Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 24, 1923, Page 1

ee | Che Caszper Daily Tribune Weather Forecast Unsettled tonight and to- morrow, probably snow. VOLUME VII. AMERICAN ARMY QUITS RHINELAND , WYO,, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1923. FINAL (EDITION | NUMBER 91. STARS AND STRIPES LOWERED AT NOON AS YANKEE SOLDIERS TURN FACES HOMEWARD: LENIENCY WILL BOILER EXPLO U.S. DONG ALL THREE MEN DEAD This Jazz ‘Stuff is Getting Monotonous Chas. R. Bennett Meets Instant Death and Walter Galbraith and Elmer Jen- IT CAN TO HELP WOOL INDUSTRY So Says President Head National Association in Annual Meeting. SPOKAND, Wash., Jan. 24—Bellet that the Harding administration, “has done or soon will finish Coing all it can to help us.” was expressed by President J. Hagenbarth of Salt Lake City before the annual conven- tion of the National Wool Growers’ essociation, opened here to day. “The has and will fur nish us with the tools and with the facilities for profitable work,” he said, “but it cannot make us efficient end economical. We must do that ourselves and in the days when the sun 1s shining we must not forget light and power plant at Salt one man through the double work, The dead are Charies R. Bennett, 44 years of age; Walter Galbraith, age 47, and Eimer Jensen, age 21. They were ‘all firemen. Bennett was the man crushed to death beneath the mason work of the boiler, He was found there immed'- ately after an ‘nvestigation was begun. Galbraith received steam burns on both the face and body that cause him to die at the hospital four hours after the explosion took place. Jensen lived un- til about 5 o'clock this morning. darkness because of the explosion which prevented the power plant from operating. Frank Prior, M'dwest eng'neer, went to Salt Creek immediately after word All of Salt Creek was thrown into! sen Die in Hospital from Injuries Re- ceived in Salt Creek Tragedy Three men are Gead as a result of the exploding at 7:30 last night of one boiler of a battery belonging to the Midwest Creek. The explosion hurled doors which had been blown apart and buried another beneath the debris of the mason R. Galbraith of Omaha; a aister, Mrs. Henry Pelter of North Bend, Neb., and a sister, Mrs. M. Deforrest of Los An- geles, Cal., who have been sent mes- sages. { Elmer Jensen has a mother in Om- aha, Two uncles, Imar EH. Larson, ana Hard V. Larson, live in Salt Creek and cre in the employe of the company. The Midwest Refining company car- ried life insurance on each of the three men, they having been !n the employe of the company long enough to par- acer in thi ONE DEAD, FIVE HURT INFIRE that it will soon rain.” In opening his address Mr. Hagen: brath alluded briefly to the history of the sheep industry in the west and then lodged into a ¢iscussion of rem- edial and beneficial measures. He referred to the McCumber was sent in to investigate the matter and find out the cause of the accident) it possible, The damage so far as the! MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 24— plant was concerned is sa‘d to have One man was burned to death and| extended only to the machinery and two men and two wemen and a baby the housing equipment. No fire re-;were burned and injured from jump- suited from the explosion of the boller. |ing when fire destroyed n frame room- countries, She Fordney tariff law as a God-send to the sheep men and declared the tariff ‘on wool provided made it possible for America to compete with foreign said there is no surplus of wool the world over and that the present consumption in the United States 1s greater by far than at any other peace period in our his- tory and bids to continue. . “There appears no cloud on the horizon which can affect good prices for the 1923 clip’ he agserted, ‘and therefore the advice of the association is that growers hold until wool is shorn and they are ready to consign to their pools or commission merchants. ‘There are fewer sheep in the United States per capita than in 1910, Mr. Hagenbarth said in dealing with the industry statistics. He sees in this fact no surplus of lambs for paughtering purposes and predicted that prices for mutton will continue at about the same level as last year. Discuseiz¢: the question of credits gnd\loans, President Hagenbarth told the convention the National Wool Growers’ association officers are op- poset: to government participation in| rural credit banks, SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 24.—Ad- dress of Frank J, Hagenbarth, pres!- dent; reports of other officers; end general organization and appoint- ment of committees; made up the pro- gram for the first session today ot (Continued on Page Seven) GEORGIA SWEPT quest set for 1 p. m. wife who resides ‘n Taft, Cal., daughter, Mrs. L. N. Wanesek of Mi by the company. ‘Walter Galbraith leaves a father, M. iceland esc te age ere sas MEN'S REORGANIZATION FOR WEST CASPER 10 BE FORMED ON FRIDAY A Men's Organization will be form- ed at the West Side Chapel, corner of Fifteenth and Poplar gtreets on Friday of this week at 7:30 p. m. This organization will be not only for the Chapel and individual who | Joins but aso for the benefit of the ‘entire community. Some very profit- lable and enjoyable times are antici- pated. Every man is invited to become a member of this splendid organization. BY ICY BLAST; WYOMING BASKS IN SUNSHINE ATLANTA, Ga. Jan. 24.—The southeast early today is recovering from a severe biizard which swept three states Tuesday, leaving its mantle of sleet and oe, “demoralis traffic and utility service ing lc ani ry causing damage hundred thousand dollars. The storm covered northern Georgia, South Carolina and west- ern North Carolina, In Atlanta, caught In the whirl of freezing ceed $100,000 It is believed. Coroner Lew M. Gay, Coufty Attor-| "§ house in the downtown district ney B. H. Foster, and T. N. Shaw of tly today. {the Mitwont ett Oe morning at 10) 49) 00 Stunecnclin Ceotting ot TA. Westen, didery out of the building. but dled on the ‘Champion, and J. F. Shivetfer for the scene of the tragedy, to hold the in- The dead man was Steve Zacklan, He was carried way to a hospital | story rear window to save their lives. Their clothing was in flames. One Charles Bennett Is survived by 8 woman enfolded her three year o!d ® daughter in her arms as she leaped. U8" Sho was hay " kogee, Okla. who have been notified pany. thaagh be: pe yaad sealed S ate oil inquiry. diana owns half of the Sinclair Pipe Line company, explained that the de- cision to build the line was based on Present conditions under which all ofl produced i: the Wyoming field must be shippec out by railroad. “Then, the Sinclair interests did not really assume an obligation by Those injured jumped from a three Promising the government to build the pipe line?” asked the committee attorney. : Mr. Stewart replied he did not want to go into the Teapot Dome matter as ail he knew about it was on here- say. Hoe added that he himself made proposal that the Sinclair Pipe ARTIAL LAW IN eR Te RMANY = 9e — INCLAIR WOULD HAVE BUILT PIPELINE WITHOUT OIL LEASE ON TEAPOT, STEWART ASSERTS Decision to Build Interstate Crude Carrier Out of Wyoming Reached Before Negotiation of Lease for Development of Naval Reserve; No Obligation Assumed WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Decision of the Sinclair Pipe Line company to build a pipe line to the Wyoming oil fields was made without regard to’the lease obtained from the gov-| ernment by the Sinclair interests to the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve, Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of the Standard Oil company of Indiana, declared today at the sen-| Mr. Stewart, who was asked about the proposed pipe line because the Standard of In- L'ne company but'd tts Wyoming line “about the time this talk came out about Teapot Dome.” "That was after Mr. Sinclair |Glarry I. Sinclair) obtained the Tea- | pot Dome lease in which he promised to bulld the pipeline, wasn’t {t?” the j attorney inquired. “Yes, it was after the Mammoth Oll company made {ts agreement,” replied Mr. Stewart. ‘The witness said his engineers had estimated the cost of the pipe line at about $23,000,000. This same eat! mate was given by Mr. Sinclair when before the committee. OE SHOWN TOW, Prison Terms Not Consid-| ered in Courtmartial of Fritz Thyssen and Other Industrialists. MAYENCE,. Jan. 2%4,—(By Associated Press.)—Fritz Thyssen and the five other German indus- trialists charged by the French with refusing to co-operate with the French plans for delivery of repara- tions coal from the Ruhr valley were all found guilty by a court- martial here today. Fines were in- flicted, Herr Thyssen was fined 5,100 francs; Herr Wolfe, 224,300 francs; Herr Spindler, 47,352 francs; Herr Kesten, 15,632 francs; Herr Wues- tenhoofer of the Essen Mino associa- tion, 8,640 francs, and Herry Tengel- mann of the Essen Anthracite Coal company, 6,020 francs. the MAYENCE, Jan. 24.—(By The Associated Press) —Fritz Thyssen and his five German industrialists apparently face nly fines by the French court- martial trying them here to- tay for thelr resistance to the French demands for Ruhr valley coal. The prosecutor at the close of the fore- noon session suggested he was in- clined to leniency because of, the patriotic motives of the Germans. The prosecutor referred the court to the provision in the regulations of General De Goutte, for the imposition of a fine in case of refusals by the Germans to comply with orders, SIX ARRAIGNED BARLY TODAY. MAYENCE, Jan. 24.—(By the Asso- clated Press.)—Fritz Thyssen and his five fellow prisoners, representatives of Germany's great Ruhr coal indus. try, Were brought from prison today before a French courtmartial for e hearing on the charges that they re- fused to obe orders of the French lawyer retained by Herr Thyssen, was Neumann of Mayence, and M. Le technical adviser to the Germans. control commission. Dr. Frederick Grinm, the Essen assisted by Counsellors Wallack of Alfred Friedmann and Herr Clere of Nancy, the French attorney assigned by the French army as Colonel Debeugni, the ranking pro- (Continued on Page Seven) AD COAL BARONS Compliments of Germans Extended Americans as They Depart; Final Re- treat Is Sounded Today EHRENBREITSTEIN, Jan. 24. (By The Associated Press) —The American troops were withdrawn from the Rhine today, ending Ameri- zan military participation in the occupational area. The withdrawal was stgnallzed by. the hauling down at noon of the Stars and Stripes from the castle of Ehren- breitstein which has been the Amer- foan military headquarters since tho beginning the occupation. Mean- while the first trains with members of the expeditionary force were leay- ing Coblenz for Antwerp to board the transport St. Mihtel which will take them home. The flag came floating gently down from the staff on the picturesque castle walls overlooking the Rhine a’ the signal was given for striking the jcolora. Not a shct was fired in salute, jfor it was not a martial occasion. ; There were many moist eyes among the Americans who watched the spec- Htacle and thety long time associates among: the allied forces, The British and Belgian high commissioners for the Rhineland kept their word and remained away because they said they could not bear to witness the lower- ing of the flag that meant the break ing of so many close ties. * Inside the fort there was taken from the whitewashed walls the por- trait of George Washington, the Americans had hung there on their coming. EHRENBREITSTEIN, Germany, Jan, 24.—(By The Associated Press.) —-The American forces in Germany, thelr Rhine-watch completed, turned homeward today and many a German realized that g: rain “The Yan- keos Aro Coming!” must be amended to "The Yankees Have Gone and the French are Here!” The dawning of the day that was to seo the Amerincan garrison march down the steep slope of Ehrenbrelt: stein, across the Rhine into Coblenz and thence, in company with the other units of the Eighth Infantry, to |the Antwerp trains, found the Stars (Continued on Page Two) | MISSING SHIPS ARE LOCATED MANILA, Jan. 24.—(By The Asso: clated Press.)—Wireless advices re. ceived here this evening from Taiwan, Formosa, said that three of the miss. ing Russian refugee ships, en route to Manila from Shanghai, had put in there this morn'ng. ‘The message afded that two others were following closely and that the remaining two were returning to Shanghai. —_—_— \Rescue Vessels Still Missing by Conferees | MINE WAGE IS AGREED UPON Agreement on Which Scales Throughout Country Will Be Based Is Reached at New York NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—(By The Associated Press.) —Bi- MANILA, P. 1, Jan. 24.—(By the | Anaociated Preas.)—Seven ships of the |homeless squadron bearing . anti |bolshevik Russians in their flight ftuminous coal operators and officials of the United Mine Workers of America today signed a new wage agreement running for one year and covering the tri-state competitive |from Vladivostok, which left Shanghai for Manila January 10, still are miss. field of Ohio, Illinois and Indiana. This agreement will be used as a standard for fixing wages and working conditions Asked if the Standard of Indiana} expected to buy any ofl from the! OREHOUSE SEEN Governor Parker Threatens to Put Dis- trict Under Control of Military if State Witnesses Are Intimiated with, head of the Morehouse parish Ku Klux Klan when evidence ob- tained at the hearing here into conditions in the parish {is placed before the grand jury. BASTROP, La., Jan. 24—{By the Associated Press.)—Attorney Gen- eral Coco sald today that he would attempt to obtain an indictment for murder against Captain J. K. Skip- BASTROP, La., Jan. 24——(By The Associated Press.)—| Governor Parker will declare martial law in Morehouse par- ish if threats of any kind are made against any of the state’s witnesses between adjournment of the Morehouse open hear- ing and trial of persons to be indicted for alleged participa- tion in outrages by hooded men in the parish, it was learned today on good authority, Ajutant General Toombs of the Louisiana national guard was en rout@*here today from Baton Rouge with ‘instructions from Governor Parker, {t was understood, to impart this information to leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and parish officials, in- cluding Captain J. K. Skipwith, the exalted cyclops of the klan, and Sheriff Fred Carpenter. It was de- clared that the governor is determ- ined every state witness shall be pro- tected. cate that the troops on duty now may be retained in Bastrop. had been understood that they would only be kept here untl! the conclusion of the hearing, which was expected to adjourn today. ‘The military force has been cut down to forty members of the Jennings cavalry troop and here Thin development {s taken to indt- | It} four automatic riflemen of another ‘unit. BASTROP, La, Jan. 24.—(By The Associated Press)—Leon L. Jones, of Moselle, Mi: ‘egarded as the “mys- terious wit: was en route here today to test! at the open hearing. Jones 1s said to be the owner of the broken down automobile parked near Lake La Fourche on tho night of August 24. It is said that he saw @ black hooded band having Watt Dantel anG T, F, Richard as prison err arrive at the lake. The bodies of Daniel and Richard were found in Lake La Fourche on December 22 ———— CHICAGO.—Harry ©. Paul, in a speech before a meeting of opto metrists said that it was possible that in the 200 years “our vision will be completely gone.” Mammoth Oil company operating tho| Teapot Dome lease, Mr. Stewart said that was to be expected whenever the Mammoth company had any oll to Asell. - Mr, Stewart testified the Standard of Indiana was getting an insuffi- clent quantity of crude of} for its | needs before it acquired a half tnter- | eat in the Sinclair Pipe Line company. | This acquisition, he added, tmmed- iately increased the supply of ofl at the Standard’s refinery at Whiting, Ind., by 10,000 barrels daily and at times since the acquisition, which was in February 1921, the Standard had taken the pipe lines complete | aa‘ly run of 20.000 barrels. Replying to questions Mr. Stewart presented the contract for purchase of the government's royalty ofl in the | Salt Creek field of Wyoming, entered into recently by the Sinclair Crude 1 Purchasing company, in which © Standard of Indiana owns a halt (Continued on Page Two) } or throughout the remainder of the bi- tuminous territory. The new agreement, 2 KILLED BY AXE SLAYER | BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 24.—Birmingham’s long list of ‘axe murders and assaults was increased today when Luig |Gitellaro, 42, and his wife, Josephine, 32, were found by a milk man with their skulls.crushed and in an unconscious condition in their little shop. It was said they probably would not recover. An axe was the weapon used, according to the police. ies soared ‘The axo assault lst has reached 24 | 1221; Lid |police said. Nine of those attacked | | Few arrests t idied from their injuries. These crimes .convic 4 ing. Fears are felt for their safety as the veesels are known to have been in poor condition, ft was an ption th n 1919 been made and no in any case. & period ain with the exc sons were slair | nounced, was virtually the same as that which expires Aprit 1, based on the federal fuel administration's find- ings in 1920. Coples were ordered sent ‘mmediately to President Hard: ing, Attorney General Daugherty and John Hays Hammond, chairman of the United States coal commission. Agreement on the new contract was reached yesterday by a Joint sub- committee and submitted today to the whole conference. The tri-state fleld produces about {36 per cent of the nation's 600,000,000 Jannual bituminous ton Signing up of the remainder of the territory was regarded as a formality, The conferees fixed January 8, 1924, sad for re to draw Jup an eement to the year comme April 1, 19 ho agreement calls for $7.50 for | eight = for day work and $1.08 per ton for contract mines. The con ltract Is for one year instead of tway ax the anion had ‘sought, * Se teed bP)