Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 20, 1922, Page 1

CONTINUANCE. IN BRIBERY GASE lo AUTHORIZED) * Request of Dee Unopposed by State in Court Today Upon showings made by y W. W. Lacy, attorney for Roy H. Bullack and Curley Gal- lington, charged with having attempted to bribe Sheriff Joe L. Marquis.to do an un- lawful act, Judge W. E. Tubbs grant- ed a continuance of the case until 10 o'clock Saturday morning. County Attorney M. W. Percell ap- peared in justics court at 2 o'clock this afternoon to personally prosecute the action against the defendants. He did not oppose the request of defense counsel for a continuance in the pre liminary hearing. Stating to the court that he was busy with criminal and other matters in district court Mr. Purcell stated that he had no opposition to a con- tinuance in the case belng granted. He did however oppose an effort to have the case continued ten days. He stated his willingness however to per- mit @ continuance to Friday or Sat- urday. Bvidence of the fact that the en- tire proceedings was actuated by po- litical intrigue In an effort to frame public officials here is being rigidly suppressed. Sheriff Marquis and County Attor- ney M, W. Purcell, profess they “sinow nothing of the incident except what already appears on the face. Mr. Purcell however terminated a vacation which he was taking at @hermopolis in order to return here and get the situation in hand prior to prosecuting the case personally in justice court. Interesting revelations are said to be held in reserve until, the hearing in which it is alleged that sup- porters of Bullack will rally to his as- sistance in an effort to quash the case so that it will not get into dis- trict court. Alleged visits of officials: and oth- er prominent Casper residents to Glenrgck Monday. believed to have been connected with the attempt to frame the sheriff's office are being probed. A new angio in the case may be developed when it is learned who the persons were who visited the Citizens’ National bank Monday to secure the currency which was ten- dered in an effort to bribe Sheriff Marquis. MAS, SAMUEL L. BOYER OF SALT GREEK DIES AT HOSPITAL TODAY ¥L Elizabeth Boyer, 26 years of age, ied at the local hospital this morning after a severe attack of peritonitis. Mrs. Boyer had been brought in from Salt Creek a day or two ago, Her gpn- éiticn was such t}at she coald net un- dergo an operation. The tusband of the deceased, Samuel Li. Boyer, is an ofl well driller, in the employ of the Ohio company. There will be no services held in Casper. ‘The body is now at the Bow- man chapel and will be shipped to ‘Trinidad, © baat ca tae tonight. DEMPSEY WILL FIGHT MARTIN TERRA ALTA, Va., April 20.—Jack , heavyweight champion pugilist of the world, and Bob Martin of Terra Alta, heavyweight champion of the A. B. F., will meet tn a bout at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, N. ¥., on Labor day, in event Martin defeAts Bob Roper and Bill Brennan before that time, according to Dr. S. M. Scott Zr., an intimate friend of the soldier- Doxer. ‘Dr. Scott said here today that he had been advised by Martin that Jack manager, hed agreed to the bout and that Charles HH. Ebbets would promote it. aes is scheduled to meet Roper femorial day and plans for a bout Sith Brennan are being made. Weather Forecast ‘air tonight and Friday; an much change in tempera- ture. VOLUME VI HUNDREDS KILLED BY GREAT BLAST CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1922. KEMMERER MAN IS OUT FOR CONGRESS, OTHER RUMORS ARE LAUNCHED CHEYENNE, Wyo. April. 20-— (Special to The Tribane).—Marshall E. Reynolds of Kemmerer, United States collector of internal revenue peaersthean Seen tion for governor is expected within ‘a few days. Hay’s decision to make the gace has been communicated to many of ‘his friends recently. Wheth- that he will not be a candidate, re- Ports to the contrary notwithstand- ing. of Reynolds’ can- didacy for congress, it is believed here, will result in withdrawal of Church Ruins Hold||RADIO TO BE BIG BOON TO CHURCH IN WYOMING, BISHOP THOMAS CLAIMS Bodies of Scores in Salonika, Say Athens Reports BELGRADE, April 2—(By the |—Several hundred _{ killed, about 1,000 wounded and 30,000 made homeless as the result of the explosion of war ‘ony top lhapebaal-<Stenprare accord- Ey i wt F | ? i E i : H r E ! hail ale the ATHENS, Greece, April 20. the Republican nomination of the |_(By The Associated Press.) superintendency, Cheyenne. A. D. Johnson of Cheyenne, local She resides in —Advices from Salonika to- day report great loss of life NUMBER 164. Water Sweeps Over 30,06 000 More Acres in Illinois, Ruining Prospects for Big). Crops; Mississippi at Record Flood|} Stage at New Orleans, Still Rising CARROLLTON, ITll., April 20.—(By. The Associated Press.) —Breakirg of the Hartwell levee on the Illinois river, near here, at 11 o’clock last night, completed the flooding |of 30,000 acres of reclaimed farm land along a 23-mile river front if Green county. Reports this morning say that few |if any lives were lost, as the populace of the territory had NEW YORK, Apeil 20.—Church- goers in Wyoming will be served their rexmous by radio if the plans of the Right Rev. Nathan Seymour Thomas, D. D., Episcopal mission- ary bishop of Wyoming, mature. Bishop Thomas presides over that wide expanse of territory where church and missionary stations are two and three hundred miles apart, so that not much more than’ & monthly service is possible. This is what Bishop Thomas proposes to Change. He arrived at the church missions house today with a radio outfit, “I am convinced,” said he, “that thru the medium of the radio we Shall be able to revolutionize mis- sionary methods in regions of mag- nificent distances like our State of Wyoming. Under present methods ‘with our communicants widely scat- tered and mission stations few and far between, the church finds it im- pomible to reach all of our people more than once a month. Radio is just the thing to remody this situa- tion. “Now, what I want, therefore, ts & radio outfit which wil carry 300 Bolitical gossip says, will be a candi- as a result of an explosion of or 400 miles. I will instal it in the date for the nomination for state treasurer. Hoe is vice pres- ident of the First National bank of this city, the largest financial insti- tution in the state. FIERCE REPOR BELFAST CITY. RIOTS TED I Sniping Continued Nig This Morning After ht of Terror in Which Four Are Killed; Peace Hopes Dashed BELFAST, April 20.—(By The Associated Press.)—Snip- ing was-renewed today at the scéne of last night’s fierce riot and two persons were wounded. . Mary Keehan, who was shot yesterday, is dead, bringing the death toll since Tuesday died today. DUBLIN, April 20. —(By The As- soclated Press.)—Last night was the worst Dublin has experienced since Enster, so far as noise is concerned. The residents were kept awake by continuous rifle and machine gun fire ‘and the noise of military lorries rush- ing to, the relief of places attacked. Several building occupied by the provisional Free State government, and guarded by official troops, were attacked according to the last edition of the morning ni Headquarters of the Free State government were attacked but despite terrific firing entry was not effected. The city hall and tele- phone exchange also wére heavily as- saulted. LITTLE CHANCE OF PEACE AGREEMENT. DUBLIN, April 20.—(By The As- sociated Press.}—The conference be tween Representative Free Staters and Republicans held here today at the Instance of Lord Mayor O'Neill to eight of whom four were killed last night. Police Sergeant Brun, who was wounded last’ Thursday, |- and Archbishop Byrne adjourned at 4:45 o'clock this afternoon until next Wednesday. No agreement reached. DUBLIN, April 20.—(By The As- was; At Pittsburgh— war >material. Meters from the Salonika railway sta- tion. Hundreds of children were bur.| Ut the state the full service and president cf Armour and company. ied in the ruins of a church on which shells fell, and it was bolleved 1,800} mpldiers were buried in the ruins of thelr barracks which were demol- ished, the advices. state. The disaster occurred at noon yes- terday. Details are lacking but the dispatch received here said it was known that the death toll was large. The soldiers were having dinner when their barracks were destroyed, and @ large number are known to have been killed. Fires immediately broke out in severai places and the tabablants fled in panic as the en- tire town was endangered, Tho similarity of the foregving dis- bers to one from Belgrade yesterday an explosion at Mons- ais ta fee eonaecaieeee ot oad Serbia when’an ammunition dump blew up makes it seem possible that both re- late to the same disaster. Monastir is about eighty miles northwest of Salonika. —<——_—___ BALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. E. St. Louis _----100 031 000— 5 8 4 Pittsburgh 201 003 22x—10 13 3 Barfoot and sociated Press.)—Little hope for tang-| Ainsmith; Cooper, Adams and Gooch. ible results in the direction of peace was expressed on the resumption to-} At. Brooklyn— day of the peace conference between the Free Staters and Republicans, al-| Brooklyn - though Lord Mayor O’Nefil and Arch- R. H. E. 330 000 xxx—-x x xX 000 000 xxx—x x xX and Smith; New York -. Batteries—Dongas bishop Byrne: have exerted themselves | Vance, Smith and Taylor. to he utmost since the adjournment last week to effect an understand- ing. ‘The loré mayor m a statement pre- dicted that should the meeting fail, early amaighmation of the forces of| cincinnati _ capital and labor might be looked for in an effort to end disorder. At Boston — Philadelphia-Boston game postponed; rain. At Chicago— R. H. E. x mohue and Wingo; leaders were reported to have) Alexander and’ Hartnett, Labor conferred for the last few dsys with the heads of ‘the provisional Free State government and the Republi- cans, and may be represented at to- day’s meeting. Eamon De Valera, Republican lead- Continued on Page Four.) ADDITIONAL TAXES LOOM": NATION ‘NEEDS REVENU WASHINGTON, April 20.—Levy- that no consideration had yet deen ing of additional taxes probably. will be necessary to meet the deficit of more than $350,000,000 forecast wfor the fiscal year of 1923 by Secretary Mellon, it was said today at the treasury. High officials of the treasury, discussing the expected deficit, said given to. meeting the lack of funds, but that it was apparent the deficit probably would have to be raised by taxation, as the government “did not have anything to sell.” Whether the deficit would run as high as a half a billion dollars, as estimated by some treasury officials, could not be accurately determined at this time, it was said, as the va- rious contingent items of revenue and expenditure taken into consid- eration in figuring the finances for the comig fiscal year made an ac- curate ‘determination of the ex- pected deficit impossible. asserted, however, a considerable deficit was certain, oo AMERICAN LEAGUE Batteries—Bagby and Ehmke and Bassler. Nunamaker; Batteries—Faber and Schalk; sro _ ex and Severeid, ‘stored: 200) eathedral at Laramie and rend to othe small, scattered missions thru- been forewarned. Hartwell levee, protecting 1.000 acres of wheat land, is the thiré large levee in Green county to yield to the Pressure of the flooded Illinois. The others, which gave way last week, were at Eldred and Fairban! These three levees affordel protec tion to 30,000 acres, of which reports say, at least half was planted in wheat. Last night's disaster occurred at a point directly opposite the pumping station, and did great damage to it Workers there, however, are mid to have escaped without tf: fury. MURPHYSBORO, IL, April 20—A big break in the levee near Degognia and Fountain Bluff, small towns southwest of here was reported to- day. Water was said to be rushing over thousands of ucres of cultivated farm lands. sermon which we have there each Sunday. The value of such a serv- ice to the thousands of peop'e who are living lofe'y lives in our sparsely settled regivn= is incalculable, The church will make a great mistake eH “not to take ininediate advantage [FLOOD STAGE HrTs of this RECORD AT NEW ORLEANS. new advance in science.” —>—_—_—_- CUMMING FUNERAL 10 NEW ORLEANS, La, April 20.— The Mississippi river passed the high- when the local gauge registered feet one-tenth of a foot higher t! the previous high record established in 1912. According to the local weath- ed bureau the river will continue to rise until a stage of 23 feet is reached about May 10. Officials of the Yamoo and Missi» sippt Valley ra{froad announced to- day that on its main line north of Funeral services for the late J. A.| Vicksburg, a continuous stretch of Cumming, Casper pioneer and fron-|36 railes of land was under water,| tieraman, will be conducted from the} The fire boxes of only the largest en‘ Bowman chapel at 10:30 o’cloc, Friday| gines on the system are higher than morning. A representative of the In-| the water line. ternational Bible Students’ society will] Water stood two feet deep today have charge of the services and burial] in Levee street, in Vicksburg. will be made in Casper cemetery. - TEE ae OR WASHINGTON, April 20. — Four million sand bags were shipped by special train from Sehenectady, N. ¥., today to’ points along the Missis- sippi river where the water, reaching (Continued on Page Four) ARMOUR OFFICIAL, DIYORCED, CHICAGO, April 20— Mrs. Ethel Dunham has been granted a divorce from RobertJ. Dunham, former vice FRENCH CALL UPON ALLIES TO DEMAND Instructions Issued Stir Up Action Against Germany for : Signing Rapallo Treaty PARIS, April 20.—(By The Associated Press.)—Instruc- PENALTY OF TEUTON to Ambassadors to CLEANUP CAMPAIGN FOR VETERANS 16 PLANNED Pians are being made for a cleanup campaign by which organiztions est stage ever recorded here today} tions sent by Premier Poincare to the French ambassadors in the capitals of the allies and fully approved by the cabinet, are to insist that energetic measures must be taken and pen- alties applied to Germany if the Russo-German treaty is not abrogated regardless of what the Genoa conference may| */sian refugees had decide. ‘The premier’s position is that there can be no more hesitation in the exec- ution of the treaty of Versailles. He holds that the concessions of the allies to Germany has led to further resistance to the Versailles treaty on the part of the latter. Premier Poincare has held consulta- tions with leaders of all parties in the ast two days, besides keeping the cab- net in ciose touch with the situation. Conservative Nationalists and Lib- eral elements are said to have given the premier to understand they would support his view. It was pointed out today that the Russo-German treaty had brought to light violations of the Versailles pact |by Germany in respect to military ma- terials, the Germans having, it ap- pears, sold the arms which the Rus- left in Germany instead of handing them over to the allied commission for destruction, as provided by the Versailles treaty. (Article 1 of the Russc-German treaty, at the end of clause C, reads: “The Russian government renounces payment of the sum Germany has de- rived from the sale of Russian army ‘material transported into Germany.”) Already there is much speculation eencerning the penalties to be imposed upon Germany, as it is considered most probable that some action of this sort will be taken. The occupation| of the Ruhr valley is the foremost sug- gestion although there is authoritive opinion that the allies are unlikely to adopt the precise penalty which the Germans most expect and are perhaps best prepared to meet. The financial and economic penalties provided for in the treaty, it is argued, would permit the allies to bring pressure of the most effective sort at much less cost and trouble than extension of the military occupation. The cabinet today met with Premier Poincare, The Associ-| A, April 20.—(By " will be appreciated. at noon had made no reply to Lioyd George's ultimatum that they either! withdraw the Russo-German treaty or accept the penalty of disbarment from| the conference's discussiona of the Russian question. The Germans are) divided on the issue, and no reply is expected from them before tonight. The Russians say the treaty must stand. CHEYENNE MAN EAD. | CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 20.—John| D. Gill, 63, retired business man, died| at a hospital here Tuesday, after an| operation. He was a pioneer Central Wyoming ranchman, a member of the| firm of Taylor, Coffey & Girl, which) owned the property now known as| Careyhurst, which is the home of Rob-| ert D. Carey. The firm sold the ranch to J. M. Carey & Bro. in 1589. ———— MOTHER SEEKS WORD OF SON | ‘The mother of Ernest Murphy, who] has not been heard from since June,| 1921, seeks word of him. The mother | is Mrs. Mary E. Murphy, Bath, Ill. Any communication regarding the young man, who {s 20 years of age, seeking to provide relief fos ex-service men who have claims for compensation against the government growing out |of war servica hope to contact all de- serving cases in the state. Thomas M. Temple, field represen tative of the American Red Cross ar- rived here from Denver today and is holding conferences with the Veter- ans’ Bureau, American Legign and other organizations to insure effective work in contacting all persons who will present their claims to the clean A Td SHERMAN FUNERAL 9 HELO HERE TODAY The funeral of Thomas Jefferson |Sherman, who was recently faund |dead at Kis home, was held this after- noon at 2 o'clock at the Shaffer-Gay |chapel. The Rey. C. M. Thompson, Jr., | officiated. arate Leak | RAILROAD PENSIONS SIXTY CHICAGO, Ill, April 20.—The Chi- cago, Burlington & Quincy railroad | pensioned sixty veterans in its |service. The action was taken at the first meeting of the recently formed ' pension bureau. CONGRESSIONAL PROBE OF TEAPOT LEASE SEEN FLOOD DAMAGE PILES UP AS RIVER LEVEES CRUMBLE Che Che Casper Daily aed Crthune EDITION REPUBLICANS TO JOIN IN DEMAND 1 DETAILS OF Lh UONTRACT WASHINGTON, April 20. —(Special to The Tribune.) —Several important develop- ments occurred yesterday in connection with the leasing of the “Teapot dome,” naval oil reserve No. 3 to a New York Syndi cate financed by H. F. Sinclair and Harry Payne Whitney, operating as the Mammoth Ol) Company, They were: First—Government officials let it be known that the lease to the Mam moth Oil Company for development of the tract will not be rescinded. Second—Senator John B. Kendrick, 4eciaring his “worst suspicions had been confirmed” by the disclosure that the lease has deen signed, announced that he is considering introducing a resolution for 2 congressional investi gation of the whole transaction, includ ing the necessity for development of the dome at this time and the terms of the government's contract with the Sinclair syndicate. ‘Third—Wyoming off interests filed @ fresh protest tn the form of a tele- gram to Senator Kendrick, character. izing as “absurd” the contention of private geologists that the Salt Creek field ts draining the oil from the Na- val Reserve. Fourth—Republican senators dis Played acute interest !n the contro. versy with the result that a demand for a congressional inquiry may em- anate from a Republican source in the next few days, as well as from Sen ator Kendrick. In response to the Kendrick resolu tion calling for the facts concerning the transaction, Acting Secretary of the Interior Frank C. Finney called at Eenator Kendrick's office and left & mamorandum outlining the terms of the contract and explaining the de. partment’s porition. The statement was prepared after an exchange of telegrams with Secretary Fall in New Mexico, who signed the contract for the Interior Department, and is gen- erally understod to have engineered the deal,» It is re-emphasized that the advantages of the arrangements as viewed in official quarters, but con- tained no new facts and offered no explanation of the secrecy with which the deal was surrounded up to and even after its consummatien. A telegram received by Senator Kendrick from the Rocky Mountain OM and Gas Producers’ Association today declared it “physically impos- sfble for wells In the Salt Creek field to draw oil from the Teapot Dome.” | "Tho message gsserted that test wells drilled in the saddle between the Salt Creek field and the naval reserve “proved conclusively that the Salt Creek saddle contains water,” and “shows the absurdity of the govern- ment’s contention.” To this, Senator Kendrick added his own observation that officinis here, Including Secretary of the Navy Den- by and Secretary Fall are unjustified fn holding that Salt Creek is draining the dome to the detriment of the gov- ernment interest. “Cnder all the. circumstances. it ts unnecessary and uneconomica to de- velop the Teapot Dome at this time,” Senator Kendrick asserted. “Tt does not appear on Its face that the Navy needs the ofl. Moreover, the Salt Creek field already has an over-pro- duction. It is preposterous to propose that the of in the Teapot Dome, safer’ than anywhere else, should be piped hundreds of miles and impounded in artificial reservoirs or tanks. To carry out the contract in its present form would disturb the oil industry, rob the state of revenue to which it is justly entitled. and offer no ampensatory advantages elther to the state or the nation. These facts will be laid be- fore the government officials, and, necessary, before Congress. “My first interest in this matter, of course, is to preserve for the State of Wyoming a royalty interest in the Teapot Dorge. No one, I am sure, will dispute the principle that the State should receive some compensation for the loss of the taxable value of this land. “Contrary to statements tn the New Continued on Page our.) it D. A. R. AT MOUNT VERNON JOFFRE IS GUEST TODAY WASHINGTON, April 20.—The annual pigrimage to Mount Vernon today of the delegates to the Con- gress of the Daughters of the American Revolution, will be marked by the $resence there off Marshal Joffre of France, to take part in the exercises. The French military hero, who is concluding his American tour with a five days’ vi esa Pressi—The German delegation! here, will-be accompanied by Am- bassador Jusserand, who wil plant on the soil of Washington's home a tree from Lagrange castle, France, the home of Lafayette, as a gift to the Daughters of the American Rey- olution. ‘The secretary will also plant a tree brought from Sulgrave Manor, the Washington anbesteal home in England, and presented the British embassy, Wreaths will be placed on Wash ington’s tomb by Marshal Jogre and Mrs. George Maynard Minor, presl- dent general of the Daughters, and. one by the latter also on the tomb of Martha Washington. Returning here after the exer on Marshal Joffre and Mme. ® will dine with the president a the White House. Anew er owmrad ~ mm. Caentomennen matin Ce RED. no ty OAL Eee SSN 29S LI EET ee eT Ee §