Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 25, 1923, Page 1

A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, And a Booster for City, County and State. Weather Forecast MING: Generally wyo fair tonight and Wednesday. No change in temperature. he Casper Daily Tritium (.6"5,) | _— Vil WALTON BLO CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1923. ibe NUMBER 297. S BIG HIGHWAY PROJECT IN FIGHT ON SOLONS SALT CREEK RAIL SERVICE LAUNCHED Completion of Oil Field Link in North and South Railroad Marked by Run- BANDIT CARLISLE OF TRAIN BANDIT FAME IS HERO OF BIG FIRE AT STATE PENITENTIARY Battles Blaze in Shirt Factory for Five Hours in Front Line of Fire Fighters Until He Is Overcome CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 25.—Bill Carlisle has ap- passe in a new role. At the state penitentiary at Raw- ins Sunday afternoon the once notorious train bandit, who attracted national notoriety a few years ago by his daring exploits in holding up Union Pacific trains and then mak- ing his escape, battled for five hours against a fire that razed the prison shirt factory and BASIN STATE threatened the remainder of the ning of First Train Today By ROSS M. GRANT. tative on First Train.) Steaming along on schedule this morning, the train \ONLY ONE DISSENTING VOTE IS CAST AGAINST ISSUE OF BONDS TO ENLARGE SCHOOL BUILDING GUARD 15 READY TO TAKE ACTION IF LEGISLATORS THY TOGONVENE on the Wyoming North and South railroad was run from Tllco to Salt Creek. Regular passenger and freight serv- ice will be maintained between Casper and Salt Creek be- Fifty-Three Loyal Taxpayers Vote to Citizens Urged to Arm LOSS$200 000 Sticking to the front line of fire fighters and taking all manner of “BASIN, Wyo,, Sept. 25.—(Bpecial to The Tribune)—Heavy losses, on risks, Carlisle finally was overcome cattle and farm paper, said to ap-| by smoke and forced to retire. He was taken to the prison hos- pital, where he recovered several proximate $200,000, prevented the! Basin State bank here from opening its doors this morning. The bank ard back of the main building when one of them, it is suspected, broke through a window in the shirt fac- tory and set the building on fire. Within a few minutes the wood and cement structure was a mass of flames. The convicts were ordered into their cells, but the former ban- ginning tomorrow. The trip of the special today was made with no indents to mare the regularity of the run and no ceremonies to mark the aus- piciousness of the occasion, Few Casper’ people knew that the road had been completed to the oll fields ag it has been the policy of the com- pany to herald their actions with as little ceremony as possible, The roadbed of the North & South railroad is in excellent condition. Eighty five pound rails and "Oregon fir ties have been used on a carefully prepared right of way that gives all of the appearances of a trunk line and has none of the earmarks of a branch road. The maximum curve on the Une {s five degrees and the maximum grade is one per cent. “or the first 15 miles north of Illso there ts a steady climb to the divide where the road has an easy grade down to the oll fields. ‘The arrival of the train at Salt of great benefit to the surrounding country, A fow miles north of Lakota an ‘aged sheepherder watched the train with a far away look in his eyes. To of open prairie, the arrival of a new factor in that part of the state. As the train passed out of view, he shook his head and walked away, (Continued cn Page Seven.) ZONING TO COME HERE him it meant the end of the rilesiterday sanctioned the proposed issue of $300,000 worth Enable Expenditures Amounting to $300,000 In I Improving System With only one opposing voice, Casper taxpayers yes- of school bonds to take care of needed construction work | in this city. There were 54 votes cast, and 53 of then were in favor of the bond issue. Having thus secured the permission of the property owners, the school board is free to go ahead with floating the bonds and with making plans for the erec- tion of new buildings or new addi. tions to old ones. A four-room building will be put at Salt Creek and one-half as large will be erected near Lavoye. Six more rooms will be added to one of the North Casper schools, while] Further steps toward getting a zoning system for Cas- Creek this morning brought out a large crowd who gazed interestedly | at the first locomotive and coaches | that had ever been in the field. The officials and train crew were greeted , heartily as the forerunners of a/ transportation system that will be! per were taken by the council last night when that pond decided to employ Robert Whitten of Cleveland, Ohio, to come to Casper for three days and make a preliminary survey of the situation here, offering such advice as he might consider for the benefit of the zoning commission. Mr, Whitten is an expert on zon-called in by the commissions of such thg and city planning. He has been |cities as Indianapolis, St. Louis, At- hours later. The prisoners were at play in the has been closed by the state bank dit asked to be allowed to remain examiner, Byron 8. Hule, and is now with the trusties and guards and do under his control. what he could to extinguish the Against the $200,000 deficit there blaze. When his request was 1s paid in capital amounting to $50,- granted he and Frank Ford, a trus- 000 and deposits approaching the ty, seized one of the nozzles of the $825,000 mark, % total of $375,000. | Rawlins fire department and worked Officers of the Basin State bank until after dusk in confining the are Henry Jordan of Manderson, fire to the one building. president; E. J. Sullivan of Casper| ‘rhe factory was a total loss, as andJohn Luman of Hyattville, vice was its equipment, the property of presidents; Harry Hall of this elty,/the Reliance Manufacturing Com- ee ee pany of Chicago. It was the most 70 KILLED IW ocisee cveree coe COLLIERY AT GLASGOW, SAI JAP LOSS IS NEAR BILLION Material Damage Resulting From Earthquake and Fire Placed at $13 Per Capita In Estimate WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—Japan’s financial loss in lanta, Ga., Cleveland, and Memphis. Bievds tho cidest zoning expert in the United States. After conferences with the council and ‘the city engineer it 1s probable that a meeting of the cittzens will be held. SE BALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Pittsburgh— R. H. E. Philadelphia 001 100 030—5 11 4 Pittsburgh 400 360 23x—18 22 1 Batteries—Glazner, Gardner, Bis- hop, Weinert and Henline; Parker, Steineder and Schmidt. At Cincinnati— R. Hi. E. New York 012 000 000—3 12 0 Cincinnati 100 000 O01—2 8 1 Batteries—Watson and Gowdy; probably as great an addition will be made to Elk Street school. Park school may receive an addition of four rooms. The Mills school will also probably come in for its share of an addition. There are 40 rooms tn the schoo! district which are forced to run on half-day sessions or to use the pla- toon system. Both of these ems are resorted to in order t! the eligible pupils in the district may Gov. whose war on the Ku Klux Klan is ovsaging maton ‘wide attention. 4, ©. WALTON, Oklahoma, SERIES GA , E ON OCTOBER 10 NEW YORK, Sept. 25.—(By the Associated Press)—The 1923 world’s series will open in the Yankee stadium on Wednesday, October 10, it was decided today at a meeting of tho baseball of- ficlals at which Commissioner Landis presided. Kf the Giants win the National League pennant the games will alternate between the New Yankee stadium and the Polo grounds. Should, however, the Cincin- nati club win the first two games will be played at the Yankeo stadium and the second two at recetve instruction, Redland Field, Cincinnatt. REDS LOSE TO M’GRAW CLAN New York Winds Up Series at Cincin- nati With Four-Game Lead in Pen- In Emergency Expect- ed with Holding of Impeachment Session OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. Sept. 25.—(By The Associ- ated Press.) —Striking back at W. D. McBee, leader of the movement to seek his im- peachment, Gov. J. C. Wal- ton today stopped all work on @ $1,000,000 highway project In Steph+ ens county, which McBee represents in tho state legislature. In a letter to Paul Nesbitt, state highway commissioner, the governor charged McBee with “being affiltat- ed with the cement trust” and om dered Nesbitt to cease all work pending investigation. Told of the governor's charges that he was connected with the “cement trust,” Representative Mo- Bee made the following statement; “The governor's statement is un founde@. I refer anyone wishing to verify the fact that T had no pare in demonstrating the material used in the Sterfhens county highway project to the Duncan (Oklahoma) chamber of commerce.” OKLAHOMA CITY, Okia., Sept. 25—(By The Associated Press)— State troops, with orders from Gow ernor J. C. Walton to use all force of arms {f necessary, were being marshaled here today to prevent the impeachment session of the lower house of the Oklahoma legislature called for noon tomorrow. Determined legislators gathered, meanwhile to Jay final plans for at- tempting to meet in defiance of the executive. Irrevocably pledged to his course, Governor Walton last night issued instructions to Adjutant General B. H. Markham to draw upon all military forces of the state ff neq essary to block the proposed as» embly. Expressing the hope that no ex- hind the iron bars, did considerable GLASGOW, Sept. 25.—(By the As- Kelffer, said the authorities were in- shouting, but made no other demon: stration. ‘The cell building, about i vane, from the other, was not reat danger at any time. Denalis of the affair were received at the office of the State Board of ‘Charities and reform here today. edciated Press.)}—Seventy lives are believed to have been lost today when a deep pit at the James Nim- mo Company’s colliery near Fallciric} ‘was flooded. The water which flooded the pit broke through the walls of an ad- The report, sent by deputy Warden vestigating in an attempt to find joining pit which had not been used out exactly how the blaze was start- ed but that so far they had not ob- tained a confession from any of the inmates. Governor W. B. Ross, secretary of state Frank E. Lucas, an insurance appraiser for the board and a representative of the shirt company will go to Raw- lins Thursday to continue the in- vestigation. ——__—_ NEW TRUCK SERVICE IN SALT GREEK REPORTED Tight and heavy ‘rucks have been Placed in the new town of Salt Creek by Tim Hurley and Carl Searles. The company which the men have organized is to be known as the North and South Transfer company. It will give service in Salt Creek, Snyder, and surrounding camps. for years. The active pit was flooded so quickly that there was mo dpportunity to warn the miners. ‘They hac no chanco to get to the pit head and only one man escaped after the inrush of water began. ANOTHER PEODLER OF ‘DOPE UNDER ARREST Another alleged narcotic salesman was arrested by the police last night in the person of a man who gave his name as Thomas Johnson. A few bindles of morphine were found in his possession. the recent earthquake disaster averages about $13 per capita of its population, it was estimated today pares far Eastern division of the commerce department. e dam- Laque and Hargrave. At Chicago— R. H. E. age to industry, considering the total capacity of the | Boston 000 100 001—2 8 1 manufacturing and producing establishments, was esti- | Chicago 000 000 000—0 6 1 mated to be even less proportion- merely serve to keep ‘Japanese mills Batteries arnes and Smith; ately. still {n operation running full time. | Wheeler and Hartnett, Japanese silk production will be a Material damage amounts to Uttle hamper timat At St. Louls— $1,000,000,000 in the department fig-| iniea” ee te eects | mre ces ures, If the Japanese nation adds that amount to its present public St. Louts Batteries — Decatur OFFICER HELD nant Race; Watson Mound Victor cessive measures would be required, CINCINNATI, Ohio, Sept. Bancroft doubled in his time at bat for New York in the first but was caught at the plate when he at- advanced a notch in their climb toward the League pannant today by defeating the Cincinnati Reds, 8 to 2, in the last game of the series here. A ninth inning} rally of the Reds was cut short with one run. :j hurled for the Giants and Lu |Governor Walton asserted, never |theless, tho “shoot to kill” orders 25.—The New York Giants |would bo given the troops should National |euch drastic action be necessary to disperse legisiators. With the crisis approaching, the executive commanded all male ett {zens of the state between the ages |of 21 and 45 years to hold them- There was no scoring in the sev-/selves in readiness “to come to the enth or eighth. In the eighth Har-|assistance of the sovereign 0 of per batted for Luque and Cunning-|Oklahoma” when summoned by the Watson que for the Reds. debt of $1,913,000,00 its total per- capita indebtedness will be about $38, ax compared with a percapita indebtedness for the United of $211 and Great Britain $73: The cotton spinning industry, lo- cated Inrgely in the earthquake zone, sustained the most serious personal destruction. About 500,000 cotton spindles, or between 10 and 15 per cent of the total number of spindles ordinarily employed by FOR MURDER. TOKIO, Sept. 25—(By The Asso- clated Press—Captain Amakasu, an officer of the gendarmerie, has been indicted by a preliminary court martial on a charge of murder be- cause, according to testimony, he stabbed to death three radicals on September 15, Among those sisin was Saki Osugi, a radical leader, recently de- ported from Paris. Osugi and two Japanese cotton in spinners were destroyed. The department said, however, that the industry in Japan had been over-expanded and that the loss of productive capacity woud associates were addressing mect- ings. Captain Amukasu is said to have stabbed them in the belief that thelr activities at a @uch che~** (Continued on Page Four.) AUTO DRIVER HELD GUILTY OF KILLING: Motion for Arrest of Judgment Follows Conviction of A.C. McComb on Charge of Manslaughter A. C. McComb was last night adjudged guilty of the death of Lavoille Duggins, 10-year-old daughter of Mrs. Myrtle Sale, on the charge of inesiaTaboliter after several hours deliberation by the jury to which the case was given at 4:40 p.m. Motion was made this morning before Judge C. O. Brown by M. F. Ryan, counsel for the defense, for arrest of judgment. This motions Trial of the McComb mans'augh- will probably be heard by the court} ter case was begun ear'y yesterday, sometime tomorrow. Appeal bond | both prosecution and defense bring has been set by Judgo Brown at|ing numbers of witnesses to the $6,000, — ~~ Wow TV Netand. Thore-seemed to be « differ- he. ~ ence of opinion as to the speed Mo- Comb’s car was traveling when it struck a truck loaded with casing parked on Oak street near West Yellowstone avenue soon after mid- night on August 21. Occupants of the car were A. C. McComb, driver, H. T. Hutchineon (oth in front seat) Jack Quinn, Mrs. Myrtle Sale and her daughter, Lavollle Duggins, in the rear seat. Attempt was made by the prose- cution to show that McComb had been drinking but sufficient evidence was lacking to push this point. The only testimony that bore out the accusation was that made by Police Officer Ryan at the coroner’s {inquest shortly after the accident. That the street was unusually dark due te-the fact that at neither end of the block of Oak street where the truck was run into were there street lights, and that there was also) no light on the truck, was brought | out. As to the distance the truck was from the intersection of West Yellowstone and Oak there were various guesses made by witnesses. Some were of the belief that the distance was about 80 feet while others lengthened this to 60 feet. | The main effort of both sides | hinged on the rate of speed et which | McComb was driving when he mado| the turn from West Yellowstone in| Oak street and hit the truck. Though it was testified by Hutchinson and Quinn, wno were both riding in the car at tho time, that the rate ‘was somewhere around 17 miles an (Continued on Page Nine) sronvess iatnes se) Cones tempted to core on Frisch's ground: er to Daubert, after he had advanced AMERICAN LEAGUE: to third on Groh’s fly to Burns. At Philadelphia Gat game, WH x.] third on Geet 2 iene nent ey tthta’ 1000 114 00x—6 9 2| ining when both Burns and Dau- Phitndel pte ny aad O'Neil, My.| bert. first two Reds to face the Pergola "atria: Skies ana| Pitcher, slanrmed out doubles. The Giants tied the score in the second as ae when Meusel tripled and Stengel sin- At Boston— R. H. E.| sled. The Reds went out in order St. Louis .--106 210 000—8 13 2|'” thelr halt. In the third the Glants scored two runs, Bancroft and Groh singled. Frisch lined to Roush. Young then sing'ed, scoring Bancroft. Meusel Boston .---.—100 000 100-2 7 4 Batteries—Vangilder and Severeid; ocgere Blethen, O'Doul and Wal- followed with another sing’ scoring Philad Groh. Stengel walked but Kelly hit Cleveland rae 00 000 ree is i into @ double play, The Reds failed to score tn this inning. Netther side scored in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Philadelphia -.001 000 00x—x x x and Myatt; Meeker and Perkins. Batteries — Shaute, Morton, Uhle Batteries — — Pillette and Whitehi | Clark, Francis; Pennock, Jones and | Schang. Washin R. H. E.| | Chicago aocwea! 001 010 xxx—x x x Washington ..100 102 xxx—x x x Batteries — Leverette and Crouse; Marberry and Ruel. ents ES JAPS STICK ON FORMOSA | AMOY, Sept. 25.—(By the Associ- ated Prens.)—Japanese sailors and marines’ who landed here to protect |Formosans against od attacks |by the Chinese, are refusing to leave, despite the continued threat of a general strike if they do not evacuate the city. The Peking government ported to have ordered that General Chang Tse-Ping, nominally in con trol of Amoy, be arrested. _- | pized to defame her charac harton, assistant state’s attorney. ham went to center for the Giants, Benton, pitching for Cincinnati tn the ninth retired the Glants in or- der. The Reds scored one in thelr half of the ninth on consecutive singles by Duncan, Hargrave and Pinelli Fowler forced Pinellt for the third out. Sp tt RIVERTON, Wyo, Sept. 25.— Adeline Nielson, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Nielson, is un der observation, following an attack by her pet dog, which went mad while she was playing with him. The dog bit the child in the face, Antt. hydrophobia treatment was tmmedi- ately administered. The dog was shot. Four Facing Arrest on Perjury Charge Through Failure to Identify Wife of Rich New Yorker CHICAGO, Sept. 25.—Enough evidence to warrant the indictment of at least four persons has been brought out in the investigation of charges by Mrs. W. 1s re-\that her husband, wealthy New York hotel owner, con-| E. D, Stokes ter, according to Charles 8. mi ‘| jmovernor or adjutant general. The |*eltizen soldiers’ were ordered to prepare to bear such arms as they |possess or are able to obtain. The governor's order declared the proposed house session would ve unlawful assembly dominated by Ku Klux Klan, which organization un | under his martial law proclamation |is declared to be an enemy of the Child Bitten By Dog at Cheyenne | state of Oklahoma. If the logislators attempt to held the session at any place in the state other than the state capitol, Ad- tant General Markham ts instruct ed to take steps to prevent such move. House members here for the pur pose of assembling were expected to decide upon a course of procedure at a caucus scheduled for tonight. Continued on Page Seven. |FALSE ACCUSATIONS IN STOKES CASE TO BRING SEVERAL INDICTMENTS Testimo of witnesses that agents of Stokes’ obtained perjured affidavits almed at Mra. Stokes will he placed before Thomas Marshall, indictment expert, with a recommen- dation that the case be given to the grand jury, the prosecutor said. Six persons who previously ads signing affidavits that Mra Stokes was a habitue of @ resort, failed to identify her when confront. ed by her in person, according te Mr. Wharton, who sald several ad | mitted they did not know what they were signing. Charlies Burnish, | negro, sald he received $5 for sign- ing an affidavit which he did pas read, he sald. - ~