Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 23, 1921, Page 1

SPANGH FORGES EET OISASTER N BATTLE. WITH EBELS, REPORT Serious Situation Looms on Barbary Coast of Morocco; Tribesmen in Revolt, Battle Fought Weather Forecast Fair tonight and Sunday, continued warm. VOLUME V LONDON, July 23.—(By he Associated Press) —Pri- CASPER, WYO., SATURDAY, JULY 23. 1921 vate advices ‘received here rom Madrid today indicate that a critical situation ob- tains on the Barbary coast jowing to what is unofficially charact erized as a Spwhish disaster in a bat tle with the attacking rebels at Mé lilla, Moree The officials in Madrid, the advices said, declined any information. By way of Paris, however, come reports tat the Spanish lost heavily in a disastfous ¢ngngement, and that Span- ish reinforcements are being sent to the scene. Number on payroll duly 21, 1921 The scale of wages is exactly the The Standard has construction department. The records show that almost in the layoff of 485 men. MADRID, July 23.—(By The Associ- ated Press).—Rumors of a startling nature relative to the situation in the Spanish zone of Morocco, where Spain is engaged In a campaign against re bellious tribesmen, have been In circu- Jation since late last evening, but no confirmation was possible up to short- ly before noon today. King’ Alfonso, said a San Sebastian essage, received here, left there sud- enly last night for Madrid. His pres- mee in the capital, it was said, was Inecessary owing to the seriousness of ‘ents in Morocco. JHIO EMPLOYES BURNED BY EXPLOSION AT WELL loves of the Ohio Oil com- any at the O'Brien Springs well in he Ferris field were badly burned rom a gas explosion, the rig destroyed nd other parts of ecuipment con- pumed in the flames.” The fire resulted from abit encoun-| ering @ gas pocket. As' soon as the en smelled the gas they shut down pperations until precautions were tak- n to prevent ap explosion, When hese steps had een completed R. Li oward, the foreman, and two drill: jury's investigation of the state ers, Holton and Rand, returned to the] ai Pig. As they opened the door the ex-/then will play the leading role when losion occurred, The injured menjthe curtain rises on the next act. | ere taken to Ray for treatment.| Yesterday he announced that on Pak Ba Tuesdav. he would hand down.a deci- ? sign on the immunity of the governor from arrest during his term of office. The case is regarded by legal auth- orities as one of the most important | in political” jurisprudence in pray 4 | v7 history, involving, as it does, the vital BORDEN WIN) a Spe ae and fundamental question of the rela-| th EEE Seulind ae ag Ms ‘st | tions of the constitutionally equa! and| he st of ¥ Bolden of the Illinois Athletic club today won the nationat A. A. U. 10-mile swimming championship in the Deleware river, covering the dis- independent judicial and executive branches of government tance in two hours, 12 minutes. He won by half a mile. ‘The governor nas sald he will not} J. W. Hall, Jr., Central Y. M. C, submit to” arrest. The prosecution contends that his position as chief A., Brooklyn, was second and Henry Geibel, New York, third. executive of the state gives him no immunity. TRAP RECORD SMASHED, NEW HAVEN, Conn., July. 23.— The world’s trapshooting record for 16 yards, 100 target shooting, was broken in the castern zone competi- tion here today. A squad of four men shot 209 straight targets, All four ran 99 hits out of a 100 and continued pepperix;: the flying targets until the record was established. The squad ‘was com- posed of J. M. Hawkins, New Hav day Clarke, Worcester, Mass. Pratt, Princeton, N. J.; and L. F. Curtis, Boston. FREIGHT SERVICE OANVE IN OBTAINS GO25 RESULTS, The “better service and freight slain! prevention” campaign continues went izood results on Chicago & Northwest. rn system. A number of cut of town fficials, local offictals and employes eft yesterday on westbound freight ‘o. 41 for Lander. Stops will be made long the line and matters consider- d pertaining to efficiency of freight ervice. Between stops the freight ne meee ee hold its regu \pody of water in America. Most of ‘the members of the party|’ Of equal importance was Fisher’s Bre expected to return this ihrer [yotinarg! a ae, tion d off the nm No. 606. Full reports a details | island and out o! e ’ vill be ‘Waitabie Se ; The plane was not damaged in’ the OFFICERS GRAB LIQUOR RUNNER Three well known New Haven residents, J. Harmar Bronson, Peari P. Sperry, Jr., and William Beech- er, were among the men taken into custody. Prohibition Enforcement ILLINOIS DELAYS - SPRINGFIELD, HL, three-day intermission i RANCH HAND INJURED. GUERNSEY, Wyo., July 23. — A} horse was killed and a ranch hand| badly injured when attacked by a mad bull on the Baumgartner ranch on the Laramie river last weel:. The man who was injured was help- ing brand cattle at the ranch when he noticed two large bulls fighting ferociously. He rode up: and attempted to part them’ and one of the bulls attacked him killing his horse and injuring the rider budly. OUT OF PER with having greater depth than any NEW HAVEN, Conn., July 23.— Acting upon information furnished over the telephone by some un- known person, the New Haven po- lice today surprised a band of 18 men unloading Scotch whiskey from the small auxiliary Sword of the fishing sloop Jennie T., cap- tured them at the. point of revolw- ers, seized the vessel, and confis- Agent Thomas J. McAuliffe received information bs cae that 2 os three touring cars. STANDARD PLANT \Permanent Payrolls | Immense, No Cause Number on payroll November 1, jaid off 485 men within the last 10 days, all in the floaters, have quit voluntarily in the last-four months, as were affected RECORD OF EXITS. March, 1921—81 per cent voluntary quits. April, 1921—85 per cent voluntary quits. May, 1921—76 per cent voluntary quits. June, 1921—81 per cent voluntary quits. The record shows that 1,121 men quit voluntarily in four months, and most of them were men who had no interest in the community. ON SMALL CASE Principals Mark Time Until Tuesday as Court Deliberates on Right of Offi- cers to Arrest Governor July 23.—lllinois. toda: the greatest political history——the Small‘Sterling-Curtis indictments for embézzle- ment arid fraud growing out of the Sangamon county grand it least the case remains in status quo. FOREST PILOT FORCED DOWN VOLCANIC CRATER WINGS 1920—625. \—1,250. same today as on November 1, 1920. three times as many men, mostly JUDCE RULING Seine oe te treasury. Until next Tuesday Judge E.-S. Smith “Unusual Thirst” Takes. Ten Cases, Man Is Pardoned BERLIN, July 22.—In jview of what was called his “unusual August Marcowski, a jani- tor who had been sentenced to five months in jail for drinking ten cases of champagne belongirig to a tenant, was pardoned by the high court today. He had consumed the ten cases in nine days. . . Seemingly to vindicate the judg- ment of the court, Marsowski en- tered the nearest cafe immediate- ly after he was released to slake his. thrist. = eR rN eS RESERVES DECREASE. NEW YORK, July 23.—The actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week shows that they hold $6,295,290 reserve in excess of legal requirements. This is a decrease of $6,986,750 from last week. ILOUS POSITION SAN FRANCISCO, July 23.—When his engine suddenly | year ago. This is in spite of the fact stopped 15,000 feet in the air above remote Crater Lake, Ore., Thursday, Raymond G. Fi isher, forest service pilot, war forced to land on a tiny island in the lake, which is in the it of an extinct volcano with walls 1,000 feet high surround- west's ing it, forestry officials announced here. The lake is c_ectited descent and Fisher upon examination found four of the spark plugs of the engine broken. Using the wireless set with which the machine was equipped, he suc- ceeded in getting in touch with an other forest service plane on duty in the vicinity. This second flier hastened to Med- ford, Ore,, with news of Fisher's land- ing on the island and obtained new spark plugs for Fisher's machine. Ar- riving back at the lake, however, the rescue pilot found it impossible fof another’ plane to land -on -the “island or apparently to get the plugs to Fisher. Other forest service planes came up and sets of spark plugs were sent to carth by means of parachutes. Hunting with a torch Thursday night Fisher found one of the parachutes and yesterday morning repaired his machine and “took off” from the !s- land, reaching the forest service air- plane base at Medford safely. Mr, and Mrs. F. E. Eshelman and son spent the last week in the Big Horn mountains og a fishing trip. | NUMBER 243 |Committee Adjourns When Brother of Draft Slacker Ca lls Solon a “Liar”; Kentuckian Restrained While Witness Is Hurried Out to Board T WASHINGTON, July 23.—The Bergdo committee’s session broke up suddenly today a. | Braun, a witness, had called Representative Joi. crat, Kentucky, of the committee, a “‘ | made an attempt to reach the witness. 1 restigating ¢ harles A.) % Demo-! % latter 2 Unsatisfied by answers he received to numerous q % ns, for Alarm, Claim The reduction in the last several weeks of the number of men employed at the re- fineries, both Standard . and Midwest, has caused many disquieting rumors and pan- icky stories to be spread about the city of Casper. In order that the citizens of Cas. per might learn and know the truth regarding the present industrial sit- uation, the chamber of commerce ap- pointed a special committee, consist- ing of A. J. Mokler, chairman, W..W. Slack and Dr. J. F, O'Donnell, to in- vestigate conditions and report in de- tall the result of their findings. The report is as follows: Findings of the committee, as con tained in the report compiled from first-hand data willingly placed at the disposal of the organization by A. Reed, general superintendent of the Midwest Refining company, and R. M. Andrus, general manager of the Stand- ard Oil company of Indiana, show that conditions ‘at these industrial centers are better than they have been in, years, that the Germanent or op- erating forces are greater numerically than ever before, and unequivocally repudiate any basic cause or founda jon for a nessimistic attitude of local coniaitions. On the other ‘hand, ‘thformation placed at the disposal of the commit- tee has a tendency to show that the outlook for Casper is most optimistic and also. shows an: absence’ of any material foundation for the belief that Casper will experience serious reaction from the prosperous conditions which have been this city’s lot during the past several yeors, NO “BUBBLE” IN CASPER TO BURST. Alarmist views, which hail Casper as a boom bubble past its maximum expansion are entirely discredited. Conditions in Casper, comparing with a” year ago, when Casper was nation- ally hailed’ as one of the most suc- cessful and progressive industrial centers in the country, leave a credit- ble balance in favor of the industrial ispect as it is today. Reductions in forces at the refiner- fes_came only at the conclusion of completed construction programs. At ‘oth the Midwest and Standard re- ineries here, practically only the con- INDUSTRIAL SITUATION HERE HOLDS BRIGHT PROMISE FOR THE FUTURE MIDWEST PLANT Number of men on payroll July 8, 1920—1,780. Number of men on payroll July 8, 1921—1,523. Six hundred and eighty-eight men, principally from the construc tion depariment, were laid off from June 1 to July 8, 1921; a few men in the operating department included in the 688. Seventy-three stills, all of which are in operation. Shipments of refined products not up to last year at this time. Shipments of gasoline during the month of June were 5114 per cent less than a year ago; kerosene 45 per cent less and fuél oil 59 per cent This is caused by depressed industrial conditions throughout the less. territory supplied from Casper. In addition to this there has been a falling market for refined prod- uets. A year agd gasoline retailed in Casper for 33 cents a gallon; today it is selling for 22 cents and the refiner must bear a corresponding share of this decrease in price. Mr. Johnson finally looked, “© ness in the eye and said: “You know you are not telling the} truth.” “You are a liar,” Braun replied, the rest of his statement being lost in the uproar that followed as the Kentuc kian plunged toward the witr Braun said something about “persecuted” as the sergea hustled him out of the room to be the first train for home, the chairman ance. “IL would like to get hold of your brother,” somebody shouted in’ the confusion as he went out. “Is this committee going to let that hater of the American flag get away being rd excused by from further appear from here without being punished Representative Johnson demanded, paying no heed to efforts of Represen tative Flood, Democrat, Virginia, to quiet him. The confusion was so Great that the chairman announced adjqurnment without fixing a time for further hearings Braun ts a brother of Grover Cleve. land Bergdoll, escaped draft dodger, and was called as a witness by Maj Bruce R. Campbell, against whom Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll of Philadel- phia, mother of the draft dodger, and Braun, who changed his name be cause of the family trouble, has charged that he accepted $5,000 to aid in her son's escape. BRITISH COLLEGIANS — DEFEATED ON TRACK | BALL SCORES | | NATIONAL LEAGUE At Boston—(Ist game) R. H, E. Pittsburgh « ..».000°100 002-3 5 1 Boston -000 000 O11— 2 8 1 Batteries— Cooper and Schmid Watson and O'Neill. ‘At Boston—(2nd ‘game) R. Pitteburgh -001 000 000— 1 Boston -. 000 002 19%— 3 Batteries — Carlson, Zinn Schmidt; Scott and Gibson. H. 3 5 °o 2 and At New York—(Ist game) R. H. E. Cincinnati -010 000 231— 7 12 1 New York 209 O11 22*— 8 12 0 Batteries—Marquard, Donohue, El- ler and Hargrave; Neff, Sallee, Toney and Snyder, Smith. At New York—(2nd game) R. H. E. Cincinnati Vee 51 New York . 030 30-6 8 0 (Called end fifth inning by agree- ment, to catch train.) "Batteries—Coumbe, Geary and Har- grave; Barnes and Snyder, Smith. At Philadelphia R. H. E. Chicago ....000 000 002 04—6 11 2 Philadelphia 000 000 C92 00—2 9 2 struction forces of the plants, in the} _Batteries— Alexander and Daly! nain recruited from a floating labor| Meadows and Bruggy. narket, have been affected. The lay- = Sy ffs were only normal, and came as in} at Brooklyn— HE. \ny other constructive enterprise. The] s¢. Louts [00 06048o-=741 81 men were not needed when there was Brooklyn 013 022 51°14 18 0 10 construction work for them to do.| Ratteries— Hains, She No essential industry in Casper has| dell, North, and Dithoefe been materially affected with the ex- ception of a few institutions furnish- ing basic accommodations to the labor hosts. 3TANDARD PAYROLL DOUBLED IN YEAR. Mitchell and Taylor. AMERICAN LEAGUE At Chicago— RK. H. E. The permaneht payroll of the Stand-| Philadelphia ...000 200 100—3 10 3 ard plant as shown by the records of| Chicago 010 000 000—1 9 0 the company is twice as large as it The Midwest refinery shows a de- crease in the number of men employed | now and the number of employes a that the permanent operating force of the plant is materially larger than it was July 1,.1920. Responsible for this condition is the fact that the Mid- extensive construction’ pro-| gram has extended over a period of (Continued on Page 5.) St. Batteries—Hasty and Perkins; Kerr was nine months ago. A year ago the|and Schalk. employes of the plant numbered con- siderably less than half of the numeri-| at Cleyeland— R. HE. cal strength that is reported on the) New York 000 000 000—0 3 6 permanent payroll of today. Cleveland 963000 0823 3 1 Batteries—Hoyt and Hoffman; Soth- oron and O'Neill. At eB Louis— "e -310 *** Louis i, Shes werd Batteries—Bush ad Davis, Kolp and Severeid. three yéats, one unit-of enlargement! At ‘Detroit R. H, E. following another in rapid succession, | Washington . 000 010 o**—* . until the whole plant was brought to| Detroit ........020 101 0**—* * * Batteries— Mogridge and Torres; Ehmke and Bassler. MOB LYNCHES WHITE SLAYER HATTIESBURG, Miss., July 23. —Casey Jones, white, recently con- | vieted of the murder of Mrs, J. 8. Mosely and sentenced to be hanged July 18, but whose case was pend- ing on appeal before the state sn- preme court, was taken from the county jail by a mob early today and hanged in the courthouse yard. Sheriff’ Will M. Edmondson and doe Gray and Jailer F. II. McKenzie were sitting on the back steps of the courthouse when they {eas saw the mob bearing down on them! They were immedistely sur- rounded by armed men and ordered to surrender the prisoner. McKenzie refused to surrender the keys. The mob broke down five | doors between it- and the prisoner. Not a’shot was fired but the pris- oner put up a desperate steugile. getting possession of a razor and wounding one man and hitting an- other with a chair. A blow on the back of the head ended the strug- gle and he was carried down to a Harvard and Yale Win Over Cambridge and Oxford in Fifth International Harvard's negro athlete, in the run-/ ning broad jump. Gourdin’s leap to the edge of the pit was the longest of whieh there is any record, profes- sional or amateur. The best previous performance known was 24 feet 11% inches, made by Peter O'Connor: of Ireland, some years ago. Several other events also developed records, five new marks for these meetings being made. | A new record for the games in the 16-pound hammer throw was made| by M. C. Nokes, Oxford's husky hurl- er. On his second throw he sent tho! ball and chain flying 156 feet 1%4| inches. The previous record was 152 feet 8 inches, made by the late Tom Shevlin of Yale at Queens club, Eng- land, in 1904. Nokes’ record effort was itself sur-| passed a few minutes later by that of J. E. Brown of Harvard He set} the mark at 159 feet 3% inche: 100-yard dash—Won by E. O. in, Harvard; second, H. M. Abrahams, Cambridge; third, H. Feldman, | Yale; fourth, B. G. D. Rudd, Oxford Time 10 1-5 seconds. 16-pound hammer J. F. Brown, feet 3% M.” C. urd. | throw—Won by Harvard, distance 159 inches (new record); second, Nokes, Oxford, distance 156 feet 1% inches; third, P. E. Cruik shank, Yale, distance 123 feet, 3% inches; fourth, N. F. Burt, Cambridge, distance 122 feet 24% %inches. 440-yard dash—Won by B. G. D. Rudd, Oxford; second, G. W. Chapman, Yale; third, T. C. Coxe, Yale; fourth R. C. Gregory, Cambridge. Time 49 seconds (new record). One mile run—Won by lard, Cambridge; second, N. C. Tat- sam, Cambridge; third, H. W. Hilles, Yale. Time 4 minutes 20 2-5 Meconds (new record). Captain O'Connell of Harvard was forced to retire after an accident. Running high jump—Won by R. W. Landon, Yale, height 6 feet 3 inches (new record); second, C. G. Krogness, Harvard, height 6 feet; third, BE. 8. Burns, Cambridge, height 5 feet 11 inches; fourth, R. T. Dickinson, Ox- ford, height 5 feet 10 inches. 120-yard high hurdles—Won by C. G H. B. Stal- Krogness, Harvard; second, A. Hul- man, Yale; third, L. F. Partridge, Cambridge; fourth, W. 8S. Kent- Hughes, Oxford. equalling record. ‘Two mile run-—Won by M. K. Doug- las, Yale; second, W. R. Seagrove, Cambridge; _ third, C. Vanderpyl, Yale; (N. A. McInnis, Oxford, col. lapsed.) Time 9 minutes, 32 1-5 séc- onds. 880-yard run—Won by T. Campbell, Time 15 2-5 seconds, Yan D. Rudd, Oxford; third, E. W. Siemens, Yale; fourth, N. R. Milligan, Oxford. Time 1 minute, 4S_ seconds. Running Broad Jump—Won by BE. ©. Gourdin, Harvard, 25 feet 3 inches; second, H. M. Abrahams, Cambridge, 22 feet 1 inch; third, C. G. Krogness, 21 feet 7% inches; fourth, L. St. C. Ingrahams, 20 feet 6 inches. (New world’s Tecord). M. C. Price is leaving for Denver Meet at Harvard Stadium Today ‘HARVARD STADIUM, July 28.—The athletes of Har- vard and Yale, combining their forces against those of the British universities, Oxford and Cambridge, won the fifth of the meetings of their international series here today. The meeting was marked by a new world’s record of 25 feet 3_inches, by Edward O. Gourdin, of Jacksonville, Fla., Stickup Helpers Draw $10 Per In New York, Claim NEW YORK, July 2 lars per stickup is the scale offered by New York holdup men for as- sistants, according to a story de- tectives say they obtained from Gerald Clair of Denver, held for complicity in the robbery of two ci- gar stores. According to the detectives, Clair admitted he held a gun while his employer rifled the cash registers in “one job." The two robberies, for which Clair is said to have gotten $20, ne his companion $140. —Ten dol- IMPORTANT MEETING OF LEGION 15 ARRANGED An important pre-convention meet- ing of the Géorge W. Vroman post No. 2 of the American Legion will be held in the club rooms Monday even- ing at 8 o'clock. All the regularly elected delegates are especially urged to be present as final plans will be made in regard to the state conven- tion of the American Legion which begins at Thermopolis August 2. Other meizhers will also Snd it to their advantage to be present at this meeting. 1. W. SUMMER CAMP ON MOUNTAIN 1S CLOSED The Y. W. C. A. summer camp on Casper mountain has been closed for the ‘season, it was announced today Between 60 and 75 girls were enter. tained at the camp this year. Next year a permanent camp: will be established and will be open for a longer time. FARING IN BERGDOLL PROBE BREAKS UP IN UPROAR Chr Casper Daily se) Orthane [fh | 00,000 TURKISH CAPTIVES TAKEN BY GREEKS IN A GIG OFFENSIVE Encircling Movement By Right Wing of Army Cuts Off Retreat of Nationalist Forces SMYRNA, Asia Minor, July 22.—(By The Associated Press)—-An important encir- cling movement by the Greek right wing is reported here to have cut the retreat of the Turkish ionalists toward Angora from Eski-Shehr, the railway junction point captured by the Greeks in their sweeping offe ve Tuesday ski-Shehr defensiv ch <1 to be completely the Turks within the area are con- sidered to be virtually prisoners. The number of Turkish prisoners actually in Greek hands has reached 30,000, it was stated here today. Mustapha Kemal Pasha, ish Nationalist leader, is sald in Greek quarters to have escaped the encircling movement and to be flee- ing toward Angora. line is de- isolated and the Turk- ATHENS, the Turkish gora, is Jul —Reports Nationalist capital, An- being evacuated and the populace fleeing in the direction of Sivas, 230 miles to the eastward, are contained in the latest advices from the interior of Anatolia. The situa- tion in the Nationalist capital is de- scribed as critical. These reports have not been con- fired from other quarters. MAN HELO FOR THREAT AGKINST FORMER WIFE Jack Thurston is under arrest in the that county jail awaiting investigation of a charge that he had threatened to take the life of Mrs. May Thurston, his divorced wife. Thurston is said to have been employed as a boiler- maker at a Idcal refinery. Thurston, it is said, was placed un- der arrest in the vicinity of a laundry where the woman is employed. At the time of his arrest he was carrying a caliber Colts. It is said that he was arrested on information secured from persons who he told he was go- ing to kill his wife.as soon as she emerged from her place of employ- ment. BURLINGTON TO PLAY OHIO AT BIG MUDDY The local Burlington baseball team will jourt to Parkerton tomorrow where they will clash in a fast game with the ‘Ohio Oil company nine at 2:30 p. m. The oil company, accord- ing to reports, has a fast amateur team but tho, railroad boys plan to wr any reputation they’ might have established up to this time. Mare tin and Cooper will compose the bat- teries for the “Q” men. N WRECK. —— TWO KILLED and’ Mins. Bertha dicate of Den- ver, tourists, were killed near here today when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a waterspout in Wolf Creek pass. —— > F J. S. Mechling of the Oil Well Sup- ply company is confined to his home by illness. ROAD REPORT The following report on road con- ditions today is furnished by the district office of the highway de- partment Grant Highway — Nebraska line to Shawnee generally fair to Orin Yellowstone county line fair to Casper. Casper to Sho- shoni good. Cars in proper con- dition and not overloaded, can make Birdseye Pass to Thermopolis with- out difficulty. Shoshoni-Lander Road — Sho- shoni to Riverton good, then fair to good, thep Highwi to Glenroc! — Platte good, then Hudson, then good to Lander. Casper-Sheridan Road — Rough from end of pavement to Seventeen Mile, then fair to good to Sheri- dan. PITTSBURGH, July thousand men, working at top speed in six hour relays, are striv- oil: fire which since?last Wednesday has caused damage amounting to Jan oil field of Mexico, according to where he will look after business in terests, + advices received by Pittsburgh oil companies operating in the field. 23.—Four , ing to prevent further spread of the | several million dollars in the Amat- | HUNDREDS FIGHT GREAT OIL FIRE “The concensus is that the fire | will not spread beyond the confines of Lot No. 162, where it started,” one message said. Morrison well No. 5 is wide open, | according to another dispatch and is making 30,000 barrels a day. Most of the oil is being consumed in mid-air and there is very little drainage, thus lessening the danger \ to properties, oo avec ; ’ ?