Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 4, 1923, Page 1

Y,eyr Sper |, Weather Forecast FINAL |EDITION JOLUME VIL. Funeral Plans on Arrival at Cap ‘al - PROCLAMATION FOR NATION-WIDE DAY OF MOURNING 1S ISSUED Body of Late President to Lie in East Room of White House on Arrival Tuesday; Services at Capitol Rotunda at | the new executive of the nation was his signature today of s procla- mation announcing the death bf President Harding and calling upon the country to observe next Friday, August 10, as » day of mourning 0 A. M. Wednesday. and prayer. On that day, Mr. Harding's body is to be buried at Marion. The proclamation was signed at 11:18 a. m. It was brought to the President's hotel suite by J. Butler Wright, third assistant secretary of state and then was returned to the state department for the signature of Secretary Hughes. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—(By The Associated Press).— As the Harding funeral train moved eastward today, Presi- jlent Coolidge devoted his attention to plans for fitting ser- vices here and prepared to carry on with the policies of the late chief executive. Accompanied by his wife and several close friends, Mr. Coolidge arrived in Washington last night from Plymouth, Vt., where shortly before dawn yesterday he took the presidential oath of office in his father’s modest home. Going im- mediately to the hotel suite which he end Mrs. Coolidge will occupy until they begin their residence in the White House, the new president went into conference with Secretary Hughes, Postmaster General New and Senator Curtis, the Republican whip. Later it was announced that etailed funeral plans, fitting in with the schedule worked out by members of the Harding party before its de- parture last night from San Fran- cisco, were being perfected. change desired by Mrs. Harding for the removal of Mr. Harding’s body on tts arrival here Tuesday afternoon to the White House. There it will remain until Wednesday morning in the majestic East Room, where a private service may be held just be- fore the body is taken to the capitol rotunda for services at 10 o'clock. De- tachmenta of soldiers, sailors and ma- Pines will serve as an escort from the executive mansion to the capitol, After the services in the rotunda, the body of the dead president will lic in state and the public will be per- mitted to file past thé catafalque un- til 6 p, m. Wednesday. At that hour, the body will be removed to the train which, leaving at 7 p. m. will carry it to Marion, Ohio, for burial, probably Friday. Mr. Coolidge expects to accompany the funeral party to Marion. Until his return to Washington he 1s not expected to devote much attention to matters other than those pertaining to the funeral and burial of his pre- decessor in office. A mass of mail having accumu- lated during his absence from Wash- ington, the new president devoted some time today to disposal of press- ing correspondence but had little of general importance on his program for the day. Having announced he would dedi- cate himself to the task of carrying out Mr. Harding's administrative pol- icles, the new president, his friends | and advisers believed, will make no changes in the governmental ma- chinery, at least for the present. Mr. Coolidge is expected to proclaim the day of Mr. Harding's funeral one of mourning throughout the United States. Such a proclamation would result in the closing for the day of all federal government offices, which today by order of Secretary Hughes, were closed out of respect to the dead president, Flags over government buildings, at army and navy posts and elsewhere continued today to fly at half mast, at daybreak army forts of the posts throughout the country began firing of an all day salute, beginning with 13 guns, At halZ hour intervals sin- gle shots were to be fired until sun- down when there will be a final salute of 43 guns. Orders also had been is- sued for suitable salutes by the navy Steadily, messages of condolence to Mrs, Harding continue to pour into the White House where three tele- graph operators are kept busy receiv- | ing them. With the return of Mrs. Harding only three days off, feverish | efforts are being made to put the ex- | ecutive mansion. which has been un- dergoing a renovation, in readiness. Workmen tolled throughout the night in the adjoining offices to rush to jon extensive repairs which | were begun after Mr. Harding left ‘Washington on his Alaskan trip. For the present Mr. Coolidge has Indicated he will not make use of the executive offices, but will transact of- As for occupying the White House as a residence, both Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge have expressed themselves as preferring to remain in the hotel suite, which has been their home here since March, 1921, until Mrs. Harding finds it convenient for them to take over the executive mansion, They have notified her of this desire. __— FOUR ARE ARRESTED ‘William Davis and Irene Minardy Were arrested by the police yesterday CASPER, WYO., SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1923. SILENT TRIBUTE ELOOUENT AS _ FUNERAL TRAIN SPEEDS EAST President Coolidge Turns Attention: To PRESIDENT AND on the charge of illegal cohabitation. Mark J. Leach was arrested for vio- lation of the drug ordinance, while A. C. Laird was also taken on a It: quor charge. He is charged with the possession and transportation of li- quor. Prayers Asked Of Churches Thru Council NEW YORK, Aug. 4.—Prayers of sorrow for the late President Hard- ing of sympathy for Mrs. Harding, and an invocation for divine guid- ance for President Coolidge, were asked in a message from the Fed- eral Council of Churches to Protes- tants throughout the country. Direct messages also were ad- Gressed to "Mrs. Harding and Presi- dent Coolidge, Blocks ‘Ambulance Man Is Fined $15 A man by the name of Schuyler was fined $15 by Justice Henry F. Brennan today for blocking an am- bulance on West Yellowstone. The ambulance was, coming in from the Rodeo grounds with a rider who was injured. J. C. Glover, state highway officer, made the arrest. Mr. Glover rides ahead of the ambulance to clear the way for it in all cases as it comes in from the grounds with> injured | Person! WASHINGTON, Aug. W. Morse, New York ship bullder, hii three sons and four others were ac: quitted here today by a jury of charges of conspiracy to defraud.the United States in connection with war time ship construction and operation contracts. ficial business in an office set aside tor him in his hotel, and in the yice president’s suite at the capitol, ae _— jamin W. Besides Charles W. Morso, the de- fendants were Erwin A. Morse, Ben- Morse, Harry F. Morse, Morse Is Acquitted of W ar-TimeFraud Only One Slight ‘Accident Mars Thrilling Program Friday Is. Witnessed by Packed Grandstand and Bleachers; Man Injured Thursday Gets In the Money for Riding The largest crowd of the week assembled at the rodeo grounds Friday afternoon for the third day of the Casper Rodeo, the grandstand being Approximately 5,000 people were on completely filled. acked and the bleachers almost and to see a great afternoon of sport, with only one accident to mar the pleasure of the afternoon. Jule Farlow of Lander, who was assisting in changing mounts for the Crispin string of horses in the relay race, was knocked’ down by one of the animals and received a gash in his head which necessitated hos- pital treatment. He is reported to be convalescing rapidly this morning. With good weather the crowds should be even larger today when the semi-finals are run and for the| finals tomorrow afternoon Good time end exciting rides were record: ed in all the events yesterday with the steer roping being retarded by a brisk breeze which hindered accurate rope throwing. It was announced yesterday that the first place in Thursday’s day money in bucking had been given to Harry Robbins of Cheyenne who made such a good ride on “Dynamite’’ before the horse threw him and crushed his foot. Seoond money weht to Dave Whyte of Cheyenne and third to No Water Slim of Nowata, Okla. King Merritt of Cheyenne lea the calf ropers yesterday afternoon with time of .19 2-5 with Billy Kingham of Cheyenne second in 24 seconds. N. H. Campbell of New York, treas- urer of the United States Steamship compan; Robert ©. White of New York, president of the United States Transport company; Rupert M. Much of Augusta, Maine, assistant treas- urer of the Virginia Ship Building corporation, and Philip Reinhardt, formerly Emergency Fleet Corpora: tion auditor at the Virginia Ship Building plant at Alexandria. Lioyd Saunders was first in the steer roping in 27 2-6 and Fred Bee- son of Arkansas City, Kan., second in 83 1-5. ‘The bulldoggers first money went to Ralph Kendrick in 26 2-5 with Slim Caskey, the popular announcer sec- ond in 27 2.5. ‘The steers were big and tough and gave the dulldoggers lots of trouble. Bill Foreman of Casper riding Cap- tain opened the second section of the brono busting. Jack Barber on Dinner Bell, came next. Clyde Jones, on Radio, made a nice ride on a horse that refused to do much spectacular, Owen Hedges of Casper on Humpy stuck to his mount. George Mullin of Cheyenne was given lots of action by Sunday. Don Brownell’ of Chey- enne, on Black Wolf closed the sec- ond section of the bronco busting. Three strings lined up for the mile and a half relay, three mounts and threo changes of saddles, one to each halt mile. Mack Borber, who comes from New- castle, came home ahead in the first lap, closely followed by Crispin's string, riddon by George. Barber's string finished first with Crispin’s horse: ridden by George second and the Lyle Christian string third. Calf Roping Results Buck. Stewart of Fort Worth, Tex. no time, Dan Gages, no time. Dick Emery, no time. Eddie McCarthy, Cheyenne, 39 2-5, Lem Carmin, 25 4-5- Fred Beeson, Kansas City, 25. Jim Patterson, 65. Fred Lowry, no time. Billy Kingham, Cheyenne 24. Dick Hornbuckle, Douglas, no time. Ray Bell, Cheyenne, no time. King Merritt, Cheyenne, 19 25. , Ike’ Rude, 42 4-5. Phil Yoder of Yoder 33 4-5, Floyd Saunders, no time. ? Carl Hildebrand, no time. Clarke Hogue, 40 4-5. Bulldogging Results Ralph Kendrick 26.2 Slim Caskey, 27.2 Ed Herrin, steer fence with him 77.1. Buck Lucas, Douglas, 27,3. Smokey Moore, no time, lost steer. Wild Cow Milking Contest First—Buck Lewis and Skipper Mo- Carthy. Second—King Merritt and Smokey Moore. Broncho Busting—Third Section Frank Studnick of Casper—on Flash. Emery McCorey—Kelly, No Water Slim, of Nowata, Okla— on Lost Cabin. Buck Lucas of Douglas, Wyo— on Tip Top. Herb Holland—on Panther. Charles Ewalt—on Jazzland. went throu, John Hartwig, of Fort Worth, Tex. —on T. V. Sorrell. (Continued on Page Hight.) Majority Reported Reports received at the third dis- trict office of the State Highway de partment at Casper, up to noon Sat- urday, August 4, indicate the follow: ing road conditions: State Highway Route No. 11—Yel- lowstone highway. Generally in good condition entirely across the State. Répairs have been made to the route between Shoshoni and Birdseye Pass 80 that this route is easily passable. RODEO DRAWS RECORD CROWD Showers Are Forecast For Coming Week WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—Weath- er outlok for the week beginning Monday: Rock Mountain and plateau re- gions: Considerable cloudiness and occasional local showers and thun- derstorms. Moderate temperature. Pacific states: Generally fair, normal temperature, abe Steadiness in Grain Trading Is Shown Today CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—Grain markets | displayed notable steadiness today on reopening after the sudden stoppage of business caused by President Harding’s death. Only small frac- tional changes in the price of wheat were witnessed, and the volume of transactions was ordinary. The initial tendency of values was slightly downward, the extreme decline in the first 15 minutes being %oc with September wheat touching 96%0 and December $1.00%. **Kicks’’ Prove Best Evidence Of Popularity If the mérchants of the’ ctiy and our advertising friends generally could be present some evening when the paper is delayed, and attempt to answer the inquiries from subscrib- ers as to why the Tribune is not in thelr mail box or behind the front door screen, they would be- lieve that the entire world sub- scribed for our newspaper. On such occasions it requires the ser- vices of two telephone operators and they remain at their post until the last subscriber is happy in the possession of his paper. PLEAD GUILTY - TO VIOLATION * CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—Six terra cotta violations of the Sherman anti-trust act entered pleas of guilty today be fore Judge Cliffe and fines ranging from $1,500 to $3,000 each, .were im- posed. The companies are the Northwest- ern Terra Cotta company, the Amert- can Terra Cotta and Ceramic com- pany and the Midland Terra Cotta company, all ef Chicago, each fined $3,000; and the St. Louis Terra Cotta Kansas Terra ern Terra Gotta company, City, Mo, and the Denver fined $1,600. Be STOCKS HEAVY ON EXCHANGE NEW YORK, Aug. 4.—Active sell- ing took place at the opening of to- day's stock market, the first session since the death of President Harding and prices worked considerably lower. Losses of 1 to 2 points were noted in such pivotal stocks as Studebaker, the Pan American issues and Amer- ican Woolen. Cotton quotations opened 10 to 18 points higher. The curb market opencd fairly steady. Selling on the New York Stock Ex- change was centered in the rails, mo- tor, motor accessories, rubbers and miscellaneous —_ specialties. Great Northern preferred dropped 2% points to 51%, the lowest price since 1896. Gulf States Steel dropped .3%. | Good buyin support was forthcoming ‘tor U. 8. Steel common, which re. covered its early loss and for some of the other standard shares. Wilson Will Be Asked to Take Part in Funeral WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—President Coolidge today expressed hope that Woodrow Wilson would take a part in the funeral of President Harding. —— HAMMER CASE PUZZLE TO POLICE, WHO USED IT i Another hammer case is recorded on the dockets of the local police sta-! tion. J, Jacklin charges J. 8. Mendel with haying struck him with this tn- strument, yesterday, while Mendel says that Jacklin had the hammer in his hand and that when the former struck him he fell and hurt his head in falling. - Mendel carries a bad gash in his head and also one tn his face. He has been let out on his own recognizance. of ‘State Highways in Good A temporary bridge has been built across Badwater on the old trail be- tween Shoshoni and Birdseye Pass and this route is as good traveling as the old route was across Birdseye Pass previous to the flood that de- stroyed the bridge at Bonneville. The bridge washout was not at a bridge built by the State partment t ne built by lington railroad to accommod: Condition public between Shoshon! and Bonne. ville, The Burtington railroad has constructed a temporary crossing at Bonneville to get travel to the depot but the route mafntained by State Highway department on Yellowstone highw: the Shoshoni-Lans heart of town of Sh desiring to take in the Travelers 'Thermopolis road yshont | Crowds OF TRUST ACT manufacturing concerns charged with| company of St. Louis, Mo., the West-! Cotta company, Denver, Colo., ‘each| the | the|not broken, y separates from/with which she has NUMBER 255. NATION'S GRIEF EXEMPLIFIED BY GATHERINGS. AT MANY STATIONS Stand With Bared Heads in Silent Tribute to Memory of Late Executive. ON BOARD HARDING FUNERAL TRAIN, ROSE- VILLE, Calif., Aug. 4.—(By The Associated Press).—The sorrow in the hearts of the American people over the death of their leader was exemplified today by silent groups along the rail- road side as the special train bearing the body of Warren G. Harding tra. versed enstern California and the wide reaches of Nevada. With bared heads they stood, some times in groups of hundreds, some times only a score and some times singly. There was none too poor, none too rich, none too mighty or none too humble to pay thefr mark of reSpect to the memory of President Harding. © They were conscious only of showing sorrow, but to those of the funeral train they typified the Ameri can people as a whole ' It was the same from early morn: ing on through the day. It had beem the same since the train left San | Francisco at 7:15 o'clock last evening, It will be the same throughout thé. three thousand mile journey to Wash | ington and after that the trip tol” Marion, Ohio. The nation mourn ap the saddest transcontinental joug {> ney in its history is being mad - Mingled with their sorrow the stient © bareheaded people felt the utmost |. sympathy for the bravely calm wo |. man who rides with her dead in the last ¢ar of the train. The hurriedly'f= passing train gave them no oppor } tunity to express their sympathy {n= words, but Mrs. Harding reakl it in their faces. It gave her strength in this hour of sorrow but {t also was a constant reminder, even thoug? = she needed none, of her reat loss, Mrs, Harding continued to bear uy well under the strain and was still @s determined as she was Thursday evening that she wouldn’t break down. She retired early last night temporarily exhausted by the ordeal of the day. While she sought sleep the sileni groups marked the passing of the train. When SanFrancisco had paid , train. When San Francisco had paié | cities along the route took up the task, Burlingame, San Mateo, Red wood City, Tracy, Stockton, Niles and others continued their tribute } which began at the Golden Gate. Thi -! coming of darkness seemed to maki no difference and thousands stood along the tracks at Stockton as “tht train crept slowly through the city All was quiet on the train during thi night There was only the clicking of the car wheels as the train sped on. The only movement was thr hourly change in the guard of hono beside the flag-draped coffin in the last car. Each hour two soldiers, + sailor and a marine made thelr way quietly through the train to the last car, Soon afterward, the guard they relieved made its way back. 2) Ay BRIEF SERVICES ¥r HELD ON COAST. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif, Aug. 4— (By The Associated Press).—Sat Francisco today interred the memory of President Warren G. Harding, 11 its vault of treasured thoughts wil slowly recovering trom the sorrowfu scenes which surrounded the funeral cortego of the late chief executive df the nation here yesterday. The services here were simple. members of Mr. Harding's officia family and a few intimate frienti gathered about his casket and heart the Rev. James H. West, a Baptis minister, pray for “him which Thot hast called from sacrificial service t rest eternal.” When the prayer was concluded Mrs. Harding joined the Rev. Wes in “Amen” and said to the minister “It has been @ great comfort t me." As Mra. Harding turned for anotha look at her husband's face, before tht casket was closed, other members a the party filed out of the room ani left her alone for a few moments wit! her dead, while surging silent crowd lining the streets below joined her & requiem, Mrs, Harding was bowed-down, bit under the load of gria been burdened . “Mr. Wal was. oF al suite, ag Thi he thanked the mint son”, guard at (Continued on Page Four) (Continued-on Page Eight)