Casper Star-Tribune from Casper, Wyoming • 1

BUSS ONLY newspaper in Central Wyoming with leased wire news serrice. The Casper Dafly TrfbnnTbe Casper Herald 41t Year No. 173. Thursday Evening, September 8, 1932. Casper, Wyoming.

Will Commute Senten svGSD WILL WITHHOLD -3 I7 I7 HONEYMOON Broth Up er Promises to Mystery of Death I III ill niiiifn wm I mi ii iMimwiiw mmnrnmrnm Hill 11 csh mffil Pointed Comment, Serious and Otherwise, on Late Events and Topics vsas refreshing to observe the manifested by Casper em-s and their personnel in the Institute" held In Casper il is true that manv tne for better selling and Ljrasf-ment given In the course jp-'e generally known, it was free-' I- that several of them Yzd tn forgotten or were not be-m oracfi'ed. Reminders of management and training were neIPful to those to profit by improved methods ar! to learn for their own St. businessman or woman who is uril! to sit complacently in 4 s'nwphere of self-satisfaction, 0 i5 to adjust his or her cf doing business to fit Er cor.citions, and who is desirous 0 Karr more cf modern and selling, is destined almost any kind of rough athT. But he who isn't, is of-t'n unp pared to cope with periodical It rrav said without exaggeration ti.r. Casper can boast of a very percentage of alert and business firms, with v.hich have been trained to cmp-0' 0611611 methods of cus-tcn-r rf iationship.

This may be 5-if-frd by the growth which has irer. enjoyed by scores of Casper in the past and by the of failures in business ranks Tdlay Have We So Many Idle? War? Possibly England Sinks The Earth Eats and Grows By ARTHUR BRISBANE 1 can GREEN, head of the Ameri- Federatlon of Labor, says thpre are now 11.400,000 unemployed in the I'nited States. That inter-Ms business, big and little, for it m'ans a reduction of more than E6.MO.000.000 a year in the purchasing power of the country. Yea can't meet that by raising prices of stocks, cotton, wheat, or inythinp else. Prosperity depends on SPENDING POWER.

You can't irrigate crops by putting water Into a reservoir and hnpin? it will leak out and reach the roots of the plants. You can't overcome lack of spending power by putting government hundreds of millions into a Wall street reservoir, hoping that, in some mysterious nay, the dollars will leak out into the pockets of 11,000,000 idle. Sine? there are more than idle, the government and the Federation of Labor might be interested irl a decree prepared by Chancellor von Papen, and signed br Hindenburg, to promote German bosicpss. This decree will lighten tax burdens on industry, the sort that this country Is industriously making heavier. The German decree plan? the creation of 5,500,000 new jobs.

Every job, of course, means more spending power and better business. GENERAL VON SCHLEICHER fears war with Poland, says so. nd rails on "every male citizen of fast iTussia to know nls place when call romes to defend the province." ftat doesn't sound peaceful. VEWS even more alarming, tells Vou in the first headline, that Tnrland is sinking into the sea. There is comfort in the fact that thfc land, this realm, this England inkin; only nine inches in 100 Jm." There is some damage; the nk of England has sank more Un mx inc hes since 1868 and heavy 5t Psul cathedral is gradually tilt-fr over.

Another 2,000 years of ttkinc may become serious, but by Continued on Page Ten) I1NG: Fair Thursday and T.rmer in northeast por-rday night; cooler in north portions. temperatures reported bv F. C. Bush, local U. S.

'server, were as follows: Wednesday, 87. Wednesday night. 46. i at 10 o'clock Thurs- 73. velocity, 24 hours Wednesday.

4.08 and highest hourly per hour, between as recorded by the 0:1 company. jL 1 POTATOES FOB HIGiejRICES Notto Dig 1932 Crop Until Weather Requires Action POWELL, Sept. 8 IP) The strike of mid-west ern farmers against prevailing: prices today extended to Wyoming, as farmers in the Powell valley announced their refusal to dig potatoes in view of the present mariet quotations for the commodity. At a mass meeting last night, the growers decided to appeal to Governor Clark for possible relief from the price situation, and to delay digging as long as possible. The growers also determined they would sell none of the new crop at prevailing prices.

The crop will be held In the ground, they decided, until the weather requires removal. Dealers today were offering 30 cents per hundred for first quality potatoes, which the growers say, only pays the harvesting expense. The season's crop is only 50 per cent of normal, and the prices offered were described as "ruinous." FARM GROUP PICKETS ROAD. SIOUX CITY, Sept. 8.

OF) (Continued on rage Ten) LEUEES HOLD BROWNSVILLE, Tex, Sept. 8 UP) The Rio Grande river slashed at leeves on its lower reaches to day, but for the most part the elaborate protective system built several years ago for just such an emer gency held firmly. While thousands of acres of land on the Mexican side of the "Great River" were Inundated, the damage from flood waters which roared through breaks In levees on the American side apparently was small. Engineers who had constructed the levees and extensive floodways for carrying away excess waters expressed confidence that the "Winter Garden" of Texas, a rich truck and fruit producing area, was in no great danger. No loss of life was reported in this area.

At the same guards on levees toward Brownsville and the Gulf of Mexico, toward which the yellow flood moved slowly, maintained sleepless vigilance. Their apprehension was increased somewhat by reports of new rains far up the stream, although it was probable the present flood would pass before any new one would arrive. Breaks in the levees were reported last night in the vicinity of Mission, MeAllen and Alamo. epori OF DECISION IS EXPECTED Convicted Slayer Serve Life Term for Sheridan Crime to CHEYENNE, Sept. 8.

(JP) The Tribune today said it had learned from an authoritative source that Gov. A. M. Clark will commute the death sentence Jamea H. Best.

53. of Sheridan, to life imprisonment. Best is now In death row at tha Rawlins State Penitentiary under sentence to hang Sept. 23. The governor, the Tribune said, is known to oppose the death penalty, and la expected to make his commutation sentence within a few days.

Governor Clark today announced he would confer with several officials. Including the prison warden, before making public his action. ll declined to indicate his probable decision. Best and a youthful companion were convicted for the slaying at Sheridan of T. Elliott Snores, filling station attendant during a robbery in June, 1931.

The companion is serving an indeterminate sentence in the state reformatory. If Clark commutes the sentence, it will be the second stay of execution for Best. He was ordered hanged Nov. 18, 1931. but the order was set aside pending an appeal to the state supreme court whicrj affirmed the lower court's verdict.

Soon after the death watch was) placed over Best Aug. 23, his attorneys filed an appeal with Governor Clark for executive clemency, declaring Best was convicted as tn result of prejudice and passion 09 the part of the Jury. FORT WARREN WILL HOLD HORSE SHOW 8. 00 Equestrians of Cheyene. Denver and Colorado Springs are preparing for competition in the annual Ft.

Francis E. Warren fall horse and transportation show to be held at thsj fort Sept. 23 and 24. A number of private entries sra expected from each of the threo cities, and from other points to ths two states. The event in the past has been widely attended both by participants and spectators outslda the army ranks.

Fear Expressed for Bandits' Prisoner MUKDEN, Manchuria, Sept. 8 (JP) Fear that the bandits who captured two British citizens near Newchang yesterday might kill their prisoners if they were pressed too hard caused anxiety to the pursuing forces today. A force of 500 Manchurian soldiers was reported encircling thfl bandit group who were believed seen hurryir.g eastward near with their captives, apparently making for the hills. Britain to Take No Action Toward Debt Postponement LONDON, Sept. 8.

VP) It was stated today in well-informed quarters that the British government will allow its option for postponement of the next payment on the American debt to expire next Thursday without taking any action. The option applies to the payment on the principal of the debt, due Dec. 15. 1 si iry -wrtrf BEVERLY HILLS. Calif, Dn't miss seeing the building of Boulder Dam.

It's the biggest thing that's ever been done with water slnos) Noah made the flood look foolish. You know how big the Grand Canyon is- WelL they jost stop Bp one end of ft and make the water come oat through a drinking fountain. They have only been bothered with two things. One Is silt, and the other Is senatorial investiga-Uonsj, They both clog everything P. It's called the "Hoover Dam" now, sabjeet to' election returns of Nov.

S. The dam Is. entirely between Nevada and Arizona, all California gets oat of It Is the water. Years for the latest dam to? ANNOUNCE INT DON Ciatk Bern 's Clear PLANS TO TELL WHOLE STORK Miss Harlow Excuse( From Inquest LOS ANGELES, CaL, Sept. 8.

UP) A coroner's jury decided today that Paul Bern, film producer, husband of Jean Harlow, actress, killed himself but said the motive was undetermined. The jury found he died of "wounds, self-inflicted, with suicidal intent." LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8. (fP) The whole story of the strange death of Paul Bern, film executive and husband of Jean Harlow, was promised today by his brother, Henry Bern, but not until he has conferred with relatives. After a prolonged conference with the screen star widow, Bern declined to co-operate with motion picture studio officials in preparing an immediate statement regarding the apparent suicide of his brother.

Bern arrived late last night by airplane from his home in New York. He went directly to the home of Miss Harlow and was alone with her until nearly 1 a. m. today. Bern was given medical and police records on the case, together with the personal effects of his dead brother, before leaving the conference.

He said he wished to study the records. "It is my wish to confer with relatives here ana in New York before agreeing to a statement of any kind," Bern said. "I am simply a man come to the funeral of his brother. There will be a statement made soon enough. I want no secrecy veiling the matter of my brother's death.

He would not have it that way in life. I wish to do as he would have done. He never had secrets from anyone." Bern was to be one of the witnesses at the inquest scheduled to be held later today. Miss Harlow, who married the film executive two months ago, was subpoenaed but on the report of her physician that she was in no condition to attend, was excused by Coroner Frank A. Nance.

Other witnesses will include Marino Bello, Miss Harlow's stepfath er; Irving Thalberg, studio official; John Carmichacl and his wife, Winifred, domestic help of Paul Bern; Clifton Davis, gardener at the Bern estate; Harold Garrison, Bern's chauffeur; Blanche Williams Miss Harlow's maid; M. E. Greenwood, studio executive, and police. Studio officials said they expect the findings of Autopsy Surgeon Frank Webb to remove all mystery surrounding the death of Bern. They stated the physical condition of Bern was an all-Important factor in the tragedy.

In a long distance telephone conversation with Louis B. Mayer, head of the studio where both Bern and Miss Harlow worked, Dr. Edward B. Jones, Bern's personal physician, said "understood the motive." "It is not a matter that I can discuss publicly," Dr. Jones, who is in Honolulu, told Mayer, "But I am returning to Los Angeles at once, arriving there Sept.

13, and I shall be glad to give whatever information I have to the proper authorities." The autopsy report showed Bern was free of disease but that his physical handicap was one that would prevent a happy marriage. His brother salQ Bern, although a bachelor until he married Miss Har-( Continued on race Ten) of the music department. Miss Grace Slind, also of the music department, accompanied. Steps being taken by businessmen of the community to organize an athletic boosters club were cited in talk bv W. F.

Wilkerson ana George W. Jarvis. A luncheon meeting is scheduled for Friday at a downtown hotel, at which time organization of the club, to be similar to that of last year.wIU be perfected. The speakers explained that this year they are starting wun me u- (Conunaea on jrase of St. and St.

HOME, PAUL BERN the same thieves burglarized both homes. Their opinion was based on the fact that nothing was ransacked or disturbed in either home and because of the proximity of the two homes. Loot from the Wilkerson home included a white gold wrist watch, a diamond lavaliere, a cameo ring, a set of cuff links, a set of diamond studded cuif links with the stones set in platinum, a boys bank containing a numser of old coins, a yellow go'd watch and another watch, make unknown. Three wrist watches were taken from the Villnave Entrance, made between 7:30 and 9:30 p. during the sbsence of the families, was made through windows, it was reported.

Mr. Wilkerson is head of the Wyoming Automotive company and a member or the local district school board and the state board of commerce and industry. Mr. Villnave operates the Villnave Auto Supply Co. ce 9 (By The Associated Preat).

CORMORANT LAKE, Man. Robert Millikan. noted American scientist, has been so busy finding out about cosmic rays that he apparently hasn't glanced at any sports pages recently. When he was informed that Gar Wood won the Harmsworth motor boat races, he. looked interested.

"Who ia Gar Wood?" he asked. DENVER If the pickpocket who rot away with Sailer Guy H'cWhirter'i funds knew he robbed McWhlrter of a visit with the "home folks In Greenville, Ky, maybe he'd have a sorry conscience. McWhlrter was on his wit home when th thief took $110 from him. Sadlv he started back to the battleship Nevada at Seattle. ST.

PAUL Porkers on the state house lawn That's former Charles B. Ott's idea of retribution. Appearing before the governor to complain the state's deer were SDOiling his truck garden, he shouted: "If it isn't stopped 111 turn my pigs loose around the capitol." The governor referred the matter to the game and fish department. CLEVELAND Ellsworth Robinson. 29, is minus his teeth but he can register a complaint.

lie had a quarrel with his rtrl friend, he told assistant police prosecutor. "So to make sure I'd come back she took my teeth." The girl, explaining she had lost the teeth, was given a day to find them. OSSININQ. N. Y.

The Sing Sing prison footbaU team is relying on the Rockne system to even up for the defeat by the Port Jervls police team last year. John Law. captain of the 1929 Notre Dame eleven and now a real estate man, comes to tha prison once a week to drill the team behind closed gates. OTTAWA Just another example of how times change. Of the 400 doctors attending the 12th congress of Freneh-speaklnr doctors of America, not more than a dozen have beards.

Practice of Charity to Save Capitalism, Pope Pius Declares VATTSAN CITY, Sept. 8. 0JJQ Capitalism will be saved by the practice of Christian charity. Pope Pius Wednesday told Bishop J. M.

Cannon, of Erie, Pa, during a private audience. "The rich." the pope said, realizing their responsibilities toward the poor, help in relieving great distress. This has a tranquil effect on the old, more harsh methods of dealing with the poor. Those methods are of the past." Fear Expressed for Bandits' Prisoners CORMORANT LAKE, Man, Sept. 8.

(Ar Flying Officer R. O. Gordon, who is piloting the "Flying Laboratory" of Dr. Robert Millikan, noted California physicist, in the investigation of cosmic rays Dr. Millikan is making here, planned to make the last flight Into the high altitudes today.

Gordon, for whose fate some concern was felt yesterday when he failed to return from a flight undertaken the day before, turned up safely last night. to the circuit court of appeals following a recent adverse decision in the federal district court here. Is attracting considerable attention in statehouse circles. The Green River ordinance, said to be the first of Its kind in the state, has already provided the basis of plans for similar ordinances In a number of other towns and cities in Wyoming and has been enacted in at least one city. The town of Green River some years ago passed an ordinance prohibiting door-to-door peddlers and solicitors representing out of ctate firms, from calling upon private residences to that town without Invitation.

The ordinance was nass-ed under what was thought to be the police power vested to the cities, and was based upon the theory that such door-to-door peddling or soliciting constitute a nuisance and therefore can be abated. It was argued by T. S. Taliaferro, Jr of Rock Springs, counsel for the town of Green River to the Injunction suit brought against it by the Fuller Brush company, that such practices had become the more annoying to an industrial town, audi as is Green River, by reason of the fact that a large number of the railroad workers were obliged to obtain their sleep to daytime and that these people, as well as others, were annoyed and disturbed by peddlers and solicitors (Con tinned en Page Two). i i Flashes of Life Less than two months after his marriage to Jearl Harlow, "original platinum blonde" film actress, Paul Bern, studio executive, ended his life In their "honeymoon home In Benedict Canyon, Hollywood.

The home shown above, with Bern and Miss Harlow inset, was the $65,000 wedding gift of Bern to his bride. A farewell note left by Bern to his bride only heightened the mystery surrounding the- reason for his suicide. Photo by Central Press. Jewelry Taken In Gasper Robberies AND WIDOW DEATH CLAIMS A. G.

CAMPBELL Well Known Attorney Dies in Cheyenne CHEYENNE, Sept. 8. VP) Anthony C. Campbell, 79, widely known Wyoming attorney, died here today after a brief illness. Although not in the best of health, he had worked upon briefs in his office within the past few days.

A native of Pennsylvania where he was educated and studied law. Mr: Campbell was admitted to ths bar in J876, and in 1885 was ap- nointed United States attorney for Wyoming in which capacity he served until 1890. In 1889 he was a member cf trfe Wyoming consti tutional convention. Surviving are a son. Tom A.

Campbell of San Francisco, and a daughter. Miss Mary G. Campbell of Cheyenne. In his legal capacity, Campbell figured in many prominent law suits in the Rocky Mountain region. He (Continued on Page Ten dustrially is something to be proud of.

Preliminary plans call for as much or more display space from over the state as has been required in any past years. Despite general conditions, the fair will be as extensive as heretofore though a general trimming of the budget was nectssaxy. Sixteen Wyoming counties are to be represented in agricultural hall, while, there has been Wilkerson and Villnave Homes Are Entered by Thieves Wednesday Night Thieves entered two Casper homes Wednesday night and stole jewelry valued at several hundred dollars, police reported Thursday. The largest amount of loot was taken from the home W. F.

Wilkerson, 437 East Eleventh street, and a smaller amount was stolen from the home of Fred Villnave, 605 Green River Is Enjoined From Enforcing Ordinance Drafted to Stop Peddlers East Eleventh street. Police expressed the belief that BALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE By the Associated Press R. Pittsburgh M0 010 001 2 8 3 Brooklyn 102 052 llx 12 17 4 Chagnon, Spencer and Grace Clark and Lopez. Cincinnati poned, rain. at New York, post- First game: R.H.E.

Chicago 000 000 0404 9 1 Boston 100 000 0001 6 1 Root and Hartnett, Hemsley; Brandt and Spobrer. Second game: R.H. E. Chicago 000 001 0102 6 1 Boston 000 200 lOx 3 8 0 Tinning and Hartnett; Brown and Spohrer. R.T.E.

Louis 000 000 000 0 3 1 Philadelphia 300 000 OOx 3 6 Cartleton and Wilson; Benge and Davis. AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 001 012 000 000 0 Detroit ..039 000 01 000 Pipgras and Dickey; Hogsett and DeSautels, Haywerth. Boston 009 100 020 03 1 Chicago 00 Oft 200 1 4 12 2 Rhodes, Kline and Tate; Lyons Grube. R.H.E. Philadelphia 000 001 001 4 2 Cleveland .100 100 OOx 2 8 1 Grove and Cochrane; Brown and SewelL Washington 00 Louis 01 Weaver and Spencer; Stewart and FerrelL 1,300 STUDENTS ENROLLED KAIRONA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WYOMING TO SIZOU BEST IN AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK AT STATE FAIR, OPENING TUESDAY By JULIAN B.

SNOW (Capitol Correspondent for The Tribune-Herald) CHEYENNE, Wyo, Sept. 8 Talk of seeking to emend at the coming session of state legislature an existing law purporting to give municipal ordinances the right to regulate or prohibit "itinerant merchants," and the preparation of an appeal of the town of Green River a constant demand for space in the industrial arts building. Four-H club boys and girls of the state will be represented to nearly every branch of farm and ranch endeavor, as will several hundred future farmers of America. The fair opens Tuesday morning, and will close Friday night. Headlined as the entertainment feature, will be a three-day rodeo under the direction of McCarty and Elliot of Chugwater, who will bring with them.

"Midnight." for the edification of the top hands who have as yet to ride Mm successfully. Among the rodeo competitors win be Earl Thode of Belvidere, 8. and Peter and Harry Knight of Cal gary, Canada, ksristration Is Largest in HistorT of Institution, Early Estimate Reveals Display Space to Equal or Exceed That of Last Year; Rodeo Progrram to Be One of Entertainment Features MILDRED ANON. Cour.tv High School -eek with an estimated approximately 1,300 -arrest in the history An exact tabu-T be available for a "-iseably of the school Wednesday afternoon auditorium. In Supt.

R. S. Hicks of importance Corrmunity singing "r.5 favorites was -'ciEie Mae Agnew, head DOUGLAS, Wyo, Sept. 8. (JP) The finest Wyoming has to offer in the way of livestock and agricultural produce will be assembling here this week-end for the opening next Tuesday of the twenty-eighty annual state fair.

On display, fair managers say, will be concrete evidence that Wyoming has gone far ahead to spite of any p4 all obstacles, and that its advancement agriculturally and In.