Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 4, 1922, Page 1

WALL STATES va my Weather Forecast Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday, probably showers in north portion. Not much change in temperature. ———————_————— VOLUME VI WYOMING CRUDE OIL PRICES DROP 20 CENTS TODAY Coal CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1222. Operators Refuse To Join In Conference FUEL SITUATION [BALL SCORES ] ST. LOUIS, Aug. 4. — The St. Louis Cardinals today displaced the New York Giants from the lead in the National league as 4 re- sult of New York's defeat in the frst game of a doubleheader with Chicago. The Cardinals now have a per- centage of .598 while New York has 596. It was the second time in several weeks that the Cardi- nals have wrested the lead from the Giants. BROWS WORSE Ohio District to Be Only One Represented at Cleveland Meet CHICAGO, Aug. 4.--A can- vass of coal operators in the central competitive “field, ac- cording to an announcement made today by representative: of Illinois operators, indicates that only district No. 8 of Ohio, com prising about 6 per cent of the ton nage of the entire field, will he pres ent at the wage conference calied for Monday in Cleveland by John L. Lew AMERICAN LEAGUE At Cleveland— Now York Cleveland O10 O2i—-x x xX Batteries — Murray, Jones and Schang; Morton, Mails, and O'Neill. Batteries—Pennock and Danss and Woodall. Walters; is, international president of the min | At Chieago— ers. Washington -.-.010 001 001—3 Local coal circles see little"hope of | Chicago ~ 000 000 0022 5 2 a wage agreement for the central] Batteries—Zachary and Picinich; | competitive field, declaring that set-] Robertson nad Schalk. tlement of the strike must come a through separate state agreements. | 4¢ st, Louis ‘abe mt eames Ph ASE. * PRIORITY REQUESTS St. Louis Neem ta ae COME IN DELUGE. LANSING, Micn., Aug. 4, — With requests fe; priority in coal distri bution poufing into the office 0! State fuel Administratpr William W Potter, reports to the state public uti! itiza commission here today emph: ‘zed the seriousness of the coal short go. Industries in all parts of the state face shutdowns while the coal supply of hospitals and many public utilities has become short. Battories—Hlarris and Perkins; Van Gilder and Collins. phen NATIONAL LEAGUE At New York—First Game—R. H. E. Chieago --. 000 000 «(003-3 10 1 New York -...020 000 000-2 5 0 Jannard DES MOINES, Jawa, Aug. 4.—(By The Associated Press.)—Governor N. BE. Kendall, in a statement today de clared the state has no power or au thirty to take over and operate pr! vately owned coal mines. jame—R. A. 90 900 O1—1 7 O ‘The statement, he announced, is made in reply to numerous sugge®-| 4 Brooklyn— RHE tions coming from all parts of Towa, ttf 100 620 Acad that the state take over the mines in] Brooklyn 00 _ 600 ad athe an effort to releve the coal shortage.| Batteries—Couch, Keak and Har- grave, Wingo; Ruether and Deberry. SITUATION IN eae : : | ILLINOIS CRIT! 134 | CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—Ilinois restrict a aR ae H. . ef to its own supply of coal faces the nich eighth, rain. Pittsburgh 000 100 02—3 11 0 most critical situation that it has been compelled to face, according to Robert M. Medill, state fuel director. Protection is to be assured to the 26 penal, reformatory and charitable institutions and possibly to the Uni. versity of Illinois and the state nor echool: \ Mr, Me left Chicago late yester day for Springfield where he went to confere ‘with Acting Governor Ster- ling. Before he departed. he said: “Tiinols now is absolutely up against it. I am going to the capital to ar- range, {f possible, with Acting Gov ernor Sterling some plan of action. Mr. Sterling informed me by tels- phone that there are no funds avail- able for action that is inevitable and Boston 000 000 400-0 3 1 Batteries—Adams and Mattox; Mil- ler and Gowdy. At Philadelphia— R. H. E. St. Louis - 115 (100 010-9 13 1 Philadelphia -.002 001 022—7 10 1/ Batterles—Sherdel and Ainsmith; Singleton, G. Smith and Henline. R. H. E.| | highly necessary in producing the Ill- inois coal and delivering it to the cit jes that are in the greater distress.” The fuel director declared that or ders. received yesterday afternoon from Henry B. Spencer, national fuel administrator, meant elimination of FROM AIRPLANE ‘Pilot Leferink Carries Le- | gionnaire on a Trip Through Clouds combine to further the present |drive of the Casper American | Legion for membership. When R. H. E.| bits of membership campaign | 900 000 0—x x x literature begin to flutter) 001 000 1—x x xX/down upon your heads this evening. | gaze above you at the Pullman of the air, piloted by Leferink of the Stock Aviation company, and contatii‘ng .as R. H. B.|% passenger, Ray Williams of ‘the| & | George Vroman post of the American | Legion. The ascent. will be made from the jtield of the Stock compapy at 5:39 p.| m., today. For thirty minutes, the giant bird, brought to Casre- -ccent 10—x x xj|!¥ for commercial flying purpores. will circle over the city and its sub |urbs, pausing now and then to em't | hundreds of clreulars which will tell you that your own American Legion wants members to spread its fame tar and wide. Pilot Leferink, btcause if his own high regard for the American Le- gion, and its principles has consented to undertake the fiight with no com: Batteries —- Kanffman. Alexander |Pemsation from the post. He ta the) and O'Farrel; McQuillan, and Snyder. jonly man ‘to the Pacific ocean in a non-stop | fight... {Siri me ‘Only 3,000 circulars will be dropped, so rustle about, the streets this’ eve- make excellent reading material or food for thought, and besides will be \ valued highly some da zs a sou- | venir. 1 oo REED STILL IN ~ PRIMARY LEAD | ST. LOUIS, Aug. 4.—(By The Ai sociated Press).—With only 207 pre-| |cincts yet to be heard from, Senator |James A, Reed is leading Brecken- ‘ritge Long by 6,674 votes for the Democratic senatorial nomination |The vote stood: Reed 189,921; Long 183,247. , | Even the kings of the air who holds the distinction | lof crossing Mexico from the Atiantic/ | ‘Denver Reserve | Bank Will Get New Building WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—Erection of a butiding for the Denver federal reserve branch bank is authorized in a resolution passed by the senate and ‘sent to the house. Giant Torches Light City As Lightning Ignites Oil Tanks Two bolts of lightning which went straight to their mark, two thunderous claps in quick succession, and two oil tanks shot fiery tongues of red into the damp night air at about sny shipments of coal from the Ken tucky and Tennessee fields that have been relied on for operation of street cars, gas, electric and water plants throughout the state. 3 MINERS BATTLE NATIONAL GUARD AT STRIP MINES STAUNTON, Ind. ,Aug. 4.— (By The Associated Press.) — First hostilities incident to the attempted operation of strip mines in this vicinity under protection of national guard troops occurred today when pickets on duty were fired on 12:30 this morning. from ambush. The fire was returned by break spread over the entire area un- der martial law. Automatic rifles were brought into play by the troops and firing continued for more than an hour. Mines picked for operati have been taken over by the state under Gtrection of Governor MoCray. Reports received by Major General Robert Tyndall, in command of the troops, said that no one was injured. Tt was said, however, by some of the men on duty that one man was slight- ay injured. Investigetion by military officials in- vestigation by military officials in- dicated that althougn the firing lasted for several hours the attacking party: was small. It was reported that sev- eral men from nearby towns came to! they | this city and announced that (Continued on Page Four) the guards and later the out- Tho first heavy bolt of lightening: during last night's sudden thunder storm, found its mark in one of the 80,000 barrel crude tanks on «the Standard tank farm just across the river from the Yellowstone highway. The second, a moment later, struck a large tank of first distillate in the outhwest portion of the refinery proper, and as a result the general impression was prevalent that one of the large still batteries was in flames and that the entire refinery was in peril. Foamite pumps were put into action in an effort to confine the flames In approximately an hour, both fires seemed well under control and the large number of peo- to the tanks. ‘STATE CANDIDATES WILL SPEAK TOG. 0. P. VOTERS HERE TONIGHT With only one more meeting | scheduled before the primary elec- tion on August 22, the gathering to- night of the Young Men's Republi- can club, at which candidates for state officials will appear, should hold exceptional interest for the vot- ers and a packed house is expected at the district court room. > Marshall Reynolds, candidate for congress to succeed Frank W. Mon- | | dell, arrived this morning and will speak before the assembly. Others who will be present are Katharine A. Morton, state superintendent of public instructor; Vincent Carter, candidate for state auditor, and Frank Lucas of Buffalo, candidate for secretary of state. Candidates for coumty and other offices statements and the meeting will be (| open to all of those who seek nomi- nations by Republican voters. {steamship Majestic. have also been asked for | A single sight of the scarlet sky and of the tongues of flame visible to watchers in bed- room windows in every section of town, brought hundreds of automobiles filled to capacity | with curious citizens who will ever answer and thrill to the call of a fire. ple who thronged Yellowstone high- way, and every other available rark- ing space for cars, began to melt lovee A Tribune reporter who was pres- ent at the conflagration estimates that from 12:30 o'clock until 1:30 when the flames were pronounced un- der control, 3,000 people visited the scone of the fire. Damage to the two tanks, both in loss of oll and Gistiliate and in dam ‘age to tanking material was smal! in comparison to their total value. This morning’s casualties bring the total in tanks on fire this year to eleven, The western sky took on a light of living red, now leaping skyward in Great rolling masses, now sinking & bit as the Foamite pumps began) | their certain work. The glare of the | flames was visible for miles around, | and so intense was the light that) surprise prevailed in Casper when! | people learned that several of the |main refinery butldings had not been i in flames, Staak i MISS McCORMICK SILENT. EOE i] CHERBOURG, Aug. 4.—Miss Ma-| thilde McCormick, daughter of Harold} F. McCormick, refused to be inter- viewed concerning her engagement to! Max Oser, the Swiss riding master| when she Ianded here today from the) “It's a shame I can't Le left alone, she declared. “I should like ence for jall not to be pestered and to be free |like any other woman.” : LOOK WHO'S AKEAD TOORY. IF THE Pi HOLDS our Bux OUGHT To BE A SURE WINNERS Sute AnD KED ARE TERILING ALONG NOTHE REAR GUT WILL GEAR Watuune! Who'S GOIN TOBE AnERD TomoR: RIVERTON WANTS J°UN W. HAY FOR GOVERNOR, Gi "NIN SAYS, The candidacy of John Hay CAMPAIGN IN BAS\:.(S ENDED for the Rept can nomination |for governor is arousing immense active su}% rt in Riverton and vicinity, according to E. T. Glenn, a pro% rent business man of that city, who is in Cas) state in giving the time from WELL KNOWN “OIL OPERATOR - PASSES AWAY | Martin McGrath, 52 years of age, well known oll operator of Wyoming ‘and the Rocky Mountain district died this morning at his home at Ther- | mopolis from the effects of a stroke of paralysis with which he was sud denly stricken, eccording to a sad message received by relatives here. |The news came as a shock to many lfriends and former business associates | here, Notice of funeral arrangements | will come from Thermopolis later. | Mr. McGrath was a brother of John McGrath of Casper, Thomas McGrath jof Lander and D. T. McGrath of | Omaha, and in addition ts survived by a wife and family. | He removed this spring to Thermop- olis after making Denver his home [while connected with the B. T. Wil- Hams Oll company. At the time of his death Mr. McGrath was one of the controlling influences of the Sirawn | Petroleum symdicate. ANXIETY RELIEVED OVER BALFOUR NOTE Statement of United States That Its For- eign Loan Policy Will Stand Holds Interest in Britain LONDON, Aug. 4.—(By The Associated Press.)—The at- titude of the United States treasury department towards the allied debt question indicated by Washington dispatches say- ing the Balfour note would not affect the American policy towards the payment of war debts has attracted universal attention here. This, together with the emphatic statement by the chancellor of the exchequer in The star, advanced Liberal news- the house of commons that Great Brit- paper, yesterday asked editorially ain hes no intention of suggesting @ny| whether the critics of the arguments alteration \of financial obligations to! set forth by the Earl of Balfour in his the United States, gave a somewhat note thought that the British were go- new direction to this morning’s news-|ing to work 25 years to repay the Paper comment on the question of in-|/ United States, while the other allies re ter-allied debts. |pay nothing. The newspaper warns per for a few qs on business. “The personal sacrifice that John Hay is making fer the| his business to assist the tax- pays of Wyoming compelled to should- er the tremendous financial burden that they have been compelled shoulder ts appreciated in Riverton,” said Mr. Glenn. “We are ‘or him be- cause ft Is time Wyoming had a bust ness man for governor—we have not had one for a long time and those of us who are familiar with the business ability of Mr. Hay and who know how deeply he feels the tragedies that con- tinued heavy taxation ts forcing on the people are certain that in his election i the salvation of the state.” “The election of Hay wiN mean a square deal for every individual the the state; it will mean that the era of prosperity that has been check- of becau of the extravagance of the Present state administration, will come to us all. The small farmers @ homesteaders of our locality are supporting the candidacy of Hay to a man. Unless he is elected by a ble majority, {t will be a surprise to me.” This statement, coming from @ man as conversant with the political sit- uation as Mr, Glenn, means that sent! ment in favor of John Hay for gover nor is increasing as the time for the primary election approaches and the! people of the state become better ac quainted with the candidate and fam- fifar with his ability and virtues. AX WINDS UP | BASIN CAMPAIGN. | RASIN, Wyo., Aug. 4 — Jonn-w,| Hay closed his campaign in Big Horn | county last evening as a candidate for the Republican nomination for gov- efnor. Here he was accorded a most cordial reception, the Rex theater be- ing filled and spontaneous applause greeted him continually. The speak- er was introduced by Mayor R. B. West, who outlined Mr. Hay's activ- ities and ability,in business and his public service with the war finance corporation and joint farm loan bank. Mr. Hay outlined his policies of econ- omy and decried the extravagance of to | (Che Casper Daily TCrimow |S. | NUMBER 253. BIG PURCHASERS ORDER GUTS IN LINE WITH LATE MARKET TREND \Salt Creek Now Worth Only 70 Cents Barrel as Compared to $1.40 Few Weeks Ago 2 Following a cut of 25 cents a barrel in the mid-continent jfield on Wednesday and an additional cut of 15 cents in {Oklahoma and 25 cents in jother fields today, the Mid- | west Refining and Ohio Oi company | posted new’ prices this morning mak- Jing a reduction of 20 cents per barrel on all fields of Wyoming and Montana. This cut {s presumed to be a follow p of the reduction in the southern | fields made earlier in the week and |an additional slash may be made goon \to even up with the one made there | this morning. ‘With a reduction of 25 cents per bar- rel mado on July 18, followed by |simflar cut on the following day, to- gether with the reduction of 20 cents |made this morning, 70 cents per | barrel has been taken from the pur chase price of crude in this district: # less than three weeks The following table shows the pi in Wyoming and Montana previous the first cut on July 18, after the = ond reduction and those effect! day: | Fie Old Price July 19 Mule Creek -.--$1.80 $ .85 Big Muddy -_ 1.40 x | Balt Creek 1.40 jRock Creek ._ 1.60 Ounge .-—---.__ 1.20 Lance Creek —_ 1.90 | Elk Bastin a |Greybull - Grass Cre Torehiight Hamtiton |Cat Creek DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 4—A reduo- tion of fifteen cents per barre! on Oklahoma crude and a cut of 25 cents in the price of other crude otls, effuc- the present adimintstration and the/tive today, was announced here by continually mounting sums collected|the Magnolia Petroleum company. — for taxation. New prices are Electra-Burkburnett At Greybull he was greeted by the|Honrietta Moran, Ranger and Steph- largest crowd ever assembled at ajens county districts, Strawn and ‘political gathering and the same cor-, Thrall, Texas crude $1.50 per barrel; dial reception tendered him. In the Augusta, Kansas, Yale. Comancho, north end of the county at Cowley and | Cushing and Duncan, Okiahoma, $1.26 Lovell he was again greeted with|and Cement, Oklahoma crude, 86 Jarge crowds and close attention and cents. = received the promise of support both| Louistana and Arkansas crue prices in the primary and the election. | were cut 25 cents a barrel this morn- Mr. Hay's accomplishments and ing, making the third reduction since ability are well known to the people! July 15, The Texas company reduced of this section of the state and tt Is the price of gasoline two cents per gale predicted that the will carry Big Hori: lon in its entire territory to meet the county by one of the largest major-| price of the Standard of New Jeraey. ities ever given a candidate for gov: ———->—_— ernor in this state. | CHINESE TOWN BOMBARDED. ~e MACAO, China, Aug. 3.—(By The Assoctated Press).—Five bomb explo- SLAYEK SENTENCED. ‘There was, on the whole, a less anx- fous note to the editorials. The pros pect of next conference now tends to.overshadow the Balfour note, and hope ts eagerly expressed that it week's will lead to some arrangement between | its readers that those who answer this question affirmatively are living in a fool's paradise and are likely to be rudely awakened by the advent of a Labor government which will act with courage to obtain “fair play for the men who risked their lives against CAMP OBASSO, Italy, Aug. 4—(By Yenturino di urder of the Cleveland publish- to 30 years im- Daniel Kaber, er was condemned prisonment ‘at hard Inbor. sions today shook this city, a Portu- guese settlement across the mouth of the Canton river from Hong Kong. One of the explosions was near votun- teer headquarters. Another killed one Chinese and wounded several others. * the European allies which will avert/those who only risked their money, the ugly menace hanging over the! and get the country out of this web of continent through the reperations and cognite questions. Further hope is ventured that the/ meetings will prepare the way for a wider conference in which the United States can participate. The supposed division of opinion in the cabinet regarding the British pol- icy toward the debt problem seems re- sponsible for a revival of the report that Prime Minister Lioyd George con- templates an early election. It is stated that, if next week's conference yields nothing of value and conditions @rift from bad to worses, the premier is likely to resort to the dissolution of parliament, with an election in the autumn. organized rapacity.” ‘The intended inference is apparently that a Labor government would insti tute the confiscation of or a levy upon capital for the purpose of paying the debt. | Another incident which is taken as |a straw indicating the change in the |poittical wind was an important priv- jete meeting of Unionists under the presidency of Austen Chamberlain, held last night to consider the grow- ing desire for the independence of the Uniontet party. The meeting, accord. ing to the Daily Mail decided to press energetically for the premier’s accept ance of a more pronounced conserva tive policy. CABINET TALKS | OVER RAIL AND COAL SITUATION WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—Members of President Hard- ing’s cabinet took to today’s meeting reports on the coal and rail strikes as gathered by their respective departments. The session, it was indicated, was given over almost wholly to a discussion of the situation in the two industries. Secretary Hoover announced that distribution of coal by the federal emergency control com mittee had been started under informal MARINES WHO PLACED SEAL ON MUTUAL OIL WELL LEAVE CASPER TODAY ONRETURN 70 WASHINGTON With everything reported as quiet | and no further difficulties expected in the Teapot reserve, the detach- ment of marines under Capt. Geo. | Shuler are leaving today to report at Washington. Capt. Shuler leaves tonight on the | Burlington, but no information is siven out as to his destination or to his movements. The four non- commissioned officers, including | First Sergeant Harry Hutton, Gun- | The well of the Mutual O11 com- pany on the southeast quarter of section 20, the scene of the late unpleasantness, is left under seal by the captain, who placed a United States Bureau of Mines seal on the tools and hole on Wednesday morn- ing. Matthew D, McEniry, chief of the field division at Denver, and W. B Burt, holding the same position at Cheyenne, left iast night for their nery Sergeant Ollie Cooper, Ser- | offices. geant Alfred Boren and Corporal A. W. Ambrose, chief technolo- Victor Porkalab. left today on the | gist of the bureau of mines at 2:45 Burling for Washington | Washington, who accompanied barracks at shington, D. C, | Captain Shuler here, ig leaving to- “ | morrow afternoon accompanied by | F. B. Tough, chief ofl and gas in- spector, and B. H. Carnahan of | the local office of the bureau of mines, for the Lander district to inspect the Derby dome and other fields. From there the party will continue on through Birdseye Pass to Hamilton dome and from there to the Cat Creek and Kevin fields of Montana. On his return Mr. Am- brose expects to go to Boulder to inspect the shale plant ‘maintained at that place by the government and will stop at Bartlesville before returning to headqueeters at Wash. | ington. arrangements. These arrangements, he explained. have been made pending completion of the committee's organts- ation and issuance of orders to take care of strategic points and necessary industries. Attorney General Dougherty on ar. riving at the White House for the caht- net session said he had authorized ap. pointment of a number of deputy mar- shals for duty in the vicinity of Des Moines, where, according to reports received by the department of justice, disorders have occurred tn connection with the rail strike. Secretary Weeks announced he had eceived telegrams from officials of tha striking shopmen denying that strikera were returning to work in large numie bers as has been claimed by some rail. road executives. | Attorney Jehn Casey and Wittiana | Kyne went up te Arminto yesterday on busigesa, - ~~ Py a noe