Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 20, 1923, Page 1

» GHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUDGET |”* w Weather Forecast WYOMING—Fa'r tonight and Sat- urday, except probably snow or ral: in northwest portion. urday, and in west portion tonight. ‘Warmer Sat- The Guaranteed Circulation of The Casper Daily Tribune Yesterday was 10,616 in | Che Cazper Daily Tribune CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1923. FINAL ; EDITION | NUMBER 166. MULHEIM [5 WRESTED FROM REDS MIDWEST AWARDED LEASE FOR 16 MONTHS NEARLY 527,000 Membership Recruiting Start Next Tuesday Campaign Scheduled to Expected to Pave Way For Continuation of Great Work. Expenditures of the Casper Chamber of Commerce dur- ing the coming 15 months will approximate $27,000 covering a wide range of civic activities, according to a budget pre- pared and submitted 40 members in connection with the open- ing of the membership recru iting campaign next Tuesday. This will approximate disbursements for the previous 12- month period, which aggregated $23,- 241.52. During the drive next week 4t 1s hoped that enough memberships will be subscribed to cover adminis- tration, civic work and miscellaneous expenditures for the new year. the activities of the organization being divided into these three departments. Proposed Budget for 1923. Fifteen Months, January 1, 1923, to March 31, 1924. Postage -----—-—--—-- $ 400.00 Telephone and telegraph. 400.00 Printing and stationery- 750.00 PRIZE CARS ON DISPLAY AT TRIBUNE All seven of the automobiles which are being given away by the Tribune in the “Everybody Wins Something” campaign, will be park- ed in front of the Tribune building all day tomorrow. This gives an opportunity for the contestants, their friends and the general public to realize the mammoth free offer- ings in automobiles alone and at the same time to appreciate the at- tractiveness of the cars individu- ally. The public, passing the Tribune building tomorrow, may be of the opinion that a second automobile show is being organized on East Second street but such is not the case. The lineup is just the seven cars that are being given free to the contestants in the big campaign which ends early next month. Salaries .-.---------------- 9,750.00 Clerical help and special fees -. 1,850.00 Publications —- 76.00 Petty cash - - 15,00 Office supplies = 250.00 | U. S. Chamber of Commerce 160.00 $13,650.00 Total -__ Ee. Civic Work. Good roads -$ 500.00 Freight rate investigation... 1,000.00 Advertising -. 200.00 Irrigation 500.00 | Entertainment - = 475.00 | Mountain Park - 500.00 | Traveling expenses -. 500.00 Employment Bureau Total --. Miscellaneous. | Quarters, Building. fund. | Furniture and fixtures. | Repaits ~~~. | Interest, - Heat, Ught an Insurance id water. ‘Taxes 570.00 | Donations £0.00 Freight and expres: 20.00 Annual meeting -. 250.00 Booster trip 250.00 Miscellaneous _ 4,000.00 otal LW -8 8, 960.00: Grand total --.. - $26,985.00 Accompanying the statement to members ‘s a resume of achievements of the last year, for which the cham- ber of commerce may justly take great credit. That it has had a part in present prosperous conditions Is apparent and a continuation of such | policies will be maintained if the membership campaign meets with the success it merits. Plans for the coming year are Usted under 24 projects. All of these (Continued on Page Seven.) NEW RAILROAD’S CAPITAL RAISED TO $12,000,000 Haskell Interests File New ‘Articles at = Extension to Cheyenne Today Showing Plans for Union Pacific CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 20.—(Special to The Tribune) —tThe North and South Railway company, capital stock $12,- 000,000, today filed articles of incorporation at the office of the Wyoming secretary of state. The articles were filed by a representative of Former Governor Haskell of Oklahoma. Carbon, Natrona, Johnson and Sheridan counties are specified as the Wyoming region in which the corporation proposes to build a railro: The new corpora- tion, it is said, will take over the Wyoming North and SouthRailroad company, incorporated recently with a capital stock of $7,000,000. Announcement that the new rail- road will traverse Carbon county confirms the statement recently made by C. N. Haskell that it would be continued to connections with the Union Pacific. TWO BURNED FATALLY AT SAN ANTONIO SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Apirl 20.— Trapped by flames in the exhibition tower in the Pageant Grounds, two firemen were probably fa burned here this afternoon, They are fire man in Tew. A Martin, Flury and Cap CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 20.—The Wyoming State Land esent Holder Will Continue to Operate Oil Land for Five Years More on 65 Per Cent Royalty Basis board late Thursday awarded to the Midwest Refining com- pany a five-year lease on section 36-40-79, Salt Creek field, to take effect at the expiration’in the fall of 1924 of the lease on the section now held by the Midwest. The state will receive a royalty of 65 per cent of the oil produced from WOMAN DENIES CHARGES FILED AGAINST DOCTOR Mrs. Jennie St. Clair of Greybull Testifies for Defendant. CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 20.— (Special to The Tribune.\—The case against Dr. H. 8. Bennett, promi- nent Greybull, Wyo., physician, charged with violation of the Mann act, was given to the jury this afternoon. The defense rested this morning, CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 20—(Spe- cial to The Tribune.)—Mra. Jennie St. Clatre of Greybull, Wyo., the woman in the case in which Dr. W. 8. Ben- nett prominent Greybull physictan fs charged with Violation of the Mann act, testifying for the defendant Thurscay afternoon in Untied States district court’ here, denied emphat!- cally that there ever had been any improper asscciation hetween her and Bennett, and no sentiment other than that of friendship. She explained her presence in Bennett's room at a Sher- {dan hotel, where she and Bennett were arrested, by asserting that Ben nett was {!l and that she had gone to the room to apply hot towels to his head. The light was on in the room, she said. and she wore a crav- anette coat, which she exhibited in court. She Cenied the truth of testi- mony of officers making the arrest that they had found her on a roof to which she had gained access via a window from Bennett's room. She admitted, under cross-examination. that she had purchased $125 worth of merchandise at the Daniels & Fisher store in Denver and charged it to Bennett, but asserted that this was in accordance with an agreement whereunder she was to pay Bennett back in instalments, She denfed in detail testimony by her husband, in- cluding his assertion that he had in- tercepted a “love note” addressed to her by Bennett. Several witnesses testified regard- ing Bennett's trip from Greybull, Wyo., to Lodge Grass Mont., their testimony being intended to estab: sh that Bennett made the trip with the intention of establishing himself in practice of hig profession at Lodge Grass. Mrs. St. Claire and her eight- year-old daughter accompanied Ben- nett on this trip, but it Is alleged that there was nothing improper in their association, the woman being an em- ploye of the physician. Introducticn of defense testimony was resumed Friday morning. Another “THPORT, Mich., April 20.(By The Associated Press)— Lieutenant Russel Meridith, the aviator who last February flew across the state to Beaver Island to carry a doctor to Jess Cole, reported dying there, was to hop off at Selfridge Field today in a giant army plane in a second at tempt to carry aid to the nine men and one woman reported starving on South Fox Island. The plane, which left the ficld yesterday and crashed through the fce in attempting to land here, was abandoned last night. It was then that Licutenant E. . White Relief Plane Lost ° is Enro ° ° ute head, pilot, telephoned a request that another plane be sent Officials here of the the Seapf Fruit Packing company were puzzled today reports from Traverse City that Ed ward Horn, one of the trio whose 48 hour journey through open water and slush ice brought first word of the morooned party had ‘hedged” on his first story concerning conditions at the island. Horn sa‘d last night that the South Fox Islanders were not starving as he was at first quoted, but admitted food supplies were low. An airplane that left Chicago yes terday for South Fox Island, with pro, visions arrived here today. the land. | The board accepted the bid of the} Mutual Refining company for state| royalty ofl from the Salt Creek fleld. | This bid 1s 25 cents per barrel less| than the posted Mid-Continent prices, with a minimum price of $1.50 per barrel. The Mutual, Ohio and Midwest com- panies were awarded the contract for the ofl in the Big Muddy, Grass Creek, Rock Creek, Osage, Elk Basin and Mahoney Dome fields. These| were all at the posted fleld prices ex- cept in case of the Mutual Ol com- pany, which agreed to pay premiums of from 5 to 25 cents above the posted | price on its contracts. SHELL COMPANY AMENDS ARTICLES. | CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 20.—The Cheyenne land office has been notified by the general land office that the Shell company of California, which several months ago filed application for oil and gas prospecting permits covering federal larfds near Baggs, Wyo., has filed at the general land i tion and a lst of stockholders which reveals that all but 16.45 shares of the original Hollagdi@empany have been. transferred to the Shell ‘Trans- port & Trading company, Ltd., a Brit- ish corporation, and that the remain ing 16.45 shares are held by various Individuals: "The applleations’ for ol!| and gas prospecting permits in Wyo- ming have been held up under the section of the Federa] Leasing act forbidding the issuance of such per- mits to citizens of a country that denies like privileges to Americans. FOUR KILLED BY BOILER BLAST TAMPA, Fla., April 20.—Four m:n were killed and several injured near Seffenr, ten miles from here today when the boiler at a sawmill ex- ploded. The dead Archer Bean, Ww. B. Aiscarter!| | booths in office amended articles of incorpora-| cma yst yy i STATE SECTION 36 REALTORS PLAN FOR AG SHOW. "Saex m BANK AT THE ARKEON “Own Your Own Home” To Be Feature of Dis- | play in May. At a meeting yesterday afternoon plans were made for the first annual “Own Your Own Home” show which will be given at the Arkeon for three days, May 7, 8 and 9. This affair which has been a feature for several years past in various cities around the country is expected to prove an even greater attraction in Casper. The building will be spaced off into which all of the business houses which have a direct bearing jon home building and home owning will take realtors, space. The list includes contractors, building and loan associations, lumber companies, brick companies, architects, home furnishings concerns and similar In- stitutions. The majority of the booth spaces have been contracted for and be announced early next In addition to the displays the | Realtors’ association will provide en- | tertainment each night of the show. ;The Tom Watkins’ orchestra and | several special entertainers will_make }up tHe program. * Additional details of the show will be available from time to time for | the benefit of the Casper public which is expected to greet the show with enthusiasm. STILL BORN BABY LIVES a NEW YORK, April 20—How baby prematurely born and twice pro nounced dead, was revived through the use of adrenalin injections in the heart was reported today by Dr. Jame Ackerman, surgeon of the Ann May hospital; Spring Lake, N. J. The 60; J. A. Stagger, 30; and R. John son, 60. All were employes. baby was born a week ago, a day after the mother had undergone and appendicitis operation, he reported and it had been prenounced dead. The injections restored heart action for a time, and again’ being pro- nounced dead, the baby was again revived with adrenalin. Using Mails District Attorney Henry Zwelfel de- clared the investigation had disclosed, Approximately 2,064,000 persons were stockholders in the merged companies and the companies named in the in dictments. Among those public were: Marshall attorney. FB. C. Kingsbury, aspirant and re- publican choice for the Fort Worth postmastership. Dr. Frederick A. Cook, sole trustee and president of the Petroleum Pro- ducers’ association. 8. J, Cox, aviator-oil man, for merly of Houston and New York employe of the Petroleum Producer# association J. W. Carruth, trustee of the Hog indicted and made Spoonts, former coun Creek Carruth company. John C. Verser and Albert H. Shep. herd, secretary-treasurer and vice president of the Ri O'l company Warren H. Hollister, Geo. M. Rich ardson and H, BE. Robinson, trustees of the Pilgrim Oil company J. Frank Heard, sole trustee of tt Dorado Oll Syndicate (Continued on Page Thirteen.) © 92 INDICTED AT FORT WORTH FOR OIL PROMOTIONS Dr. Cook and W.C. Meissner, Formerly of Casper, Among Crowd Accused of to Defraud FORT WORTH, Texas, April 20.—Ninety-two oil pro- moters were indicted by the federal grand jury today on charges of using the mails to defraud. The oil companies in- volved in the indictments have taken in over $7,000,000 in cash, and into three of the companies were merged 458 com- panies which had sold $136,000,000 in stock, United States! ba {day struck in the abdomen by a pitched BONDS STOLEN IN ST. LOUIS ST. LOUIS, April 20.—Having re- vovered all but $30,000 of the $2,800, 000 in securities stolen by bandits in a mail robbery here April 2, po- lice and postoffice inspectors today were questioning the nine men taken into custody in an effort to learn whether they participated in the holdup. The secuirties were found in the home of William F. Doering. ——_ BALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE. Pittsburgh 1102°*°¢ _9000%%88 . Chieago artnet: eo AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Philadelphia— Wash. 0100000% %* Phila. 09030020°-°. Batteries — llingsworth, and Ruel; Helmach and Perkins. Dumovich and At Cleveland— Chicago ---20220°°%° °¢ Cleveland 10020%¢%**—* * Batteries — Blankenship, Connally, rton and Schalk; Metevier O'Neill. R. H. E. . At New York— E. Boston -..300000°%°% *. New York000100°%* * Batteries—Piercy and Hoyt and Schang. RH. 9 1100°¢e8 St. Louis... O00°*%* Batteries — Pillette and VanGilder and Severeid. > ST. JOSEPH, Mo., April 20,—Den. ver-St. Joseph, no game; wet grounds. Detroit — OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., April 20. —Sloux postponed; wet grounds. KANSAS CITY, April 20.—St. Paul Kansas City game postponed; rain, eee Man Struck by Baseball Dead Frank Gramer, Jr. résult of an injury re in a ~ baseba'l game. He was At Boston— » H. EB. New York.0020000°%*—* * © Boston -..3200400%*%—* © * Batteries—Bentley and Gaston; Genewich and Goway. At Brooklyn— R. H.E. Batteries —Glazner and Schmidt; RH.E. Russell and . . Devormer; At St. Louls— R.H.E. eee Ww . Wardall; WICHITA, Kans., April 20.—Om- aha-Wichita game postponed; wet grounds. City-Oklahoma City game FORT WORTH, Texas, April 20.— 14, Is dead ag the ived last Fri- DANCE TITLE IS RETAINED N CLEVELAND CLEVELAND. Ohio, April 20.— Miss June Curry, who became the world’s champion endurance dancer last night, showed no iII effects today as a result of her 90 hours and 10 minutes continuous performance. Miss Curry, with Frank Ward, also holds the championship for couples, they having danced together continu. ously for 57 hours and 20 minutes when Ward was forced to retire be- cause of his heart. Chief Dance Hall Inspector Charles Johnson announced no more endur- ance dancing contests would be per. mitted. RODEO REEVES TOWN OF MILLS Phila. — 002133°°°%. © Brooklyn .001130° ® *. Sue Batteries—Weinert, Schreiber, Win- ters, Decatur and Henlino; Schriver —— \ aba Hiatus, Thos. Mills Is Donor of; ri | At Cincinnati— R.H.E. bg <. sais ozesseeets ss! Building Lot to Be Cincinnati OZ O%* "9% ens Put U Pri Batteries —Pertica, Doak and ul as Pnze. Clemons; Luque and Hargrave. P Pee Thos, Mill@jof the Mills Const: | At Chicago— R-H-E/| tion company and originator of tre} Mills townsite today deeded one of the best Jota in the heart of Mills to! the Casper Rodeo association. | This lot will be given away abso-| lutely free to the person who will nel! | the greatest amount of Rodeo season tickets between Monday, April 2 the beginning of the contest an- nounced in another section of this Paper, and on or before May 20, the closing date. Mr. Mills has gtven his unlimited support to this tremendous undertak- ing since the beginning of this enter prise last January. I Those who join to boost the Rodeo! will be helping put Casper's first annual Rodeo; helping to build for Casper a permanent playground:| also helping to advertise this com munity throughout the United States. | Mr. Mills stated that the people of | Mills will respond generously, and whole-heartedly to the support of the Rodeo, and that the Mills hotel,| which has been opened under new) management will be at the disposal | of the Rodeo association now as weill| as during the big show next August. over SEVERAL KILLED, MANY WOUNDED IN RIQTING BY JOBLESS PUBLIC Security Police Again in Coniza! but Situation Is Still Grave, Berlin Re- ports State. MUELHEIM, April 20. (By The Associated Press.) — After being terrorized for three days by the Communist mobs which held it, Muelheim today is again under control of the constituted German authorities. The force of 300 police and city offi: elals which had been besteged in the Rathaus made a sortie from this great fortress-llke building this morn- ing, cut through the lines of the besiegers, caught them in the rear, arrested many, and again took eon- trol of the city. Thirty leaders of the bestegers were arrested. One of them, a man named Kurten, 1s said to have been the leader of Kiel revolution in 1918. He resisted arrest and was wounded, probably fatally. Tho casualty lst, so far as made up, showed six dead and from sixty to seventy wounded, some of whom may die. “The French troops remained throughout the trouble in or near the security police barracks which they re occupying. They took no part in the affair which they regarded as purely local, Burgomaster Lempke with 300 eity employes and a detachment of se- curity police who are supposed to have been summoned from Dutsbure and ewhere in anticipation of trouble had been besieged since Wednesday. They had an ample sup- Ply of food and ammunition and were easily able to hold the building which js surmounted by a 250 foot tower, the highest point in the city. On this lofty perch the Burgomaster stationed sharp shooters who were thus able to p part The besieging forces, who called themselves the “Unemployed,” num- bered about 2,000 but the burgomas- ter declares there are only 800 un- employed men in Muelheim. Many of the besiegers were merely trouble makers led by communists he de- clared. This encircling army, among (Continued on Page Stx.) k off members of attacking President of Big Com NEW YORK, April 20.—Ar of the Thomas Maddock’s Son: one of the twenty individuals c ufacturing corporations for co: Make Sure of Winning Prize Saturday To Be Banner Day The present big vote offer is the vital of the campaign Every candidate has a chance to win with its assistance, the thousands of votes that can be secured with this most entire schedule makes it easily possible for any of the headliners to jump into the lead. Wonderful results can be achieved now. Remember this big vote offer is positively the big of the re mainder of the campaign After | Saturday night, April 2 bacrip: tions will in box and yotes will be be ¢ ballot sealed a issued on them by the judges of the election, accord-) Second payments on subscriptions ing to the last period schedule, which | taken during the early part of the campaign will play a VERY IM fs the smallest of tho entire p campaign. w y Soe cam! PORTANT PART during the present palgn. Throw your full force into] yote period. You not only receive the election now. Let this splendid] full credit for the extended subscrip opportunity be means of victory,| tion, but this money also applies on Think of winning a splendid new|the 100,009 Extra Vote Offer. RE dan between now and April It} MEMBER extensions do not count n be done—it will be d You] extra votes al period. Als ht as well be one of the winners.| bear in m a cash report each | m: | Ambitious hu | prese duced ago 1 28, recognize this tive. Let's Jay, BANNE ok is x de sire to his DA we quir Satu ash report was sentenced by Federal Judge months in the Essex county (New JAIL SENTENCES ARE METED OUT IN PRICE-FIXING pany One of Eight to Draw Ten Months in New Jersey Prison for Trade Violation chibald M. Maddock, prsident is company, of Trenton, N. J., onvicted with 23 pottery man- nspiracy in restraint of trade, Van Fleet today to ten Jer penitentiary and a fine 000. leven J executive other defendants, described as members of {ttee of the Sant. ation, and act! in its price-fixing opera. the tary particlpe Potteries assoc Were given sentences of six months {mpriso nt in the Essex county peniteltary and fines of $5,000 ‘The seven executive clmmitteemen were: Elzey S. Aitkin, general mana- ger of the Trenton Potteries company? 3. Crane, vice-president of company of Cameron, W. rd, Penn; Phillip J. Fah rr I ville, N. J mpany; ( c. Kalbe. ¥ manager of the Stan- t Manufacturing eom pany of Kokon Tiftin Ohio; V } pretary of John M mpany, Heap J.; Arthur Plant Sr. ger of the Wright und gereral mana- 68 Whe unitary Manu. continued en Page Six.) CT