Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 17, 1923, Page 1

\ Weather Forecast warmer tonight. OLUME VIL. Great Oil Tank 1 WYOMING: Generally fair tonight and Saturday. Slightly O00, 000 BARRELS IN SAN PEDRO OTORAGE BURNING; BIG LOSS SEEN. losion in General Petroleum Company’s Big Underground Tank Rocks City; Fire Fighters Of Los Angeles Being Rushed to Scene. SAN PEDRO, Calif, Aug. 17— Spontaneous combustion in a huge 500,000 barrel oll tank owned by the General Petroleum company today caused a loss estimated at a million dollars, and nearly cost the life of Henry Hendley, 60 years old, night watchman at the tank farm, who bet trapped behind a wall of flames Hendley was seriously ‘burned the face, hands and body, but {s expected to vecover. Tho Presence of mind of P. G. Marpley, who resides near the scene of the fire, is all that saved Hendley’s life. Marpley smothered the flames with his coat. A fresh wind from the southwest has sprung up, and nearby resi- dents are again endangered, it is sald. Intermittent explosions are occurring In the burning tank and a danger zone is being maintained by the police. SAN PEDRO, Calif., Aug. 17.—A large underground oil tank owned by the General Petroleum Company, exploded here this morning at 9:25 o’clock. The blast was caused b; spontaneous combustion and shook the entire city. Approxi- mie a half million barrels of oil is burning. ‘ears for the safety of three adjoining J \ PIGGLY WIGGLY IS REQUESTED MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 17.— Clar-! ence Saunders, president of Piggly ‘Wisely, corporation, filed a petition in’ United States district court today asking the appointment of a receiver for the corporation, NO CONCERT THIS EVENING, Sa Because of the chautauqua pro- gram this evening, the band concert scheduled for the city park by the American Legion band has been post- Po The bandmen are requested finest at 8:80 at the club rooms to “eomplete arrangements for the trip to the state convention of the legion) at Laramie next week. The band will travel overland to Laramie by way of Cheyenne, leaving Casper at 6:30 Sunday morning. ———_—_— LATE SPORTS | BROOKLINE, Mass., Aug. 17— (By The Associated — Au tralia won the right to mect the United States in the challenge round for the Davis cup today by defeating France in a hard fought doubles encounter. The scores were 6-8, 6-3, 68 and 9-7. NEWPORT, BR. 1, Aug. 117.— Harvey Snodgrass, playing in the semi-finals of the invitation tourna- ment today, won his match from Vincent Richards, 63, 6-2, 1-6, 4-6, 97. FOREST HILLS, Aug. 17.—Misa \\ Kathleen McKane and Mrs, Nancy “Gpvell, English pair, gained a place in the finals tomorrow for the na- onal doubles championship by eliminating this afternoon Mrs. Hel- en G. Lockhorn of Mamaroneck, N. ¥., and Mrs, Natalie Morris of New York, 6-0, 6-2. Except for a brief rally in the second set, the Were no match for thelr rivals, in the main bouts on the at Aurora tonight. FOREST HILLS, singles championship this afternoon by de- defeating Eleanor ay Miss , New York star, 6-4, 6-0 on the turf courts of the Westside Tennis an NEWPORT, R, 1, Aug, 17.—Haz- vey Snodgrass of Los Angeles, will meet Howard Kinsey of San Fran- claco tomorrow in the finals of the invitation lawn tennis tournament here, Snodgrass defeated Vincent Richards of Yonkers, » in the semi-finals today, 1-6, 4-6, Brian of South Africa, 2-6, 63, 9-7 and Kinsey won from ©. Norton 6-1 and 6-3, Aug. 17—(By | DENVER tanks and a num- ber of nearby homes are felt as the tank shows signs of boiling over and running down the hillside. The tank is located at 28th and Gaffey streets. | Barly reports declare the loss will reach several hundred thousand dol- lars and may be larger if other tanks lare ignited. The burning tank is directly be- neath Fort MacArthur. The military post, however, is not in danger. All fire fighting apparatus in the harbor district was summoned to the scene, Officials of the General Petroleum | company could not be reached in an | effort to determine the exact amount of ofl: in thetank, ‘The estimate of a million barrels was made by, Battalion. Fire Chief Jack Baly. The tank afire is one of the largest of! tanks in the district and is used to store crude oils }awaiting shipment, coastwise or off shore on the General Petroleum's fleet of tankers, A fresh southwest. wind, springing up shortly before noon swept the flames from the burning ol! tank in the direction of nearby residences, Intermittent explosions occurred in the tank and a danger zone was main- tained by the police, LOS ANGELES, Aug. 117.—Two companies of fire fighting equipment have been rushed to San Pedro to protect that district while the harbor department fights the ofl tank blaze. Other equipment here is being held dn readiness to respond immediately to any emergency call from the scene of the blaze. ——_ LOB ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 17.— The General Petroleum Oi! tank afire at San Pedro has @ capacity of 500,000 5 ding to a statement at the offices of the company here. There are three other tanks belong: ing to the company nearby, but of- |ficials said they belleved these were |not in danger. Chinese Kidnap Trish Priests HANKOW, China, Aug. 17.—(By The Associated Press).—A message from St. Xaxier's college indicates that the two priests kidnaped by ban. dite at Tsaoshth are Irish, not Italian as first reported. Their names are given as Michael McHugh and Dan- fel War, both belonging to the Irish Catholic mission. They were missed after the outbreal |\SLAYER TO HANG SOON DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug, 17.— Gov, N. E, Kendall today set 6:30 o'clock Friday morning, September 7, as the hour and date on which Wil- Mam Clander is to be hanged at the Fort Madison penitentiary for the murder of Berthold Halfpap, Fort Dodge grocer, SCARE DENVER, Colo., Aug. 17-—Inunda- tion of the lowlands along the Platte river’ at Littleton, Val Verde and Jerome parks, suburbs adjoining Den- ver on the south last night, follow- ing a cloudburst in Platte canon, forced hundreds of residents to flee from their homes, interrupted tele- phone communication, washed out the approach to at least one bridge and for a time caused a flood panic in the river bottom lands in the heart of Denver. The waters subsided shortly after From the eplo of “The Covered Wagon” steps the spirit, perhaps as long and lean in ether as in life, of old Jim Bridger; a spirit of the early west and its empire making episodes that will commune with 93-year-old Ezra Meeker when he reaches fa- mous Fort Bridger the latter part of this week, Twenty-five years ranging through the western wilds and then founding the little trading post out there in southwestern Wyoming on Black's fork of the Green river in 1843, Bridger was the one man, In- dian fighter, teller of tales, guide and trapper known by all pioneers from Independence, Mo., to the banks of the Willamette river in Oregon. The mention of his name CHICAGO, Aug, 117.—Independent oll men in South Dakota will raise thelr prices on gasoline two cents a gallon tomorrow, making the retail price in that state 18 cents plus a 2 cant gasoline tax, » committees repre- senting the independents announced here today. WASHINGTON, Avg. -17.—Federai Anyestigation of the gasoline situation MEEKER TAKEN WesT ON ROUTE OF OLD TRAL Fort Bridger Is Next Ob- jective of Pioneer Trail Blazer. Bzra Meeker, who has been in Cas- per for the past several days inspect- ing sites of historic interest in this vicinity, left last night with Albert Parks, county surveyor, for Fort Bridger in southwestern Wyoming. The orginal Oregon trail between here and their destination will be followed as closely as present roads permit. The Park's ranch at Independence Rock, about 55 miles from Casper, was the first overnight stop made. It ‘s expected that Pac'fic Springs will be reached this evening. The old route takes them by Split Rock, over the Sweetwater river, west over South pass and southwest to the once-im- portant objective of Oregon trail emigrants, Fort Bridger. Mr, Meeker hopes to make a final trip over the Oregon trail again next year, when the trials and tribulations of those in the great westward rush to the Pacific coast in the middle 19th century will be re-enacted tn a moving picture intended to preserve and visualize the actual happenings of those early day FLOOD PASSES nepainoriescreny midnight, however, and aside from debrislittered banks and in some in stances, flooded basements and im- passable roads, there were no evi dences of the high waters early to- day, No loss of life was reported. The river rose about six fect, it was estimated, the water coming within two feet of the floor of some of the bridges along its course. In four places it broke over its banks, and flooded surrounding lowlands, ‘rising the gre i Continued on F Look for Colorful Story Of Jim Bridger and Old Fort in Sunday Tribune | with particular regard to supplies and CASPER, WYO., FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1923. |YOUTHFUL BANDIT CAPTURED IN BANK R sd today conjures up vivid tales of the deeds of daring, of the suffer- ings of emigrant trains, of the plains covered with wild game. In Sunday's issue The Tribune will present an intimate story of Bridger and his fort which now is the commonplace site of veral stores and garages, though ruins of the old trading post, pony ex- press ‘station and frst telegraph station still stand. This story comes from the pen of Ross Dudley of Salt Lake City, Utah, who is well acquainted with the subject on which he writes. Those interested in the early history of Wyoming cari not affort to miss Dudley's ac- count of Fort Bridger and its fa- mous founder in the ‘fribune this coming Sunday, SOUTH DAKOTA INDEPENDENTS TO INCREASE GASOLINE PRICE _ TWO CENTS GALLON SATURDAY prices was recommended today by the National Motorist joolation, which has completed a survey, The report points out the need of government protection of the industry but declares it would be unwise for the government to enter into compet!- tion with established concerns in the sale of gasoline. : i Adherence to the law df supply and demand in connection with gasolli prices is advocated, . BALL SCORES ST. LOUIS, Aug. 17—Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees hit his 31st home run of the reason in the first inning of today’s game with St. Louis. Dugan was on base at the. time and Vangilder was pitch: z- NATIONAL LEAGUE At Boston Chicago Boston ——__. Batteries Keen 100 001 000-2 8 2 and O'Farrell; Fel- lingin, McNamara, Barnes and O'Neill. At New York (Tied in 10th) R. H. E. Cincinnati 000 022 000 o— Bentley, Ryan and Gowdy, Snyder. At Phitadelphia BR. H. E. Pittsburgh ~-._.001 240 801—11 13 1} Philadelphia --.000 420 000— 6 8 2) Batteries: Steineder, Hamilton and Schmidt; Ring, Betts, Behan and Wil- son. : At Brooklyn R. H. E. St. Louis ~—-—.000 100 021 0— Tie Brooklyn . 10— Tie Batteries: Sherdal and McCurdy; | Vance and Deberry. AMERICAN LEAGUE At Detroit iH. E. Pmiladelphia -020 012 Detroit -000 003 Batteries; Rommel and Perkins; Pillette, Cole, Hollaway and Bassler. At Cl BR. H. E. Washington | Chicago — —----003 10 |. Batteries; Johnson, Yachary and | Ruel; Leverette, Blankentrip and | Graham. At St. Louls R. HE. New York —-210 St. Louis __._.100 Batteries: Bush and Hoffmann; Vangilder and Severed. GERMAN RIOT FIRE RAGING ON 2O-MILE FRONT) IN CALIFORNIA FOREST, REPORT Flames Fanned by Heavy Winds Threaten Great Destruction in Santa Barbara Timberlands. SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug, 17.—Fire fighters were making a valiant stand today to check the flames blazing on a 20-mile front in the Santa Barbara National forest. Heavy north winds fanned the em- bers of the fire into a new menace yesterday after forest rangers and impressed fire fighters had apparent- ly won a 12 day battle during which | the flames were beyond control. With- in m few hours the rekindled fire had Passed out of control, according to Chester Jordan, forest supervisor. ‘The stand of the 220 men in the fire fighting contingent was being made on the edge of the San Marcos ranch. ‘The speed with which the blaze roar- @@ down Santa Cruz Creek aroused the fear that it would appear on the Summits of the Santa Ynez moun- tains above Santa Barbara, Men in charge of the fire fighters Delleved that continuance of the north Wind for any great length of time to- day would resuit in the fire sweeping into the ranch, summer home, aplary and cattle country of the Santa Ynez river, The flathes were visible for man: miles last night and teday a heavy ‘emoke cloud was in the sky. Ashes fell on Santa “Barvara. OBBERY | | Che Casper Daily Critaume —_—_—_—_—_—_——.......... | Anent the Speeder The speeder is a criminal. He is &@ menace to the life and limb of his fellow man, He must be halted before he goes too far, No matter what the care exercised by a pedestrain in crossing a busy downtown street, he is helpless in the path of an au- tomobile which darts around a cor- ner, trusting only to good fortune to carry it through. ‘What is there in the mind of a sane person which calls for this un- reasonable speed. Surely an oppor tunity to do some real thinking upon the utter unnecessity of it all will do much to curb the recklessness, Fully three fourths of the incidents in which an automobile strikes a pedestrain, are caused directly by the driver of the machine, Hither his brakes have been neglected, the mechanical parts of his car need adjusting, or he simply doesn’t care, men, accessory men, and wholesale houses of Casper all get behind and push a campaign such as {s repre- sented by Drive right week, some good must follow. The drive opens on Saturday, August 18, and con- tinues dntil the 25th. Any accidents which may occur during that week will be certain to stand forth in the eyes of the people as totally un- necessary, Many letters have been received at the Tribune offices from citizens | of Casper who have been burned tn the fire of reckless driving. Let their experiences speak for them in the Tribune, During Drive right week, the columns of the paper will be filled with such testimonials and ideas for future prevention of acct- dents, They will be well worth your while so don't fail to read them, Bend your own experiences and opinions to the Tribune. They will It is against this happy-go-lucky “don't care” attitude that the Tri- bune is directing its drive, Surely when the automobile dealers, repair- be published during the campaign, ‘Tho slogan of the week ts “Drive right; Walk right;” ‘The dates:—August 18 to 28, | WAGE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS TO BE RENEWED NEXT MONDAY BY COAL MINERS AND OWNERS Aug. 11—(By The )}—Minera and an- thracite operators, meeting today in a joint conference at the behest of the United Btates Coal commission to avert a suspension of operations Sep- tember 1, reached an agreement to renew wage contract negotiations at Atlantic City next Monday. Formal announcement that the agreement had been reached to con- tinue the parley on wages that had become deadlocked was withheld until after the commission could be offi- cially notified. WASHINGTON, Aug. _117.—The latest turn in the mediatory efforts of the coal commission in the anthra- c wan discussed-today by GREAT MINE TRAGEDY CAUSED BY LIGHTING OF LAMP BY FIRE BOSS leas Ignited First In Thirtieth Entry, Cor- At the inquest Peter Boam, gas watchman, produced the lamp he found 12 feet from the fact of room number seven. This lamp, he testified was used as a safety lamp, but the top and bottom were two feet apart and a match with head only burned was found a few inchea from the bottom part of the lamp, he testified. ‘The lamp was carried by Thomas Roberts, fire boss, whose body was the last found, according to the test!- many, Other witnesses testified that Fire Boss Sager, who lost his life, reported after an inspection of the levels where the explosion originated that all working places were clear of gas. State Mine Inspector P. F. Patter. son testified that his last Inspection on May 17 last, showed the mine was in good condition, with adequate air. His testimony developed that pieces of rock were blown into wooden tim- bers by the force of the explosion. KEMMERER, Wyo. Aug. 12—A coroner’s inquest to fix responsibility for the deaths in the explosion last Monday at the mine of the Kemmerer Coal compariy began here this morn- "| ing. Eleven witnesses were sworn, in- cluding P. F. Patterson, state mine inspector, and Jack Oakley, foreman of the mine at the time of the ex- plosion, When the inquest opened, indica- 8ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 17.—Edwin TOLL GROWING | Rust, gunman end slayer of Sheriff |I. C. Fulker of Brown county, South Dakota, who had been sought for two AIX LA CHAPELLE, Aug. 17.—|months by every state, city and By The Associated Press)—The com-| county officer in the northwest, was j™munistic disturbances here are contin-| shot to death in a gun fight with julng with sanguinary results. Eight! St. Paul detectives here early today persons were killed and fifty: injured| when they attempted to arrest lim today in collisions between the com-|on a charge of stealing an automobile. munists and police, while 15 persons,| Rust had been arrested by the de- d in previous disorders, died initectives who were unaware of his “the hospitals, identity, when he drove to a garage, oner's Jury Decides Following Tes- timony at Kemmerer Inquest KEMMERER, Wyo., Aug. 17.—The coroner's jury in- vestigating the Kemmerer mine disaster this afternoon re- turned a verdict to the effect that the explosion was caused by the ignition of gas in room 7, thirtieth entry, when the fire boss re-lighted his safety lamp. The explosion last Tuesday caused the death of 99 miners. | tions were that drawn out. Hight bodies of those who lost thelr lives in the explosion were buried late yesterday. Graves for others rushed to completion this morning. ‘Ten caskets, followed by a crowd of mourners, were borne to the Catholic church this morning, where a funeral mass was said. At 2 o'clock this after- noon @ community service will be held at City Park, Many of the vic- tims will be buried this afternoon. Seven of the graves prepared have a capacity of eight coffins each. ‘The remainder of the victims buried today will be interred in individual graves. Kemmerer cemetery presented a gruesome picture all night, grave diggers working busily in the little plot of ground. Scores of rough boxes were stacked in piles here and there. pecs sal sien alah is would be long Panic Follows Sicilian Quake CATANIA, Sicily, Aug. 17.—(By The Associated Press.}\—An earth. quake of considerable violence shook the city this morning. It produced @ great panic among the population but caused no damage. President Coolidge and Secretary Hoover, who called the White House, Mr, Hoover indicated that he was not pessimistic over the outcome of the New York discussions but de- clined to say what aspects of the situation he had discussed, He has been one of the foremost advisers of; Mr, Coolidge in the coal situation, | NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—(By The As. soclated Press)—Ofticiais of the min-| ers’ union and representative of| mine operators in the anthracite re-| gion assembled today to give their, last words to the United States Coal commission in the industrial contro-| versy which is threatening to bring (Continued on. Page Nine) FINAL EDITION NUMBER 266. t CHASE THROUGH DENVER STREETS TODAY ENDS IN QUISK CAPTURE: “Short of Money,” Says 22-Year-Old Robbet In Explanation After Holding Up Cashier. DENVER, Colo., Aug. 17.— A bandit held up G. 8. Simons, teller of the Union State Bank in the banking quarters today; forced Simons to gather up all the currency in sight and ran from the building with $300. As the bandit sped through crowds in the business district he soon found he was being overtaken. The robber Sprang onto an express truck. Ha was overpowered and captured. At police headquarters he gave the name of Ray McCoy, 22, and sald his homs was in Athens, Ohio, Abraham Dolidow of Denver ant Walter G. Bldridge of Golden were on Si truck and overpowered the rob- r, At the poltce station McCoy said he come to town several days ago after working as a section hand on a rail- Toad near Denver, “I was short of money,” he is sald to have told police officers. Bills amounting to $340 were found in his pocketa when searched at head- quarter? Tho bank tw located at Seventeenth And Arapahoe street in the lower fi- nancial district. The bandit left the bank by way of the side entrance into~Arapahoe ‘street and ran toward Eighteenth street. Chants Burton a bank guard, was at his heels, gun tn hand, but feared to shoot for fear of hitting pedestrians. Sam Mandell of Denver, who was inside the bank at the time of the holdup also aided in the chase. MoCoy ran to Eighteenth street, turned down and ran up an alley be- tween Arapahoe and Lawrence streets, emerging into Seventeenth 30 Gallons of “Moon” Poured Down Sewers ‘Thirty gallons of moonshine were Poured down the sewer at the po- ce station this morning while the | containers of the moon were after- | wards sold to parties who could use | | them for more legitimate purposes | than they had been used for in the Past, The purchaser of the glass- | | Ware put up a strong argument | | when it came to taking the charred kegs, maintaining that for his purposes the charred effect was of no value but was rather a detri- ment. The question, “How much is @ charred keg worth?" seems to hinge on the business of the pur- chaser, ‘The booze was taken by the po- Uce in recent raids. It has created | @ distinctive odor about the police headquarters this week and persons who could get drunk by smelling the cork might easily have found | themselves tipsy after staying a | few seconds at the station. peed ns ede | HEAT IN WEST IS TERRIFIC WALLA WALLA, Wash., Aug. 17. —With the government thermometer on the federal building registering 103 and other instruments in the city streets registering 105, Walla ; Walla experienced the hottest day of the year yesterday. No prostrations were reported. GUNMAN WANTED IN ALL NORTHWEST IS SHOT DEAD accompanied by « woman, fn a stolen automobile. Enroute to the police station, Rust, handcuffed sprang from the automobile and fled into an alley, Meanwhile the woman was ques- tioned and from her was learned Rust'’s identity, Several detectives went to the residence where Rust had been living since August 1 under the name of Peter Thorson As the detectives pushed open the door of Rust's room, they by two both of which wild, answering were met shots, In the we Rust was strucie chest and the hip. in the neck, the He died almost} instantly. The killing of Rust, for whom a reward of $500, dead or alive, had been offered by Brown county, South| Dakota, ends the extensive search whic n after he had ki the| wherife on Minn deen, 8 train being to face a id to have t Wolverton to Aber near while taken | | D., street. A police officer, hearing the commotion, joined the chase, Dolidow the expressman was driving down Seventeenth street toward the Unio® station carrying @ trunk for El ridge, ; MoCoy sprang to the truck running board and shouted to the driver to drive fast, Fearing the possibility of bullets from his pursuers the youth tried to squeeze into the truck seat between Dolidow and Bhiridge. As he did so, he loweret his revolvet for an instant and Dolidow grabbed the revolver and held it muzzle down- ward. MoCoy, according to the truck driver, pulled the trigger several times then but the weapon failed to explode, Didridge, meanwhile got the bandit by the throat and pinioned him back against the steering wheel of the truck, which had stopped by that time. They wrested the gun from Mo- Coy‘s hand, McCoy was turned over to“a pur. suing pollceman, After taking the youth to headquar. ters, police officera visited his room at a local hotel and brought his guit- case to headquarters, “There were three men tn the Imb in front of my cage,” sald Teller Simon, “I waited on the first man, who walked away and the nox: mart. waa this young fellow, who pushed a badly torn $1 bill In to me and asked me if I could mend ft, I told him I could, ané after making a first attempt with mending tape, I gave him a new bill and laid the torn one aside. “I looked up into the muzzle of hia gun. It all happened very quickty so quickly that the man tn ling be- hind the bandit didn't know what was going on until he saw him backing for the door, stuffing money into his pocket and keeping the gun trained on me. ‘When I got my breath, I hollered to the guard, to go after the stickup man. IT had pushed out a small pile of bills, The bandit didn't walt to get all I had, for he was tn ahurry. I'll have to check my cage thorough- ly before T can tell just how mauch he got. It wasn't much over $300, “That's my first experience at be- ing held up,” said Simons, “I’ve been in the banking business for 17 years.”* J. M. Greenblatt, cashier of the bank picked up $20 in bills and silver off the floor and the walk outside the bank. The bandit had dropped the money in his flight. Typos to Meet 8 Next in Toronto ATLANTA, Aug. 17.—(y The A® ed Press)—Toronto has beén as the 1924 city for the cory ition of the International Typo graphical union in session here,