Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 16, 1917, Page 1

VOLUME ONE <e CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1917. : . NUMBER 84 J.P.MORGANGALLED LEASING OFOILLAND LOGAL STOGKS BOOSTED BY REPORTED VICTIMS OF DUAL ADMIRAL DEWEY 70 APPEAR BEFORE OBJEGTED SEAATE SALE OF MIDWEST GONTROL TOSTANDARD TRAGEDY BURIED SINKING RAPIDLY THE LEAK HEARI Ny fj conemnes by Messrs. Smoot Extension in Production and Expansion of the Refining Facil- Coroner’s Inquest Fails to Re- Veteran Commander and Hero ; and Walch, Measure Held ities Will Probably Develop from the Introduction of a | veal New Developments or { of Battle of Manilla Is Not Up by Opposition of the Big Standard Unit Into Affairs of the Midwest | Cause for Lander Trag- } Expected to Survive the Big Financier Must Tell What N D rt t edy; Married Here | Day; Wife Also Ill 1g avy epartmen! i __ ; | ; He Knows About Enormous | eens Entrance of the Standard Oil | stock acquired from open market | ] Profits He Made on Se- | ow ASHINGTON, D.C., Jan 16—!| 8Toup into the control of Midwest | transactions. | LANDER, Wyo., Jan. 16—Other By the United Press cret Information The land ng system, as a policy of Ee puns thru interests which are Until Mr. Blackmer's return /|than that it was known that he had} | WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Admiral | the Fede jove ent, was strongly) Particularly ened a “ from the East it is probable that | cented the plan of his girl wife to/George Dewey, the hero of Manila STAR WITNESS IS MISSING | nate today by| [Imperial Oil Company, has had the the intentions of the new inter- Walsh, though! effect of stimulating interest in | ests will not, be disclosed, tho it |Visit her mother in Minnesota, the/ Bay. is sinking rapidly, and is not ex Smoc 6 the latter stated he would vote for) 3 7 rad S*That Washington Star Reporter |the bill meeting the claims of oil pros.| if quoted in New York as high Has Disappeared; Vanderlip pectors in raval oil lands in Califor-| #8 $91 bid, $92 asked, ex-dividend los of $2 per sh us establishing of Compelled to Testify ct a new high m: ¢ | Senators and all oil stocks, Midwest Refining be- is known that the general offices [complete motive of Charles Miller,| pected to survive the day. will be maintained in Denver. 125, for killing his wife, Mrs. Lillian} Mrs. Dewey, who has kept a con- One effect of the introduction | Miller. 19, and then shooting himself |Stant vigil at the bedside of her dis- a big Standard Oil unit into | m4 iets mpatey 2 | tinguished husband, is near a collapse, ffairs of the company will be |*®™#Ins & comple yeasty: jit is reported. extension of the production | A coroner’s inquest over the re-| The Admiral is suffering from pneu- from the Wyoming fields, especial- |mains of the couple was held here|monia. He is 79 years old, and his 3 g Pi : ‘ $ ly Salt Creek. The Midwest Refin- | Saturday night but there were no new} age is a severe handicap to his re- k. By the United Press great harm would result if the United) _ The Imperial Oil Company, as Senator Smoot declared he believed WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Follow- | States Gover hould go into the) # ‘corporation, it is officially an- mac ite 1ounced, did not par ate in i cet i 4 in land les A gpgemae ; 7 ; ing the Sensational testimony of isha: Minas » of the control, but ing Company has been unable to | 4 elopments, The jury returned al S?very- Thomas W. Lawson yesterds te: ‘s & , its president, was ze the entire capacity of ex : - ani |. The physicians attending Admiral t wells, much to the disap. |Verdict that Young Miller murdered| hewey issued a statement this morn- tment of the Midwest Oil |his wife and then shot and killed him-| ing, indicating that they had no hope is contained in the gener- measure, and the matter is by disagreement of the na which he involved high officials of |) the Wilson administration, J. P, Mor- gotiations, and it is ssociates in the pe is said that his nee } ihe ; 7 1! and others of the Stand- Company and owners of tracts |self. | for his recovery, j pags bes ee we Gace ae B wing aubie ny Race RDS d Oil group took over shares of- ito the latter. It is believed Three bullets penetrated the wo-| For the last six days Admiral Dew- o-called * ” committee ee peeee or, the mavertor J fered them en bloc and have also that a period of expansion will {man's breast when her husband kill/©Y 28 been suffering from a general Morgan must tell the committee » holds that the proposed legi acquired large holdings “in the follow the change of control : mat breakdown, incident to old age, and tion would t what he knows about the enormous) public inter profits he cleaned up on the leak, and Senator W he kas been subpoenaed to appear, eriously harmful to the open market. Verner Z. Reed sold Merritt Oil corporation stock, |&2 her while they were in the room of} g}} his family were summoned to his $0,000 of his original 70,000 in which the Midwest Refining |the Reverand Father Keavy at the} bedside. shares and the French owners, all Company has a third interest, |Te&r of the Catholic church here at — of whom are officers ingthe French | jumped up to $14 bid, $14.50 |™idnight Friday night, where they); RUSSIAN SUB SENDS Ish stated that he dinarily is opposed to the leasing s together with his partner, H. P. Da-|tem, but from his point of view, re-| army, came to New York to con- | asked, in New York yesterday, |bad gone to seek counsel from the) TWO ENEMY SHIPS DOWN vidson. gardless of claims of the Navy De-| fer with the purchasers and Henry and predictions are made that it |Priest in the hope of being able to) —— Subpoenaes have also been issued} partment, the claims of the oil pros-| M. Blackmer, the Midwest Refin- | will reach $40 in three months bring about an adjustment of their) By the United Press for Frank Vanderlip and other big) pectors ought to be met. He declared, jing Company's president. It is Six rigs are drilling on the Big {domestic differences. | PETROGRAD, Jan. 16.—The sink- ‘ financiers. |that these prospectors had invested, apparent, therefore, that the new | Muddy field now, and several Miller shot himself in the head, The| ing of two enemy ships near the Bos- During his testimony today Ls millions of dollars in developing their! controlling factors hold at least more will be at work in a few | bullets which penetrated his wife's) porus by a Russian submarine, is an- inferentially cast a charge of perjury | Properties,-which are a part of lands) 146,000 shares out of the entire day everal of them “rotaries’’ |breast formed a triangle | nounced, with at Robert L. He , chairman of the 2 fro nublic entry by the capital imony at the inquest revealed Sain cee » of 400,000 shares, which will dr a hole t Rules Committee. presidential proclamation. which ¢ at least a work- 3,300-foot level in which oi i jthe fact that the woman's name be-| SURE OF HOUSE, BUT The chairman of the leak committee PERKINS SAYS G OP ing « n ition to thei! cu two months. eae her qarriske. rae ae SD) DOUBTFUL OF SENATE ‘ RERBS —— artin. She married Miller at Cas- reiterated that Congressman Henry a 3 pals e a ey ta i uy Sea oar had mectionel Gnearnes of Saersary WOULD OUST WILLCOX | on es nb! Gare the Reverend By the United Press, : ¢ Shata’ arsine 3 sicaes ar f rather Liller offic z. | yASHDD , Jan. 16,+-Repre- or Bes pare and Ambassador von Bu thas United Brose GALATZ NDER FIRE STER A FA POLICIES When the bodies of the two were} sentative Adamson, author of the fa- doa wha! NEW YORK, Jan. 16,—Former removed to McKenna’s undertaking} mous Adamson law, told President The discov that Miss Ruth) procrecsive Chairman G w parlors here, 400 curious people call-} Wilson that his railroad program a star witness, is| p Thompson V nsatic ins issued lengthy s P n- ed to view the remains Saturday af-| would pass the House at this session declaring that the 5 n ternoon and Sunday. ., ,of Congress, but the real difficulty, y yesterday Thomas } onal Executive Committee is | Mrs. Miller, mother of young Mil-| Adamson says, lies in the Senate, and d that William G.! seeking to force the retirement of er, who | } ona panch on Sweet-) declares it is doubtful if the Senate y of the Treasury, rman W. R. Willcox an ¥ — P ne = water, 15 miles from Lander, was no-| will concur in the House measures. ‘of President Wilson,! ing to shift the respons Fighting in Its Most Violent|Cancellation of $60,000,000 tified and arrived here yesterday and, a immensely by the leak of Hughes’ defeat from their own shoul. Form Rages in East; Rus- | Munitions Contract by Great |# double funeral will be held this af-|King Constantine Deprsed c information from Washington to Wall ders. . 3 Britain Presages Decrease ternoon, No known relatives of the| and Italian Prince upies street on the President's peace note. " : > rs Attacks Near Fun | Sg aes ~ Kor jzirl can be found but she is pposed! His Place on Greek Throne Lawson also declared that German POPE CONGRATULATES deni Are Failures ret ec daa 7 Nd — to have a guardian in the show busi-/ eee wep fos zs yy j / ri ss in Cheyenne | By the United Press 4 SS v st fited s winectinived ress |ness ir 3 5 | By t e: AsteaesagoL yor Danae pe WILSON ON EFFORTS By the Uiiited Press gree unter = ead seceae > | NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—A special leak. Paul Warborg, another name! By the United Pross LONDON, Jan. 16.—Dispatches re= —The British “ii ba rere eae MUDDLE IN MONEY |cablegram to the New York Tribune high in administration circles, was! WASHINGTON, ~ Jan. 16,—The| ceived fron: Berlin say that the Ru-/i3, of the American $60,000,000 MONEY IS CHARGED ®ve that it is understood that King also named as having a hand in the Pope formally congratulated Pr leak. dent Wilson for his efforts toward Lawson dectared that Miss Ruth) curing a statement of their objects Thompson Visconti, Whitehouse cor-/ for a continuance of the war from the |Constantine of Greece has been de WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—The re-} posed, and that an Italian prince has opening of the money trust investiga-| been placed upon the Greek throne. tion in 1917 is demanded in a resolu-| The dispatch says that the decision to manian city, of Galatz is under fire munitions contract justifies a sterner of the German artillery. The com-| British naval po! the Manchester bined forces of Russians and Ruma-| Daily Dispatch suggests editorially. The cancellation me: 3 i : ans more than! ,. f : ; “ti . respondent for the Washington Star, belligerents. The Spanish Ambassa- "i@n8 stopped a German infantry ad-| nat Great Britain hes panes her/ tion introduced by* Representative | take this visit was reached at the was the go-between in the leak and/dor delivered the communication to vance. The Russian official state-| requirements In’ the way of becom: pen ebere " SE a recent conference of the Allies. she had come in for her share. the President. lnimed 2 -cessf ensiv: lin edad wi wet ‘al . sindberg charged that the “‘money ar, € me 3 sident. sat ae Sees: aA § ea ul offen "TSE Eacepensdent of American aid, the system of the United States is being Germany Regards Alleged : r 1ortheast of Focsani. par ys. : A ” ADDITIONAL TAX TO Good Ice, if Nothing Else, pectin See ater EAR Di bate oe Aen aha pe ta literal gambling hell.” and Reece Clabes of Ale as r * Fighting in e most violent form, e ee VRIES, cle e # Feders Pserve aoe COVER HUGE DEFICIT Comes from This Weather, shtne Cerne help in this. war,” it says, “Without|Gcuarce, thet theeFederal Reserve sa rekon is proceeding, the dispatch says. : |Board is “entering into further en 3 ‘ By the United Press (tery faa fo t Send doth blow t we should have been at a serious tangting alliances with the bankrupt BERLIN, Jan. 16.—Germany does I Ry the United Press disadvantage. But America has pro-|-ountries of Europe.” not regard the Allies’ reply as listing Demtdecatic Wayaand! Means Gommitlaliek thetasetianalthe maid tides BERLIN, Jan. 16.—The failure of jvided us with raunitions for the sake He demanded the appointment of a Scam ie ce but rather as setting tee has decided to rs revenue zeroish weather is bringing gladr strong Russian attacks on both sides!® war ea Soot aes e r et cominittee to investigate his charges, is the 4 ae ee of conquest. The to cover up the enormous deficit by to the heart of Agent T. J. Cummins of the Rumanian Sty a ane istees anas All | pret ite the committee to report during the “e te y pital pecdeachys Pye confirma- bond issues totaling $524,000,000,' of the Burlington, for it means much had to be paid for, or will inevitably | present Congress, or before Decem-| tion of the conspiracy of nations to WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—The| Some heart is glad to have it s city of Fundeni is! CaO 5 eae E uch reported in today’s statement. A sim-| have to be, in goods or gold.” bari crush Germany. ang Ry eget neat nee: enser aes gg yl wen Eaten ilar failure is reported between the! “But that is not all. Almost from! ~<_ The German public has arrived at comparatinte! co-partnerships, ete. his rad re “ Casinu and Susani valleys. |the beginning of the war we have had| COMMISSION AGREES TO this decision after the first shock of The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr.| 41) the ice On the west front, the War Office|'t dinned in our ears that we must INVESTIGATE DISPUTES ‘be “ridiculously arrogant” phrases of needed on the diners isi F ; dopt a ‘pussyfooted’ gait in our ex- | the note. McAdoo, approves the decision of the hetween Billings and Denver is stowed claims that French raids near Bowv- | ee ee of pana iba Toft =i BUR itel np anacne daaee harsis tenho ane _— Oe blicank of both. Houses|2™2Y 2 Casper, anc the building will raignes were repulsed. leas of the Americans and cause! WASHINGTON, Jan, 16.—The IMMIGRATION BILL ses ; AS pas oY Tk iis OT e ¢ | } Bs, an, r onseee sternal taeatlony 3 and wint {Gold jenousn itor an TEES SG Lat This | them to shut down their supply of|compulsory investigation of disputes IS EFFECTIVE MAY 1 contend for a protective tariff. iS Doin ewiclgny sl 6 te oats munitions. Now that we are getting} between the railroads and their em-| By i = without American help, it is to be|members of the Senate Committee on .. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—The hoped that our diplomacy will pluck|Interstate Commerce agreed to this) House adopted the conference report up enough courage to come from un-|feature of the President's Railway|0” the immigration bill, incorporating der the table.” |program, The members did not dis-|the “‘gentlemen’s agreement” provis- leuss the right of employes to strike 10", by which Japan restricts immigra- > di fivestiontion: | tion to the United States, Wilson Oldest ~ 3 Rel thes iinted Prose 7 || The bill includes the literacy test, the Boysen dam, where the thickness FLOCKMASTERS IN ANNUAL lis 42 inches, and comes in perfect, FOR STATE WIDE SUBMISSION |clear blocks of great p SESSION AT THERMOPOLIS wes. cus Hansen DIES CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 15.— R A LONG ILLNESS Shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday t se © i a ctenentona jand becomes effective May 1 . Wyo., Jan. 16—, = efternoon the House Committee on} ~—_ jan % Scores of fockmasiers {rom all parts|_ Mrs. Gus Hansen died at her home Revenue reported the prohibition bill Head in Y | VILLA HEADS ARMY ; Sa rs of Wyoming are here today for the| (7 Capitol Hill this morning, after an out with the recommendation that| ead in Years, NEAR CHIHUAHUA CITY) opening of the annual convention of, illness from tuberculosis, extending it do pass. 2 the Wyoming Woolgrowers’ Associa-|°’<" * long period of time. A .. i 5 4 i e was tion. The convention is td be in ses-| Mrs. Hansen’s maiden nam ‘THAD BALDWIN, WHO SAW It appears that a vote upon the By the United Press EL PASO, Texas, Jan. 16.—At the F . , |head of f jidabl. rmy, Villa is ale : |Margaret Oleson, and she was born Pill would not be taken by the’ Housel: “WASHINGTON, Jan. 16—Presi-| ota oquiecatserns ney kaa SERVICE IN FRANCE DIES HERE Bainsgeeis oes haan Douglas! in Norway 34 years ago. Besides her’ eit etait ome yy.| dent Wilson isthe oldest executive to) City. Severe fighting is now in prog- 3 Pies: Reeritc. the ae cuation |husband, three children survive. The penete ot the Fourtsenth W¥-| preside over the destinies of - the|ress at Palomas, Thad Oe alaeia died “Makin ‘ om egislature passe “ . ad C. ca while a large delegation of South, No arrangements have been iccatg Beran Br of a statewide prohibitién| United States for the last 60 years.| Gen. Murgia, at the head of the in died Monday af- |for the funeral as yet, but the ser-. siikes ire ternoon at the State hospital from Gmaha‘ boosters from the stock: yards| 57. an) peobably* he held in the constitutional amendment yesterday When he is inaugurated for the sec- caesar Shinwehes Ci golmbat is believed to be malaria fever there has arrived. | ‘ 3 ding the rules that! i i " . land afte: ill convention was called to order fer 4/tAON REVIVAL SERVICES (ond and third reading, and final pas-!"~’ per fisted Marie L. Baldwin of Washington, D. i i ion. ' * * {dent has crossed since the inaugura- ee eee r c showing the wool industry from the) Much interest is manifest over the, Which consumed virtually the entire) Incidentally the President is one of EXCLUDE LIQUOR ADS ,; the remains will not be made until a time it is grown until its final ee will (revival services to be held at the| morning. A proposal to amend the/the six oldest executives ever in the) t % instructions are received fro! facture into commercial articles will| sTethodist Church, starting next Sun-| bill, which is Senate File No. 1, to ad-|White House. Previous to 1861 the By the United Press m them. Baldwin was born in Virginia near Richmond. He has been in Casper about four months and was an excel- lent pianist and linguist. He. com- posed several notable pieces of mu- sic and wrote considerable verse. He served in the present war in Europe .| for eight months prior to coming to Casper, He also soldiered in China during the Boxer trouble and fought in the Phillipines and in Cuba. He be shown at the Big Horn theatre. * | vance the date of the effectiveness of men chosen to hold the reins of gov-| WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Shorn aurty, and Fro thee de anor itors will the : auspices of the. Methodist, St |the proposed coronas apt Janu |ermment ¢ ey Derg Joo sate pe-jof the provision gtd ee Zz , and from there ii 1, 1920, to January 1, » was Paps d Baptist: ary 1, -|amendment prohibiting the use of be escorted to the Wachakie hotel for, Mark's, Presbyte ani feet ase |, and the bill as reported| John Adams was 61 when inaugu a bali and entertainment. i chores, ssc] woe weber puted Ass the Committee on Revenue is|rated in 1797, Jackson also was 61|mails for liquor ater: the re On Tuesday 9 1siness sessions wiil|™ 5 * J tj form as that in which it| when first inaugurated in 1829. Ben-|Office appropriation passed be held in beth the morning and af- list of wide reputation. hehehe sedery ’ jamin Harrison was the oldest man/|House today without roll call. ¥ ™ i | special ir of bably fifty, saree . ae chosen resid PGR y 3 TS tn gacan at: aia cman atan| votes ae setae ths sone echian Bouse ge 5 ae iniergeny PI ry Haden tey seemed bong THAW’S CONFEDERATE Banquet will be given at rercagnte aegis Shearer ek camrgeea? thet Pasevaa Tidinselte packataay mors’ 1SAl: Raves. ae 64 aed a HELD IN $15,000 BOND ae ae Wednesday a business picion| shape by next Sunday, when the wast ing when an attempt was made aes Fe a ene ‘| By the United 'Pioks Cr ite nk jel years of age at the time il be held at which time a place of vices begin, and continue probably call it from the Committee on R a idents have) NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—Oliver sa? prdggMreticis: ts = 1 be selected | f to six weeks. | nue and.re-refer it to the committee; Aside from these all presiden ve R ives: SE "kx Thaw's “bod SOR Scag a meeting for next year wil t our tt on ste ‘of the whole. A motion to this effect/been younger than Woodrow Wilson Pri mare oad # d A a THE WE prs ey Spee of the association Among the © prominent. attorneys) was made by Representative Obige ss wolang ac cad one bide} ee ned Arey Ti ba the alagen” chiding tok ATHER : Ispost of. Pe at “ : A H di- m particularly noticeable in } - }, O———_____ 8 For the evening’s ceo ated ote Rage pepsin fp ipa ons oct, ies & het Se hic x alt belay Mast fifty years when all executives Fred Gump, the 19-year-old Kansas} _ The highest and lowest tempera- there will be some eaters ee are W. O. Wilson of this city, a tie vote, whereupon Speaker Jones|have been comparatively young. Theo-|City boy, has been held in $15,000 pares Tecra for the 24 hours end- Ce eee whine a als Sacistao Soh cern ‘terial: Ralph Kim-|voted in the negative, and the mo-|dore Roosevelt was the youngest seats cova cone ween seid pith aor rr alta : pipe’ tba . both tion was lost. There virtually was no ever inaugora| ‘6 ke ; ‘ r ute in the entire P vion: os motion, heat beearssee '