Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 29, 1922, Page 1

Ey BAIR COMPANY WINS RECEIVER SUIT IN COURT Judge Denies Petition of Omar Company in Cheyenne Court CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 29.—(Special to The Trib- ane.)—Judge T. B. Kennedy of the United States court for Wyoming this morning denied the petition of the Omar Oil and Gas company and N. F. Clark. minority stockholders, for the appoint. ment of a receiver for the Bair Of company, The court held that the evidence submitted in support of the receivership petition was not suffi- clent. ‘A final hearing in the matt? was set for Augnst 29. The hearing on the receivership pe- tition ending today consumed 11 days. The plaintiffs alleged that the Bair’ property, estimated by them us worth $20,000,000, was being mismanaged. ate oN - calflane ns NATIONAL LEAGUE 1| tea. Weather Forecast Goudy tonight ana bly rain or snow. in southeast portion. VOLUME VI HOOPESTON, Il. Wyman, 36 years of age, was found Thursday in th placed ‘before the Vermillion grand jury, May 15, State's Attorney John H, Lewman, announced this morning. During 36 hours of almost ccnstant questioning Wyman stubbornly insist- ed that he was innocent of murdering the young woman, but admitted that he was tho father of her child, which ‘Would have been born in a few weeks, the sta attorney announced. AN authorities working on the case have virtually agreed upon tho mur- der theory although the exact cause of death has not been ascertained. The investigation has disclosed to the satisfaction of Sheriff Kiox that Miss\Hanna's body was placed in the vacant parsonage some time later than April 19, many days after she Coroner Cole has postponed the in- quest until next week pending an an- alysis of the contents of the dead girl's stomach. Still undecidea’ as to the cause of Miss Harma’s death, the officers jquestioned John C. Wyman, nearly all night. Wyman is a retired farmer reputed to hold considerable wealth, and ‘was formerly a resident in the son, Erickson and Gharrity; Moore, «Weimach, Rommell, and Perkins. R. H. E. ----011 0000204 6 0 _--------000 000000—0 6 1 ‘Faber and Schalk; Olson, Johnson and Bassler, At Detroit— TWO SOLCIER BONUS BILLS | ARE PLANNED STASHINGTON, April 29.—Senate finance vommittee Republicans at @ conference directed that two separate soldiers’ bonus bills embodying the plans proposed by Chairman McCum- ber and Senator Smoot of Utah de drafted for wonsigeragon. by. the ma- rity, probably on Monday, sere RMecumber plan embraces the house bill provision for adjusted serv- ice certificates, but with the loan pro- visions broadened, while the Smoot plan contemplated a paid-up 20 years endowment life big aie asad with- borrowing provisions, he yea to be practically certain that the land settlement option will » be stricken from the house measure. 75, Property an BIG d Crop Damage to Ran Into ‘Hina home and said to have been, at ond time, flance of the young wom- an. Wyman suid during the question- ing, it was stated, that he had been intimately acquainted with Miss Hanna. Another man, whose name officers would not divulge, was to be questioned when they concluded with ‘Wyman. ‘The young woman's hands werc folded across the chest when her body ‘was found in the parsonage basement. It at first was thought her wrists bore indications of having been tied, but Dr. J. G. Fisher, county physician, said later there was no.positive proof. ‘The lungs were said to have been in good condition, aithough later asphy- xiation by a drug or by having emoth- ered her to death by a blanket over the head were remarked an by the doctor as The March 31. were undecided as to the length of time she had been dead, but it was estimated the period was from a week to two weeks. Miss Hanna a few years ago was placed in an institution at Kankakee, TU, after she suffered a nervous breakdown, She later was. discharged as cured. ‘At Chicago psycopathic hospital she said to have remarked. “Iam so unhappy. The folks at home seem to have no confidence in mé I get careless. I steal little thi and think nothing of it. I just don’t care.” Her record at the hospital showed she had ordered a revolver “to *pro- tect her from a man she believes is following her.” Questioned as to why she came to the hospital, she closed her eyes and my father.” She suddenty ‘closed here eyes dur- ing the questioning and said: “I hear so many voices, but cannot under- stand.” lan of her life in Hoopeston with t exception of the times she was ‘Utab. Millions in Inundation of About 750,000 Acres of Rich Lands NEW ORLEANS, La., Ap uare miles, equal to th Delaware and Rhode Island, 000 aire either homeless or res! ing to incomplete uno s the flooded areas in Arkansas mbined aes inundated and. probably 75,- iding in flood fficial estima 3] 29.—Approximately 3,506 min Gon of the states of ed homes, accord- tes based on reports from , Louisiana and Mississippi. ENATE INVEST —_— Che Casper Bails a == >| Crihane [sm | ¢ a well-to-do fa: od i with the mystery death of Gertrude Hanna, 25,7 tase kane e basement of th sonage of the First United Presb: dazedly answered: ‘‘My father doesn’t; like my friend, and he doesn’t like) Sunday; possi- Warmer tonight , April 29.— (By The Associate | —Information obtained through a night of epee grilling of John , whose body e untenanted par- | yterian church here, will be|W. CASPER, WYO., SATURDAY, AVRIL 29, 19292. GRAND JURY TO FINISH PROBE IN DEATH CASE Farmer Admits Being,Father of Unborn' Child of Girl Whose Body Was Found in Church; Mystery Is Clearing Lively contests for places on the school boards of District No. 2 and the Natrona County High school developed at a well attended mass meeting at the courthouse Frid } when tickets were placed in the field in opposition to those named at the regular nominat- ing convention a week ago. ‘The Casper Daily Tribune -will in- angurate a daily news broadcast service by radio telephone, starting with the original broadcast of hap- Penings by local artists at 8 o'clock tonight. complete radio telephone broad- casting station has been tnstalied at the home of N, R. Hood, 1022 South Ash street, and it is through this station that the broadcasts wil) be sent each day. Twice each week concerts will be broadcasted. The station for the time being will limit the concerts until local artists and outside experts can assist in the success of the ufidertaking. Rappe Estate Is Valued At $134, Report LOS AISELES, April 29.—Virgi- nia Rappe, motion picture actress, in connection with whose death Roscoe ©. (Patty) Arbuckle, film comedian, “was acquitted, left an estate of $134. ‘That was révealed here today upon receipt of a letter from Carl E. Swansson’s letter, addressed to the judge of the probate court, ex- pressed the writer's belief that Miss Rappe ‘was his cousin, the daughter of a brother of his mother, whose maiden name was Rappe. Swansson is understood to be an author. ‘The announcement as to the value of Miss Rappe’s estate came from probate court officials in connection with making public the Swansson letter. BIRTH RATE. NOUBLE DEATHS. IN WYOMING CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 29.—Wyo- ming’s birth rate in March last was ‘The girl, it was brought out, spent | more than double its death rate, a the | re) in| dep2riment shows. Chicago and two years she lived in| births during the month was 339 and port issued today by the state health ‘Tie number of the number of deaths 151, About 750,000 acres, half of which are cultivated, will be overrun, it was estimated and the damage to crops, highways and fertile Jands will run into millions of dofars, NEW ORLEANS, La, April 29.— Heavy rains throughout the lower Mississippi river valley during the last 24 hours have added to the gravity of the flood situation, although falling or stationary stages were reported in the lower river, and reports indicate PEDD | | | ! | ‘Through the undertaking of Mr. Hood, Casper has been placed on the list of modern cities having its own broalicasting station. The three-folfi amplifier equipment gives the station a wide range of sending power. With such a station here the most inexpensive receiving sta- tions can get the reports and listen in on the concerts broadcasted. Wedhesday and Saturday nights broadcasts will be made the features of each week. All persons having receiving stations.are urged to tune them to the local station broadcasts at 8 o'clock each night’ and’ the Those nominated last night for Natrona County High schoo] board were Byron S. Huie, QO. Wilson and A. B .Chapman. TRIBUNE TO BEGIN RADIO BROADCASTING TONIGHT STATION AT WN. R. HOOD HOME WILL CARRY NEWS The same candidates we Public is invited to listen in on in- dividual sets of at the public re- celving stations. Sunday night Dr. J. M. Cromer will broadcast sermon, “The ‘Wonderful Works of God.” The sermon will start promptly at 8 o'clock. pepe Oe Admiral to Visit Cheyenne: CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 29.— Rear Admiral W, E, Benson, United States navy, will visit Cheyenne next Wednesday and will deliver an ad- dress on current problems, TEEN ‘DOPE? LERS SEIZED Motley Gang Bound Over to U. S. Court Includes Pugilist and Addict Who Held Badge on Narcotic Work Following another wholesale raid launched on the under-| world dope ring existing here, 13 persons were arraigned before M. P. Wheeler, United States court commissioner, this | morning and were bound over to the United States district) court for trial May 8. ‘The bond of each of the defendants) was fixed at $2,000 and at a late hour this afternoon noon of the committed persons had been abl: to provide the necessary security fo their release, pending trial in Chey enne, The success of the wholesale clean- up is due to the effective work of Sheriff Joe L. Marquis and his force with the assistance of agents on the staff of H. V. Williamson, district narcotic. officer in Denver. The actual arrests were made by Deputies ¥F. G. Devlin, C. F, Peterson, Wi Flaherty, O, S, Brown and C. Powell ‘The cléanup of dope peddlers is part of the campaign launched here sev- eral weeks ago by Sheriff Marquis to rid Casper and Natrona county of this form of vice which is said to have honeycomVed the underworld districts here. Ever since the arrest of John Kala- matais, alleged brains. of the under- world dope ring, Sheriff Marquis’ of- fice has been concentrating its efforts on ope traffic preparatory to the big’ cleanup which. was — actually, launched yesterday afternoon. In each case in which the defend ants were arraigned before Mr. O SHARE IN SIG FLOOD GRIEF near Ferriday continued to spread to- day, reaching Out over a large area lof Tensas parish end’ nearing the ltowns of Vids@i2, Azucema and Delta | Bridge, while Ferriday the water |had increased to a depth of six feet. | } from the Poydras crevice St. Bernaré is surronded by water Several hundred persons have been removed from their homes to Violet and Braith- waite, six smiles below the break, which are being abandoned today. no further breaks in the levees ap-! pear imminent. The flood resulting from the break} of high-cla Rt oe ES Owner Frazee of the Red Sox ha signed up several stars and a num players—for his shows, sh | agreed upon by manufacturers and 'Vheeler actual sales and possession »f dope in some form constituted the evidence secured by the officers. The list inciuée@ tear women and nine men, Numbered among’ the, t'st, are some characters said to be notorious iW ur derworld traffic of all kinds. Scotty Williams, negro middleweight battler, said to be a contender for the negro middleweight boxing title held by Pan ama Joe Gans, is held charged with possession and sale of dope. Another of the individuals is Fat Williams, who has been employed by the sheriff's office during the past two weeks while the drive on dope users and peddlers was on. Williams is said to be a dope user himself and to have assisted the officers materi ally in the success of the drive against this form of violation, His authority proved too much for him, it is re ported at the sheriff's office today, and during the cleanup he was found with a small quantity of dope in his possession of which he was unable to offer a satisfactory explanation, The remainder of the list includes Mabel Merrill, Beatrice Stewart, Ollie Nathaniel Gre Walker, Maggie Mack, Blake, Jess Reagor, J. H. James Hagens, Ed Williams, Hubert and James. Strigel. When the group, partly composed of whites and partly of negroes, was taken to Commissioner Wheeler's gof fice this morning it presented the most motley and one of the toughest looking assemblages ever gathered here. In addition to the 13 persons who were bound over to the United States district court, investigation charges have been placed against nearly a dozen more persons. Actual evidence in these cases has not yet been ob- tained but Sheriff. Marquis believes that many of these persoris will be definitely connected with dope, traffic. z= _ eet NEW YORK—Under | a truce i delegates of the International Broth- erhood of P: Makers unionized In the throes of a political battle which takes and gives no quarter, Mills, Wyo., is being early stung by the bug which launches its poison during “political” years. On the eve of a municipal e? May 9} Mills is confronted with NUMBER 172. jof a mayor and council and the nev CONTEST FOR SCHOOL ELECTION [IS ASSURED Byron S. Huie, W.O. Wilson and A.B.Chapman Are Endorsed |» ‘» to Oppose Ticket Named at Regular Nomination Con- vention; Mass Meeting Held at Courthouse y evening| ere also nominated to fill the three vacancies on the board for Dis- trict No. 2. This ticket is in oppost- tion to C. H. Townsend, W. 0. Wilson and George B. Nelson for the high} school board and Ly A. Reed. W. 0. Wilson and 8. W. district No. 2 ‘The meeting, which was attended by about 75 citizens, was organized by electing Ben LL. Scherck as chairman, and Byron S. Hule secretary, In as- suming direction of the meeting Mr. Scherck stated that he did not know who called the meeting, nor for what purpose it was called, nor what it was supposed to do, but that if it was in the interest of Casper schools he would act as chairman. This seemed to be the consensus of opinion of all those Present, and even after adjournment the mystery of who sponsored the meeting had not been solved. Several phases of school affairs were discussed by those present, in- cluding 8. W. Conwell, H. B. Durham, Attorney McCann, 8. F. Peltoa, John J. Hancock, A. B. Chapman, Byron §&. Huie,, Robert McElveney, and many Continued on Page Four.) Conwell for school Deaf and Blind Girl Astounds Chicago Medics| CHICAGO, April 29.—Although to- tally deaf and blind, the ability of 17- year-old Willeta Huggins to read newspapers, “hear” and talk over the telephone and distinguish colors amazed;members of the Chi medical society, before whom she ap peared here. She came here from the Janesville, Wis., Home of the Blind. This amazing pila called even “more marvelous than Helen Kel jer;” can hear a lecture or an or. chestra concert b; of paper in ihe air. By putting her extremely sensitive fingers over the receiver of a telephone she hears, and by fingering newspapers’ head- lines, shé is able to read, and to de: termine the denomination of paper money, she feels the numbers on it. She determines colors by her acute holding a sheet | i: | sense of smell. on which wil! be held t problems, the choice v of providing a water 1 n adequate poses in is said to be no part serio oppose ach c views on the water questic Mrs. Florence M: comely woman is the candidate of the Inde- pendent party. Her broth Boyle, nominee of the Ci is present Incumbent of the throne The campaign taken on heat and fervor. It is understood while the Present opposition candidates, senting the house divided, aro b: inch by inch as the election day nears, other parties are preparing to place candidates in the fleld and the situa tion holds possibilities of a four battle. The question which is shaking Mills to the core is whether or not a bond issue of $70,000 should be voted to in. stall the water system which one side ided avers needed and the other side denies. Mrs. McCane of the Independent group is battling for ecdnomy. old tume election practices are becoming vogue at Mills. Mass meetings are be- ing held at convenient places, stump speeches in behalf of or against one or the other of the candidates is a nightly occurrence and as election day looms over the horizon the tenseness of the situation is evident and politics is a serious business, In order that Mrs. McCane's view of the situation may become public prop- erty,.a recent speech which she made in her own behalf ts enlightening. The speech in part follows. “Fellow citizens of Mills, I would like to tell you just why IT am on the ticket, why I am a candidate for elec- tion. As far as I know I am the onty candidate opposing the present incum- bent of the mayor's offices, “T cordially assure you that IT intend to do my best to improve conditions here if elected,. Now in regard to the water bonds, $70,000 to my way of thinking, is entirely too much for the town of Mills to be taxed. ' That would mean a cost of $300 per person living in Mills. “Economic conditions must be taken {nto consideration when launching on a project of this kind. The questions to be determined are: Can we afford it? Will the present wage scale hold up? “We incorporated the town to keep down expense... Think it over, Mr. Citizen, and determine before it is too late. True our present water supply is not the best, but it is adequate to the time we will be able to afford a more pretentious system. “It is told us that the taxes won't be large the first year. If they are too large then the stfain will be sven more apparent in the years to come when the interest piles up, If the un- dertaking is too large now and we are unable to pay for it in 15 years the in. terest will have exceeded the principal. Think it over, then act.” T 6 necessity for the water system the] IGATION OF LEASE AUTHORIZED MILLS WARMS UP TO ELECTION CAMPAIGN WITH WATER BONDS AS ISSUE TO BE DETERMINED | RESOLUTION FOR PROBE ADOPTED TODAY, LEASE TO AUN UNTIL 1942 ‘Photographic Copy Sent to the Senate Reveals Long Term Contract on "| Teapot Development w SHINGTON, April 2 estigation of the lease of the naval oil reserves in Cali- fornia and Wyoming by the interior and navy depart- ments was ordered today by ithe senate. The inquiry will be conducted by the pr ands committee of whith Senator Smoot of Utah, is chairman under a resolution of Senator La Fot- lette, Republican, Wisconsin. Adoption of the resolution followed transmission to the senate teday by jor department of a copy of lease of the Sinclair off inter- jests of a 20-yeat development privil- ege in the Wyoming reserve. There was little discussion in the senate ana on a roll call demanded by Senator j1# Follette, the vote was unanimous, 58 to nothing clude the two Californian naval re. serves and, also, at the suggestion of Senator Poindexter Republican Wash- ington, to include inquiry Into pit vate drilling on claims adjacent to the naval reserves, The latter provision would cover the administration of for- mer Secretary. Jantels of the navy department. It has not been defini‘sty determin. ed when the investigation would be gin but {t is expected to upen next week. ‘The La Follette resolution called up- on the {sterior department for copies |of all leases and all other documents 1 information relative to the three reserves in California and Wyoming. It directed the committe to make in- quiry “with reference to the protec- tion of the rights of the govermnent, and the preservation of its natural re- sources."’ ‘The Wyoming oil reserve lease gives the Mammoth Ol! company exclusive rights for 29 years for “the develop ment and exploitation” of the. Salt Creek region in the Wyoming reserve for both ojl and gas, Construction of a pipeline tapping other pipelimes from the mid-continent field to Chi- cago is required under the lease. The Mammoth Oil company is given the exclusive privilege of purchasing all gas and oll developed and the govern ment under the Jease agrees to sell all oll and gas to the lessee. Royalties are fixed upon produetion, & minimum of 12% per cent graduated to 25 per cent on oil from wells avery aging over 200 barrels a day. The alties on gas range from 12% to 3 per cent, according to produc ro n. Purposes of the lease recite that the government “is desirous of acquiring |suitable storage for such fuel of! at |points easily accessible to the United States navy and of avoiding tnsofar as possible any risks of loss of the supply of crude oil available from the drilling ja ting of wells located outsidé serve oming Another purpose cited is that the io voile agate sepades, stp petitive market and to secure the best Lappin ch keltewa Pysoabahe be |prices obtainable for ty oil. Es s prices obtainable for royalty oil. Ex: bey tiie, emiyioe the poms change by the Sinclair interests qf rap oellny medagy Ps (Tai hy °|the Wyoming oil for other fuel ofl suit- Peentrae, san Deki: «sous jable for naval vessels is provided. in ans: t the lease, under a system of off ex ROE Fa aie change certificates and credits. ‘The Robber Pleads Guilty. lessee is required to deliver of? at mors TACOMA, Wash., April 29.—Manly| than a score of ports. G. Borrow. brought back from De-| The 20-year leasing pfivilege wotld troit, Mich., and pl ng guilty to the, be ex d if oll continued to be pro topbery of the Elma, Wash. post-/duced in paying quantities. The re- office, has been sentenced in federal; Wires the Mammoth Ojl company to court’ to serve six months in the| bond itself for $250,000 to execute the county ‘jail at Montesano, Wash. The| tract and to begin drilling the firss occurred two years ago, Continued on Page Four.) robber: progress at noon today. Tein, to a point south of Peking. A dispatch from Tien Tsin says there has been heavy artillery firing near Machang for vhe last 20 hours. The foreign legations here have ad vised the nationals of their respective countries who are now outside Peking ‘aper newsprint mills of the United States and Canada will continue in opera tion another two weeks, to hasten to the capital as a measure which begai PEKING, China, April 29.—(By The Associated Pre —Fighting south of Peking-Tien Tsin railway still was-in The forces of General Chang Tso- Lin, military governor of Manchuria, and General Wu Pei-Fu, |» military leader of central China, were reported engaged along a line extending from Machang, 20 miles south of Tien at dawn mil CHINESE FORCES IN BLOODY BATTLE ON WIDE FRONT Manchurian and Central China Armies Bombarding Each Other Within Hearing of Capital, Report ) at Cha of this gsintien, 12 this morning miles southw tinuing at 3 lock There was artillery cinity of Marco Polo brid; ‘The firing ope tending from d hwest ¢ es_due gouth. TODAY t the nehed railroad, along ws base @ illery Peking and ad was visible. During tho night a: sounds of inter- mittent firing cam from the front, but | with the dawn a brisk cannonade be- gs to the mounting to the race track where they saw troops directing arti hills, Chang Tso-Lin’s oth Chang Tso-Lin and Wu Pel. have app warned their, to avoid approaching the city on account of warning, of the lega- tions that they would not tolerate dis. The resolution was broadened to in- * bs Peking-Hankow | tiring § ricans ventured out § t of Peking 7 ry fire from the |) & Pa , 2 etre & * < 6 Be