Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 7, 1923, Page 1

i Ss The Circulation of the CASPER DAILY T RIBUNE Yes’erday was 9,680 Weather Forecast Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs- day, possibly snow in extrems north portion; co'der Thursday, Che Caz per Daily Cribune CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1923. FINAL EDITION ROXANA DENIED RIC: OIL LAND iN OKLAHOMA Decision Against Alien Control of U. S. Oil Lands Eliminates Dutch and British Interests, Report WASHINGTON, March 7.Determination of the govern- ment to adhere to its policy against alien control of domestic oil fields was seen today in the decision of the interior depart- ment denying the lease sought by the Roxana Petroleum cor- poration to extensive oil lands of the Creek Indian tribe in Oklahoma. BOXER DIES The dec'sion announced yesterday and approved by Secretary Fall as his last official act: before retiring from office, upholds departmental reguistions pursvaijt to the act of 1920, by which, the secretary said, alien leases of Indian lands were “specifically restricted to those coun- Bh tries which deny. almilar privileges to] ; MARINETTE, Wis, March 7. Edsle Mosert of Oskosh, died at a hos. citizens or corporations of this coun-| Jia) here today as a result of = blow gS received in a boxing match against OF INJURY Temperature 114 Degrees, Girl Sits Up DA, Mich., March 7.—At of the seventeenth day of ing illness which has run her A. up to 114 degrees or more, Mss Evelyn Lyons, 30, sat fp to- day in her chair, still protesting against her confinement and still maintaining the remarkable ther- | mometer reading. + "I think I have the whole world | beat on temperatures,” the girl told newspapermen, “but I am get- ting more or less tired of having | the thermometers to ‘eat’ all the time. I am hungry and want | someth’ng to eat.” According to Dr. the attending physician, the girl spent a fairly restful night, al- though her strenuous protestations against confinement weaken her. According to Ivan English, editor of the Escanaba Daily Mirror, two delicate thermometers, which were tested and approved by the United | States bureau | of standards to a | reading of 120 degrees, were used by Dr, Defnet and his assistants late last night to determine the exact temperature of the girl. After taking the reading in every way known to medical science, Mr, Eng- Ush stated, it was found that Miss Harry Defnet, Lyons’ temperature reached 115 de- grees. Care was also taken against mistakes, Mr. English said, the readings on the thermometers be- he Roxana company, the decision said, is owned by the Shell Union corporation, 65 per cent of the com- mon stock of which was said to be owned by Dutch and British interests and to form the controlling stock of the corporation. At hearings granted cn its appeal from the regulations, the company was satd to have failed to discuss the matter of discrimina- tion against American interest on. the part of the countries represented by the majority stockholders. COMPETITION WITH STANDARD DISCUSSED. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Mar —Meth- ods of competing with the Standard Oll companies were discussed today by delegates attending the conven: tion of the National Petroleum Mar- keters’ association) a group of inde- pendent oil jobbers in session here. Phe decision included plans for a nation-wide publicity campaign against the Standard and subsidiary companies, according to delegates who asserted the campaign would emphasize the independence of mem- bers of the association, Charges that the Standard Oil com- pany of Indiana raised the wholesale Pi of gasoline to independent oll dealers to curb their activities, were made by association officials. ———— FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL CUT INSURANCE RATES IN THE TOWN OF MILLS Mills, Wyo., will soon have the ad- vantage of fire insurance rates that obtain in cities of the first class. Money has been raised to purchase 4 fire bell and organize a fire depart- ment. . "ighe water system in Mil's having been completed, the citizens gave a box social and dance in the pool hall last night for the purpose of discuss- ing the matter of the fire department and raising the necessary money. The preceeds from the affair amounted to’ $104. ; ‘The bell to be purchased will be used both as a ire a'arm and as a curfew. Million Spent By the G. O. P. ST. PAU Minn., March Charges that the Republican party ted and spent more than $1,000,- 660 during the 1920 election campaign in Minnesota were made by State Senator James A. Carley, of Plain- view, before a special state senate committe Frankie Dory, Marinette, here last ing ground in glass so as to avoid night. contact with foreign substances, Confidence Keynote Of Success in Big Prize Awards Here With the more aggressiv« contestants closely bunched and the candidates with lower scores but a liti’e behind the pace makers, the participants ia the Tribune’s $16,000 “Everybody Wins Something” campaign are preparing for a “whirlwind” 1 | first period finish. Candidates in the race for have reached the turn, maneuvered themselves into position for the final g0 and from now on to the close of the big vote period, 10 o'clock Mon- day night, April 2, will be battling for supremacy under whip and spur.| Last Chance for Big Votes. Ten o'clock Monday night, April 2 is positively your last chance to en- ter subscriptions and secure the max- imum number of votes allowed for each subscription. Ten o'clock, the night of April 2 marks the end for- ever of the extra special ballot of 25,000 votes given for each NEW sub- scription for one year or longer. Never again after this time will it be possib'e to get the full voting power on eubscriptions. This 1s fair warning. If you entertain any desire whatever of being declared the win- ner of one of these splendid motor cars—to be awarded in just a few weeks do not fail to turn in every available subscription to your account before the closing of the first period. Not to do so simp'y means that you will have to increase your efforts dur- ing the remainder of the race to make up for lost ground. A few long term subscriptions NOW. may be the very Tones needed to ‘cinch’? the biggest of | prizes; they could hardly help but win lone of the larger awards. ‘The crucial test 1s now at hand. If lyou ever intend to do anything BIG lin this race, DO INOW, instead of jbeing im second, third, fourth, fifth, |sixth, seventh, eighth or ninth p'aces ‘(or further down on the list GET UP |AT THE TOP AND STAY there. Now is the time to make reasonably (certain of the prizes you most desire. Remember, 360,000 votes are allowed lon every six-year subscription these last few days while when the second period starts they take a b'g decrease. And after the close of the “second | period," there is still! another big de crease in the number of votes given Vor Ho} HIO BANKER [IS SHORT $600,000 SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, March 7.— Work of che:king up ie books o1 “he Springficld National bank proceeded today after ths banks had c'osed its doors last night following discovery of apparent shortage of $6600,000 in y bond of the an counts a ashier, Penfield, ¢ H charge of the Uberty -bond accounts, urding to dite*tera, was said to be jovertng f-om an attempted suicide yesterday. No charge has been placed against Penfield The institution {s in the hands of |the comptroller of the currency According to the last statement De 9, total labilits bs | cember ! were placed at about $2,400,000. the big handsome, speedy cars These are the days to get busy— the work you do th's big vote period COUNTS ‘and PILES UP VOTES |MIGHTY QUICK | It’s Up to You, The only thing that will keep you |from winning is you yourself. If you Jenter the campaign determined to be successful, YOU WILL BE. It’s up |to you entirély. If you want a, big, |handsome, high powered, expensive motor car or hundreds of dollars in cash—we think you do—get ito the campaign today. Send {n your nomi- nation blank at once—today, | If you can spare the time, come dqwn to election headquarters your- self this afternoon or evening. Find out all about the campaign, how to get votes, what is necessary to get them and thén go after one of the biggest prizes. Vote Schedules Soon Decline. The present big vote schedule will continue until the night of April 2 and all subscriptions received at this office before 10 o'clock will count. And subscriptions mailed, with remit- tance to cover, which are postmarked not later than 10 p. m. April 2 will count on the first period vote sched- ule. The big vote schedule will posi- tively be discontinued at that time In accordance with the rules and regu‘a- tions, and will never be repeated or extended. The big vote schedule won't wait for you—you'll have to jump in and take advantage of it while you can. And it’s mighty Important that you do take advantage of it if you want to land one of he big prizes, 100,000 Extra Free Votes, Understand that with every $15 worth of subseriptions turned in you will receive 100,000 EXTRA FREE VOTES in addition to the regu'ar votes on every individual subscrip- tion. These are the days that subscr!p- tions count most votes for you. They will never count. for as many votes again during the campaign. The re sult your race—your success failure—will depend almost entirely upon what you accompl'sh during the BIG VOTE SCHEDULE period, Make the big vote schedu'e WIN FOR YOU or —BEGIN IN EARNEST TODAY. he . NEW YORK.—Jake Schaefer o San Francisco threatened to withdraw his challenge [cx @ title match with Willie Hoppe, world champion, for the 18.2 balldine billiard crown at a meet- Ing between the principa's called to discuss appointment of a referee, The contest was scheduled to start Mon- day night in this city with J. Herbert \Levis of Chicago, to whom Schaefer objects, as arbiter, We. VANDERBILT ESTATES WORTH FIFTY MILLIONS State of New York Will Collect $1,934,571 in Inheritance Tax. RIVERHEAD, N. Y., March 7.—William K. Vanderbilt, who died in France July 22, 1920, left a net estate of $50,- 220,842.23 upon which the state of New York will collect an inheritance tax of $1,934,571 nac- cording to a decree entered in surro- fate court of Suffolk county. The total estate consisted of $54,520,966.59. of which on'y $4,007,477 was listed as real tate, it was sa'd toda: A daughter, Consue'o B. Balsan. former Duchess of Marlborough, of Paris, receives $1,677,241 and her two sons, Marquis of Blandford and Lord Iver Churchill, both of London, re celve $19000,000 each. A trust fund of $852,636 was set up for any other of her heirs, Mrs. Anna Harriman Vanderbi't, the widow and second wife of Mr. Vanderbilt. receives $109,196 while William K. Vanderbilt III receives $423,526. Portraits and other works of art tota'ing $1,000,000 were bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Arts, a Rembrandt painting valued at $450,. 000 being the most yaluable of the col'ection. Vanderbilt” University of 2tashvill Tenn., receives. $250,000 and $50,000 was givén to St. Mark's Episcopal church at. Islip, N. Y. Harold S$. Vanderbilt, a son, recetyes $21,739,857 and his brother, William 4 NUMBER 128. driving an auto which struck and ithe victims, Hold Banker in Death Crash Henry G. Brock (right), wealthy Philadelphia society man and banker, {fs shown here in the custody of police after he had been charged with Nnomicide and driving while intoxicated. Inset, Mary Murphy, one of Dr. Eliot of Harvard Now “Teetotaller’’ | BOSTON, Mass., March —Dr. Charies W. Eliot, president emer itus of Harvard, used to drink wine and beer previous to the enactment of prohibition legislation, but he Is now a teetot In an address at a prohibition de- bate last night he said that he had een accustamed to drinking these beverages whenever in company with those indulging in them, but } that the apparent good accomplish- | ed by barring liquor from the vicin ity of training camps caused him to become a total abstainer. He declared that prohibition was no Joy killer and that statements to the contrary were nonsense. Ele Ai Sansa |Volstead Violator | Returned to Capital 1 CHEYENNE, Wyo., March uty U. S. Marshal Earle W. Wilson |has returned from Cokeville, Wyo., bringing Jack White, who !s charged |with violation of the Volstead act. White also !s wanted for breaking Jal! at Pocatello, Idaho. —Dep- killed three. He is charged with SALUDES CASE aK. Vanderbilt, $21,252,757. A number of sma!'l bequests were made to rela- tives and servants. _ NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON—The agricultur- a! department announced the Janu- ary index of purchasing powev of farm products in terms of other commodities as worked out by tho department stood unchanged at 68 for February, PROVIDENCE, R. 1.—Professor Ralph H. McKee of Columbia unl- Yersity school of mines said oil pro- duction in North America is at its peak and that probably within three years the output of wells in the Unitéd States will decline and he added that the country must look to deposits of oil shale for its future petroleum supply. NEW YORK—A total of 15,581 or 24.1 per cent of the locomotives on the line were in need of repair on February 15, according to re ports filed by carriers with the car service division of the American Railway association. | CAMDEN, N. special election, adopted mission form of government. | J.—Camden, the ata com: | CHICAGO — Predictions of cents a gallon gasoline within next few months due to decreased | supply and increased demand were | made in the opening sessions of the | newly formed American Oi!men’s as- soctation here, the | NASHVILLE, Tenn.—A tax on theatre tickets is one of the means of raising revenue for the state in- cluded in the general revenue bill submittd by the drafting commit: tee to the general assembly. 1 GOES TO JURY NEW YORK, March 7.—The case against Mrs. Paulette Saludes, s'ayer of Oscar Martillere, broker, who she claims betrayed and fleeced her and than cast her off, was given to the jury today. Judge Koenig read a sixty page charge in which he urged the jurors to decide the case with their heads and not with their hearts. Much of the charge was devoted to 4 discussion of ‘the laws regarding temporary insanity, on which Mrs. Saludes’ counsel based her defense, 2 pooh oA A FORT CASPAR RELICS CN DISPLAY AT KIMBALL’S; BRIDGE LOG INCLUDED Much interest has been aroused in the exhibition of relics from Old Fort Caspar which W. 8. Kimball has placed in his drug store window o East Second street. The feature of the di is a log taken from one of the pi of the Old Platte bridge just opposite the fort. Hand-made spikes are shown in this log just as they were inserted during the construction |of the bridge. Other spikes, some « them cut with what must hav amounted to a great deal of labor from strips of fron, are also shown Fragmer rom shells used fr fighting ans and two or three bul lets and rif'e balls which date as far back as 1874 have been obtained for the exhibit, while a plece of stove has the date of 1859 upon it. All these relics were found near the site of the fort. Mr. Kimball also has an interesting picture of the original Kimball drug store BIG LUM NEW YORK, March 7.—John H. Kirby of Houston, head of one of the largest lumber companies in Texas. and president of the Southern Tariff association, has been sued in supreme court here for"$4,000 by Miss Olga Ralph, music student from Evans- ville, Ind., who charges he promised her $500 a month for life for renouno- ing the name of Kirby after she had adopted it at his request. Miss Ralph, who {s 29 years old, a'leges in papers on file today, that Kirby, who is 63 and married, agreed n 1918 that if she would give up her entire time to him and ‘avel v him as his secretary and companion he would take care of her for life. BERMAN IS SUED BY GIRL She avers she had her name changed by court r in Chicago In April, 1918. On re of last year, she says, another agreement was made where he promised her $6,000 in cash and $500 monthl. if she would release her right to his name and return to him all letters, photo graphs and other documents she had received from him. She returned the papers and ob- tained an order in supreme court here permitting her to resume her name of Ralph he declared, the papers and a $500 pa aince then had r she sta EX-SULTAN RENOUNCES ALL CLAIM TO THRONE Final Resting Place in Sacred City of His Fathers, Is Only Wish of Mohammed VI, Now Living in Mecca JEDDA, Kingdom of the Hedjaz, Mare h7.—(By The As- sociated Press.)—Former Sultan Mohammed VI has seen enough of the world’s turmoil and desires to spend the rest of his days in quiet reflection in Mecca, where he now is the guest of King Hussein, sovereign of the Hedjaz. The deposed head of the Turkish state recently told AE TOO SMAL the Mohammedan world unless there | wag a united call for him from the| faithful. His most cherished hope, | he said, was to find a final resting place j the sacred city of his fathers, he has found refuge. | ne conversation was carried on| "yer the telephone between Jed a and Mecea for no Christian is permitted to enter. the forbidden city. The refugee told Mr. Crane that his health was good, He also inquired| The Natrona county jail will need r hi Kt American friends, a new wing if Judge Rose continue. ng Huessein has done eyerything|to hand out Jai! sentences to all per to contribute to the \comfort and|gong p’e, gio “es entertainment of the exiled sultan. pr (erie Spurs or- conyieted :et He has placed all his horses and|) @¥or violations, in the eighth dis- hunting dogs at his disposal for the | trict court. former monarch is a great lover of) Bruce Stong, arrested a few days animals and 4s fond of hunting and|ago on the Carlson ranch, southeast riding. Indeed the king of the Hed-|of the city, who pleaded guilty yester jaz has thrown open his entire estates | day afternoon to manufacturing to his, visitor: |modonshine, was given a 65-day sen r sultan spends much of his|tence on top of a $50 fine. time In the study of religious boo! ater! tn the’ fos ant BONO Re and’ in introspection. He receiver!tg be given a Say apa Yiolatog European and American papers regu-|iast tow arly and follows with keen interest the progress of events in Constan : tinople and the rise of the new Tur: D k Many of his former supporters 1dvising him of the trend of things in Angora. General Harrington the welfare of the four wives ho. was forced to leave on the banks of tho Bosphorus. That the deposed sultan sti!l enjoys| _ MARION, Ml, March 7.—(By The from | Associated Press.)—Attorneys for the great popularity and respect Mussulmans is shown by the hearty | defenso in the second Herrin slayings greetings he receives from the pop-|‘fial claimed a victory today in a ulace of Mecca and the long lines of|TUling by Judge D. T. Hartwell re pilgrims that daily visit the sacred|@Arding testimony directed t city from Whenever he appears| Bert Grace, one ¢ the defendants he in| Charged w: MURDER OFFICERS BODIES HAGKED WITH AXE AND BURIED WW MUD BY TWO SLAYERS Crime Is Confessed by Murderers Among Ten Suspects Arrested in Louisiana Mystery. FRANKLINTON, La., Mar. 7.—The bodies of Wesley Crain and Wile; Pierce, dep- uty sheriffs slain Saturday by moonshiners, were found to- day buried in mud, into which they had been pressed and covered with the carcass of a dead cow. They were found about a quarter of a mile from a_ deserted moonshine still {n the swamps about eight miles from here. The slayers, John Mur- phy ‘and Gideon Rester, moonshiners, have confessed, and led the officers to the burial «pot, ft was annot ed by District Judge Prentiss B, Clark. They had previously been rounded up with ten others and placed in Jail by a pos about 800 armed men who ha arched the . woods and ‘swamps for several days. The body of Pierce was mutilated with an axe, indicating, according to authorities, that it was first planned to dismember the bodies and dispose of them in some other way than burial, Murphy and Rester told the sherift how the deputies had come to thelr home on Saturday, ralded thelr still and placed them under arrest. They were searched and then the party started on foot out of the swamp. Coming to a narrow lane, the four walked in single file. Murphy said, according to Judge Clark, that he Pulled @ pistol he had concealed on his person and shot Pierce, killing him, He then killed Crain. For the lives of the deputies be- came pronounced Sunday, when the deputies failed to return here after setting out Friday ht on horse back to raid a still. One of the hor returned riderless SunCay morning and the other was found tied in a 8! near the still, A posse was formed, district court then in session was adjourned, banks ry and other business houses were closed and a detachment of cavalrymen from Bagalusa joined in the search. The authorities believed the depu- ties had been slain and their bodies isposed of. A visit to the locality where the raid ocourred revealed a destroyed still. Several persons lv- ng in the vicinity were arrested and placed in jail as suspects. The blood stained clothing of ane of the missing men was found in the home of one of the suspects. Fifteen men were deputized today to guard the jail which Murphy and Rester are held The sheriff, J. |B. Bateman, stated, however, he did ot fe mob violence. | A fs 1 jury will be co ed at ence and the trial of ably will be started r Gistrict judge sa ‘FUNERAL 1S HELD FOR JUDGE JOHN & RINER INE, W; March 7.—Fu- for Judge John A, Scottish Rite Inspector General for Wyoming and act ember of the A. R. supre 1 Washingtc w held this 0.4 on, temple oon m ot ling in public his little e irder of Antonio given as war an ovation as King Mutkavich. said that the rul Hussein himself. Every Friday the}! practically e ted Grace from king and his guest repair to the} the case. sacred Mosque to do homage to the] memory of the founder of the Moslem faith, — French Will Ratify Pacts’ | OKLAHOMA CITY 7.—Federal, county and cl ers PARIS, March 7—(By Tho Awso| Joined today in search of Oklahoma ciated Press.\—The French govern-|City ~:.4 he surrounding country for ment will ask the chamber of deputies| Henry Garrett, alleged leader of the TERROR Okla., March to vote ratification of the treaties! so-called “terror squad” of the rail igned at the Washington armaments! road shop strikers at n h y leaping ft I he outskirts of Oklab ci SQUAD CHIEF HUNTED ken ba al eries of dep ng out of the eda. on railroad 1 Meetin, ft at which wer a