Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 21, 1923, Page 1

Weather Forecast ‘WYOMING—Partly cloudy tonight CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1923. Che Casper Daily Critnuw FINAL EDITION: NUMBER 269. “30-HOUR MAIL SERVICE ACROSS U.S. LAUNCHED SIX BREAK COUNTY JAIL ESCAPE IS RECORDED HERE AFTER TWO ATTEMPTS ARE FRUSTRATED ‘Saving of Bars on Window in Bull Pen Is: Com- pleted While Sheriff Is Absent on Raid; No Captures Yet Made by Officers. After having sawed two steel bars out of a window on the north side of the county jail, six of the 38 prisoners in- carcerated there, made their escape at 6:50 Monday even- ined The six, none of whom have yet been captured, in- clude: M. A. Robertson, alias Regan, American, 47 years old, —— (eau, ong TARLEY IS BROKEN OFF ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. 21—(By The Associated Press).—The parley between anthracite operators and mi- ners over a new wage contract designed to prevent a cessa- tion of work in the hard coal fields September 1, broke up today. Adjournment was taken subject to call of the secre- tary ow the joint conference. John L Lewis, president of the miners. Notice of the break was United Mine Workers of America, sent to the United States Coal Com- declared th's afternoon that unless| mission at Washington. ‘The com- some thing unforseen intervened the| mission had induceg the parties to re- miners would consider themselves out! new wage negotiations after a series held on a fraudulent check charge. VICTIM DIES Lee Holcomb, American, age 27 | C0 $2,000 bona for theft of anseems generally agreed by representa- ytives of both sides that only govern: of employment on September 1. It|of conferences in New York last AUTOMOBILES NEEDED ment intervention would avert a tle | up of the mines. Today's break came when the operators definitely refused to grant Fatal Crash Shows | | Crying reed of Safety Campaign Speeder and Reckless Drivers Should! Find Lesson in Tragedy Which Claimed Innocent Life An example, concrete and horrible, of Casper’s crying need for safety and greater care in the management of motor cars, occured last evening when an automobile driver, probably con- sidered by his friends and neighbors as a good fellow and citi- zen, allowed his lust for speed to carry him away, and branded himself as a man who held human life too lightly. As a result of his driving an innocent girl was instantly killed, her body mutilated almost beyond recognition, and her mother now lies at the point of death in a Casper hospital. Details need not be given in this editorial. They are unnecessary. How long must Casper endure such tragedies? Think this thing over, and realize that the Tribune’s cam- paign against reckless driving means a great deal after all. erhaps a lesson such as this will teach the people to pay still greater attention to the published words of men who believe that a great reform is necessary and are willing to write their thoughts upon the matter, that their friends and neighbors may know. Could the driver of the automobile which figured in last eve- ning’s horrible accident have pai dattention to the repeated edi- torials upon the front page of the Tribune? No. He probably threw the paper down with a laugh, little knowing how very soon his carelessness would lead to a tragedy. There is no telling {At Boston— under automobile. Fred Bucher, American, 29 years old, held for burglarring the Med- nick Bros. clothing store last month. Jack Lewis, American, 45 years old CODY, Wyo. (Special to The Trib- une.)— Aug. 21.—Ed Raines, who was shot by Attorney W. L. Simpson after ‘being! assaulted by the former on Sun: day evening, died in the Powell hos- pital at 6 o'clock this morning. Simpson has been charged with first degree murder and is now in the custody of Sheriff Loomis. arrested in connection with a burg-|the wage increase demanded by the lary at a store at Waltman. Elmer Washington, a negro, J. K. Whitney, negro, age 53, un-| der bond on a charge of assault with second hand car dealer. | Are Consolidated | The prisoners had evidently sawed| through a window of the jail. The steel screen outside the bars was age 24, an exeaped convict, held for oxia-| J Fy P And zea ene ‘Three Power Light C i scr pond qua charg: chameuvan Light Companies shooting of Edward Holloway, Casper the bars on the window with a saw seled fh by visitor assed PAGE WiceEe ot the jena NEW YORK, Aug. 21.—Formation of the Public Service Company of An examination of Simpson by Drs. Loulse Howe and R. C. Trueblood, and an X-ray picture disclosed the fact that a small bone had been frac- clipped or sawed through. ‘The break came at a most appro- priate time for the criminals, The Colorado to take over the Denver Gas and Electric Light Co., the Western Light and Power Co. of Bouler, and the new power plant development at TO TRANSPORT SCOUTS FROM SUMMER “*MP Tracy N. Shaw of the Midwest Re- fining Company has been making the rounds today in an effort to line up enough cars to convey the 200 Casper Boy Scouts back from their summer camp in the next Sunday. Those go after their own boys are requested to notify Shaw as to how many extra lads they will be able to accommodate. and those who can arrange the trip in order to assist in the work of ex: Big Horn mountains intending to when the blow will fall. The lives of the reckless driver and those who ride with him, and those who chance to pass before the ma- chine are always in jeopardy. Therefore we ask that you stop before it is too late, and before you suffer the sorry, yet well de- served fate of the sole cause of last night’s collision. It is accidents such as that that the police department is powerless to prevent. Traffic management in the downtown dis- trict is handled capably by traffic officers and light and speed- ing regulations are handled well upon the main streets of Cas- per. But, accidents which occur far from the center of town, where the safety of the occupants of an automobile and pedes- trians who may be in the vicinity depends solely upon the driver of the machine, are out of the jurisdiction of the police depart. ment The Tribune and the automobile dealers ask that you read the facts of ¢his accident thoroughly in the news columns of the tured as @ result of the blow on the sice of the head dea!t him by Raines, A rib was.also broken. Simpson's doctar said this after- ‘noon that the prisoner was in a ser- fous condition, Sheriff Williai is insists that the accused must be con- fined either to.a prison or a hospital. Nearly "a ‘score of attorneys in the Big Horn basin have telephoned to offer their services for the defense of their fellow lawyer. ——— C. P. PLUMMER “JS BOOMED FOR N LEGION OFFICE LARAMIE, Wyo., Aug. 21—Mar- shal Reynolds of Cheyenne was elect- ed state commander of the American Legio nthis afternoon. Harry Hen- derson of Cheyenne was named vice- commander and Lloyd Heron, finance officer. LARAMIE, Wyo., Aug. 21—(Spec- fal to the Tribune)—With the annual state convention of the American Leg- fon in full swing today, the Casper delegation of approximately 40 mem- bers {s booming C. P. Plummer, nat- fonal vice-commander, for national commander of the Legion for next year. , The Casper men are urging a big attendance at the San Francisco convention this fall in the hope of helping Plummer to the coveted of- fice, It is asserted here that Plum- mer will have the support of Alvin Owsley, the present commander, when the election rolls around this fall. The office of state commander of 2he legion seems to lie between Mar- shall Reynolds, collector of internal revenue, of Cheyenne; H. B, Lon- abaugh of Sheridan and Dr. J. F. O'Donnell of Casper. Reynolds’ can- didacy is being bitterly fought on the grounds of his political appointment with the internal revenue depart- ment. ‘The election of officers and the eboice of the city to hold the 1924 convention will be made this. after- noon. ‘The program closes with an evening of recreation, including a banquet and dance. sheriff and two of his deputies were making a-raid on a house on West Midwest avenue where they arrested Samuel Kirk and his wife, Eliabeth, and found a quantity of moonshine and home brew. ~ When. they. -te- turned at 7 o'clock from the raid, the six men had evidently just gone. All of the escaping prisoners are believed to have run west down into the sand- bar district. Due to the crowded conditions at the jail it has been impossible to put the prisoners in individual cells, The accommodations of the .bastile aro suitable to handle about 24 prisoners. Any over that number must be kept! in the “bull pen.” All of the six who made their escape Monday were in the bullpen. ‘This is the third-attempt that has) been made at a jailbreak at the county jail within the last six weeks. | The two former attempts were frus-| trated. In one of them the prison- ers had sawed one bar through and were working on a second bar when they were apprehended. ‘A thorough scouring of the city by the officers last night failed to find any trace of the men. TRAIN DUE IN CASPER 10:25 | IS WRECKED FORT COLLINS, Colo., Aug. 21.— Harry M- Bailey of Denver, engineer was injured and J. B. Conley of Den- ver, a fireman, narrowly escaped in- jury this noon when Colorado and Southern train number 81, north bound for Cheyenne and Casper was wrecked on the outskirts of Welling- ton, 15 miles north af Fort Collins. Batley suffered a dislocated shoulder and severe cuts on the head when the engine cab. was demolished, A defective switch is believed to have caused the wreck. After running the switch the train continued for 100 feet. The engine was thrown over on its side. The baggage car which was, thrown across the track from the | engine, caught fire but was quickly | extinguished. None of the other cars left track. the Valmont, Colo., was announced by | Henry L. Doherty, president of the | Cities Service Company, of which the | new concern will be a subsidiary, “SKATER BREAKS LEG IN FALL AT CASPER RINK J. B. Crosby, 629 Ndrth Garfield street, is today lying n bed, one of his legs broken below the knee Last night Mr. Crosby was doing his stuff at a local skating rink. Fancy skat- ing, both forward and backward; ad- miring crowds; collision and disaster. ‘That's the story of how J. B. Crosr by sought to Co terpsichdrean stunts on wheels and in consequence there- of is now under the care of Dr. I. N./ Frost. also asked to iL him. | | sociated Press.)—Differences between |the American executive administra- tion and Filipino political leaders found an explosively sharp expression this afternoon when Manuel Queon, who in the recent official upheaval resigne@ as president of the Philip- pine senate, announced that he had cabled the secretary of war in Wash- ington that E. Flogio Rodriguez, late- ly appointed mayor of Manila by Gov- TWO ARRESTED, LIQUCR SEIZED IN RAID MADE BY SHERIFF'S FORGES Samuel and Blizabeth Kirkenda'l were arrested by the sheriff's office in a raid on a house at 420 W. Midwest avenue at 6.30 Monday afternoon. The officers reported having found fa quanity of moonshine and beer in the residence. In a raid on a homestead 60 miles northwest of Casper Monday after- noon by Federal and county officers Joswsiov and Karsey Wadja were ar- rested charged with operating a still The still and prisoners were brought to the local jail and a preliminary NICE, Aug. 21.—(By Frenchman were killed ‘and yesterday, plunging over a Eighteen of the 22 passe: The Rev. Hiram Grant Sondheimer, Mrs, D. S. White, Wash- ington, D. C.; Charles H. Gray of Gardiner, Maine, and the French chauffeur, Louls Val'erino. The only passenger unhurt was Mrs. Meta Mooney, also an American. The accident occurred near the vil- Mage of Guillames about 40 miles from Nice. those hurt was of Washington, vU. another of Ww. W. Spaid 8, Commissioner } today Mrs. M. P. today. Wheeler, TWO DEAD, 47 ARE INJURED BUIL ‘Scores of Firemen and Spectators ‘Are Burned When Burning Structure Crumbles in Brooklyn, Report NEW YORK, Aug. 21.—(By men were killed and 47 seriously injure rick dance hall and store building in Brooklyn last night during a fire, burying a score of fireme tators, an official police report today showed. The Associated Press).—Two d when a three-story collapsed n and spec- The loss of life was much less than at first indicated. DING COLLAPSE FATAL Several of the injured will die, the| under control at 2 o'clock. The cur- police said. lous crowd had begun to disperse. A ‘The fire, of unknown origin, was|score of linemen were on the lower in a fifty year old bullding that for-|floor with hose, Six hook and ladder merly housed a Masonic temple, Of|men were taking hoses roofward by recent years it has housed two stores|Way of the fire escapes. Seven men on its ground floor, while the second| were on the roof, chopping at a cor- and third stories were given over to) Mice. dance hails, Firemen found a stub-| Without warning a fifty foot sectiom born blaze, and, as the building was) of wall crashed in. A heavy steel in the heart of a close-packed te girder, recently installed as an add!- ment district, three additional fire |tlonal roof support, fe with the alarms were rung in |crumbling wall, and carried its Working under the glare of a half de with it Th wall crushed mo hastily erected lights, the| of the n on the ground f fighters apparently had the fire| (Continued dozen isa on Page Four.) odus from the R. T. Kemp camp are MANILA, Aug. 21.—(By The As The Associated Press).—Five rsons injured, some perhaps fatally, ¢ he mountain road between Nice and Evian into the river Var. The dead are: Person of Newton, Mass.; Mrs. Alexander ing motor bus crashed through a parapet on t Alexander Sondheimer, a native of| hearing will be held on the case by|St. Louis, was in a critical condition bur-| comple umanity, ernor Leonard Wood, was an ex- convict from Bilibid prison and stood convicted of two crimes—conspiracy to procure the abdution of a woman by a band of bandits and complicity in the murder of an American soldier. Quezon’s charges caused a sensa- tion. The Herald, speaking editor- jally in an extra edition, demanded that the governor general request Mayor Rodriguez to resign. Late this afternoon Governor Gen- eral Wood told the Associated Press 15 pe 100-foot precipice ngers were Americans. Person and Mrs. D. Cc. ‘At the point where the accident oc- curred the mountain road runs close to the preeipice, The driver of the bus apparently was unable to straight- en out his car after making a sharp| turn and the machine jumped the parapet, turning a somersault before landing in the torrent for below, The list of injured follows: Alexander Sondheimer, Muskogee, Okia., skull fractured. | Issac Strayhorn, compound fracture | of the left arm, wounds in the head. Mrs, Issac Strayhorn, left arm | broken, internal injuries, left ankle broken, condition serious. |, Carltron G, Person, lower and upper jaws broken. Mrs. W A. Hocker, jaw broken, fn ternal injuries, condition serious. Russell B, Miller, frectured knee, wounds in the head. Miss W. J. Beaumont, deep wound | left |Governor Plans | Municipal Coal | Yard in Lincoln) LINCOLN, Neb. Aug. ‘21- competition for the municipal } yard in Lincoln and for pri | firms and dealers throughout |ka 18 threatened by Governor Bryan, who announced that he has almost d arrangements for supplying coal to cities, villages and local public State committees to be sold below the pre vallirig: prices, | aper this evening, and decide whether or not; in the interest of this thing can go on EX-CORVICT APPOINTED MAYOR OF MANILA BY GOVERNOR GENERAL WOOD, FILIPINO DECLARES he was much surprised at Quezon’s disclosure of the alleged criminal record of Mayor Rodriguez. “Neither I nor any one else in this office,” said the Governor general, “had any knowledge of anything un- favorable in Rodiguez’s record until this information was broufsht an hour ago.” ‘The governor general added that he would look into the matter thor- oughly. One Frenchman ‘Also Killéd and 15 Others ‘Are Injured as Big Sight-Seeing Motor Buss Plunges Off 100-Foot Cliff on Mountain Highway Out of Nice American _ tourists and one when a sight-see- in right leg, left arm broken in two} places. W. R. Coffey, wounds serious wound in forehead. Mrs. W. R. Coffey, wouds, no bones broken. Mrs. W. W. Spaid of Washington, D. C., left collar bone broken. ¥F. O, Rugg, official photographer of the Temple Tours, {nternar injuries, in chest, superifictal | Bank BALL SCORES | St. Louis . .000 003 005—8 12 2 Boston 110 000 0002 9 8 Batteries — Haines and Ainsmith, | McCurdy; Cooney, Barnes, Oeschgar and O'Neill, Gibson. At New York— Vittsburgh New York - R. H. E. G02 000 020-9 15 0 030 010 O15 11 1) Batteries jams, Hamilton and Schmidt) Watsou arnes, Jonnand, McQuillan and Gowdy, Snyder At Brooklyn— Chicago -010 030 005—9 14 Brooklyn 000 000 O10—1 4 Batteries — Keen and O'Farrell; Vance, Henry and Deberry. R. H. E.| 2 1 At Philadelphia— Cincinnati — -100 100 $11—7 13 Philadelphia 010 000. 0015 10 Batteries —Donohue and Hargrave; Behan, Head and Wilson. RH. E. American League. At St. Louls— Washington St. Louls oem x Called off First of Third on account of rain. Batteries —Zackary and Ruel; Van-| Gilder and Severeid. pot a NEW YORK, Aug. 21—Ever Hammer, Chicago lightweight was suspended today by the New York state athletle commission for fall- ure to appear for a ten round con- test with Benny Valgar at the New York Velodrome. ee Y- We GA WILL LIST | ROOMS FOR TEACHERS The Young Women's Christian asso- ciation is making preparations to handle the problem of finding rooms for the many schodl teachers who will be returning next two weeks Any person who has | rooms suitable is asked to inform the Y. W. C. A. by telephone or person- ally. Any school boys or girls wanting to) work for their board should get in| |touch with the organization as it has several such opportunities on the books at present. | | | | | | | FIVE AMERICANS KILLED IN FRANCE Two Vessels In Distress BALTIMORE, M4., Aug. 21.— The British steamer Betwa, which sailed from this port yesterday with a cargo of coal for Leghorn, went ashore on the middleground between Cape Henry and Cape Charles, in a dense fog this morning. MANILA, Aug. 21.—(By The Asso. ted Press.)}—The stern Oriental liner Changsha, British, carrying pas. sengers and freight from Australia to Manila, has gone on the rocks at Tigi ar the Tawi Tawi islands of the Philippines, according to radio advices receved here. The ship's con dition {s not known, but {s not be- lieved to be dangerous. A salvage veesel was sent to her ald this morning. Abele SS to Casper within the | NIGHT FLIGHTS INAUGURATED AS PILOTS HOP. OFF ON BOTH COASTS Planes from Pacific and Atlantic Scheduled to Pass in Nebraska; New Epoch Marked Today OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 21. (By The Associated Press).— Somewhere between Omaha and Grand Island, Nebraska, the two aircraft wnich started today, one from San Francis- co, the other from New York, inaug: urating the 30-hour trans-continental air mail service will pass each other: The one started from San Francisco at 5:59 a. m., one from the east coast at 11:01 a. m. = By midafternoon Wednesday, if the schedule goes through as arrang- ed, each should reach its terminal thus reducing the United States ty terms of transportation to one fourth [its size, anestablishingn new phase of aviation which, it is predicted by officials, will have a profound effect on the development of the art thru- out the world, At the air mail field here there are gathered in anticipation of the event several scores of individuals, includ: ing Colonel Paul Henderson, second assistant postmaster general; Carl -¥. Egge, general superintendent; D.-B. Coyler, superintendent of the ‘Iowa City-Rock Springs section; members of congress, representatives of \eign governments, and officials of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce jot America. Omaha ts headquarters for the night-flying divisions and from | the field here orders will go east and west, governing by radio the move- ments of the two history-making air craft. At this station also the sec- ond assistant postmaster general will recelve reports from all the controls between New York and San Fran- j cisco. The transcontinental © route, New York-San Francisco, measures 2,680 miles. Three mountain ranges—Al- leghentes, Rockies and Sterras—are crossed. At the five regular field: Chicago, Iowa City, Omaha, Ni Platte and Cheyenne, the huge 500- 000,000 candle power arc beacons of Elmer A, Speery are installed ‘and to- night will revolve the circuit of the horizon every twenty seconds. — At ese fields also are huge lamps flood- the landing runways, illuminated cones to reveal the direction of the winds, and incandecent lamps oul: lining the boundaries of the field, buildings, etc. At Rock Falls, Des Moines, Grand Island and Sidney and thirty pointa of Jess size and importance are install- ed beacons whose rays keep the pilots lighted continually from one to another. Further to guide the pilots on thelr way, at distances éf every three miles, are flashing acéff- lene gas beacons, set on six foot Bil- lars, thus literally laying out @ trail of light for practically 900 miles which will be covered by the flyers between sunset and sunrise, At the repair and supply depot of the air mail service at Maywood, Iil- inois, Superintendent B. G. Richards has placed in commission Standard De-Havilands, powered with the Lib. erty motor ,etch capable of carrythg from 500 to 700 pounds of mail and each equipped with regulation night navigation lights to avold collisions, and in addition powerful wing tip search lights to enable the pilot to make a landing, even in a small field, Pilots Page, Lewis, Garrison, Hop: son, D. C. Smith, Moore, White, Allison and Knight—all vet- erans of years experience in flying— have been selected as the flyers who (Continued on Page Seven) CHILD KILLED INCAR CRASH Mrs. Lee Sales, Mother of Victim, ‘Also Seriously Injured as Automobile Driven by Intoxicated Man Crashes Into Truck; A.C. McComb Is Held by Police Mabel Sales, 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Sales of South Melrose street, tour th driver bein 1 by olice charg: s driving | was instantly killed and Mrs. Sales received injuries to her heg prove fatal when an automobile in which th a truck at the corner of Oak and West Yello truck was parked against the curb, loaded with casing, and the casing tore through the windshield and smashed the woman and girl were riding igh the r throt stone avenue at 1 o’clock this morning. 1 and chest which may crashed into the rear end of The ir end of the car. 1 to ued on Y Page lowstene into Oak urd He t (Contin Fi