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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-10-22

at least 81 900 for one years school
ing for one child when it could have
! been furnished in some other way
| for much less money. But we are
not claiming that this school should
have been closed. We are claiming,
however, that on June IL, 1915, Mr..
w. D. Hancher as a member Of the
county board of education voted
yea" on a motion to order the
board of education of Penn township
to close a school where all the chill
dren had to be transported over
wholly unimproved road. The state
ment that ten children in Meigsyille
township are being transported in a
Ford touring car is not correct.
Eight small children are being trans
ported in a Buick Six touring car.
Mr.. W. D. Hancher, chairman,
charges that Mr. Taylor DR.. Hum
phrey, and Mr.. Davis brought to the
attention of the board of elections
certain defects in the petition Of one
Of his proposed candidates and that
the petition was rejected. Doesn't
the law provide that such petitions
| shall be held open to public inspec-
| ton for a certain time and that If
any of them appear to be irregular
| Or fraudulent the fact may be
| brought to the attention Of the board
| Of elections? The board was not
compelled to reject the petition
| simply because its attention had
| been called to it. Ii the petition
!. had been regular it would not have
| been rejected. Here are the facts.
After soliciting unsuccessfully a
number of men to become his can
iidate for member of the county
BOARD Of education, Mr.. L. B. Strong
began circulating a petition for a
certain man without the mans con-
sent and secured a number oil sigma
lures When the man learned what
was being done he filed with the
clerk of the board Of elections
written statement that he would not
accept the nomination. Whereupon
Mr.. Strong caused his name to be
stricken out and another mans
name to be written in over these
signatures without the consent, or
even the knowledge, of many of the
signers. Mr.. Strong was cunning
enough not to sign the oath to this
petition although his name appears
first among the signers. but So
licited an innocent party to do that
This innocent party however with
drew his name from the petition as
soon as he learned the facts in re-
gard to the petition. In this condi-
ton the petition came before the
board of elections, and the board OF
elections did the only thing that an
intelligent, self-respecting board OF
elections could do.
Since "reminiscences seem to be in
order, we shall indulge a little our
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-10-22
organ couy Democrat Tursday

wife. j. A. Simpson, wife and
daughters Bertha and Lucille visit
ed Sunday with Vana Dougan ard
family near Todds. H. F White
ana wife entertained Sunday their
children Melvin White. wife and son
Of Stockport and Walter Daugherty
and wife of Lightner ridge. Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Scott. Mrs. Elva
Bachelor and Miss Weltha Henery
were Sunday guests at the Sextus
Henery home. Mrs. Hulda Dupuie
of McConnelsville is spending sever
al days with Mr.. and Mrs Frank
Sherwood. Misses Bertha and Mary
Simpson spent Tuesday night with
Jessie and Hazel Henery of Todds.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-10-22

selves. In 1920, Mr. T.. b. Strons
attempted to secure a teachers Ger.
tificate from the coanty board Of
school examiners of which board Mr..
Davis was clerk but at the same
/ time refused to comply with the con-
ditions prescribed by law for. the
| issuing of such certificate. The
board against it's wishes was com
PEELED to refuse to issue the Ger
tificate because it could not legally
do so. And Mr.. Strong has been OPP
posed to the school system ever
since. And herein lies the cause of
most of the agitation against the
schools of Morgan county.
The candidates of this so-called
Peoples Committee" Mr.. Oglevee
and Mr.. Abel, are Mr.. Strong's can
didates, and they are mere puppets
| in his hands. Their election to the
county board of education would
mean the handing over to Mr.. L. B.
Strong a dictatorship over the coua
ty board of education so far as Mr..
Oglevee and Mr.. Abel are concerned.
Mr.. Strong is now being kept under
cover as much as possible. Il was
a stroke of genius on the part of the
so-called Peoples Committee"
when they conceived the idea of
muzzling Mr.. Strong.
The article in last week; papers
over the signature of w. D. Hanch-
er, chairman, was full Of bitter in
vectives and ratings. 1t contained
not one constructive idea. Does
this so-called peoples Committee"
think the people Of Morgan county
are band of hare-brained and wild
eyed Russian socialists that they
must appeal to them for their votes
in this manner? We ask you to
compare the two articles on the
school question in last weeks pa
pers.
We appeal to the friends of edu-
cation of Morgan county to keep the
schools out of the hands Of agita
tors and to keep them in the hands
of their friends and the friends of
the law, and to this end to vote for
Mr.. o. d. Fuller, Mr.. X. w. Barnes.
and Mr.. H. G. Henderson for mem
bers Of the county board Of eluca-
tion November 8, 1925.-Gooi
Schools Committee, Harry Cook
Sec'y. (Adv.)
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-10-22

ly against Mr.. J. s. Taylor and Mr.
F. A. Davis over the signature of w.
d. Hancher. as chairman of com
mittee purporting to be a peoples
committee We thought at first that
we should not give any attention to
the article, for every one who
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-10-22

by acidity of tko seena-
ache. / could digest
but very little Coed -
was rapi<Ay losing
weight and feeling
miserably. I tried
TUFTS Pills and the
first dose gave me
great relief. / con-
tinue to take them as
directed and am glad
to recommend them
to all my friends who
have ustu them with
ing results" At all d
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-10-22
SEQUEL TO LETTER
OF w. ID. HANCHER

Last weeks county papers carried
a bitter, reviling article against the
laws of Ohio, against the state de-
partment of education, and especial
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-10-22

Brooklyn, * N. Oniesr smsyh
writes Sc Soma yeess ase suffered
from severe nsrvemasess. brought on
, 1925-01-06
Of LIQUOR
bR|NGSF|NE0 Of
$500 IN COURT
Nineteen Other Cases
Heard Monday on
City Docket.

|.
A gallon jug OF liquor which he
was transporting homeward Sunday
afternoon when accosted by Patrol
man Hageman cost c. w. Crump
300. and made him the largest cor.
tributor Of the evening to the city's
Golfers. Crump was convicted of
illegal possession and transportation
of liquor.
Judge Murray's court ground its
way through a record docket of Is
cases and collected fines totaling
SEAS.
II. c. Hamdorr, 1919 East Third
street. paid $50 for the privilege Of
keeping 10 cases of home brew
found in his home New Years eve
by a raiding party led by Sergeant
Roy Plummer. The contention OF
Thomas Curran. Handouts attor-
ney. that the liquor was for home
consumption and hence privileged
under recent rulings of higher
courts. was overruled by Judge
Murray.
A nne of SIS was assessed against
Walter Brosius, 400 South Spruce
street, on his conviction of assault
and battery. The charge was pre-
ferred by NJ. w. Barfoot following
an alteration occurring in the home
OF Joseph Bot. in the same tier of
apartments tenanted by Barfoot and
Brosius. Brosius declared that he
had approached Barfoot merely to
demonstrate with him for creating
a disturbance with the avowed pur-
pose of running Brosius out. and
that the fight had been a fair ex-
change.
Traffic cases and convictions for
drunkenness accounted for the rest
of the collections and assessments.
, 1925-01-06
HULSEM MURDER
MYSTERY MAY
Be UNS0LvED
New Evidence Lacking
And Old Clues Lead
To No Results.

The murder OF John Hulse babe
fair to take its place on the roster
OF unsolved crimes when tho tenth
day found police and county authori-
ties without a shred of new evil
dence on which to pin hope OF appre-
hending the slayer.
mo new developments" was the
succinct phrase with which both
Chief Bert s. Yohe and Sheriff Alec
Mcpherson summed up the story of
futile endeavor which began on New
Years day with the discovery OF
Hulse's blood-stained car abandoned
on South Cedar street.
No credence was placed by either
officer In the story o: the unidenti-
fed woman who is said to have
phoned one OF the investigators that
she knew Hulse was not Killed until
Tuesday. December 80. The fact
that the Nash sedan In which
Silent Johnny, met his death was
standing on South Cedar. in front
of the Homer w. Robb home. at
$3.50 Sunday night. December 2s. is
considered sufficient answer TO this
report. and the phone call is laid
to some jokester or crank.
One by one clues which at first
appeared to shadow forth the slay
er's trail have been checked up and
found to lead nowhere. The belief
is growing among Hulse's associates
who have been most assiduous II
efforts to trace his murderer. tina
the man who shot Hulse through
the head. emptied his pockets. ant
dumped his body near a lionel,
byway two miles from town, hai
long since fed Casper and riay b.
thousands OF miles distant by thii
time.
Hulse was buried in Denver thil
afternoon following services at TIL
Yeager mortuary.
, 1925-01-06
STAND VOICED
IN MESSAGE To
NEW COUNCIL At
FIRST MEETING
Administration Organ
ICES for Year With
Induction Into Office
OF New Members.

Curtailment of any large
scale paving projects, a more
law enforcement
program directed against
every form of vice and crime,
and a stricter adherence to
the budget were the outstanding
recommendations embodied In tho
annual message submitted to the
new city council last night by Mayor
s. X. 10y.
No specific request for an enlars.
ed police force was contained in tho
mayors address although he pointed
out that the lowered manpower OF
tho police department since August
made it a real problem for this de-
partment TO give to the people OF
Casper hat measure OF protection
they deserve"
DR.. Logs direct recommendation
was confined to the assertion that
1T is not possible TO compromise
with any form OF crime, Either you
give in or else you suppress It.
there Is no middle ground. and I
propose that during this coming
year we use every means at our
disposal to fight to. a finifh all forms
OF lawlessness incompatible with
good citizenship" This he supple.
mented with proposals for the ex-
tension Of the patrol box Gordon TO
give adequate protection to outlying
districts. for, thorough Investigation
of applications for licensing pool
halls. rooming houses and dance
halls and the granting OF such II.
lenses only OF deposit Of a 5000
bond, and for drastic steps to curb
reckless n Intoxicated motorists
The mayors communication. sum
marking the achievements of the
first year of his incumbency. was
rea after the retiring council had
acted on unfinished business am
yielded to the new organization. T.
oath Of office was administered y
II. II. Price. city clerk, to Ntl
Thomas, H. II Brown and . Z.
Chandler. chosen at the Novaber
election. Mayor 10y thanked s. l..
Pelton and John M. Whisenhslt the
retiring members, o Their cooper
alton IN the work of the yfar.
The new council orgaszed with
the election OF Joseph " Lowndes
as president. The roster or commit-
tee appointments suhnitted by DR..
10y was unanimogsy approved.
They are,
FI~nance~and Pricing, C. f. Hoff-
hlne. II. II. Brow ]. NJ. Lowndes:
| Streets and Allies j.. NJ. Lowndes.
A. Il. Chandler J. w. Tucker; Fire
Department j W. Tucker, n. l..
Thomas, A. : Chandler; Judiciary.
II. II. Brow C. r. Hoffhine. n. r.
Thomas. Psgee, J. NJ. Lowndes. II.
H. Brow c. L. Hoffhine; Public
Health. l. f. Chandler, j.. NJ.
Lowndes J. w. Tucker: Water and
sewer J. W. Tucker. A. L. Chand.
Ter n + Thomas. Park n Gene
terv u e. Thomas II. II. Brown.
G = Hoffhine; Public Buildings and
I,irbts. c. f. Hoffhine. j. NJ.
I0rndes, j. w. Tucker.
As members OF the special health
Committee which co-operates with
Inc permanent %city-county health
unit, the. council named Mayor 10y
and Mr.. Chandler.
The new council began Its legisla
Continued on Page Tenn
, 1925-01-06

den from assuming office.
A copy of the fictitious petition
for an Injunction was found by
Mr.. Madden on his desk yesterday.
He accepted it in good faith and re-
leased 1t to the press on the assump-
ton that the suit was a bona fide
one and that the papers would be
filed during the day. Credence was
lent to the document by the fact
that Ex-Justice Punteney had de-
clined to yield to Mr.. Madden the
files OF his office. This Mr.. Pun
tenney explains was due to his ex-
p~ectation of an appointment as
justice and his desire to retain the
books until that time. The matter
was adjusted amicably this norm
ing. and offices in the Turner-Cott-
mar building were being prepared
to house Mr.. Madden's court and
the papers of his office.
The Tribune takes this opportun-
ity to correct the impress
sion that the story OF the Injunction
plea created. and to. record the Tact
that Mr.. P%untenney has taken and
contemplates not action to challenge
Mr.. Madden's right to office.
, 1925-01-06

caught underneath the hammer, les
SEEMING the blow of the hammer as
1t hit the shell.
E. o. Louden. real estate agent.
living at 113 North Grant. street.
this morning at the county jail iden.
titled one of the pair as one OF two
who held him up In almost the iden-
teal spot at IL o'clock two weeks
ago Friday evening. At tina. time
they relieved Louden of $50 in cash.
After Leggett heard the gun snap
he ran r the street ihto a near.
by store and called the police. Off
GERS Ray Ideen and Sherman Reese.
answering the call. caught the two
Mexicans at the corner of Second
and Grant within five minutes after
the holdup had been frustrated.
The Mexicans gave the namcs Of
Manuel Chevez % and BensIto Co.
dero. rs. Both were armed with the
same type OF revolver. Codero is the
n identified by Loudsn this morn
ing.
Police and the sheriff's office are
making an investigation OF the two
mems records to SEQ II they could
possibly be associated with the
Hulsc murder. As both were carry
ing .3s calibre revolvers and Hulse
was shot with a az 1t is not thought
that they had any connection with
the killing Of the taxi-driver.
, 1925-01-06

added during the year cost a total
of ~S234,324. Sidewalks completed
amounted to s16O,ooo and the new
storage reservoir, with a capacity
of ten million gallons, cost $3.50, 900.
The total new construction work, in
Guiding minor operations In the
street and water departments not
included in the above. amounts to
over 81. 800. 900, and most of this
work was initiated during the first
half OF the past year. Most. of the
special improvements are paid for
in ten year bonds bearing 6 ner
cen interest and maturing at the
rate of ten installments as to the
principal-one payable each year.
In order to enable the city and con-
tractors to sell these bonds at or
near their par value II is necessary
Continued on Page Nine)
, 1925-01-06
SUICIDE ENDS TERROR REIGN
LOSSES
IN 1924 SET
RECORD here

Fire losses in Casper during
1924 reached the staggering total
OF s70,20i, o than three times
the loss in 1923. which marked the
previous high point in the city's
history, according to the report OF
Fire Chief Oscar Heistand sub
mltted last night. to the city
council.
Tho average loss per fire last
yea was s527.S2. The loss per
capita was s2.19. IN 1928 the total
loss was s2l.7so. a per capita
damage OF rs cents.
Insurance covered s61,1 4 Of the
1924 loss.
, 1925-01-06
BREAKS JAIL
AT VOY NARROWLY
ESCAPES CAPTURE HERE

just before they arrived. Tho man
disappeared into the thin air after
he walked out the door and not o
trace OF him could DO found.
tBeck was lodged in the LAvoye
jail yesterday afternoon. specifically
charged with the burglary OF tho
Armstrong homo there In which the
loot consisted cf $500 in cash, and
other valuabies.
When Beck's room was searrhsd.
according to Les Snow, deputy sher.
riff who wroked up tho case. 4 was
found to contain Il choices assortment
OF ladies ready 10 wear. silk under
garments and other articles evident
ly stolen,
The officials have a good descrip-
ton OF Beck snd expect TO capture
him before the day Is over,
, 1925-01-06
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND bulge
ECONOMY ARE URGED BY MAYOl
Full Text of
Message Giuen
" e W Council
Mr.. President and Gentlemen OF tho
Council:

Mr.. President and Gentlemen OF tho
Council:
1t is provided by statute that the
mayor shall from tune to time com.
municate to the city council on the
state of the city and make such
recommendations or suggestions
which In his judgment are .neces.
sary. One year ago when I took
office 1t was necessary first to be.
come acquainted with the admins
trative duties and details of each de-.
partment before 1t could be possible
to offer suggestions TO the members
of the council as then constituted.
During the past year therefore we
have communicated Informally. but
now. at the beginning of a new year,
] desire to acquaint you with brief
facts and such recommendations as
are deemed to be pertinent.
Comparatively few people of Gas.
per realize that the city has grown
to be a real metropolitan center
comprising better than 10000 per.
sons and an assessed property valua.
ton of over sac. 600. 900, within a
period OF only about ten years. Nor
do we realize the amount of general
and special improvements which are
necessary to keep UP with the
growth Of the city. A summary of
the work done during the year 1924
shows hat Casper added street pay.
ing at a cost of 1859 .977.43 not in
Guiding District No. As which is
only about 80 per cent completed
This amount OF paving constitute:
about M third of all the paved
streets We have in Casper. TIL,
new bever systems which have beer
, 1925-01-06
Buck Passed to
Eve Is Returned
With SIS Fine

hve got even last night.
1t was about 1000 years ago,
according TO Biblical chronology,
that Adam, confronted with the
evidence OF his guilt. first passed
the buck with the suavs explana-
ton: THE woman tempted me
and I did cat"
In police court yesterday Mrs.
r. c. Eckert turned tho tables
and avenged her sex for those
long milieniums of obloquy. Ar.
raigncd Jointly with Mr.. Eekert
on n charge of intoxication and
illegal possession of liquor, follow.
ing their arrest Saturday in tho
d. 4 N. cafe. 1sz West Midwest.
riie informed Judge J. A.. Murray
that tho eafo was bfr. Ecksrt'r,
the liquor was Mr.. Ecksrt's. and
that her only rhnre N tho incident
was perhaps in%judicious sam.
ping OF tho whisky.
There vas no serpent for Mr.,
Eckert 10 charge with the ultif
mate blame. He meekly accepted
tho onus OF tho crime and paid
his s2b fine. Mrs. Eckert was
assesssd S1b.
, 1925-01-06
AUTOMOBILE BELIEVED
USED BY TIRE THIEVES
IS FOUND ABANDONED

Bince the discovery of an aban.
doned car OF a popular mako at
the corner OF Chestnut md Thir.
teenth street by undorsherin Ian
doris tho officials have been trying
TO connect Il up with tho theft Of
automobile tires during tho fall
months.
Tho car carried two powerful
jacks and extra lug wrsnches,
equipment which would make
IL possible 10 remove tires In the
quickest possible time,
The machine was operating under
a North Dakota license OF 1924 and
had been standing where II was
found approximately two days.
, 1925-01-06
TRIES TO KILL
FOREMAN, GEB0
NAN ENDS LIFE
Body Is Found Behind
Barricade in Drift Of
Coal Mine.
THERMoPoL1s, Wyo.

THERMOPOLIS, Wyo.,
Jan. Especial to The
Tribune.) = Reporting for
work yesterday morning,
after a years inactivity and
brooding, Chris Radech went
down into the dark YER OF the
Owl Creek Coal company mines at
1iebo ~ miles north of here. pack
Ing two automatic revolvers and In
tent upon getting three men. He
got two-and one Of them was him
self.
More than a "a ago Radech vas
mixed up in a pool hail embrolgio
at Gebo. Before that evening of en-
tertainment was over he had been
shot through the hand by a miner
named Briggs. Briggs went to the
p~enitentiary. but Radech was left
at Gebo to nurse his wound. remain
idle and think 1t ever. In thSt time
he plumbsd a few bitter depths.
For the first time In many months
Radeoh put on his miners cap,
lighted his candle and descended In.
TO the mine yesterday. 1t was just
before 3 O'Clock when he a~ccosted
the boss. Mike Finnen. and sullenly
asked where he was to WELD his
pick. He was told. He fingered his
two guns and went away.
In a box chamber on the level the
blackness was pricked by a candle
light. A moment later it was pierced
By a. dagger Of flame and Wiley
9assett. powder man. crumpled
down over his fuse. shot through the
back.
Out into the main passage came
Eadech. eyes wild, one gun still
smoking. There was the boss. big
Mike. A shot from Radech's heated
automatic scared Ffnnen's abdomen.
The crazed Montenegro thought he
had made a clean job of it and
rushed on. There was a third man
to see.
Another part Of the underground
pit held that man. Radech found
him and snapped the trigger. That
was ADJUST a little click. That
meant life for the third man on the
list and he took his chance and ran
for 1t. Again the trigger impinged
against the bullet but there was no
shot.
Chris had not made three notches
on his gun. 1t was too late. The
cars were rafting to the top. Nun-
loading the miners. The mine was
deserted in no time at all, with Ra-
dech far down below %crouching
alone and waiting.
1t must have seemed like the pass
ing OF staring sleepless days before
Chris again heard the sound OF men.
lie knew what was coming. craw'-
ing through the carbon dust he
found n place to barricade himself
~ Up in the cold sunlight more than
200 enraged miners Of Slavic nat
ionaiity were gathering up arms,
ready to follow Sheriff Scott HAGEN
and his men in to the pit. All of the
ten or twelve entrances to the mine
were guarded and there was blood
10 he paid for in blood.
Six guns. automatics, shot guns
Continued on Page Twelve)
, 1925-01-06
MADE BY
COUNTY OFFICERS ARE
BY A

vey Of the county budget for 1925.
As a result OF action taken this
morning the force in the office Of
Sheriff Alex Mcpherson will consist
of Ed Landers as u~ndersherif and
Fred Place. Neal Patterson Jake
Carter. Frank Rutledge. Les Snow
and William Wlttle as deputies.
Snow will work in Midwest and
Wittle in Lavoye with the rest or
the force in the local office. Place
and Snow were given regular deputg
appointments, the others being made
special deputies.
All of the county law enforcement
officers arc well known. Landers,
Continued ON Page NineO
, 1925-01-06
WIDOW FILES
PROTEST TO
G0MPERS' WILL

WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.-The will
Of Samuel Gompers was contested
today in the District OF Columbia
supreme court by his widow. Mrs.
Gertrude Gompers. who charged un.
due influence by Mr.. Gomper's son,
Samuel J.. Gompers. OF others. The
will left to the widow only the
minimum allowed by the law.
, 1925-01-06
YEGG SEIZED
AT cleveland

CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 6.-Jakie
Boehm, described by the police as
one of the cleverest safe crackers In
the country, was arrested here to-
day as a suspected member Of a
gang which has recently blown a
dozen safes here.
Recaptured several years ago In
Cheyenne. Wyoming. after break.
ing jail here. Boehm picked the poe
kets Of a detective OF his keys and
watch and leaped from the moving
train.
, 1925-01-06

Leggett was commanded by the
pair, who proved to be Mexicans, to
stock EN- up" when they were
about six feet distant. One of the pair
stepped up and Leggett brought his
arm down swiftly catching the Mexi-
can flush on the jaw. The blow
dazed him and as he staggered into
his partner the latter fired with his
gun jammed up against Leggett's
coat. The gun, a new .ss Smith &
Wesson. missed fire although the
hammer dented the shell. 1t is be.
lieved that a piece OF Leggett's coat
, 1925-01-06
COOLIDGE We TO
OF POSTAL PAY
RAISE UPHELD
Salary Increases Now
Dependent Upon
New Measure.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.-Presi.
dent Coolidge's veto OF the postal
pay bin was sustained today by the
senate The vote was 55 to 20 or
one less than the two thirds major
ity necessary to pass the measure
over executive dlsapproval. With
the vote sustained. salary increases
now are dependent upon the enact
ment Of the pending administration
measure TO advance pay Ind postal
rates simultaneously. Many sen.
ators predict that this measure will
fail of passage at this session.