Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 13, 1923, Page 1

The Circulation of the CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE Yesterday was 9,698. Weather Forecast Snow probable tonight and Wednesday; colder. ‘LUME VII. RAILROAD P MENACE TO So Says Gov. o Che Casper Daily Cribune WY0., TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1923. STORM TOLL IS CLIMBING Total Lives Lost in States Swept by Ter- rific Wind, Rain and Snow Storms Stands at 40 While Property Loss Will} Run Into Millions, Is Report CHICAGO, March 18.—(By The Associated Press.) — Red Cross representatives, public officials and citizens were at work today retrieving the salvage, the human and other- wise, from the wreckage in several storm swept states. Re- ports at noon today, apparently nearly complete, placed the life loss at 44. Nearly 200 were reported injured. The worst effects of the storm, a storms in heavy downfall of snow or rain, ac- companied by a high wind that reach- ed its history, which swept practically all sections. The gale at times, reached a velocity of 85 miles n hour. i TWO OPERATE! the proportions of a cyclone ‘in some localities, were felt at Pinson, Tenn., and Deanburg, Tenn., where} the death toll was 17 and the injured totaled between 50 and 75 persons. Those little towns virtually were demolished and today a contingent o: Red Cross workers were on their way there to relieve the sufferings of the injured and homeless. »D UPON ‘OR APYENDICIFIS | Two operations for appendicitis were performed at the Casper Private hospital over -the week-end. H, G. Rea, an employé ofthe Le'detker Tort Central Kentucky felt the frresis.|COMpany. werk aled Fie Eni Bik | tible force of this) gale storm and as| (ay for a ruptured append'x which ie its effects were checked today, count-| mont. Kk. C. Lindsey was oocrnted ed its “dead at nine, the injured at/cy afontay for acute app:ni'citie approximately 80.and property dam:| 34.4 men tre doing age close to a million dollars. In Ohio two persons were reported killed, one at Mass‘ilion and one at Steubenviile, Scores were injured. Public untilities companies of Mich. igan were reported to have suffered damages totaling about a million and a half dollars. Wire companies: at Grand Rapids said the storm in the western part of the state caused a loss of nearly a million and Saginaw companies estimated daniages at $500,000. Practically the whole state of Wis- consin was recovering today from the effects of a heavy snnow. | ‘The storm brought out a new use for radio whan “lost” trains were located by broadcasting from Chicago. | Train service throughout the strom area was materially delayed and in some sections schedules had not yet} been restored. Numerous towns today were still without adequate wire facilities to place them in continued and constant communication with other towns. In Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Indiana work was under way to "| utary to Casper. SOetOre: COTAIEAE eee ree ree! ieneia “wall wh bell let ehicwtrt ais STON: r Pee anes en No. 2 has been drilled continuous: ly since last May and work has been NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 13.—|done in spite of the worst of handi- With a known death toll of 30 per-|caps, for the past several weeks it sons, nearly 100 injured and property| being necessary to melt snow to fur damage that will reach several mi!-| nish a water supply for drilling pur- lions of dollars, Tennessee today was| poses, Its location proves a large recovering from one of tho severest part of the structure which covers OIL STRU at 2,820 feet on the northeas' the Alaska Development com Pine Mountain dome to the ~ REPRISALS TO BE POLICY OF FRENCH Burgomaster Held as Hostage Will Be Executed if French Soldiers Are Ambushed or Assassinated ESSEN, March 13.—(By The Associated Press.) —The| German population of the Recklinghausen district has been} warned by General Laignelot, commanding the district, it was announced today, that if any further French troops are assassinated or ambushed, the burgomaster of Buer, who is| held as a hostage, together with four other town officials, will be shot at once as a measure of retal-and shootings during which seven sation, Germans were killed. | Two French officials were assa! German newspaper reports that the nated at Buer, in the Recklinghausen|/German officials have evidence that ‘strict Sunday, This warning accom-|the French victims were shot by} panied a general announcement that|French chasseurs are denied by the| the French military authorities, be-|French authorities. cause of the increase in acts of vio-| ‘Two sectins of railroad in the Essen lence and sabotage in various parts Of] region were reported dynamited. One " the Ruhr, would take the = severest|/ was ne: Hugel, which ts the Krupp measures to stop these attacks, | passenger station close by the Krupp ulet now prevai's !n Buer after the| villa at Hugel. Tho other stretch wa n of the two French cet eane the main Mne near Werden, | | were ‘seized. The Snowman That Won’t Thaw \\\ the HoTTar iT Gets “The COLDER He | Becomes ) FINAL DITION Healt ECTED BY ‘Q:. askell, Who Would Build 400 Mile Line to Union Pacific SITUATION IS EXPLAINED TO WYOMING PEOPLE IN PERSONAL STATEMENT FROM C. N. HASKELL To the People of Wyoming and Montana: I fully concur in the statement filed on behalf of our rail- road companies by Chairman Lake and President C. J. Has- kell (my son) and supplement to facts stated by calling your attention to what you know far better than I do. The vast area of your country referred to has been re- stricted in its profitable development for many years for lack of adequate railroad facilities. For example, the people of Buffalo and Sheridan are entitled to facilities for going to your state capital and other points in central and southern Wyoming in a few hours instead of a few days. Your irrigation products are entitled to encouragement by convenient transportation facilities. Your own efforts will then multiply your population instead of embarrassing and discouraging population; outside of a temporary population in your oil fields you have few, if any more, permanent citi- zens now that you had years ago. You have natural resources in addition to oil that will de- velop rapidly and profitably with f. encouragement in the way of transportation conveniences at reasonable rates. I believe you realize, that already you, line and you not see from the the reflected benefit of the com-| conclusions in your own minds that ing of our railroad by the greatly in-|!rrigation plans will spring into ex can see, ased price your school fund is get. | tatence, Rariculture and stock raising vi! ultiply, coal mines and other ng fro 0 0! e, ting from th 1 production alone, | ingustries will multiply and Wyo. and you fully uncerstand that the! ming and Montana will became not | samo cause that gives this greater|long stretches of sparsely inhabitable | income to the school fund will give aj country but veritable beehives of in- | Thaividwal og| (ust ctivity. We have not ask ed and do not intend to ask anything ed in oll p¥0-| in the way of concessions and co-op eration more than your fair minded citizens approve. Weare not critic: j4zing the Burlington rafiroad system. It 4s a great institution and has been of great benefit to your communities, | greater income to eyery Uittle corporation inter duction. Ifthe beginning» of the construc: tion of our rafiroad has yielded this benefit to Wyoming and Montana so soon, may you not expect greater) but they show!d not, should they be so benefits with the continued construc-| disposed, descend to narrow : mindec tion and completion of our railroad} °F Selfish policies. that . embarrass your two great states, hinder. their CK IN TENSLEEP SAND, PINE MOUNTAIN Another Important Discovery Is Added to) | Oil Sensations With Bringing In of | Deep Test West of This City With the finding of quantities of oil in the Tensleep sand| t quarter of section 2-35-84, pany on Monday added the proven fields of the state and opened up a large district to development which is contrib-| severa! thousand acres and will sult in the of a large part of this area, As soon as the sand was cut, fluid started rising rapidly in the hole and operations were suspended until cas- ing can be set and cemented when it will be completed. No test has yet (Continued on Page Seven.) re-| immediate development } Hoax May Cost Life of Girl In Michigan BSCANABA, No lived ture but who Mich. March 13.— longer known as the girl who despite the highest tempera- reported in medical history, instead as the young woman petrated one of pathelc hoaxes, Miss Evelyn atest Ly ons was reported today in a serlous condition. | « For twenty two days the recipient of hundreds of messages from all Parts of the country while her fev- er was reported officia'ly hay- ing ranged from 114 degrees up | wards, Miss Lyons was said toc to have found the excitement which ed ber treatment and the subsequent exposure of her trick of touching the thermometer to a tiny hot water bottle too much for her. | As a consequence she was report- ed hysterical, with a temperature of 104 and a possibility that death might foliow the protracted faking. Dr. H. J, Defnet, city physician, has been treating her for weeks for peritonitis. accompan! STINNES' COURIER SEIZED ON TRAIN. MUELHEIM, March 13.—(By The Associated Press).—A courier for Hugo Stinnes was intercepted yes- terday by the French as he was about to enter the Ruhr aboard a train. All the documents he was carrying Most of the Rubr mag nates and industrial firms have ré sorted to private messengers in con veying mi It is alleged that the French have been ‘ransacking mai! bags. Tho postal service is delayed as well as unsafe. BRUSSELS, March 1ly.—(By The Associated Press).—Three nt: tempts to wreck trains on the rail: road line over which Franco-Belgian coal must be hauled are reported to day in news d'spatches from the Alx La Chappell district. In ono of these instances a time bomb was ex: ploded, tearing up the track. An ac cident was averted. PARIS, March 18.—(By The ated Press.)—It {s understood oporal to strip the ‘velvet from the Ruhr occupation, augment Ansc the ing the number of effectives there. is soon to be considered by tho cabi net in consequence of {Wfereasing dis turbances in the occupation region. ALL NOT FRANCO-BELGL’ m BRUSS March 13.—(By Associated Press).—Although an cord was reached at the Franco-Be gian conference here yesterday on| fundamental po'nts in connection | th the Ruhr occupation, there were | | The} au- tions, it developed today. | The technica! phase of the confer ence resulted in a general agreement on the policy to bo pursued in the Ruhr and on tho arrangements fo obtaining coal, but those in touch with the proceeding attach importance to the. meeting's polit! aspects The ¢’-cussion was ki M. Poinnare, a8 hegleft,. sald to hie] colleag | my word of honor that J part of th ltorce if possible. CASPER TO GET BUSY OR LOSE RAILROAD Recent Sentiment Manifested Against, Haskell Interests Earle D. Holmes Before Forum Showing that the sentiment manifested by many Casper- ites in general and by the mo: toward the Haskell interests Mr. Haskell’s company would had hurt the great Oklahoma sympathies against Casper, Earle D. Holm far seeing manner addressed the members of the Casper chamber of commerce today regarding the obtain ing of the north and south railroad. | Mr. Holmes brought out the fact that although the rajlroad would be built it would not be started at Casper; its headquarters would not be main- tained here; the supplies with which to construct it would not be shipped through Casper, and that it was] highly probable Casper would obtain | no benefits and not even become a terminus of the road unless the cittz ens of this city got busy and showed Mr. Haskell that they were behind | him in the great project for the good of Wyoming. “Since our trip to Cheyenne and] return I have been, as much as. my| Imited capacity would allow, think-| ing about our spree, so to speak, and Its results. It was a great object tesson to me in going before the land! board on such a great question as was involved. ‘The most business like bid was that of the Texas com- pany. The one that will give the most money to the state is that of the Standard Oil company, ‘The open bidding served {ts purpose, development, reduce your fair profit earning possibilities, nor restrain your development, And on thoughtful consideration, I credit’ them with greater and more patriotic ideas. We turned our attention to Wyo- ming and Montana for the conduct of business and business relations with your people as your people cor. dially and fairly co-operate with us. You have been most fortunate in the abundance of natural resources, par- ticularly ofl and gas discovered with- in your state. Your people have a right to profit nat today nor tomor row alone, but for all years to come from the direct and Indirect benefits thereof. Pardon mo {f I call your at- tention to the fact that the past pol- fey of enjoying these sources of wealth does not mean permanent de. velapment or prosperity within your state, but on the contrary means ac- rning newspaper in particular) tivity oe day and depresnion sip 80 be betes ane Say | general, commercial or financial ac following the revelation that) tity when that production dimin bid for a lease on section 36, financier and has turned his! any ‘atis to produce. Hence these es in a broad and|temporary wealth giving products He read the| should be an incident to general de- N, Has-|Yelopment, general industry — that would live on forever after oll {s for. gotten in any locality. Sincere! WARNED Is Deplored by | support of the enterprise. following telegram sent by C. \kell to Minal E. Young: “As to sper, I assume there are many good peopie there, although Ij have been unfortunate in not knowing| urs, N. HASKELL. ishes, or as in all other oil flelds fin-| NUMBER 133. U.. COMMISSION ASKED TO TAKE ACTION 1M AIL PROGRAM HERE Burlington Would Build Short Branch to Head Off Enterprise Need- ed for Great Develop- ment Construction by the Bur- lington system of a connecting link between the Northern Pacific in Montana and the Burlington line which passes through Sheridan may defeat the broader purposes of the great north and south railroad which the Haskell interests have projected for yoming and Montana, according to representations t filed with the in terstate commerce commission by the Montana Railroad company and the Wyom!ng North and South Railroad the-two corporations formed to build the line which Casper hopes to secure. The Burlington plan, it may be stated, was announced only a few days ago, after the Haskell interests had been working for months on their present project. The line projected by the Burlington as outlined in announcements from St Paul would be only 150 miles in !ength nd would extend from Sheridan !nto Montana. This link in their system would be a competing line with the Haskell ra!iroad in that territory and would not be extended to serve the great territory which the 400 miles of Haskell road would traverse. he advantages to Wyoming of a ine which will connect five trunk lne systems—the Chicago, Milwaukee & Paul, Northern Pacific, Burlington, Chicago and North Western and thé Union Pacific—as against the servicé that may be expected of a railroad which would traverse only an inter- mediate section are held out {n the statement filed with the interstate commerceo’ommission. It is of the ut- most importance to Casper and all central and southern Wyoming points and follows in full: “Washignton, D. C. “March 10, 19: “The Wonorable Insterstate Com- merce Commission, Washington, D. ©. “The State of Wyoming and South- eastern Montana present these condi- tions “The transportation lines of this district are five trunk line railroads— Northern Pacific, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Burlington, Chieago & (Continued on Page Four.) many of them, of course. I shall not! |seek any further acquaintances, but if there are good people and they have Janything that they want to talk about with me they should not waste time about it.” Lenine Suffers Stroke, Report LONDON, March 13——(By tho Associated Press)—A Reuter dispatch |from Helsingfors today says Premier j Lenine of Soviet Russia had an apo- plectic stroke yesterday. His condl- | tion, tha message adds, is said to be | serious. however. The olle men themselves showed us that the section was worth more than we had been receiving. “We have seen the results of what fear and criticism will do when en- sharp dixcuss{ons over several ques-|tered into jointly by big men and lttle| Fear engenders the thought of Fear breeds selfish- y things that men. ness and a desire to are not always true. “Had we taken a little time to come together and counct! with each other, higher |I am sure instead of all the regolutions| and the unkind and unfair things printed in one of our papers going out sécret, ana|over the state and nation, 2 eb ipe toward determining the ultimate win- such us in the worst way possible, would never have happened. The speaker urged every ested in the railroad and 4 yme to Casper to send a r telogram to Ha and show his Big Vote Period to Be History Soon Tho work accomplished these next few days—up to and including Sature day night—is going to xo a long way be no time Jater scriptions will count for so many as they do at this time, Those who do their best work now artes |ners. Get everything you can before |this coming Saturday night. Then|candidate tardy in getting started. there is just two weeks left of the BIG Campaign Plan Easy. There ks the end| paigr There will (Ce Jand that toda |ments would be possible early !n Apr th In the race when sub-| | will have a decided average over the IOWA BONUS ACT UPHELD IN DECISION DES MOINES, Iowa, March 13.—The state supreme court today upheld the validity of the Iowa bonus law. Affirmation of the lower court’s decision that the bonus la wis valid, practically assures soldiers, sailors, marines and nurses who served from Iowa in the world war adjusted com- pensation at the rate of 50 cents a day. It w Grout anticipated that Henry W. of Waterloo, who brought the would immediately waive his rights to a petition for a rehe: y's would be fir State Treasurer Burbank would start immediate pub nm of notices of he sale of the bonds, and that pay- ‘The supreme court held that the pay ment of the bonus was universally ree- ognized as a moral obligation of the state, and that since two Iowa legtsla- res had approvel the law by more han. two-thirds majority (00,000 bond issue had been raci the electorate, the obit; Ls On the com Intended to n-eet int that the bonus is a merely mora) ob-