Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 19, 1921, Page 1

NEW 10,000-BARREL REFINERY IS LOCATED HERE (Che Casper Daily Crihbune VOLUME V NIGHT | TWO BIG OIL _ TANKS FIRED BY LIGHTNING Midwest Faces Another Huge Loss From Fourth Blaze Started in Month; ‘Chemical Connections Rushed The. Midwest Refining company faces another $150,000 loss from fire as the result of two more oil tanks on the company’s farm west of this city being struck by lightning this afternoon during a thunder shower. The tanks are of 55,000-barrel capacity or larger and chemical connections were being rushed this afternoon in an effort to save them. Pumping ofl from under the flames was also to be started immediately. The ignition of two tanks today makes a total of 11 fired by lightning during the last month, the loss from seven others having approximated al- rRQSt $1,000,000. rhe location of the fire is on the tank farm across the river from the refinery in clos® proximity, it ap- peared, to the scene of the last’ fire. RUTH CRACKS “OUT NO. 36 DETROIT, Mich., July 18.—Babe Rath knocked out his 36th home run with one man on in the eighth inning of today’s. game here. CLOTHING COLLECTED FOR NEEDY IN CASPER The Casper organization of the W. ©. T. U. is taking a hand in the loan t which is being established in the office of the Natrona county chapter of the Red Cross located in room 216, Miwest building. All members of the organization are asked to assist in securing such material and equipment as can be used in distributing to needy people. Nightgowns, pillow cases, sheets and articles of similar nature can be used. The material should be brought to the meeting being held Friday after- noon in the public Ubrary. ARS Se IN Frank Riley has returned from Douglas where he spent the week-end looking after business and visiting friends. 50 FIREMEN OVERCOME BY PLANT FUMES NEW YORK, July 18.—Fifty fire- men were overcome today in fighting a $1,000,000 fire in the building of the Phoenix Cheese company on Green- wich street, on the west side of Lower Manhattan. Fumes from the refriger- ating plant compelled the firemen to work in relays. | BALL SCORES |N ATIONAL LEAGUE | At Philadelphia (1st game) Cinchmati ...,301 002 102-9 11 1 Philadelphia *-410 000 000—5 8 2 Batterics—Marquard, Donohue and Wingo; Ring and Bruggy. At Philadelphia @nd game) R. H. E. Cincinnati ....020 700 000— 9 10 1 Phitsdelphia ..000 010 400—5 9 3 Batteries—Eller, Coumte and Har- ry Baumgartner, Sedgwick and ‘eters. ‘ At Brookiyn— Z R. HE. Chicago 101 Off OO1I— 8 12 3 Brooklyn .--001 000 006O— 1 11 0 Batteries—Ponder and Daly; Rueth- er, Mitchell and Miller. At Boston— R. H. E. St. Louis . ton : Batteries—Walker, Bailey, North, Riviere and Dilhoefer; Fillingim and Gibson: At New York— . a New York |...000 820 00°12 12 1 Batteries—Morrison, Glazer, Rater and Schmidt,. Warwick;. Nehf. and Smith, Gaston. AMERICAN LEAGUE A Chicago (Ist game) R. H. E. Boston . -300 000 100 0-4 10 0 Chicago -010 001 020 1-5 13 3 Battcries—Jones and Ruel; Kerr and Schalk. At Chicago— Boston 000 00° Chicage 0 o0* At Detroit— New York . -212 003 0* Detroit --- 010 100 0°7—* © * At Cleveland— Washington ...000 002 Cleveland fie RAIL VALUATIONS. WASHINGTON, July 18.—The inter- state commerce commission announced today the following tentative valua- tions of railroads: Gulf, Texas and Western, $1,667,771; Timpson and Henderson (Texas), $392,- 643; Montana Western, $186,500. CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1921 12 ‘UMPIRES’ WILL DECIDE FATE OF SOX CHICAGO, July 18.—After . two weeks warming up during which nearly 600 men were examined in an effort to select a jury, defense and prosecution today indulged in the first “inning” of the trial of seven former White Sox players and four alleged gamblers charged with a conspiracy to permit Cinein- nati to win the from Chicago. There were indica- tions that the 12 umpires in the jury box may be asked to decide | merely whether spch a conspiracy as the state charges was against Illinois laws rather than if such a conspiracy actually existed. The defense planned to inject into the trial the feud between Presi- dent Johnson of the American league and Charles A. Comiskey of the Chicago American league club, in an effort to show Johnson insti- gated the investigation to block Comiskey’s chances of winning an- other pennant. » The list of seven former White Sox players and four alleged gam- blers who went on trial today fol- lows. Edward Cicotte, pitcher; Claude Williams, pitcher; George Weaver, third baseman; Charles Ris- berg, shortstop; Arnold (Chick) Gan- dil, first baseman; Joseph Jackson, outfielder; Oscar Felsch, outfielder; Carl Zork, Louis and Ben Levy, and David Zelser. May Meet Here to File Protest Casper oil interests, com- prising representatives of all the Jeading companies of the state in all probability will be called into convention in Cas- per during the coming week to enter a protest from over the elimination of petroleum from tariff protected industries. Arrangements for -the convention .|are now in the hands of officers of the chamber of commerce and other} civic organizations here. It is prob- able that. the procedure of .the con- vention will follow on a similar line to conventions of oil men being held in every producing district in the country. The necessity for protecting the American market from Mexican fuel will put up strongly to the congres- sional ‘representatives of each of the states affected. As evidence of the need for imme- diate prolection of America’s oi] in- dustry it was cited today by oil men here that a new ficld was opened up in Mexico recently and that the pro- duction of the first three weeks com- pleted was 305,000 daily. The “con- gested conditions of the petroleum market and slight demand for refined products was also cited as another reason for the demand for protec- tion. 9 world series | Wyoming Operators’ Wyoming ATL) NUMBER 239 | GIVEN ON STOP HERE Clinton Boys Leave Casper With Warm|\ Feeling of Friendshipas Resultof | Entertainment Greetings | The Clinton Boy Scouts party left Casper at 1:30 o'clock}! |this afternoon for Douglas after its overnight stop in Casper ‘Jast night. The first arrivals of the about 6 o’clock yesterday evening after an al] day drive | from Thermopolis, The convoy was strung out along the} road and the last stragglers drifted in about 10 o'clock in the evening. Four cars left the city yesterday morning to meet the convoy and bring In sections whose cars were out of commission. The half day layover in Casper enabled the mechanics to make necessary repairs on autos and trucks so that the caravan was able to leave Casper in good running order. Several carloads of scouts and ofti- cials of the Casper council met the head of the Clinton convoy at the Stone ranch, twenty miles west on the Yellowstone highway and conducted them to their overnight camp at the A newly formed wireless society in| fair grounds. England has arranged dances the mu- sic for which will be provided by| guides along the route to the camping Local scouts were stationed. as Sround to point oyt the way té the Engineer Dies - At Throttle Of Fast Train ALTOONA, Pa., July 18,—Alva G. Laughlin, 55 years of age, of Altoona, engineer of Pennsylvania train No. |18, Chicago mail east, died with his |hand on the throttle as his train was passing Wilmore, Camoria county, at 7.35 o'clock last night. Engineer | Laughlin apparently felt himself sink- ing ‘as he made a vain effort to shut eff the power and bring his train to ja stop. Fireman Theodore Ritchey saw jLaughlin sink back and stretched jover the prostrate engineer to reach jthe throttle and halt the train. | 2S ‘Anti-Beer Bill | Given Setback ‘WASHINGTON, July 18.—The Wil- | lis-Campbeil Anti-Beer bill got:a set- | back today when the senate refused to give it right of way and instead gave Privileged status to the Norris farmers relief measure to create a $10,000,000 |export corporation. The motion to give priority to the Norris bill was adopted, 47 to 17. ———_—_ A. locomotive consumes more coal in cold than in hot weather. © WOMAN IS TARRED AND FEATHERED South Awakes to Serious Condition as Alleged Bigamist Is Dragged From , Hotel and Given Tar Coat DALLAS, Texas, July 18.—Authorities in widely sepa- fated sections of the southern states today are cog- nizance of a series of attacks in which the victims are tarred and feathered, apparently by widely organized secret gen The instances now num! @ score or more within last three months and indicate the existence of a secret organiza- tion similar to that of the Ku Klux|Mrs. Beulah Johnson was last night Klan of reconstruction days. The se-|taken from a hotel porch at Tenaha, erecy of the perpetrators has usual-| Texas, stripped and tarred and feath- Iy been kept hidden even the exact/ered. It was alleged that the woman motive of the attacks, although they|was a bigamist. Tite attack was said have generally seemed to be for|to hate been made by men wearing “moral. reasons.” white, uniforms. é ‘The latest attack was the first ever| Driving up to the hotel with a dis- Tepertsc as-made against a woman.|play of firearms, the men are said to ‘ have taken the woman into ore of their motors and to have proceeded several miles into the country, where Mrs. Johnson’s clothing w&s removed and she was given a coat of ‘tar and feathers. She was then placed in the automobile and returned to the town. According ‘to information the authori- ties have, Mrs. Johnson had been mar- ried three ‘times, the first husband be- ing dead, while the other two are still living. The third) marriage, it said, took place within: the last 18 months. Beating of a man named McKnight of Nacogdoches, Texas, by ‘masked men. at. Timpson is reported as an- other Saturday night development in border towns. At Miami, Fla., eight masked men waylaid Rev. Philip S. Irwin, white, archdeacon of the English Episcopal church and head of that church's work among south Florida negroes’on Sunday evening, took him into the wooas and whipped him, then applied, was/ @ coat of tar and feathers. He was returned to town and dumped from an automobile into the street. Irwin said his assailants fold him he had been’ preaching social equality to the negroes. At Warrensburg, Mo., on Sunday night Richard Johnson, a retired farmer, was seized and whipped by three masked men.” He was warns to leave the country, he said. R. F. Scott, world war veteran, was |€umiped from an automobile in“a coat of tar and feathers at Beaumont, Texas, on Saturday.night. He was seized by masked men while ‘riding along. a country road with two women. —— TEXAS LEGISLATURE MEETS. AUSTIN, Texas, July 18—The 37th Texas legislature met in special ses- mitted by the governor. | |\Producers & Refiners Corporation Un- loads 16. Cars of Material on Site Pur- chased Four Miles East; New Line from Salt Creek Will Deliver Crude Sixteen cars of equipment and materiai are being unloaded ‘east of Casper for the new 10,000-burrel refinery of the Pro- ‘ducers and Refiners corporation. This fact became known last week when district headquarters of the company here ! | SCOUTS arty reached Casper} Straggling cars as they arrived and; the guides maintained their stations until-11 o'clock to make sure that the late arrivals -were shown thelr way directly to the fair grounds. The arrival of the Clinton delega-| tion created a great amount of inter- est among the citizens of Camper and the scout camp at the fair grounds was host to many local visitors last evening. ‘The visiting scouts and their offi- clals were entertained at dinner at admitted plans for the erection of a large warehouse and was confirmed today by official announcements from the BIG WELCOME headquarters of the company in Den- ver. The first shipment was consigned from Oklahoma and the second, it is understood, will be made from Burk burnett, where two plants recently ismantied, will be combined “in the erection of a modern plant at Casper. The Casper plant, it is understood, will be énlargea to take care of the company’s entire production in the Rocky Mountain region, Decision to locate the works at Cas- per was reached after the executive officers of the company had inspected sites at Douglas and Glenrock, the former place offering a free site and $50,000 bonus and the latter offering & free site. ‘When the location was made def- inite a deal was closed with ex-Gov. B. B. Brooks for the purchase of a site consisting of 280 acres four miles east of Casper with the Yellowstone Highway cutting through the north east corner of the C. B. & Q. and C. & N. W. railroads traversing it east and west, The Platte river runs through the south end of the tract east and west, and Deer creek runs north and south through the center of the tract. Water righis to both streams go with the land. Following is_a legal déscription of the tracts: SEX of SEX of section 31-34-78, NEY of section 6-33-78 and N% of SE% of section 6-33-78, Natrona __ county. Stroud station on the Northwestern railroad is on the property and Fry station on the Burlington is just east of the property line. The consid- eration was $30,000. The new plant will ultimately haye @ charging capacity of 10,000 barrels or more but. it is planned to complete only one unit of 3,000 barrels this year. It will be located between the tracks of the two railroads where @ {model tqwn will also be bullt to pro- vide homes for the employes. Contin- uous distillation stills will be in- stalled and all products will be taken the Henning hotel at 8:30 o'clock last|out except lubricating oils and wax. evening. A hearty meal made a big hit with the boys and the cordiality of the recreation accorded them pre- Later it is planned to add a wax plant and also manufacture lubricants. The material has all been ordered © and (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on Page 3) OIL TARIFF IS ELIMINATED House Votes to Strike Out Duty on Fuel and Crude Oil at Instance of Hard- ing; Request M ade in Writing WASHINGTON, July 18.—The proposed du! and fuel oil was struck out of by vote of the house. on crude the Fordney tariff bill today The vote was 187 for elimination of the duty to 79 against. There will be another vote on passage of the bill Thursday. WASHINGTON, July —18.—Presi- dent Harding's letter of June 30 to Chairman Fordney of the house ways and means committee, opposing impo- sition of a duty on crude petroleum and fuel oil and suggesting @ bargain ing provision to “guard against the levy of duties against us," was pre- sented to the house today by Mr. Ford- ney. The text differed materially from recently published versions of the communication and in reply to ‘questions, Mr. Fordney said there was another letter from the president which he did not propose to read. The text of the president's letter of June 30 follows: “I understand that your committee is very soon to decide whether to in- clude a protective duty on crude oil lin the tariff bill to-be reported to the Mouse. I cannot.refrain from ex- pressing the hope that your commit: tee will take note of the foreign policy to which we are already committed, under which the government is doing every consistent thing to encourage the’ participation of American citizens in the development of the oll resources in many foreign lands. This course has been inspired by the growing con- cern of our country over the supply of crude oil to which we may turn for our future needs, not alone for our domestic commerce, but in meeting the demands of our navy and our mer- chant marine. “To levy a protective tariff on crude petroleum now would be at variance with all that has been done to safe- guard our future interests. “I am not unmindful of the oil industry within our own borders: and Most cordially believe in its proper consideration. “Would jt not be practical to provide for such protection in some: bargain- ing provision which may be placed in the hands of the executive so that we may guard against the levy of duties against us,or the imposition by other nations of export tariffs which are designed to hinder the facilitation of trade which is essential to our wel- fare? “In ‘the matter of crude oil as in the case of lumber concerning which we talked, our position will be the stronger if the tariff levy is omitted and authority is given thy executive to impose a duty in appropriately state circumstances.” I Rope your committee will find it consistent to give consid- eration to/these sUggestions.” ————. .Mr.cand Mrs: William Thrasher are’ the oil schedule prior to final Californian Is Rescued From Pocket in Park SAN ERARCIBOO, July 18.—Lieut. Fred W. Nichols of Los Angeles was rescued today from an 800 foot granite pocket near Sentinel rock in Yosemite national park after having been com- pelled to spend the night there, ac- cording to a message to the San Fran- cisco Cail. “A special rescuing party made up of rangers and members of the national guard with which Licu- tenant Nichols was camping, scaled to his precarious position at daybreak and brought him out. Lieutenant Nichols became lost while sightseeing and going into the pocket was unable to get out on ac- count of darkness. U. S. PRISON AT PITTSBURGH IS FIRi D, 6 HURT Ten Factor, Prisoners ~, ‘volt; Asked to % and Buildings Destroyed and State Troops Are Guard Tonight PITTSBURGH, July 18.—Six persons were injured and 10 factory buildings destroyed in a riot and fire at the west- ern penitentiary this afternoon. Police and deputy sheriff; from all parts of the city assisted the prison guards in hold- ing the prisoners while firemen put out the flames. Warden Francis asked Governor Sproul for two troops of state police- Barley Malt Beer Sought By Grain Men WASHINGTON, July 18.—A plea of 2.75 per cent barley malt | beer was made before the joint con- | gressional commission on agricul- ture by R. A. Jones, representing Minnesota grain dealers and Charles Kenny representing a Minnesota | farmer elevator association. Mr. Jones estimates that malt beer legislation would mean an addi tion of $300,000,000 a year to north western farmers and suggested a testing squad under the department of agriculture to establish that 2.75 beer was non-intoxicating. Mr. Kenny, who comes from the district of Representative Volstead, author of the prohibition enforcement law, maid he wanted barley beer legalized as it could be demonstrated to be non-infoxicating, RED BANDS TO BE BROKEN UP "PIERRE, S. D., July 18.Assistant Attorney General Sickel today n- formed Sheriff Gethcell of Hand coun ty, one of the several officials who had wired the attorney general's office for instructions regarding ie activities of bands of alleged I. W. W. now in the state, who have been charged with two murders in the last 48 hours, that these lawless bands must be broken up at all costs as soon as pos- sible. Jane Addams Is Made Head Of World Congress VIENNA, July 18.—Miss Jane Ad- dams of Chicago was unanimously elected president of the International Women's congress at the closing ses- sion here yesterday and by common assent the present congress was pro- nounced the most successful ever held, Among resolutions adopted at the final meeting was one to secure the co-operation of all branches of the organization, in an effort to line up the women “of the entire world for nonparticipation in any activity which would make war possible. General regret was expressed that the short duration of the meeting made it impossible to devote exhaus- tive discussion to many vitally im- portant questions involved in the furtherance of world peace. eae neers REAR ADMIRAL NAMED. WASHINGTON, July 18.—Capt. William A. Moffitt was nominated by President Harding to be chief of the navy department's bureau =f aero- nautics with the rank of rear ad- miral. men to guard the prison tonight. great crowd gathered outside walls during the disturbance. Police and fire lines were drawn tightly around the institution and de- tailed reports of the outbreak were unavailable. It was known, however, that penitentiary guards reinforced by city policemen and deputy sher- iffs, armed with rifles and riot: guns, were holding the prisoners at bay, while a heavy fire-fighting force was A the | endeavoring to extinguish the ftames. The cause of today's outbreak was said by one of the guards to have originated in a party of 250 men and 30 women who were recently sent here from the eastern penitentiary at Phil- adelphia. They complained, he said, that they were not allowed certain privileges which had been accorded them in the east, The population of the prison was said to be between 1,200 and 1,500. A peep through one of the prison gates showed a party of Pittsburgh detectives with drawn revolvers fac- ing @ great crowd of prisoners in the yard. The men appeared to be in great terror from the flames which raged back of them. So far as could be seen none of them was armed. Meantime the flames had crept slong the Ohio river side and many prisoners confined in cells there shat tered the glass in windows and shrieked for help. Two watch towers on the walls were attacked by the fire and quickly consumed. Persons in the street could. distinet- ly hear the shrieks.and groans of the imprisoned men and it was reported that.a number had been hurt and tiken to ‘the first aid -hospitat-in’ ¢ section ofthe prison remote from where the fire raged. Many citizens offered their services to the authori- ties and were. added to Sheriff Had- dock’s force. SHIP WORKERS LAID OFF. QUINCY, Mass... July -18.— The Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation announced that 2,500 of its employes at the Fore river plant would be laid off indefinitely, The 1,500 other work- ers will be put on a part-time basis. The curtailment was said to be due to reduction in government contract allotments. ROAD REPORT The following report on road con- ditions today is made by the dis- trict office of the state highway de- partment: Grant Highway—Good from »} braska county line to Shawnee, ex- cept new grading west of Keeline, then fair to Orin. Yellowstone Highway Platte county line to Careyhurst generally good, then somewhat rough to Cas- per. Casper to Shoshoni good, then passable for cars in good condition and not overloaded to Thermopolis over Birdseye Pass. Shoshoni-Lander Road — Gener- ally good from Shoshoni to River- ton, then somewhat rough to Hud- son and good to Lander. Casper-Sheridan Road — Rough from end of paving to Seventeen Mile, then fair to good to Salt Creek, then somewhat rough to the Johnson county line, then fair to good to Sheridan. All roads are getting somewhat pitted and dusty at certain places from dry weather. SERVICE MAN IS CUT TO PIECES BY TRAIN, MANY WITNESS TRACEDY HERE ! Roy E. Albert, Known as “Smallest Yank” | is that Alter in attempting a eng in Overseas Service, Meets Tragic }some prejectile and dropped senseless to the tracks. many local autoists were waiting on each side of the crossing for the t: to pass when they heard the scream of the man as he fell and were then witnesses to the gruesome accident. According to the statements of an- other fellow who was Albert's travel- ing companion, they had both arrived in Casper Saturday morning and un- i to tind work here had decided zion today to act upon appropriation | leaving. for some‘ place. in . Missouri|to.“‘beat” their way to other Wyoming bills and other matters to be sub-] where they will make their home in the future, towns. > ~ Albert's companion hooked the train ¥ Death in Jumping Off Freight Missing his step after he had attempted to steal a ride on| a westbound Burlington oil train, Roy E. Albert, 26 years of | local officials have advices to send age, 1718 South Thirteenth St., South St. Louis, fell beneath |tP* remains to the boy's home in St. the wheels and was mangled to death at the Burlington cross-| ing of North Center street at 8 o’clock Saturday night. horrib}e spectacle was witnessed by many Casper people. just a moment after Albert did but leapd off again as he saw the acci- dent. He immediately summoned as- sistance and autoists who were in the vicinity immediately notified sheriff Lee Martin. After.the train had been stopped the body was taken from the tracks in a badly mangied condition. The trunk of the body was severed, the arms and legs cut off: The remains were gath ered up in twenty separate pieces. No one seems to know how the ac- The case was so plainly accidental and admitted trespassing that no cor- joner’s inquest will be held. The re- mains were taken to the Shaffer Gay chapel awaiting word from relatives Louis and the body will be shipped this afternoon. Albert had the distinction of dems the smallest Yankee soldier that saw service in France. While serving ‘with the American forces he was called “the kid" because of his dimin- jutive stature and frail build. He is said to have weighted’ barely ninety pounds, He and his companion had just left their homes in St. Louis in the past week and had come west in search of work. The companion who witnéssed the accident will accompany the re- }mains to St, Louis, a ae > i. > 3 > > > 3 > > id > > > ; , > ‘ > > > > > ‘ > > > > b > > > >