Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 3, 1922, Page 1

——_______. RUMORED DEATH WYOMING OIL INTERESTS F LEADER NOTASSURED HEARING IN COMTMED: SI TEAPOT LEASE INQUIRY BATTLE RAG ING Senator Kendrick Promises to Arrange for Appearance Be- Communication Line of} fre Committee; Calls Attention to Lease Denial by Offi- Capital Defenders Are cials Week After Contract Was Executed Manaced; Halt Enemy WASHINGTON, May 3.—(Special to The Tribune.) Wyoming oil interests will be in-| i I 1 P | vited to appear before the senate public lands committee in connection with its inquiry into at Big Cost m Lives ithe government’s contract with the Sinclair interests for development of the Teapot dome = 5 rae naval oil reserve... Senator John B. Kendrick announced today he would arrange hearings for any Wyoming officials or spokesmen for the oil industry desiring to come before the com- ont eat... ane sees. MGLADE TOBE | HEAD OF BIG SCHOOL IN IOWA High School Principal Here Resigns to Accept Posi- tion as Superintendent at West Waterloo. 1 t ' Senator Smoot, chairman. said the date for the inqui<> would not be set KU KLUX CHARGE}===f =e NOT UPHELD BYi2=eees= OFFICERS’ RAID of the contract. It is anticipated that the hearings will begin next week. Signs of Bootlegging or Liquor Violations Lacking in Secretary A. B. Fall, who has been in New Mexico arki Arizona for sev- Probe of Los An- geles Police. PEKING, May 3.—(By The Associated Press.) — The Fengtien army under Gen. Chang Tso-Lin has for the moment at least successfully withstood the drive on Chang- sintien, ‘ud stepped General Wu Pei- u's movement toward Peking. The cost, however, has been heavy and Changsintien is filled with wounded. many of whom are ¢ying for lack of medical attention. While Chang has succeeJed in this action, there has been no apparent advantage of consequence for either eral weeks, is due back May 10. As the chief sponsor of the Sinclair con- tract he is expected to direct the de- fense. Senator Kencrick called attention today to the fact although the lease to the Mammoth Oil company was signed April 7, officials were denying a week later that any contract had been closed. On April 13 when he intro- duced a bill providing for the payment of a royalty to the state on ofl and gas produced frorn the Teapot dome; it was still denied that a lease had been exe- cuted. Not until after Senator La Follette had introduced a resotution calling for a senatorial investigation was the contract made public. Then he lease was shown to refer to anoth- er instrument executed in March fixing he terms for the exchange of royalty l between the government and the Mammoth Of] company which has not yet been made public. “Onti all the terms and conditions of all contracts affreting the lease are tnown, it will be impossible to pass ‘inal judgment on the wisdom of the contract,” Senator Kendrick said, “but there are certain features of the agree nent of April 7 which indicate that he opening up of the field at this Ime will not be beneficial to the fed- ‘rai government, to the state, or to he oll interests of Wyoming. I enter- tain a high opinion of the ability and character of Secretary Fall and it will be a matter .of gratification if it is found this contract has heen based on wisdom and good judgment. Tt is par- Ucularly unfortunate, however, that. the negotiations were not conducted’ with the fullest publicity and I hope that in any event the government -will not fail to recognize Wyoming's right to a share in the royalty.” 86,000 MEN FOR U.S. NAVY WASHINGTON, May 3.—Am agree IOS ANGELES, May’ 3.—Federal officers have investigated the Ingle- wood home and winery of Fidel and Bathias Elduayen, alleged by mem- bers of a band of masked and armed men who raided it a week ago Sat urday, to be bootleggers, and found no evidence of violations of the pro- hibitoin laws, they declared. “We twico investigated the Eldua- yen home and could find nothing against the law,” said Dan O'Leary, prohibtion enforcement officer. “One of ‘the reports came from the princi- pal of the Inglewood high school, who said school boys declared they had obtained Mayor there. “The Elduayens wero Meensed by the government: to conduct a winery, They did nothing in violation of ‘the law as far as we could leara.” O'Leary said he would ask Joseph Burke, United States district attor= ney here, to call before the federal grand jury .N. A. Baker, kleagle or organizer of the Ku Klux Klan, and alleged leader of the mob which raided. the Elduayen home, becanse of Baker's alleged charges that the Elduayens had purchased protection from federal officials, Harry Bosshard, constable at Hunt- ington Park, annomnced he had can- celled the commission of his deputy, L.-L. Bryson, who was said to have shared with Baker in the leadership of the Inglewood raiders. It was this Inglewood raid which resulted in the death of one officer, J. C. McGlade, principal of the local high sohoo!, will not be here next year for the reason that he has been offered and has accepted the super- intendency of one of the largest high rushing reinforcements in preparation for a decisive action. General Chang’s communications are reatened both front and rear, for has thrown 40,000 troops against too. In announcing his resignation Mr. McGlade made evident the regret with which he parts from the local students. No principal has had greater success with the students of the Casper high school than has Mr. McGlade, and his leave-taking will be @ matter of regret for all who have bees under his supervision or con: nect a him in any way. Mr. mcGiade bas had many fine positions in Iowa and has spent many years of his executive work in edu- cational institutions there. He wili be tn charge of a school comprising & student body of unusual size, and of a building valued at a million éol- Jars. ‘The school bufiding of which Mr, McGiade will take charge is now be- ing constructed and should be fin- ished by next September, Mr. Mc- Ginde will leave as soon as his work is completed here. He will probably make a visit to tne school in a week or two to become acquainted with his: new duties, House Appreves Time Extension range of naval guns at Chinwang- the eastern end of the battle t, General Wu is marching 20,000 “of the southern government, is pro- paring to send aid to Chang Tso-Lin. He will strike as the psychological mo- ment, ft was said, sending troops either through Hankow or Nanking, route depending on the outcome the present conflict. the ot main army appears to be engaged in'a drive toward Tientsin. Severe fight ing hay occurred along the Hun river, ‘which indicates that units of Wu's forces are crossing the country from Pao-Ting Fu, towards the northeast. Artillery firing is also reported to have opened along a wide front at Ma- chang, south of Tientsin on the Hukow railroad, where large forces ot Gereral schools in Iowa, that of West —— ‘Chang's troops are concentrated =ader the command of the Manchurian lead- er’s 25 years old son. Wu Pei-Fu's drive toward Tientsin is designed to isolate Chang Tso-Lin's Continned on Page Four.) ton. Klan grand actvties of the Ku Klux the Tos Angeles county , scheduled to begin here side in the gencral fighting along the one hundred mile front from here to ‘Tientsm and both commanders are MURCERS WIFE, ment upen a navy enlisted personnel|. for next year of 86,000 men, the num- | voted been WASHINGTON, May 3.—The house! adopted £57 to 36, the “confer- ence report on the immigration bill .ex- tending the three per cent immigra- tion limitation to June 30, 1925. The senate having acted on the report, the Barring Aliens ber by the house was said to have reached unantmousty at an executive meeting of the senate appropriations sub-committee consid- ering the house measure. JOINT STOCK LANT BANK bill now goes to the®president. Aq Dba ie aoheos Big Supply Of KILLS HIMSELF NEWTON, Mass., May 3.—wm- liam B. Powell, Boston district man- ager for a commercial agency, shot and killed his wife, Mrs. Lena E. Powell, last evening after he had called her and bis brother, Michael J. Maloney before him and accused them of intimacy, the police were told today by a maid in the Powel! home. ITRO IS USED TO BLOW BANK VAULT Bank at Lafayette, Colo., Robbed Early Today of $12,000; Night Marshal Left Bound and Gagged in the Alley DENVER, Colo., May 3.—After firing nine shots of nitro- glycerin, which practically wrecked the frame building of the First National bank at Lafayette, 15 miles from here, early this morning, bandits escaped with approximately $12,- 000 in currency and Baber pence: Saar a George Stubbs, night m: al, was bound and gagged in the alley while the robbers were blOW-, the valut was blown through the ue the aed js eae gaat ane bank, ing the bank vault, | leaving stand When released ho said that four of | Piste Sites window of the bank and’ suard while the others forced an en- them entered the town at 3 o'clock : the alarm which brought a flying this morning and overpowered him. The robbers worked in darkness,|trance to the bank buflding. O. C. Alderson, one of many resi-| having shot out the light in front ot} ‘The blast to force an entrance to dents awakened by the blasts, got his|the bank building and were uminter-/the vault and the two safes in the rifle and attempted to drive’ off the rupted, having cut all the telephone! bank was fired at 3:10 o'clock. The bandits. Ho.was shot in the leg and| Wires leading out of the city, others fallow in rapid ‘succession. seriously wounded, J. M. Mahanay, a lineman, spread) Having wrecked the interior of the| late yesterday ended today when Pit- ‘The last of the ntiro-glycerin blasts | squadron of police from this place, bank, the robbers gathered up their} lock surrendered at police headquar- ‘sgas.se heavy that the huge-deorof| when he climbed a telephong palejleot, cansisting of-§7,000 in cash-and* ters for examination. Tho-shooting (S-OPENED IN CHEYENNE CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 3.—The First Cheyenne State Land bank open- d for business this occupying quarters jointly with the Union Trust company. The opening of this bank does not increase the number of banks in the Wyoming capital, the Wyo- ming Trust & Savings bank a few days ago having been absorbed by the Stock Growers’ National bank. Powell first fired three shots at the butler, who fled and escaped un- hurt. Then he pursued hia wife to the library where he shot her three times and went upstairs and killed himself, Miss Josephine England, the maid said. Mrs. Powell was the widow of R. H. White, a Boston department store millionaire before she mar- ried Powell. PITTSFIELD, Mass., May 3.—Fit- teen thousand gallons of beer value: at between $15,000 and $20,000 were turned into the sewer at the Berkshire Brewing association's plant here Tues- day by federal officers. The company decided recently to suspend business. ani, picking up the connectinn, cut into the Denver office. AM roads leading into Denver have been blocked by the police. At 9 o'clock this morning Colorado rangers took charge of the hunt for the bandits, but it was believed the men had made a clean get-away. After overpowering the marshal, | binding him wth ropes and bindfold- ing him, the bandits walled their prisoner around town, zig-zagging back and fourth until he did not know where he was. The bandits finally kicked him over on the ground $5,000 worth of Liberty bonds, and fled. The bank ts owned by Arthur and Larry Maroney, of Denver, Only a few weeks ago it took over the Farm. ers State bafik of Lafayette, The bank was capitalized at $25,000, but was one of the largest banking insti- tutions in northern Calorado, its de- posits frequently running above the $200,000 mark. BOSTON, May 3:—An ail night search for Edmond Pitlock, of Chi- cago, by police investigating the fat- al shoting of William B. Hubbard, manufacturer of a vegetable germ! cide, by Mrs. Carrie N. Hubbard, his wife, at their Roslindale home Beer Poured Out * postponed. rain. | MANUFACTURER SLAIN BY WIFE | Weather Forecast VOLUME VI Be Painted On Streets Here In order to facilitate parking of automobiles in the congested busi- ness districts, the city is planning to paint car stalls on all streets in which parking ts permitted. The stall will be of a standard width and will be wide enough to uable any car allowed to park in the con- gested area room enough to park at @ 45 degree angie. After the signs are painted it will be a traffie vieia- tion to have a car parked in one of the stalla at an angie that will interfere with a car parking in ad- joining stalls. It is believed that this system will increase parking accommodation about 20 per cent bere murders in order to collect $1 BALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE teries—Rudoiph, McQuillan and Gowdy; Nehf, Barnes, Shea and Smith. game postponed; rain. At St. Louis— RH. E. Cincinnati —___-__-_____10l—x x x St. Louls —_______Il?—x x x Batteries Rixey and Hargrave; Doak and Clemons. ~ — AMERICAN LEAGUE At Detroit—St. Louis-Detroit game ‘postponed; rain. oh, At Chicago—Cleveland-Chicago game NEW DEFEATED BY BEVERIDGE IN PRIMARIES Associated Prees)—With approxi Beveridge had a lead of 17,789 votes over Harry S. New, in their contest for the nomination of United States Generally fair tonight an¢ Thurs | offense. CASPER, ., WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1922. NUMBER 175. OIL CONCESSION IN RUSSIA Reported M onopoly Granted Shel; Genoa and Furnishes Subj ecti 'S DENIED 2 »mpany Stirs Interest ai “ive Gossip Despite yale F) Denial by Principals’ - Contract GENOA, May 3.—(By Th conference circles today, with e Associated Press.)—Oi] w=s a live subject for discusstem it everybody denying that anything definite had been dom about disposing of Russia’s big oil fields or granting monopolies for the distribution of th: oil produced there. M. Rakovsky, spokesman for the Russian Soviet delegation, declared that no contrac had been signed with the Shell group of English oil companies, as widely published, whik BODY OF ONE OF FIVE HUSBANDS EXHUMED TO FIND CAUSE Woman Accused of Poisoning Several to Get Insurance Pleads Innocence as Investigation Is Opened CLEVELAND, May 3.—While the city chemist was ex- amining the vital organs taken from the exhumed body of one of her five husbands, County Prosecutor Stanton planned today to question again a woman suspected of a series of 1,000 insurance. Three of her husbands died suddenly under mysterious circumstances. , She was divorced from the first two ‘men she married. Record of poison sales in March, April and May, 1921, were being checked by the police today in an ef- fort to find evidemw th. the woman jpurchaséd poison during those months, The woman was questioned for an .)hour yesterday. She denied that she had caused the deaths of any of her husbands. Several of her acquaint- ances also were questioned. Charges that the woman had told them that she had expressed a de- At Pittsburgh—Chinge-Pittsburgh | sire for her fifth husband's death so that she might get the insurance were made by two of those questioned, ac- cording to Stanton. It was the body of this husband which was exhumed yesterday. He died last May. . Persons who knew the woman said she attended parties and acted hilar- jousty right after hie death. The night before his death he remarked that he was fedting fine, Stanton said he learned. The woman maintains that this husband was suffering from the ef- fects of being gassed overseas. No evidence of this is found in his war record. If an examination of his organs re- veals traces of poison, Stanton said a charge of murder will be placed against the widow. No report on the analysis is expected, however, for sev- eral days. Ordinances On Beach Dresses To Be Enforced HONOLULU, T. H., May 3.—Fair damsels violating the ordinance | curtaited beach dress recently made and provided by the constituted | authorities here will face a stern judge if they are hailed into court now. | A. D. Larnach, substituting for Po-| lice Judge J. B. Lightfoot, let it be} known “bargain counter days in this court are over,” when asked if he| ‘would follow the policy of Judge Light- foot, who fines violators of the bath- ing suit ordinance ten cents for each | es HA BERLIN-MOSCOW ATR SERVICE. MOSCOW, May 2.—A tri-weekly air- plane service has been inaugurated be- | tween Berlin and Moscow. The first) returns favored New. was said by Mrs. Hubbard to have followed threats by her husband on her return from a walk with Ptt- Jock. he latter had gone when po- lice came. Mrs. Hubbard, who is 45, told the police that sho fired at her husband after he had turned remarks against Pitlock to herself, making innuen- does which she resented. and mak~: plant engaged in this service arrived here today. ing an advance to attack her. Pitlock, 22 years old, a naval vet- eran under treatment at a hospital here had been a guest at the Hub- bard home from time to time before he returned several months ago to his wife and child at Chicago. Vis- iting Boston again for medica’ at- tention, he was invited by the Hub- -bards to-stay at their home and hac OF DEATH Colonel Boyle, represeatative of th Shell Transport and ‘Trading compen. issued a statement declaring {t aber lutely untrue that his company ha made new contracts with the Ru sans. “My company has bad negotiation with the Sovint, based on former an stM existing trade agreements bh tween Engiand and the Soviet, fo several months concerning ofl cance: sions, but nothing is settled,” he saié ‘TI met M. Krassin (Soviet ministe of foreign trade) in Genoa and tod him I could not discuss concessions until the conference was ended an we knew the exact relations betwea our governments.” On the other hand some delegate suy they hbeve information that im Dortant contracts have been signe LINCOLN, Meb., May 3.—Sheriff J.jand only need ratitication by th W, O'Rouke ef Cherry county, Ne-| Moscow government. The contract braska, and a deputy are en route tojare alleged to provide for a mone Lincoin, with George Neroff from|poly of the distribution of bal’, an Cedar Raptia, Iowa, where Nerpff|sonie say the whole, of Russi Alleged Slayer Under Arrest was arrested in conrection with the | output. > shooting to’ d-atn of Jack Gellis of x Warren, OF10, whose body was focud | DISARMAMENT IS in a shallow grave near Valentine,| TALKED AT GENOA, last Sunday, according to information} Geno. = Asse reaching Gus Hyers, state sheriff. dated Coe a eee Several rings declared to be the Property of the slain man are alleged to have been found in the possession of Neroff who was arrested in a hotel under an assumed name, according to Sheriff Hyers, Geflis' body, when found, contained five bullet holes. MUST KEEP BICYCLES OFF SIDEWALKS, EDIT A dangerous practice resulting from the leniency of the city in per- iting persons to ride bicycles on sidewalks in the outlying districts was terminated on the order of the Police department yesterday. Many complaints have come to headquar- ters that persons are abusing this privilege and that many minor acci- dents have resulted from the practice, including the running dows of a child who was painfully injured, Sidewalks will not be available for vehicle traffic of any kind in the| ‘he report which was adopted, con future. If reports are made every ef-/tains nineteen resolutions, among fort will be made to locate and jail|which is a recommendation that th the offender according to the police|Bank of England call a meeting 01 order. (Continued on Page Four) TARIFF RAISING RATE ON CRUDE ORDERED KILLED Interstate Commission Refuses to Permit Freight Increase on Low Grade Prod- ucts From Mid-Continent WASHINGTON, May 3.—New railroad tariffs which would have effected changes in freight rates on low grade petroleum products, moving from the mid-continent fields question bobbed up today in a plen ary session of the Genoa, conference Walter J.athenau, the German for ‘ign minister, said the world’s trad must be doubled before condition could be bettered bat that this couh not be done whils the nations “juraping at each other's throats.” Foreign Minister Tehitcherin ° Soviet Russia declared in 2 plea fo general disarmament: “Only by a policy of peace c=n th j mations balance their budgets.” He said Russia must insist upo reservations to the report of finan cial commission of the confereuce a it carried provisions concerning th league of nations, ‘which Russia di not recognize. He added that Russi: coukl not agree to renounce govern |ment control over exchange opera tions. Sir Laming Worthington-Evans o Great Britain presented the financia commission's report, which he term ed as important to the world as wa: the Justinian code. Stabilization o jthe purchasing power of gold conk not be accomplished without Ameri can co-operation he sald. jin Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas to points of consumption in states lying west of the Mississippi and north of the Missouri, were set aside by the interstate commerce commission today. The commission/o¢ Jowa® and the Western Petroleun acted upon the complaint of the state/ Refiners association. = | The railroads concerned filed new tariffs which would have increased thi freight charges on road oil, asphaltun and other materials, largely used ot | highways, by classifying them as high er grade than formerly. The commis beer a guest there four days. |sion recently suspended the schedule: Mrs. Hubbard said she and Pit- | end today ordered then: cancelled, -, lock went walking in the arbor way |!owing the railroads, however, to f « for two-hours yesterday and when |new schedules setting forth rates ot they returned home found her hus- | refined and low grade more proper!: band awaiting them in an angry |than they did in the cancelled sched mood. ules. Mrs. Hubbard pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder and was held without-bail for the grand jury, | In the meantime, existii.g rates of lalt of the products in controversy wil be maintained. ‘Vteamed “%