Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 22, 1923, Page 1

seeatiabimiioanl { Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, And a Booster for City, County and State: Weather Forecast Wyoming: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Some- what colder in east portion. VOLUME VIII. ROTTEN’ FRAUD nLS0 GOMES IN OR COURT IRE Exploter and Oil Pro- moter Taken to Jail in Lieu of Bond. BULLETIN FORT WORTH, Nov. 22.—Dr. Frederick A. Cook, S. E. J. Cox and eleven others convicted yes- terday in the federal district court and sentenced by Judge J. M. Killitts to serve penitentiary sen- fences and pay fines ranging from $1,000 to $12,000, will have | to remain in Tarrant county jail | for two months, even If they suc- ceed in making appeal bonds. | FORT WORTH, Tex.,| Nov. 22.—Shorn of any glory that may accrue be- cause of his spectacular oil promotions and his colorful adventures to the ice-grip- ped regions of the Pole, Dr. Fred- erick A. Cook paces a cell in the Tarrant county jail today. His last oll promotion, the Petroleum Pro- dugers association, was his undoing. Late yesterday Dr. Cook was sen- tedced to 14 years and seven months in’ Leavenworth penitentiary by Judge M. Killitts, of Toledo, Ohio, who tried his case, Added to the sentence js a fine of $12,000. The defendant was charged with using the mails to defraud. If he} appeals his case he must arrange Lond of $75,000, perhaps the largest eveer named in Texas. ' Joseph Weldon Bailey, his senior coungel, said he could not provide} the gun} demanded, and if he cannot, | Dr. Co@k must stay in jail unt!) his appeal js heard. In jail with Dr, Cook are thirteen of his |former associates. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 22.—Amaziah McShane, penitentiary. GET THE OLD RAGS TOGETHER TODAY; DISABLED NEED THEM Casper people who heard the call yesterday in behalf of the disabled soldiers today should be getting rags together for collection on Saturday. Old rags, new rags, in fact any kind of rags will be appreciated both by the former service men and the local campaigners. The Lions club, originator of the “rag day” idea, at its meeting last night drafted all its members who have automo- biles to assist in the work of gathering the rags together. The major part of this work will fall on the Boy Scouts who, 250 strong, will make a house-to-house canvass in every section of the city. People who have automobiles are requested to bring their bundles to Casper Chamber of Commerce headquarters. Oth- ers are asked to telephone 2008 and a car will call for their donation. Do not call the Chamber of Commerce. NINE KILLED IN FACTORY Injuries From Boiler Blast Injures 15 Others, Five Probably Fatally; Ruins Searched for Victims | NEW IBERIA, La., Nov. 22.—Search continued today for additional bodies in the ruins of the Vida Sugar Re- Shs, ay id git og finery at Loreauville, ten miles east of here, which was motions, so they must stay with him|razed late yesterday by a terrific boiler explosion, killing for varying perlods of time. Among) at Jeast nine persons and injuring 15 others, five of them them is S. BE. J. Cox, one of the! ters T probably fatally. most colorful of! promoters Texas|PEODBO Y LGOh WY annery's pay- has ever known. He must serve eight years in the penitentiary and/| roll disclosed that three employes were unaccounted for and it was pay a fine of $8,000, Dr. Cook, more accustomed to the) rearea they had been buried under j | the debris of the plant which was) sard, manager of the refinery; Oscar Broussard, superintendent, and two white and five negro employes. The refinery employed 100 persons. sade Attention and Interest The discharge of fire works across the street will attract the attention of any one who can hear. But and two soft seatR of an automobile, and Cox, well acquainted with the swift flight of an airplane, rode to the county) completely wrecked causing an esti jail in the police patrol. | mated loss of $100,000. Cook deft the court room with the} Nine bodies had been taken from most stinging — denuncia' ever | : © ringt: the ruins. Of the injured seven agg <2 ee icy apese aie) painless | were white and eight negroes. in his ears, After he had accused Dr. Cook of| The killed were Sidney Broussard, nephew of Senator Edwin S, Brous-| (Continued on Page Ten) STOKES FIGHT REACHES END Substantial ‘Alimony and Custody of Children Secured by Wife In Sep- ' aration Agreement Effected attracting one’s attention arousing one’s interest are very different propositions. m catches the ear or eye; rest catches the mind, Advertising, as we all know, must first be attractively illus trated and written to secure atten- tion. Next, there must be a definite appeal to interest, in various ways —price, quality, extra value, late style, a household convenience, « contribution to comfort or beauty. Ume saver, labor saver, etc., etc. Another thing which aids in reaching the interest of people ts the matter of approaching them through the paper they have chosen as thelr favorite paper. Many thousands of people, read ers and their dependents have chosen The Tribune as the me- dium through which merchants engage their attention. NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—Finis to the legal warfare of hotelman, and his wife, who is half his age, was written today when a separation agreement was made effective by the court. ; Both Mr. and Mrs. Stokes signed the agreement by which the wife obtains alimony and ever, Mr. Stokes is to be permitted | to see occasionally at Mrs. Stokes’ | mother’s home in Denver. Full de-| tails will be made public today. The agreement was described as 2 victory for Mrs. Stokes on top of the two decisive defeats her hus band ‘received in attempts to divorce | 1.45 ,NGHLES,-Nov. 22:—Gurg- G. Long late yesterday on a charge temporary alimony of $18,000 a year Mag oleae Menlonting teont’ ai nacks [ce victating eneraatinrel: cohimitins ing case ostensibly containing only| law after federal agents had found silent film dramas, which led to the] that a large packing case marked arrest yesterday of Joseph W.| “Films” and addressed to him con- Engle, senior vice president of the| tained many thuusands of dollars Metro Pictures corporation, today | worth of bonded liquor. He denied found their echo in a federal investi. | all knowledge of the shipment and gation of asserted wholesale at-| expressed the belief that some boot- her on grounds of infidelity. Her is understood to have been increased to 6 per cent on the $750,000 trust Mr, Stokes settled on the two chil dren. Supreme Court Justice Wasser- yosel ‘dismissed the complaint in Stokes’ suit for a divorce, which &| tempts to ship liquor from New| legger was endeavoring to get his jury recently refused to grant him| york to Hollywood in preparation | wares shipped into Hollywood witt on a re-trial. The separation decree| for Thanksgiving ond Christmas| out arousing suspicion, by the provided that Stokes should have! holidays. simple expedient of using a film access at all times to his children| Engle was arraigned before} official's name as consignee, 1 (Continues on Page Ten) United States umissioner Stephen { was released on §2,000 ball. Casper peddling morphine in Casper’s Sandbar district, Wadsienisy was sentenced by Judge! I, Blake Kennedy, in United States court here, to serve four years in the Leavenworth | Bill Davis and George Pools, indicted with McShane, pleas to guilty after the conviction of McShane and were sentenced respectively to a year and a day at Leavenworth and seven months in the Natrona county jail. CASPER, WYO.. THURSDAY, NOVEMB: TRUCK DRIVER CREMATED IN negro, convicted of changed their | “The Sandbar district in Casper is the worst In the state, if not In the United States," said Judge Kennedy in sentencing McShane, adding, “the Sandbar ts going to be | broken up if there is anything this court can do toward that end.” Judge Kennedy denounced all (three prisoners. ‘This crime is just about as serious as murder,” he said, addressing Davis. “When a man is killed the end comes suddenly and that is the end of it, but you fel- lows, using the various ways in which “dope works, send a man to hell by slow degrees. You men make people irresponsible and then load |them to their degradation.” Henry F. Welsh, Gilbert Nelson, James Lewis, Gusste Pittman and Earble McMicken, indicted for ope- rating a still near Telephone canon, in Albany county, changed earlier pleas of not guilty to guilty and were | sentenced as follows: Welsh, 90 days and $50 fine; Davis and Nelson, 60 days and $50 fine each; MeMicken and Pittman, 15 days’ and $5 fine each. The indictment against C. G. Brown, who assisted in locating the still operated by his associates, was dismissed. Robert Smith, 18, of Rock Springs; pleaded guilty to an indictment’ charging misuse of the mails in an attempt to -blackrmnail Nick Manates of Rock Springs, soft drink manu- ‘tacturer, into paying $50. The youth admitted mailing to Manatos letters demanding that the money be ‘eft at a designated place. ‘The grand jury for the November term of the federal court returned 59 indictments. Following are pleas entered by de- fendants, to the last Jot of indict- ment. Jay Willsey,. former. American Express company agent at Lander falsifying records, five counts; } © Anderson; violation of the Vehicle act; not Geor National Motor guilty, James Lentz and C. W. Crump, both of Casper; violation of the Na- tional. Prohibition act; guilty. James Hayward, of Hot Springs violation of the National Prohibi tion act; not guilty. H. F. Austen, of Johnson county: | violation of the National Prohibi- tion act; not guilty. hmidt; conspiracy to vio- late the National Prohibition act, one count; not guilty. Pauline Bush; transporting, con- cealing and storing stolen car, in (Continued on Page Ten) OPEN Pair Tried jent. talked about the Community Chest. — with the subject and evidently had given it muc Tribune is passing on to the public what Mr. } (doo) Uso HT eIeHS |Che Casper Daily Crilnme | FINAL | DITION! NUMBER 26 RAGIC ACCIDENT DR. COOK DRAWS 14 YEARS IN PRISON Casper Violators Are (IMMUNITY CHEST PLAN SHOULD Sentenced to Prison RECEIVE GREAT WELCOME HERE \So Says P. C. Nicolaysen in Commenting Upon Probable Response to Charity and Welfare Needs in Coming Campaign. P. C. Nicolaysen, the well known Casper old timer and bus- |iness mar and says: agencies doing good a he! + will do aw of sol the various social agencies, and merits. “The le of Cas will gladly eoekieantiy chest as it ill combine under one general campaign, the raising of funds for all the established and authorized social nd necessary work in, and for the community. ay with the duplication of effort on the part} itors and the annoyance of frequent calls to the donors. “Casper has always, and very liberally, supported all worthy drives and has in every case responded to the calls made upon} her with the gratifying result of always going over the top and suitably supplying the funds necessary to carry on the work of the yarious organizations properly. “The community chest, will prevent duplication of work and effort, and will safeguard the interests of the subscribers, as well as analyze and scrutinize the various budgets submitted is usually so engrossed in his affairs that he has no more than a pleasant nod for a newspaper reporter who strays into his offices on his daily rounds. v i i Mr. Nicolaysen took time off and business waited while he This morning it was differ He seemed brimming over thought. » The colaysen thinks welcome the advent of the by pass on each according to its “When the funds are raised the community chest will control these funds and will apportion them out as directed by it. p of the community chest and its ex- personnel of the membershi ecutive boards, together with its The splendid constitution merits and will have the fullest confidence of the people of Casper. “It will now simplify the matter of giving, as each subscriber can add up wha past and subscribe the sum of subseription, and terests has been discharged. t he has given to all the individual drives in the these gifts to the chest in one know that his full duty to the community tn- “Ryery man and woman, young and old, living in Casper sak their interests. munity.” kidnaping. according to the police were armed with three revolvers, cartridges and the handcuffs. They had come, the BROWNINGS TO DEFENSE tyne Expecte dto Feature Case of for Murder SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 22.—Twice defeated in legal scrimmages last week, the defense in the trial of | John Browning, Jr., and Marrimer A. Browning, cousins, charged with the slaying of Benjamin Ballantyne, April 9, 1928, is scheduled to begin it: which promises to bring out from Mrs. Ballantyns, wife of th slain man and sister of John Brown ing Jr., one of the defendants. It is hardly expected that Mrs. Ballan- tyne will be placed upon the stand today but Mrs. Ballantyne, along with her father John Browning &r., of Ogden, the inventor, and her mother, are on the list of witnesses announced by head defense counsel Thomas Marceneaux on the opening day of the trial. The prosecution rested {ts case yesterday after the court had de- nied a motion made by the defense for a directed verdict of not guilty and after the court had refiised 10 change the ruling which permitted | dying stntements be entered of as testi to trial nas peen mors d on Page Ten) s testimony today—testimony for the first time a statement from a statement of personnel, quactes” of the army air service from a standpoint o fpersonnel, finance, equipment and other essen tial factors waa made today by Major General Mason M. Patrick, chief of the army‘s aviation forces in his annual report to Secretary Weeks, | “The peace organization servic General Patrick #2 bears no relation ) Trequirements and affords little cr of the smoothly and efficiently as time goes fect its work so as to reach all the logical supporters of the com- | told was to the effect | had bu: and suburbs will, I, am sure, gladly get behind the community chest idea and support it to the limit of their ability, knowing that this plan is devised to save them unnecessary effort and “This organization being permanent, will function more on, and will gradually per- police say the: “imitted to “get the The elder Leonard in his cell at the detective bureau denied that Naylor had been kidnaped. “It was nothing of the kind,” he said. Naylor called “he police yesterday and sald he had received a telegram that the Leonards were coming to get the money or take him back to Chattanooga. Across the street sald the two men were waiting. T detectives then went out and arrested The remarkable story that Naylor he that s4 dea'ings with thi ards. The elder Leonard si lor had been acting os t utor here und was indebted to therh for $9,0( Naytor sald they came to his office on October 13 with guns and handcuffs. “‘One false move and you're through’ Naylor declared they greet- ed him and pointed revolvers at him. He said he told them he couldn’t pay them had L “There we sat through the morn- ing and afternoon,” he sald. “It anyone came into tke outer office he was told that I was out. Finally I was given the choice betwe n i LATE SPORTS Light win part of tt PARI beer wil m e menu served to the Olympic athletes of na tions electing to house t heir teams Ing erected in the Olympte village. be! near the Colombes stadium. | The Americans have reserved ac for commodations of their team at the Oly: some village. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 22.—The prelimt-| nary hearing of Urban Shocker’s re- quest to be declared a free agent by Commissioner Landis has been post- poned indefinitely, and will not held December 3, it was annc oday. The postp iiness of the laws star pitcher. ve! nt CAMBRIDGE, Harvard's football believe that the even chance against ia At a mass meeting last night Walter H, Trumbull, a member of the coaching staff, sald that the newspapers and sport writers were lagainst the Harvard team this sea- json and that as a result graduates |uving at a distance were wavering } “We here now, however, that the |team has an even chance Saturday,” ‘he added. |! Describing the comin; “the toughest proposition” became head coach, Coach sal | “1 ask you to have as much con- fidence in this team as I have.” — Whistles For Carrier Boys Short days with carly dark- ness make it physically {mpos sible for all the Tribune carriers to finish their ivery during daylight. In order that subsertb- ers of the Tribune may be noti fied at the moment the paper is lett on their doorstep, the car. riers have been provided with whistles, a shrill blast from which should apprise subscribers within two blocks distance that the carrier is coming: When you hear this signal tn front of your home, go out and get your paper and dont wait Mass., Nov ches pro rimson hi Yale Satu game as since he Fisher until possibly it is blown or car- riel away. Listen for the whistle! KIDNAPED FOR DEBT: MAN IS THREATENED CHICAGO, Nov. 22.—Everett Leonard, 25, Chattanooga manufacturer, and his son, Willard, 21, alleged to have made Roger Naylor, a Chicago through the persuasion of handcuffs and revolvers and held him a prisoner for in the Chattanooga home in an effort to collect a debt of $9,000, today were charged with assault with intend to commit murder, carrying concealed weapons and distributor, a prisoner, 3 days | formally They were arrested yesterday outside the building where Naylor has an office, and bullet ana a trip to Chattanooga. It didn’t take me long to make up ET. STEWART IS CAUGHT UNDER GAR DESTROYED BY FIRE. TODAY Salt Creek Highway Js Scene of Accident Early This Morning; No Witnesses, Said. °7 Elbert T. Stewart, 27 years old, met death this morning about 5:45 o'clock when the loaded Chicago truck he was driving for the Midwest turned completely over on the Salt Creek highway, seven mi from Casper and becam A seething mass of flames which destroyed the woodwork of the chassis and practically cremated the dead man. It ts probable that Stewart was instantly killed. When the body was taken from the charred wreckage the skull was found to have been deeply fractured by an tron bar. The exact time of the accident not known. Stewart left Ca 5:16 o'clock. At 6 o'clock H Nichols, who was on his way to Salt Creek with a truckload of supplic D came across the burning truck. He found the driver dead bat was unable to recognize him A Ford car bound for the city was stopped by Nichols who sent word of the disaster to the Midwest for which he and Stewart both | drivers. He remained at overturned we the scene until those summoned had come. While le walted the remainder of the truck burned tires exploded. Since there were no witness the accident it 1s impossible to te what caused Stewart death. He was nearly at the end of the wide pavement. Apparently there was no one else driving on the highway. It may have been that he lost control of his truck by using both hands to raise a window itn the cab or for some other purpose. Both sides of the pavement are soft dirt and {t would have been only and both front e ! to drive into a mat ter of slipping into this embank- ment in order to have completely upset Coroner Lew Gay was called and he arrived about 8 c k at the place where Stewart had lost his life. The body was; with the excep- tion of the trunk, skeletoniz was wedged in cab with an fron in the head. 1 falling tru aided by the 16 five-eighths casing whi the load Surviving the dead city is a brother, E. B is also employed by the Midwest its trucking department. There the bar bottom man tr (Continued on Page Nine) (Continued on Page Ten) BANDIT Woman Accomplice leged companion of a woma dow of a house which was b by police today ———— no foundation upon which war re. quirements in elther personnel material can be built.” He added that the 1,061 officers allowed the service as a result of the reduction of army commissioned personnel to 12,000 are “far short of requirements” and conditions de mand “ a substantial” both enlisted and or increase !n commiss oned personnel. ese various re on a basis which ment of its mt rick decla tion will r does not the fulfill ral Pat her r defic increase c the demand permit sion,” ¢ “Any f redu mit In encies and only a substan enable it meet to LOS ANGELES, Calif., Nov. 22.—A male bandit, al- last night after she had leaped from a deputy sheriff, who was shot and killed in a pistc ARMY AIR SERVICE INADEQUATE, CHIEF OF U. S. AVIATION FORCES CLAIMS IN ANNUAL REPORT :.:: OFFICERS HUNT SLAYER Captured by Police Of Los Angeles But Murderer of Deputy Is Still At Large n who w 8 seized by pol ond story win- eing robbed, is being sought as the slayer of Robert McGee, a special t. »1 figh who w pistol and clad evening gown wh her name as Ju admitted that she and panion were robbing Beld night, ac Tua Fare her compar t the slayer may automobile