Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 21, 1922, Page 14

Weather Forecast Fair tonight and Friday. - Mod- crate temperature. VOLUME VII. .§. MEDIATION ON REPARATIONS SOUGHT Quarrel Over Oil BEPMANSASK THAT COMMISSION OF AMERICANS CONDUCT SURVEY Co-operation in Complete Investigation of German Industrial and Trade Activities Offered If United States Will Assist Adjustment. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—(By The Associated Press.)—Ger- man overtures through informal channe!: for American intervention to obtain a revision of German reparations schedules, reported in London despatches to The Associated Press, throws the first definite light on the method by which American influence is being drawn into a new attempt at final adjustment of the vexing reparations problem. The next step to be looked for} obviously is an indication of the French attitude of the German pro- posal that an American | economic ccmmission review Germany's prem Imate her ca ent situation and es! pacity to pay as @ basis for a new reparations treaty. There is reason to beleve that previous government reports from | Berlin are of a character to justify hope thatif the French should prove agreeable to the proposed plan for reparations revision, no insurmoust in | the | able cbst would remain way of an agreement as to the spe- cific amount Germany could and would pay s for a stumbling block for cement up to this time, and in Bertin are under-| has been the lack} stood to have felt, ofac nel for @ eliminary ¢* change of views between Berlin and Putr's. Brit’sh a, ardiy could offer thely serv E ain is too fully committed on vations French the tive in negotiations nment. views in opposition to position to be ¢ to the Paris 5 As the propcea! approved by the Cuno government is seen here, it rep- resents employment of American rom- mercial and goyernm«atal agencies to bring German and French views into harmony. INTERVENTION IS HELD POSSIBLE. LONDON, Dec. 21.—(By The Asso- ciated Press.)—The request made by a German trade commission that a com: mittee of American business mi headed by Herbert Hoover visit Ger- many to undertake a thorough sufvey of economic conditions that would be used as the basis of @ new repara tions treaty, was seen here today as perhaps the starting point of the flock of rumors as to American interverr tion in the reparations problem. ~ Great ain, it is semt-offictally learned, informed the American state department of its conse euch a plan. The British ment's message sent in respo' an inquiry from the United States, it was said, is expected to be followed by the assent of France, to which the American government also communi cated the German suggestion. ‘The proposal was made by a Ger. man commission headed ‘by Chan cellor Cuno to the United States chamber of commerce, which in turn 4s underst 20d to have usked Secretary Hoover to present the plan to a cab- {net meeting. This was done and the matter passed into the hands of Sec retary Hughes. The Germans propose that the American commission determine the extent Germany's ability to pay and assert that they would agree to meet this plan if France and Great} Britain approved of the plan. To this} Hughes opened negotia e London and Paris gov- end Secret tions with t) ecnments. HOLOUP PLANS NIPPED, CLAIM An alleged intended hold-up at 10 o'clock last night landed Lester Bul- son in the county jail. Bulson was hiding in the alley behind the Lukis candy store on Wolcott strect with a 45 caliber army colt. Whether he was waiting for some particular pedestrian is not known, but Patrolman Carter ught the man just as he was step- ping from his crouched position. When lie was searchsd, $10 in cash was found on him. He gave his age at the sheriff's office as 18, but was promptly corrected in that matter as having slept through ten years that he did not count. = el Flyer Hops Off On Another Leg Of Record Trip ARACATY, Brazil, Dec. 21.—(By The Associated Press.)}—Ctarting on another leg of his seaplane fl'ght from New York to Rio Janeriv, Lieutenant Walter’ Hinton left here at 7:15 this morning for Natal, about 250 miles farther down the coast. Rent Problem Is Solved by This Mexican CHEYENNE, Wyo. Dec 31-—Ta? rent problem was not a problem for Jesus Miraflores, Mexican, hen he observed a vacant dwelling in South Cheyenne. He merely moved in with his family and might have been there yet had not the owner of the piace rented it to a tenant. ‘The landlord wus amazed when the tenant, after arriving at.the house with his effects, hastened back with a demand for the rent money he had advanced, stating that the house was occupled. “Well,” ‘said Mirafiores when the landlord entered an indignant pro- test against his occupancy of the premises, “J had no other piace to Ko, and nobody was in this piace.” <> ‘ Man Forced to Climb Radiator On Cranking Car SEATTLE, Wavh., Dec. 21.—G. S. MacPherson, of this city cranked his automobile, forgetting that !t was in low gear. When it started he seized the radiator and rode nicely until an- other car struck him hard enough to knock him off. Two wheels his own car passed over him, after which he jumped up, leaped into it, seized the wheel, straightened her out and drove off cheerfully and’ unhurt. SKULL BADKEN IN HARD FALL A fall from a scaffold resulted;in a fractured skull for James Gray yes: ) terdny. Gray who was employed at the Chicago Bridge and Iron Works, was rushed to the county hospital and was placed in charge of Dr. Allen Mc-|' Lellan. He was reported to be getting better tits morning. CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1922. 1—The British are Turkey. tions, 2—Tw posalo of affree city, it is sald. would have territory witht Persia. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—(By The Associated Press,)—- Former Premier Clemenceau's - American visit added $20,000 to the American Field Service fund fellowships, Stephen Bohzal, who managed the nounced today. The amount is the surplus of money received from lectures and newspaper ar- ticles by the “Tiger after detray- ing the expenses of his trip. ‘The war time premier, Jt was ex- plained, was unwilling to accept Anancial assistance fpr his «mission, so he accepted lecture and writing contracts to h's way, asking that any surplus be devoted, in memory of hié student years in the United States, to the fellowships which are intended, among other things to stimulate friendship be- RETURN OF ARBUCKLE IS OPPOSED BY WOMEN Los Nepeles Federation Declares That Comedian “Decent * Is Forever Barred From Patronage of Public.” LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21.—Roscoe C. (“Fatty”) Arbuckle, comedian, today was making ready for his re-entry into motion pic- tures after January 1, while members of the Los Angeles district, | federation of women’s clubs, announced ‘they could “not recede from their opposition” to his plans. After Will H. Hays, titular head of the motion picture industry, announced here yesterday that Ar} buckle might have another “chance! to make good," the Los Angeles dis from appearing before a decent, self- respecting public.” “I can truthfully sey.” she de |trict adopted a resolution affirming a) clarec; “that the chib women of this NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 21— ‘Two tindergradvate committees, one | made up of academic students and | the other representing the ‘Sheffield Scientific school have been chosen at Yale university to work toward co-operation in the student body to | bring about a groater respect for | the prohibition laws. STATE TO WIND | ENCE IN| UP EVID ance in picture: Mrs. J. C. Erquhart, president of the district, stated that although Ar- buckle, at hfs third-trial in San Fran- cisco, had been acquited of causi us the death of Virginia Rappe, screen| actress, the testimony, “was of such| a character as to bar him forever} MINE KILLINGS MARION, It, Dec. 21.—(By The As- were employed to guard the mine.by a Of the moving picture committee of : detective , agency |the federation dec-ared today that the sociated Press.)—State expressed the hope that today would mark the com- pletion of the state’s direct testimony | at the trial of the five men charged | in riots of last Jur ‘our survivors of the riots testified for the n the mine Chicago private which received $2 a day for each of the 31 men supplied to guard the non- union miners. Judge D. T. Hartwell . said fternoon until January 2 over lidays.. { the h When re-conyenes after the} the defense is expected roduction of testimony ! alibls r all of the i court holiday to st desi 0, prove |men's clubs hai there | Hays,” with murder {n connection with the| would be no court sessions Satumay | Promised the women gathered at the 2 that adjournment would be taken} national |previous one opposing his reappear)country will not commend any Ar- buckle films and I do not think any film will: succeed without our. com- mendation."* Arbuckle, who was barred from the screen last April by Mr. Hays, will be re-employed by Joseoh M. Schenck, producer, it was announced. The comedian said, “: am very grateful to all those who are helping me and I will prove myself worthy of their faith,” BUFFALO WOMEN ATTACK WILL HAYS, BUFFALO, N. ¥., Dec. meeting of the city federat been, called to con- sider the reinstatement of Roscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle in motion pictures. Mrs. Chazles Slegesmond, chairman organization would oppose the of Arbuckle. i “We have been deceived by Will H. Mrs. Siegesmond said. “He convention of federated clubs in’ Chautauqua last “summer that Arbuckle would not be permit- ted: to reappear in moving pictures. He has_reyersed himself. The Butfalo federation of women's clubs will of- fer yehement: objec-ion to the reap (Continued on’ Page Four.) GOVERNMENT TRAPPERS ARE WANTED AT CODY CODY, Wyo... Dec. 21—-That the government trappers are again needed in this section is evidenced by the fact that the predatory ®animals which wrough such havoc amon@ the elk and deer last winter have started out again, A mountain lon last week attacked a saddle horse belonging to a loca’; man, tearing its shoulder with It! c'aws. The horse ran over a rim rock in an effort to escape and was badly hurt* about the head by the fall, ‘The tracks of five Mons have been seen near Elk Fork since the snow fell. Cbyotes are said to be again killing deer in that vicinity. ee PARIS, Dec. . 21.—Still another group has been formed in the cham- ber of deputies. it describes itself 2s being organized “for the sup- pression of the crime of war.” The honorary president is Henry Pate. FIELD SERVICE FELLOWSHIP =| FUND GIVEN $20,000 BOOST | BY VISIT OF M. CLEMENCEAU f tween France and America through the education in each country of yours men from the other, The jViuerican Field service w: organized and directed by Repre- sentative A. Platt Andrew, of Massa- chusetts, to enable young Americaus to do ambulance work in France before. the United States had en- tered the war. It war in recognition of thir, that M. Clemenceau selected &s the beneficiary of his tour the American Field service fund fellow- ships, organized after the American Field service had been. disbanded. to perpetuate the names of 127 mem- bers by creating a lke number of scholarships to send young men of each country to universities in .the other. Only 30 have been estab- Ushed, however, because the greater ef the fand’s total, se. at $3,500,000 remains to be raiséd though con- tributions. “Tho Tiger's surplus,” it was announcod, “will make Cler- enceau's scholarships” dvailable to deserving students. According iv M. Bonzal, M. Clem- enceau yoicetl a. desire that the young men of France and of Amer- fea learn tne lessons of life to- gether. ‘He was ‘especially eager that French youths should "digest the precepts of democracy through playing football and other American gaines in American institutions.” Various agencies whose offers of financial assistance for the Amer: ican tour were requested because of the ample provisions of his con- tracts, “the Tiger” suggested, could, if willing, help toward his great alm by contributing those funds to the fellowships. In addition, railroad rates were reduced, private car was loaned to the party end other economies effected. “The Tigers’ arrival in France yesterday re-called a presentment he had yoiced that this country. Mr. Bonsal, observing his happiness ypon the completion of his second address at Chicago, his last fgrmal engagement before sailing fof home, questioned him as to his emotiom, and M, Clemenceau, telling of his presentment in France that déath would overtake him in the United States, explained “I was afraid, if that were no, that I should not be able to finish my task here. But {t !s ended now, and don’t care two pins.” Comments by many of his au- ditors on his command of the Eng- lsh language Mr. Bonsal related, caused “the Tiger” to remark that (Continued on Page Ten.) MR. MERCHANT! Remember that ‘the Saturday edition of the Tribune is de- livered in the homes of Casper—virtually every home, for the Tribune blankets the city with paid circulation—by LO’CLOCK P. M.- This edition contains all the latest wire news, market reports and the best number of features which go to make the Tribune the best paper in Wyoming. It reaches the SATURDAY SHOPPERS before they leave their homes. Your advertisement in the Sat- urday edition will bring immediate results. Try it and see. Copy must be in the Tribune office Friday night in order to be sure of insertion. the oldest established firm of ii shipment of stationery and suppites which will go to make up the. stock of the new department recgatly or- ganized under thy management of R. Will be received in clése suctession reported. to be attempting to negotinte the lion's|and the company will .be prepared to share of the oil fields near Mowl, in return for a loan they offer ¢o mak to They also desite to make Mosul a free city, under the league of na- rkey claims the whole vilayet of Mosul and rejects the pro- Uf the Turkish, claims were carried out they | in a day's march of British communications wit! jfill orders of any kind. . Che Casper Daily Crihu NEW STATIONERY (3 RECEINED BY COMMERCIAL C0. Local Printing Company Is Now Prepared to Handle Trade. The Commercial Printing company, kind n the citl, this week rec@yad ite first H. Dickensheets. Other shipments The company has also taken over the state agency for the All Steel” line of metal office furniture manu- factured by the General Fireproofing company of Youngstown, Oh‘o, at present the biggest factory of kind in the world. Their products have a national reputation atd a. rep- resentative stock of these fixtures will be opened for inspection as soon as it arrives. ‘The new ruling machine ordered by the Commercial company will. arrive in Casper about January 1 and will be installed at once! It will b® the only piece of machinery of its kind in Natrona county the new im- provement will enable the company to take care of any, size Job. Patrons and others ire iavited to inspect the Commerc‘al plant at any time and see how the work is turned out. ‘The company. employes only the best printers and with service and quality as its motto is rapidly ex- tending its facilities for serving the Casper public.in a manner which be- speaks wide patronage... Reasonable prices quoted on all work will assist materiaily in keeping’ Casper business im_Crsper. Office Disds and. troubles. will re- ceive the immediate attention of Mr. Dickensheets, manager jof the sts- tionery Cepartment, who"is prepared to lend’ the best of assistanne‘in any- thing in his Ui ttm}. » SINCLAIR PAYS MID-CONTINENT PRICE FOR U. S. OIL Differential Wiped Out in Contract for Wyoming Roy- ulty Crude WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.— Announcement made late yesterday by Secretary of the In- terior Fall that he had awarded the contract for purchase of the royalty oil in Salt Creek to the Sinclair Crade Oil Producing company for a period of five years at the Mid- Continent posted price, According to a statement of the sec- retary this is in line with his policy fy pace’ the price of Salt Creek crude on a parity with the Mid-Continent product of a similar vrade and place the two in open competition on the market. The Mid-Continent price At present is based on gravity, which for oil of from 37 to 38.9 degrees is $1.60 and for 39 degrees and above is $1.59. With the Salt ‘Creek oll. averaging about 37% degrees, this will p'ice the price at an average of $1.60 or more than double the present figure, which in 70 cents. The price differential between the two fields, whict has averaged 67 cents a barrel for the last five years and now amounts to 70 cents a bar- rel on oll of less than 37 degrees grav- ity and 90 cent® a barrel on off of detter than 37, Is wiped out as far clared. The price range in ths mid- continent field is from $1.40 to $1.60 a barrel and at the present rete of production, the government rectives 9000 barrels of royalty ofl daliy from (the Sait Creek field. This oil will be }sold at mid-continent prices to the | Sincair company and the proceeds 4! vided as provided by law. 62% pet cent going to the reclamation service, 37% per cent to the state of Wyom: ing and 10 per cent to the United States treasury. The secretary said he expected the production from the field toincrease materially during the life of the contract. é It is-expected by interior depart- ment officials that the of! purchased by the» lair company will be stored in,the Salt Creek field until complétion by the company of a 40, barrel pipe he to connect the field with it# pipe line to Chicago. Construction started within sixty days. This -ar- rangement, according to pngineers of tho interior department virtually wil! join the Salt Creek and Mid-Continent (Continued on Page Ten.)° TRY TO DIVERS LOCATE BODIES Search of Louisiana Lake Is Continued Teday by Experts When Efforts of - Guard Fail to Solve Kidnaping ' MER ROUGE, La., Dec. 21.—Search of the bottom: of Lake Lafourche for the bodies of Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards, missing members of a party of five Mer Rouge citizens who were kidnaped by masked men on the ing from a good roads meeting at, Bastrop, was begun today by/|- night of August 24, while return’ divers, protected and assisted by a.detachment of Company G, Louisiana national guard which ar rived here yesterday from Monroe. Two iron wheeis of a farm wagon which were lying on the banks of the ‘ake are said to have disappeared the night of the *kidnaping and authori tles believe that Sos Sion have been used as weights to hold the bodies beneath the surface of the water. An expert diver employed by . tho state authorities arrived. here last night with his diving equipment, Cfficial, information receved by Governor John Parker that thrests had been made against representa- tives of the state investigating the kidnaping of Daniels anid Richards was_one of the many unconfirmed re. ports circulated here as the reason for the sending of troops to this place. The threats, it was said, came from persons in Morehouse parish. TROOPS UNABLE TO FIND BODIES MER ROUGE, La.,) Dec, 21.>The detachment ~ of “Louisiana’ national guard that late yesterday dragged a part of Lake Lafourche, about 8 miles from here, in an effort to locate the bodies of two men reported to have been murdered by a band of masked and white-robed men last August fol- ‘owing the kidnaping of five promi- nent Mer Rouge citizens; were unsuc-| cessful in their efforts; it was learned today when a second: detachment was d'spatched to the lake Cape. W. W. Cooper, officer, said: “I am in honor bound not to reveal our glestination. You know, of course, commanding that the work of dragging the lake is going forward.” Capt. Cooper has given orders to his men to prevent attempts of outsiders! to Interfere with diving operations Reports were in circulation that ene- mies of the movement would fere. . inter- A chart prepared by special investi-! gators, showing the location in the lake where the bodies, presumab.; weighted down with wagon. wheels, where thrown and other informatio: is in the hands of those conducting the dragging and. diving operations, (Continued on Page Ten.) ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 21,—Cattle on feed in the eleven corn belt states on December 1 showed an apparent in- crease of 27 per cent over a year ago, while stocker and feeder shipments for the 11 months ending November | 30 were very heavy, having becn ex- | country. the department of agricul- ture announced today. Outside» the | corn helt there were mixed increases and decreases. Approximately 40 per cent more sheep and lamba were on ot the new. line is to be! mad: | ceeded only twice ‘in the history of the | FARMERS SAVED WAN MILLIONS BYU. LOANS Aid Extended by the War Finance Corpcration — Proves Big Boon. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21> The American farmer has demonstrate: that when properly financed he can Weather the worst economic. storins the War Finance corporat‘on declared in its annual report sent to congress today. The report set forth that « per cent ofthe money advanced +) the agricultural industry had been + Paid either in advance of maturity or when a Advances by the corporation «aved the industry many millions of dollars. the report declared, explaining tha: the corporation's officers believed iis activity had proved as beneficial |: the restoration of confidence as in the actual pouring of cash into sp where credit was tchtest. The loans bad mado it possible for thousands of farmers to handle thelr products in an orderly fashion, it was added and the confidence instilled in them *hrough the knowledge that money was avail able acted as a s1t tinued. .‘to estimate the full effect of the atd given by the corporation 1) the livestock industry, becajise calum ities that are averted can never }« measured. It is generally recognized however, that by providing it did fn ancing for more than. 6,900,000 heo.| jof livestock, the corporation checked the demoralization in the industry, gave. the stockmen a breathing speil stabilized the market, and turned the tide away from disaster to-ward 1 covery and reconstruction.’ The effect of the corporation's activ ity on the livestock industry was typ ical of that on many other phases of agrictiture, jt was added, and sati« faction with the assistance rendered hag been ex; to the corporation in countless : ‘Large os is the number of advances by the corporation,” the report said, “it falls fer short of indication the number ©f farmers who benefitted from them; for even those farmers who havé had no financial assistance, directly or indirectly, have neve less been aided by the general |: Rrovement in, the credit situation in thelr own communities. ing districts, and in the country as a whole, a8 well.‘as bythe stabilization of markets for the many products of agriculture, the condition is the samy j The report added that the gradual decrease in the number of* appiica- tions for loans further reflected the general benefit which _ the» corpora- tion's operations have had on the ac- ricultural ‘credit situation. Advances for agricultural and ivestock pur- poses totailing $433,447,000 in 37 states had been approved up to November 90. Of ‘this) $182,859,000 went to 4- 400 banking institutions, $77 761,000 to.113 ‘livestock loan companies and $72,827,000 to 82 cooperative market- ing 2ssociations. NINE LOST IK. SHIP SINKING ST. NAZAIRE, France, Dec. 21.4 (By “The Associated Press.)—Tho coasting steamer Vintilis founders: early today with the loss of nine men o¢ the'crew after having been. rammed and cut in. two .by the Norwegian fretghter Asturias off St. Nazaire. shortly before midnight, The Vintilis, plying between Nantes and Belle Isfe, had just’ Cleared tho outer harbor when she collided wit! the: Norwegian, which was in “dis tress, floundering in the, heavy se. and trying to meke St. Nazaire in the face of a terrific gale. The eaptair and chief engineer of tha French steamer succeeded in swimmins ashore but the entire crew of nine men went down with their craft. MORE CATTLE ON FEED, STOCKYARD BUSINESS HEAVY } feed than a’ yeal ago with the 11 corn belt states showing. ten per cent more Shipments of stocker, and feeder ¢attle and calves from 67 public stock- yards for the four months preceding | December 1.‘were the heaviest on rec: jord, being 2,020,000 hend compared with 1,868,000 during the same period ;last ycar. Movement of sheep and jlambs from all public gtoc | the ‘four “months totaled ; h@ad, compared with 2,201,000 for the | same period a year ago.