. He cites 5000 workers in a major project, millions in expenditures, and a August completion target. Local business leaders urge conservatism, unity, and municipal support for growth.
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