Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 21, 1921, Page 1

WHITE SOX, SICK OF DEAL. WENT OUT AND COPPED THIRD BIG GAME JOHN l. SELLS Che Casper DAailry Story of How Chicago Players Double- HFK METHODIST LAREE SIM 4 Reece Rte Te Pole by ms CHURCH WILL BE IN STANDARD OF Burns on the Witness Stand wl ON SOUTH 4 CHICAGO, July 20.—The Chics Sle al ebgpe Sox playe. ter agreeing with a clique of gam to throw the id 1,000 Shares of Com-) SILESIA world’s series to Cincinnati for $100,000, sick of the % i deal when they were not paid the Tbe, Promised and ata; %~, meeting before the third game decided to play their best % a5 and win the series, Bill pte accomplice § in the alleged deal L | } ms the si wit ers disc’ hro me: = | VOLUME V CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, JULY 21/ 1921 NUMBER 241) ssons'in ‘tne paschan eat ‘eh and Bennett, Wdentined esterday $ | —_—_—_-- by the es “fixers” to|&5 David Zelser of De: Moines, Iowa, Oil Magnate K. Keeps Only | win the third game to improve. the |® defendant, were the adere ot two Wo Lots East of Park | ' mon Stock in Parent Concem; D. Deal Closed NEW YORK, "Suly 20.— John D. Rockefeller has dis- posed of all his vast holdings in the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, the parent company, with the exceptioon of 1,000 shares of common stock le ued at $106,875, according to an count published by the New York list shows that John D. Rockefeller, Jr., now holds 452,080 shares of the common stock and 8! 970 shares of preferred; the Rockefel- ler general education’ board 170,320 common and 56,779 preferred, the Rockefeller foundation 196,000 com- mon and 55,000 preferred, and tho Laura Spellman Rockefeller Memo- rial fund 40,000 common and 19,000 preferred. No information was available as to whether Mr, Rockefeller was making transfers of any of his other vast holdings. Pressmen Secure ourt Decision Against Berry LEXINGTON, Ky., July 20.—The International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union of North America, is entitled to recover $165,000 and costs from George L. Berry, presi- dent of the international, and his four associate’ members on the board of directors, by a Fuling yesterday of ‘Federal Judge A. M. J. Cochran. ‘The’ decision was in the case of Chicago union No. 3, against George L. Berry, et.al, The action grew out of the alleged misuse of union funds by the officials in furthering the Hydroelectric Pow- er company and other projects in ‘Tennessee. - BALL SCORES MIDWEST I LEAGUE R. H. E. First game— Denver 000 xxx xxx—x x x Casper - 000 xxx xxx—x x x Batterics—Diamond and Niels; Dav- lenport and Hale, NATIONAL LEAGUE At Boston— R. H. E. . 001 010 0— 2 9 1 000 000 000—- 0 8 1 Batteries— Cooper and Schmidt; Oeschger and O'Neil, At Philadelphia (Ist game) R. H. E. Chicago 202 101 500—10 23 0 Philadelphi .060 000 000-— 0 6 1 Batteries—Atoxander and Daly, Kil- lifer; Smith, Betts and Bruggy. Game) phia Batteries — York, Tyler and Daly, Wirtz; Hubbell and Peters. At Rrooklyn— St! Louis - 2 Brooklyn Batteries—Pfeiffer and Grimes, Reuther and Mitchell, Miller. At New York— R. H. E. ti 100 000 100-2 9 0 000 100 000-1 8 O Toney, Benton | ee: AMERICAN LEAGUE R. H. E. o10—* . o1—* * ¢ R. HE gee se ore ee R. H. E. esse 4 8 ss ose_e RHE Cribune | NIGHT MAIL: AGAIN SEETHING’ U. S. AID IS ASKED Suggestion; Allied Commissioners Demand Army Reinforcements LONDON, July 20.—(By The Associated Press.) —It was jlo stated in authoritative quarters today that informal sug- toss of 1ife gestions have been made for American intervention in the from lot No. Upper Silesian trouble which it is feared will threaten_open | pioaea. hostilities. PARIS, July 20.(By The Asso clated Press.)\—The British, Italian and French commissioners in Upper Silesia have sent in a report in which | they jointly demand that reinfor ments be sent to the allied fae of | oceupation, it was announced here | this afternoon. This recommendation came almost simultaneously Beds the receipt of a note by the foreign office | from: the British government in which Great Britain insisted there’ was ne! necessity for sending more troops into the district; ~The: note~wassimerspty- to:the recent communication’ In whi! the French government notified Great - Britain that — reinforcements | were needed urgently. The British note reiterated demand for the early convening of the allied supreme council. M. Briand has not yet replied to the British note, Aller. Appointed Coach of Mines -Athletes Today GOLDEN. Colo., July 20.—Frank D. Aller, graduate of the Colorado School of Mines in the class of 1892, today was appointed athletic director of the institution, with full authority to employ coaches, etc., and to su- perintend all athletic activities of the school. He will take charge in the fall.» During his college days, Aller was a widely known football player, starring as a quarterback. He also will have charge of the metallurgical department at the school. Aller now is an employe of a large smelter company in New York City. =. KU KLUX ua: OPPOSED. AUSTIN, Texas, was, July 20.—Rep sentative Patman of Cass, today Jat | pared a petition requesting thé. gov- ernor to submit a bill to the special session of the legislature making it a felony to appear in disguise in Texas. ‘The bill, he said, would be aimed at the alleged Ku Klux Klar organiza- tion, Mr. Patman was circulating the petition among the house members at noon and several had signed. It will be presented to the governor this aft- erncon, Grant Highway—Nebraska _ line to Keeline good, then fair to Orin. Yellowstone Highway—Good from Platte county line to Careyhurst, then fair to good to Casper. Casper to Shoshoni good, then passable for cars in proper condition, and not overloaded to Thermopolis. Shoshoni-Lander Road—Shoshoni to Riverton good, then fair to Hud- son and good to Lander. Casper-Sheridan Road — Rough from end of pavement to Seventeen Mile, and fair to good to Sheridan. Showers in many places have im- proved tHe road conditions. LANDIS FLAYS . FOES OF BONUS ———— CHICAGO, July 20.—Stating that ton who were “getting in one an- what he said might impeachment, Federal /Sudg~ = **. reason for | other’s way trying to pass on the tion.” MEXICO CITY, Jily 20.—(By The GREAT OIL FIELD AT AMATLAN, MEXICO, ABLAZE, DERRICKS ARE MOWED DOWN BY THE FLAMES The Amatian field is one of the rich- Associated Press}—-The Amatlan oil/¢st in the state of Vera Cruz. fields are on fire “the greatest catas-| trophe in the history of the oil fields.” ‘The cause of the fire is not known. The financial loss cannot be esti- mated, says the advices, which add | Amatlan lies between Tuxpam and with drilling towers rampico, about 35 miles northwest of ; falling lke chaff and the workmen'the former city. fleeing, according to reports recelved| southwest of [here describing Open Hostilities Threatened by Latest <ompico. PITTSBURGH, July 20.—Pittsburgh | oil companies with properties in the Tampico district were notified that the great fire. raging in Amatlan, started | |that the conflagation dwarfs into in-| when two big wells, No. 1 and Morrt-| | Del Delano dis- Well N located lot -162, | significance the Pordro no jon Well No. 5, located on lo} 30.| BURNS CHEATED OUT |OF SHARE, HE SAYS. jaster. | Columns of fire hundreds high are covering the entire ficld, it is| |dectared, and efforts to suppress the/opinion that of st fire from the boilers. came in yesterday. They at Qi authorities here were of the the greatest difficulty {piaze are said to be considered hope-|would be experienced in putting out 162, which it started, in the vicinity, ex- and other wel the fire, as the oil gushes from the It is feared that there will be some| ground with a force so great as to| The fire spread quickly | overcome the heaviest steam pressure | that can be brought against it and it is by the use of steam that such fires! | which he said the gamblers and play- are usually fought. and some 70 miles) betting odds, the players said they | had lost to two reeulars—Cicotte and | Williame—and would not win for a “busher,” Dick Kerr, Burns said.| Then feeling they had been crossed} by the gamblers, they double-crossed | their bribers by telling them they would lore the third game, but in- stead won it, 3 to 0, with Dick Kerr pitching. | Attempts of the state to have Burns tell of a conversation with Eddie Cl- cotte ‘n New York where the state! claims ¢he alleged conspiracy was led when Judge Friend sus-| Swede |shortstop, agreed to | with the game throwing, Burns testi- | Risberg. the White Sox} “go through” fied. Repeated attempts to persuade | the players to throw the rest of the) | games failed and Burns then gave up| his efforts to again bribe the play- ers, he said. Burns himself wi double-crossed out of his share of the spoils by “Chick” Gandil, who refused to pay him, the witness testified. adding that he told Gandil then that he would “squawk” and expose the whole deal. Burns related further details of meetings in Cincinnati hotels at ADMINISTRATION IS ASSAILED FOR STAND ON OIL TARIFF Twin Gousins—- Of Roosevelt Being Hunted Search NEW YORK, July 20. — was started today by the police for Charles and Datrope Leaycraft, 26 years of age, twins and cousins of Theodore the Inte Roosevelt, at the request of their brother, Reginald Roosevéit Eeaycraft. The twins have been missing from their home since Monday morning. Reginald said that after an unsat- isfactory discussion of a _ business venture at their Wall street office, his brothers said they thought of shipping as seamen on a trans- Atlantic vessel or might go to Cal- ifornia, The twins are described as five feet seven inches in height, 150 pounds, fair complexion, blue eyes and light hair, Old-Fashioned Home Gives Way Landis in an address before the wounded soldiers at Fort Sheridan “As one man who stayed at home lnst night denounced the foes of the | in peace and-security while you fel- seldiers’ bonv, bill asserted that if he were president he would (“Bre the whole outfit” at Washing- | ing ba this bonus proposition.” - To Apartments WASHINGTON, July 20.—The old- fashioned American home—the single dwelling with a front and back yard— is giving way even in the smaller cities of the United States, to the modern apartment house. This is revealed in a report on 1920 building operations, issued today by the United States Chamber of Com- merce. The report, compiled in con- junction with ihe federal bureau of labor statistics shows that last year, 70 “per cent of the families provided with new homes, got one-family dwell- ings; 11 per cent two-family dv-ellings. and 19 per cent a _ multi-family dwelling. The same figures show that the proportion of multi-family dwell- ings provided last year, was largest in the small cities. $300,000 LOSS IN TEXAS FIRE BEAUMONT, Texas, July. 20.—Fire of undetermined origin yesterday de- stroyed the Morbihan sugar factory near New Iberia, La., according to word received last night from there. About 1,000,000 pounds of sugar, was hburned with an estimated loss. of $300,000, the report said. Revolt Being Investigated By Mexican Chief MEXICO CITY, July 20.—The ar- rival in Tampico of Secretary of War Estrada, for the purpose of investi- gating a recent revolt headed by Gen- eral Martinez Herrerra, is reported ip, dispatches recpived here today. Ht and of Big Business ness Seen in Striking oil Protection From Fordney Bill; Frank G. Curtis Gives Opinion | The Republican administration was severely arraigned |by Frank G. Cutis, presidént of the New York Oil company, as being an agent for one of the damaging blows that has lasses struck at the oil industry while it is tottering in chaos | striving to regain a normal basis. Mr. Curtis’ attack was launched principally. on the elimination of a protective tariff on oil. In reference to the drops in the | price of crude oi! and the question of 1a tariff on oil as reported by the Ford- ney Dill, Mr. Curtis said: « “Of course, we must be careful not to be unjust in discussing this ques- tion. There, doubtless, is overprodue- tion at the present time. The wheels of industry are not turning as we bad hoped they would under the Republi- can administration and this makes a vast difference ‘n consumption. The rehabilitation of business will increase the consumption of oil, and should, therefore, increase crude oil. prices, but even this is not going to mean much of a rise in the prices of oil for a year or more because it does not ap- pear that business is going to recuper- ate rapidly “Railroad rates have got to come down as ono of the leading factors to the reinstatement of good business, and there are many other items kin- dred thereto. “It i# difficult for good husiness men. to see the justice of the drop in our Wyoming crude from $2.75 a barrel last January, to 50 cents a barrel at this time, and, yet, if a large portion of the oil cannot-be disposed of, that is the answer of the buyer of it. It appears that gasoline is selling in just about as large quantities as a year ago and wo do not-note any great differ- ence in the price of gasoline. “One of the most terrific blows to the price of crude in the United States is emanating from the position of President Harding in asking congress to place no “tariff on oil, If we al- ready have an over-production in this country, how, by any possibility, will our producers be benefitted by having @ great influx of for ign oil?’ With- out a reasonable protective tariff on crude oil, the producers in the United States will be made living sacrifices at the expense of so-called international diplomacy. “Those who are now asking.to have the tariff on’ oil stricken from the tariff bill, as it was reported, are tak- ing the position of annihilating the business of probably the majority of American oil producers. They are tak- ing a position that will obliterate the oil business as it has been carried on for some years. In Pennsylvania, for example, where operators would pump a well for a quart of oil a day, the little fellow will be driven as completely out of the oll business as he was before he went into it. “The whole tendency of the Repub- lican administration to oppose a tariff on off 4s un-Republican and is un- American. Protective tariff is not a chosen set of commodities but should cover érude oil as well as it covers wool, or leather, or any other com- modity. “Again the position of the adminis- tration against tariff on oil, t6 put it the other way around, is to place this whole industry in the hands of a few big interests. No other correct von- clusion is possible. “Any one who has make a study of the future prospects of ofl is at all alarmed about the opening of further great fields in the United States and Alaska. To make an assertion to the contrary, is mere ignorance of the facts, so that cry which is being made by the antloil-tariff people is un tenable. “Anyone who has made a study of the possibilities of oil production in Mexico and South America appreciates that the influx of oil into the United States may amount in the near future to torrents of oil for two reasons: First, because they are going to pro- duce a great deal of oil, and because Mexico and South America will not be able far a half century to a century to assimilate in their own idustries and growths the of! which they will produce, and it is the defied policy of the United States, not through legisla- tion necessarily, nor through treaties necessarily, but by understandings through the department of state to get the republics to the south of us to favor the United States with their oil products and to favor operators from the United States in the development of their oli lands. This, in a way, is all very fine, but who will be the main ones to go into the southern re- publics and develop that oil? Again it will be the great combinations of capital where the little fellows cannot very well succeed—fn other words take this from any angle you wish— the whole tendency of the present Re- publican administration is to, throw the oil game into the hands of a few big interests. “Should an administration» protect (Continued on Page 5.) CASH SHORTACE OVER MILLION AUSTIN, Minn., July.20.—The actual shortage in the ac- counts of R. J. Thomson, former comptroller of George A. Hormel & Company, local packers, is $1,189,000 according to official figures received here today from Chicago, where creditors of the concern are in conference. Garden Party Of Premier Costs Victory | LONDON, July 20.—The prime minister and Mrs. Lioyd George gave their first garden party at thelr. Downing street residence yes- terday to which the whole house of commons and the wives of mem- bers were invited. Partly as a consequence of this hospitality, the government suf- fered a defeat in the house of com- mons last night on the proposal to exempt co-operative societies from paying a corporation tax, which was carried against the govern- ment, 1387 to 135. Many of the government support- ers had not returned from the gar- den party while the opposition mus- tered a strong force, and raised jubilant cries of “resign,”” when the figures were announced. Austin Chamberlain, the government —lead- er, however announced that busi- ness would proceed. fp Boy May Attend Sunday Ball If Dad Takes Him 20. . July — The baseball Sunday mother's objection, by Vice Chancellor Backes. games despite has been upheld The vice chancellot yesterday re fused an application of Mrs. Grace Lines of Morristown for an order pro- hibiting her husband, John A. Lines, from taking their son for Sunday walks, because she said, she had dis- covered Lines took the boy to ball games. Mrs. Lines, who is sueing for separate maintenance, has custody of the boy under a court order, but the father is permitted to have him on Sunday afternoons, FUNERAL SERVICES FOR PAULINE HALL ARE HELO FROM RANCH TUESDAY Funeral services for Pauline. Hall, the T-year-old daughter of County Commissioner and Mrs. T. A. Hall of Arminto, were held from the family home at Arminto at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, with the Rev. Phillip K. Edwards officiating, interment being made fh the family plot in the Arminto cemetery. The little girl had been ill only a few days,.and died very suddenly after diphtheria developed, which suddenly reached such a stage that she was soon beyond medical aid. * Commissioner Hall was absent at his sheep camp on the Big Horn moun- tains when his daughter became ii) but was reached in time to be at her bedside when she passed away. The ympathy of a host of Casper friends is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Hall in alleged gamblers and dil headed the players, Burns. Burns said Attell refused to the $20,000 promised the players after Chick” Gan- according to ach game. He persuaded Attell to give him $10,000 after the second game, which was given to Gandil, he ‘said pay, School and South of City Park Purchased For Future Home A = man voluntecred to put Yesterday the Methodist lup $1 to have the fourth and i fifth games thrown, but thy players|@Piscopal church of Casper turned him down, Burns said. did not know the man’s name, said Joe Gedeon of the St. Louis Americans, who was released after the grand jury probe, was -present at jthe me the proposition was made. Burns then told how he conferre¢ with Ban Johnson, president of the American league, and John Tyrrell, assistant state's attorney, about .the case. He said he came here volun: tarily to testify and had received no Promises or compensation other than He but accomplice of former White Sox play: ers and alleged gamblers on trial here charged with conspiring to throw the 1919 world series and star witness for the state, resumed the stand today to continue. his story of the sell-out. An hour before the opening of the third day of the trial -this’ morning the doors of the courtroom were or. dered closed. Every seat was taken. Hundreds of disappointed fans crowded the corridors and waited out side the building to watch the arrival of the former star ball players who yesterday were accused by Burns of planning to lose the series in return for $100,000 to be paid by a gambling syndicate, WITNER) QUESTIONED ON CINCINNATI PARLEY, George Gorman, axsistant stato's at- sorney, resumed his questions con cerning meetings in Cincinnati hotels when Burns took the stand. ~When you were in Room 708 of the’ hotel’ Sinton the day of the sec- ond game, what happened?” asked Gorman. “Attell and several others were there,” answered Burns. “Attell said Rothstein had $200,000 to bet on the series but it was hard. to get bets down and he did not. want to give me any money. I insisted on at least $10,- 000. Attell showed me piles of money under a mattress. $40,000 was due the players then. Attell in talking of Rothstein ‘said Rothstein. had a_pri- vate wire from New York to Cincin- nati and someone said that Pittsburgh gamblers were in on the deal. I don't know who said that. Attell, Bennett and Maharg were there. Someone said the Pittsburgh gamblers had a hard time getting money down. $10,000 PASSED OVER TO GANDIL. “Attell then took $10,000 from under the mattress and gave it to me. “I offered it to Maharg. He wouldn't take it. I put it in my shirt and took it up to the players’ room. I passed "Kid" Gleason on the way. “Risberg and McMullin were in the hotel room—I don't recall the others. Later Cicotte and Gandil came in and I gave the $10,000 to Gandil.” “There were two other there.” In question and answer form, testimony was as follows, Mr. man conducting the questioning. GAMBLERS ACCUSED OF DOUBLE CROSSING. Q.—"What did the players say?" A.—"Gandil said they had been double-crossed. Attell said they must win the third game—the next day— so as to improve the odds, which then were three to two in favor of Chicago. Attell said the odds must be better.” Q.—“What were Attell’s words?” A—"He said if the players would win the third game the. odds. would change and the players could be pai Q.—"What did the players say?” WOULDN'T WIN FOR BUSHER. A.—"Gandil ‘said they had lost for a regular pitcher and they wouldn't win for a ‘busher.’ ” Q.—"Did they know who was going to pitch the third game’ A.—“Yes, Dick Kerr. I then went to the train to go to Chicago. Q.—"Before going to Chicago let's go back to New York. Tell the jury of the conversation you had with Cicotte in New York.” The defense objected, citing Judge Friend's ruling yesterday when this conversation was barred. Judge Friend again barred the con- (Continued on Page 5.) players the Gor- consummated a transaction in which it purchased Lots 1 ana 2 in Block 34 in Park addition as a site for the future home of the church. It is believed that the next two years will see a chure’ building costing about $150,008 erected upon the site just purchased. The site is situated on the «north east corner of the block just east of the Park school and south of the his expenses, which were paid by|city park on Center street. Johnson. Burns then was turned over| Lot 1 was purchased from W. F. to the defense for cross-examination. | Dunn and lot 2 from Dan Ralston, both old residents of Casper. The BURNS RESUMES purchase price was $16,000. The STAND TODAY. Mountain Realty and Title corpora- CHICAGO, July 20.— Bill Burns,|tion handled the transaction, turning former major league player, admitted|the commission for selling the lots nto the. church treasury THe Methodist church has long felt its utter lack of capacity for doing ite office work in the present small quar+ ters on the corner of Second and Dur bin streets and while many may re gret to leave the old corner where the church has grown from a small handful to a large and optimistie body of people, there is not space suf- ticient at the old location for the cree tion of the desired building The site where the M. E. church te now located will be occupied until the new church is erected, at. which time the lots will be sold and. the money received used for the new building. The manner in which the new site was selected and the apparent satiae faction of all members of the churen as to the selecting of the location om South Center street, speaks for greag enthusiasm and harmony when the time arrives for securing funds for the erection of the building. The of» ficial board of the church was unamh mously in favor of the location and @ is hoped that in the near future Cas per may point with pride to the new home of the M. E. church as it now does to many buildings that have been erected for financial enterprise, BUSINESS MAN CLUBBED, PAIR MAKE ESCAPE EL PASO, Texas, July 20.—Twe young men entered the small dowm town drygoods store of Isaac F. Shay this morning, called for a pair of overalls and when. the merchant had reached the rear of the store to get them, they jumped on his back and clubbed him almost to death with pix tols. Shay, who is 50 years of agy called for help before the bandita could knock him unconscious. Pas sersby who heard his cries frightened the highwaymen away before they had time to rob the store, according to city detectives who are searching for the two assailants. Shay's skull is crushed and his head is cut in five places, accoriing to physicians, whe said he probably will not recover. Poet Is After Kissing Title On Long Trip NEW YORK, July 20.—Kissab! young women between here and San Francisco ase hereby warned that they may be approached soop by a young Irish-Bohemian poet ip a crushed opera hat and khaki hik- ing suit and asked for a kiss. Two young poets from Greenwich Village made the rounds of New York City editors early today an@ exhibited the champion kisser, who, they declared had wagered he coul@ win kisses from 1,000 girls on a trip across the continent. This main attraction of the party, who refused to give his name, said the young women of Yonkers woul@ be given the first chance to kiss him today. He will then start west, One of the two tanks ignited by lightning on the Midwest tank farm west of Casper burned out during the night, the other haying previ- ously been extinguished. The sav- ing in off in the two tanks amounted to approximately 88,000 barrels out of 155,000 and the loss their lossy, 4 in crude destroyed and-tanks will | MIDWEST TANK FIRE BURNS OUT } amount, $100,000. Twenty-five thousand barrels was pumped out but no salvage was ac complished after Tuesday morning. A heavy wind last night whipped the flames about but protection giv- en other tanks kept the fire from spreading. " it is understood, to ore® Pee Se Oe ON TORE TNT IN EOC NOTE NTTE? 9 HES