Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 21, 1922, Page 1

/ TEUTONS SOVIET pon LS ANY EY Weather Forecast Fair tonight and Saturday; moderate temperature. VOLUME VI TANK BLAST INJURES 90 Fire in Oil Station at Downey, 15 Miles From Los Angeles, Spreads to Under- ground Storage, Causing Explosion LOS ANGELES, April 21.—Probably fifty people were in- jured, a number of them fatally, when an oil station at Fourth and Crawford streets caught fire at Downey today and the fire reached the underground storage tanks, causing them to explode with great furce, throwing debris many feet. Downey is a small town about fifteen miles southeast of! Las Angeles and its fire and rolice fa- cilities were so small that it was neces- sary to call on the sheriff here to take charge of the policing, and to city hos- pitals to take care of the injured. Men and ambulances were sent from the city immediately. Among the injured were W. L. Pol- ly, a druggist whose place of business was near the point of the explosion, Dean Kelsey and A. Beauchamp, pro- pristors of another ofl station nearby and W. R. Price,'a merchant, many of the slightly injured were taken to homes at Downey for treatment while others were compelled to remain in the vicinity of the explosion to await medical care. ‘The sheriff received call. from a deputy who had reached Downey at 11:80 asking whether ambulances were en route. Phevdeputy said at 12. persons were seriously hurt, and “about 2 hundred” were injured more or less. : t He said the worst hurt were some men who had been working on a nearby roof when the explosion’ oc- curred and- who were deluged with burning gasoline. - ‘The property damage had not. been estimate at hour after the explosion, which occurred at 10:40 a. m. but it ‘was thought that it would probably not exceed $20,000 and might be leas; the principal harm was to human life rather than to property. It has not been learned here wheth- er any fire accompanied the explosion, but persons nearby said there appeared to be no sign of flames. z DOWNEY, Cal., April 21.—Tweive people were seriously hurt and scores slightly injured here when two explo- sions followed in rapid sequence, shat- tering buildings and windows, throw- ing debris in many directions and se- Continued on Page Four.) MILLS COMPANY NOT | Crthune CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1922. Mondell Asks Big Royaty for Wyoming CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 21.—A telegram received here from Wash- ington states that Congressman Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming Wednesday introduced in the house @ bill providing that the stato of Wyoming shall recetve 37% per cent of the federal government's share of off taken from naval oli reserve No. 3 (Teapot Dome) under the contract for drilling the dome which the government has let to the Mammoth Oil company. pe amit he ee 3 RADICA\, ELECTED, BUENOS AIRES, April 21. —(By The Associated Press.)—The election of Marcello De Alvear, radical candi- Gate for president, is assured by the latest returns from Buenos Aires city and the provinces. Famine Driven Out of Volga Region By American Relief SAMARA, Russia, April 15.—(B tréas tat the Vales eallcy Beton tee feeding. It is due to vanish almc earth of this-fertile spas SH slow but steady 3 _entirely when the sp STAND PAT O WILL RECOG SS a ty * |Rassians Agree to Liquidate Claims of EF Ps 04 pr 4 at | Allies if Full Recognition Is Given | Nation; Germany Willing to Forego Representation ‘on Russ Commission GENOA, April 21—(By The Associated Press.)—Both | TY | \the Germans and the Russians EDITION |to the allies’ demands. The German reply accepts the allied __ | |proposal that the Germans tak today submitted their replies e no further part in the nego- tiations between the allies and the Russians, but the reply NUMBER 165. | does not modify the effectiveness of the Russo-German treaty. TOOK EVIDENCE FROM RECORDS FOR BAIR SUIT Accountant on Stand for Plaintiffs in Re-| ceivership Action Admits Taking Information From Office Files —Admission that, while in the capacity of an expert ac- countant, he was examining records in the office of the Bair} Oil company, he carried away and for more than a year re-| tained certain records of interest to his clients, was wrung, from James J. Murphy, a witness for the plaintiffs, Tuesday States district court here on the appli- sation of the Omar Oil and Gas com-| Pany and N. F. Clark of Pittsburgh) | (as a basis for discussion. CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 21.— (Special to The Tribune.) [MEETING OPEN TO AMBASSADOR. for appointment of a receiver for the, Bair company. Murphy further admitted that while examining the Bair company’s records’ he also invaded the files of the Ka- suming Oil company, which were kept The Associated, Press.) Famine is\beginning to in the same office, and obtained infor- Mation from them, but would not ad- Mit that he had abstracted and c&rriod. Sway any of the Kasoming files. He admitted that the Bair records he ale lust Tuesday just before the Bair Oi1! out the early e dor scpnlied by nited es Noreen count eR OO rode aby elles malar rg heed ment, will sustain most of the population until the rye and wheat “of late August (Continued on Page Twelve) i and early September. _ ~~ — : - month when wheat may bo sown, it is still a gamble whether a majority of the peasants will receive any appre- ciable supply for spring planting. The railways through the heart of the Samara and Orenburg districts hav‘ fort to bring seed to the peasants. ‘The great seed offensive has been a dramatic battle against starvation, dis- ease and economic disruption, and in it the weather has dealt heavy blows. The spring thaw is following, and it mow appears that, in many districts the roads will be impassable, when the grain finally does arrive at the inland stations. Even now along the rail lines are gathered. horses, camels and oxen by the hundreds waiting with sleighs to take the precious seed to the villages. If it arrtyes in the midst of the thaw, only a part of it will teach the farms in time for sowing. If the wheat campaign succeeds to OPERATOR OF HOTEL The Mills Construction company was named as defendant in the abate- ment and injunction proceedings brought against the Mills hotel build- ing through ownership of the struc- ture and not because of. connection with its operations as indicated in a story of the action. Mi. Mills stated this morning that he was gratified by the present cleanup in Casper. any ‘appreciable extent, officials say, Samara, though producing only 25 or 40 per cent of the normal pre-war yield, will have some wheat for ex- port. —>—_—_ 'TONGMAN SLAIN. THE DALLES, Ore., April 21. — (Chang Hong, 60 years of age, a mem- ber’ of the Hip Sing tong, was found dead near his place of business here PEKING. POLICE ARE REPLACED PEKING, April 21.—(By The Associated Press.)—The troops of General Chang Tso-Lin, governor of Manchuria, to- day took possession of Peking and Tien Sing, replacing the local police forces of those cities. was devoid of incident. A transfer of authority The only sign of hostility between Chang Tso-Lin and Gen- eral Wu Pei-Fu, commander of Cen- tral Chinese forces, was tne cutting of the Peking-Fukow railroad at a point south of Tien Tsin, which caused inconvenience to a number of. American travelers en route to Shang- hai. : President Hsu-shib-Chang regarde the threatened ‘civil war between the forces of Chang Tso-Lin and Wu Pei- Fu as taking on a grave aspect. ‘Wang Shih-Chen, who was premier under former President Yuan Shih Kai, is endeavoring to bring about conciliation, proposing that the two leaders establish equal military av- thority, while the prospective national convention deliberates concerning the fate of the country. The foreign various legations are = OGOUT RALLY AT HIGH SGnOOL IS The Scout troops of the Casper ‘Council have a pleasant surprise in store for grown-up Scout enthusiasts }who attend the general spring rally of the Scout organization at the high school gymnasium this evening. More genuine scouting is to be displayed in ‘the activities of the troops in the rally Program tonight than has been the case in any ralty yet conducted by the ‘Casper Scouts. After a demonstration by Scouts of Troop 1 of the procedure through which a Scout goes to receive & merit badge in any one of the 67 ati- ferent merit badge subjects, and after Scouts of Troop 9 give a display of the work of a regular troop meeting, visit- ors will be in better position to appre- ciate the tremendous amount of work @ Scout must do in order to attain his advancement. The program follows: Scout songs_--------------_All Troops Salute to the flag-___--___All Troops Demonstration in Merit Badge Tests Recreation Boxing—Scout Stanko vs. Scout Joe O’Nefll. Boxing—Scout O'Bryan vs. Scout John O'Neill. Wrestting—Scout. Eshelman vs. Scout Glow. An Older Scout to a Younger One_- re eee W. 0. Wilson The Activities of a Troop Meeting-- a eee ------- Troop 9 Presentations and Awards._.-.--~- ‘The Court of Honor e Scout Oath_._ ------All Troops simply awaiting developments. “The Oak Was Once an Acorn.” OMAHA, Neb., April 21 — Otto Cole, who pleaded his own case, sue- ceeded in saving himself from the electric chair for the murder of Har ry Hahn, Omaha yawn broker shot to death recently, a jury in district court this morning returning a ver- dict finding him guilty of murder SLAYER PLEADS HIS OWN CASE ANDESCAPES ELECTRIC CHAI and fixing the penalty at life im- prisonment. : Cole, said to be an escaped con- vict .from Joliet, Il., state prison, conducted his: own defense through- out and was referred to during his trial as a “man of mystery” be- causegno one seemed to know where or how he acquired his ability as an attorney. é EVENT TONIGHT | Resolution Rushed Through Senate and House Today Provides Government Aid in Great River Crisis WASHINGTON, April 21.—The sum of one million dol- jlars for control of flood waters of the Mississippi river, now jat the highest stages in years, was made available imme- diately by a resolution rushed through the senate and house today within an hour after the proposal made by southern imembers had been approved by Secretary Weeks and Direc- tor Dawes of the budget. taken up with the war department, of- ficials said, as it is expected the quar- termasters corps would have charg of any distribution of government ra- tions in the flood areas. WASHINGTON, April 21.—An emer- gency appropriation of $1,000,000 to fight the flood waters now going south Dawes. A joint resolution carrying this amount will be offered in the house today, it was announced by Rep- Tesentagive Wilson of Louisiana and Humpheys of Mississippi. WASHINGTON, April 21.—Appeals for rations for families rendered des- titute by the flood were received today by the treasury from Naples and Meredosia, Til. The matter is being ss Sater on the Mississippi river will be asked of congress today by southern leaders FREIGHT PLANS CHANGED. With the approval of Buazet Director] Plans for abandoning present freight rates on roofing and certain other articles between San Francisco ‘and Casper on the theory that there is no movement in the goods men- tioned have ‘been abgndoned by the General Freight Service association at St. Louis, according to a letter re- ceived by the Casper Chamber of Commerce today. Instead it is pro-| posed to reduce the rate from $1.25%} to $1.25, Troop 1’ MRS. GRIEVE, NATRONA PIONEER, DIES SUDDENLY THURSDAY NIGHT The funeral of Mrs. Janet Grieve, near Oil-City and more recently in Casper pioneer whose passing at 8] Casper at 930 South Wolcott street. 5 She was the widow of William o'clock last night at © local hospital! <-ieve,; whose death took place 18 struck sorrow to the hearts of many| years ago. relatives and friends, will be, held from St. Mark’s church at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The Rev. Philip K. Edwards will officiate. She is survived by four sons, John,| James B,, Robert W., and William| B. Grieve; and by five daughters Mrs. Howard Baker, Mrs. James McIntosh, The Russian reply accepts the allied Proposal for payment of Russia's debt due to foreigners and tne restoration of foreign property nationalized by Russia, in case the Soviet regime is granted full recognition by the allied sovernments and is given adequate fi nancial assistance. The effect of the two replies is to continue the German and Russian participation in the work here and thus to bridge over the crisis which recently threatened to disrupt the conference. While the Soviet reply apparently accepts practically all the allied de manda, the details of working out the plan and the amounts the Russians may expect in loans to restore their country admittedly present a difficult problem, without any certainty that it can be solved and thus complete the prelimi- naries necessary for Russian recogni- tion. The sub<ommission of 10 members on Russiar affairs, Germany now be- ing eliminated, met the Russian dele- gates this afternoon: and informed them that their reply was satisfactory U GENOA, April 21—(By The Associ- ated Press)—An English spokesman for the British delegation to the eco- nomic conference said today there was no objection to Richard Washburn afternoon, in the hearing in United, Child, American ambassador to Italy being present at sessions of the cor- mission on Russian affairs in order to| **/4: obtain information for the United States government. Corner in Wor On the Busiest $2,000 Robbery | CHICAGO, April 21.—Residents of and Madison streets the “busiest cor- robbers who broke a jewelry store win- on. that corner varly this morn- ing with a padded brick and escape 000. ILLION FOR FLOOD RELIEF MEAT PRICES ARE LOWER CHICAGO, April 21.— Wholesale meat prices show a tremendous decline since the peAk prices following the ‘war, according to the American Insti- tute of Meat Packers. “The average value of all meat and meat products exported during 1921, was 14% cents a pound as compared) with 30% cents ‘in 1919," says a bulle- tin issued by the institute. ‘The aver- age valuo of meat exported during 1913 was 11% cents @ pound.” | | AWARDED MEDALS HERE Na- awarded certificates and medals for accuracy and efficiency in typewriting. In order to be eligible for a medal the student must write the test given at the rate of at ieast 40 words a minute, | without more than five errors and without previous practice. ‘| Those teceiving bronze medais are Louise Frisby, Nessie Duncan, Mary Shikany, Alice Swartfager, Walker and Helen Livingston. Those receiving initial certificates are Mayme Rytkl, Malene Lea, Nola Henry, Marie Walker, Ruth Allsman, Elste Jackson, Myrtle Jones, Li!an Smalley, Florence Jansen, Marion | Noyes, Margaret Angel, Kathryn/| Brady, and Nola Henry. | Those receiving leather card case! and certificate are Helen Livingston, | Mildred Naylor, Nessie Duncan, Francis Davis, Emma Anderson, Paul| Ross, Helen Archibauld, Marguerite Marie The body will lie in state at the Bowman chapel from 10 a, m, to 2 Mrs. Rex Fanning, Nellie Grieve Kim- ball and Mrs. Frank Cowan, Cole, Marie Walker and Mary West-| fall. | p. m. tomorrow ‘when friends may view the remains. As a pioneer well known to both early and late residents of Casper and the surrounding country, Mrs. Grieve had many friends in this section of the state. To these news of her death came as a distinct shock. Pneumonia, with which she was taken ill some two weeks dgo but from which she had apparently recov- ered, was the direct cause of her death. Her weakened condition was unble to’ withstand the relapse. Mrs. Grieve was born in Scotland ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 21.— Because Louis T. Orr Jr., of Chi- cago,,a student in the law school, University of Michigan, refused to wear the “frosh pot,” the fresh- man’s tiny gray, and observe other in 1852. e had lived in Nebraska| university traditions, the student for some time before coming to Wyo-| council has passed a resolution re ming, which occurred in 1893 She! questing his dismissal ‘lived for many. years at the ranch} The faculty has taken no official | N TREATY. NIZE DEBTS OIL LEASING DATA ASKED Senator LaFollette Offers Resolution in Senate and Submits Letters From Daniels Quoting Former Policy WASHINGTON, April 21.—Complete information ree garding the leasing of rights in naval oil reserves was sought in a resolution introduced today by Senator La Follette, Re- publican, Wisconsin, who at the same time made public a letter fro sephus Daniels, formerly secretary of the navy, opposing easing of the government domain. : Mr. Daniel in his letter that when the fird on naval rese the navy dep as for lease rights vere examined by \t it was found! BALL SCORES | NATIONAL LEAGUE At Bostin— that they were 4° tor by “parties| working in the, “% yards of Chica ‘go who thought’ % 48) » Were signing a petition for an 4 y& .” Senator La 1 cals for all docum dence between the | ‘and interior departm, the naval reserves \ ng those in California as well as. yoming Discussion of the resolution was deferred at Senstor La Folletie’s re quest. Former Secretary Daniels’ letter said V's resolution nd correspon- ‘nt, the navy 1d lessees on arate il eae | their friends are to have a supper at| that all during his administration he .. 100 000 O— x = a had fought leasing of the naval re-| Batteries—J, Barnes and Snyder; serves. Reuther and Miller. In his letter to Senator LaFollette cera former Secretary of the Navy Daniels} At Chicago— R. H. E. id: Cincirmati +000 10—-x x x I, with the attorney general, op-| Chicago ...........000 00— x x x Posed the action of the land office in| Batteries — Rixey and Wingo; the Honolulu land question, would have given oil lands worth many millions of dollars to a company, which, in my judgment, had no sha- dow of right to them. To the very last days of my administration I op- posed all’ the suggestions toward the leasing of these oi) reseres set by President Taft and President I~ son. * © * I felt that this off had corried away had been retained until} Chimgo call the intersection of State|beem set apart for the navy and the day would come when the navy must gompary was served, ac the instance) ner in the world” but no one saw the| depend upon its own oil reserves for a 1 of “Americay corn for k e vers. ‘the ck | Of the piaintirts, with a subpoena de- “aud vege’ ae, Sed | Mandins fhe {hope records. be ee part of its supply. “Ten days befors Match 4, 1921,~1 more than once anw the secretary of te the Bair company, but ho denied! with watches and rings valued at $2,-|the interior to whom applications had been made to: lease the oil and I pre- sented the navy’s claim and opposi- tion to any’ lease of these reserves. Secretary Payne refused to approve the applications for leases and was very wise and farseeing in so doing.| * * © IT held steadfastly for eight | years to the protection of these re- serves. * * * In my judgment it would be a great wrong to release these reserves. The wisest policy of conservation, as well as the navy's) officiency in the future, depends largely upon holding these * * ¢ reserves intact.” “When I first looked into the mat- ter,” he went on, “when the first ap- Plication was made, I found that the| claims on the navy oil reserves were asked for in the name of parties work- ing in the stockyards in Chicago, who upon inquiry declared that they had (Continued on Page 4) veel oe aad BISHOP MEAD COMING — FOR METHODIST BANQUET Next Tuesday night at 6 o'clock the {which a fine program will be given. Bishop C. L. Mead, a favorite among} (asper people, will speak. Also Kings-| Aey will speak. Any man of Casper will be welcome. The supper is being| conducted under the auspices of the| | class taught by Mr. 8. E. Bailey of! |the Casper Gas Appliance company.| Any one interested may inquire of! him about this gathering. which | Cheeves and O'Farrell. | by At Pittsburgh—St. Louis-Pittsburgh game postpone; snow. hades Ce AMERICAN LEAGUE At Detroit— R. H. FE. Cleveland . , 0 00—-x x x Detroit ... 33 24— x x x Batteries—Mails, Morton, Odenwald, Keefe Jamieson and "Neill; Stenee and rc. y At New York— , R. HE. Washington .,..0000000—x x x New York .....1000000—x x x Battories—Phillips and Gharrity; Shawkey and Schang. At St, Louts— Rw. EL Chicago .. x x St. Louis .., x x Ratteries—Robertson and Danforth and Severoid. At. Philadelphia — Boston-Philadet- phia game postponed; cold weather. ee D. A. R. Guests at | Reception Today At White House WASHINGTON, April 21.—A reep- tion at the White House and election of officers held the chief interest today of delegates attending the annual con- gress of the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution. The White House re- ception was scheduled for 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. This will be followed the balloting on candidates nomi- nated last night for seven vice presi- dencies. ‘The candidates for vice president in- clude Mrs. Frank W. Mondell, Wyo- ming. Mrs. I. B. McFariand, Texas; and Miss Annie Wallace, New Hamp- shire. Addresses by Mrs. Mondell and Mrs. Daniel Lothrop. founder of the Chil- dren of the American Revolution and @ pageant by District. of Columbia members of the society also marked the day's program ATTACKS UPON BARRACKS FAIL DUBLIN, April 21.—(By The Associated Press.)—The at- tack on the Wellington barracks, which began at 11:15 o’clock last night, continued 40 minutes, when the besieging forces were beaten off by regular Irish Republican army troops. An attempt was made to grenades were hurled, slightly wound: rush the front gate and two ing three of the defenders. The guard TRADITIONAL HAZING RULES AT MICHIGAN PUT TO TEST WHEN STUDENT SCORNS ‘FROSH POT’ cognizance of the affair, so far as known, It was said that since the organization of the student council none of its recommendations have been disregarded by the university officials. April 21.—Louis T. attorney, has tele. graphed President Burton of the ‘ replied with a grenade, and it is bes lieved two of the attackers were wounded, as they were seen being assisted away by comrades. The firing in different parts of the city, while it lasted, was even more intense than that of the previous sight, the explosions of bombs caus- ing the greatest alarm. Wellington barrac: which is in a University of Michigan declaring an | thickly populated residental section, attempt to force a college student | was the last barracks here to be evacu- to: submit to hazing rules interfer- |ated by the British and is now re- ing with institutional rights. Ac- | sponsible for military action in Dublin. cording to Mr. Orr, his son, Louis T. | Beggars’ Bush barracks belng the Orr Jr., a freshman at the univer- headquarters of the provision- sity, refused to obey student hazing vernment’s forces. rules. Students, according to Mr. The firing about Beggars’ barracks Orr, petitioned the faculty to expe! ' last was comparatively light, his son. tinued on Page Four) i ;