Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 11, 1922, Page 1

STOCKMEN FACE HEAVY LOSS IN SEVERE STORM “ATTUNE SHOWN oe imate ees of kane oS 700) BARRELS Uk memeone Casper Dailry coe Pa ato 18 ULL BE i Weather rovebia” | Forecast Casper and central Wyoming points today were taking! stock of losses rurming into thousands of dollars and commu- nication ‘out of Casper was still almost wholly paralyzed a result of the most damaging snow storm reported in recent) years. Woolgrowers would hazard no estimate on the prob-| able percentage of loss, but with animals on the verge of the | AGREEABLE 10 “3PER'S QUOTA cOUIET LEADERS FOR RELIEF AD No forecast received today on account of storm. Crihurw | &, | NUMBER 182. CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1922. Russians Weigh Possibil- ities of Meeting All Obligations Assumed Under Genoa Proposals GENOA, May 11.—Alleged attempts of some powers to compromise the Russians be- cause they refuse to take re- sponsibilities light-heartedly ind without carefully weigh- ing the possibility of their fulfillment protested by the soviet govern ment in its reply prepared to the allied memorandum. The reply says that as long as the political and eco- nomic quarantine is continued against Russia,.such sates as practice it can but encourage military adventur. ers attributing to themselves the role { gendarmes of Evropean clviliza tion. The Russians also request that clause VII of the memorandum, re ing to the status and disposition of foreign owned property in Russia nationalized by the soviet government be referred to an international com- mittee of experts with Russia repre- sented on it, With regard to the war debts the allies are asked to state the exact discount that would be made if the debts were acknowledged. On the whole, it is stated, the re- Nwply is evasive. a FT, MACKENZIE HOSPITAL READY FOR OPERATION Formal Opening Delayed by Failure of Personnel to Ar- rive but All Beds Are Placed. / SHERIDAN, Wyo, May 11.— Due to delay in the arrival of the person- nel assigned by the United States Pub- Uc Health service for duty with Sur- geon-Major John B. Anderson, com- manding the United States Veteran's hospital at Fort Mackenzie, that insti- tution was not opened as scheduled on Wednesday of this week but is prac-! tically ready for the reception of pa-| tients, the last beds having been placed yester¢i7. In announcing the delay in the open-| ing of the hospital, Surgeon-Major Anderson said that he could not give} any, definite date for the opening of the institution, that date depending entirely upon the time of arrival of the personnel that has been ordered to report to him for duty. All structural work in the hospital has been completed—that Is in the} four building included in the initial] project at the fort. od THOUSANDS OF TROUT PERISH IN IRRIGATION VOLUME Vi LOW FREIGHT NOT RAIL UNION MAY WANTED BY WEST AID MINE STIKE RURAL SCHOOLS ARE DISCUSSED IN CONVENTION Change in Volstead Act Also Protested by National Con- Disadvantage Seen by Advertiser in Address DENVER, Colo., May 11.—| Low freight rates are a disad-| Charles F. Hatfield of St. Louis, president of the Com-} munity Advertising department of the gress of Mothers at Tacoma. TACOMA, Wash., May 11.—The sub- Ject of rural schools was taken up here yesterday by the 26th annual conven- tion of the national congress of moth- ors and parents-taacher associations, and additional reports from state pres- idents were presented. The convention was on _ record, through resolutions adopted last night against any change in the Volsfead prohibition enforcement act for a higher standard of motioin pictures, and complimenting Will H. Hays for his constructive work to this end ant in favor of the Jone®-Miller anti-nar- cotic bill. Another resolution sought aid of congress in raising the pay of women research workers in the depart- inent of labor from $1,800 to $2,400 a. year. . ‘The "convention ‘also want’on recor { pa as reaffirming the stand of the P. T. A. for disarmament and calling on the United States to assist in making the world court at the Hague a substi- tute for “the bloody court of war by gifting it dffirmative power and juris- diction” and urging that “the waging of war be declared a public crime.” Other resolutions endorsed the Fess- Capper bill for physiyal education in the schools; the Towner-Sterling bill, the Voight bill and the Sheppard- Towner bill. The delegates also voted that newspaper and magazines that emphasize the constructive news should be encouraged by the patron- age of P. T. A. members. GIANT SHIP- ON MAIDEN VOYAGE SOUTHAMPTON, May 11.—{By The Associated Press).—Thousands of per- sons witnessed the departure Wed- nesday of the White Star line's new 56,000 ton ,steamer Majestic, the world’s largest liner, on her maiden voyage to New ‘York. ‘The steamer, which was originally built for the Hamburg-American line at Hamburg, but was bought by the White Star company, developed nearly 25 knots an hour on her trial trips and is expected to make a speedy trip on her first Atlantic crossing. She is about 2,000 tons larger than the Levi- athian, her nearest rival in size. WITHOUT USING SCREENS CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 11.—Thou-| gonds of trdut, many of them weigh- ing trom one to three pounds, are} dead on the meadows of the Horse} Creek valley, thirty miles north of Cheyenne, according to a_ report brought to the city by Police Serg Joseph Rouner after a trip down the} valley. The situation, Rouner states, | ‘ the result of non-observance ot | ranchmen of the state law requiring that every irrigation ditch intake shall be provided with a screen or paddle + wheel to prevent fish from entering the difches from streams. No. atten- tion is being paid to the law in the Horse Creek valley, Rouner said, and apparently there has been no effort| by the authorities to enforce it The! result is that many thousands of fish] have gone into the irrigation ditches,! to perish miserably on the meadows. Dope Addict Taken Into Custody Here Clifford Cook, said to be in a dis- eased and dangerous condition ~ be- |eause of excessive use of morphine “4 ri cant’ #nd other narcotics, was arrested yes: terday by Deputy Sheriffs A. 3B. |Brown, Frank J. Devlin and C. F. Peterson at 309 North Ash street. Cook is said to have had a small quantity of narcotics in his possession when arrested. Ho is being held by the county authorities pending deter- mination of what disposition could be best made of his case. He is said to have abscesses on many portions of his body from needle .marks ahd from instruments of all kinds with which he punches holes in his limbs when the urge for dope possesses him. tion of the American Railway Devel- opment association which met here. In backing up his statement Mr vantage—not an advantage} —to the west, it was stated by! Associated Advertising clubs of the| World, who spuke before the conven- COLLEGE HEAD ENDORSE “DRY |Minor Number Unfavorable or Non-Committa! and Four Endorse Theory Only of Prohibition. | CHICAGO; May 11.—The inter-col- jlegiate prohibition association today LAW OF NATION Cash Donations to Support Walkout Are Proposed HOUSTON, Texas, May 11. tional Brotherhood of Loco- motive Firemen and Engine- men contribute $50,000 a month to the United Mine Workers of America each month dug ing the continuance of thelr strike, was made from the floor and placed in | the hands of a special committee for jconsideration and report before the final action of the delegates to the con- | vention of the firemen and engine- Hatfield declared that low ratgs allow|™#de public replies from 158 collese| men. eastern manufacturers to exploit ter- ritory that should be served by local factories. “Western towns have cut off their noses to spite their faces by insisting on a freight rate that ts fa- vorable to the industry in the east, he said. ores os Beg Rar a ees HISTORIAN ON TRIP. CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 11,—State Historian Eunice G. Anderson has| gone to Des Moines, Iowa, where she workers regarding the foundation and partment. Woman Given Year In Pen As Swindler DES MQINBS, Iowa, Kathleen Bates of Clinton, was sen- tenced to one year and one day at May 11.— the Rockwell City reformatory by Judge J. W. Woodrough on charges of using the mails to defraud and altering the name of the payee on two $100 Mberty bonds, substituting her name for tna* of the owner, Pearl Boyd, of Green River, Wyo. Troop Detail At Camp Lewis Is Explained SEATTLE, Wash., May 11.—Details of troops at Camp Lewis, Wash., un der the plan of re-distribution of troops in the ninth corps area was ex- plained in a letter from General Perah: ing, chief of staff, to Congressman John F. Miller of Seaftlo and forward ed by Mr. Miller to the board of com missioners of King county. Among the troops to be stationed in the northwest vicinity are: First reg ular infantry at Forts Wright, Mis- soula and Lawton and seventh infan- try at Vancouver Barracks. More Homesteads Are’ Designated CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 11.— The Cheyenne land office has recetved no- tification from Washington of the al- lowance of about 150 homestead en. tries of 640 acres each (grazing home steads) in the Cheyenne district. Tn- formation was received, also, that about 350 other entries of this char. acter will be passed on soon. LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 11.— The trial of Aruthur Burch charged with the murder here iast August of J. Betton Kennedy, marked time yesterday while counsel argued over the admissibility of a deposition from Mrs. Emma Elder BURCH PRESENTS ALIBI TRIAL POINT IS. ARGUED ton, the defense claiming she was vnable to appear,in court, und the state claimed she was as well as anybody. Thp upshot was shat the introduction of her evidence was postponed temporarily. Mrs. Elderton made a deposition from her bed in which she furnished the defendant with at least a partial alibi by saying she had acen htm Long Beach at the time of the death of Kennedy was caused in Reverly Glen more than 20 miles from Tong Beach. ‘The controversy iook up moet of the morning. ts to address a meeting of historical |’ system of the Wyoming historical de-| Herdeg was nominated and university presidents in 40 states| received in answer to a questionnaire asking what the faculty and students |of each institution thought about pro- hibitfon in the orfinary and in fact. The replies showed 136 faybrable to | prohibition, ten non-committtal or in- definite, eight favorable to the theory but’ unfavor-. |able to present laws, | ‘The questionnaire was sent to every {coliere and university president in the| country but some did not reply. pbs ree a Ea POSTMASTER NAMED. WASHINGTON, Vpostmaster at Riverside, Cal. | Burned to. Death unfavorable and four! WARREN VOTES SCHOOL TEAM OF NE MONT WARREN, Wyo., Panay 11.—The an- nual school meeting for this district! |was held here Monday with a good| lattendance.~ A school school buildings in the district. —A motion that the Interna-| tern of five|from the court room to jail. |months was voted. A bond issue will| Hanson another prohibitioin May 11.—George A.|be submitted to the voters to provide! tive who said he was from Missoula ad. today to be| funds for the erection of five new|mitipd under crose examination that STATEWITNESS. ARRESTED FOR SELLING HOCH Judge Orders Him Taken Into Custedy on Admission from Stand That He Had Bootlegged. BILLINGS, Mont.. May 11.—Judge JA. C. Spencer of the district court here upset the plans of prohibition en: forcement op atives in the trial of a jweries of bootlegging cases When from \the bench he ordered the arrest of W. |L. Kemper, the state’s main witness lagainst Frank Swim, whose trial start- ed yesterday and then directed County Attorney Collins to file an infor- mation “against Kemper for bootleg: ging. ‘This action of the court came upon Kentper’s adrhission under cross ex jamination that he had sold whiskey himself. |. Sheriff © M. Birely took the witness Homer opera- ihe was only 20 years in Destruction of Barns at Lexington Track LEXINGTON, Ky., May 1 1.—Charred mounds of flesh and flame-scarred debris mark the spot where formerly the Camden and Milan stable stood at the Lexington track of the Kentucky Jockey club. Twenty-seven thoroughbred racers perished in the tire which destroyed the stable. ture was fired by lightening. GOLDSTEIN TO. REFUSE POST WASHINGTON, May 11. — Nat| Goldstein, whose recent nomination} as anterfal revenue collector at St. Louis has been the occasion of much senate criticism, has asked that his nomination® be withdrawn, Goldstein’s request, made in a let-| ter to President Harding, and xen in} the senate by Senator Spencer, publican, Missouri, who Be ed the appointment, was declared by| Senator Spencer to “end the inel- dent,” indicating that the president would meet Goldstein's request. se ytd aoe Bank Resources Here Total Over Eleven Millions Combined resources of the seven Casper banks at the close of busl- ness May 5, as reflected by state- ments published in this newspaper, total $11,101,346.54, and indicate the healthy condition of Casper finances, ‘The statements also‘show combined deposits in the seven banks of $8,- 778,947.85, or over $400 per capita. Banking circles in general are op- timistic over conditions here, which have included easier money through the liquidation of many loans of long standing. Good prices being paid for wool and prospects of a good de- mand for lambs are contributing fac- tors. Increased prices pala for crude should also have a tendency to in- srease ‘bank reserves during the coming suramer and with much new work opening up, the business fore- cast is encouraging to tke Casper public. SES SURES Ss Cals Silver. NEW YORK, May 10.—Foreign bar silver 70%c, Mexican dollars 53%. / ‘The struc- The horses were the property jor former United States Senator John IN. Camden and “his trainer, J. Cal | Milam of Lexington. | Bstates of losses of from $300,000 |to $400,000 on the horses, with little made following the fire, | insurance, | stooa BREESE | i today. LARGE AUDIENCE {5 DELIGHTED BY : GHADE OPERETTA |High School Auditorium Is | Crowded ‘or Presentation | of “Ihe Brownie Band.” | Despite the inciement nature of the |weather, the new high school auditor lium was crowded to the limit last night when the pupils of Park school |put on their operetta “The Brownie | Bana.” ‘The producers were no more sur- prised by the size of the audience than was the audience at merit of the pro- duction, | The butterflies in their beautiful jeostumes transcgnded _— everything looked for from persons so young. Woog nymphs, wee wees, and brownles were In abundance and carried their audience into fairyland. Katherine Davis, playing two roles, one es a gypsy dancer and the other as a fairy princess, did remarkable work. Miss Davis is a fifth grade pupil. Evelyn Frost was quite charming as the fairy queen. Dale Mcnre was a very cute brownle by some considered the cutest actor | of all. Many others did remarkably good work. It is difficult to pick out some as better than others. ‘The production was under the dirce- tion of Mra. Ethyle Livingston. Mrs. Livingston is now working on the supervision of a musical comedy to be given by the high school, 2 RUNNERS PERISH IN FLAMES Thoroughbreds. Vaiued at $400,000 rel Aviator Hops Off On Trip To Far North BUFFALO, N. ¥ Prest, of Kenmore, is field yesterday six thousand mile flight to Alaska and Siberia. He plans to follow the government mail route through the west to Chicago and Salt Lake City Last year he started from the Mexi can border but his plane was wreck- ed in the Canadian Rockies. DAIL FAILS If PEACE EFFORTS DUBLIN, May ated Press).—The May 11.—C. 0. ¥., left Curt in a biplane on‘a 11.—({By Pp committee The Assoc of the Dail Eireann, which has been mak a in ing efforts to find which the factious unite has feiled io r settlement, it nounced. ee BASIN MAYOR RENAMED IN TUESDAY ELECTION BASIN, Wyo., May 11.—Mayor R B. West was re-elected at the munici” pal election here yesterday by a plur Mi of 50 votes. R. R. Ferris and A Moore were elected to the city council. A bond issue of $60,060 for improvements to thé municipal water- works system carried by a 2 to 1-vote. ground upog Ireland could » a basis for officially an- lambing and shearing season it was ad-| mitted that the toll would be heavy more particularty if follo.red by severe freezing weather. Snow fell to a depth of 14 inches here betyreen 6 0’cloc yesterday eveniig ax* 6 o'clock ‘his morning, followin; two days of huter: mittent rain. Jrecipitation for the last 24 houry was { one and one-talf inches. ¥ Aved here indicated that ad | drifted badly in outs | impossible Xo > resulti in| this dir ins er that th appal The of dollars In losses in represented in the tie-up of traffic and communication. Telephone and | telegraph wires all over northern and} central Wyoming are down under the weight of snow during, the storm. For the firet time stnee the Casper | Tribune has been recetving Associ ated Press Service over a leased wire. & period of over a year, communica At standstiN today and the wire was silent. The Western Union raph company ix also without | » conection. Reports from the | States Telephone company at Herculean efforts are to reestablish connection the outside world, but at noon all outside wires were down and service in Casper was crippled to an apprectable extent. Phone Damage Over $60,000. Damage the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph lines alone in the Casper district in estimated at which fell tion was indicate t being made with today to present at between $60,000 and $70. 900, it was stated today by H. D. Mc ©ormack, manager. ‘The storm was the most damaging in the expérienc: of the company in this section, he said. Eleven hundred telephones in Casper alone were out of commiss!-4 today as the result of poles and wires peing carried down by the heavy on nage in ice and snow. Poles were snapped off in many instances, cross arms were torn from other poles and many mfles of wire lay on the ground Breaks were general in all directions from Casper. Every xvailable line. man of the company is working over ume today. One crew sent east of Casper reported this ‘afternoon that it was bucking snowdrifts six feet deep. Sixty Miles of Poles Down. Latest advice received from the of. flees of the ern Union Telegraph company was to the effect ‘that there re 60 miles of poles down between Vendover and Chugwater, 22 miles of ples down between Wendover and Casper on the south and six miles between Casper and Bonheville, be sides over 300 breaks. This interrup- tion includes both the lines of the Western Union and the railroads, At 2 o'clock today the Western Union was able to renew tts service with Lander, the only outside com- munication from Casper outside of Powder River, It is stated that it will be three to four days before service can be renewed. Out ‘of the maze of destroyed com. munication reports reached The Tribune this afternoon that a tele. srophic circuit had been completed by the Burlington Railroad company as far as Douglas. This stretch of 53 miles is the only place along the Wyomin; division that communica tion ha hed. RAIL CRIPPLED. While transportation is badly handi capped the Burlington railroad pany was able to get. its li time to permit train No. here at noon, five ule after a perjlous Continued on r Lioless w com. open in 29 to arrive behin’ sched- | ourn through | hou ge Three) Wire Service Crippled, No Late Telegraph The Tribune asks the indulge: of its readers today for lack of late telegraph news. All wire segvice and out of Casper the storm and communicati not been established late While all dispatches in today's edi- tion of the Tribune carry the date line of May 11, the majority of such news was received late yesterday not a single dispatch having been jw {Organization Effected at Meeting Today of the General Committee on Near East Relief hundred rded jflour, reg conservative when the wealth of Casper is considered, will be this city’s donation to the relief of the starving Armen- mI this after. ral com, organization expected send ord time barrels of extremel nertgtte a which e-GtPr the top in re: dy. mittee membership following repre: thé four leading. clubs Chamber of comme and nd ~an 8 com. Camp. Tonkin, Dr. ¢. H a Kenson; Kiwanis, the Carter, C. A. Cullen, Fred Van Gorden; Lions, D. LaBreenc ‘ce. Jesson and H. C. Chappell. In the organiz lay D. I was made and J. T. treasurer. Each club the ossumes responsi bility for one of four districts cre ated by using Cent and md ts as dividing lines. Tho cham. ber of commerce drew the northwest district, the Rotarian took the south- west, the Lions drew the northeas! aryl the Kiwanians will work the southenst. Each club ma: ign as many solicitors to the work as it chooses. All money donated by the Casper public will be spent on flour. The money will be handled by the Ic treasurer and will be paid over to the milling company at Sheridan, which has offered to supply the flour at $3.50 a barrel, At the meeting today ¢. J. Nugent of Denver, who has interested Casper in the movement, was present along with the members of the general com NORTH WYOMING 5 WARNED OF HOPPER PLAGUE | Immediate Stanek to Combat | Crop Menace Urged on Farmers of Sheridan County by Expert. SHERIDAN, Wyo., May 11.— Im- mediate steps to combat the grass- hopper plague which threatens to re- turn to northern Wyoming this year are being urged by federal and county authorities here following an exami- nation of the country surrounding Sheridan, Stewart Dockwood of Bil- lings, representing the department of agriculture, conducted @ thorough sur- > situation. fone over the situation 1 believe that the pubile warned of the ap M Lockwood | 2 inety per cent of the shopper e: which were laid last summer will be hatched y de in loping and wit two or three weeks. There are an enormous num- ber grasshopper in this le cality. ‘The earliest possible action must be taken in the way of spread. ing grasshopper. poisoning. The usrlier the poison is spread, the more effective it will be This point can- not be over emphasized. The time to act is now, and the action must | : ; |Cheyenne Picture Houses Are Sold a united movement.” —<— Wyo |, May, 11.—-Chey- ers, four under the con- rl Ray of Los Ar tur |in number, have | trol of one In Greybull the hottest election fight| tecelved today ition of the In years brought out a vote of over] The wire company under which | Princess and the ots he 1,100. The citizens ticket, headed by| she Tribune operates a leased wire | controlling ow — Landers for mayor, won out by] holds out hopes that communication | ‘Theater comp: owning the Amuse a plurality of 147 votes. be established by tomorrow. and Atlas hou ore. SON WOULD BREAK WILL RICH ESTATE INVOLVED WASHINGTON, May contention that certain of the will of James McDonald, inil- lonaire oil magnet, violate the law against perpect: ties 1s made in the suit filed in the supreme court of the District of Columbia by James 11,—The provisions McDonald, Jr., of Palo Alto. Cal., only son of the testator. The son seeks to break the will which dis poses of an estate. now valued at more than $3,000,000, Through cou sel he petitioned the cgurt to de- clare the disputed sections null and void as an attempt to tie up the estate for mo} quent to th th of when it was drawn up, the distribution ¢ e than 21 years sub- persons alive and to order the principal and accumulated interest to himself as sole heir. The senior McDonald died here 4 Janui 13, 1915, fi . DU) oe M8 8 MP JE SE a a a a a a a al at a dl a a a a as - ) a eacee