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

Weather Forecast ‘WYOMING—Generally fair tonight and Saturday, except probably local thunder showers jn extreme southeast portion. Little change in tempera- ture. VOLUME VII. | TERRORIST, IS RACE WITH DAYLIGHT IS LFUTEMT WAUGHMUISFORED aL PLAN COMPLETE _OWNTHURSOAY AT ROGK SPRINGS _—-WMPRIZES Leaking Oil Cooler Results in Failure of Dawn- To-Dusk Flight; Average Speed of 170 Miles an Hour Made in Wyoming. contest with free tickets to the the- ater offered as prizes for the win- ners. All that is necessary to enter the contest is to write the details of he greatest thrill you have ever experi- enced, limit your story to 100 words and mail it to the “Thrill-a-Day” editor of the Tribune. The best “thrills” will be printed each day in the columns of the Tribune. So that you may not be em- Darassed, no full names will be signed to stories. Initials only will appear at the end of the “thrills.” The rules of the contest are sim- ple. It is open to any person of any age, The writing must be legible, on one side of the paper and the story must not run over 100 words in length, The story should also be accompanied by he name and ad- dress of the writer so that the the- ater management may know to whom to award the prizes, Every person has a big kick out of Ufe every once in a while with some one thing standing out head and shoulders above the others. If you could use two free tickets to the America, sit down and relate your experience briefly, and mail it to the Tribune. The biggest “thrill” recefved at the office each day will be given a pair of seats to the theater. Pec iad hoa 14 HURT IN MINE CRASH CLINTON, {nd., Tuly 20.—Fourteen Persons were injured, some of them prebably facalv wien a taine cage upon which they were being lowered into the shaft of the Vermilion mine, fell to the bottom, a distance of 125 feet. All of the men sustained broken | {ngs he is making a lot of converts. To ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., July 20.—Battling unflinchingly to the end in his second race against time to span the Ameri- can continent between dawn and dusk, Liuetenant Russell L. ‘Maughan, army aviator, today had lost again before the odds of unsurmountable obstacles which brought him down with a leaking oil cooler at Rock Springs, Wyoming late yes- tesrday. gustedly to reports from the east Winging his way westward across| that his failure to complete the flight perilous Wyoming mountain ranges| might have been due to tampering of at the terrific rate of 170 miles an| the ofl tank pefore the started on his hour, after covering more than two| history-making trip. thirds of the 2,670 mile flight, the| “It was merely a case of. the lieutenant was forced to descend with| solfered part of the tank coming ofl pouring from the plane’s tank in| loose as the result of vibration bucketfulls end nauseating fumes| caused by steam,” he asserted. engulfing the machine and weaken-| Carrying out his plan of conserv- ing its intrepid pilot. ing his speed for the latter part of Lieutenant Maughan had passed| the journey, Lieutenant Maughan hit Rock Springs and had covered ebout| the border of the Rocky Mountain half the distance of the fourth leg] region traveling at a tremendous rate of his four-stop filght when he’ real-| and surpassing the time he made dur- jze@ that to continue and reach his] ing the first three legs of his filght. goal—San ‘Francisco—before night-|1t was estimated that he reached a fall, was impossible. He swerved his| maximum rate of over 200 miles an plane, turned back toward Rock|hour before Cheyenne and Rock ‘Springs end landed at the alr mail| Springs. field there at p. m. It was just} On the basis of the total elapsed 15 hours to the minute after he took (Continued on Page Four.) FORNEWHOTEL next week. Mr. Owsley will ing afternoon. day evening will be the feature workers in Americanization of the for- elgner and the emigrant problem in general in the country today. Those who have heard Mn, Owsley speak on his recent tour of the legion posts throughout the west assert that his talks are of vital interest to every good citizen. ‘The legion commander will formal- ly open Frontier Days at Cheyenne the day before he arrives fn Casper, Friday at noon he will attend a lunch-| eon of ex-service men at the Henning: During his stay in the city he will be the house guest of Capt. C. P. Plum- mer, national vicecommander of the| legion. The national commander of the le- gion has won the esteem and support of all ex-service men in and out of the legion. The Stars and’ Stripes, an independent ex-service men's pub- lication, recently commented on Ows- ley's administration, as follows: “The Commander of the American "Legion is living up to the Ho given hima perhaps..with some disparage- ment by @ evrtain Legion leader, wid, after’ his first contact with the then newly chosen commander, said, “He's an evangelist.” “So indeed he !s. Owsley goes trooping about the country, preaching; the gospel of Americanism and our best guess is that at his revival meet- The Casper Daily Tribune CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1923. PANCHO VILLA, FORMER BANDIT OWSLEY TO ADDRESS PUBLIC HERE NEXT THURSDAY Visit of National Commander Next W eek to Be Featured by Big Meeting at| Elks Auditorium; Opening of Frontier Days Celebration Plans were practically completed this morning for the entertainment of Alvin M. Owsley, national commander of the American Legion, during his two-day visit in Casper The public address which Mr. Owsley will make at the Elks’ auditorium at 8:15 Thurs- FINAL | EDITION | NUMBER 242. SLAIN ON RANCH LOST IN WYOMING ®t ent BLOODY CAREER FOR WELCOMING LEGION CHIET == Bantseomes | OF REBEL GHICE reeee TO SUDDEN END Miniature War Waged on Ranch in Chihuahua And Secretary Who. Killed Leader Is Slain. CHIHUAHUA CIT®, Mex., July 20.—(By The Associated Press). — General Francisco 00 106 002—10 14 2 Batteries—Toney, Stuart and Ain- smith, Clemo lan and Snyder. ‘cott, Ryan, McQuil- At Philadeiphia— R. H.E. Chicago 000 060 C00—0 5 Philadelphia __...000 000 001-1 6 0 Batteries—Kaufmann and 0'Far- rell; Mitchell and Henline. At Brooklyn— . Cincinnati 300 100 610—11 15 1 | Brooklyn 001 000 003— 414 5 Batteries—Rixey and Hargrave; Ruether, Schrieber and Taylor, De- Mark His Stay at Cheyenne. R. HL. E. arrive Thursday morning and will be here until the follow- _Owsl i at: Beery. (Pancho) Villa, commander of his visit. He is a brilliant orator and one of the foremost} of rebel armies in Northern as he 's so different from some other, spection of the military hospital at} At Boston— R. H.E./ Mexico for ten years, was shot Legion leaders who have won our|Fort MrKenzie, near Sheridan. | Pittsburgh and Killed this aie at 8:30 o'clock hearty approval. He ig not espec Mr. Keene, who represents the nat-| Boston __. at his big ranch at Canutillo, Dur: ially devoting himself to battling for| {onal headquarters of the legion in the| Batteries—Hamilton, Kunz, Bagby] ango, by Miguel Trillo, his secretary, the bonus, or rampaging for the dis- abled, or promoting Legion organiza- m work, He is neither a Mac- 11th district, comprising New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana, is here on official business in connection and Gooch; Sees ene Nea In the dattle which fotowed, Trillo wag killed by men loyal to their slain chieftain, and, according to latest ad: AMERICAN LEAGUE. Nider, who we loved, or a Galbraith,| with hospitalization for ex-service RHE.) ates whom we esteemed, or an Emery,|men, He is leaving this evening for 020 002 ore—* * ate paeritre ere nenen ate whom we admired. Nor is he a| Denver. | ~~301 000 0m—* °° in progress. D'Olier, whom we especially regarded jerey and Picinich,| More than 100 casualties have oc- because we misunderstood and argued | Walters; Blankenship, Leverette and | CUrred in the sanguinary fighting with him, nor a Lindsley, nor a| FIRE LOSS Schalk, Graham. which followed the shooting of Villa Foreman. —_ by Trillo. “We like Owsley because he is At Cleveland— R. ELE. The later ts sald to have become Owsley, because he has mapped out IS $100 000 Washington * lincensed at he former bandit leader his own program and {is pursuing it, s | Cleveland -_ * */ and to have fired at him suddenly. because he is honest in faith and pur- Batteries—Zachary and Ruel; Uhle,| The bullets took effect and Villa died pose, and because he is not afraid to Boone and O'Neill. almost immediately, ‘Trillo was fired upon by other men make his own decisions and carry them out. Since he is, indeed, some thing of an evangelist, we do not al- ways understand his every mood or concur in his every thought, but it would be a poor world if most of us could not give our help to leaders whose every word and deed is not of our own precise bellef. ~ Owsley has his own way of doing a man’s work for the Legion and for all ex- service men. More power to him. DISTRICT LAISON OFFICER HERE J. C. Keene, district laison officer of the American Legion with. head- ANYOX, B. C., July 20.—Loss from a fire that threatened Sunday to de-| stroy this town, when it was sur-| rounded by flaming forests, was est!-| mated today at $100,000. Many houses were damaged when 100 tons of dynamite in a mine ex- ploded. Terroried by this explosion inhabitants fled to « slag pile. A trestle leading to the Granby mine was burned, and the mine was closed for the first time since 1912— 80 that its force could fight the fire in the town, A cloudburst Monday re- Heved the situation. Today the air At St. Louls— Philadelphia St. Louis MERCURY HITS 94-MARK HERE Today was the hottest day in Casper this year, the thermometer recording 94 degrees at 3 o'clock, according to Government Weather Observer McKenzie. Thermometers BUILDING HERE eastern terminal through the first two legs of the filght—from Mitchel Work on Super-Structure Of Townsend-Free Field to Dayton, Ohfo, and from Day- Block Begins. ton to St. Joseph, Mo—Lientenant Maughan encountered his first trouble with the ofl cooler shortly after noon , With the taking out of a $300,000 building permit this morning, eree- tion of the super-structure of the yesterday, at North Plette, Neb. By the time he had reached Cheyenne, ‘Wyo., completing the third leg of the Townaend-Free hotel between A and First streets adjoining the Masonic temple on North Center street will flight, he- was so weakened by the escaping ofl fumes that he almost fell begin. The excavation for this hotel is practically completed and materials from the cockpit. Racked with nausea and in virtual- wil! be on the graunds at once for building the five-story structure. ly a semi-conscious condition, the aviator rested while mechanics worked desperately and soldered the leaking of! tank, Delayed for nearly n hour over his original schedule while stopping there, Lieutenant Maughan hopped off, determined to make a supreme effort to cover the stretch of nearly 1,000 miles that separated him from his goal. Ex Charles Shoblom will be in charge of construction for the Modern Build-| ing company, which was awarded the| contract and Garbutt, Weldner and Sweeney are the architects, The butld-| ing wili be 60 feet high and 70 by 100 feet. It will contain 140 rooms. Judge Robert R. Rose took out a| building permit this morning for the| erection of a $10,000 frame residence | pressing keen disappointment and noticeably discouraged at the out- of two stories on ‘Tenth and Beech| and Lincoln, come of his second attempt within ten days to cross the nation in a day, A $26,000 brick apartment will be| put up on Eighth street between Cen-/ the Heutenant took heart in a moral victory and in the hope that he might have another chance to fulfill his ter and David by C. D. Spicer. It| will have two stories and 23 rooms. It Is to be 40 by 60 feet in size. Rodeo and Big Bargain Week Spirit Grips Casper People ‘ola an Associated Pross ee adent as he rested his tired body in a hotel here and told the story of his flight. “I thought we had it fixed at Cheyenne,” he con- It is only 10 days before Casper’s rodeo will be in full swing. Already there can be noticed a quickening of the pulse of this community. People everywhere are looking for- ward to the event as a series of great gala days and in spite of the hotness of the weather many of them are refraining from taking their vacations until after the Rodeo has passed. There will soon be an influx of outsiders anxious to visit Casper at this time, desirous tinued, “but it became worse and I drove on. Twenty miles out of Rock of knowing it when it is in one of its most cheerful moods. No one can estimate how many will be here but that thoy will reach] With the spirit of the Rodeo in the legs and arms mr some of them are| “A good many fellows wonder why injured internally. this paper likes Mr, Owsley, inasmuch 1.W.W. INVASI Tribune Circulation Sunday To Be Over 20,000 The Tribune's big Community Edition will appear on Sunday, with the regular paper, ona an extra press run of 10,000 copies will be run off, the Tribune’s total circulation on Sunday over 20,000. This is by far the largest circulation ever put by a daily paper in this part of the west, exclusive of the Tribune’s annual Number, ‘The Community Edition will be devoted to the activities of prom- inent men and the development of Casper industries. In it you will find articles detailing the business life and personalities of your friends, and perhaps of yourself. It will be an interesting number to send out of town to those who have an interest in you individually, in Casper, or in its ple. peor jon't miss the Community Edition. The few Casper families who do not subscribe to the Tribune must put in their order early, as many extra ‘copies have been ordered. Phone 15 or 16 to leave your order. Advei who desire space in this number must get their copy in early. } * his homestate, Utah, and visit his mother and wife. His first act aftering coming to the hotel bere from the air field after turning over his machine to the two attendants who were the only wit- neeses of the flight's terminetion, wa: to call on long distance telephone hie mother at Logan, Utah, and his wife at Heber PA ‘Utah, to tell them that he had fatle After visiting them and other friends in his home town, Logan, not forgetting the toiling town printers for whom not so many years ago he wan a humble “printer's devil” Lieu- tenant Maughan probably will take off on a return flight to Mitchel Field via the route he took in attempting his transcontinental flight. MARINE STRIKE SUBSTITUTED FOR quarters in Denver, arrived in Casper Thursday evening following an in- was filled with smoke, but people were returning to work. in tho glare of the sun showed much higher registrations, ON OF PORT ARTHUR Protest ‘Against Prosecutions for Criminal Syndicalism and California Injunction to Be Geral Walkout; Crusaders Headed for South ‘Are Turned Back near the scene of the shooting and was killed in a few minutes later. Men who had rallied behind Trillo then engaged the loyal Villa troops and a general battle oceurred within the ranch. Villa had about 800 men on the ranch and all were trained in the handling of firearms, having fol- lowed the chieftain in his campaigns against the Obregon government just prior to his surrender and signing of PORT ARTHUR, Texas, July 20.—(By The Associated Press).—The climax of an im- en aioe with, Obregon <5 ‘ i { i i 4 ; movement headed by lo pending general marine strike, embracing the entire country, being an order to take ma-| gaia to huve boon the culeslnatlonsae rine workers of the Industrial Workers of the World out of vessels in every port, comes coincident with calling off of the I. W. W. invasion of Port Arthur, Summons from high officials today had checked the army of more than 20,000 cru- saders bound for this city, itself, having little more than 20,000 population. But a few members of the advance guard had) to strategic points to await the “zero il feeling against Villa on the raneh due to delay in the men being pald and the failure of crops owing to the lack of rain. Villa several times declared that in arrived. These were in jail. At 11 o'clock last night, General Organizer Sidney Terry here announc- ed to an Associated Press representa- tive the calling off of the crumade and simultaneously made the first public announcement of imminent marine strike. The marine strike is to be a protest | Terry said, against imprisonment for violation of criminal syndicalism laws and against the recent court injunc tion in California. Reports received here from Los Angeles Wednesday told of 27 members of the I. W. W being convicted of criminal syndical- {sm by @ jury in guperior court in Los Angeles and of their sentences to serve from one to 14 years in San- Quentin penitentiart. New Orleans, he sald, was to have been the centralization point for the Port Arthur invasion and that already a‘ considerable number had arrived there by vessel from both Atlantic and Pacific coasts, pther contingents from the west will be diverted from their journey here et Springs it began to leak in bucké fulls and I thought it best to quit. air, the merchants of the city are alto into the thousands js @ certainty, (an ne eet to entertain the visit.| “Wasn't it wonderful,” he ejacu- lated. “I think it was a wonderful thing even if I didn’t complete the lors. Their banners of welcome will be, |artistically decorated store windows | jand chief among thess decorations | task, But those things happen and it was one of those things over which | will be tags showing that thelr goods) Jare being sd at a discount. No, we have no control.” Lieutenant Maughan’s plane was ‘greater welcome could be prepared |for the Rodeo fan, | at the air mail fleld here today under- ‘a. going repair work to the ofl tank, | He comes to Casper with the reall- |zation that he will be able to secure| and mechanics expected to have it |accommodations at reasonable prices. ready for flight within a few hours. ‘After a good night's rest, the aviator phi superin-| He knows that if the seeks entertain- beg Fae |ment he will not have to pay scalp- today planned to cross the border of Lieutenant Maughan referred dis- Mr. Anderson, apparently expecting |ers’ prices. ARTI-SALOON LEAGUE LEADER IN NEW YORK INDICTED TODA NEW YORK, July 20—A grand Jury today indicted William H. An- erson, superintendent of the Anti- ‘Thursday afternoon's edition of tl of Lieutenant Maughan’s record-breal 3:27 p. m., the hour he left Cheyenn un afternoon newspaper. The Tribuni Anderson became In contrast, a Denver publicatt newspaper in the U. S.A.” reached Saloon League of New York on|that Assistant District Attorney| With such a policy as will be in-|J morning date line without a line on charges of grand larceny and forgery| Pecora, who presented the case to/angurated July 30 and will last|| perienced there in spite cf the and then handed down a presentment| the grand jury, would induce that|through bargain week, Casper’s busl-|f CMOURH for its lead story of the 4 calling for legislative investigation of| body to indict, was in court with his|ness men will impress the visitors Moval-—Read the’ Tribune fos nev fhe league's ectivities since 1913, (Continued on Fuge Seven) lwith a sense of their fairness ee ‘SO THE PEOPLE MAY KNOW’ he Tribune carried complete reports king trip across the country up ‘o . This ws the limit of service for o's early afternoon mail edition car ried reports on his progress up to points just east of Cheyenne. ion which claims to be “the best Casper this morning with a Friday the Cheyenne arrival or trouble ex fact that it corfsidered the flight big wa ahead of other papers. hour” of the strike. Then simultaneously the strike will | 0 into effect over east, west and gulf coasts. The word may come in a short time, he said. | Going into effect at midnight, Aprit the former I. W. W.-Marine strike |had but lttle effect on the gulf. | NEW ORLEANS, La., July 20—The police department was quietly prepar ing today to take care of any sltuation that might arise from reported con centration here of unemployed mem. bers of the Industrial Workers of the World, who, according to oPrt Arthur, d'spatches have been ordered turned back here on their way from various parts of the country to the Texas city. | Wealthy Rancher 1s Arraigned in Court CHEYENNE, Wyo.,. July 20.—Joseph C. Kinney and Leslie Olson accused of violation of the Mann act in having Besides the flank of the army order. transported a seventeen-year-old girl from Idaho to Wyoming ed to the New York sector, while stil!| for immoral purposes, appeared before a United States com- missioner at Kemmerer, Wyo: pleaded not guilty, said a dispatch received by the Chey Kemmerer Tribune today from its until recently a member of the Wyo: 4 emphaticall Jones of th Mon! patch to have arges of Lou's Roberts; charged jointly with the others, has not yet been arraigned. ; All three are widely known residents of Cokeville, Wyoming. Kinney was j)mivg highway commission and is a ming, yesterday afternoon and pelier, event of a rebellion he would put it ¢cown with an iron hand and in such a manner that it would be re re peated. There are immense stores of munti- tions and arms at the ranch, where Villa lived the life of a feudal baron. He maintained an isolated position, having his y and cavalry nies and showing an aggressive disposition to hold onto his property acquired when the peace: Pact was signed. Chihauhua military officials sald today that they wers not positive whether federal forces will be sent to the scene immediniely or not, ne- cuuse of the fact that General Bugen- fo Martinez, personal friend of Villa is said to be enroute to Conutillo to quell the uprising. It was due to the efforts of General Martinez that @ settlement was reached with Villa when the rebel chieftain laid down his arms In event troops are needed they: will be sent tmmediately, hcwever, ILPASO, Texas, 10, secretary to ndit ta 1 with hay jain b credit Idaho, that she was take: shots, eld the r correspondent. . ‘The two were placed| them to Kinney’s ranch near Coke- Villa my prior under bonds of $2,000 each for their} ville and there, assaulted by all three, (Continued on Page Seven,) appearance tn federal court at Poca- ‘tello, Idaho in October. GRAND ISLAND TOURIST KILLED IN AUTO CRASH AT CHUGWATER t-mil 18 jowstone highway, a few a from Chugwater, this morning millionaire oll operator and sheep man. Olson is the eldest son of P.| CGHUGWATER, Wyo., July 20.—BE. |The W. Olson, wealthy stoc nd, like | W. Olson, wealthy stockman, and, Nk@/a¢ maton, of Grand Island, Neb., was Roberts’ parents, among the early; settlers of the western part of the,!nstantly killed when the automobile state the trio is reported {n the dis-|{n which he waa riding turned, over r, whi rate ¢ grave! road b Eaton's uninjured 1 h was being driven at skidded in the a hig driving wasl nan Whe