Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 16, 1921, Page 1

‘ - /ELY BIDDING MARKS SALE OF SALT CREFK LEASES Crik VOLUME'V 2 = ‘thiate | NIGHT MAID PILED HIGH IN | SIMS’ SPECIAL American Admiral Accused of Address Reflecting on Irish-Americans Is Showered With Testimonials i "CASPER WYO, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1921. ° «58 NUMBER 212 THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1921 FLOWER:, ARE LONDON, June 15.—(By The Associated Press.) ——Re Admiral William S. Sims left Waterloo station “vadlky, for Southampton, where he was to board thi eed to New York. He rode i urdened with floral testimo: later and that was: 80. ke Boom for members of his party. Pailadetptin, 000 901 Cincinnati... 040 000 One— 4 and Wihgo, At. Pittsburgh— Brooklyt Pittsburgh. ee f Cleveland ou “020 000 11—6- 16 At Washington Hw St Lola. O68 000 030— 3. 11 Washington’ 900 307 02%—7 12 Batteries—Shocker, Kolp, Richmond and Severeid;: Avarthes, Schacht and Gharrity. At Beston—Detroit-Boston Postponed; rain. a Harness Contracts Cancelled by U. HINGTON, June 15,~-On | al of the attorney. general, Pres! Harding has- annulled war partment contracts with the ‘ us. Wgirness. Mr, code sections ‘prohibiting “partici pation by government officers or em. Pleyes in such transactions. . a STRANGER KILLED UNDER: ith and Peters; Luque Philadelphia 102 001 000-105. 16 0 Batteries—Coveleskie game ciara i | INION PAGFIG TAA vse J. Goode, 49 years beneath the wheels of a t of Rocks, Wyo. been } rovasaeiiene! N. ¥., June 15. —Mrs,' Pérey A. Rockefeller, sister of dames A, Stillman, New York banker, testified in his’ behalf today it a hearing here in his divorce suit Ssainst Mrs. Anne U. Stillman. She: testified, it was understood, tet Mr. Silliman Lived at the Park STAND ‘ranch while in bathing with * younger brothers. speentine os out of a ‘window of the car, e steamer Olympic a special’ car Is there was his cap to a large group who, despite the earliness of his departure, had gathered Ss Amatertag ree ers’ repo! requests for 2 attention to dispate ing’s United ing “American hyphenates,” whether he had received any threa; ening missiveés, the admiral smiled qn satd: give “I had one signed ‘HrinGo-Bragh’ Wes that of Nentid ‘Dore a NIGH Refused Permit; Shows Outside . (Special to The Tribune.’ CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 15.—Re fusal of the Cheyenne city commis sion to permit a traveling street car-) nival brought here by the local post the American Legion to show within © city limits, or to obtain water for its wild animals and other livestock from the city system, failed last night to prevent the show from the scheduled time. The outfit pitched just outside the city limits, adjacent | to Fort Russell. When the manage- ment attempted to draw water from! city hydrants it was stopped by gu’ <ds. Water later was obtained from r { Russell and a rear by creek. A larse crowd from the city attended the pening of the’ show. oe his Negotiations On * Recognition Of MEXICO CITY, June .—George T. Summerlin, the American charge d'at- feires here, has practical result and the situation remained virtually; streets, the same as when the latest. momo- randum from Washington was “pre: génted the government. ‘Pho statements indicated: that - Negotiations had reached a in aeualocie _ Mexico Continue been conversing with | secretary of forelén | Pani, BAUR Riatee'ss ecognit'on \neople. waded out during the ‘night eens t. Ai wae |notiattord i | office no he Casper Daily arte | NIGHT MAT. pair company’s shop. which had been burglarized vy break- | AESIDENTS OF LOWLANDS SPEND SLEEPLESS NIGHT KTER GREEPS INTO ‘RESIDENT DISTRICTS HERE Felt Until Water Excitement and anxiety_reigned on the Sandbar. in North Casper and in other low-lying early morning hours when rising waters of the Platte river crept around houses in several jwere delivered by thé police with the result that: scores spent a sleep-| less nght, ready on a moment's no-| opening at, tice to abandon homes ant flee to hill north of the courthouse thie morn safety | In Bessemer Bend | bridge was’ swept away, isolating a night's” storm centered. the Platte large number of ranches in that di- jrection. Parts of the bridge were | strewn all the way to Casper. The danger mark was posed at about 5 o'clock this morning ie yt the water began to recede and by 8 o'clock this morning a fall of three! Inches had been recorded. Little dam-) age was-reported but with weather| conditions indicating more rain west |. of. here and holding possibilities of | \,, further rise in the wat will not be relaxed until the river has Jowered- several inches. In the Nelson. addition of North Casper a dozen residences were sur- youndes-by water this morning, base: ments in. te district north of L. street being flooded and water standing. toot deep in several residénces. Mary where last! ing BUCch belongings as they could” y, to. lose. Seepage water filled aN holes in the Sandbar district, the situation the worst at the corner of A and and.at the eastern end of! B street, where buildings were almost | Pletely surrounded ‘by water. Nu- nrefoun-yandar in this part of the city inches of peak o | were, inundated and six water added to last night's undate many blocks of residences, Warnings which followed a cloudburst in the Bessemer region and other districts west » precautions | |ic poured into the basement of egion Carnival lkiedbars West of Casper Raises Platte Flood to New High Mark of Season and Anxiety Is Starts to Recede sections of the city duying the districts and threatened to in- would have caused hundreds to seek ary ground One group of refugees from the sandbar district pitched a tent on the ing, ‘Water poured over the pavement leading to the refineries and lapped the stringers of the Standard bridgos spanning the stream. Workmen were kept busy removing accumulations of trash and debris from the piers and ‘early this morning all danger of los- ing the bridges had passed. Casper creck was flowing the first | water today of the season in any vol- ume, a good head of water flowing into -the Platte from this direction and the road leading to Mills, which tkirta the bank of Casper creek, was ted. ‘Phe flood reached by a single bould- ng of any consequence in Mills when the Mills Rotel and filled it to a depth of abdut jm foot. People quartered in basement sleepingrooms were routed from their beds and clothing and fur- nishi were removed as a precau- en inst higher water. Al reports were again cur- rent in Casper this MovWiH regard- \ing the. security, of the Pathfinder dam, despite repeated assurances that hae inet Masonry of this structure could not possibly be menaced by .a flood. Railroad bridges over the river here ‘Were reported secure today, Barly re- ports said the Burlington bridge. was weakening but tests continued by workers this morning indicated that the bridge was not ‘n danger. ing a rear door. Last Sunday shop was burglar. d, the thief securing $1 worth of tires, but supposedly alarmed »y something the loot was ned in yard in the rear of the shop. Po. ce thereafter watched the ey assert ught sult plac 1 Wright as a re Wright's family were waiting automobile in which bi in th he said ave been placing the loot but they Were not detained, being permitted to go to the family’s tent at the mu nicipal camping ground. “I was up’ against it,” the police | quote Wright as saying in explanation of his alleged crime. He did not need Ures for his. big touring car, How- r, those on “the ni spare which it carr condition, Wright denied perpet ing Sunday's burglary, claiming th he did not_arrive here until Monday. GREEK DRIVE — IS PENDING CONSTANTI June 14.—(By The Associated Press}—Opening of the Greek offensive against the Turk Nationalists in Asia Minor is be: ved here tonight to be imminent British reserves are relieving ihe Greck 11th division at Ismid, on the 4 of Marmora, which is proceeding to the Usbck front, near the Bagdad railway northeast of Smyrna. Degree Conferred On Madame Curie hine and being in g CHICAGO, June 15.—Northwestern university at commencement exercises today conferred the degree of doctor of science upon Mme Marle Curie, codiscoverer of radium. Dr. Charles Mayo ‘of Rochester, Minn., cofounder of the Mayo clinic, received the degree of doctor of laws, Psi a.» <Poecd COTTON CONSUMPTION SLOW. WASHINGTON, June 15.— Cotton consumed during May amounted to 439,884 bales of lint and 47,395 bales of linters, the census bureau an nounced today. Consumption in| May” last year amounted to 541,377 bales of lint and 32,072 of linters. IGN ENTANGLEMENTS W OULD BOY DROWNS | Viterioa Has No Questions Which Good Will and Reasoning Cannot Solve, | (Special to The Tribune.) {sistant Pire Chief Milledge Grace with |a pulmotor Tuesday afternoon failed to jsave the life of William Raymond | Fewler, 12 years of age, son of H. R. Fowler, « homesteader.. The boy was rowned in a reservoir at the Bell two He had been in the water half an hour before his body was recovered by a school teach- jer, James Redd, to whom th | boys cafried’ news’ of. the the scene and was used in a fruitless} RITISH MINE STRIKERS VOTE LONDON, June 15.—British miners today voted on the proposals of mine CK SPRINGS; “Wyo., June 15.—! owners fo> the settlement of the coal of age, ight | progress since April 1. ‘rain on which’ he is ‘said to have been/in she United Kingdom were affected beating his way, and ws killed near|and the.question was placed before the His address or! miners the names of any relatives have not) from the conference of delegates here ldiggers strike which ‘has been in All coal fields without’ recommendations June 10: edy, | United!and more than an hour elapsed before States Harnéké company for disposal the fire department pulmotor reached | Deugherty ¢ canttacts to ‘iolate crinf:jeffort at resuscitation. } i ree other | 4 | | PROVIDENGE, R. L., June CHEYENNE, Wyoy, June-15.— A E, Hughes told-a gathering of his fellow alumni of Brown ten-milé dash Into the country by As-| university today that it was not desirable that America’s helpful influence should be frittered away ‘‘by relating our- selves to political questions ‘which involve rivalries. of inter- est abroad with which we have ro proper concern. “It is-equally.true," he continue, to the economic problems of th: World.” ; He said the prosperity of this coun- largely’ depended upon’ the eco- nomic settlements which might be made in Europe and that the key to the future was with those who make and control these settlements. “America, the exemplar. of stitutions, aiding humanity; “called for the supreme endeavor in the world war.” “This sentiment is "he added, “We have he, “the capacity for the high and unselfish endeavor which linked US fn unity ahd*jox of sérvfce in the crisis of the great war. The RS. . ROCKEFELLER ON FOR STILLMAN | | Utah Cavillry In springs of faith, of mutual trust, of fellowship, have not dtied up. ‘Our men did not go forth to fight for this nation as*one of. imperiail tic designs’ and curfnirfg purpose, 01 to protect a Iand where avaricy smigut find its surest reward. ‘They ‘offered! their lives and ail tte énergies’ of, the country were harnessed in the su- preme effort, because we loved the institutions of liberty and intended to maintain them, because we hated tyranny and the brutality and ruth- avenue home of his father contin- uously during the period beginning in Jabuary, 1533, and extended througli part of the month of April of that year. At no time during these months was Mrs. Stillman there, it was said she testified. Mrs. Stiliraon, ateording to ‘Mrs. Rocke- feller, spent these months in Can- ada, at Buffalo and on the family estate at Pleasantville. “This testimony was offered, it) was believed, to support. Mr. Still- man's contextion that he is not the father of Guy Stillman, the infant born to Mrs. Stillman in Nevember, 1918. Secretary Tells Graduates “that we cannot escape our relation | 15.—Secretary of State Charles Viessness which found exptession in the worship of force and because we found our fate linked with that of <h- free peoples who were struggling fo the preservation of the essentials of freedom. “It would not’ be fitting for me : this time to discuss our foreign rel tions. But I am glad to say that th message of America is one of cordia: ffiendship. to all. nations, "We “have no questions which mutual good: will and. the ‘processes of reason cannot jsolve.” We have no subtleties, no du- |plicity of meaning, no soft words to |conceal a purpose of self-aggrandize ment atother’s @xpense. The ‘only {method of diplomacy we know is that of candid discussion of the merits of |problems. This, we think; is thé way \to prosper a ‘cause believed to be just and we shall advance no other. “The world is settling down, but ' is not yet settled...The counsel of power and expediency still dominate fas" the serious problems ‘left by tty great ‘war “presa for solution. This country seeks: not an acre of terri jtery by reason of Its participation ih the struggle that led to. victory. .Nor do we wish any eXclusive advantages jin the possessions which as a result fot the war ‘have passed under™new lcontrol. We simply ask that we'sha!l not be excluded from equal priyilezes wherever our interests are affecte: That seems to us to be a reasonable | position } Camp at at Capital CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 15-—Three hundred cavalrymen, of the Utah na tional guard under command of Maj Hamilton Gardner arrived at Mort D. A“ Russell ‘Tudsday-for two weeks’ of jtrainins. te US. INFLUENCE--HUGHES MOBILE, Ala. Frisco LOCAL WOULD HOLD OUT SEED Far ROD . y June 15.—Striking marine engineers here notified local officials of the shipping board yesterday that they were ready to return to work under the agreement de- cided upon by representatives of the union, the shipping board and Secretary Davis at Washington. SAN FRANCISCO, June 15.—In the absence of official news that agreement had been en- tered into by the national president, W. S. Brown, with United States shipping board officials to end the maritime strike, n Francisco local of the Marine Engineers Beneficial association’ meeting late last night by viva voce vote protcsted against the signing of rany~ agreement. The about 560 meeting was aitended by men and went on record as favoring | the resignation of President Brown if he has signed. Secretary J. J. Scary stated that no action would be taken until they had been officially notified — BRITISH NAVAL ESTIMATE CUT, Arms Intended For Erin Seized At Port of N.Y. NEW YORK, June 15.—(By The Associated Press}—A quantity of machine guns and ammunition be- Heved by agents of the department of justice to have been destined for shipment to Ireland was seized to- day by customs officers. aboard a steamer tied up at Hoboken. The custems officers refused to discuss théir seizure, but officials of the department of justice admitted that they Were investigating a re. | port that the arms were to haye been shipped to Ireland. LONDON, June 15.—(By The Asso ciated> Press}—The -total expenditure proposed for this year on the building of capital ships for the British nav is 2,000,009 pounds, Lieut. Col. Amery. parliamentary and financia} secretar to the admiralty, of commons toda: Lee, first lord of the British admiralty, annotnced sin London ‘on March 14. last, that the’ British na val estimates for 1921-22 amoynted 91,186,869 pounds” gross and §2,479.-} 000 pounds. net.- In his statement the potnted qut that economies proposei included a reduction in the number of capital ships tn full commission from) 20 to 16, as compared with 38-in 3914./ The "sum of 2,000;000 pounds had béen! included In the estimates for replace- Lord ment ships, he added, in view of the fact that some ‘of the capital ghips of theolder types were obey. lete. 4 i | AUTO TOURIST HELPS HIMSELF TO TIRE SUPPLY IN CAPITAL, TRIP IS DELAYED BY ARREST (Special to The Tribune.) CHEYENNE, June 15.—Edward. Wright of St. Mary's ‘an., an automobile tourist traveling to California with his !acking but fair results w. ‘wife and three children, was arrested shortly before last mid-.° btained in opening the "vale night while in the act, police assert, of placing in his-auto Of government oil leases in $250 worth of tires taken from the Cheyenne Auto Tire Ke- the Salt Creek field here to- Sensational Prices Are Lacking at Douglas, Bids are Fair, However (Special to The Tribnne) DOUGLAS, Wyo., June 15. —Sensational prices wer ca day at the first auction of valuable | nds under the new oil leasing law At noon only 8 of the 41 fracts had | een disposed of and, there were ndications that .the sale would be | continued tomorrow. ‘Although start: | ng off rather slow, spirited bidding ped after the first two or thre ucts had been sold and prices paid | nh some instances were considered | igh by oll operators, some 400 or 500 whom were present | Tract C, consisting of 160 acres in © southwest quarter of secti BELFAST RIOTS ARE KEPT ALIVE BY FIRING AND CRIES OF PANIC \Republican $ Sympathizers Mount Roofs, Other Vantage Points to Bat- tle Crown Guards BELFAST, Ireland, June 15. & ht a: aguregate ‘ot Ka — (By The Associated Press.) or 0 an acto, the record pric fer inside holdings paid during the | 74+ feature of the Belfast dis- morning. It was. knoeked down vo|turbances, which are disquiet- ©. B. Richardson, who is identified |ing to the authorities are fur- with the Consolidated Royalty. Oi | nish. ‘ company. ‘The name of the latter con-| ante e Ly what they termed cern was not mentioned in the male, ative the disoier, : wee Other sales: of inside tracts, which|" Several police harrac tif carry a royalty of 331 pent, were a ‘. ‘ precise, Sottiee ae pod. itary headquart at 1040 a. m. that whisties had been biown revolvers Tract A.—Weéat. haif~ot~ northwest | fired and cres of murder raised in thetr quarter and north half of southwest | districts followed by genuine screams quarter of section 32-30-78, sold to In-]0f panic from women and children, land Oil & Refining company for 3164,-| Who associated the noises with reprisal 000 or $1,025 an acre, raids. Tract B.—Narthwest quarter, north-| Shooting occurred during the break- omst quarter, northwest quarter, of | fast hour today in the streets affected foutheast quarter, and east half of | Yesterday evening. Northwest quarter of section 6-39-78 The forst fighting last evening war sold to Inland Oil & Refining company for $96,000 or $600 an acre. for $78,000 or $487.50 an acre. this tract, it is believed, pany Bidding on was held down by the contest of the Outwest Petroleum company, which threatens to litigate a claim already turned down by the interior depart- ment. Tract B—East half, southeast quar- ter, of section 7, and east half of northeast quarter of 18-39-78, sold to Ohio Oil cornpany for $110,000 or $687.50 an acre, Sales of outside tracts included ttf following, which call for a royalty of only 26 per cent: Tract Q—®, amelf of eouthcrest quarter, southeast quarter of south- west quarter of section 7-40-78, and nortwest quarter of northwest quar ter of section 18-40-78, sold to Robert M. Birek of Chicago for $1,000. Only ene bid was made on this tract, which ‘wan the first offered. ‘Tract. R.—Southwest, quarter) north- west duarter, cast half horthwest quarter and northwest quarter of northeast quarter of section 18-40-78, sold to Harry N. Isenberg, Denver, for $21,500. Tract S—Southwést quarter north. east quarter, west half southeast quar- ter and northeast quarter southeast quarter of section 18-40-78, sold to R. E. Wertz, Denver, for $7,000. ‘Tract T.—Southeast quarter south- east quarter of section 18-40-78, east half northeast quarter of section 19-40- 78, and northwest quarter of north- west quarter of section 20-40-78, sold to Henry Wyatt, Casper, for $5,000. So-called outside interests which might have been expected to enter the bidding this morning failed to show up and so far us known the Royal Dutch Shell, Sinclair or Union companies’ did not take part in the bidding. The sale-was resumed at 1:30. this afternoon Clair Gordon, chief of the field di vision of the general land, office at Cheyenne, is conducting tho sale with the assistance of B. 1. Erwin, regis ter of the Douglas ‘land office, and Wilkie Collins, receiver, Because of the large crowd the sale is being helt on the lower floor of Agricultural hall at the state fairgrounds, COURT JUDGE IS ON TRIAL Vis Associated Press.) tions have been United States tlement of the. questions pending be- tween them. The: of Yap, alien land question and the return of in the maze of streets radiating from | Conway Irish Republican soldiers, armed with . sold. to Carter Oil com-| revolvers, at other barricades furnished shelter for others. atréect in the Falls district took positions on roofs and vantage points. Sandbag behind which they were safe from the bullets of the crown forces, while gunmen kept up a continuous fire on the police. stormed it was found that the defend- ers had quickly retreated ee When the barricades were Patronage Row Develops Over Harding Choice pov big es thins hi » June 15. — An- Prec Gh sanheen pt row involving Presi- dent Harding, Hoover and Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the Repu , developed to- day. It results from ihe president's mination, oh recommendation of . Hooves, of Julius Klein of Bos- ton, to be director of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. The appolssment of Mr. Klein was said to have been a complete sur- prise to Senator Lodge, at whose requést the senate commerce com- mittee action on the nomi- nation pending an inquiry. Senater Lodge was a White House caller today, but did not see the president. Yap Dispute Is Taken Up With Japan, Report WASHINGTON, June 15.—(By The Direct’ negotia- begun between the and Japan for the set- ¢ include. the island the the immigration question; Shantung to China by Japan. Fire on Wheels Is Put Out in Yards CHEYENNE, June 15.—A traveling LANCASTER, June 15.—|fire on wheels was-a novel spectacle Judge Sherman D. Smalley, Cuba}in the east end of the Unjon Pacific City, sat in his own courtroom here| yards here. when two box cars wera today as-defendant against charges cf | discovered in flames on a siding be- violation of the corrupt practices act|yond reach of the nearest fire hy 0 friends of ex-Judge|drant. A switch engine was whom he defeated |to the ears and whisked at the polls last April. A jury was spot conveniently n chosen to hear h Judge | where the fire department made quick A. H. Read of V J. presiding, to| work of extinguishing the blaze. One decide whe ige Smalley will be | car was virtually destroyed unseated on of false stato gS ments regardin: failure of Smal! much of his the state's chie —>- BIG STRIKE THREATENED. LONDON, june 15.—(By’ The As-| sociated Press.)—Steps toward avert aneroft and = the y to put his name on mpaign material form allegations, ARMY BILL IS IN DEADLOCK WASHINGTON, ing a great cngineering stoppage af. June 15, —Con fecting 1,500,000 men were taken this/ferees on the army propriation bill morning when the minister of labor,| reached a dvadlock today on the size Thomas MacNamara, held a confer-|of next year’s army and decided to re ence with representatives of the em-| port disagreement “td the hous¢ | ployers and employes. The employera|jand senate with request for further postponed “posting lockout notices. | instructions MUSICAL COMEDY SCORES “Too much for the money, sums. up the expressjons obtained from prom- Inent’ Casperites who attended the American Legion bc...fit home tal- ent play which opened a three-day stay at the Iris theater last night. “Round the Clock With the Debu- tantes,”. 2. musical extravaganza with the charaeter. parts entirely assigned. to -home talent actors is in truth an around, the clock per: formané’, for the show starting promptly at 8:20 last night let out somewhat short of 12 o'clock, and x was jammed melody, fun and amusement from start to finish, | The huge cast, with scores of principals in each of the various parts of the performance, precludes the possibility of other than a gen- | eral review. The careful training undér the direction of Frankie Ter- ft Young shows’ in the manner in whieh’ thé talent. zequired’ and! in | the success of the musical numbers, | solos, duets, tries, quartets and en semble rtumbers Casper did not support properly | =" TRIUMPH FIRST EVENING the opening night of the show but it ts a’ safe hazard that tonight's performance. will be’ played to a capacily house as the fame of the play has spread broadcast. To Insure the financial success of the undertaking special commictées from : the ‘American Légion are working various districts of Cas- per today té boost: the ticket sale. On cach of the remaining two nights of the show the openine overture will be at 8:15, the prelude at 8:25 and the eurtain at 830.