Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 14, 1921, Page 1

——~— Se t — VOLUME V Unsettied veather tonteht and Tues day, proba}ly rain or snow in west and north, points; colder Tuesday, et esp a | Crihune asper Daily __CASPER, WYO., MONDAY, FEB. 14, 1921 - CITY DITION NUMBER 107 E HARDING TO ADVOCATE END OF|“High Crimes ani POLITICAL STRI FE AND UNITED WORK TOWARD RECONSTRUCTION (By Associated Press.J ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Feb. 14.—A plea that the nation forget the animosities and partnership of the after-war Period and put its shoulder unstintingly to the wheel of re- construction is exp ected to form the keynote to Warren G. Harding’s message when he comes into the presidency. Although the ‘WAGES OF OL F FLO EMPLOYES REDUCED 200 BILLS AWAIT BIG OPERATORS CUT ARSUT 10 PER CENTSOLONS’ DECISION TARIFF BILL IS TAKEN UP AGAIN BY THE SENATE ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Pushed aside repeatedly during the past week in favor of appropriation measures, | the Fordney emergency tariff bill to- day had regained its privileged status and was the first business before the senate on reconvening. Proponents of the measure were prepared to press for final action by Wedn os ‘The amendment offered by Senat Smoot, Republican, Utah, to the sugar schedule, which was under fire when debate on the tariff measure was sus- pended last week, was the starting point for debate today, Smoot has defended his amendment to the schedule as drawn by the finance committee on -the ground that, while it would add 1 cent @ pound to the price of sugar, it would not be so burdensome to the consum- ing public as the original provision. NEWDIREGTORS ‘NMED NINA CHAMBER Seven Successful Candidates. An- nounced Following Count; — Annual Meeting’Is Big ‘vent Returns on final balloting for Cas- per Chamber of Commerce directors @s announced following the count of the votes Saturday evening showed the election of C. H. Townsend, R. 8, Ellison, T. F. Algeo, R. M. Andrus, Harry Free; Ben Scherck and G. R: Hagens as the seven men who will comprise the board for the coming year. Officers will: be naméd from among the board at the annual meet- ing of the chamber at the coutthouse tomorrow evening. The importance of attendance upon the Tuesday night meeting is empha- sized by local officers. Representatives from many; Wyoming towns will he Present on ‘special invitations mnited out from the Casper office. The re- sponse to these invitations indicntes a keen desire to be present ‘to fret nize with the Casper officials and sev- era} have promised to come. Amendments to’ the by.laws affect- Ing the right to vote for directors by @ member whose dues remain unpaid and concerning the eligibility of di- rectors with respect to successive terms will come up for determination @s announced Saturday. In order to secure a wide expression of opinion on the proposals a full attendance is de- sired. Old and new directors cf the cham- ber will meet ‘at the Henning hotel at 6 o'clock Tuesday evening to enter- tain visitors at a luncheon-preceding the annual meeting. G, 0. P. LEADER DIES. OKLAHOMA CITY Okla, Feb. 14. —Thomas 3B. Ferguson territorial governor and: prominent Republican leader in Oklahoma during the days before statehood, died early today at @ local hospital. CONFESSIONS OF WORLD'S SERIES STEA New: York’ Oil Scale Is Lowest Announced by Companies Here The reductten in wages an- nounced by the different oil companies to go into effect today was accepted with but little comment among the field workers, according to reports from the oil producing districts this morning. The, men here in Casper appear to be of the general opinion that a reduction of 45 per cent in the main at a relatively high figure. According to some of the officials of the oil companies, the present reduc- tion is merely the getting back to a sound sconomical basis instead of a regular decrease in the earning power of the field labor. The increases of the past months represented an in- flation caused by war conditions and which cannot obtain during a period of regular conditions such as the country is now geting back to. ‘The New York Oil company has made the heaviest cut of any of the oil firms and the larger companies have made @ reduction of a straight 10 per cent in all field workers, The scales for drillers follow: i Ole. Newel Oh{o Ol company.-.$12.00 $10.00 Midwest and affliated companies -.-_-.__. 12.00 10.00 New York Oil company 10,00 750 Other small firms{aver-- - 3 age) -2-.-—--.----- 10.00 7.50 ‘Tooldressers: Ohio Oil company--_-$10.01 $8.00 Midwest and affiliated » r companies --------- 10.00 8.00 New York Oil company 8.00 6.00 Other.small firms (aver- age) ~----------.-:- 8.00 6.00 The E. T. Williams company re fused to make public announcement of its reduction, if any were author- ‘The rate applies to all labor of all classes in the field, and where men are paid by the month as in the case of pumpers, the wage reduction ‘amounts to the same. As an instance, | 7, the common wage for pumpers in the Salt Creek field is $115 per month and the new scale will make this $105 per month, however, this class of labor has several other items of income, such as expenses in certain lines that are not affected by the reduction of the wage scale. Carelessness\in Handling Pistol. Takes One Life x (By Assoct; Press) TRINIDAD, 10.5 RS: ie Target practice with a .32 r smanatla gun in the hills beyond Morley late Sunday - caused the death of Joe Gallo, 28, a coal miner. Gallo with his brother Ralph and two others were out “trying out” the pistol at a target. Three of the men had shot and one of the four men, P: Barsamo, passed the The guah gras dlecher pod! accidental the jental- ly, £ ballet. striking Gallo in the right breast, killing him instantly. Williams, Jackson and Weaver Demand Bill of Particulars, Disclaim the © Charges Made by Grand Jury (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Feb. 14.—Formal repudiations of alleged grand j filed in i of crooked baseball playing were the sett ate here today on behalf of Claude illiarns and Joc Jackson, Chicago American league players pe sear indicted on charges of conspiracy to throw the 1919 world’s series, The petition filed today on bebalf of Willams, Jackson and George Buck) ‘Weaver, a team-mate, declares that none of the thres ever made ad- missions charged ugainst tho first two and deny that they ever threw ball FARGO BANK IS CLOSED TODAY BY THE STATE (By Associated Press.) FARGO, N. D., Feb, 14.—The Scan- dinavian-American bank of this city did not open for business this morn- ing. According to an announcement posted at the bank building, the in- stitution was closed by order of the state bank examiner. O. E. Lofthus, state bank examiner, had not made an official statement of the reason fot closing the bank this morning, but the’ name of the institu- tion has been mentioned frequently in the investigation by commitee of the house of the North Dakota legislature of a recent audit of the Bank of North Dakota. In October, 1919, the Scandinavian- American bank ws ordered closed by the state banking board, but was re- opened following an order by the state supreme court a short time later. The supreme court ruled that the bank was solvent. BISMARCK, N. D., Feb. 14.—In- ability to satisfy its Mabilities to the Bank of North, Dakota caused the closing today of the Scandinavian- American bank of Fargo, it was an- nounced. by O. H. Loftus, state bank examiner. : FOR MALICIOUS" CHIME AT KIRBY ler Grows Out of Partnership mn Illicit Still; Man Gives Up After Killing Former ‘ Friend THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., Feb, 14.— na. Bqwers, who surrendered to the authorities after killing Ben James, his:partner in the operation of-an {ili- jelt still on the Lee Walter ranch, three miles from Kirby, was bound over to the district court here on a charge of first degree murder after a coroners jury had returned 2 verdict finding that ‘thé killing was done pur- posely and with premeditated malice.” | In confessing the crime Bowers also| led the sheriff to the ranch where he| revealed a moonshine plant hidden in acave. It consisted of three stills and seven barrels of corn mash. James and Bowers were both em- ployes on the Walter ranch and the murder occurrred after a dispute be- tween the two over a stickpin.. James rode to Kirby after’ the difference had been adjusted and was met on his return by Bowers, armed with a 20-25 rifle. Although Bowers maintained that he shot in self-defense, because the other man had made threats and he feared he would pull a gun, no weapon was found on James’ pérson when he was picked up by the officers. Bowers, hfter the killing, walked toward Kirby and gave himself up to the first man | he met, J. B. Wright, whb was putting up ice at the edge of a lake. Wright M Ka him over to the marshdl ut Kirby. 7 L REPU and has from the first denied taking, part in the alleged conspiracy. “The document asked that the state furnish. the’ indicted men with a bill of particulars and it brought out that the men are formally charged in the indictment with having unlawfully ob- Family Bound by Burglar Gangsters (By Associated Press) PARNELL, Mo. .Feb. 14.—Last night five masked men appeared at the farm house of B, H. Jones, near here, bound Jones, his son and daugh- ter, and in their presence, ransacked games or conspired to do #0. Weaver did not appear before the grand jury some diamonds and other jewelry, the house. The robbers obtained $25, a Mountain of Work Looms With Only One Week Left {Special to The Tribune) CHEYENNE, Feb. 14. — The grind of the contestants in a six-day bicycle race has nothing—nothing whatever— on that confronting the mem- bers of the Wyoming legisla- ture when they convened today for the last week of the session. ‘With approximately 200 bills of the 425 introduced remaining-on the gen- eral files or in the hands of standing committees, the legislators were con- fronted by the alternative either of giving all measures merely perfunc- tory consideration—of shutting their eyes and going about the business of Providing laws for the commonwealth on the hit-or-miss plan—or of concen- trating on a few of the more import- ant bills and permitting the majority of the proposed acts to rerish through abandonment. op general files or in the committecs. One bill remaining to be disposed of —the budget measure now carrying approximately $2,700,000 for the ex- penses of the state government dur- ing the coming two years—is of suffi- cient importance,’ and presents suffi- cient dimiculties of adjustment to jus- tify devotion of the entire remaining period of the session to consideration of its multifarious provisions. Ib. will, be but one of many bills: to receive consideration, however, albeit it nat- urally will’ receive more attention than any other. * ‘The ‘senate is expected to increase U.S. CENTER OF POPULATION IN (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—The cen- tay of population as disclosed by the 192) census is located in the extreme southeast corner of Owen coanty, In- diana, 8.3 miles southeast of the town of Spencer, the census bureau an- nounced today. During the last decade the center of Population continued to move west- ward, advancing 9.8 miles in that direction and about one-fifth of a mile north from Bloomington, Ind., where it was located by the census of 1910. The bureau atributed the westward movement in the last decade, “prin- cipally to the increase of more than of California.” EB. LORIMER S STRUCK BY CA, E. B. Lorimer of the Loritner Min- eral company of Lusk was painfully injured last night when he was struck the amended budget bill's appropria-|by a Ford touring car. The accident oc- tions to approximately the total car- ried originally (more than $3,200,000) and tHereafter it will be a question of just how firmly the advocates of governmental retrenchment and econ- omy will stand’by their guns. If they surrender the big bill will be got out of the way expeditiously; if they “stand pat” there is no telling what may be done to the measure's pro- yisions before it finally ceases to be merely a bill and becomes an act. A cripple, which had beer! lost to sight during recent turbulence in the legislature, hobbled back into the limelight today—the emasculated De- Loney-Story bill to legalize boxing. It is near the top of the general file of the senate and its ultimate fate may be decided some time during the day. soba, Sia Bhar BISCUIT “KING” DIES. OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 14.—J. J. president and founder of the Iten Biscuit Company of Omaha, is dead at Los Angeles, Cal. Death was due to & complication of diseases follow- ing a surgical operation performed here last August. The company of which he was head has branches Iten, curred at the intergection of First and Center streets shortly after 7 o'clock. According to Mr. Lorimer, ‘he was crossing the street in front of Mr. McGrew's car of the Capital Life In- surance company, who had just sig- naled for a turn. The Ford belongins to @ man mamed Maclivane, was.close- ly following McGrew's machine and speeded up to pass, Lorimer was knocked down. Mr. Lorimer holds that MaclIivane was guilty of careless driving and was violating a traffic ordinance when he attempted to pass another machine at an intersection. After the accident tle machine came tg a stop. Lorimer was picked up and taken to his room at the Henning ho- tel. He declares he will prosecute the owner of the car on the above men- tioned charges. Two Fords collided at Second street and Yellowstone Avenue at 1:20 this afternoon. None of the occupants were injured. A Ford coupe belonging to Charles aston and a Ford truck, the property of the state highway depart- ment, were the prncipals in the affair. Mr. Easton, whose machine was dam- aged, took the blame for the collis- fon. A wheel was torn from the truck throughout thé Middle West. Mr. Iten was 54 years old. Twenty people were slightly in- Jured yesterday morning when a truck in which they were returning from a dance at the Haygood farm left the road southwest of the Sprague flats and rolled down a 20- foot embankment. Tho truck turned DIATED tained $250 from Charles K. Nims. The petition recites that Nims is ua- known to, the players. Nims, it is said is a sportsman who lost $250 by betting on the Chi- cago team against the Cincinnati Nat- fonals in the 1919 world. series. Judge. William EB. Dever announced ho would read the petitions and hear arguments Wednesday. peaches to 2s NOTED SLEUTH DIES. NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—The death of Andrew L. Drummond, 76,.former | chief of the United States secret serv-| ice, noted for his investigation of the| original, Ku Klux, Klan, was an- nounced here today. He died at his home in Brooklyn Saturday. peshcince A nec at h ahl but otherwise was not badly damaged- inaugural a INDIANA TOWN 1,000,000 in the population of the state| AGGUGES DRIVER ddress still is far from com- |Plete, it was learned today that con- |Siderable had been done on it, and |that,the subjects it is to cover virtual- ly had been selected, It is understood it will be brief. One of the outstanding features is Jexpected to be an appeal for confid- jence in the nation’s business stabili |linked with assurance that the admin jistration will keep away from moJ- |dling methods in its relations with the |business world. | Detailed statement of a taxation pol- |icy, | howevir, is to ‘be reserved uni! jcongress has been called into special |session probably in April. It is he- lieved Mr. Harding's addr watt jtouch very briefly on the question of an international peace asso ion, and will tersely pledge the incoming ad- ministration to use its best effort to |secure a peace agreement compatible |with American aspirations. ‘There is jexpected also to be a word of frien: ship for Mexico and the rest of Latin- America. For the present Mr. Harding ts de. voting little time to the actual word- ing of the document, and most of the jreal work of putting his ideas into j!enguage probably will not be done |until next week. He has a he |pointment list during the |days and by Saturday will Nave heara the advice of several prominent party leaders including Charles Evans |Hughes, generally understood to ve |the prospective secretary of state. | Among those who had appointments |today was Thomas W. Lamont, a part- |ner in the Morgan banking hous», |who helped frame the financial sec. |tlons of the Treaty of Versailles. ei BAL Money Paid for -' ‘Throwing’ Game Subject to Tax GRE , 8. C. Feb. 14.— Joo Jackson, former Chicago White Sox outfielder, may haye to pay upwards of $1,200 income tax and penalty on the $5,000 he is said te have received during the world series of 1919, uccording to & state mient today by Attorney James H Price, who has been retained 4 counsel by Jackson. Efforts wer: started by Treasury Department of- ficials to collect income tax on the $5,000 shortly after Jackson was al- leged to have made his confession, Mr. Price said. Jackson claims the money was re- ceived as a gift. It {s expected a dicision will be given soon by Treasury officials, CUT IN NAVAL BILL DEFEATED i} (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb, 14. — The House voted down today 124 to 30, an amendment to the naval appropriation bill which would have prevented the expenditure of any part of the $90,- 000,000 carried in the measure for continuing naval construction until the president called an international disarmament con csc eb ATHENS STRIKES END, ATHENS, Feb, 14.—Strikes on power stations have been declared off | following the action of King Constan- tine in receiving deputations and in- 'tervening in favor of the strikers. IT completely over before it reached the bottom. William Boles, who suffered /a sprained ankle, and George Morri- son, whose leg and thigh were bruised, were the most seriously in- jured of the group. It was noces- sary for an x-ray to be taken of Boles’ ankle to locate the injury. It. will be two or three weeks be- fore he will be able to get about. The accident was due to trouble in the lighting system. On leaving the farm: for their return to town the lights went out and it was necessary to pick thelr way along the road. On reaching the Sprague flats the driver was confused with the road and instead of following the new MAN BREAKS NECK IN FALL (By Associated Press) TRINIDAD, Colo., Feb. 14.—Jolted off a disc plow drawn by a team of mules on his dry farm near Plum Valley yesterday Robert L. Crowder, 49, a homesteader, died instantly with a broken neck. His death was wit- The mountaing of the’ moon ore} much bigger than any we have on the |Crowder from th nessed by his 20-year-old son who had but a minute before left the plow ‘and given the seat to his father. The mules drawing the plow struck a ridge of frozen ground which jolted at, causing him to fall on his neck. TRUCK ROLLS DOWN BANK SCORE FLIRT WITH DEATH road that was recently laid out he transferred over to the old road and the machine plunged off the em- bankment. It was a miracle that the oceupants of the truck escaped death, as they were unable to jump when it turned over., Probably the only thing that saved their lives was the fact thet the truck had a steel body. A passing truck picked up the party and brought them to town. Misdemeanors” Is Welty’s Charye in Lower House (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. Federal Judge Kenesa fs Landis of Chicago was im- peached in the house of repre- sentatives today by Represen- tative Welty, Democrat, Ohio, who charged him ‘with “high crimes and misdemeanors” in connection with his acceptance of the position of supreme arbiter of baseball at a sal- ary of $42,500 a year, Should the house decide to insti- tute proceedings against Judge Lan- dis on the basis of Mr. Welty’s charges, a formal trial before the bar of the house would be held and a de-. cision rendered. Mr, Welty did not introduce a resolution Proposing im. peachment as is the usual procedure in such matters. Instead he arose to “a question of Iigh personal privi lege” and announced that he “im Peached” the judge. “Without debate, the Welty charges, {on Me. Welty’s motion, were referred te the juiciary committee for investi gation and report. There were a few scattering noes, PROCEEDINGS ASKED ON FIVE COUNTS. Impeachment was proposed by Mr Welty on the basis of five specified charges as follow 1. For neglecting his official duties for another gainful occupation not connected therewith. For using his office as district Judge of the United States to settle disputes which might cume into his court as provided by the laws of the United States. “3. For lobbying before the legis latures of the several states of the Union to procure the passaye of "are laws to prevent gambling in baseda'T instead of discharging his dutic: district judge of the United States. “4. For accepting the position as chief arbiter of the disputes in base- ball associations at a°salary of $42,500 per anrium while attempting to dis- charge the duties as a district judge of the United States, which tends to nullify the effect of the judgment of the supreme court of the District of Columbia and the baseball gambling indictments pending in the criminal courts of Cook County, In. “5. For injuring the national sport of bageball by permitting the use of his office as district judge ofthe United States because the impression will prevail that gambling and ether illegal acts in basebal) will not be punished in the open forum as other eases.”* an is his case, Representa- tive Welty said the District of Colum bia supreme court had entered a juig- ment of $240,000 against the Ameri can & National leagues and the indi- vidual sixtéen clubs composing those organizations “for having violated the Sherman Anti-trust law.” He also said a grand jury at Chicago had indict- ed ten baseball players'on charges of “throwing” the 1919 world series, and added: “After the baseball associations were found guilty under our laws of being a trust and while the fine of $240,009 was stiJl pending against them, they rushed into Judge Landis’ court and for an additional salary of $42,500 he became chief arbitrator of a trust which was declared illegal and at theic request, remained on the federal bencn “The case now is pending in the Supreme Court of the United States, What will hinder each member of this court from accepting a like sum from these baseball associations? If Judxe Landis can lawfully accept this addl- tional fee then every other federal judge in the land cam enter the e1n- play of those who violate the laws of the land. The question for congress {to settle is, can a federal judge ac- |cept a subsidy to perform judicial duties, “Judge Landis has done a great | deal of good, but if he wants to retain jconfidence and respect as a judge he must divorce himself from the flesh- pots of illegal combinations. “I want to Keep the baseball sport clean, so the people, will continue to support it. But you cannot maintain the sport when you permit the play- ers to throw the game and the base- | ball magnates to throw our judiciary, “You dare not permit even illegal combinations to tamper with our jud- iclary by subsidizing them with an a4- | ditional salary in order to give these |combinations a bath so they will again |gain the confidence of the public. “On March 3, 1917, the 65th con- gress passed an act which in part pro- ‘vides that: !* "No government official or em ploye shall receive any salary in con- nection with his services as such offi cial or employe from any source other than the government of the United States.’ " The Ohio representative then out- lined his charges and’ concluded with this statement: “Wherefore said Kenesaw M. Landis (Continued on Page 10) SEARC (By Associated Press) EL PASO, Texas, Feb, 14.—Sixty airplanes are concentrated at Sand- erson and Del Rio, Texas, this morning to begin early this after- noon a systematic search for Lieut. Alexander Pearson. The sixty air- planes, coming from all air sery- ice points of the border patrol, will fly in pairs, under orders to stay as near the/ground as possible, not to be in too great danger, and to | search well every foot of the terri- | tory assigned them. Observers in } every machine will be equi ! with strong fi as | search the hilly and thru the mesquite and sand dunes for the unfortunate birdman. Major Hefferman, who will per- sonally direct the search, believes that the lost aviator will be found somewhere within a rectangular strip of territory, 125 miles by 75 miles lying between Sanderson and Del Rio, known as the Devil tiver territory, The planes will therough- ly search this part of the ¢ first, then go into the Big Bend 4 i8- trict proper, according to the ma- Jor’s plans. In the meantime, permission is being sought for planes to cross the Rio Grande and carry the search into Mexico, After the Devil Rivor sare \ the planes will be sent fur- RECENT GUTS IN RAILROAD WAGE BY LABOR BOARD Reductions Must Follow = Decision” Agreement, of Board Today on Ac- tion Taken by Ene CHICAGO, Feb. 14.—Re- cent reductions in the wages of maintenance of way men and changes in the working “tions of train dispatchers aounced by the Erie rail- T ASKED ON FIVE COUNTS & % we we ARE SUSPENDED. a road were suspended by the Federal _ Railroad board in wag ditions could become effective ex- cept by agreements between the read nd its employes until the board has opportunity to pass upon the case. The hearing was set for Feb- Labor announced oard today. The that no reductions ten days ago b; ntatives of the em- ploy The petition alleged that the road had reduced the basic wage of track worke: to 30 cents an hour, the previous rates having been 37 to 48% cents an hour, Train dispatchers’ representatives charged that the road had ordered them to work seven Previously they h Mich,, days a week, da six-day week. DETROIT, Feb. 14.—Beliet es or changes in working cony — that the hearing on wage reductions “ of maintenance of way men, an- nounced today by the Federal Rail- way Labor board in Chicago, would serve as a test case for the mainte- nance men on all railways of the country, was expressed here today by B, F. Grable, president of the United , Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way ~ Employes and Railway Shop Labor- ers. Announcement that the St. Louis & Southwestern railway had sus pended recently announced wage ré- ductions to maintenance men pending the outcome of hearings on the Erie railway wage, was made by Mr, Grable. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Feb. 14.—The United States Railroad Labor board today refused the application of employes of the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic railroad to throw out the dispute over * wages on the plea that it was with. out the jurisdiction of the board. The railroads defense of it's proposed re duction of wages, which was ordered held up by the board recently, was inability to meet operating expenses of which the employes’ payrool consti- _ tuted 71 per cent. ST. LOUIS, Mo. Feb. 1..—Reinstate- ment of the 4! cents an hour wage scale of track laborers employed om 2 Texas lines of the St. Louis & San Francisco railway was ordered today, ! it was announced by J, M. Kern, pres- ident of the road, se NON-PARTISANS TO STAND PAT PROTEST MADE MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Feb, 14— Den of published reports that Non- Partisan league leaders and North Da- kota state officials had agreed to aban- donment of the league program fn that state, was made today in a form: al statement by Oliver 8S. Morris, pub- licity director of the National Non- Partisan league's executive commvit- tee. Morris referred to a story primted today by the Minneapolis Tribune from Bis that reports from Min- neapolis s: ho financial interests are prepared to help market approx mately $2,000,000 in state bonds i order to straighten out the muddled situation of the state finances. This, Mr. Morris said, was simply the state industrial commission's negotiations to float bonds authorized by the legisla ture two years ago to finance the Non- Partisan league program. “I gather that the financial inter ests have now agreed to take a first inst. Iment of these bonds,” he added. “Under no condition would the league or the state government agree to abay- don the state industrial program baci- ed by the people. 60 PLANES TAKE UP H FOR AIRMAN ther into the Big Bend district; some will cross the Rio Grande and a few of them will be held for the search still north of the Devil Rio country, it is announced. Officers at Fort Bliys, from. Brigz Gen, R. L. How commander. of Fort Bliss, to the Heutenants. cone ducting the sear believe — that when Lieutenant Pearson is found’ he will be dead, Water from hig engine could have kept him alive only a day or so, they say, an@ that if he had found succor of some kind they believe he would have n able to get to a telephone oF raph before now to tell head quarters of his trouble.