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|MPANEl JURY
AND FIRST CASE
Is Liquor and 3 Illegal
Sales Of P%aregonc on
Court Docket.

Natrona county's court
house became this morning
by virtue of courtesy, tenn
porary federal domain with
the beginning here Of the
first session of federal court
ever held in central Wyoming. the
stars and stripes streaming from the
mast In front of the building In rec
ignition of the event.
Soon after 9 o'clock the gavel of
Nudge T. Blake Kennedy was heard
in~the courtroom and the jury was
impanelled for the first case. that
of the United States government YER
sus William Beadle of Washable
county, charged with violations of
the federal prohibition act.
Thirty cases are shown on the
docket, with dates of trial set. bring
ing the conclusion sof the session on
February IL. II the schedule Is fol-
lowed out. or the thirty cases TWEEN
ty-five concern liquor charges. three
lave to do with Illegal sale of pare
goric. one with thefts from an inter
state freight shipment, and one with
contempt of court bv-Lsouis p. La
voYe and several others Thsrmop-
oils furnishes half of the cases to
be heard here.
For the occasion there are besides
Judge Kennedy seven attaches of his
office here from Cheyenne. They are
Assistant United States District At
torney Clyde NJ. Watts. prosecutor
In the place of A d. Walton who
was Friday called east by the ser.
ious illness of his father but who
intends to be here for the final cases
9p1she docekt. Charles j. Ohnhaus.
sclerk Of tho United States court; Cap
itola G.. Allison. deputy clerk; Anna
l.. Ahrens, st~enographcr; Hugh l..
Patton. United States marshal; D. N.
Willis. chief deputy marshal; Earl
Schoel.N deputy United States mar
shall.
1t is probable that there arc half a,
hundred people here from other
the majority of them being defend
ants and witnesses. Lin 1. Noble. w.
l.. Simpson and G. w. Axtell OF
I'hermopolis and w. L. Walls of
Cheyenne are some Of tho out-of-
town attorneys here for tho term.
The docket includes the following
cases:
William Beadle of Washable u
~. charged with unlawful posses
sion and sale of liquor on three
counts; case opened this morning.
Teresia Cams of Washable coun-
~. charged with unlawful posses
sion and sale of liquor on two counts
case set for today.
James Atfield. charged with un-
awful possession and sale of liquor
on 10 counts; case set for today.
Ike Carson, charged with unlaw-
ful possession and sale of liquor on
five counts; case Get for today.
H. S. Cover of Thermopolis. charg-
wlth unlawful possession and sale
or 'liquor on seven counts: case set
ior today.
George Fisher. Of Thermopolis. is
charged with unlawful possession
Continued on Page Two)
, 1925-02-02
Mrs. John Griepe
Named on Board

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. :.-The
first appointments by a woman gov
ernor to be Transmitted TO = Wyo-
ming Senate for confirmation were
confirmed by the senate this morn
ing. The appointments are those
Of three Of nins members of the
board of trustees Of the University
Of Wyoming Those appointed and
confirmed for terms OF six years be.
ginning February 18th arr Mrs.
John Grieve Of Casper, J. NJ.
Schwoob Of Cody and Patrick J.
| Quenlcy Of Kernmercr.
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location of her friends is withheld so
that she VIII not be bothered by rep
resentatives OF PRESS the report
said This, as far as police are con.
cerned. closes the case
According to Mrs. Richard Mar.
wede, a close friend. Miss Leginska
is In n sanitarium In Boston. having
been taken there after she was
found lin a town in Pennsylvania SUI.
ferlng from partial loss of her mem
Dry. Incessant overwork. wal tho
reason Mrs. Marwede ascribed for
the breakdown OF the famed pianist.
When the pianist was found her
secretary. Miss Lucille Oliver. is said
TO have left here to Join her.
Miss Leginska disappeared a week
ago. When she left her home Miss
Oliver vent to call a taxicab. while
the pianist waited In the entrance OF
the apartment house
Her secretary. when she returned
found that Miss Leginska had dis.
appeared. Police We're asked to as
slst I'm tho search. but nothing was
heard from her until the announce
mcnt Yesterday.
, 1925-02-02

length OF over two thousand miles,
through the republics greatest and
richest territory. should become a
broad improved highway. of service
to the people for all time. penetrat.
ing the most profound natural
beauty on the western continent.
1t is the idea of Mr.. Smith, that
the highway extending from Council
Bluffs, Ia, and Independence. Mo-.
to Seaside. Ore. and Olympia
Wash, through the states Of Mis-
souri,, Kansas. Nebraska. Wyoming,
Idaho. Oregon and Washington.
known by various names. as the
Overland Trail. the Mormon Road.
the Immigrant Road. and the
Oregon Tran. coinciding as near
as may be with the federal system
of highways through these several
states shall In the future be known
as the Old Oregon Trail That the
road 80 designated shall follow as
closely as economic and Topographic
conditions will permit. the route
Travelled by the pioneers. through
Kansas City in the state OF Mis-
souri,; Kansas City, Gardner. Law
renee. Topeka. Rossville. Louisville.
CONTINUED on Page Two)
, 1925-02-02

Ing from a basketball game early
yesterday morning were killed at a
grade crossing at Prosser. WASH,
when their automobile was struck
by a east bound Northern Pacific
train. =
The dead-Marie Miles. 1s; Doro-
thy Wilson. II; and George Joen-
SUI. IS.
An automobile driven by John A.
Peterson. Seattle. Wash. and oc-
cupied also by Mrs. Peterson. and
her aunt. Mrs. Sarah Fitch. Toledo.
Ohio. plunged off a trestle into Ell
lott bay yesterday, drowning all
three.
Ice on a mountain trail near On
tario, Cal. caused Albert Sweeney 16.
to slip and fall 200 feet to tho floor
OF the Ice House Canyon. lie died Of
a broken back.
Near Nome. Alaska. a trapper and
his son. were frozen TO death. nc
cording to word from Cape Thonp-
ron.
, 1925-02-02

highway over which Thousands OF
American forsfathers toiled by OK
team, to erect the Pacific coast en-
pire and to preserve to the great
American republic that vast and
valuable territory.
The Oregon Trail is regarded as
the worlds most historic highway.
and Mr.. Smiths bill would per-
petuate IL to remind the generations
of the heroic sacrifices OF American
pioneers in developing the greatness
of the western group of states. by
making of the old trail a national
highway for EAST and west travel.
Through Wyoming. from east to
west. there remains to this day the
deep rutted evidence of the hegira.
every mile of the way marked not
only by the wheels of the OK carts.
but by the mute reminders of the
courageous souls who gave UT the
struggle against the hardships of
the trail or succumbed to the
treachery Of hostile Indians.
Markers have been erected along
the trail of empire. at various points
by historical and patriotic societies.
but this, in Mr.. Smiths opinion. is
not sufficient. The old trail. for II
, 1925-02-02
WORKERS HOPE
To RELEASE IVAN
CAUGHT BY ROCK
Squad Of Men With
Portable Drill Trying
To Cut Away Boulder

CAVE CITY, KY, Fb. g.
Hope came with the dawn
today to Sand Cave. where
in one of its crooked little
crevices, three hundred feet
from the entrance Floyd Col
Inns. 35 has lain pinioned by a huge
boulder since Friday morning.
A.squad Of men, with a portable
drill, was to leave Louisville early
today. A truck was here. ready to
transport the equipment to the cave
six miles away. with this drill. tho
rescuers hoped to cut away enough
of the stone to release the victim.
His strength slowly ebbins. COL
Inns devoted his conscious moments
to directing the workers, who for
more than forty hours, have been
chipping tiny flakes from the huge
rock in a futile effort to release
Continued on Page Two)
, 1925-02-02
OMAN,
WY OM|NG MAN
DEAD FROM CARS
TURNING OVER
School Teacher Suffers
Broken Back; Second
Woman Has Fractured
Skull; Both May Die.

CODY, Wyo., Feb a.
Especial to The Tribune.)-
Two persons were killed and
five others injured, two OF
whom are in a critical condi-
ton, as the result ofrautomo-
bile accidents occurring near Cody
today.
Mrs. G. C. Davies of Cody died q
short time after the car in which
she was riding between here anc
Powell left the road on an incline
over a canal culvert and turned ove-
ueversl times. The accident happened
at $50 this morning.
Miss vaun Beatty of Ames Iowa,
riding in the same machine. sustain
ed a fractured back and is in a crit
ical condition. Miss Mabel Anderson
OF Wheatland. Wyo.. had her hip
fractured and Stanley Langren. Local
bank empioye. an arm broken and
his leg injured but both VIII recov-
er. This young ladies' arr public
school teachers here-
The second fatality occurred on
the road between oreybull and Cods
when the car driven by Patrick Flor
ida of Meeteetse. Wyo. plunged over
a high ewbapkmept, killing Flortds
Instantly Mrs aeorse Weller Of
Meeteetse. riding with him. suffered
a fractured skull and may rot Iva
Miss Marian Swain. also of Nee
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, 1925-02-02
LEGION HAS
BOXING CARD
ON TONIGHT

Four hot bouts are announced for
tho American Legion smoker this
evening which ia TO follow the regu.
ar meeting scheduled for $50 o'clock,
Two rounds OF the program take in
Micky Stanton and Tea$ fisherman.
Nilsson Pyle and Leonard Blalsdcll
arc down for a th~ree-round go. Micky
Reagan and Jimmie Mallody for
three rounds, and KID Spike and T..
o. Clayton for two rounds.
This card which brings out rome
OF the best amateur r ppers in the
city. Is TO finish out tho evening for
the Legionnaires who have a number
Of important matters ito consider at
their business sessin. Fun attend.
anoe Is asked.
, 1925-02-02

north Dound Train.
At Los Angeles three women were
killed and ten other persons includ-
ing five children. were seriously In
jured. Mrs. w. r. Jameson. wife Of
"a physician, and her mother. were
killed when a Pacific Electric train
struck their automobile at a cross
Ing west of there. Mrs. Sakiki Urush-
ibata, 20, was crushed to death when
she vas pinned beneath her over
turned automobile.
Walter Cummings. IS, was killed
and his brother Andrew Cummings,
was injured. when they were struck
by an unknown autoist who hit the
youths on their bicycles near Reed
ley. so miles south of Fresno The
autoist fled and the killed and IN
1ured youths were picked up by
passing motorists.
An unidentified man was fatally
injured in Oakland last night and
NJ. C. Morgan was held by the police
when a witness said tho automobile
he was driving struck the man.
Three high school students return.
, 1925-02-02
Chicago Journal
Left to Employees
BY Dinners Win

CHICAGO. Feb. f.-The Chicago
Daily Journal. the Oldest daily pa,
per in Chicago was left by John C,
Eastman. who died last week, to a
group OF employees. it was disclosed
in the filing of tho will today. East.
man was sole owner. No estimate OF
the value of the property was made,
but tho probate judge fixed a 81, 900,
900 bond for the executors.
The entire estate is left to three
executors. w. Frank Dunn. Q. l..
Hall and H. C. Deuter. who announc.
ed a plan OF Mr.. Eastman under
which Harry L. Spencer. Richard ].
Ffnnegan and o. L. Hall would be
associated in the publication.
All those named in the plan Of or,
~ganization we're editorial and busl.
ness executives OF the journal
under Mr.. Eastman.
Mr.. Dunn is business manager,
Mr.. Finnegan. managing editor, Mr..
Hall dramatic critic.
The Journal is one of the leading
afternoon newspapers and the old.
est daily in Chicago.
The executive announced concur.
rently with the filing. of the win that
under a plan which had been worked
out by Mr.. Eastman. the newspaper
you'd be published by the Chicago
Journal company.
, 1925-02-02
PLANE MAIL
PLANNED FOR
FAR ALASKA

WASHINGTON. Feb. s.-The out.
break of diptheris at Nome and tho
efforts to rush sntitoxin there by
dog team or by ~airpiane have spur.
red postoffice department officials
I'm their plans for developing air mail
routes In the territory.
Authorization has been granted by
congress effective July /. to estab-
lish air mall routes in Alaska pro
vided the cost is not greater than
by present methods. Paul Hender.
son, second assistant postmaster
general, already has made expert.
ments between Fairbanks and Nc
Grath which have demonstrated the
superiority OF tho al. pane mail
oven other methods.
1t is considered likely by postal
officials that the air mail service
Will be established in Alaska the
coming year, and prove Invaluable
especially in winter.
, 1925-02-02
Ball Player Sale
Tax Is Proposed

WASHINGTON. Feb. IA nine
per cent federal tax would be levied
on the sale OF professional baseball
players whenever the amount chang
ing hands exceeded $4,000 under .
bill introduced today by Represents.
tive Inguardis. Republican. New
York. The tax would not be assessed
If the players received the purchase
price.
Mr.. Lnguardia said professional
baseball was the only field in which
nm individual failed TO profit through
Improved ability and transfer of hi,
services.
, 1925-02-02
Premier Advises
Reconciliation In
Greco-Turk Brazil

PARIS. Feb Doth the Turkish
and Greek ambassadors called on
Premier Herriot today. The premier
advised Cancellation In the eFi-is cnus.
ed by the expulsion OF the Greek pa,
triarch Constantinos from Const8n.
tiropie and urged both sides to avoid
any acts calculated further tot en-
venom the controversy.
The impression in French official
circles is that the question OF the
expulsion OF the patriarch and all
other problems arising from the OK.
change OF pulations between Greece.
Turkey will be referred to the per.
manent court Of international jus.
tice at The Hague tribunal. tho old
arbitration court.
, 1925-02-02

A Juniper tree, believed to be not
less than three thousand years old,
Is still standing in the Cache nation
al forest in Utah. Experts who
have examined the hestwood have
found that the first two inches OF
growth took two hundred years. Lat,
or the tree grew at the rate Of two
inches In sixty years.
, 1925-02-02

III VI Lis ehdh.
Stewart is survived by a vito and
two children living in the field, and
by refatives in Scotland, his home
previous TO coming to Wyoming.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed but the services will be
held at Buffalo. Wyo. Steward had
been employed by the Midwest since
August. 1921.
, 1925-02-02

There Is no doubt" the secretary
added. that modern warfare is a
serious and frightful thing. as we
have been so lately reminded. and
that unpreparedness Of such war and
It's possibilities is in~excusable In any
hation that has means for prepar-
ing to avoid the hideous possibilities
Of modern warfare"
, 1925-02-02

was apparently caused by a ner
Gus breakdown resulting from over
work. 1t was reported that she re-
members nothing from the time she
vanished here until she was locat.
ed.
"on request Of Miss Leginska, the
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nat such methods Of destruction had
sbeen perfected are mot true and
pot justified by past history or pres
'cnt conditions" Production and
transportation OF poison gas in suffi-
7.ient quantities would be impossible
Nfr. Wilbur said. while the Use Of
ferms would mean a spread Of dis
siSt . :hs fo.oss celplo,lrs them.
, 1925-02-02
WILBUR SCOUTS
DESTRuCTIVITY
FROM next WAR
humiliation of Whole Communities BY
Poison Gas Said Absurdand Imagina-
tine Physical Impossibiity

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-Pictures of the next war" as
a process of humiliation of whole communities by poison
gases, germs and high explosives are viewed by Secretary
Wilbur as absurd" and not only physically impossible but
'also probably outside the possibility of human will.
The secretary, in a statement last night, asserted reports
, 1925-02-02
TooIdresser Killed
When Blown Off Rig
John w. SteWart Falls IS Feet from
Cro1pn Block in Salt Creek Field
and Fractures Skull

Blown off the top of a rig by a gust Of wind, John W
Stewart, 36-year-old tool dresser employed by the Midwest
Refining company, fell So feet to the ground this morning
in the Salt Creek field and was instantly killed.
Stewart was pulling a line over the crown block when
the wind struck him. He fell on a wagon tongue and frac-
, 1925-02-02

yenrs, he said. 1T Is rcgrettahle
that churches adhere to n program
fittsd for persons of 50 and therefore
lack influence over young people
THE great trouble with law n
forcement." he said IL, that the In.
, 1925-02-02
JUVENILE CRIME
CAUSE LAID AT
DOOR
Colorado Attorney General Says Pro-
grams Are Unsuitable and Fail TO
Weld Influence on Youths

DENVER, Colo, Feb. 2--Blame for a large portion OF
Juvenile crime was laid at the door of the churches by At
torney General Boatright, addressing the Business Mems
club.
Declaring that the majority of crimes at the present time
were being committed BY persons close to the age of 81
, 1925-02-02
Auto Accident Toll
On Coast Totals IS
Majority of Fatalities Occur When
Trains Strike Machines; Three Plunge
Over Trestle Into Bay

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2-(By The Associated Press
persons were killed yesterday in automobile ac-
|cidents in California and Washington.
Four men in an automobile on the grade crossing Of the
Sacramento Northern Electric line at Del Paso, near Sacra-
mento, were killed when the machine was rammed by a
, 1925-02-02

dividuai holds himself above Ii
law. II tho law does not suit bin, 4
he IL therefore not obliged To abide
by f. The quickest way 20 repeal
an impracticsble law IL TO enforca
II. show II is impracticable and then
have n changed.'
, 1925-02-02
FEDERAL COURT TERM OPENS HERE
cS SEP6f 1 3
BY COL w. H. HUNTLEY

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 2.-Hon. Addison Smith
member of congress from Idaho, on January 2S, introduced
in the national house of representatives a bill known al
house joint resolution 1928, which is of deep interest to the
people of the state Of Wyoming. The bill provides fol-
designating the route of the old Oregon Trail, the historic
, 1925-02-02
F. RTE S FOILS
ACKMAIIE
FOUR ARRESTED
for $4,000 on Threat of Death
is Made by Quartet; One Seriously
Wounded by Police

NEWARK. N. j., Feb. -Four alleged blackmailers
are under police guard today. one of them probably dying.
after a gun fight with three detectives, who trapped them
IN an attempt to secure $4,000 from u Catholic priest. One
detective was wounded.
The priest whom the alleged blackmailers tried to vic
, 1925-02-02
Famed Pianist
Finally Found
Ethel Leginska, Washington Week, Has
Been Suffering From Amnesia; Was
at Friends Home Near NeW York

NEW YORK, Feb. Ethel Leginska, concert pianist,
who disappeared a week ago, has been found at the home
of friends outside New York.
This announcement was made by the bureau of missing
persons
In the police report it was stated that her disappearance
, 1925-02-02

Or. Louise Stanley Is director Of
the newly established bureau Of
home economies In the u. S. depart
mcnt OF agriculture.
, 1925-02-02

timize Rev. Ernest d'Aquila Of Our
Lady OF Mount Carmel Catholic
church. in the foreign section OF the
city known as the Iron bound dis
trict" received two letters last week,
demanding 10000 on threat Of
death.
, 1925-02-02

ITleu 10 VIC
The second letter the priest turn.
ed over to the police. who directed
him to place a dummy package in
the appointed place. The three detec.
tives hid near the rendezvous until
four men picked up the package.
Then the firing began
, 1925-02-02

More women than men arc en-
ploycd in the civil service OF the
state Of Massachusetts.
, 1925-02-02
weather Forecast

F~yoming.-Partly cloudy to
cloudy tonight and Tuesday. prob
ably snow or rain in northwest por-
lion. Warmer tonight in northeast
portion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-11-26
FATHER OF RURAL SERVICE
RETIRED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE

John T. Boylan, known as the
"father of rural mail delivery SER
vice." has been retired from active
service after twenty-five years.
Twenty-Five years ago, when there
were but A rural mail routes in the
United States, Boylan was taken
from his Iowa farm and placed IN
charge to develop that branch of the
Postal Department.
The Al routes were "on trial. when
he went into the office and from
these he established a system which
covers the whole country today, and
$500 of these routes he established
under his own personal supervision,
driving over each route, investigating
the carrier applications and noting
the service for pointers from which
to perfect the whole system.
Mr.. Boylan closed his service IN
der the retirement act as an in
spector in southern Minnesota ter
ritory.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-11-26
AMERICAN LEGION AND
W0NEN'S AUXILIARY WILL
DISTRIBUTE XMAS GIFTS

The Women's Auxiliary of The
American Legion has volunteered to
distribute Christmas cheer gifts do
mated by individuals and social or
CARNATIONS to those throughout the
community who might otherwise be
overlooked.
Any person or organization who
may wish to contribute food, cloth
ing, children's presents or other
Christmas remembrances to the poor
of this community, and who wishes
to have the gifts distributed by the
Auxiliary is asked to notify Mrs. S.
r. Morse, chairman of the American
Legion Auxiliary Christmas Dis
tribution committee, as soon as pos
sible.
The Auxiliary asks that those
making contributions have each ar
ticle labeled so that those receiving
them will know what person or or
ganization is making the donation.
1t is also requested that names of
families or persons who should be-in-
Guided in this Christmas cheer dis
tribution be suggested to The Aux
Hilary so that none need be overlook
ed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-11-26
RIVER FALLS PAPER ISSUES
FIVE HISTORICAL REVIEW

The River Falls Times last week
sent out highly creditable histori
cal edition which gave a fund of in
teresting facts concerning the city's
development from pioneer days to
the present.
Many excellent pictures accompan-
led the articles, including a half
page cut showing the city as it APP
peared nearly half century ago.
The Times is to be congratulated
upon the excellence of this edition
both in it's historical value and the
high class of workmanship shown in
the printing.
The Journal wishes to acknowledge
with sincere appreciation the very
splendid recognition this paper re-
ceived in the Times special edition.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-11-26
NEW MANAGEMENT OPENS
FARMHILL CHEESE FACTORY

The cheese factory at Farmhil,
which has been shut down for some
time, has been rented by Sam l.,
Nelson and Dewey Zittleman, who
have both been working for the
Spring Valley Creamery Co. 1t was
opened Monday.
Mr.. Nelson has been making cheese
here since the Creamery Co. put in
their cheese outfit and is well liked
by all; his place has been taken by
Paul Neuman, of Nye, who comes
recommended as a capable cheese
maker Mr.. Zittleman will continue
to work for the Creamery Co. part
Of the day and at Farmhill the rest
Of the time.
The farmers Of Farmhill country
will do well to patronize these two
hustling young men.-Spring VAL
ley SUM-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-11-26
WISCONSIN POLITICIAN
WANTED ON FRAUD CHARGE
ARRESTED in CHICAGO

Chicago-John L. Dahl, Rice Lake,
Wis, one of the bell wethers of the
radical-progressive movement, one
of the leaders of that faction in the
legislative sessions of 1921 and 1928.
being speaker of the assembly dur
my the 1923 session, was arrested
here by the police charging him with
defrauding Andrew Haugsbo, Bar
ron, Wis out Of money and property
valued at $500 several years ago.
Haugsbo. who now lives in Mime
apolis, charges that he was induced
by Dahl to sign over his property to
the lawyer and that the latter dispos-
ed of it and fed with the money,
forcing Haugsbo to go TO the poor
house for shelter.
Dahl was admitted to the bar in
1916, after graduating from the uni
yersity of Wisconsin, and was elect
ed district attorney of Barron county
in 1919. He disappeared from Rice
Lake in July, 1924, and told the po-
lice here that he has been on the
Pacific coast.