Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 18, 1921, Page 1

FIRES 7 OIL TANKS sper Daily reve | NIGHT MATE |: WYO., SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1921 NATIONAL LEAGUE At Chicago— R. H. E. New York _-__- 04010100410 13.3 Chicago -__-.-_ 40014110 *—11 161 Batteries-—Ryan, Cheeves, Sallee, Nehf and Snyder; Tyler, Jones, Martin and O’Farrell. At Pittsburgh— Brooklyn __-_--002040110—8 . 9 Pittsburgh _____0000100.0 2+ 3 Batteries—Cadore and Miiler; Hamilton, vi der, Zinn and Schmidt. R. H. E. At Cincinnati— Philadelphia -_-_.001000101—3 9 3 incinnati ____.02423000*—11 11 1 Batteries—Keenan, Hubbell and Bruggy, Peters; Brenton and Hargrove. At St. Tau R. H. E, Boston Dent ree roo 8 200-4 11 1 Boston... 0.010011101—5 13 0 Batteries — Perrit, Ehmke and Ainsmith; Pennock and Ruel. : - At Boston—Second Gam Detroit _-__--_.0 6.1 1/1 OC Boston --_----- 2010 20 Batteries —Ehmke, Holling an ion; Bush and Walters. At Washington— St. Louis __<___ 2 0 0. Washington --. 0 2.0 Beteries — Roland, Burwell Mogridge and Ghartity. ~ At Philadelphia — Cleveland - Philadelphia game postponed; rain. BS At Chicago—New. York-Chicago game post- poned; wet grounds. HARDING ‘MUM | ON LEAGUE PLAN WASHINGTON, June 17.—(By The Associated Press.)— Hamilton Holt’s letter calling on President Hi to -dis- close his plans for an association of nations to rep! the league has failed to draw any reply from the administration and indications are that nune will be made, at least for the present; cussion ‘of “questions likely to lead to war. Heit heased the ston | New Serum Is Cattle Boon; _ Disease Ends PARIS, June i7.—The discovery of a serum rendering cattle immune to foot and mouth disease bas been made by Pratessers Valle and Carre of the Alfurtville agricultural re- search laboratory. This announce- ment has.been made to the agricul tural* commission of the senate by Senator Beaumont. ‘The discovery ia the result of years of experiment- ing with blood elements, and. mi- crobes in order to make passible the fixation of the bacillus a! the dis- ease, which is. so. infinitely smal! that it could not be retained in the most minute filters. Fixation now has been accomplished and the ser ut has been made in «mail quan- titfes through a phagocytic process 2\INTENDED TO ‘| BOOTLEG WAY REEUN COLLEGE lice, that he had intended to. work his way through business college by “moonshining.” Midwest Faces Loss of Half. Million; One Is Injured by Lightning Bolt 445,000 ber barrels vt fuel and crude oil, were ignited, one was injured and two slightly injured by a bolt of lightning which struck the Midwest NUMBER 214 214 Refining company’s tank farm west ot Casper at about 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. The injured man. was re moved to the hospitul and the extent of his shock was not fully known. During the downpour of rain which followed tife tanks burned fiercely and hundreds of men were rushed to the tank farm to throw up dikes and keep the fire from spreading to other GREAT LOAN FOR CATTLEMEN 10 BE READY SOON, PLANS ARE LAID Arrangeritrits Coridiided At Conference Today Of 25 Bankers, Many States Represented NEW YORK, - June 17,— | Bankers from Chicago and vi- joe meeting today. with J. Morgan, made preliminary arrangements for extending a Joan of $50,000,000 to the \ cattle industry in the southwest and pees sections of the country. New ‘ork bankers agreed to raise one-half lor the sum, and it was understood as- masa he jsdrance was, given by western bank-| gp LOUIS, June 17.—Mra. Danie! eesti See ee ete aa Mvtlecs! $6 Sharh se aie): fereasely Mr, Morgan said that while the mat: | Ursulla Broderic, who killed her father tanks. The loss in off and tanks, un less the fire is Brought under con trol, will aggregate over $500,000, it rstood, although figures on quantity of off are not avail automobile ruck parked near one of the tanks w totally de. jstroyed Because of. the location of the fire. which is across the river, the security of the refining plants of the Midwest and Standard are not menaced. Foamite and othér chemicals is bet ing used in/an effort to extinguish the blaze but officials this afternoon were uncertain’ as-to ‘whether ‘these © at tempts would be successful. At least one Casper vesident, C.' B. Stafford. seeretary of ths chamber of commorce.“was’ an, cyé-witness ‘to the ignition.; Standing: on’ the knoll over. looking, the, new tourist camp south of the city he saw. the lightning strike the southernmost tank: of. those fired and run-from one to another of the huge -steel containers. A ‘concussion occurred as each. tank was. ignited. The rain which’ flooded Casper dur. ing the hour following reached the proportions of a cloudburst and was the hardest of the season. Sewers were unable to carry off the flood and considerable hail fell, doing damage to garden: — WOMAN SLAYER PAROLED. |ter had not been, settled definitely |in 1916, and. was sentenced to 10 the first block of ‘bills be drawn | y int titent! next week, TKese bills probably will °°" eth pera: deities |be six months acceptances, it was |™Urder we cll eter mia niet en! Woodlock, in 1919, was parolled today by Circuit Judge eink ath said, and will be eligible for redis- count at federal reserve banks. MINERS TURN DOWN OFFERS LONDON, June 17.—(By The As- sociated Press.)—It was unofficiatly reported this afternoon that the ballot of the coal miners on the strike settlement proposition had resulted against acceptance of the owners’ terms, but whether the re- ported adverse majority is suffi- cient to warrant continuance of the strike was not stated. The execu- tive committee of the miners union met fate today to receive the bal-_ lot. The result of the ballot, accord- ing to official announcement, was: “For acceptance of the mine owners terms, 183,827; for rejec- tion, 431,511 ; ROAD REPORT Reports‘ indicate the following road conditions today, June 17. Grant Highway—Van_ Tassel to Orin. Yellowstone Highray—Car arriv- ing from Cheyenne reported heavy rains between Cheyenne and Orin all day Wednesday, but road should be in good shape by now. Orin‘to Cas- per, generally good yesterday, but some showers fell last night. Defdur from six miles west cf Douglas to three miles east of Careyhurst, Cas- per west fo Waltman, Arminto, Lost Cabin and Shoshoni will be in very good shape by Friday <vening If no further rains. Shoshoni-Lander Road—The de- tour’ at Shoshooi to Riverton is slow going, then high water between Riv- erton and Hudson makes traveling slow and difficult, then good to Lan- Casper-Sheridan Road, reported generally good all the way to Sheri- dan. Repiillieans during the cam: | pression. was permitted:to so wever, that if President Hard- = replies to the letter Re will’ not Dter’ into any detailed discussion, ind “that. so far as the admintstra- S convernéd the association plan remain for the present, ina in: ioite status, as the administration fers: first’ a definite settlement of Teace Enda restoration’ of stable con: MEXICO OFTY, Junc 17.—Re- ports of the depletion of Mexican off flelds were described 2s “absurd and unfotmded” last night by the treas' and commerce and indus- dena the _ Mexican made ms iv the confidence of today that s character sfor the propescd association heen “meve. One. ¢ cciaiton plan | government. They prepared at the Wredtdents reqiest,| Serre showing that sines 1901, pro- A ‘shout | duction of oil in Mexico has con- and.an| stantly increased, and stzted that it fer'the dis-| ,was estimated the total’ outpat for (MEXICAN OIL OU REPORTS OF DEPLETION DENIED f TPUT GROWING the present year would b> more than 260 million barrels. ‘The total amount of crude petro- Ieum on hand in Mexico at the end of 1920, was estimated at 8,828,039 barrels. The production for the first months of the. present year’ was given as follow 16,246,020; 17,841,887; February, April, 19,- — “LI M essage Sent to Fred Beauvais at Time of Guy Stillman’s Birth by Mother Is Read at Divorce Hearing POUGHKEEPSIE, N., Y., June 17.—Testimony saying that Mrs.. Anne U.-Stillman, on the day that Guy Stillman was born direeted her nurse to telegraph Fred-Beauvis in Montre- al a‘message reading: “Little brown bear has arrived,” was understood to have been introduced today in the divorce suit brought by James A. Stillman, Néw York Banker. This testimony was given’ by Mary Oliver Gilligan, who was. the nurse at Guy's birth, November 7, 1918. = JACK DEMPSEY she added that Mr.’ Siltman did not ap- { PAWHUSKA, Okla pear that day at the hospital where the infant was born. PHYSICIAN ON HAND TO OFFER TESIMOD POU SIE, N.“¥., June 17. —Dr. Russell, the Buffalo osteopath, who swore Mrs. Stillman told him before the birth of Guy Still- . June 17.—A eee se treet tho Petition stating that his wife, dirs. child, resumed the “witness stand to-| /!!'y° Boulanger, : had--boen) “carrying on a clandestine correspondence with one Jack Dempsey, of Los Angeles, Caf, who is a married man and knaw % to the defendant as a married man, He was accompanied from Buffalo) has been. filed in district coyrt here by his own lawyer, D. J. Kenefeck. by F. R. Boulanger, an Osage Indian Attorneys for Mrs. Stillman have ac- of this county, it became known today. cused Dr- Russell of violating® the jr is a divorce action. Boulanger’s at ethics of his profession by his testi: torneys declare the Dempsey referred mony, as he declared Mrs Stillman to in the petition was the heavyweight made her- alleged statements regard-| yugilist champion. ing Guy's paternity while under his} yfrs. Boulanger filed a cross bill al- treatment in 1918. A long. cross-ex- jeging cruelty. She was granted $50 amination awaits him. |tempS-ary alimony. and $150. expense| SELES SIGS SE money and $250 attorney's fees. FORMER JUDGE \Fivislene oi Oil DID SHOOTING, Tax Is Planned WITNESS SAYS WASHINGTON, June 17.—Protest| CLEVELAND, Ohio, June. 17— against the payment of the recently imposed 25 per cent increase in the tax] Testifying. tor’the stite today in. the perjury trial of former Jndge Wil- on petroleum in Mexico will be made| early next week to Secretary Hughes liam H. McGannon, Miss Mary Heeley startled the court and spectators when day at: hearings in the divorce suit instituted by James A. Stillman, New York banker, by representatives of the assdciation of producers. of petroleum in Mexico. | It was announced teday that the con ference had been arranged and that nhe ‘sald: it wuld be attended by. the more im foe MeGannon ehoot Har portant officials of the various o old Kagy s he 01 The .state is secking to prove that “nen Seite ph erage McGannon swore faisely when he said he was not-present when Kagy was ‘shot and’ killed on the night of May -7,' 1920. i a BANK SURPLUS GROW: CHEY) E, Wyo., June 17.—The board of directors of the Citizens’ N: tional bank of Cheyenne, Wednesday | jafternoon increased the bank's sur-} —_—_.—. STATE DEPUTY NAMED.. approximately CHEYE: . Wyo, June 17. — | pius $25,000, from $125,000 to $150,000. | State Treasuser ‘A. D. Hoskins Thurs-| The capita! stock of the bank remains day announced the appointmérit of , $100,000. Arthun Caverly of Kemmerer, -Wyo Saar : to succeed W. B. Sammon, also of, A celebrated scientist. declares that Kemmerer, as deputy “treasurer in women are loss sensitive: to pain than charge of the workmen's compensa men. and actually feel less of it in a tion bureau. | given operation. WOMAN KILLS MAN SHE FOLLOWED HERE Failure to Secure ‘Arrest of Former Lover for ‘Alleged Mis- treatment’ in Oklahoma Leads Mrs. Ida Graham to Adopt Criminal Means of ‘Aven ging Wrongs, Is Report After having sought without result the arrest of John W. Delury in Oklahoma for wrecking her home by demolishing the furniture with an axe and cutting curtains, cloth- ing and othe- articles of furnishings and equipment to bits with a razor Mrs. Ida Graham followed the man half way across the country and in the presence of the throng which gathered at the carnival last night avenged her fancied wrongs by shooting and mort- ally wounding him. The principals in the tragedy which ‘was enacted in front of the athletic cancession of the carnival on West A street, came he ntly from the Texas oil fields. Delury has been employed in Casper by ous pipeline and tank erecting crews The woman is widely known in south ern oil fields as the “lady barber” of Burkburnett. The woman cme here just 24 hours before the crime was enacted, apparently searching for the man whom she claimed had wronged her Upable to find him, she made many inquiries yesterday in an endeavor to joeate him and sought the ald of the county authorities to have him ar. sted woman, apparently and self-assured, appeared at fice of County Attorney M. cell yesterday and aft herself Mrs, Ida Graham, asked for a warrant to have John Delury arrested. She charged that he had destroyed: her home at Duncan, Okla Mr. Purcell - notified: her ‘that man could not be prosecuted here for @ crime which was committed in Oklahoina, She said that she had been advised otherwise and said: “If I only could get him arrested, then his folks would come to Ais res: and I would get my money back.” Her peculiar attire, consisting of a Very conspicuous cloak, heavy amber glasses and other articles of apparel which . attracted the attention of scores of people here yesterday caused Mr. Purcell tp reason that she was covering up something, under the disguise: Before: releasing her from his of fice Mr. Pureell wove a story from her of.tilicit relations with Delury extending over a period of two years while they were both living at Burk burnett, Texas,~ where they were known as man and wife. ‘The woman said that after a quar- rel. she and Delury separated, she (Continued on Page 9. LE * very calm the of- W. Par BANDITS GET 5 MAIL SACKS BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan., June 17.—Four bandits held up Guy Shields, 26 years o tage, armed mail messenier here at 4 ‘o'clock this morning took him out of his motor car and escaped with five mail sacks of mail. The last Shields saw of the ban- dits, they were speeding west in a motor car taken from him and a touring car used in the robbery. He walked back to town, --Banks announeed early today that so far as could be determined, none of their money was in the pouches. Only a small quantity of registered mall is believed to have been stolen. Chief of Police C. H. Upson re- ceived a report at 9 o'clock that some of tho mall had been dumped into Spring river. A posse is searching for the bandits. so aan SEE Sinn Feins Cut Wires at London, Nine Are Seized LONDON, June 17.—(By The Asso- ciated Press}—A campaign of wi spread cutting of. railway and signal wires and burning of signal cabins around London, attended by violence against signal men, was carried out last night by men who, the police de- clared, were inn Feiners’ and members of the Irish Self-Determina- tion league. Nine men were arrested. “It has been. known for some time that the heads of the Irish Self-De. termination league in London have béen in correspondence with the so- alled ‘Irish Republican army which as been directing the murders and vari-| r introducing | the | FRENCH CRY FOR JUSTICE FROM KAISER |Senator’s Demand for Discussion of Inter- pellation Meets With Delay; No Action Probable at This Time © PARIS, June 17.—Senator Duplantier, in the senate late jyesterday, with Premier Briand attending the session, re- newed his demand of Tuesday to know ‘“‘what measures the French governmept intends to take concerning the execti- tion of the treaty of Versailles relative to bringing William Hohenzollern, ex-kaiser of Germany, to trial for his crimes A. ) against humanity.” The senator asked for immediate discussion of his inter- pellation. As far as the kaiser is Vremier. Briand said, ne doubtless will rule that two years after the armistice we cannot join his case with the others now being tried ‘at Leipsic without some slight incon- | venience.” | There was a touch of sarcasm in the. stoical voice of the premier as he |spoke. Later the senate voted to pest: | Pone, discussion of M. Dupiantier’s |interpellation and ordered that it be lentered in its regular turn on the order of thé day, This is equivalent to an indefinite postponement of debate pon, the interpe! aod ‘Catholics Plan Demonstration GIVEN REPRIEVE CHICAGO, June 17.—Cart Wander er, sentenced to imprisonment for 15 years for alaying “his wife and later sentenced to be hanged today for the| murder of a “ragged stranger” es- caped the gallows today. He recent- ly was grinted a stay of execution und! a jury shall examine into the claim of Wanderer's attorneys that has become insane since his con- Wanderer shot and killed his viel and the (ragged stranger” whom was alleged to have hired, during ™ prearranged holdup. Amerieans Are Made Officers EL PASO, Texas, June 17.—From 20,000 to 35,000 Catholics will take part in a demonstration of faith here Sunday evening, the feature of which will be a parade through the city streets, it is announced by Rt. Rev. World Rotary Anthony J. Schuler, bishop of Bi Pi "as0 diocese. During the demonstra: tion the city of El Paso will be dedi- rated, to Christ. Catholics, Mexicans EDINBURGH, Seotland, June 17.—land Americans, in El Paso and Three Americans were clected v.ce ‘Juarez, and from towns close to El Presidents of the International As- Paso in Texas and New Mexico will sociation of i clubs in the Seto part in the Be seine en, ot vice president, “Billy” Coppelick, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, second vice | president and H. J. Luther Stark of | Orange, ‘Texas, third vice president. on Wednesday). | Mrs. Lyda Southard charged with the The trophy for the club with thé|murder of Edward. F. Meyer, her best travelling record. was. secured | fourth husband, was today bound over by Longmont, Colo, Wichita, Kan.,|for trial in the district court here at cluding se: of the. conve: oe Sug Sic "s Sm ARS. SOUTHARD (Dr. Crawford C. McCullough of aS) BOUND OVER Fort William, Ont., was unanimously | was’ second and Worcester, Mass.. |the conclusion of the second day of third, while San Francisco secured the preliminary examination in her of Lancaster, Pa., was clected first elected president the assoclation| TWIN FALDS, Idaho, June 17.— the women's attendance trophy. The | case. international golf trophy was won by| Action of the court came after a the United Kingdom morning of testimony designed to ——* strengthe. the state's contention that ‘Meyer's death was due to arsenic 18 I. Ww. WwW. poison and to show the possibility of Mrs. Southard’s connection therewith. City Chemist 1, R. Dooley, on the |stand, sald that he had made tests lof namples of organs taken from the RELEASE KANSAS CITY, June 17.—Fighteen |body of Meyer, which exhumed members of the I. W. W. serving|April 2, 1921, almost seven months sentences in Leavenworth federal after his death, and that he had found Prison for alleged ‘sabotage in the ,palson tn ll the specimens, includ wheat and oil fields of Kansas and jing the hair all, the chemist said Oklahoma, will be released late today. jhe found one fourth Brain of the pol. ;An order for their release was pre- ‘son in the samples tested. He was pared following the receipt here of a certain in his own opinion that there mandate from thé) United States cir cult court of appeals. RECOCNITION OF SOUTH CHINA UP WASHINGTON, June 17.—Dr. Sun Yat Sen, president of |the Southern Chinese republic, has appealed to President Harding for recognition of his government. The text of the appeal was made public here today by Ma Soo, Dr. Sen's per- sonal representative in Washington. “Whether democracy triumphs or fails, much depends was contained in the whole body more than enough poison to cause death. outrages in “freland,” the pol. an-]upon the ision of America,” the fairs in China that unless America nouncement said. latter said Such is the state of af-Iner traditional friend and supporter, comes forw to lend a } ing hand in this criticat Pe would be |to the 21 demands of Japan.” | Dr. Sun cated attention to his re- |cent manifesto to the friend nations, [in which he said he had shown that ‘LEAGUE CHIEF MAKES REQUES (ii Sistemas see gees and southern China is not a war be- |tween the ent sections PARIS, June 13.—(By The Asso- j- mandates for the former (German jcopnsry. } ; colonies, The contents of the note |tween m ciated | Préss)}—Dr. Gaston Da Cum | fore been communicated to ths |between treasor ha, president of ‘the council of the | United States government. The letter sald internal’ conditions league of nations, has addressed Dr. Da Cunha, in his note sum- | “had gone from bad to wors in identical notes’ to’ the prime minis- | marized the situation created by |China and charged that the militar. ters of France, Great Britain, Italy |. the attitude of the American: goy- | ists “had food supplies and, Japan with regard to the ernment, which has indicated its round the districts) where urgency of having the approval of intention not to make representa- | millions were and rejected of. the United States in settlements be- tions at the coming mectinz of the | fers of outsi ur instead tween themselves hefore decisions | leagne’s council on the mandate | that inoney sent “for the sake pf ! cam be taken by the council on | question. self gain.