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

Weather Forecast WYOMING—Fxir tonight Slowly ris- and Wednesday. ing temperature. 1 VOLUME VII. The Tribune Carries More Classified Adv ertising Than Any Paper in Wyoming ~ Che Casper Daily Tribune CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY. MAY 15, 1923. FINAL ‘EDITION ~~ NUMBER 187. IRE AND FLOOD TOLL AT HOT SPRINGS HEAVY YANKS’ ORDERED BANDIT MENAGE JS GROWING IN ORIENT, REPORT Army ‘of 1,000 Bngands Demands Tribute of Town Today ‘TIENTSIN, May 15.—(By The As- sociated Press.}—Amertcan troops here were called out early Sunday morning to be prepared to guard railway property following reports received at American military head- quarters of a battle in progress be- tween Chinese troops and Brigands at Tangshan, 50 miles east of here on the Peking-Mukden railway. According to the statement ts: sued by American headquarters here where more than 800 United traffic Inspector at Tangshan ported that Chinese troops there had turned bandits and had broken lose In the city. The mutineers attempted to loot a natlye bank and a pitched battled ensued between them and police, supported by other troops, which lasted half an hour until the po- lice exhausted their ammunition. Later the bandit soldiers were driven off. Fearing damage to the railway line the American soldiers were called to ‘arms at ‘Tientsin but when the nature of the trouble at Tangshan was revealed, and it was discovered that ‘the nairoad was not menaced, the Americans were marched back to their compound. The American forces, however are “standing prepared for anything in the event of further outbreaks. HANKOW, China, May 15. -~(By The Associated Press.) —About 1,000 soldiers and ex-bandits from Honan, in- corporated into an army, are camped seven miles from Hankow demanding tribute of $150,- 000 and a quantity of ammunition as the price of thelr departure. The authorities thus far have refused to comply. ‘Trains between Peking and Han- kow are carrying guard detachments of 40 soldiers each, as well as ma- chine guns. Foreign diplomatic representatives were under peremptory orders today from a bandit chieftain called Wang to guarantee by nightfall that the Chinese government would meet his demand that several thousand of his followers, entrenched in the moun- ta'n fastnesses of Shantung, be for- given for their depredations and accorded the status of regular sol- diers. Should the diplomats or the Chinese government fall to comply. the price, as fixec by Wang in a let- ter delivered to the American consul at Lincheng, is death to the foreign- ers held as hostages. The letter was brought from the bandit headquarters to Lincheng by . William Lenfers, an aged priest of Lincheng, who, walking night and day through the wild country, reach- ed the mountain top where the cap- ves were held Sunday. He confer: (Continued on Page Four.) BALL SCORES: National League. At Boston— RH. E. St. Louis —____102 600 010—10 15 1 Boston _-....__301 001 000— 5 12 0 Batteries— and : 6 Mo- Namara, Watson, Cooney and O'Neill. At Philadelphia — Otncinnati-Phil- adelphia game postponed; rain. At Brooklyn — Chicago-Brook!; game postponed; cold. = At New York — Pittsburgh game postponed; cold. American League, At Cleveland— R Washington ~--200 300—x Cleveland 000 600—x Batteries—Modgridte, Russell Gharrity and Ruel; Edwards, and Myatt, B: A x x an Boot At Detroit— New York 003 000-—x x x Detroit 095 W0—x x x Batteries — Pennock, Mays and Schang; Collins and Woodall. R. H. E. At Chicago — Philadelphia-Chicago game postponed; 2 t At St. Louls — Boston-St. Louis game postponed; wet grounds. Bes ae sh U. S. HOUSING BILL PLANNED WASHINGTON, May 15.—Discus- sion by President Harding and his cabinet of the situation with respect to housing of government activities principatly in Washington, ted to a decision to present to congress next December a program for construction of more adequate facilities. They Don Atm UU! IN *t Seem to Be Hatching Out Righ' CHINA t WELL, | HAVENT . GoT MUCH YET, BUT | CAN'T QuiT Now € ee 98 eet | erection this year of the first proximately $100,000, of which $50,000 remains to be raised by popular sub- scription. It was the sense of the meeting that this could be obtained without difficulty. The new edifice, It has been decid will Be built of stone but seleo- tion of the best kind remains in doubt, It is possible that a reddish sandstone from the old Vernon quar- ries six miles from Glenrock will be used and transported to Casper by truck. Other kinds from different quarries in the west and middle west are being investigated. Announcement was made at the parish meeting that the ladies of the guild assisted by those of the synur- gae would assume responsibility for edifice. Subscription pledges are to be mailed out to all communicants of the church in connection with the financing campaign and committee members will also work on subscrip tion returns. No Jurisdiction In O’Brien Case Lords Declare LONDON, May 15.—The nouse of lords decided today it had no_ furis- diction to hear the government's ap- peal in the case of Art O'Brien, who was deported from England after ths March raids as an Irish agitator and was returned from Ireland last night on a writ of habeas corpus. ‘The decision means the case will take its’ course before the court of appeal on Wednesday when Home Secretary Bridgeman, ogainst whom the writ was granted, will produce O'Brien. MRS. OBENCHAIN IS GRILLED AGAIN School Building Program Outlined Casper’s next school buildings will be constructed from! money raised by bonding instead of by the regular course of direct taxation, if the plans of the school board of District! It is the intention of the board to call for a, bond issue of $300,000 for the erection of many needed ad- A meeting of the board is being the levy of other districts through-| No. 2 work out. ditions and new buildings. held this afternoon to decide on this. The reason for the bonding is simple, Casper ts able by immediate taxation to raise sufficient money to jare out the state, District No. 2 could legally set a levy of 8% mills. Among the new structures considered necessary by which build its, schools, but there {s no rea-!school board are twelve rooms ‘on t! son why the entire burden should Park schoo!, seven rooms to Elk, fal! on the people now resident in the|six or twelve-room school in the Com. community when {t cou'd just as well be distributed throughout a period of 25 years, according to members of the board, The tax levy as decided on by the board yesterday for district No. during the coming year is s'x mills. This is the same !evy that was set last yoar and is much lower than STORM BRINGS CRIEF TO SHEEP Losses to Stockmen Will Be Moderate, Unless Freezing Weather Follows; Snow General Over Big Region Recurrence of storm condi ions which have prevailed for D, last week last night and early today resulted in heavy ff pr ecipitation of rain and snow in central Wyoming, and tele- graphic advices today indicate that the storm was general. The storm brought additional grief to the sheepmen who are now in the midst of the lambing season, but in the absence of @ severe drop in temperature the grees above zero at Denver at 11 a. losses will be moderate, it 1s believed Prec'pitation here was almost half an inch of moisture. DENVER, Colo., May 15, — Snow was falling today in Wyoming and radtern Colorado, according ta re. ports récelyed by the weather bu reau, The mercury stood at 31 de m. Freezing temperatures were pre- dicted in eastern Colorado tonight, The precipitation in Denver, ac- cording to the forecaster, measured one inch. Snow was melting almost as fast as it fell here. Dodge City, Kan., reported a rain suring 1.62 inches, the forecaster ernment’s methods in dealing wit munity Extension tract south of Ca) per and six-room house at Evans | Ville. BODY TAKEN TO MOSCOW LAUSANNE, May 15.—(By The As- sociated Press.\—The body of M. Vorovsky, the assassinated soviet emissary left here for Moscow on a special car today. M. Ahrens, wounded by Vorovsky's assassin, insisted on accompanying the remains “as a political protest.” Abrens was carried aboard the train on a stretcher and will be accom- panied as far as Berlin by a Swiss nurse. Indian Problem To Be Talked In Conference WASHINGTON, May tary Work has invited more than 100 Prominent men and women to forin the| MURDERS WIFE AND SUICIDES RAWLINS, Wyo., May 15.—Claude F, Kittle, employe of a local mer- cantile company, used a shotgun to kill his wife Neva, and a rifle to slay himself, Police say he was insane. Kittle’s wife was known profes- sionally as Doctor Neva Mott. She| was slain as she sat on the side of jher bed. A few moments later Kittle shot \mself. The woman's first husband com-| mitted suicide here two years ago. ise aber Be ere EXPRESS RATES UPHELD. WASHINGTON, May 15.—Express rates on eggs, butter, cheese, and poultry products from San Francisco to New York, Philade!phia and Bos- ton are reasonable, the Interstate Commerce Commission held tocay | chain turned over to | office tollet articles and wearing ap- and a complaint from California ship- pers was dismissed, FRENCH Big Industries; BERLIN, May 15.—(By The Asso- ciated Press)—The French have oc-| cupied the Baden aniline and soda| works at Ludwigshafen according to| | & message received here today. The | | employes have not attempted to enter | | the works which are shut down, with| an entire French regiment quartered |there. The street ra'iways at Lud- | Wigshafen have ceased operation as} jthe result of French occupation of | | the depot. | The Hoechst Dye works at Ludwic- | |shafer and the town of Limburg, by the French. The Limburg ratiway station, post | Must Explain Possession of Personal Be- longings of Hammer Slayer; Is Be- lieved Involved in Escape LOS ANGELES, Cal., May chain, free after having been came into possession of certa: 15.—Mrs. Madalynne C. Oben- tried twice for the murder of | J. Belton Kennedy, her former sweetheart, was notified to ap- | pear at the district attorney’s office today to explain how she in personal belongings of Mrs. Clara Phillips, escaped hammer murderess. Mrs. Obenchain was freed from the Los Angeles county jail Derem- ber 4, last, and Mrs. Phillips’ escaped about 8 o'clock the next morning. A few days ago, a man who said he! Oben-| had been friendly with Mrs. the sheriff's parel which he said Mrs. Obenchain had asked him to take care of and| which are being identified as belong- ing to Mrs. Phillips. Los Angeles officers are on way to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where Mrs. Phillips {s declared to be in cus- tody, to bring her back to California. SEIZE BIG DYE WORKS Occupation Extended to Include Several Workers in One City Strike in Protest In Ludwigshafer the laborers on duty at both the plants seized were rermitted to leave but no one was allowed to enter the works. The Hoechst works were surrounded by @ strong military cordon. According to German advices from Ludwigshafer, the French announced that the aniline and soda works were occupied merely to seize and remove such quantities of dyestuffs as were due France and Belgium under the peace treaty. It was not expected, it was eaid, that {t would be neces: 16.—Secre-| West Phatia also have been, occupled| sary to occupy the p'ant for more than a week, The Baden aniline and soda works a committee for the investigations| office and other public bulld’ngs were| were one of the prinoypal sources of connected with the American Ind'ans{ } with a view to improving the gov- them. occupied by the French troops. Frankfort advices state, and the city was cut off from unoccupied Ger-| many, | Germany's chemical supplies for munitions during the. war and at tempts were frequently made by the allies to bomb it, Sheriff William I. ‘Traeger said | there was a possibility she would be | taken immediately to San Quentin penitentiary to begin serving a sen- tence of from ten years to life im- Prisonment for beating Mrs. Alberta Tremaine Meadows, 20 year old widow to death with a hammer IDENTITY OF CLARA PHILLIPS ADMITTED. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, May 15.—Jesse Carson, who posed as the husband of the woman held by the Honduran authorities as Clara Phi! Ups, California hammer murderess, today told newspaper men that the woman in reality was Mrs. Phillips. Carson, who !s also being hela by the authorities asserted, however, that Mrs. Phillips was not responsib!e for the death of Mrs. Alberta Meadows, for which she was convicted, the rea slayer, according to his story, being another woman. In view of this, he added, he would fight aga'nst the ex tradition of Mrs, Phillips, spending $10,000 if need be in her defense. Carson has sent a number of notes to President Gutierrez asking for an interview, but he has received no reply. pet oS SENSES FLORIDA BAN ON WHIP MAY BE DEFEATED TALLAHASSER, Fin., Legislative ban of the da convict camps tain here today, While the senate late yesterday papssed its bill as amended by the house to abolish the whip, Senator H. Rowe changed h | vote from the negative ‘to the af- | firmative for the of prepar ing himself to bill further May 15.— whip in Flori appeared uncer purpose recall the consideration, for providing a $10,000 organ for the new} New Church Edifice Is Authorized Here St. Mark’s Episcopal church vestry at a parish meeting held last night was authorized to proceed with financing the unit of the church plant pro- jected for the corner of Seventh and Wolcott streets. The estimated cost of main church, consisting of the nave and chapcel, which it is proposed to build this year, will cost ap- | MEMORIAL DAY _ PLANS TALKED _ BY WAR VETS | {Spanish War Veterans ti Have Charge of Program in Casper This Month. Plans for partic!pation in the Mem orial Day exercis by members of the George W. Vroman post of the American Legion were discussed at the regular meeting held !ast night in the clubrooms. The exercises in Casper are in charge of the Spanish American war veterans, a plan hav ing been adopted by the three patri otic holiday exercises, The Veterans of Foreign Wars, represented in Cas- per by the Powder River post, will assume the leadership on the Fourth {of July and the American Legion will |handle the Armistice day program. ! The Legion members will assemble At 10 o'clock on the morning of Mem. orlal day and will march to High!an¢ Park cemetery where fitting services will be held. ‘The legion has a’so ar- ranged for Rev. P. C, Phillips of Gil lette, a first Lieutenant in aviation in the world war, to make an address at the Baptist church here the Sunday Preceding Memorial day. The address will be given in the evening. Activity in the Twilight baseball will commence Thursday evening at :30 when all ex-servicg men interest: ed are asked to report to the high school athietic field. The four team managers, Charley Hartnett, Elmer Struck, John Dixon and Shorty Allen- baugh, will be present and take charge of the practice. It is planned to start the games as early in June as the weather warrants. The team managers report a total of 52 players lined up for the league. G. H. Whistler was elected chair man of the house committee at last night's meeting. EX-PREMIER OF FRANCE DEAD PARIS, May 15.—(By The Asso- ciated Press.)\—Former Premier De Freycinett is dead, The former premler who was 94 years old, had been in poor health for some time. Ho and former Pre- mier Clemenceau were old time friends and it was recalled today that one of the first visits the ‘Tiger’ paid on his return from the United States in January was to de Brey- cinet, with whom he discussed his American trip and the reparations question. The aged De Freycinet became somewhat excited and after the vvisit of Clemenceau, Do Fre cinet’s physician forbade other visit ors. In February, however, De Frey- cinet was so far improved that he was able to attend the meeting of the French academy and visit Pre: mier Poincare. ie i MONTAGUE GLASS TLL. NEW YORK, May 15.—The condi- tion of Montague Glass, who was op- erated on for appendicitis Saturday, was regarded by his physicians to- day as satisfactory but still serious. league. being. prometed by the legion. MANY DEAD AND PROPERTY LOSS. WILL RUN INTO MILLIONS, SAID Stricken City Cut Off During Night From Outside World; No Accurate Check On Deaths BULLETIN. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., May 15.— (By The Associated Press.)—There was no loss of life in the floor and fire which swept Hot Springs last night, according to a survey made late today after all the water and receded from the streets. Inquiries at local morgues and hospitals fail to reveal a single death or serious injury resulting from tho flood and fire. Mayor Jones, the police department, the sheriff's office and newspaper men have investigated every report of death but-have been unable to se- cure confirmation in any particular case, HOT SPRINGS, Ark., May 15.—Hot Springs today was endeavoring to extricate itself from debris and ruin, left by flood, fire and wind which last night wrecked the busi- ness d'strict of the city with damage to property which is estimated to run into the millions, Several persons are reported to have been ‘killed but thug_far reports of fatalities have not heen verified. It is not expected, however, that the death list will exceed three four persons, While the monetary loss {s roughly figured in the millions, no accurate estimate {s available. The Marquette hotel ts a pile of charred bricks and stones represent- in excess of $250,000. The only buliding left in the Marquette block is the Citizens National bank. . The city is without street car, elec- tric or gas service. All utility plants, including the telegraph office re flooded and \ut out of commis: n. TEXARKANA, Ark,, May 15.—Un- official advices received here by the |Two States Telephone compnay from Hot Springs state that the known dead in the storm and fire last night would be at least seventeen. Water is running eleven feet on Central a nue in places, it was sald. | MEMPHIS UNABLE TO CONFIRM REPORTS, MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 15.—(By The Associated Press)—Reports of heavy loss of life in Hot Springs, Arkansas, were still unconfirmed early today after floods which yes- terday descended in torrents from the mountain slopes and fire which | followed the water's wreckage had ‘effected undetermined destruction and cut off that resort from the rest | of the world except for meager in- formation. Persistent rumor had it that at least 17 persons were victims of tho raging wat or the flames but no bodies had been discovered when the latest word reached Memphis some time after the flood had subsided and |the flames had been brought under | control. All wires, both telegraph and tele- phone, were out of order last night, | and such information as came out of the stricken city was brought by trainmen who had left Hot Springs | before the floods had reached their Z (Continued on Page Two.) TEAPOT GUSHER WELL UNCORKED Mammoth Oil Company’s 10,000-Barrel Oiler on Section 20 of Reserve in Sec- ond Wall Creek Sand, Report Assurance on the part of th e officials of the Mammoth cor- poration that their 10,000-barrel well brought in Saturday at Teapot dome on the southea was in the Second Wall Creek and not in ast quarter of section 20-79-38 ray sand or in the shale, increases the production of this field materially. The well was brought in at a depth of approximately 2,700 feet The Mammoth has spotted the lo entions for the new wells to be drill 1 this summer and 1s making satis factory progre their deep tests The new gushe r est wells Teapot area nt main significance It Is a 8 in rece but its ies in the fact that nd producer. The Mammoth last fall crea a sensa- tion when it drilled in a gusher well in a fault with an initial flow of over t duction from ned. years but pr