Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 14, 1923, Page 1

Weather Forecast WYOMING—Generally fair tonight F INAL and Sunday except probably showers extreme southeast portion. Warmer c \ y ’ \\. Campbell, 25 year old waitress, who y in southeast portion Sunday. VOLUME VII. aper D rs CASPER, WYO., SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1923. EDITION NUMBER 237. IDAHO MINING TOWNS LAID WASTE BY FLAMES DRY S EDITOR APPEALS CONTEMPT Ghat ‘TO HIGH COURT District Judge Part of “Copper-Riveted” Ma- chine, He Declares. SANTA FE, N. M., July 14—The | Presence here today of Carl C. Magee | editor of the Alburquerque Tribune, ‘who was found guilty of contempt of court on seven counts yesterday by District Judge D. J. Leahy at Las ‘Vegas, marked another step in what the editor declares is “a fight to break {| up @ copper-rivited political machine,” | which he says controls San Miguel | county, including Judge Leahy’s court. Migee yesterday was sentenced to ® total of 360 days in the county jail and fined $7 on the various counts egainst him, and the Magee publish- jms Company was fined a total of } $4,050 as co-~jefendant in the contempt proceedings for having published and circulated editorials written by Magee and which were adjudged to be in contempt. Notice was served by Maget's at- | torneys of appeal to the supreme court , A superseadeas bond of $8,000 and an | appearance bond of $6,000 were signed by Jose A. Baca, Lieutenant Governor ‘ of New Mexico, A. L. Zinn, state sen- ator, Arthur Seligman, National dem- ocratic committeeman and G, H. Hunker, chairman of the democratic state central committee, Magee is in Santa Fe, accompanied dy his attorneys, to see Governor ‘Hinkle, ate The former is being urged from | many’ quarters to call a special ses- sion of the legislature to sit as a ( court of impeachment of Judge Leahy }4n connection with the political situa- (tion in San Miguel county. In a ‘written statemeat to The Associated LEU (Cleanup On Detroit Violators Begun| By Federal Men DETROIT, Mich., July 14. Federal prohibition agents, assisted by representatives of | the treasury department, last night and early today seized 200 motor boats off Ecorse, ‘Wyandotte and Trenton, in the down- river district. The operations were conducted in the face of an angry mob, who, according to the officers attempted at one time to dynamite a small bridge giving egress to a boat well. The boats were seized on the ground that they did not comply with government requirements as to equip- ment. With customs department seals affixed to their engines, the vessels were put out of commission until their owners have explained their failure to equip them in accord- ance with federal navigation laws. ‘They were towed to docks along the river front and placed under guard. Coast Forests Are Menaced PORTLAND, Ore., July 14.— Hot weather embracing all of Oregon ex- cept the country bordering the sea coast, where moderate temperatures prevail, today wag sald to be rapidly drying the timber districts, where forest officials were guarding against the starting of fires, With tempera- tures ranging from 90 degrees to above 100, all inland sections of the DonTYUA KI THS SEIZE 200 BOATS IT WON’T HOLD MUCH WATER NOW, NOW ME FATHER ? IM YOUR LITTLE IZ HOUR DAY ARGUMENT ALOT OF EXPERTS AND INVESTIGATORS WENT AND SHOT ME ALL FULL OF HOLES AND WHAT ARE state sweltered yesterday and the weather forecast gave no hope of re- Nef. WE GONNA Light rain which fell during the at 10 o'clock this morning, according to reports received at the third dis. trict office of the state highway de- partment. If more rain falls, it was pointed out, some road sections may be muddy, but no such conditions prevailed on main traveled highways. A report on conditions follows: Yellowstone highway—Platte coun- ty line to Shoshon! and Bonneville generally very good. Detours be- tween Powder River and Waltman may be somewhat rough but are easily passable. “Bird's Eye Pass !s Showers Are Forecast For Coming Week WASHINGTON, July 14—Weath- er outlook for the week beginning Monday: Rocky Mountain and Plat- eau regions; generally fair and nor- mal temperature but with occasion- al local thunder storms. Pacific states: Generally and normal temperature. (rime Sait os Engineer For Tunnel Named fair Keays of Alaben, N. Y¥., was construction of the which will be bored through the con- tunnel commissioners it was said Mr. Keays was the engineer in charge of the construction of the McAdoo tunnel under the Hudson river, New York City, and other important con- struction work of a similar kind. DISTRICT WEST Klan’s Torch LAST RITES FOR Condition of Roads Is Good in District . * if easily passable for cars not over- River of License’ eng sheunds icy content oweertng | loaded) had not seriously affected road traffic Grant highway—Orin Junction to Shawnee, trail road, is In fair condi- tion. Shawnee to Nebraska state line is good. Lusk-Edgemont—Lusk to Edgemont good. Salt Creek-Sheridan—First 10 miles north of pavement is mostly being detoured and detours are rough. From this point to Salt Creek, how- ever, the road is in fair condition, and from Salt Creek to Johnson county line, good. From this point on to Buffalo and Sheridan the road is fair. LEGAL FIGHT [a LAUNCHED OR AMS PLOTTER Woman Held in Shang- hai Launches Fight for Court Release. SHANGHAT, July 14. (By the As- tain the release of Mrs. OC. V. Stein legal sales of arms and ammunition, corpus proceedings. in the case are anticipated by the au- thorities. Mrs. Stein was arrested at mid- night Wednesday. Her husband is be-] This morning FIRES AT BURKE IND MAGE ARE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL TODAY Hundreds Left Homeless But No Lives Are Lost In Conflagration That Swept Through Canon WALLACE, Tdaho, July 14, —Fire that swept up Buyke canyon yesterday evening and last night, destroying the lit- tle mining town of Mace and all except the eastern resi- dence section of Burke, Idaho, was brought under control at 8:30 a, m. taday after having wrought damage estimated at $1,500,000, Today the homelesa, estimated at upwards of 400 persons were contem- plating the ruins of thelr towns, thankful that no lives elther of those who fought the flames above ground or of several hundred minera who bat+ tled thetr way to safety from the depths of the Hecla mine, had been claimed. Two persons were burned, DENVER, Colo, July 14.—R, H.| sociated Press—A legal fight to ob-|Re!ther seriously, Refugees, carried here on a spe named engineer in charge of the|and J, J. Maioney, arrested, here in|c!al train operated over the lines of Moffat tunnel,| connection with alleged extensive {!-|the Northern Pacific railroad to a point ag near the burned district as tinental divide. At the offices of the|besan here with the filing of habeas|“Usrupted tracks would permit, were Further arrest? cared for here last night. Others found shelter in miners’ houses and other residences in the part of Burke that was spared by the flames, lttle clusters of Neved to be a former United States|We’ty and sometimes disheartened army officer and adviser to Ching|™Others and. children were grouped Tso-Lin, Manchurian military leader, Maloney ia a prominent local base- ball star and sports writer, He was arrested yesterday. about pitifully «mall collections of household furniture an@ bundles. of clothing, contemplating the blacken- ed ruins of what on yesterday morn- Fost ioe meee] SEEKS MARKET | Is Lighted | T, FRANK ALGEO [Liquor ICED [20 ee & oS ‘trial before Judge Leahy: | “Phe case terminated as we all ex- pected. I had charged Judge Leahy \with being controlled by Romero, { Gormer sheriff and now United States arshal, and running his court as part of a political machine. He had held that the truth of my state- ments would be a defense to the leharges, He, of course, was the {fudge of whether or not I proved it. ‘ “Did any one expect Leahy to say yes, you proved that Romero con- }4rolg me, and my court is a political f . i pourt.’ “The whole proposition was prepos- ‘ terous as a matter of court procedure, / put it served the purpose of making it obvious to everybody but.Judge Leahy and his gang that what I said is true. “Good will come out of the trial. FROM THIS CITY Metropolitan City Here Means Boon to Lander and Riverton, Speakers Point ‘Out In Meetings With Boosters BY GENE LANDER, Wyo., July 14.—With the MARTIN, visit, to Riverton and Lander the major portion of the Casper expedition wound up last night under the most favorable conditions and the most hopeful outlook for the good results of the tour that have yet been attained. The visit to these two cities and especially to the latter, at Cheyenne WHEYENNH, Wyo,, July 14— The ‘finst public meeting of the Cheyenne branch of the Ku Klux Klan was held Wednesday night at a point on the Happy Jack road about ten miles west of the city. Persons passing along the highway during a rainstorm, whose attention was attracted by a blazing timber torch on a hillside and a group of several score hooded figures gather- ed about the torch and a, staff bear- ing an American fieg, were turned back by hooded guards when they undertook investigate. After the ceremony on the hillside a caravan of automobiles brought the hooded party back to the city, a od ute to T. F. Algeo, whose ing deprived Casper of one its entrance to the church stood St. Mark’s Church Overflows With Big Crowd Gathered to Pay Tribute to Late Citizen of Casper A crowd that overflowed the capacity of St. Mark’s Epis- Copal church gathered there Friday afternoon to pay lasting | founa a large cake of ice and around t sudden death Tuesday morn- foremost citizens, Scores of frieds and admirers who were unable to gain silently by the building while OBSERVED HERE, °N 13TH Now IN CUSTODY ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., July 14. —Any joy on Friday the thirteenth, for a man giving his name as Tom Maddox, was early dispelled when pro- hibition officers arrested Maddox after an exciting chase north of Ala- exciting 18-mile chase north of Ala- mogordo, N. M. In a spectal com- partment of automobile was his it seven cases of liquor. With Mad- dox was a woman who he said was his sister-in-law. The two were taken to Alamogordo, where they will be arraigned before a United States it wag stated; the rate was too high to permit it, Wants of the refugees were being cared for today by the Red Cross and other benevolent organizations, and Preparations were being made to meet thelr needs until they were able to resume tho interrupted thread of their lives, In some cases {t was fear- ed this might be a matter of some time, as destruction of the outer workings of the Hecla mine, one of the large lead producers of the Unit- ed States was expected to halt oper- ations there for some months until the burned buildings could be rebuilt and wrecked machinery be replaced, The mining property destroyed, it was stated, was covered by insurance and about 25 per cent of the business buildings in Burke were protected. The story of the escape of the min- ers from the Hecla workings as told today by the men revealed how easily simple and impressive rites were held, the Boy Scouts, with which Mr. Algeo Sonar yesterday's fire might have developed fey Of rent tmpectence; because Ob oa in) they maones Hosuitab le), way within. "The Rev. Philp K. Wdwards,| was always ‘rominently | identified, een into a mine disaster with possible loss misunderstanding that has developed | When the Casperites entered the city SI X DEA THS Fector of the parish, officiated with | wero lined up, They saluted the of life, between them and Casper on the mat-| the Lander band played a concert al- no elaboration of the regular funeral CHEYENNE BURGLAR 1S 2 ei : re Bewdley pconnese funeral cortege as it passed through Four hundred of the men on the ter of tourist routing. Rumors en-|ternately with selections by the Clan service, The music ‘was by ‘the| the gates. 1009 foot level found the hoists out of (a TO aa gpl | Pra CHARGED TO | tte re mT eT tt| Me earers were. J. W. John pale te host remem through this section that the Casper} At Rivertoa the proprietor of the end hymn, son, W. M. Holland, A. G, Fidel, fire was given and they were ordered iS SUICIDE Chamber of Commerce attempts to] Teton hotel gave a guest room for the route tourists through other peints than Lander. ‘The rumors were answered yester- use of the Casper men at tho noon hour, Lunch was taken at this hotel, Judge Fenimore Chatterton and HEAT WAVE Mr, Algeo was a yestryman and one of the most devoted workers in the congregation. George B. Nelson, B. H. Pelton, T. C. Tonkin, W, R. Johnson and A. K. Leo, SENTENCED 10 PRISON to the surface, The flames had cut off not only the power lines that op- erated the machinery but the Nght — ‘The church service was followed by avait _| wires as well, and they were plunged CHICAGO, July 14—To gtve the au-| aay by R. C, Cather, formerly of Lan-| Bryant 8. Cromer of Riverton being the Mtaaonic’ cituniletie eeryice at tie Gee a Fares oul ebdtinn: [nto darkness; Yhorities further time to investigate,! ger and now of Casper, and by Charles | the principal speakers, DALLAS, Texas, July 14, —~ Bix The 5 ; the inquest into the death of Elsie ped to her death from an apart- B. Stafford of the Casper chamber, It was brought out that the chamber of commerce at Casper merely gives The Rivertonites complained that they had not been able to market much produce in Casper, This was deaths ,a number of lightning shocks and prostrations, have stricken per- sons in Texas in the heat wave of the grave in Highland cemetery, work was in charge of M .P, Wheeler, W, 0, Wilson, C, H, Townsend and WOMAN INJURED caught here recently while in the act of committing a burglary, pleaded guilty in the Laramio county district Taking laders they attempted to make their way to the outer air through number 1 tunnel only to find Rev. J. M. Cromer, 4 nog | that the flames had blocked their way. "ment occupied by students Thursday] such information as {t considers charged to lack of organization among|past few days. ‘The latest victim.|’“xtany heautiful floral offerings, a a ang eto Con cara | They were forced to retrace thelr steps night, was continued today until July| reliable and which {s fair to the tour-| producers. Such an organtzation will|Knude Overly, 62 years old. took pol-! t-inute to the esteem and regard with ie thes ponttedlery! Siolin two Yeara{and at last, after several hours of 31. ist. be projected in the near future, son at Fort Worth, He left a note) wich Mr, Algeo was held in the com- that he had deserted the Unitea| climbing over the ladders, reached the The four srotente bar hind gues) John Dition Gta sarf of weap oe also peiew the "wel barrage} bead rn ia hee had pooner munity, were sent by friends and the States army in California and that| surface through number 8 tunnel, tioning said gir accom:| made one of the best addresses come” sign to the Casper delegation |his strength, rmometer ai panied one of the youths to their apartment, and that when left alone fn one of the rooms of the apartment has yet been heard by the Casper delegation while on thelr trip. Mr. Dillon spoke of the great playground which stopped there for a short pe- riod, : The boosters are returning to Cas- Fort Worth yeste: stool at 103 degrees, At Dallas it was 100, both figures were records for the season. un adhe teil various organizations with which he was associated, At the entrance to the, cem ys Peter McCabe of South Walnut street was arrested Friday evening Alcoya, while operating his Essex while enroute to Cheyenne he com- mitted a burglary at Evanston. pasha nl Noth fam None of the miners was the worse for the experi except two age: nee, it was stated today, ployes, who found charged with having run into a team the arduous climbing a difficult test ahe had disrobed and leaped out, clad} which the vicinity of Lander has to| per today and should arrive about 7 aed boing driven by Mrs. witiam Me 3¢R Cavalry Team |or tor endurance, only in a bathrobe. offer, the agricultural possibilities | o'clock this evening. Kune, wife of a rancher living near Through the terror of the fire, The police said they believed tht) that are on the verge of being opened WOOL SALES girl was formerly married to Ivan D. Campbell of Fort Dodge, or Des Moines, Iowa, A warfant charging wife desertion was found in the girl's possession made out against Camp- bas up and of the fact that Casper’s prog- ress will contribute to the progress of this part of Wyoming, “The greater thing that could hap- pen to central Wyoming would be 100,- 000 people in Casper,” said Mr, Dil- lon, {illustrating his remark with the SIX CONVICTS ESCAPE PRISON POSTPONED LONDON, July 14—The wool aue- WITH LIVES AIX-LA-CHAPPELLD, July 14—(By touring car, Mrs. McKune was knocked off the wagon and bruised up while one of her horses was seriously injured, According to the complaint filed with the prosecuting attorney, Me- Cabo was intoxicated at the time of Is Chalienged to Polo by Guardsmen townspeople said today, the women of the towns maintained thelr com- posure until the report came of their husbands’ struggle to reach the sur: face, The panic threatened until all of the men had reached safety, CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 14.—Na tional guard officers from Wyoming, f iti f statement that the farmers around = tion gales, which were suspended on|The Associated Pross}—-A Belgian| the accident, His machine was|Idaho, Utah and Washington at Recogni ton 0 Lander had been unable to sell their] PHILADELPHIA, July 14,—Six|July 10, until July 17, because of Ja-| court martial here today imposed the| smashed up in the crash but was| tached to the training “camp” now in produce, A jarge center of population | convicts escaped from the eastern|hoy difficulties jn the wool ware-|death penalty upon three Germans—| able to be driven to Casper under its Soviet Opposed By Utah Solon PA NEW YORK, July 14.—Recognition fof the Rusetan soviet government by ‘the United States would tend to pre- vent too close a bond between Ger- many and Ruseia, Senatdr William H, King, of Utah, said today as ha was Preparing to leave for Russia on the in Casper will also mean much in the way of a feeder for the park through whatever highway may he taken, Lander welcomed the Casper delega- state pefiitentiary today after heating a guard, They escaped over a wall, held up @ motor truck and fled, All are said to be armed, houses in cennection with the dock strike, haya heen further postponed until July £4, {¢ was announced to- day, Count Von Keller, Ludwig and King ender—and Jife imprisonment at hard laboy upon a fourth, Lorber, on con vietion of sabotage, own power, The ‘accident happened Friday morning on the road between Casper and Alcova, progress at Fort Russell, have organ: ized a polo team and challenged the 13th cavalary team. The match will be played at tho Fort Russell fleld next Sunday. Five Years Ago Today With Wyomimg Men in World War Seattle Klan Will Wear No Masks to Meet SEATTLE, Wash., July 14.—State- ments yesterday by Luther I. Powell, g kleagle of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan {n the Pacifio north- west domain, gave Sheriff Matt Star- wich to understand that there would be no attempt to mask tonight at a President. Harding, BY WILLIAM R, WRIGHT affairs it scemed an ill advised as | the French opposing them would | tion would be greater if the drive ) lines by the German advance ear- | Six American divisions, with @ por- |*Konentidn’ of the kian at Renton He aaid he had supported former| Ex, Ist Lt, 148th Field Artillery | tho launching of an attack upon the | bo more demoralized on this day, | were started on this great national | lier in the spring. Massed on the | tion of the Field Artillery, | Junction, south of this city. Mr. President Wilson’s policy of refusal] Students of German methods may | Irish on March 17, or the com: | and that they would crumple casier | fete day of Franco left of this triangle, as a possible | the sister G, uns regiment to | Powell had been advised by Governor to recognize the poviet, but added| some day account for the launching | mencement of a bitter drive to can: | under the hammer blows, or, pos- Tho 148th Field Artillery wan in | point of the G advance, and | the 148th. On the point of the | Hart that no troop: ud be sent, al- That conditions dad changed since| of their final drive on Paris on | ture Washington, D, C,, 9, ho | sibly feeling compietoly assured. of tion south of tho Marne river, | on a line exte from Chate wedge, with the 148th #, A, con- | though Powell uested them to then and he was making tho trip to! July 14, Bastile day of ¥ , the | Fourth of July, But such was the | the victory of reaching Paris with- | between Chateau Thierry and Dor- | Thierry up to Soixson, was in sisting of Wyoming and Colorado | “protect” the ition” when the \Getain first hand information of con-| French day of independence, but | tac employed by the German | in the following few days, bblicved | mans, at the extreme point of the | dition to French troops, the Firs’ troops—tho first representatives of | sheriff announced that he would en: Siions in Russia, to the average student of military commanders, probably figuring that | that tho smart to the Wrench na: } trian driven jntg the French | Second, Forty Second and Twen (Continued en Page Six) éforce a law against masking, 5 .