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

Weather Forecast WYOMING: Mostly cloudy tonight probably scattered thunder showers. Cooler tonight in ex- and, Wednesday; treme east portion. OLUME Vil. Che Casper Daily Crime CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1923. FINAL |! EDITION NUMBER 263. 130 MINERS GASOLINE PRICES ARE SLASHED SWEEPING REDUCTIONS EXTENDED|| DRIVE RIGHT! WALK RIGHT! AUGUST 18 T0 25 | “WD MANY STATES BY STANDARD Drive right! Walk right! trian is almost iver. Both must be Company Operating Big Price War Throughout Terntory; Casper Market Not Affected, Is Report CHICAGO, ‘Aug. 14.—(By Refineries Here Carries the people. The Associated Press) .—Re- their moral and physical support to it. of valuable information gleaned from the men who know automobiles in Casper. The reckless automobile driver is fast beccoming society’s greatest menace. The heedless bi va) as he often makes a near criminal out of an otherwise careful Consequently, the Tribune announces a Drive Right and Walk Right campaign which opens on Saturday, August 18, and continues for one week. No safety week ever did away entirely with automobile accidents, but it is hoped that by constantly impressing upon the public for one week, the absolute necessity of greater care in ‘it The automobile companies of Casper stand solidly behind this campaign, and have pledged Watch The Tribune each night during the drive for bits Casper, a general awakening w: be noticed among ELIEVED DEAD KEMMERER, WYOMING DISASTER WILL TAKE ENORMOUS TOLL, SAID | Rescuers Work Desperately to Reach Scores of Workers En- tombed at 26th and 28th Entry When Wrecking of Trip Car Causes Blast; Two Bodies Recovered KEMMERER, Wyo., Aug. 14.—(Special to The Tribune).—The number of miners en- tombed by a dust explosion in the No. 1 Mine of the Kemmerer Coal company at Frentier, was estimated at 135 this afternoon. Previous reports had placed the number at 217. ductions in gasoline prices began when Governor W. H. Mc- Master of South Dakota, ordered state highway supply depots to sell gasoline at 16 cents a gallon, assumed a national as- pect today when price cuts announced by the Standard Oil The police department is doing ali it can to curb these motor maniacs, but no arm of the law can entirely do away with the craving for speed manifest in some men. It can only be done by reaching the people directly, and appealing to their inherent good sense and judgment. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 14.—A special dispatch received from Kemmerer, Wyoming, by the State Tribune-Leader late today said that volunteer workers this afternoon were digging desperately in an effort to reach some 200 miners trapped underground by an ex- / company of Indiana and Kentucky and independent produc- effective in western Gasoline today was selling at 15.4 ‘ents In Chicago, 16% cents in Ome- ha and Nebraska, 15.9 cents in Kan- sas City, 22 cents in Loulsville, Ky., 11 cents in other s¢ctions affected by the reductions varying according to ight rates. In Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Wiscon- sin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Missouri and parts of Oklahoma, the cut made by the Standard Oil company of Indiana was six and six-tenths cents and that of independents in the same territory five cents, Retail prices in Kentucky, Florida, Mississipp!, Alabama and Georgia were reduced one cent by the Standard Oil Company of Kentucky. | Gasoline dealers in Nebraska an- nounced a cut of six and one fourth cents. The magnolia company re duced the price in Fort Worth, Texas, two cents, making a price of 11 cents @ gatlon, Governor Victor Donahey of Ohio, in an answer to Governor McMaster of South Dakota, said there were no laws in Ohio under which he could assist in the campaign for price re- du ction and said it appeared to him &@ matter for federal, rather than state action. Governor J. A. O. Preus of Minnesota, previous to the reduc- th announced an inquiry into cost Cleveland resulted in five arrests yes- terday. ‘y oline is being permanently retailed at| | Send them to “Spark @ “reasonable price.” Following a meeting of independent (Continued on Page Seven) PROMOTERS OF AUTO RELEASED Court Orders Dismissal of Charges In Connection With Sale of Stock In Car Being Held by Police~ ~ ‘The removal from the streets of Casper last Tuesday night by the pace department on the orders of the cit council of an Oakland car that was being sold by George Bloom, first for the George W. Vroman post of the American Legion and then for the Casper Rodeo association, and the subsequent arrest and confinement in the city jail of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Hogue gave riso to, petition for habeus corpus before’ complications here that resulted in| Judge R. R. Rose of the eighth judi- the release of Bloom by habens cor-| cial district yesterday on the grounds pus and the release of the other two/that the warrant which had been in ‘order to avoid habeas corpus pro-| made out for Bloom had not included ceedings. |. specific charge for which the man The trouble arose immediately af-/could be arrested. Judge Rose} NEW YORK, Aug. 14—Sharp re- duction in the price of gas announced by competitive companies in 15 states today resulteG in widespread selling of ofl company stock on the New York Stock Exchange. Bleven oi! stocks established new low prices for the year and practical- ly the entire list in this group drop- ped 1 to 2% points. Maracibo, Trans- continental, Invincible, Sinclair Com- mon and Preferred, White Eagle, Mar. land, Skelly and Middle States were among the shares which fell to new low records. Reductions in the price of gasoline nounced in many middle western ates today are not effective in Cas- per. The Standard Oil company of Indiana maintains no retail business here as tn the territory affected. There have been no reductions to Cas- ber dealers. Sasouins: WAR JUST BEGUN, Is * AIM SIOUX FF. ‘, B. D., Aug, 14—The ®asoline “wai begun by Governor W. H, McMaster of South Dakota “has just begun,” the Governor said today and will be continued until gas- ter the Rodeo was comple! At| granted the petition at 2 o'clock yes: that time, it seems, there was no one! terday afternoon and Bloom was re- who could claim ownership of the car, leased immediately. He had been except the Patterson Motor company.|!n jail on the alleged charges since) It was agreed by Mr. Bloom, A. F.| 130 p. m, Sunday. Bell of the Rodeo, and Alexander Nis-| Mr, and Mrs. Hogue had been ar bet, chief of police, that a bill of salo| rested at 2 a. m. Sunday, the former to the car should be made over to th®/on a similar warrant. Hogue was chief so that someone would be re-|being held as a witness, according to car, It was thé/the police. He was released at 10 of it ultimately inp, m. Sunday on a bond of $1,500. fairness to the stockholders. Mra, Hogue was released at the same After the bill of sale had been made/ time on a bond of $2,500. over the council ordered the chief to| Not only had the warrants been take the car off the streets which he| tied on charges that ere not known did, placing it at the city hi as ortmes in Wyoming, accor¢ing to The sale of the car was then tied the defense, but there were no com- up for a period, The police depart-|Plaints filed in either cage it 1s sald. ment then endeavored to get hold of] ‘The warrants that were issued the stubs of the receipts of purchase|charged that the defendants Bloom by share holders from Mrs, Hogue|and Hogue respectively, ‘attempted who then had them in her possession.'to abscond with the proceeds, ac She refused to give them up without|counts and records of a certain auto- first consulting her employer, Af-|mobile sale in the city of Casper, the ter refusing to give them up she was county of Natrona, state of Wyoming, arrested on the so-called charge, Mr.|with the attempt to commit grand lar- Hogue was taken along as a witness ceny and then and there feloniously all of which proceedings are claimed|and with malice aforethough obtain to be illegal by the attorney for the|money under false pretenses. Judge Rose upheld the contention also refused to give up thejof the defense that these several al stubs and was arrested on the after-jleged ‘attempts’ were not crimes at noon of the same day. all and that the person from whom Your ideas and opinions upon the campaign are more than welcome at the Tribune offices, lug” and they will receive space in the Tribune during Drive Right week. ‘We want to feel that the people are behind the drive. Remember — August 18 to 25 “Drive Right! Walk Right!” BALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Boston—ist game Batteries—Osborne, Dumovich and O'Farrell; Barnes and Smith. At Philadelphia— R. HL E. Pittsburgh ---.200 020 051—10 16 2 Philadelphia -_100 112 47x—16 18 0 Batteries— Morrison, Stone Adams, and it; Couch, Wein- eneame At New York— R. H. Brooklyn ..--.001 000 100— 2 8 New York ,...002 010 00x— 3 9 Batterles—Henry and Deberry; Scott, Bentley and Snyder. wall — Keen and Hartnett; ell. Batteries Genewich and 0’: AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Detrolt— ~ R. H. FE. Philadelphia -.000 010 010—2 9 2 Detroit ..-----102 211 00x— 7 14 3 Batterles — Naylor, Wolbers and Perkins; Pillette and Bassler. — | LATE SPORTS SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Aug. 14.—A new giant has entered the ficld of pugilism, He is L. H. “Big” Munn, of Stoux City, Munn fs six feet six inches in height and weighs 295 pounds. Munn, who ts @ former star ath- lete of Nebraska, has signed a con- tract with Gene Melady, of Omaha who managed Earl Caddock and Joe Siecher, wrestlers, to look after his affairs, - While a student at the University of Nebraska, Munn won his letters in football, basketball, wrestling and track. He also was winner of the inter-class boxing title in the heavy- weight class, On the football field, Munn played tackle for two years, Munn will begin a period of in- tensive training in a few weeks at the Mike Gibbons camp in St. Paul. He will not take part in any match- es for at least three months, After Attorney EB. B. Enterline, chiet|the money was said to have been ob counsel for the defense brought 4 (Continued on Page Seven) that he says he will be ready for “any of them.” TWELVE PERISH IN UTAH CLOUDBURST Eight Bodies ‘Already Recovered From , Flood Devastated /” Section; Flood Damage Is Great SALT LAKE, to have been lost in northern cloudbursts last night and early today. Property damage is expected to total upward of $ Four persons were known Utah, just north of Salt Lake “re reported dead at Willard, Utah, Scouts are reported nyon east of Farming The cloud bursts, preceded by @ Utah, Aug. 14.—Twelve lives are believed —Bight bodies of persong killed or drowned a result of m series of cloudbursts in the vicinity of Balt Lake City and Ogden early last even- ing had been recovered up to 11 o'clock this morning. Three persons are missing and property damage is expected to total upward of $1,000,- 000, Area In Northern FLOOD DAMAGE TO BE HEAVY SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 14. —Flood waters from the Wasatch mountains, rampaging through farm settlements in Northeastern Utah last night in the wake of a series of cloudbursts, took a toll of serveral lives and caused property damage to farm innds amounting to several hundred thousand dollars. Utah as a result of a series of 1,000,000. to be dead at Farmington, City; two men and a woman vere electrical storm, tore down tele- phone poles and hence communica- tion ts crippled SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 14 Coming with startling suddenness and fntensity, the cloudbursts, coup- led with severe electric storms sent great walls of water down low ditches and streams, sweeping through com munities in Box Elder and Weber counties and leaving behind inundated farm lands, Today the flood had receded at most points almost as suddenly as it arose. Water covered farm sec tions, upon which last night were swept debris and wreckage, today were nearly dry with rivers and streams in almost normal flow. Farm buildings along the course of the streams in Box Elder and Weber were swept from their founda tions last night and several frame homes were carried down the current over and 15 in Zeitz, Saxony. progress in Neisse, Silesia, The city of Hamburg, by proclama- tion of the senate, is virtually under martial law as a ~esult of the ser- ious clash there yesterday between strikers and the police. So far, the disturbances fn Berlin have been of a minor nature and the police have been called into service only to stop plundering or prevent communist agitators from persuading loyal workers to leave their places of employment. There ts noticeable a growing dis- satisfaction with food prices and the shortage of staples. President Ebert has sent a messago to Wilhelm Cuno warmly thanking him for his services to the country. AIX LA CHAPELLE, Aug. 14— (By the Associated Press)}—Twelve persons were killed and more than eighty were wounded here 1 when crowds attempted to police headquarters and rescue pri oners taken during the day when the police broke up a food shortage dem- onstration. All the victims were German ctvil- jans, In yesterday's demonstration four Germans were killed and forty wounded. The crowd was compoted mostly of {dle workmen. It laid regular stege to the headquarters and refused to heed the police warnings to dis- perse, After throwing hand grenades into the crowd and firing several volleys, Continued o, Pags Seven) the security ‘police emerged and charged the mob with sabres and re- volvers, Mounted police are patrolling the city, ‘The Belgian troops did not interfere in the affair, BERLIN, Aug, 14—(By The Asso- ciated Press)—The general strike ir Berlin was called off by the commun- ists this morning, all the transporta- tion lines peopening, BHRLIN, Aug, 14-—(By The Associ- ated Press-—The industrial situation in Berlin’ showed improvement today and there were reports of betterment in conditions from other parts of the country, although disorders were still in progress in many districts. The police prevented attempts to hold demonstrations in Berlin, ‘The situation at Stettin has become worse. The dock employes went on strike and several shops were plund- ered, The communists have become very active among the farm laborers. Strikes have broken out on more than fifty estates in the Soldin district, Brandenburg province, and partial strikes are reported from Genthin, Goethen and Queedlinburg, Prussian Saxony; Wanzleben and Beroburg and Ballenstedt, Duchy of Anhalt, BLOODY RIOTS TAKE BIG TOLL Scores Slain Throughout Germany as Mob Disturbances Increase; Strike Of Berlin Communists Ends BERLIN, Aug. 14.—(By The Associated Press).—From late reports indicating an increase in the mob disturbances throughout Germany, Chancellor Stresemann and his govern- ment faced another anxious day this morning. During the -|night came rumors that 20 persons had been killed in Han- plosion this morning before rising water put a stop to the rescue work and precluded the possibility of any of the men escaping alive. Two pumps which generally remove water from the mine of the Kemmerer Coal com- pany at the rate of 18,000 gallons per minute, working twelve hours a day Rioting was also said to be in appeal for a gen- The Hamburg situation ts quieter. The street cars and elevated railways are running. Order has been restored at Luebeck where there was a communist erup- tion yesterday and work has been re- sumed in all the establishments there. The strike of the Hamburg and Bremen pilots, which has been tying} up North Sea traffic at the ports, has ended. Passengers Are Given Scare as Ship Hits Rocks SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 14.—A par- ty of 280 excursionists on the steamer Princes Ena had an exciting exper!- ence early today when the vessel in crossing from Southampton to 8t. | Malo, France, struck some submerged rocks in a dense fog. A bad hole was cut in the hull and a number of pas- sengers were transferred to the boats. However, excellent order prevailed and there were no casualties, The veawel later proceeded under her own steam, Two of the life boats, containing eighty passengers, were atill missing at noon despite efforts to find them, but the authorities believed there was and then resting for two, stalled fol- lowing an explosion on a lower level and the water has since been rising steadily. Fans are still working throughout t mine. , The first {indication above ground of the éxplosion in the mine was at 8:30 in the morning when dense black clouds began issuing from the ¢lectric fans. There was no noise above) ground of the explosion perh: a half mile under ground. The cave-in was between the fifteenth and seven- teenth entry with a mass of dirt on the former cutting off communtcation with the twenty-sixth and twenty| eighth entry where the men were working. Workmen were immediate: ly summoned from all of the surround- ing companies and began digging to- Ward the entombed men from the main ¢ntrance, Much. debris has to be removed from the 15th entry and the work is progressing slowly In spite of the fact that several hundred men are engaged. Hundreds of women, children and other relatives are hover- Present @ pitiable spectacle as they wait for news from underneath. The first body found was that of George Wormer, a pumpman, who was re- moved to the surface where he was covered and removed but had not) been identified as yet. Other rumors, hopes of relatives and friends, were that three other of the supposedly doomed men had walked out a man- ing about the mouth of the mine and| identified by friends, It was rumored) that five other bodies had been dis-| established, perhaps by the desperate | enteenth entry the body of a pump man was found, Black clouds of smoke from the mine fan were the only indications of an explosion at first. No Intonat‘on was heard abevo ground as tha ex- plesion was es‘‘mated to have taken Place nearly a mile underground. Nothing definite concerning the condition of the entombed men has come from the depths of the mine but experts in mine rescue work declared they saw little hope of rescuing the men alive. A United States mine rescue car which left Kemmerer this morning for Utah fields nearby was hastily order- ed to return, As the volunteer workers dug fran- {ically toward the entombed men |through the main entrance of the property, hundreds of women and |children, relatives of the miners, waited patiently at the mouth of the |mine for word from within. The property is known as “The Frontier Mine." It is located about one mile from the city limits of Kem- merer. At 12:30 o'clock this afternoon res- cuers were said to be making prog- ress in penetrating the workings t ward the entombed men. It wi expected hoWever, that it would be several hours before anything defi- nite was known as to the fate of the miners. A runaway trip car which plunged from the rails caused a dust explo: sion, according to word received from: the mi Way and escaped, Dispatches received here fatled to confirm the reports concerning the cause of the mine explosion at Kem: merer. Tho correspondent did not mention the rumor that fire had broken out in the colliery, He said there was no way of determining the exact number of entombed men, but that it was estimated at between 150 and 200, | TWO ARE RESCUED | ALIVE IS REPORT. | POCATELLO, Idaho, Aug. 14. — Two miners were carried out alive by Tescug workers from the Ill-fated| Frontier mine at Kemmerer, Wyo-| ming, late today, according to tele- phone information received here. The men were badly burned. | KEMMERER, Wyo., Aug. 14.—Two hundred miners in No. 1 mine of the Kemmerer Coal company, were en- tombed this morning, following an| explosion. The explosion occurred in| the lower levels. A oave-In at the entry of No. 15 out oft all communication with the men| who were working around the twen- ty-sixth and twenty-elghth entry, Up to noon two bodies had been ri covered, Relief workers Immediately went to no cause for anxiety, Walton; Cou TULSA, Okla., Aug. 14— Martial law descended upon the city of Tulsa early today by decree of Governor J. O, Walton as the result of recent cases of mob violence. The city passed under the six a.m. ‘Thres companies of infantry, equtp- ped with automatic rifles, will en- force the martial law order under command of Adjutant General B, HL Three Companies of Infantry to Enforce | Orders Promulgated by Governor work. As they progressed to the sev- rts Function (By The Associated Press) — Tule of military authorities at Markham. Two companies were sent The explosion, according to mine officials was the first serious accident of its kind In the district in 18 years; At that time, 25 miners lost their lives in an explosion at Diamondville; near here, Most of the men entombed are said to be foreigners. Many were not working todity because tomorrow is ® religious feast day and the miners had laid off to prepare for its proper celebration. Two mine rescue cars are on the way to the scene of the disaster, ac- cording to word received hére this afternoon. One, the rescue car of the Colorado-New Mexico district, which is in Wyoming on an educ& tional tour, was enroute to Rock Springs, Wyoming, when it halted at Green river. The car returned im: mediately to Kemmerer and H. E, Munn, In charge of the car, notified the Denver, Pittsburgh and Washing: ton offices of the bureau of Minas of tho explosion, The othor cer, that of the Wyoming district, was on the way into Utah when 1t wus ordered Lo return to Kem- merer, DENVER, Colo., Aug. 14—A rescue ear of the United States Bureau of mines te Cumberland, Wyoming 15 miles from Kemmerer where 200 min- éra were entombed by an explosion (Continued on Page Seven.) TULSA IS PLACED UNDER MARTIAL LAW AS RESULT OF RECENT MOB VIOLENCE sheriff's force will be superseded dur ing the military occupation in line with instructions from the governor, {t was understood, The courts and other civil agencies are not expected to be disturbed. Issunnce of the proclamation of martial law came unexpectedly late yesterday as the result of representa: tions made in Oklahoma City to Ald- rich Blake, executive counsellor, by Nathan Hantaman, wha waa ab- ducted here last Friday night by « band of masked men and carried out Into the country where he was whipped severely, Charges that the Tulsa police were from Oklahoma City and one from Okmulgee. Only the police department and Involved in the abduction have been made by Hantdman and Mra. Mabel West, proprietress of the rooming house where Hantaman lived, \