Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 30, 1923, Page 1

Weather Forecast WYOMING: Fair to- night and Wednesday slight- ly warmer tonight in south- west portion. VOLUME VIII. HALT IN TEAPOT OIL A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, And a Booster for City, County and State: “| Che Casper Daily Tribune CASPER, WYO., TUESPAY, OCTOBER 30; 1923 ~~. FINAL | [EDITION} NUMBER 6 i, NAGE HELD SIMPLE FRIGID WAVE STRIKESLEGION AUDIEN CASPER AND WYOMINGHEARS SPEAK EIGHT BELOW 3 pg AUTO oH FGORD LO AT CASPER TODAY Heavy Fog Aggravates Conditions Here; Cold | Wave Is General. | TRAIN CRASH INJ RIVERTON, Wyo., Oct. 30.— (Special to The Tribune.)}—R. M. , Caldwell of Casper, representative | of the Casper Supply company, | was budly bruised and suffered a | wrenched knee and torn ligaments when an extra freight out of Lander crashed into the rear end of Chicago & Northwestern freight train No, 4 miles this side of Lander this@fhorning. Caldwell was the only occupant of the | caboose when the crash occurred Coming on the heels of the! and ae the car was nape second big snowstorm of the | lone 3 angle Shays season which increased the depth of the blanket cover- line. The wreck occurred on the main Snow and heavy fog are said to have obscured the rear ing central Wyoming to ap-| end of the regular from view until proximately a foot, a frigid) it was too late for the extra to wave left {ts mark on Casper today | with a low mark for the early win- ter of eight below zero. | stop. Mr. Caldwell was brought to the The temp-| Teton hotel at Riverton where he erature was abnormally low for Oc-| will remain for several days until tober, according to George S. Mc-| able to travel. Kenzie, government weather observ: | er. The temperature rose very slowly during the morning, the mercury standing at two below at 9 o'clock. The cold was accompanied by a heavy fog that accentuated the be- low zero weather. Clear and cold with slowly rising temperature is the forecast tomor- for Wyoming. now and cold caused no ma- y in transportation service, s into Casper being reported und schedule. Communication lines were also intact. SHERIDAN, Wyo,, Oct. 30.— Sheridan today suffered the coldest ther recorded here so. far this with a minimum temperature of e above zero. BUTTE, Mont., Oct. 30,—Mint- mum temperatures in Butte and yi- 4 ein! aboy last night ranged from ten n the uptown sections to four above on the outskirts. At 10 o'- clock it was 20 above. NORFOLK, Neb,, Oct. 30.—The| lowest October temperature recorded | here in 27 years prevailed over| northern Nebraska today with from) three to six inches of snow on the ground. The minimum temperature He was returning from Lander near where the Cas- per Supply company is installing machinery for a ht plant. R. O. McDonald of the Continental | ol! company has returned to the city} the > after an absence of some time from|the positions and drew up a chart) Brothers cars, represented by the city on a business trip. GAS CONTROL PLAN ° ° OW DRAWING COMPLETED PAGE ALLOTTED 10 18 DEALERS BY SPARK PLUG Eighteen automobile dealers clutched luck charms and rabbit feet, breathed a silent prayer and plunged their hands into a derby hat yesterday in the drawing for ex- hibit position at the comt.g¢ automo- tile show. Lunchesn was served promptly at noon at the Henning Coffee Shop, under the auspices of the Casper Automotive Association, and final plans and preparations for the Second Annuai Automobile show were completel. Ace high among the events of the luncheon was the drawing for position Numbers were written on slips of paper, each s'‘ip representing a certain floor space at the Arkeon. The dealers or thelr representatives were then allowed to draw a number from the hat. In this way they were assign- ed thelr floor position for show nights. | Reports of committees indicate that all is in readiness for opening | night. The music has been engaged. | Entertainment will be plentiful, and exhibits are practically complete in every showroom. The floor com- mittee, headed by Mr. Yielding of h-Casper Motor Co., allotted showing the various locations. IS SEEN ‘Option Held by Standard of Indiana On Texas Gasoline Output Is Said To Be Significant KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 80.—A method by which it is alleged the Standard Oil company of Indiana, controls ‘the gasoline market of the United States was revealed in here last night was six above zero,,a contract between the Standard and the Texas Company | OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 80—The temp- erature here today dropped to above zero, following yesterday's snow, believed to’ have been the heay'est general fall for any Octo- contract, dated August 2¢, ber day in Nebraska. About two inches had fallen here by last mid- night. Only twice before, according to the local weather bureau, has a heayler fall been registered here. vate ROBBERS MAKE $75,000 HAUL CTNCIN ot ATI, Oct. 30.—Diamonés 8ST. LOUIS, Valley association gressional ‘Large Sum For River-Harbor Work is Asked Mo., the officials of Oct. 30.—Plans the Mississippi to urge a con- appropriation of at least and jewe'ry valued at $75,000 were | $60,000,000 for inlan® waterways in stolen from a room on the third|the next rivers and harbors appro- floor of the Sinton hotel here late priation bill, will bo submitted at last night, according to a report the convention of the association at Me today by Ernest F. Straus, go who said he represents two firms of New York jewelers and im- porters, was nouncement was mace by James F.| house and others for a receiver for | Smith, president. 22 it an- and 23, The overnber today. aphis, announced |read in the record here today of the suit brought by ‘the Universal Oil Production Company of Chicago for 20) $100,000,000 damages. The 1921, is an agreement by which the Standard has an option to purchaxo at any time one third of the Texas company’s output. The contract ,also provides for the pooling of patents of each company to protect | them from competition pia ‘Hearing Upon | | Klan Receiver Suit Continues | ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 30.—More| affidavits intended to show efforts | by the present administration of | the Knights of the Ku. Klux Klan | |to “frame” E. Y, Clarke, former head of its propagation department were scheduled to be introduced here today in the suit of David M. Rittea the klan. Drawing for position awanied space No. 1 to the Kumpt Motor Car Co.; space No. 2 will be occu- Pied by the A playing Hudso: mon. Space No. Oakland, Haynes and resented by the Patterson Oakland Co. The Rickenbacker will occupy space No. 4. The Bénskin Motor Co. is the local dealer for the “Hat jin the Ring” car. Co., will occupy space No. 5 and one | half of space No. 16, and will dis | Play Maxwell and Chalmers cars. Space No. 6 and one half of 16 will be used to display the Palge and Jewett, represented in Casper by the | Lee Doud Motor Co. 1 C. Boyle \with the Ford and Lincoln. wi!l oc cupy Space No. 7 The Wyoming | Cadillac Co. will display models in space No. 8. Space No. 10 and one half of No. 11 will contain the 1924 Packard lisplay, from the Joe E. Mansfield Co,, “The Nash Casper | Motor Co. will exhibit Nash and | Peerless cars in space No. 12 an! ;one half of No. 11. Lucky No. 1? ; Went to the Casper Buick Co. John M. Whisenhunt wil display Hupmo- |biles in space No. 14. Dodge the Coliseum Motor Co., will hold sway ;in space No. 16, Dort cars from |the Wyoming Dort Co. will occupy | space No. 17 and No, 18 has been al. Hotted to the Studebaker Sales nnd | Service Co. na exhibit by the Bro- di@Rubber Co., will occupy the weit side. of the center platform at: the Arkecu, and a battery exhibited by | the Motor Service Co. wil have | been placed on the east side of the Platform. In order that mote room for car | display might be awarded tho auto |mobile dealers of Casper, the Auto Equipment Co., the Wyoming Au | tomotive Co. and the Casper Supp! Co., who would ordinarily have been |represented, agreed to withdraw their exhibits. Thetr action ts fully appreciated by the automobile deal- ers. . Van Sant Co., dis- —__—. MIDCONTINENT CRUDE 18 CUT TULSA, Okh Oct. 30.—Eftec tive today the Magnolia Petroleum company announced a new sched ule of prices for Oklahoma and Kansas. The new schedule reduces the two highest grades 20 cents and 50 cents respectively, but Iéaves the lower grades un- changed. The company also lifts the proration which has been in effect in these two states by an. nouncing that it will take 100 per cent of the runs at the new ‘quoted prices. This scale puts the Oklahoma and Kansas crudes on the same level as the Texas crudes where the Magnolia has already put this scale in effect. J. 1. Learner who ts e business in Denver is in th Several days on business in connec. tlon with the closing out of his Casper store, BONAR LAW DEAD _ AT LONDON HOME Affliction Which Caused Resignation’! From Premiership Five Months ‘Ago Proves Fatal Today. LONDON, Oct. 80.—(By The Associated Press). pers that he had developed septic! and a condition that . to considerable anxiety, yut soon @ fter extras appearéd giv- ing the news of his death, The ex-premier’s daughter, his only near relative let* in England,| was with him during the last days| of his jI!neas. His two sons were! \icllfed in the world war, a sorrow| \trom which: Mr. Bonar Law never Andrew Bonar Law, for seven months prime minister of | recovered. Great Britain, died in his modest London home at 3 o'clock | this morning. Five months ago--on May 20—he resimmed. the pre-/16, 185: pt F : . i 7 his friends well kn: miership because of a throat malady, which for a long time | year ago a turned to London from Brighton af-| his health was precarious, ter a sojourn of several weeks .His| that close circle it was knnow only/country since his ri physicinna issued a statement to the| that effect had ,troubled him. Even then he wa3 reluctant to admit that hin career was finished and retatned his seat in the house of commons, where he since had made two or three appearances jays ago Mr. Bonar Law re 8 that he had ere chil!, but the publio did not | suspect that the end was so near un | | Ul they read in thig morning’s news-|own condition and promised the! When the Canadian Scoteman— Mr. Bonar Law was born in New Brunswick, Canada, on September S—accepted his high office a ew that Outside| he haa contracted a | speaking. Mr. Bonar Law was aware of hi throat|the pri contracted a | complaint which prevented him from| Law had been able to take outdoor Unionist party, when he accepted its mandate, that he would resign if and when he found his strength unequal to his work. He gave place to Stanley Baldwin, his chancellor of the exchequer, almost before his new government was fairly organiz- ed, retiring to the country to safe- guard his failing strength. No offictal statement as to the nature of Mr, Bonar Law's lilness was ever made, but the public drew an inference from the fact the Dr. Thomas Horder, who wae attending him when he rosigned and who hits since heen his physician {s one of the foremont Cancer spectaliats. During the interval spent in the tirement from ministership, Mr. Bonar walka, bly. and also motored consider. The reports of these activi (Continued on Page Bight) Kennedy Motor|” | ‘\Candidates Ad- dress Big Gather- ing at Rooms ” “If I were mayor. Six candidates appéaring last night before the public inthe club rooms of the George W. Vroman Post of he American Legion, con- [structed around this little but por- tentious “If six little and not un recognizable platforms upon which to seek support for the coming ma- ralty election, November 6. First to be introduced was J. 8. Pettingill. He ‘sald: “Iam strong for efficiency in city affairs, and from long experience IT believe I am capable of discerning efficiency from inefficiency in the conduct of our municipal govern ment “I am under obligations to no per- son or organization; I have made no promises nor do I intend to make any. “Bond issues are a hobby of mine. It seems to me that in Casper we have just about reached our Mmit in this respect, now having, as we do, outstanding against us $2,500,000 in bond issues. We are getting only 70 cents on a dollar out of these bonds, ‘There ts here a discrepancy that must be remedied. “The present status of moral con- ditions in this city ts just about de Piorable, If you are in favor of these conditions continulng you are not going to vote for me, but if you | wish to see a change for the better than I solicit your support at the polls,” Mr, Pettingill! introduced as his candidates for the city council Fred Huffsmith, G. R. Waldschmidt ‘and L. D. Baerthel. Declaring that without full co- operation from the people, success: ful administration of city affairs was impossible, Harry B, Durham said in perhaps the most sincere ond clean-cut address of the eve ning: “I have had no desire to run f the office of mayor. Had I be able to hold out against the insi tent demands of many friends I would rot need to be here now ex plaining the reasons for my being in the race. These people have asked for a strictly business ad- ministration of Casper's city busi- ness and upon that basis demanded that I enter the present contest “Therefore, my only object in ning is to apply business prin es to municipal government, It ‘w time that we prepare for the manager form of administra tion, There can surely be no doubt that a man specially trained in carrying on a city's business, free from politics, 1s the man we need: one who is under the direction of a hoard of commissioners and who :n event of inefficiency can be removed rom office. ‘There will probably be no great ty difference between platforms ex pressed here by the candidates to night.. We are all pledged to a n city, but without your help none of us can make Casper clean The problem of on adequate supply 1s one that demands ‘onsideration at this time. The ‘exent council is proceeding prop: er and the next administration ould not hesitate to carry on until we are f assured of a depend. able supply of water In all seasons. “In speaking of taxation it is only proper that we keep in mind the necessity of not upending finances by going ahead with im provements faster than they are actually needed and can be afforded. ing costs are high here. These ‘e the costs that should be lowered. Things need to be done that will (Continued on Page Seven.) —— ——— The Ambitious American Every real advance, every really worthwhile improvement in the situation of the individual is first worked out in the mind—in the will. The forerunner of every. advance is aroused desire and ambition. Advertising creates wants—de- sires. Desire stimulates ambition. Legitimate ambition brings on struggle for better things and thus the average of the race mounts higher. Read the advertising. Think about the better things offered. Picture your changed, improved surroundings. Go to work to have these better nes and credit yourself with a distant ad- vance. Shop in the Tribune shopping in the shops. i before CE|tucory or | PEEVE COULD ERS|isvoceren| BE CLOSED BY | WASHINGTON, 30—(By - |the Associated Press)—The OF S80 MONDAY Oct: investigators, that he found near Santa the has Barbara California Although for the most served in their comment, offi of the institution and other W ington scientists make no sec: of |their retuctance to treat the cali.| Federal Geologist Says fornia discoveries as epoch-making ¥ NIGHT AFPORT sae See ses woe mes) Drainage Loss Could 5 (stitution today ordered wr exeenn:| Be Reduced to Small |tion to be: made in New York hefore Eighty dollars in cash and checks} group of the country's greatest Were taken from the office of the! anthropologists. Service Cleaners, 146 North Jackson/ |, DF. Jesse oe tt ee o bureau of ethnology of the in street, some time last night whenl stitution wald he regarded it cs on. burglars entered the place through - it tremely improbable that pre-Nean the west window and cracked the 7 4 derthal man had left traces tn Cal- safe. The act was not discovered|irornia, although he did not care t until 7:30 o'clock’ this morning but ; asi rk Bing it ts thought that it was committed! ©M#® ‘scredit upon Mr. Harring- b sahtehe mamnivee}ton’s claim untit tts authenticity had carty last night alnce there was some| in assed on by competent mud on the floor, It was an ex- Ns : eager tremely cold night and if the burg larg had entered after the ground| d frozen they would not have left! these tracks, it is thought. The window was opened by means of a jimmy, the keepers on each side having been pried back. The glass ——>—_—_—_. was not broken. The safe was al STRIKEBREAKERS ATTACKED. Fraction of Crude. WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. —Views of other geological experts on the state of the oil deposits in the Teapot Dome naval reserve when it was leased to the Sinclair s st year were sought by ands committee to- in mtinu s its investigation the lease Experts who exam- ined the property for the committee the deposits greatly deplet- drainage and that in their development was the s of preventing greater los: 5 nate publ A_similar opinion was expressed A by Dr. Ales Heidlicka, curator of the national museum. He asserted that |there was little possibility of prim: | {tive man ever having inhabited the i of Santa Barbara. very light one and easily broken} VICTORIA, B. C., Oct. 30.—Non pi into, Holes had been poked through) union workmen employed at the ee eee ets ® Rema: the thin wall and the bolts to the| docks here owing to the longshore- | °* > York City, who testified yes- lock loosened so that the door could| mon’s strike were stoned by a bana | teaay that ho belleved drainage of the fleld ¢ be opened. The police are of the opinion that id have been prevented off-set wells and the oil he ground indefinitely, before the committee ny. In addition, a number er experts were called, includ. geological of about 3¢ men, believed to be union sympathizers, during the re. the job was done by amateurs since| moval of the steamer Dorothy Alex © professional yegg would not have| ander last night. No one was in been tempted by the prospects of] jured and only minor damage was the job. done. EXPERT TALKS): CITY PLANNING Wise Expenditures, Not Bigger Outlay, Is Aim of Zoning System, Cham- rom the nsive drilling of wells along boundary between Teapot Dome nl reserve a the Salt Creek Nelds, would result in shutting drainage from the rserve into t Creek field, K. C. Heald, t in charge of the ofl and was section of the geological survey, told the committee. this cl He asserted sing of the reserve to ld be accomplished with of only a per cent of the to! the reserve. The drainage could he ve been effectively prevented, he beyond the point known by the withdrawal of the comparatively small quantity usserted, s the ead of ofl north of that point in the ber Forum Is Told irebtion’ cf. the Bale Greak nate This, he said, would have resulted in an influx of water which would City planning does not mean spending more money but e completely shut off the re it means spending more wisely, according to Robert Whit-| ® ave Son draining into the Salt ten, zoning expert of Cleveland, Ohio, who addressed the * ‘ ay sitheieas eee ne policy 0 members of the Casper Chamber of Commerce to was to retain in the ground the sup- Mr. Whitten was called here by the city of Casper for | }\\, the purpose of making a three-day investigation of the]: needs of the city in the matter of, time will come when you will zoning and for making recommenda-[to abandon this hod and tions to the zoning commission on] have to park parallel with the cur the proper methods to be followel out| Every city has found that parking ofl in the Teapot Dome reserve in the opinion of the ason for the leasing reserve inquiries trom the Heald said the sec- have any r w In cor reply t mittee, Mr in getting a zoning system for this es are needed to care for its y of the interlor had not con- muntelpality parking and Casper will also find 1 him about drainage of the “You need not worry about the| such places needed in the future. | reserve, but that he had prepared a beauty of a city {f it is planned for} “New York was the first city in] report on the subject which had efficient living and efficient work-|the United States to be zoned. It| been submitted to the secretary. ing,”” said Mr, Whitten. “A plan|was thought by many persons who| Computations made by him had led | carefully formed is likely to belived there that it would be impos-| him to t he sald, that the worked out. sible to zane that city, it was] drainage, without effort on the part “The backbone of a city ts its|done successfully and since that the government to use off-set thorough system. Every city injtime 165 citios in the United States ells would have resulted in the the United States is suffering from|have adopted zoning ordinances. loss of less than one ninth of the traffic difficulties. You may be] ‘In zoning you must look out for | oll in the reserve. He asserted that sure that when Casper doubles its/home areas and business areas, | before a grenter loss rred the size its traffic will have increased|corner grocery stores, m m oil displaced by drainage would have five or ten times in size. he[ kets, etc Apartments are rab! er ER water barrier traffic increases regardless of the} but it is not de: to aca nted further growth of the city. F.very improve-|them through r listricts | ment in means of transportation|freely that re r mur g h th 1 drilling along tho makes for more transportation blocks will be formed. eserve adjoining per can be thankful that {ts pion: “You must ke care of tt alt ¢ . Mr. Heald said had the vision to lay out 80-foot/expansion of the central business | the re c 1 have been effec streets, listrict. A zoning plan to be a suc y closed to drainage in that “The parking problem ts a vital|cess must be regional, that Is it| direction 4 font oak one. I see that you are parking at|must take in areas as yet not inside} ‘The total loss of ofl during the an angle now which is probably althe mits of the city. It must also| period, he sald, would not have good system for the present but the Continued on Page Seven, exceeded one million barrels, HOSPITAL SITE LEASE CASE INVOLVING VET BUREAU CHIEF BARED | Agreement Rushed Through During tives ees: | Fectae of the” vat Last Day of Wilson Administration, _|s,Piiadevh'a aniry man, tontitied n Williams’ naflic es of narcotic: Probe Committee Is Told tr t the Fe - s hospital, ‘This WASHINGTON, Oct. 30—A story of how an agre , ani “Wal: about the same ment under which the government leased a hospital site |time Forbes (a hkn San: at Excelsior Springs, Missouri, was rushed through the Fr be 8 treasury department on the last day of the Wilson adminis- tration was told yesterday to the senate committee investi- |gating the veterans bureau. Two government employes were the narrators an done ofthem,|agreed upon, authorized |Charles Stratton, charged that there|Laporte, then assistant secretary of | fron was a last minute !ncronse of $1,300|the treasury. pa given to her t [in the rental figure originally| In addition, the committes heard jfor mafekeeping, s alleged re husband