Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 1, 1923, Page 1

Weather Forecast Wyoming: Mostly cloudy tonight; probably showers and coler in south portion. {hursday generally fair. OLUME VII. TULSA’ PLANT IS CLOSED BY COSDEN TODAY Refinery With Charging Capacity of 35,- 000 Barrels Daily Shut Down; Mar- land Has Also Suspended i/ Che KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 1—The closing down of the refinery at Tulsa, Okla., of Cosden and company, rated at 85,000 barrels a day and said to be the largest in the mid- continent field, was expected today, in line with announce- ment by several leading refiners at a meeting here yesterday that they planned to curtail production. E. R. Perry of Tulsa, general manager of the Cosden com- pany, declared that the plant would stop for two weeks the run of crude i. O'Membera.of the Western Petroleum refineries announced they had already meeting to endorse oOfftctalry a gen- eral. cessation of gasoline production in the mid-continent field. Repre- sentatives of several of the leading refineries announced the yhad already curtailed production or planned to do offset a glut. °° W. Marland, president-of the Mariand Oil company, Ponca City, Okla., asserted that his plant had Yopped production of gasoline last fonday and would remain closed. dur- August at least. Per. ‘Marland declared tn # state- nent to the meeting that the refining industry was suffering from 10 to 15 er cent over-production, due largely, ‘Ye waid, to the operating of new fields jn California. Mr. Marland declared the curtailing of production would rove a remedy. Pe resolution was passed by the meeting endorsing Mr. Marland’s statement but withholding official ac- tion on the remedy designated. At- torneys who drew up the endorsing fesolution warned against any sem: blence of concerted action. They re- called that the United States district ttorney’s office at Chicago and the attorney general of Oklahoma had promised an investigation of the oll industry after a report had been cir culated that some 25 refiners in a meeting at Chicago last week had agreed to shut down throughout ysust. 2.500 ACRES “OF TIMBER IS SWEPT BY FIRE COUER 4’ALENE, Idaho, Aug. 1— ‘More than 2,500 acres were reported to have been covered by a forest fire ear the Magee ranger station, which ‘was supposed to have been caused by lightning today and has been fanned dy high winds. The situation was said to be serious, although the wind had subsided and the weather was eooler last night, Forest telephone lines have been ed by the fire and communi- erect wit tab region has been cut eff, Fifty men are fighting the fire and more are being rushed to the scene. Estimates of the losses can pot be obtained. ONE GRADE OF CRUDE RAISED DALLAS, Texan, Aug. 1——An in- ‘erease of 25 cents a barrel on Corsi wana (Texas) light crude ofl was a founced today by the Magnolia Petro- “leum Company, bring‘ng the new price to $1 per barrel and expect to go back to work in a ————>—__——_ BANDITS MAKE -yacthan 3 ant A Miss Harris declined to say when » oh |she would be married, but said it probably would be within a year. Discusstoi of plans for closing business houses for a half day to en- able employers and clerks to attend the Rodeo entertainment was before Casper merchants today without # Gefinite plan being agreed upon Inasmuch as Bargain Week was in- augurated many were of the opinion that should the stores be closed one afternoon they should be reopened in Lad Cut in Two By Train Lives For 20 Minutes — WATSONVILLE, Calif, Aug. 1— Carl lee, 19, was run over and cut in two at the waist by a train on which he was a stowaway near here early today. He not only lived for twenty minutes, but was conscious long enough to talk in detail to hospital attendants. He gave his age and home address and explained ‘that he was “beating | his way” about the country. He said| his mother was Mrs. Nettie Lee, of Indianapolis. He was attempting to| alight from the train, he added, when | he fell under the wheels. Physicians| sald the lad displayed extraordinary ! vitality and courage. Lee died sto. ically. Divorced Wife Of Chaplin to Marry Again LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1—Thus the Los Angeles Times today quoted Mil- dred Harris, movie actress, formerly the wife of Charlie Chaplin: “Yes, I am going to marry again.” “My fature husband,” Miss Harris continued, “is an eastern capitalist. He will be here in September and then we shall announce our engage- ment. No I do not wish to tell his name, now. “Mother and I are going to buy a home, somewhere in Hollywood hills. I have a couple of offers for pictures BAUTIMORE, Md., Aug. 1.—Three Dandits entered the state branch of ;the Baltimore Trust Company, Balt!- }more and Commerce streeis, teforé - banking hours this morning, beat Rui ll K. Forayth, paying teller, into in- ~ ity and escaped with $16,000 in MAN WANTED IN DAKOTA 15. APPREHENDED HERE Harry Thompson, 34 years of ago, Who is wanted at Beach, N. D., on charges of lay zeny in connection with the theft of a Ford touring car, was arrested this morning by the sheriff's office. He is willing to waive extradition and Sheriff A. C. Stone is on his way from North Dakota to Casper to re- turn his man for trial DETROIT, Mich., Ang. I—The Fed- eral Government is expected to take up with officials of Canads the charge made by Earl J. Davis, United States district attorney for the east- ern Michigan district, that passenger steamers of Canadian registry are taking on crowds of Detroiters, steaming into Canadian waters and there eelling iquor to the thirsty ex cursionists. Mr. Davis’ office took an unexpect ed turn yesterday in prosecuting Ea STORE CLOSING DISCUSSED HERE BANKS WILL TAKE HALF HOLIDAY Canada Involved In Border Booze Row CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1923. Casper Daily Tritmme Rodeo Gets Off to Great Start Despite 1 PS f Pmt ays PLANE RIDES FOR INDIANS AND PUBLIC TO BE TRIBUNE'S TREAT; WATCH FOR Free airplane rides, and the treat as usual is on The Tribune. TICKET SHOWER Arapahoe braves, who form one of the centers of attraction at the Rodeo festival are rarin’ to ride as special guests of the Tribune and they are going to take the air Friday of this week for their first view of a city from the clouds. Another big feature of the same day will be an airplane ticket shower for thei Casper public, along with a deluge of newspapers. The lucky finders of these tickets will be en- over Casper on Friday. Dick Leferink is so well known as an aeronaut that The ticket shower will be staged in| even the Indians who are accustomed the evening with the plane flying low.| to living rather close to the ground The L. & L. Aviation company 1s) have stated their willingness to jour- the owner of the plane which will fly} ney along the less substantial route. Tom Chrisman, otherwise known as Chief White Horse, will be the first one honored by a ride, Other important members of the tribe will follow. Casperites should not fail to watch for the dropping of Tribunes Friday evening. In a number of these papers there will be tickets, and the tickets TWO PERISH IN BLAZE HAGERSTOWN, Md, Aug. 1— Two persons were burned~to death and four seriously injured in a fire which swept a tenement house known as the Old Alms House property on titled to free rides over the city and this treat is also on The Tribune. the evening to give out-of-town visitors an opportunity to take advan- tage of the offerings. No decision has been reached. ‘Announcement was made through at noon today that the banks would close at noon Friday for the re- the Casper Clearing House association | mainder of the day. Sorel stores ‘ailment by Storm Grounds West of City Present Colorful Spectacle as First Program Is Lauched —Entries Grow Despite a curtailed attendance and a late start due to in- termitient showers which fell at the grounds for two hours, the fist annual Casper Rodeo had a colorful opening this afternoon, the opening event being scheduled to start at FINAL EDITION, NUMBER 252. ChlolG PASSED, PHYSICIANS SAY IN REPORTS ON Ho CONDITION Of Complications Alf Improbable Development” have signified the same intention. North Locust street today. shortly after 2:30 o’clock. NEW TRIAL HEARING IN PROGRESS JURY ROLL SELECTION ATTACKED Hearing on the motion for a new trial of Robert Clark, colored, sen- tenced to life imprisonment last March on the charge of first degree murder, was in progress today in dis- trict court, with attorneys for the de- fendant attempting to prove that the county commissioners had acted ar- bitrarily and illegally tn throwing out all names of negroes from the assess- ment roll as being disqualified to act as jurymen. The hearing this morning was taken up largely by questions and objections to questions, and very lit- tle real progress was made. From the evidence brought in it seemed that the commissioners themselves made no discrimination between blacks and whites and that the only discrimination they made was the privileged act of striking out names of people whom they knew personally to be disqualified for other reasons. Lyle Jay, county assessor, was out of the city, and his presence was wanted in order that he might testify regarding the copying of tho assess- ment roll and whether the copy that was filed for the panelling of jurics SHIP CRASH TALE IS PROBED BALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Pittsburgh— REE. New York —--..100 000 000—1 5 0 Pittsburgh —_000 002 00x—2 4 1 Batteries—Bentley, Jonnard and Gowdy; Cooper and Schmidt. At St. Louis: Ist game— R. HE. Brooklyn .. 101 102 00*—* * * St. Louis 000 081 00v—* * * h, Decatur and Tay- lor; Stuart and McCurdy, At Cincinnati— RHE. Philadelphia --.000 102 000—3 11 2 Cincinnati -.----200 100 20x—5 10 0 Batteries—Head and Wilson; Ben- ton, Luque and Hargrave. At Chicago— . Boston — --200 000 000-2 8 0 Chicago 000 411 02x—8 15 1 Batteries—Genewich, Fillingim and Smith; Alexander and O'Farrel, Hart- nett. Friday, while throngs that had ned the water front of this city to welcome the president were trickling; E,| 2¥ay to wait until afternoon for his delayed arrival, the wireless from the. Henderson and other\craft brought the first chapter, \ The Henderson, which left ‘Van- couver an hour late Thursday night after a lively day there, was working through the fog forty miles north of Seattlo when she rammed the de- stroyer Zetlin, Tho Zetlin 1s tied up at Puget Sound naval station await- ing extensive repairs, The second chapter, as related by Captain Christian Benneche of the barkentine Monterey, opened Sunday REE AMERICAN LEAGUE. just past the midnight after the Zeilin episode. The Henderson was Batterles—Robertson and Schalk;| then traveling westward in the Piercy and Devormer. At Philadelphia: Ist game— R.H.E. St. Louis 000 000 110—2 10 1 Philadelphia 000 000 000-0 2 0 Batteries—Danforth, Shocker and Severeid; Harris and Perkins. At Now York— REE. Cleveland —_..400 000 010-5 8 1 New York —_.-000 100 002—3 10 2 Batteries—Smith and O'Neil; Pen- nock, Bush and Hofmann. At Philadelphia: 2nd game— Strait of Juan de Fuca toward the Pacifio ocean, bound for San Diego. Captain Benneche was awakened by his second mate, Gus Swenson. Swenson told the captain that a steamer, first seen when the vistbility was about a mile in the fog, was bear- ing down on the Monterey and appar- ently ignoring tho existence of the barkentine. By the time the captain got his wife and two daughters on deck, the steamer was up to the barkentine, Speeding on, according to the cap- tain, like the autoist familiar to news- Paper readers, the steamer’s prow struck the Monterey, and then as the attacking craft bore on its way, swinging outward, the stern ewung inward and raked the barkentine. ‘The two blows ripped 170 feet of fron bulwark from the Monterey, tore away 500 feet of her sail, stove in her bow, and picked up her anchor, grind- ing it between the hulls of the two vessels and hurling it back on its own deck 80 feet from whero it had rested an instant before. A sheet of flame eight feet high illuminated the oper- ation. On sped the steamer, according to Captain Benneche and his mates, John Johnson and Swenson. They caught a fleeting impression, they said, of a yellow stack and of green showing at the water line. Not a head was seen, they averred on tho steamer, not @ sound ot whistle heard Batteries—Kolp and Severeid; Hel- mach, Rommel and Perkins. At Boston: 2nd game— R.H.E. Boston -...-.----410 020 00x—7 12 1 Batteries — Blankenship, Thurston and Graham, Crouse; Ferguson and Walters, until @ faint blast just after the im- ward Corbell, charged with trans-| pact. porting liquor on the Detroit river, Speculation ensue@ as to the “gray when Corbell was accused of violat-| mystery of the strait’ Sunday ing the tariff act, rather than the Volstead law. He was convicted and sentenced to 13 months imprisonment at Atlanta, Mr. Davis explained that morning marine observers along the channel reported seeing a vessel ap- parently in distre: This was sup- posed to ‘be the Sutransco until she charging Corbell with transporting! turned up safe in Grays Harbor for uor without an importer's permit,{ a load of lumber. as required by the tariff act, permit To the Puget Sound naval station ted the imposition of a heavier sen-| came word from Captain Allen tence than possible under the Vol | Suchanan, commander of the Hender- stead law. son, He said that he had reached Crewof Barkentine Says Big Transport Bearing President Failed to Stop ; After Wrecking Itin Strait tea SEATTLE, Aug. 1.—A tale that intrigued readers the country over is the subject of investigation by a board of officers of the United States navy. The story is the second chapter of the adventures of the navy transport Henderson after her return by way of Vancouver, B. C., to the states from Alaska with President Harding. during the year 1923 had left out the names of negroes. Because Mr. Jay could not be had at the hearing {t is not likely that a decision will be reached before to- morrow. G. VanNatta, one of the attor- neys for Clark, said that part of his plea for a new trial would be based on the grounds that the previous jury had been influenced by false testimony although they had been Bert Bell, vice president of the association, announced That Can Defeat His Recovery, Says Sawyer PRESIDENTIAL HEAD: QUARTERS, PAS-ACE HOs TEL, SAN FRA NCISCO, Aug, 1. — (By The Associated Press.) — President Harding today seemed certain of reo covery barring improba))le develop- ment of new complications in his il: ness or the equally improbable in: crease of the present ones. Brigadier General Charles FB, Saw: yer, chief of the staff of physicians on the president's case, still was stand: ing by his statement of last night that the crisis had been passed and that “the president is well on the road to recovery.” Added to this wal the declaration from an authoritative source that the only reason for con- cern over the president's condition Was because the patient was the President of the United States and not because of any new eymptome or likelihood of any. An informal statement tssued at ® that unless there was more rain, which seemed improbable, the au tomobile and inotorcycle races would be held as scheduled. ‘The track was still heavy but drying rapidly under the sun’s rays, The grandstand was approximately three quarters filled, with a sparse crowd in the bleachers. Ten gallon hats, multt-colored neckerchiefs and cowpunchers’ boots were conspicuous throughout the crowd, the spectators taking the one opportunity of the year to break forth in thelr western regalia. Hank Keenan, cowboy clown, Pid- ing his trick horse, put on his stunts to the edification of the spectators. Slim Caskey, leather lunged baritone announcer from the plains of Texas, was conspicuous in a white beaver hat that was presented to him at Frontier Days by some admiring easterners. Major Ormsby, Jack Scott and ©. Richard Shipp will act as judges for the five days, according to an an nouncement by Campbell Christian, president of the Rodeo association,|%- ™M- tod: by Brigadier General just previous to starting the day's| Charles E. Sawyer, the president's events. personal physician, said that Mr, The American Legion band, which| M@rding had sperit “a very restful night and his pulse at that hour was 114, temperature 99, and respiration 40." will be in attendance at all the after- noon and evening shows, under the direction of David Foote, opened the nese figures show with the “American Legion’ Fypreoeritee lita Gad march, @ recent composition by} °Te@8° in the pulse rate and tempera- Buglior ture as compared with the last pre- vious bulletin, the pulse rate being The shutes are particularly welll‘one and two-+tenths degrees lower, constructed, the seven of them open-| ‘The respiration rate given in eh ing directly in front of the grand-|putictin was tho sa: told by Judge Rose to disregard the testimony, Robert Clark is charged with hav- ing murdered his wife, Grace Iowa, on the Sandbar last wint ——————__ LATE SPORTS |' FORBES FIELD, PITTSBURGH, Pa. Aug. 1—Pittsburgh evened the series with New York by winning today’s game 2 to 1. The Giants the Pirates won the game in the sixth. Bentley, who started on tho mound for New York, was removed San Francisco, that he had struck an unidentified sailing vessel in the strait Saturday morning, that the foreyard had swept away his lifeboats and de- stroyed his wireless so that he 3ad been unable to report and that theagh he had stood about the vicinity for some time he was unable to find any craft. for a pinch hitter in the eighth. That set in motion the navy board} In the ninth Meusel led off with of inquiry. This board went to] a single to center but got no far- Port Angeles yesterday. There Mates| ther than first as Carey took in Johnson and Swenson deposed to! two flies and Kelly fanned. statements set forth above, adiling that the Monterey had her running] futshort, BS Wl ge! try lights burning (Captain Buchanan New York 2 ae 150 was reported to have said that the barkentine was dark- and a large beil ma ringing. N YORK, Aug. 1—Babe The Charles Nelson company | Ruth hit his 25th home run of the owner of the Monterey, which was] season in the ninth inning of to- 106 days off Durban, South Africa | day's game with Cleveland, off when struck, announced last nigh | gmith, One man was on base. that {t would sue the government for —— damages on account of the collision. ‘The hurt to the Monterey was put at $20,000. WRECK TOLL IS 47 DEAD BIORLIN, Aug. 1—(By The Asso- elated Press.)}—Forty-seven persons were killed and 27 injured in yester- RANCHER SLAIN IN COLORADO LEADVILLE, Colo, Aug. 1—Jo- seph Dunn, 60 years old, widely known rancher, was shot to death today by ‘Thomas H. Walker, 53, during an ex- day's railway accident at the Krelen-| Change of rifle bullets that followed a sen station when the Hamburg-| ‘ispute over cattle, according to Munich express collided with a stand-| Walker’s story to the sheriff. Wallc- ing train. er’s ranch, near Malta, Colo., three The engiheer of the ex- press is said to have been unable to see the signals set against him and the locomotive crashed through the other train. Most of those killed were badly mangled and identification was difficult. iniles from Leadville, was the scene of the shooting. Roth men are prominent. Several employes of the Walker ranch verified the story told by Walker, according to the sheriff stand and shooting the horses and cattle directly at the crowd. Tho rop. ing and bulldogging will be on the track in front of the grandstand and bleachers, the stock being let out of corrals at each end of tho infield bleachers. Starting with a parade at a gallop past the grandstand of all the contest hands, followed by the Arapahoe In dians, 75 strong and in their full war paint and regalia, the chutes opened simultaneously and out came five Secretary Work of the interior, one of the physicians in attendance wpon the president, was one of the first to enter the sick chamber early today. After a few minutes there he return- ed through the corridors to his room, conversing with those who inquired concerning the chief executive. “There is nothing to add to the statement General Sawyer ha given you,” Secretary Work told the news- paper men, adc tom in the case p¢ bareback riders and two wild steers. I 2 Be pleasing progress on the part of the The Casper Rodeo for 1923 was open. | hreataent. Indian Joe Davis clad in a blue sweater striped with yellow, and vio lently colored chaps, made the best “Since we have our toxin well un- der control, I fee! safe in saying that we have passed the pe t ride of the day, sticking on his wild| trounie” ne the weny pre i pes stoer until he tired the animal out. | Vor summarized ‘the vitesten ie, Indian Joe and Hank Keenan later came out with their ropes and showed the latest in trick and fancy roping. informal statement. “I don't want to be too emphatic about it because ys face comptications. But “Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Sheehan,” t the crisis is over and that by the band, followed by “Wyoming | tne president is well on the read va Days,” made a hit with the crowd. recavery” " pa: Indian Joe's stunt of roping four! "Tis fooling was manifestly shared horses at the same time as they were by all of ‘the other aiyaiaieaey onl pope pes jbie ia worth going “11, members of the president's tmmp: diate party. Mrs, Harding, who has been by the side of her husband With 125 contest hands entered at throughout the figh ° noon today in the various events to shave the Syntise she bes bem in all struggles he has waged be staged at the Rodeo in the next] inderstood to be even mene pitas five days, and the entry lst open} tic, and the president, himeelt, wa: until midnight, the greatest gathering | convinced that the battle has’ bed of cowpunchers and cowgirls ever as- won for he was quot 5 sembled in Central Wyoming are on tae y) alee Work as having said late yest their way for the big purses. In “Wot 1 . 4 rk, It nul ) cluded in the list ars some of theling vocte® nt Were almost J names famous wherever a "bucki pate * @ president's ov hawss" is mentioned. Slim Ca: eorteech at kde SEE Mike Hastings, Hank Keenan, Da tion was not so satisfactory as it Whyte, world’s champion brono rider, |came as the evening 7 into Lorena Trickey and Ruth Roach, are| night. He was said to be extren, in the list with scores of others who have competed in roundups and rodeos throughout the country. The over-worked Rodeo association staff was busy up to. midnight Tues- day taking entries from the boys and girls who are in town for the big event. By closing time tonight {t is anticipated that the lst will be close to the 200 mark, when he awekened about} nt from what Dr, Sal yer described as tho best and mo natural sleep he had had since him illness began, He was awake only a short . then dropped back into a was described as quite dif- and exceedingly more satig- than the nervous sleep 6f factory British and Jap Warships Are Rushed to Amoy, China HONGKONG, Aug. 1—(By the As-;ing southern troops continued al / sociated Pressy—recause of the fight-|night. Quiet was restored early today ing between rival Chinese factions at|but later the gun fire was resumed. Amoy, the British gunbcats Diomede| ‘Two Japenese destroyers have ar-| and Foxglove haye been sent to that|rived to protect ther nationals. The port. Looting is feared. ‘The British|Chineso gunboats sent by the Peking and Japanese asked for gunboats to! government been attacked by protect foreign lives and property. liana es under Chang Tse-P: —_—— Sun Yat Sen who was in c AMOY, China, aug. 1--(By the As-|mand of Amoy a to Shanghat.| sociated Press) — Firing between in-|'The gunboats re ed a heavy fire vading northern forces and defend-) Admiral Yang is ‘commanding the have but f gala appearance for the week's pro-| “ : 5 ot ee gram, The downtown buildings, iL yta A ea i 2 tistically decorated by tho He LPESER the eeeeldsnchl einai’ Tent & Awning company, are flying} Sp. yre;tine wy ae, andeieatn (Continued on Page Thirteen.) — | fi these Sen cculwaies became more and optimistic. Sleep and re the breach. es," General & said, was what the chief executive most need ed, and so far as could be learned prior to issuance of an official bul letin this need was betng met. A steady increase in the amount of nourishment being taken by the pres- ident was another cause for optimism. His diet as pr 4a continued ti cribed yesterday and y consisted of egg nogs, fruit juices, milk, toast, and soft boiled egg. The nourishme: Peking flotilla under orders of Gen-| obtained by the president, ts it sald, eral Wu Pet-Fu, the military sponsor| was quite sufficient for one in his of the government. There is an un: ion. confirmed report that other land decided turn for tho better forces, favorable to Peking, are ad ated in o y possible way vancing on Amoy. ast night Sawyer went out The attack on Amoy appears to be| for a walk a o'clock, the first a calculated attempt to bring Chir © he has been le of the hotel under a central government >. a8 brought here It is rumored that Sun Yat Ser H ning he «pent half southern ¥ is proceeding to Am: r or #0 in the presi¢ent’s room to attack Admiral Yang. (Continued on Page Pittcen) ) 4