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

Weather Forecast WYOMING: fair tonight an Little change VOLUME VII. ‘ — Generally id Wednesday. in temperature. The Ca r Daily Crit CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1923. BOOTLEGGER’S ‘P Kisht Houses Lifted by Oil Field Flood ALGED'S DEATH CASTS PALL ON BOOSTERS TOUR Spirits Dashed by News Which Reached Them Near Salt Creek With high spirits dashe? by news from Casper of the sudden passing of ©. Frank Algeo, friend and acquain- tance of everyone on the tour, Casper Business men to the number of 40 or more who left here this morning to @ispense good fellowship throughout the Big Horn basin and points west ‘of Casper, were traveling north from fia't Creek this afternoon on the sec- ond leg of their journey after a lunch at the Salt Creek hotel, Referenee to the grief that had overtaken the par- ty was made by speakers at the hotel and high tribute was paid to the char- acter of the deceased. Mr, Algeo was to have accompanied the party this morning. Several of the party turned back from Lavoye on news of Mr, Algeo’s by inetudin, Gay and George Bi fnd members lub. The entrance of the boosters into Balt Creek was signalized by a parade headed by the Clan Stuart band, and the passing out of candy, cigars and favors by members of the party. They ‘were given @ cordial reception, the oil field residents being favorably im- pressed by the visit. 1. A. Reed was among those who spoke at the gather- ing which marked tho luncheon hour at the hotel. ‘The party started north on schedule time, the first leg of their automobile $ourney having been without incident @ mishap other than tidings which will go far toward casting gloom over entire tour. ‘The road to Salt Creek was found im poor condition this morning by rea gon of last night’s heavy rain. wig ait ile Rancher Saves Night Train From Washout Using a yellow ollskin “slicker” fn leu of a lantern and waving it frantically from the middle of the track as the Burlington pas- penger due here at 10:25 p. m. ap- proached a flood this side of Wend- over last night, a rancher who had sustained a loss of all of his live- stock in a cloudburst delivered a warning which brought the train to @ stop and prevented the possibility ot a wreck. The rancher, whose name is unknown, was unable to keep a lantern lighted. For a distance of 300 feet water was pouring oyer the tracks to- ward the river and at least one ‘culvert crossing had been under- mined, rendering the track unsafe. ‘When the water had receded suf- ficiently the train was delayed for three hours while repairs were rushed so that a crossing could be made. The division superintendent's private car was on the rear of the train. ‘The rancher said he had lost 130 head of hogs and 20 dairy cows in the cloudburst. ‘The First State Bank of Shelby is Dempsey-Gibbons Fight Had Nothing to Do With Condition, Banker ‘Asserts In Statement to Public GREAT FALLS, July 10.—The First State Shelby, closed its doors this morning, according to a state- Cloudburst On M uddy Mountain Sweeps ‘Across Big Muddy; Houses Saved by Railroad Grade of Northwestern Struck by a deluge of water which flowed in a torrent down Alkali Gulch, eight houses belonging to the Hamilton Oil company in the Big Muddy oil field at Parkerton were washed from their foundation at 7 o’clock Monday evening. The Hamilton Oil company recently took over the Midwest holdings in Big Muddy and the houses were located in the heart of the former Midwest camp one story, frame construction end In there, near the Chicago and North-| most instances well furnished. LR 0 3 ¢ local superintendent's office it strit ig! alc of the Chicago & Northwestern an- ing rescues are reforted in|/nounced this morning that — there several instances when occupants would be no delay in passenger train were taken from the floating build-| service tre ints | po! east di ings. The flood washed the houses|washout. pe ee up against the railroad track grade| The Yellowstone high was wa it and several women and children were| injured to any aaiche teeta seater removed. No injuries are reported] according to the local district high- this morning after a careful check|way office. An inspection car left on all the residents of the structures | this morning and a report on the which were swept away by the high) road at 10 o'clock was to the effect water. The Hamilton Oil company|tnat the road was in excellent con- reported that no derricks had been | aition, washed away and that little injury had been done to its property in the field other than to the houses in the Body of Man Is Found In Sheep Corral direct path of the torrent. | The Chicago & Northwestern rail- road suffered the loss of a trestle bridge at this point and about 200 feet of track was washed out. The buildings which floated away moved approximately 300 feet before bring ing up against the railroad tracks.| The water came from Nigger | Creek canyon in the Muddy range} south of Parkerton and flowed| down Alkalt Gulch, ordinarily a dry creek bed. The dam of the Mountain Home Sheep company, four miles south of Parkerton, held back the flood for some time but it finally | -composed, Coroner Lew M. Gay and officers of the sheriff's office were called the Cunningham corrals, 35 miles northeast of Casper, this afternoon by a telephone report that the body of a man, badly de- had been found in that to washed over the top and came| Vicinity. tumbling down the hills into the oil No details of the tind were in- field. cluded in information received by the. officers, who will: investigate thoroughly and determine whether death occurred from natural or violent causes, The telephone mes- sage of the find came from Teapot station. ‘The Hamilton Of! company had not checked up the property loss ac- curately this morning but it is es- timated that the total damage from the flood will be in the neighborhood of $10,000. The buildings were all of T. FRANK ALGEO DEAD; PASS RECOGNITION OF MEX. PENDING NEW YORK, July 10.—Wall Street | hears rumors today that differences between the Ameriacn and Mexican members of the arbitration commit- tee has been settled and that recogni | tian of the Obregon government| might be announced at any moment by the state department. At the offices of the Mexican finan- cial agency, it was said that nothing street. Mr. Algeo's illness was of very short duration. He arose at six o'clock this morning, complaining of uy) i such rumors had been re- een it was “hoped they| feeling unwell and suffering from were true.’ indigestion. Dr. J. C. Kamp, called ‘The rumor apparently was based on the fact that the international com- mittee of bankers, headed by Thomas ‘W. Lamont of J. P. Morgan and Com- pany, had yesterday issued its for- mal call for the deposit of Mexican bonds comprehended in the agreement reached earlier this year, This step would not have been taken, believers of the rumor argued, if the way to recognition of the sister republic were not assured, —_—-—_ — LONDON—Owing to labor diff saitet uence of the dock strik the strike, London wool auction sales have been suspended. to the family home remained with Mr. Algeo because his heart ac- tion was bad. His case became suddenly worse and becoming un conscious, he died just before § o'clock Members of the Caamber of Com- merce had in the meantime started on the five-day booster trip which Mr. Algeo was to have accompanied. They were notified at Lavoye by telephone of the sad incident and @ number of cars, qprrying close friends of the deceased, immediately started back to Casper. Included in this group were a number from the Rotary club of which Mr. Algeo was At the bedside of Mr. Algeo a | through the Dempsey-Gibbons fight, |and who put up $65,000 of the second $100,000 payment to the Dempsey purse, is president of the bank and one jof its principal stockholders, = No | statement has been issued by Mayor Johnson, who is in Shelby, nor by the bank superintendent, Mr. . Skelton, | furt her thAn that it was an affiliated ank of the Stanton trust. ‘When the second payment of $100,- 000 was made to Dempsey in Great Bank of | Fall w 15, G H. Stanton, ment made here by State Bank Examiner L, Q, Skelton, Who | resident Be tiie, manioe fst and s here to take charge of the Stanton Trust and Savings bank | sayings bank was credited in the dis hich went into ba aed liquidation Monday noon. |. patches with having put up, $50,000 Mr. Skelton stated that the reason for the closing was|and Mayor Jopneap te a naa. t it was an affiliated bank with/ having a capital of $25,000 and d being made up by G ‘al © Stanton bank which closed yes-| posits of about $103,000, according to) Vidua rday, itn last statement. Mayor James A.| nis statement was afterwards cor is} rected to show that Mayor Johnson Johnson of Shelby, the man who a leading member. i epuuted-ta—have ious over $400,000! waa the apmwel in the pase, paving LOUISVILLE, Ky., More arrests were expected here today in conneo- tion with the plundering of over $275,000 worth of war material from seven army camps, including Camp Henry Knox, near here, it was said by Brigadier General Dwight E. Aultman, of Camp Knox. WASHINGTON—Marine corps officers here claim Captain Russell A. Presley, a marine corps aviator set a world record for long distance flying in ome day in a standard military training plane Sunday when Ite flew from Quantico, Vir- rinia, to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Captain Presley covered the approx- imately 1100 miles in 14 hours 45 minutes, according to reports here. FORT SNELLING, Minn—Two score aviators, representing the army, navy and marine corps, and the British and French governments, Joined today in paying tribute to fliers who lost their lives during the world war, at the dedication of the World-Chamberlain Twin Cities alr port, formerly Spéedway field. A bronze tablet was unvelled in honor of the memory of Lieutenant Cyrus F, Chamberlain and Ernest G. Wold, Minneapolis aviators who were killed in France. PARIS, Mo.—The movement launched for the establishment of a Mark Twain Memorial park at | Florida, Mo., birthplace of the fam- ous author, and humorist, was en- dorsed by President Harding in a letter received by H. J, Blanton of this city, president of the associa- son promoting the park as « literary shrine for the entire nation. CHICAGO—The nuniber-sf centha caused by automobiles within the Inst 48 hours here stood 11 persons, | seven of whom were children. |Death Early Today on Eve of Dparture on Trade Tour Strikes Sorrow to Hearts of Host of Friends; Hemorrhage Caused by ‘Acute Indigestion Proves Fatal : Seized by a sudden attack of acute indigestion and hemorrhage as he was prepar- ing to start on the Casper Chamber of Commerce Booster trip this morning, | Algeo, 65 years of age, one of the best known oil men of the Rocky Mountain region land a leading citizen of Casper, died two hours later at his home, 829 South Durbin His sudden passing was a shock to tie entire community and particularly to a host of friends and busienss associates. ; the time of his death were his wife | and his seven year old son, Robert, | the only members of his immediate jt | Algeo was born in Franklin Pa., the center of the early oil fields jot the United States and following |the off business came as a natural | heritage to him. His father was one jot the most prominent operators in |Venango county, Pennsylvania, and | the boy was tutored in the intricacies lof production from the ground up. |-Atter a thorough grounding in field work he was placed in charge of his | father's leases, which work he hand | led for a number of years. Successful in his first ‘mportant position, Mr, Algeo had charge of operations for various Pennsylvania companies {n the ensuing years, During this time Mr. Algeo gained prominence as an athlete and was a member for a number of years of the Franklin baseball team. At that SHELBY AND GREAT FALLS BANKS FORCED TO CLOSE really put up the $50,000 credited to Stanton in addition to the $15,000, making $65,000 of the $100,000 cash put up by Mayor Johnson, instead of $15,000 as published. At the Stanton bank this morning no statement was issued, further than the one made by Mr, Stanton last evening to the effect that the Demp- sey-Gibbona fight had nothing what qver to do with the failure of his bank, that he had not put a dollar of the bank’s money, or his Individ- ual fortune into the fight in anyway, and had only contributed his individ ual efforts to aid in raising the mon called for by the purse, ‘The s| superintendent of banks took the Stanton bank and trust company over this morning as well as the Fir We FINAL EDITION .NUMBER 233. FRANK ALGEO--A REAL MAN (By CHARLES W. BARTON) T. Frank Algeo is dead; Casper has lost one of ita most prom- inent citizens, and those who knew him have lost a loyal friend for whom they will long grieve. It was my privilege to have known Frank Algeo for a year, and my deep regret that I could not have known him longer. Any tribute that can be paid to Mr. Algeo is only an inadequate ex pression of fact, not a conventional word of sorrow. He was a man beloved in his community. To know him was to be drawn to him. Generous to a fault, dly, gracious, good hu mored and ever cheerful, he cast a light in his business and social relations which will linger long and illuminate the shadows of a world too often flecked with shade. He was, above all, a gen tleman; and if in his passing he has left one enemy that person is unknown to his myriads of friends. His was a delightful sense of humor, and he had the happy faculty of being able to spread a smile, a hearty laugh, and good cheer where ever he went. He was an unfailing source of pleasure, and his life made those who knew him happier in the knowledge. Mr. Algeo had been for many years associated with the oil business. He came originally from Pennsylvania, and settled in Wyoming in 1916 and became district superintendent of the Mid west at Basin. Leaving the Big Horn fields in 1918 he came to Casper as general superintendent of the same company. He re. signed from the Midwest in 1919 to go with the Sinclair interests and last spring went into the oil business for himself. Prominent as he was in business, Mr. Algeo’s activities in behalf of every good civic movement were perhaps of greatest credit to him. He was one of the leaders in the Boy Scouts when \||that organization started in Casper, and has been intimately associated with it ever since. He was prominent in many branches of Casper's life; a Shriner, an Elk, a Rotarian, an active member of the Chamber of Commerce, of the Casper Literary club, the ||| Golf club and many other organizations. He was an enthusiastic ‘|| sportsman. In short he was a man of broadest sympathies and |]}an adornment to any society. Always working for the public good, Mr. Algeo showed an ever-ready willingness to sacrifice his time and energy to any good cause, He gave unsparingly of himself. We can do no less ARADISE FOUND | | \|]than give unsparingly of honor to him. Casper is the poorer for ||| his untimely death. T. Frank Casper’s ground mentor announced that the attendance for the past month was Dean Morgan, play- slightly over 16,000. ‘This is the date all the ofl towns in that part of| first month of the public play: the country including Oil City, Clarion| sTound's existence this year and the attendance thus far is much Warren and half a dozen others sup- ported baseball generausly with the| larger than for the same month home town pride centered around] last year. their amateur teams. On Tuesday, July 17, George In later years Mr. Algeo handled| Stewart, manager of the America field operations in Oklahoma and in| theater will play host to all the children playing at the grounds at a performance of the photoplay MI- chael O'Halloran by the world fam- Peru, South America. His first entry in the Wyoming fields was in 1916 when he came from Oklahoma to accept the position as} ed author Gene Stratton Porter. division superintendent for the Mid-| Mr, Stewart will run the picture west Refining company, in charge of| for the kiddies at 10 a. m. in the the fields at Grass Creek, Elk Basin,| morning. The picture will be run for the Casper children alone. The playground baseball league Greybull and Torchlight. He also had charge of the loading and refin ING IS SUDDEN PLAYGROUNDS VISITED DAILY BY HUNDREDS IN MONTH, REPORT SHOWS AUNNERS PILING eS IP EORTIINES ON AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston-Detroit, postponed. n Cvengros and Schalk. rie te wo on % %|Graft Flourishes at “All Cleveland | --100 111 oxx= x x x! Ports Clearing Liquor Uhle and Myatt. Shipments, Says A At St. Louis Rn. ° . . Washington 060 xxx xex— Whiter in Big Journal Batteries: Zshnisee and Reel: Shocker and Severeld. arr | xn CHICAGO, July 10.—(By The Associated Press).—Rum running along the South At- lantic seaboard has assumed NATIONAL LEAGUE First Game at Boston: BR. H. St. Louls 301 402 001—11 15 Boslta = 010 000 000— 1 8 2 such tremendous proportions Batteries: Stuart and McCuréy;|that the inhabitants of pov- Fillingin, McNamare and O'Neill. erty-stricken little islands have be- come rich almost overnight and the At Beocktyn: R. Hi. E.| section has become known as “boot- Chicago —--.000 000 600@— @ 4 2| leggers’ paradise,” the Chicago Daily Brooklyn _-012 140 00x— 9 13 38] News said today In a copyrighted ar Batteries: Reen, Faseeil, Cheeves| ticle describing conditions along the and O'Farrel, Hartnett; Henry and | Florida coast, Taylor. In the city of Nassatt alone, the article said. official clearings of At New York: KK Hi. E.|lquor bound for the United States tn- Pittsburgh 121 005 109 ®— 8 18 1|creased from 87,821 gallons in 1917 New York 021 021 0111—9 13 0| to 1,340,448 gallons in 1922. The writ Batteries: Cooper, Bagby and Sch-|er, accompanied by a bootlegger nam- midt; Bentley, Jonnard, Ryan and|ed “Terry” as guide, told of visiting Snyder. the rum fleets, talking with the rum Second game: WB. H. F.|runnors, helping transport the Mguor and of distributing it in the Ui St. Louis --330 680 068—6@ TL 1/States, Boston 100 000 200— 3 10 1| Miam!, firet stop of the tnvestign Batteries: Stuart and MoCurdy;|tors was described as “a, city where, Ocschger, Genewich, Miller and E.|if you feel the need of a drink and Smith. don’t have your own flask with you, all you need to do ts watt in the At Philadetphia: R. HL. E.| shade of a palm tree until a reaident Cincinnati oe er! Lad pe rs 1) comes along, ask him where you can Phil. ..-- 10 1 ©} tina a boot! » and if hi Batteries: Donohue and Hi wilt oe ae largrave;| himself he will tell you where to go, You can buy all the whiskey you want fn Miamf at $5 a quart.” Havana and Nassau were described PITTSBURGH, Kansse—The Nat- [as but two of the ports that were fonal institute of Mine Inspectors | flooding tho United States with liquor convened for a three day sesion. some of it fram American distilleries, Upon the payment of the proper amount of graft, the writer sald, “you can clear out of a port with thous ands of casea of whiskey billed to a legitimate point, unload it on the American coast, sail into the afore said legitimate port with an empty ship and receive a landing certificate showing that you arrived there with the very whiskey you emuggled into the United States.” “In the course of our participation in this business on the Atlantio ocast,” the writer continued, “Terry and I bought booze in Havana, brought {t through the customs at Key West and sent it to friends ih Chicago through the United States mails. We bought other booze in Nassau and landed it in Miami at the prin- ctpal pier, getting it past the United States inspector at the cost of $5 paid to the member of the boat's King, Weinert and _——— schedule fdr the week is a fol- lows: ‘Tuesday— Junior league — East versus West at East playground. crew, Woe lugged lMquor back and ‘Wednesday — Midget league — |forth from city to city, bought it West versus Athletic Field at Ath |and sold it, drank it and gave it away until we grew tired of the en- tire performance and nobody seemed to think we were doing anything out the ordinary." “And when we were ready to re- the letic field. Thurrdlay — Juntor league —Ath- letic Field versus North at North. Friday — Midget league—North versus West at West. Monday — Midget league—North |turn to Chicago.” rticts, declared verssus East at East. “we left the Florida coast in a boot- ‘Tuesday — Junior league —Ath- |legger’s motor boat, met and boarded letic Field versus West at West. |a rum schooner lofded with 2,000 ‘There is much interest among the |cases of Scotch v rode this teams and thelr followers in these |ship to the New Je coast, bought sceheduled ball games. It is this |ten cases from the captain, landed kind of carefuity sponsored |{t along with 200 other cases on the by Mr. Morgan and his assistants |Jersey coast, trucked it to Newark, that will eventually give Casper bet- |paked it into trunks and shipped tt ter, bigger and cleaner citizens. | Continued on Page 3. ing operations in that division, In February, 1918, Mr. Algeo was made general superintendent of the Midwest company and moved his fam. ily to Casper. Ho resigned in July 1919, to become general manager and vice-president of the Sinclair-Wyom- ing. ‘When the Mammoth O11 corporation assumed the operations of the Sin- clair-Wyoming in this state, Mr. Algeo was transferred to the new company, being appointed general superintend ent, In March of this year Mr. Algeo resigned from the Mammoth company to conduct # leasing business of his own. Mr. Algeo's interests were many sided in his private life, but in nothing did he find keener enjoyment than bringing up boys in a way that would make them a credit to the community in later life, offices of the Greater Boston Beacon street. (Continued on Page Ten.) In elvic work, fraternal orders and] ii, c'ergyman, after admitting that club intereats Mr, Algeo was equally |). 1.4 kisned tho Lieutenant's bride enthusiastic, He was a prominent si beiee Mason, belng a Shriner, a member of|of two months, had insis nat 1 the Blue Lodge of the Capitol Chap-| was merely @ display of fatherly af ter R. A. M. and the No. 8 Appollo| rection Commandery, He was also a mem-| 1 yiieveq he needed a threshing er of the Fiks, the Casper eountry sllevss he estes rca prab, the Rotary club and the Cham-| and I gave it to h ae atenant | ‘of Commerce. In a} 6 Hague. ‘I 1 © matter} ganizations he was recogt un | had ended right there and want it] willing worker who could dish | (Continued on Page Ten.) I I 5 eel Army Lieutenant Doesn’t Avprecial| ‘Affection Shown for Wife On Auto Ride and Knocks Him Thru Door in working for the welfare of boys BOSTON, July 10.—Lieutenant Wesley McLaren, U. S.| Hague visited He was prominently identified with/N., admitted today that he had engaged in a scuffle with the | fea t the Boy Scout movement and he was Tg eat a “pir taphg Ri pay Hef oN ee am cale ; tn ardent advocate of the idea of Rev, George Lyman Paine yesterday during which he kn yek- | § ag hss ed the clergyman through the glass panel of a door in the} (ice vman cra hw He said his anger had been aroused when RECTOR IS THRASHED FOR ‘PATERNAL’ KISS mon eutenant Hague did not offer any protes away for He Federation of Churches 0n | oor ain wacazal + aite of the Hague occ » the Heutenant was| Sf gr arried and tud s a Harvard war did Y, church fe had utive tary lera x cked| the £ that att urrences wh ge of the leutenant to iss Priscilla R he was at the marr M igrave of Baltimore stant