Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 13, 1923, Page 1

7” CAREYHURST ON SUNDR Weather Forecast WYOMING—Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. portion tonight. OLUME Vil. Slightly cooler east CASPER, WYO., MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1923. SIX ARE KILLED IN COLORADO TRAIN WRECK POINCARE DISREGARDS LLOYD GEORCE; MAKES SUNDAY MILITARY TALK Emphasizes Unswerving Determination Not to Change Policy Toward Germany—Asser's His Country Will Never Forego Ruhr Reparations STENAY, France, Aug. 13.—Disregarding recommendation of David Lloyd George, the former British Prime Minister, that he should not make speeches on Sundays or in places where war memories w 1 addresses to emphasize France’s unswerving Germany. 3 He delivered his and etvil victims of the war. Then: he came to Stenay to dedicate a war memorial in the town that dur- ing most of the war was the domain playground of the former German Crown Prince. His addresses here| and at Marville had been written be-| fore the last British note was received although he had the document before him as he spoke. “Chancellor Cuno,” said the pre- mier in his Maryille speech, referring; to the German's chancellor's recent} address in the reichstag, “undoubtedly | would not have used such senseless) language if the allles had been unan-| {mous in showing him their will in| ordering him not to revolt longer! against the legitimate measures taken! by Belgium and France.” The premier declared that the Ger- man government was leading Ger- many to catastrophe, adding ‘we are| sure not only of our rights, but of| our methods.” | “We can only smile indulgently at Cuno's blustering,” M. Poincare con- tnued. “If he thinks Germany was not thoroughly beaten in the war,” he declared; “if he belleves Germany can violate with impunity the treaty she signed; if he thinks we are dis- posed to go on indefinitely without the reparations she owes; if he believes we will go out of the Ruhr before, our claim is paid, then he is greatly mistaken, And {f he does not believe all this, but only says it, it is his compatriots he hoodwinks and leads to ruin.” M. Poincare concluded by saying that Germany now, as in 1918, on the eve of her itary downfall, was seck- ing to misl opinion. CASPER MAN 15 INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENT NEAR | | ] | E. N. Boyles of Casper had two ribs broken yesterday afternoon when the car in which he was riding to Douglas turned over near Caryhurst. Boyles also suffered a cut on the head. The other occupants of the car were not, injured, The victim of the accident is resting at the Converse County hos-, pital in Douglas. FUBITWE IS CAUGHT, SHOT THROUGH LEG | Sheriff's Deputy Bnngs Down Man Wanted by | Nebraska Officers. | Captured again after at- tempting three times to avoid serving a sentence of from 15 to 20 years in the Nebraska state prison, Tex Maupin, alias Tex Moss, alias ‘‘Tangle Eyed Tex" {s nursing a leg with a bullet hole in it, He recelved the wound at Salt Creek Sunday after- noon after attempting to avoid the attaches of the local sheriff's office. It was learned by the department here that the man had escaped from jail in Nebraska and was headed toward Wyoming. Following up sev-| eral clues the officers found him at the oil field. He was in a Ford car and had & 30-30 Winchester beside him. Me suddenly turned the car ff #tter being chased for half a mile | end attempted to go down a draw. It was at ‘this point that he was shot in the leg. He afterwards stated that he “in-| tended to fight it out’ with the au- thorities and that he did not intend ot eb taken alive. The captive has caused trouble to the Natrona county authorities twice before, In one instance he escaped from one of the deputies at the door ef the court house and yas captured after he had run the length of a block. In another instance he tried to saw his way out of jail He is wanted in Nebraska for ing a car and for breaking jail. steal i } first address at Marville at the unveiling of a monument to military | ould be aroused, Premier Poincare yesterday made two| determination not to change her policy toward RAILROAD BROTHERHOOD TO MEET SOON TO TALK OVER INAUGURATING WAGE MOVE Chairmen of 350 ‘Associations Will Con- vene in Chicago September 6—Switch- men Will Send Delegates CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 13.—Approximately 3850 gen- eral chairmen of th eeastern, western, southwestern and Canadian Associations of General Committees, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, have been called to NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Brooklyn— Pittsburgh -120 100 010-5 9 0 Brooklyn 000 000 110—2 4 1 Battreies—Meadows and Schmidt; Smith, Decatur and Deberry. po SS AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Philadelphia: R.H.E. Cleveland -.. Philadelphia ~$31 020 M4x—14 14 0 Batteries—Coveleskio and O'Neill, L. Sewell; Heimach and Perkins. At Washington: Ist game— R.H.E. Chicago -.. 00 010 010-4 7 0 Washington --...022 000 001—5 7 1 Batteries—Blankenship and Schalk; Zachary and Ruel. At Washington: anion 2nd game— Chicago Washington _ es horizan. He undoubtedly will Batteries—Leverette and G ;|be @ candidate for the nomination in the next Republican nomination con- vention and he ought to be able to take a solid New England delegation with him. 3 “New England Republicans have “| hitherto been able to produce very ef- Johnson and Ruel. At Philadelphia: 2nd game— R.H.E.| 102 500 000—8 11 Cleveland Philadelphia - 110 000 04 oo fective teamwork In national conven- Batteries — Edwards, Morton and tions. We tried it with James G. Myatt; Harris, Wolfe and Perkins. |Blaine and with Thomas B. Reed, convene in special session at Chicago, September 6, “for the purpose of giving consideration to the question of inaugurat- Senator Moses’ statement said: ;|the political landscape and President Coolidge is now an outstanding figure on the Re-| French Marks Down To New Low Figures NEW YORK, Aug. 13—French franes dropped to the lowest figure in all time and french bonds turned heavy today in reflection of week-end political developments in Europe. French francs dropped 12% points to 5.5 cents. Department of sine, seven per cent, dropped two points to 81. Substantial fractional recessions were recorded by french government 7%s and &s and the French municipal issues. Demand sterling yielded slightly to $4.56%. German marks dropped 3 points to 27 cents a million or 10 points above the record low. Belgian francs advanced five points to 4.55 cents. | Vroman Post Holds Meeting at 8 p. m. A special meeting of the George W. Vroman post of the American Legion will be held at 8 o'clock this evening in the post headquarters. After this meeting there will be a gathering of the delegates to the state convention which will be held at Laramie August 20 and 21. Package Finds Way Into Wrong Machine Owner May Have It A case of the right package but the wrong car, or perhaps the right car and the wrong kind of a package, re- sulted in the disclosed finding of a parce! addressed to Mrs. W. D. Skel- ton of 425 Maple street, Fort Collins, Colo., in a car parked ‘this morning in front of the Golden Rule depart- ment store. By phoning 2016W-1 the sender of the misplaced package may | recover it. ing a wage movement,” according to the official circular matled to all mem- bers of the Association of General Committees, D. B. Robertson, presi- dent of the Brotherhood, announced today. Warren S. Stone, president of the Brotherhood of Engineers, when ask- ed if his general chairman would join the firemen in a jomt request for Increased wages, saié that the laws of “his ‘organization did not call for the convening of general chairmen to inaugurate a wage movement, as did the rules of other brotherhoods, and that no similar action was contem- plated at present. The amount of the pay increase to be asked of the railroads would be determined by the general chairmen, Mr. Robertson said. The firemen were given a cut of approximately 12% per cent by the United States railroad la- bor board on July 1, 1921, he said. Whether this woula be the amount of the increase to be requested.Mr. Rob- ertson would not sa; CHICAGO, Aug. 13.—General chatr- men of the Switchmen’s Union of North America have been summoned to meet here on September 6, to con- sider wage questions, It became known here today. A letter issued by T. C, Cashen, international president fixed the date. CASPER GREAT HOST LEGION LEADER SAYS Alvin Owsley, national commander of the American Legion, is back in the midst of the affairs of ex-servico men at headquarters at Indianapolis, but he remembers Casper and her legionnaires as great hosts, as evinced by the following letter recetved from him by C. H. Relmerth, commander of the George H. Vroman post here “My dear Reimerth: I am back at my desk after a few days with my folks in Texas. “I want you to know, old man, that enjoyed every minute of my visit th wild and wooly legionnalres of asper. You had a great turnout for he speaking, and it was a real 1onest-to-goodness pleasure to speak ) such a splendid audience. You sgionnaires seem to be wide awake nd on the job. More power to you! My Kind regards and best wishes, Very sincerely yours, “Alvin Owsley.” LONDON, Aug. 18.—(By The Asso- ted Press.)—The British note to ance and Belgium, in which the Baldwin government says it regards the Ruhr occupation as illegal under the Versailles treaty, but is willing to submit the point to arbitration, has made a very deep impression here. For the most part, it is regarded as creating a new altuation which may have serious developments. Even wher government's mn is appro the plain spok phraseology note caused aston ishment, although tbat astonishment one a n British Note On Occupation f Ruhr Makes Complications was mingled with satisfaction that the government used language which the commentators endorse. Among those who oppose the line the government has taken there is excitement, anger, even alarm, and the position is considered to be one of grave crisis, The communication reiterates that Great Britain is still determined Ger- many shall pay “to the maximum of her capacity,” but asserts that what that maximum may be should be deete an impartial {nquiry.’* Vor her own part, Britain would be Ask Entrance To Miss Russ Firing Squad - “BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13—Nine teen Russian inimigrants, members of the refugee party Admiral Stark led from Vladivostok to Manila and thence to America but now awaiting deportation, after rejection by immi- gration officials, today appealed to Americans to save them from the “dungeon or the firing squad.” When the local authorities denied them admission they appealed their case Washington officials who upheld the decision of the San Fran- cisco office. The Russians declared that they had no sympathy for the present Russian regime and surely would meet imprisonment or death if sent back to that country, ae need tess Sd ‘SIX ARRESTED BY SHERIFF ON BOOZE CHARGE Raids by the sheriff's office assist-| jed by the federal authorities over the| |week end resulted in the arrest of|from 11 cents in Dallas to 19 cents| \alx different parsons. |in Houston. Nebraska got into the, Pete Marthison, Parker McKenzle,| fight when Governor C. W. Bryan |Norman McKenzie, and Neal Beaton |Sent telegrams to all principal oil were arrested in the vicinity of Cas-| companies requesting @ reduction in per in the possession of a 85 gallon| Price. still and 25 gallons of moonshine.| Governor Len Small of Illinois an- They a'so had a Buick car that did nounced he was investigating the |not belong to them. The car had situation with @ view of taking! | been loaned to Marthison it is under-| action. stood. Officials of the Standard Oil com- Pegsy Paige and Patty Paige were}pany in Kentucky intimated there |also arrested for the possession of|soon would be a reduction in Ken- | Hquor. tucky, Governor W. P. Morrow said KIDNAPPING ESCAPADE MAY _ KEEP BERGDOLL FROM TRIP PLANNED TO UNITED STATES | EBERBACH, Germany, Aug. 13.— Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, American draft evader, said last night that he Neb., Aug. 13—Governor . Bryan today actively took part in the “gasoline war” started recently by Governor, McMaster. of South Dakota. The Nebraska ex- ecutive, affer wiring the Standard oil) Company of Indiana, and other oil companies, demanding that prices for | W. H. McMaster declared the former price of 26.6 cents a gallon “was not less than highway robbery,” and) obtained a large quantity of gasoline] to be sold by the state at 16 cents @ gallon, gasoline sold yesterday for 15.5 cents a gallon—the lowest price} in ten yers. Drivers adopted the slogan “fill her up” and sales were reported trebled. Independent dealers in South Da- kota said they saw only bankruptcy ahead. In Texas yesterday, gasoline sold] had expected to return to the United States with his mother on September 27, but that last Saturday's effort to kidnap him made him hesitate about doing so, Mrs, Bergdoll was not in the hotel when the attempt was made to seize her son. Bergdoll has not been ar- rested, but has made a formal state- ment to the police, The four men held tn connection with the attempted kidnaping were removed to another place in Baden, the name of which was not made public, They are: Griffith, a former American lieutenant; Faust Gagarin; a Russian prince; Roger Sperber, a French detective and a citizen of France, and John Nielson, an Ameri- n chauffeur. The German police say that Sper- ber, who was wounded twice, has informed them that Griffith engaged him in Paris two months ago to ar- range the kidnaping, telling him that @ well known American organization was financing the affair. Smith three times joll and died without making » statement He was and a resident of Lausa’ willing to» obtain from German reparations and allied debts a sum sufficient to meet her debt to the United States. The present situation in the Ruhr, it says, constitutes a grave political and economic crisis which is having a particularly noticeable effect on trade, PARIS, Aug. 13.—The British note is regarded in French official circles as a positive disavowal of Britain's war allies a (Continued on Page Four.) was shot Great frank “President Harding’s both of Maine, and with John W. Weeks and Leonard Wood, each & native of New Hampshire and a real- dent of Massachusetts, In each of these four efforts to nominate a New Englander, either the state of Ver- ment or the state of Maswachusetts or both of them played the part of the oft-ox. President Coolidge is a Vermont and a resident native of of Massa- Chr Casper Daily Tritame Coolidse Expected | To Be Presidential Nominee Next Race ;, Senator Moses of New Hampshire Declares That New England | Delegation Will Stand Solidly Behind Outstanding Fig- gure in Republican Ranks Today CONCORD, N. H., Aug. 13.—United States Senator George H. Moses in a statement issued today declared that President Calvin Coolidgé would be a candidate for the Repub- |lican presidential nomination in 1924 and that he ought to have a solid New England dele death had made a change ‘h chusetts and these two states will now stand steadfast. President Cool- idge ought to count upan going into the next nationa! convention with the 88 votes of New England which will be more than those of either Pennsyl- vania or Illinois and only two less than those of New York. “Senatar Cummins says we will have a dozen candidates. It may be. Just now Coolidge is the only one in sight in New England. GAS WAR IS RAGING IN WEST Smaller Refineries Said to Be Threatened With Bankruptcy Unless They Obtain Prices That Will Equal Cost of Production — S. D. Price Lowest in 10 Years gasoline at retail filling stations be cut, and receiving no reply, then sent &@ message to United States Attorney General_ Daugherty,. asking_ federal prosecution of the oll companies, it being the governor’s opinion he said, that the oil companies are violating the anti-trust laws. ST, PAUL, Mian., Aug. 15.—Minne suta will enter the “gesolime war” started by Governor McMoster of South Dakota, by immediately start- ing an investigation into the cost of gasoline production, Governor Preus announced here today. the salo of gasoline. Reports from St. Paul, Minn., state that the two refining companies there have announced they will sell gasoline from trucks at 19% cents a gallon. Officials of some Minneapolis inde- pendent oil companies said they could obtain gasoline laid down there for 11 cents @ gallon. Others, however, declared that was an unusually low price. According to G. Roy Hill, sec- retary of the Minneapolis Automobile club, he has been quoted an offer of 12 cents a gallon for gasoline in carload lots. Due to the influx of California oil and gasoline in large shipments through the Panama Canal to lantic ports, the refineries east of the Rockies have been forced to sell be low cost of production, and are in consequence in danger of going out of business, Aubrey G. Maguire, presi- dent of the BartlesMaguire Oil com pany declared. Geo. F. O'Neil, president of tho O'Nell Of1 and Paint company, in a statement said that “all at the pres ent time many refineries in Oklahoma are closing down for thirty days and a large number of smaller refineries are on the verge of bankruptcy. Un. less they can be protected and can set a, price that will equal the cost of pro: ducing oil, an important source of the nation’s supply would be closed, he said. He declared it 1s the elaborate equipment for serving the public that gasoline companies must maintain in order to compete that is responsible for the apparent high cost of gaso: line. Statistics show that over the entire country service stations aver age 300 gallons a day the year around in sales. ‘Estimating expenses of At-| CHICAGO, Aug. 18.—(By The Associated Press).—Many of the smaller refineries are threatened with failure unless they are protected and obtain a price that .will equal the cost of production, according to statements brought out by the gasoline price war started by South Dakota, and which has spread to several other states of the middlewest, with reductions'which have brought the price of gasoline down to a range of 11 cents to 22.5 cents a gallon at varioug places. . In South Dakota where Governor 4® had no public fund available for maintenance of each of these stations Jat $25 « day, there is an expense of |8 cents a gallon which must be paid |by the consumer, he sald. SALEM, Ore., Aug. 13.—Governor Walter Pierce will be asked to com. |municate with the governor of South Dakota to determine if possible, un-| |der what statute or by what author- |{ty South Dakota's governor was able |to bring about a reduction in gaso- |line prices, it was said here today by |persons interested in obtaining a similar reduction of gasoline prices in Oregon. Gasoline prices in Oregon, exclu sive of Portland and points having the advantage of water freight rates, jhave ranged for the last few years from 21% cents to 25% cents a gal- lon, These prices prior to last May include a state tax of two cents a gallon and since that time a tax of three cents, In a few sections of the state where transportation facilities are meager gasoline has sold as high as thirty cents a gallon. PITTSBURGH, Atlantic Pa., Aug. 13.—The Refining company today an- nounced a cut of one cent a gallon on motor gas and the 68-70 grade, making the reta{l price of the first cents and the second cents. Prices to dealers were three cents under these quotations. BERESFORD, 8. D., Aug. 13. This little city which claims the honor of originating the idea of 16 cents gasoline and which recently fired the first gun in the gasoline “war” has settled back to its normal ways is watching with interest (Continued on Page Seven) President Official WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—Prest dent Coolidge took up his duties for the first time today at the executive offices in the White House. Tho chief executive arrived at his desk a few minutes before 9 o'clock from the New Willard hotel, where he had established a temporary head quarters and where ho will maintain his residence until Mrs, Harding leaves the White House. He was accompar by his « , Ed ward T, Clurk, and was Se retary Christian, who will remain « duty for a few days to assist the Takes Up Routine FINAL ! EDITION | NUMBER 262. THAINMIEN ARE ONUFFED OUT BY COLLISION NEAR PUEBLO Mistake in Orders by Engineer Causes Two Trains to Pile Up in Wreckage. PUEBLO, Colo., Aug. 13. Six trainmen were killed jand severa] other trainmen }and passengers were inj when Santa Fe train No. 6, westbound from La Junta, and Colorado & ern train number 609, detouring from Pueblo by way of La Junta and drawn by two loct: motives, collided head-on at a switch jin the outskirts qf Fowler, 20 milew east of Pueblo at 4:30 this morning. Of the stx men who formed the crews of the three engines, five were killed outright. There was no casualties among the passengers, and none were reported to have been seriously in- Jured, The dead and injured were taken to LaJunta on a relief train. The dead are A. Henson, engineer on Number 6, La Junta J, T. Pierson, fireman on Number 6, La Junta. first en- gine number 609, G. H. Gray, enginee second engine Number 609, Denver, B. T. Brown, pageman and ex- press mérsenger on number 609, Den- ver. £. B. King) baggageman and ex- Dreseomessenger on Number 603, Den- ver. ‘The Injured are A. H. Burleigh of Trinidad, brakeman 6n the Colorado nd & ern train another brake mi number 609 whose mame waa gives Htt#ch and who Is belleved to be Tri Mis Peart Brown, ot nite, Icangas, a pam senger on tra fered a deep cut eral others who st and minor cuts Dr. G, EB. Van Der Schow Clay, Dr. O. F, Higbee and Dr Dan>s fel Highbee; Dr. Peden of Man: and Dr. Stubbs of I the scene a short time n mbh > mune ar 1% Four Fow?ex, -er Dry Go after wreck and assisted in caring for the injured until after the rellef train ar- rived. the The cause of the wreck had not yet | been fully determined but it ts bel: to have resulted from mistaken Jorders. It 1s understood tha eer Schmanke of th train number 609, first had or¢ | meet the Santa Fe train at Fowler, | but that this order was changed making the meeting place at ¥ |® small passing track sbetween Ne pesta and Fowler. It is believed that Schmar overlooked this change in or and expected to meet number Fow Both |trains were trave! of speed when the fair rate wreck occurred. The fact that no passenger was killed is attributed the fact that both trains carried steel coaches. Santa F s from Chicago and ning train number ta, where it Santa Fe t » number 6 City, rur to La Kansas ft as becomes n Denver and TF Colorado ond tracks. Yolorado Express.”” The train Chicago at 6 p. m | Saturday k at 8 a.m, unday and arrly Junta xt 20 this morning ver at 5 and a, m, and De Train number Fast Mail’ from ; Worth, Texas, p.m, Sundi Monday mo SCOUTS REAGH SUMMER CAMP Mess call a ’ rday in the Boy Scout camp on Buffalo creek 26 | mites th Arminto found 120 boys ready to wer it. These were all from Cast with 1e exce Lusk erton scouté had that time but were ex n the day Spent th ainted with everal | tion Jone E Di iglas and arrived ted later | The be ting acq roundlr afternoon get- thelr new sur- them went prolific, hiking ive Bartle and other np bas re hey off with a schedule. eated fu’ ady so that considerable president and Mr. Clark in familliarix ing themselves with White House de tails. As he entered. the lobby of tho executive offices Mr. Coolidge shook hands with seant C, L. Dalrymple for years in charge of the police force stationed there, Then executive hurried tly into th er room t ai Roosevelt's time has served as the private office of the | president All the personal effe Harding had been rer \ {Continued on Page h camp yesterc when m the eréek brother seouta, wnted It to his