Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 10, 1923, Page 1

- Weather Forecast WYOMING—Unseettled weather to- Friday, probably rain in Colder Friday. CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1923. The Tribune Carries More Classified Advertising Than Any Paper in Wyoming Che Casper Daily Tritune (545) NUMBER 183. GHINESE BRIGANDS TO RECEIVE — RANSOM FOR LIBERATION, REPORT Negotiations Progressing Satisfactorily With Pros-| pects of Early Conclusion; U. S, Officers Stili In Custody But Sons Are Free. BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Success in the negotiations to ransom the foreigners held captive by Chinese bandits in the mountain fastnesses of Shantung was indicated today when a dispatch from Peking announced the release of Roland Pinger, Jr., and Robert Allen,Jr., sons of Majors Pinger and Allen, U.S. A. The of- ficers were still held at latest official advices this afternoon. A private message from Tsao- chwang, received in Shanghai, by aL bang party er another was empha- Asia Development company, reported that all but one of the foreign cap- tives had been released. The one still held was said to be Chevalier Musso, an Italian attorney of Shang- hal, A previous report had said that the brigands were holding Musso for $1,000,000 and that he was critically {'l. The bandits were believed to con-| sider the Chevalier their “most val- uable” prisoner. All the captives held by the Su- chow bandits were well, “having a wonderful tim and expected to be released soon, according to written messages recetyed from four of them by relief workers near Lincheng, which were relayed to Shanghai. Advices received in Tsinanfu indi- cated that the captives would be re- eased todny. 5 Before the dispatches reporting the surrender of ‘the captives’ began -com-|eheng It was pointed out that the Suchow bandits seemed to have the semblance of an organiation. They were said too, to be dominated by an element which was displeased with the recent Successes of the Chihli military party in the Yangtsi valley. The Chihli party is sponsor for the present government in Peking. Thus |was the effect of the abduction—to embarrass the government in its for- eign re’ations—was noted especially. in considering a motive aside from | robbery. Relief parties, with supplies and medical aid, were rushed from for- eign agencies in various cities to thé tocality dominated by the bandits. Fear for the condition of the captives: School Year ing In the outlook was gloomy. Early in the day it was learned in Shanghai that J. B, Powell, an American news- paper man, one of the prisoners, had) contrived to smuggle out a message saying the foreigner faced “dire con- sequences” unless the troops sur- rounding the bandits strongholds were withdrawn. Latest reports from Peking indi. cated that at least two women were mong the captives—Mrs. Sander- son, an American, and Miss E. F. Fleming, English. Previous state- ment that Mrs. L. A. Seaton of| Berkeley, California, and her niece, ciothing and from exposure. arly Release of Captives May Festival Is Event Of | ‘Tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, 4,800 Casper school children will take part in the May Festival and Grade school track meet to be put on at the high school athletic field. In the track meet alone there will be 2,000 entries with several of the schools having as many as 25 entries in some of the events. The May Festival, which precedes the track meet, will be an exhibi- tion of folk plays by the pupils of the grade schools and takes 45 minutes to be run off. The athletic events will be started immediately at the conclusion of the festival. This is the one big get-to-gether of the year for the school children and promises to be a day unsur- passed in recreation and play. The high school band will be in attend- ance during the afternoon. Parking of cars will not be per- mitted inside the grounds during the afternoon. Central school has won the meet for the last two years but it is anticipated that both North and West Casper will give the down town boys a hard race for the honors Friday. The meet is under the direction of the physical education depart- ment and the following officials will have charge of the affair: Referee—C. H. Reimerth. Starter—C. K. Fletcher. Timer—Rev. P. K. Edwards. Prize distribution—A. A. Slade. Official scorers—Mike Wear and Mike Grant. Announcers—Cody and Brady. Judges—Ward, Taylor, Carter, Davis, Hutchinson, Alleman, Ford, Correll, Scown, Neff, Van Dorn, Scott, Miller,, Thompson, Bannis. WARSHIP DISPATCHED 10 SOVIET WATERS AG RESULT OF SEIZURE Now Assured OVER 2,000 ATTEND OWN YOUR OWN HOME SHOW ON CLOSING NIGHT; PRIZES ARE AWARDED With a total of more than 2,000 in attendance, the real- tors’ Own Your Own Home show closed at the Arkeon last night following three days of a successful exhibit of things} Per aning to the home and an interesting program of enter- ainment. Prizes were given out last night for the various contests that had been held during the show., previous night. The vaudeville en- One of these was a guessing con-|tertainment afforded by Miss Doro. test and the others were contests of/thy Hayes, Miss Irene Prior and! chance. Heinle Klotz went over in the same A lot donated by the See Ben| big way th it had been doing the J Realty company was awarded to Miss| two previous nights. Lois McArthur of the National Bank Judged as a whole the Realtors’ of Commerce, whose name was the}Own Your Home show proved a de. first one drawn from the l'st of reg-| cided success in Casper, and a'though istered cards at the Casper Real) there will probably be a financial de- Estate board's booth. The lot is !o0-| ficit, the advertising given the real- cated in the Casper View addition on/ tors and the interest in homes arous South Fenway. ed in the minds of the general public Henry De Haan, 260 West First/is sufficient excuse for having he'd street, won a lot in the Midwest) the show. Heights donated by the Midwest Heights Realty company. Mr. De} Haan's name was drawn from those written on cards given at the door. C. H. Wileoxen of Denver, won the lot in Highland Park addition given the person who should guess the closest to the serial number on a $5 bill. The lot was donated by the Na- tional Bank of Commerce. Mary D. Peevey, 725 East Second street, won three payments on 20 shares of stock in the Wyoming Building and Loan association in the ‘AUTOMOBILES NEEDED TO TRANSPORT PUPILS Owners of automobiles and trucks | who will be able to transport children | from the North Casper school to the May festival at the high school ath- letic grounds tomorrow afternoon are contest held by that company. Lil-| requested to communicate with the Man V. Larsen, Ardmore apartments,| Casper Chamber of Commerce. Co-} won three payments on 15 shares.| operation has been sought by the! 8. E. Bailey, 742 South Durbin street, won. thrés payment 10 sivures. Dane ng was afforded the patrons of the show last night as usual and the opportunity was taken advantage of to a greater extent than on any school of the Casper Motor club and it| is*beltieved=thatrenough residents wil! | heed the call so that all the children | may be accommodated. The cars will | be expected to report at the North Casper school at 1:30 p. m. Tourist Camp Opened For New Season ‘asper’s tourist camp entered upon its third season this morning when it again opened for the recep tion of tourists. * y persons traveling through Ca: slow to e advantage of the op portunity given them when they found at the chamber of commerce headquarters that the camp was open and that they were welcome to stop there subject to the usual rules and regulations. Because of the great expense in keeping up the camp the commit tee in charge and the city council have agreed that a nominal charge should be made each day. For the first three days a car shall be charged 25 cents per day. r the next three days it shall be charged 50 cents a day. One dollar a day shall be charged for the next eight days or fraction thereof. The increase in rates according to the period one stops at the camp fs thought advisable so that the greatest number of persons possible may be able to get the benefit of the camp. Fourteen days has been set as the limit for a car to stay at the camp. GERALDINE PLEA DENIED NEW YORK. May. 10.—The appel- late division of the supreme court today denied Geraldine Farrar per- mission to” strike frdnr the records of her divorce suit against Lou Tellegen all allusions to Miss Stella Larrimore, 19-year-old actress, named as one of several co-respondents. per were not TWOSLAYERS | TO DIE, YOUTH | IS GIVEN LIFE Migs Lillian Auld of Eugene, Oregon. were held, were dissipated today when it was learned in Peking that. they} were not aboard the Shanghal-Pekin) express train when it was seized near Suchow early Sunday morning. Miss Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and her companion, Miss Minnie McFadden, arrived in Peking early today, having been accompanied from Tsinanfu by} Dr. Houghton of the Union Medical| college. Miss Aldrich and Miss Mc- Fadden were put into an ambu'ance and taken to a hospital, where physi- clans prescribe! several days of quiet. Under this advice they declined to relate their experiences while in the hands of the bandits. They were led away by the ban- dits, separted, and each held for 24 hours. They met at Tsinanfu, ex- hausted and ill from shock and ex- posure. The Chinese government has promul- gated a presidential mandate order- ing investigation into the affair by the civil and military governors of| “Bhantung province. The government also instructed these executives yes- terday to strain every effort to pro- cure the release of the captives. Another +phase of the situation be ing discussed today in the Chinese capitol was the theory, sald to be ac- cepted freely in political circles, that the bandit outrage was the outcome of a larger plot than one of ordinary brigandage. The idea of aggression against foreigners was not mentioned. but the supposed conspiracy was held to have internal political significance. ‘The effect of the affair on one po- MANY DEAD IN RUHR CRASH GERMANS FIRE PROPAGANDA Details of Railroad Wreck Murman Coast Trouble to Be Probed; Important Problem Faces British in Controversy ia, Says Late Report. With Russi ~ ™ LONDON, May 10.—(By The Associated Press.)—The British warship Harebell has been ordered to the Murman coast to prevent further soviet interference with British ves- sels outside the three-mile limit, and to use force if necessary in performing this mission, the house of commons was in- formed adey by the under secretary for foreign affairs, Ron- a cNeill. IDABEL,” Okla, May 10—John! Pope, confessed s'ayer of his estrang-| ed wife, her father and mother and| two children, and Aaron “Red” Hary-| ey, his confessed accomplice, were| sentenced to death by Judge G. M.} Barrett in district court today. Jack| Pope, Pope's son, who admitted ac- companying his father and Harvey to the scene of the killings, was sen- tenced to life imprisonment. SHOPMEN ASK Wyoming Expected which are sure to be present. The |—and even some of the Conserva: LONDON, May 10.—(By The As- sociated Press.) — Between the con- troversy with Russta und the situa- tion created by the success of Art O'Brien's appeal for a writ of habeas corpus the government 1s clearly in for a stormy time. The Laborites, most of the Liber- als—both Lloyd George and Asquith tives, it 1s said, disapprove of the ministry’s handling of the dispute with Russia, and it is predicted in some quarters that next Tuesday's debate in the House of Commons may prove what might be done. ‘The Liberal press today strongly condemns the tone and “provocative” demands of Lord Curzon’s note to Moscow. ‘The government’s pos‘tion with re- spect to O’Brien ts considered at least as difficult and as full of com- plications. There is a general belief that the House of Lords will confirm in Which French Train Plunged Into Rhine Said to Have Been Withheld BERLIN, May 10.—(By Th e Associated Press.) —A tele- gram from Saint Goar, Rhenish Prussia, says that a train op- erated by the French plunged into the Rhine and that 29 bodies have so far been recovered from the water. The re- port is based on the statentents of travelers arriving at Saint Goar, who add thet the French have cut off access to the} object of shift the court's ruling, in which event Home Secretary Bridgeman must de- liver O'Brien to the English courts. If he cannot do so he must show a Teason satisfactory to the judges. This places Mr. Bridgeman and the government in a very serious posi tion, as they ure ent'rely dependent upon the good will of the Irish gov ernment in accepting the dec'sion, It is belleved here that Pres'dent Cos- grave would be disposed to he'p the government out of {ts difficulty, but it 1s much doubted whether his col- leagues would consent. oe DEAL, May 10.—(By The Asso- clated Press.—Two Americans ro- mained !n the Tunning for the Brit- ish amateur golf championship at the completion of the fifth round this afternoon. They are Francis Oulmet of BoSton, and Dougias Grant, AmeTican born but for some years a resident of London. Breg. 7:50—Deyotional, led by the Rev.} avid M | 8:05—""Welcome,” for the city, the churches and the Endeavorers, the Rev. R. R., Hildebrand Scene of the accident. Saint Goar is|murder of fourteen workers to the| §:20—Response, the Rev. Edwin A near Bacharach. | Germans.” Be! BERLIN, May 10.—(By The Asso- ciated Press.—The German govern- ment has sent a note to the powers having no part in the Ruhr occupa- tion protesting against the Werden court martial which resulted in the conviction of Dr. Krupp von Bohlen and other Krupp officials. The note accuses the French of making the blowing of sirens the basis of “a senseless charge that 4 secret plot was engir a against the ‘enc ith the iS resposibility for the t convention. will feature such men as, the Rev. W. F. R'pley, director of re-| Ugious education in the Baptist | churches of Colorado and Wyom | nd Wyoming; NEW YORK, May 10.—The wage|the ev. A. O. Kuhn, regional secre-| increase demanded by union shop men| tary of the Rocky Mountain district | aggregating about $50,000,000 annual-| ¢¢ the United Christian Miss’onary |ly have been presented to the big! society; the Rev. Charles G. Stout, | jfoads through the railway employes) state evangelist for the Christian | |department of the American Federa-| churches of Wyoming; the Rev.| tion of Labor, preparatory, it was hn- derstood, to taking the case before the} {United States Ratlway Labcr board,| raqucation society; the Rev. Walter | the New York Herald said today. |M. Irwin, western district secretary | The roads affected are the Pitts-| tor the New Era movement, and the burgh and Lake Erie, Baltimore andj Rey, Dayid McMartin, missionary Ohio and New York Central, which guperintendent for the Presbyterian recognizh the shopmen’sa unions chaehea: The employes have asked for an] Owing to the difficulty of getting increase of 20 cents an hour from 70] room'ng accommodations, {t 1s prob-| to 90 cents “for all machinists, boil-| able that the First Christian church| er makers, blacksmiths, electricians, | wii! have to be turned into a tempor- | sheet metal workers and carmen.” ary hotel for the great number of| Most of the 400,000 railroad shop-| aciegates. men of the nation were not concerned| The program for Friday has been in the movement, as they have indi-| worked out and is as follows: vidual agreements with their roads. Frida: y Afternoon. Frank'in J. Estabrook, western dis-| trict secretary of the Congregational | | 5:00 prayer service—-state council; and speakers, Ethelyn Christensen, | state president presiding. | Friday Evening. 7:30—Song service led by W. Roy) | _As a protest against the sentences jot the Werden court martial the ssen local trade unions committee as appealed for a complete cessation jf work tomorrow, requesting that shop and restaurants close and that all street traffic be suspended. an) 25—Presentation of banners, W. Roy Breg. 8:40—Announcement ment of committees. 8:50—Special music. 8:55—Address, “Loyal Service, Fel lowship Through Service,” Glarence C. Hamilton, registration and appoint Harold F. Rodgers left last evening for California where he will spend bard paca edb ne | al weeks on a business and a easure trip. Walter Hill, district manager of | a NS = Ure Leo C, Moore company, left th | Carry Garv pending a week | mor De overland < |here on business from a, Okla. | he nd sore time on business STATE CONVENTION OF CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS OPENS ON FRIDAY Two Hundred Delegates Representing All Parts of for Sessions Here; Prominent Workers on Program. Two hundred members of the Christian Endeavor societies throughout Wyoming will be in Casper Friday, | Sunday for an extensive program of work which will feature the third annual Christian Endeavor convention. Many prominent speakers and religious workers will at- |tend the convention and will Saturday and address the large audiences ALL NIGHT SERVICE 15 WESTERN UNION MOVE VERNON, OIL FIELD FIRE BALL SCORES NATIONAL At Philadeiphia— BODIES BURNED TO ChloP WnEN SHEET OF FLAME ENVELOPS MEN Showers of Burning Oil Drench Victims at Tex- as Well as Gas Ignites From Spark of Valve RILE CORSICANA, Texas, May owatee Ii e090 orece «© 0 | 20. — (By The Associated Batterlea—Pennock and Hofman,| Press.) — Thirteen identified Schang; Edward, Morton, Boone and| bodies and three skeletons O'Neill, Sewell. smoldering in a lake of fire three hundred feet across was the Known toll of death from tho explosion yesterday of the gusher of the J. K. Hughes Development com- - ee Pany (McKie number one well). rages ye The fire still burning flercely today Batterice—Hasty and Perkins; Dan-| W29 Visible for fifty miles reports heca LEAGUE. Batteries—Doak, Stuart and Me- Curdy; Head, Meadows and Henline. At New York—c game postponed; co! At Brooklyn — Pittsburgh-Brooklyn game postponed; cold. hicago-New York id. At Boston— Cincinnati Boston ° Fuller. O'Doul, ber ané Schalk. At Detroit — Washington-Detroit game postponed; cold, snow. At St. Louis— ica Meas insa beter said. The amoke extended 11 miles. ee The dead: W. A. Hicke, Worth: Texas, | head driller. LATE SPORTS S. P. Allen, Corsicana, field superin- tendent. M. O. Turner, Norris, Miss, Ban Phillips, 35, Kerens, Texas. James Phillips,’ 32, Kerens, Texas, ‘ LE kbar ap did ade os Max Meisner, 30, Kerens, Texas Travis Owens, 30, Keren: Jack Cooper, Corsicana. Fred Craig, Corsicana, . P. Sheek, Dallas, Texas. » Cooper, Corsicana. Emmett Byrd, Corsicana. Three unidentified skeletons. Mrs. Byrd, wife of one of the yilc- tims, lost her brother, E. C. Cooper. also in the fire. When the blast came, is known, of the fifty odd men in the two crews and a connecting gang, were sucked in by the sheet of flame. About 600 people, watching tho work of the drilling crews, gave ac- counts of the flareup. Some of the workmen were hurled flat on the ground; others tried to creep away from the spread of the fire, J. K. Hughes, head of the develop- ment company said “Some of the pitcher, struck out the side, includ- ing Babe Mth n the first inning of today's” game. with the, New York Americans, Witt, the fiest man up stuck out when his third strike was caved. Dugan missed the third strike on three pitches. Ruth then struck out on a» called stTike and two swings. Edwards hed but twelve balls in the inning. pst alta la sixteen, it Arguments In Browning Case Are Due Today ALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 10.—| crew which was re- Arguments to dismiss or reduce the| leving the day crew at the well had degree of the charges against Marri-| just come from Mexia a few hours, |ner and John M. Browning, Jr., were| before. Other members of this and lexpected to be advanced by defense| roustabout crew working near the counsel today at the preliminary hear-| Well, were reported missing in thé ling of the two men who are charged| ®eneral confusion and the personal with first degree murder !n connec-| list makes it impossible to ascertaifi tion with the slaying of Benjam'n F.| Just how many are dead, missing and Ballantyne here April 9. The state, UNaccounted for. rested ita e at the hearing late yes | “The groups venturing every now tondaty City Judge Noe! 8, Pratt,| 04 then near the pool of yellowish presiding, had declared invalid as evi-|auid fire are not without a few dence the purported death bed state-| Women, drawn close with stricken iment of Balantyne, incrim!nating the! » Deering wide eyed, only to ris treat with covered faces and exclama- tions of horror. First aid work here from the crowded traffic on the lit- tle more than cow trail serving as an automobile road for the rescuing parties. } Brownings in the shooting. | 1s hindered Baby Carriage | Race Entrant RVIVOR PAIN Another step toward metropolitan G T : l pith ap oda > service for Casper has been taken oes on FUGUE scmrxta:. ‘texas, May -10-—cBy. he by the Western .Union in authorizing | | Associated. Preas.)—-B; B.. ‘Simmonds, all hight service for the benefit of ES | | @ representative of the J. K. Hughes patrons of the Casper office. While} BRIGHTON, England, May 10.—A| Development company, whose gusher the maintenance of night service is |"*a@uel. to the perambulator race of|caught fire yesterd was an eyé ~ |April 10 in which half a yen moth to the blast which burnéd | not expected to vrovegprofitable from | erg trundied r babies from Lon field worters to crisp: }a financiat standpoint, according to|don to Brighton, a distance of fifty| Simmonds was on the derrick vt W. F. Murphy, Casper manager, it|miles, occurred here today when Mru,|but escaped by running, has been authorized in recognition of |dwards, of Manchester, one of the} He said the men were engaged ti the volume of business handled dur testants, was committed for trial.| taking off the control head and put: ing the dey. No night delivery ser-| She is charged with wi'lful'y ill-treat-| ting on a gate valve. vice will be maintained after 11/|ing, neglecting and exposing her “I was standing on the derrick o'clock of messages received but!baby in a manner like'y to cause {t| floor, handing waste to the workers to emergency telegrams will recelve|unnecessary suffering and injury to| Wipe out of their eyes the oll, which attention. [its health. ! (Continued on Page Ten.) CALIFORNIA IS THREATENED BY FIRE AS FLAMES SWEEP REFINERY ‘Gilmore Plant Covering Several Blocks Enveloped by Fire; Los Angeles Fire Companies Called Out LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 10.—A large portion of the city | of Vernon, adjoining the southeastern section of Los Angeles, |t was threatened with destruct refinery of the Angeles fi @ companies wer more Oil company at Twenty-Eighth and Santa Fe streets shortly before noon today flames swept p'ant, cover FOLLO Los A LE }One rr an was several were re fire swept throug Gilmore Ol! compar t 28th street and § e cit ion when fire broke out in the| #¢! Tamea Vernon helple and Los’ e practically 8 as the