Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 15, 1923, Page 1

Weather Forecast WYOMING—Partly cloudy tonight and Friday, probaply snow extreme Colder northweet northwest portion. portion tonight. VOLUME VII. LOCAL DENTIST. PACIFIC GALES MEW R. R. ISSUE! WREGK 4 SHIPS: FEAR MANY LOST LIVES IN. STORM, Tuscan Prince Ashore on Vancouver Island— Nika Burns to Water’s Edge. VICTORIA, B. ©., Feb. 15.—With a life line about his body Seaman Victor Hautopp, 2 member of the crew of the steamer Santarita, ashore on a reef one mille east of Clo-Qose, on the west coast of Vancouver island, Teaped into the heavy sea and made shore after a heart breaking fight with the waves. A breeches buoy was rigged and all mombers of the crew saved. The Sarterita is a total wreck, SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 15.—A number of lives were believed to have been lost early today when the British freighter Tuscan Prince went ashore near Esteven, Vancouver Island, se- cording to a message received here from the tug Sen Monarch. The Seca Monarch, at the time the message was sent, was rushing to the ald of the vessel, whicl+ was said to bo a total loss. The message gave no details and did not state the source of tho information concerned. “Ship breaking up, we are going to drown,” was the last message from the Tuscan Prince, which came through the afr and was picked up by the radio station of the Seattle harbor department. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 15—Out of ts wind-whipped waters of the Pa- cific, off tHe Washington coast, came a. ‘sifles--of” vi eae appeals today that told of two freight steamers on the rocks, @ third drifting helplessly ® fourth aground, anc a ‘further, more mysterious report cf a glare south of Cape Flattery, that looked like a ship afire at sea. The scores of men forming the crews were in Derll, as daylight lifted over the stormy ocean. The British freighter Tuscan Prince # the last to succumb to the gale, re ported that she was “‘on the rocks and breaking up fast,” but her posi- tion was’ not learned and efforts to communicate “with her failed. She was believed to be somewhere near the mouth of the Columbia river. She ‘was bound for Seattle from San Fran- cisco. The steamer Santarita, which left San Pedro, Cal., for Seattle February 10, ‘apparently deviated from her course last night to look for the stesmer Nika, earller reported in dis tress, today thy Santarita broadeast the news that she was on the rocks near Tatoosh, at the en trance to Puget Sound. Her captain expressed. the belief: that she would not sink, though he said she was be- ing pounded by heavy seas. The Nika, a wooden vessel, sent 8. O. S. calls, last night reporting that, she had lost her rudder off Umatilla reef, south of Cape Fiattery and was helpiess before the gale. The fire at sea was reported near this position, and shipping men feared it was the Nika. Several ships started to her resctte hut none had reached her at last reports, ‘The motorsh!p Coolcha around near Victoria, B. C., was believed beyond ralvage, Her position was dangerous. Her crew has been removed. All night staceato stories traveled up and down the coast from the wireless sets from the distressed ships and from the shore stations. The coast guard cutter Algonquin was searching for the Tuscan Prince this morning while the steamer Ke- waee, in sight of the Santarita at 6:30 wax preparing to aid her. ' The weather off Cape Flattery had moderated to some extent this morn- Ing, the United States weather bu-| reau station at Tatoosh reported and the wind had shifted to the southeast In the 24 hours ending at 5 a, m. the precipitation there wes 4.22 inches, an unprecedented rainfall. The heavy rain according to the re- Port made navigation especially haz-| artous, SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 15.—The coast guard cutter Snohom’sh has ta- ken all members of the crew from the steamer Nika which has burned to the water's edge. ‘This, {nformation was contained tn & message from the commander of the Snohomish received at 8:03 a.m. No details were given and the position of the ship was not stated. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 15.—The steamer Tuscan Prince, wh'ch’ went ashore a few m'les south of Cape Fiat- today is undoubtedly s, Harold Burchard here for urness-Withy ny, agents for the Prince L'n represent-| com pa Lta of London. owners of the vessel. said this morning. The ‘Tuscan Prince Was commanded by rtain J. Call (Continued on Page Fiy | [S BIG TOPIC AS ig ROU PARTY ARRIVES Friends and Rela- Citizens’ Dinner at Henning Tomorrow Night in Honor of Rail Visitors. Further light will be shed of the Proposed Wyoming North and South railroad and the question of whether ‘t will come through this clty may be definitely settled, when many of the most important men connected with the Haskell interests are the honored guests of the Casper Cham- ber of Commerce at the Henning hotel tomorrow evening where a din- ner will be given at .6:15 p.m. This affair will be the culmination of a serios of royal receptions accorded these men during the past few days on their trip from Miles City, Mont., (to Casper. 7 Not only will there be present many railroad men but there will als@ be a number of Wyoming's most prom!- nent citizens. The party will drive down, reaching here today, It twas for a-while thought that they would have to go by rail by way of Chev- enne owing to bad weather cond! eions, but this fear was hanished, on the advent of the present semblance ff spring. Jn the party will be Scott Ferr’s covresentativa of Haskell, Senator ” B. Kendrick of Wyom!ng: Con- eosman McClintock of Montana: Robert D. Carey, former governor of Wyoming; Frank Lucas, secretary’ of state: C. 8. Hill, state immigration commissioner; five prominent cit!- -ens from Miles: City: 20 -prominent ttizens from Sheridan; two or three car loads of Buffalo residents, and ©. A. Owens and W. D. Outman. also representatives of the Haskell in- serests. Ralph Dento of Sher'dan will he one of the speakers, Kendrick Ferris, McClintock and Carey will Iso address the persons present at the dinner. A The dinner to be served at the Henning will be a ‘dollar’ dinner. One hundred and twenty-five: person: ~an be crowded Into the Hennine tanquet room. In. order that the management of the ‘hotel may be thle to check up on the attendance all who intend to be present have heen asked to secure their tickets !n advance at the Henning, the Cham- her of Commerce, or from George DB. Nelson, Guy Gay or William Jardine. DECLARES OIL ROYALTY FURD IN PERPETUITY CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 15.—(Spe- clal to The Tribune.}—The Wyoming supreme court Thursday handed down ‘a decision that off and other royalties from state school lands are perman- ent funds and must be kept intact in perretulty but that rentals from such lands are income and may be utilized for current expenses. The Interest on the permanent funds may also be used for current expenses. ‘A statue permitting municipalities to adopt that city manager form of government was upheld but that por tion authorizing the erfployment o managers not residents of Wyomin: was held to be unconstitutional ani non-effective. ——————- LOSSES OF VICTIMS OF “DENVER CONFIDENCE MEN SAID T0 TOTAL $80,000 DENVER, Colo., Feb. 15,—Losses of victims to Denver's alleged inter national confidence ring mounted over the $90,000 mark today with the testimony of George Kanavutz of Sapulpa, Okla., who charged at the trial this morning of the 22 alleged members of the ring, that he had beer swindled out of $25,000 here last year From race horse and sugar and railroad stock speculation, the manner in which other witness testified they lost large sums of money, the form of alleged swindling switched today cording to Kanavutz’ story, to in ment in copper stocks. LIBERALS URCE NEWCOMMISSION LONDON, Feb. 15.—(By The Assc ciated Press.}—The Asquithian anc Lloyd George Uberals urge that th league of nations appoint a commis which the United asked to sion on would b; tive to study meet her reparation oblig This proposal is to com house cf commons next sen tions Monday in the form of a joint amendment to the | ment is Jooked upon asa step toward ates | the | capaatty before the | the ayments may be best made. tives Crowd Court Room; Son Cut Off from $85,000 Prop- erty. Relatiy friends, witnesses and legal talent crowded the sixth judicial court this morning at the opening of the case before Judge C. 0. Brown to break the will of the late Raymond Rouan of Casper who left an estate valued at approximately $83,000. It is claimed by some of his heirs who seek to have the wi'l set aside that Rouan was subject to temporary in- sanity, that he was coerced into mak- ing the measure as it was finally drawn and that he was not In a ra- tonal mind when he had. the will drawn up, The w'll, dated December 17 last, leaves $1 each to his son, Edward F. Rouan and his daughter, Elizabeth Whee'er, After a bequest of $600 in a bank account, a promissory note ‘or $800 and $1,000 when the estate § settled, to Carrle Fort, the balance of the estate 's left in trust to Rou- an’s minor children, Katherine ML, Dorothy M. and Ida M, The will carries the proviso that hin 30 days W. J. Bailey must be removed as trustee for the children and that Carl IH. Anderson must be put In Bailey's place. Otherwise the estate is left to Rouan's brother, Jean, Who resides at Escout, in the Pyren: nes moutnains of France. Forty odd witnesses have been sub- poened in the case and it’ {is antict- pated that the evidence will be long drawn out. The first witness on the stand today was Bert W. Greener of 1034 South Jackson street, one of the witnesses to the signing of the will by Nouan.: Tho other witness is Fran- tis “M- Butler of 142 -‘Boutlt “Beech street. ¥ Greener testified at considerable length that Rouan went over the will, clause by c'ause, before signing it and agreed, to the proy’s'ons in their en- tirety and individually. Greener also said that from his experience in gen- eral hospital work in the world war, he was sure Rouan was rational in every way when he signed the docu- ment and thoroughly !n accord with the prov'sos. Those seeking to have the will set aside were represented this morning by Attorneys Henry E. Perkins, Irv. ing Goff McCann and George W. Fer- guson. On the opposite side of the! case were Attorneys E. G. Vanatta} and Frank Perkins. piste as ALBA HIGHWAY COMMISSION 15 AGAIN ATTACKED DURING WONTANA HOUSE DEBATE HELENA, Mont., Feb. 15.—Attack om the state highway commission as xow constituted was renewed in the ower house of the legislature this corning, under the leadership of vowndes Maury of Silver Bow county. Us effort to bring out of standing ommittee and before the house com- nittee of the whole Senator Peter- son's bill was voted down, however. The measure to create the new county of Hedges out of the northern art of Flathead county was killed by adoption of an adverse committee report, after reports both for and against had come out, a BABY OF W. J. FISHER ° CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1923. 7 ATE CASE IS The Casper Daily Tribune OPENED Reds Charge Framed Evid Albert Bailin (seated right) 4 lective agency mals o {the raid. Others in the Vretz. Bailin also declares he worked for, $ enc of the William J. Burns International De- vo been in the hands o fthe Reds at the time Steft to right, are Attorneys Frank P. it r evidence was manufactured. He admits he Walsh, William A. Cunnea and Dan “double crossed” everybody How Many Did Woodruff Mean In Liquor DEATHS HOUNT _Sugzetion That No- ody Vote on Pro- hibition Who Had FROM YEAR'S WORST STORM Property Damage Done by Great Blizzard Will Be Serious. Taken Drink | CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 15.—How many members of the legislature did J. D, Woodruff, the oldest of the Wyoming solons, propose to dis- CHICAGO, Feb, 15.—Death tolis|franchise when he proposed Wednes- and property damage from the cold-|4a¥ that only those members who est wave of the season were inbreased| had not taken a drink of whisky sinco today and the only relief predicted !n|the session opened be. permitted to the storm area, extending from the] Vote on prohibition legislation? Canadian northwest to the northern| Not even the echo answers, but portion of Florida and from the At-| some guesses have been that if the lantic seaboard to the Pacific coast| rule were adopted there would be no was abatement of abnormally high! prohibition legislation at this session winds tn some sections. —because under such a ris such ‘The worst blizzard in five years| lesislation could not be given a was sweep'ng over Ontario today with | ™4Jority. no indications of abating. It was ac;| But one guess is as good as an- companied by sub-zero temperatures,|0ther—maybe no member has taken snow anda 60 miles an hour wind.|@ drink of whisky since the session Transportation was demoralized. | opened—MAYBE! ‘The first death in Manitoba since| The bill before the committee of the beginning of the storm occurred) the whole house when Woodruff made last night at Starbuck, BM Lavallie, a/ his few pertinent remarks is one in- mute, being found dead a half mile| troduced by Representative W. C. from his home: {Delaney at the request of Governor uae. Saeurel owas caused 2088. It requires sheriffs, county at (Continued from Page Five. (Continued on Page Four.) CANDIDATES ARE WANTED WHO KNOW HOW TO CARRY ON IN BIG CONTEST STAGED BY TRIBUKE Cars and Cash Prizes Actually Going Begging for Want of Keen, Active Com- petition—You Can Enter and 19 DEAD OF PNEUMONIA The home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph! W. Fisher has been saddened by the! Aeath of their 10-months-o'd son, Jo-| seph Jr. Death was from pneumonia! and occurred at the family residence, | 704 South Ash street, at 6 o'clock) this morning. { The remains are now at the Shaffer) Gay chapel. They will be shipped to- morrow night to Cheyenne. he throne. The amendment. which 2a8 been agreed upon by both liberal roups, requests the government to seck the assistance of the league in| present European aiiuation and| idvocates that the proposed commis: | investigate ¢ but algo cons at rmany’s ho’ In parliamentary circles the agree- | address in reply {o the spsech from] a Uberal fusion. * Win if You Will It fs indeed ziing to the cam-) Lets get busy at once Paign management why so litdle prog-| friends t! ress has been made by some contest-| Surel and show our at we mean business there should be many ants, who have signified their desire; ACTIVI2 contestants as there are to enter and compete for the many) prizes. Surely the prizes are big fine prizes offered by the Tribune, by | enough to interest any of us. Taking bringing in their nomination blanks | all things into consideration there are and accepting their receipt book. | several live wires in Casper who are Although the campaign department | missing the opportunity of a life time. has several nominations entered, but,| Just remember this one thing, all few haye shown their desire to win| these prizes will be awarded and that by turning in subscriptions. 'The| tha biggest vote offer of the entire time to secure your votes is now,|campaign is in effect now during the while each subscription counts for so| first all-important period. There will many more votes and also while the | abso!utely be no big vote offer at any field is not. being worked .by many) time during the life of the campaign contestants, The campaign dep rt-| other than outlined In the beginning ment would indeed appreciate it very! How could anyone spend his timo much if those who have not reported,| more profitable than securing sub: and really intend to be active would,| scriptions among his friends to the signify their intentions by reporting | Tribune, with a guarantee of at least at at campaign headquarters first opportunity 4 names of those within ve who intend being active to high a nding as pos e ot higher your names in the vote count! t the more your’ friends will help you. their of e serip nulatir 20 per cer ects in sut tal t to be fw ¥ dollar he and at the s ery col 1 will hay. it vote aI yy do contentants have e ‘foremost paper, not on!y of Wyo (Continued on Page Four.) the Proposal? OVER 2 MILLICN ANSPEGTAGULAR FIRE NOW LOST Twenty-One Companies Get- ting Armour. Plant Blaze in Omaha Under Control OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 15— A fire that is still fiercely burning and that 4s declared by veteran packing men to be the most destructive fire in the history of America's packing indus- try last night and yesterday, destroy- ed the nine story building, 17, 18 and 19 in the Armour and company’ plant in South Omaha, causing an es- timated loss of more than $2,000,000 and throwing more than a thousand men temporarily out of work and is this morning still threatening build. ings 20 and 21, lard refineries, the destruction of which would entail further tremendous loss. This morning 21-fire companies un- der the direction of Fire Commis- sioner Hopkins, who has been on the scene since 8 g'clock Wednesday morning, were concentrating all ef- forts on the brick fire wall protecting building No. 20, one of the lard refin- eries. If the wall holds the blaze will be confined to buildings Nos. 17, 18 and 19. Should the wall collapse, the fire may get beyond control. oO. C. Willis, genera) menager of the plant declared last night that the fire started in the ninth story of building 19, from a defective elevator motor, early yestercay morning. When the firemen reached the scene they experienced grea difficulty in | making water connections because of the sub-zero weather, it was said. Low pressure further hindered them in fighting the flames, the streams barely reaching the sixth story at FRENCH ORDER 10,000 BOCHE BE DISARMED Unemployment May Soon Be Problem Confronting Both Countries, Is Claim. DUESSELDORF, Fob. 15.—(By The Associated Press.)—Teh thousand German security police throughout the occupied region are to be dis- armed by ordez of General De Goutte. It was explained at French head- quarters today that this action was deemed advisable because of the gen. eral attitude taken by tho police toward the forces of occupation. Hereafter the Schutzpolizel are to be considered by the French as the pro- tectors of the Ruhr communities, without any connection with Berlin. In addition to the recent incident at Gelsenkirchen, the French consider that the police are inclined to use their arms too freely, especially when they get into disputes with French soldiers. Headquarters here as on record twelve incidents where the po. ice used firearms against the mi!i- tary. It also is charged that in another nstance a member of the force was discovered in the act of setting on fire a house where soldiers were billet- ed. The Germans are boasting since February 6, unoccupied Ger- many has been receiving more Ruhr coal than France and Belgiui. They point proudly to the statement that during the past week sixty trainloads have been shipped out. Occupation authorities say that actually the Germans managed to get through only forty coal trains which went {nto the interior over private lines leading from the mines and by other routes which the alles had not controlled ‘propetiy, ‘The French an. pounce that all such gateways’ Into the Interior now are guarded cau tlously and that the enstoms ring which aims to shut off from the un occupied region all supplies of coal coke and metals now Js welded tight- ly. that ESSEN, Feb. 15—(By Tho Assoct- ated Press.)—In the opinic. of the Ruhr industrialists, unemployment may soon be the problem confronting French and Germans alike. The di- rectors of the various branches of the Krupp works say that there ts enough repair work on hand to keep the plants running a while longer but that the outlook for the future is dark in view of the tightening cus. toms ring. Despite the success of the French in maintaining a limited railroad ser- vice and thus gaining contro! of the industrial centers it 1s belfeved the Germans’ passive resistance will checkmate the allies, Both sides admit that economic conditions in many centers are be coming worse as the smaller indus. tries clots. Yesterday the iron and wire factories near Duesseldorf, ein: ploying 3,000 workers were compelled to shut down because of the coal shortage. In Dortmund the French have opened food kitchens where they are feeding nearly a thousand civilians daily, In the Essen district the hostility toward the French and Belgians {s admittedly increasing as the national- ists have taken a stand against com- promises of any kind, Pamphlets, printed in French, urg- ing the soldiers to revolt and leave Germany to herse'f, have been dis tributed through the barracks of the military in various parts of the Ruhr, The French say that this {s plainly many if the struggle was not term. Intelligence officers are searching for the printing plant but suspect that it ig in Berlin, PARIS, Feb. 15—(By The Associa. ted Press.)}—Some American and oth- er neutral observers here declared to FINAL EDITION NUMBER 109. HERMAN TALPERS MADE DEFENDANT IN BIG 325,000 DAMAGE AGT ION Alex Harvey of North Burlington, Charges Gross Negligence and Mal-Practice. Charging mal-practice and gross negligence, Alex Harvey of the North Burlington addition, was filed sult today through Bullack & Lacy, his attorneys, against Dr. Herman H. Talpers for $25,000 for the death of his wife following an operation for the extraction of 19 teeth. Mr, Har- vey, who 1s the administrator of his wife's estate, charges that his wifo died 23 hours after the operation, The case is exciting unusual inter- est in professional and legal circles (n that it {s the first suit in many months charging a professional man with malpractice. Incidentally sey- eral doctors who were involved in the case including Dr, C. M. Keith, Dr. A. P. Kimball, Dr. William A. Bryant and Dr. J. F. O'Donnell, may be called to the witness stand and it is understood that one of these physl- cians will be the star witness for the plaintiff. The facts of the caso, as alleged in the suit, are as follows: On October 3, 1922, Dr. Talpers performed the operation, extracting 19 of Mrs. Harvey's teeth, using gas as an anaesthetic. Following the operation, rs. Harvey became very weak from Joss) of bl0bd and the shock of the operation. She was carried to a car and taken to her home by her hus- band. During tho trip home in the car, the bleeding became accentuated and continued for several hours. Accord ing to the suit, an effort was made to communicate with Dr. Taxpers in the meantime but he could not be located by telephone. Mr. Harvey drove in his car to Dr. Talper's residence and picked up the dentist there. On the way to the Harvey home the plaintiff also got Dr. Kimball and Dr. Bryant. The flow of blood was stopped about 21 o'clock and under a hypodermic Mrs. Harvey fell asleep. ‘The woman had been asleep but a short while when she awakened and again was subject to severe bleeding spells. Dr. Kimball was called back to ths house and ordered the patient re: moved to the hospital at once. In the meantime Dr. O'Donnell was called to make blood tests of several volunteers for a blood transfusion. He selected Harry Fidlar as the most suitable and the transfusion was made to Mrs, Harvey in the early hours of the following morning. After the transfusion Mrs, collapsed. The patient became worse and ar- rangements were being made for a second transfusion, this time from her husband, when the woman died. ‘The sult asserts that the dentist did not take the necessary measures to atop the flow of blood following the operation and it was purely be: cause of this that the woman died. Harvey Papal Delegate To Washington Visits Gasparri times, Huge stocks of lard which| be in a position to know with consid.| ROME. Feb. 25.—(3y The Asso: j melted and ran over the buildings ike] erable precision the coal stocks of cated Press.) Archbishop | Pietra |Hauld fire, nullified the efforts of the| both France and Germany, predicted | hrineate to Weahlncron aa ee firemen. today that the struggle going on be-|Garginal Casparri, ile” pa y psi The fire is the most spectacular,| tween France and Germany in the| tae ct pte nna ¢ erdinai’ De Lal as well as the worst on Omaha's his-| Ruhr was ikely to come to an end in| ‘ecretary of the conaletocial conor: (Continued on Page Eight) (Continued on Page Five.) gation. The arc hbishop, who will sail | |for the United States on Saturday, received final Instructions concerning MINISTERS MEET | ——._—_ -(By The As- ted Press.)—British and French |cabinet ministers met here today in \@ confer ‘¢ which if it fails to evolve progr: for British co-operation | with the French and Belgans in solv- |ing the Ruhr transportation prob- Jems is conside: the eariy withdrawal |troops from the Colo; | tish mini s at the y to result In the British meet 4 by M. Le Tro Iter of Public works, ON RUHR ISSUE It was understood that the French request for additional transport facil- ities through tho Brittsh zono was being received sympathetically. The British maintain that the French have little need for more ready lines to handle reparation coal shipments to France, but it is realized that th French fou have a problem equall contain: line. ‘GOVERNMENT FLIERS HANG ‘UP NEW RECORD WN 411 MILE HOP AT 190 MP. NEWPORT NEV A. S, Va., Feb, 15.— H. nberger MacShort, in a flig Lieutenant Nav tand t sreed by a Rs ‘hind the 1