Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 2, 1923, Page 1

<a 33. an Waser ~The Casper Sunda 4né WYOMING WEEKLY REVIEW CASPER, Wro., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1923 MAIN NEWS SECTION. 4 Crilume NUMBER 19 G. 0. P. CONTROL MENACED OIL TOWN IS HIT BY TWO BUILDINGS AT SALT GREEK ARE DESTROYED Loss of $50,000 Piled Up; Fighters Keep It Controlled. Fire which started in a bakeover at the gas plant of the Midwest Refining com- pany at Salt Creek at an early hour Saturday com- pletely destroyed the bake- “Me shop and razed the boarding house with, a loss estimated by company officials of $50,000. The strong wind accentuated by the blaze having a good headway made it extremely difficult to hold the fire down and ‘prevent other buildings from catch- ing. Both destroyed buildings were of frame construction. More than. 2,000 employes of tho company from the gas -plant ané the Home Camp at Salt Cresk fought the flames with four streams icals before bring: ‘The fire was the heaviest loss the company has ever in this mAnDS in the Balt F yet. the Midwest swill. in no way interfered with and employes. of. the gas plant will be fed at thehotel at the Home Camp until the destroyed structure can’ be rebuilt. VET BUREAU yw PROSECUTION HELD LIKELY WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—Federa! prosecution of persons responsibl: for the “grave wrongs of an appar ently criminal nature” found by the senate committeé investigating the veterans bureau, was foreshadowed in a;statement issued by the depart- ment of justice tonight. ‘The statement sald Attorney Gen- eral Daugherty was examining dala received’ from the committee and added ‘that ‘the sénate committee te- leved “there appeared to be grounds upon which criminal proceedings might be instituted.” Assistant Attorney General Crim: ‘whose resignation was to take effect December 15, has studied the testi mony taken by the committee, ani will remain as special assistant to the attorney general to prosecute the case, it was announced. ee No Mystery in Fatal Burning f of Film Star SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 1.—No mys- surrounded the death here this webk of Martha Mansfield, Fox film star, according to Director Elmer Clifton, who stated that the screen actress (Jed of burns received when her dress caught fire ‘on location.” Philip; Shory, member of the cast accompanied ths kody to New York. a ‘The Tongue of the World A. well known orator recently sald ‘the newspapers tongue of the world. ‘The daily newspaper gives voice every day to the major activities of the whole world. The advertising columns of the newspaper are the tongue of in- dustry, The manufacturer, the inventor, the designer, the creator speaks to the people day by day by the use of this great universal tongue. Many merchants. speak day by day to the readers of The Tribune through {ts advertising columns. SHOP IN THE TRIBUNE BE- FORE SHOPPING IN THE SHOPS, are the FIRE Two Injured in Car Crash Near Casper || Mr. and Mrs, A. L. Schuler, homesteaders 17 miles north of | Casper and on the Salt Creek high- | Way were victims of an auto ac- | cident bout 5:30 o'clock Saturday evening when a wheel broke on the machine Mr. Schuler was | driving and the car turned over, when they were returning to their ranch after having been in Cas- per on a shupping trip. | Mrs. Schiller was the more se- | verely injured of the two. She | received injuries about the head and shoulder. Her husband suf- fered a broken nose. The man ana woman were brought into town, and Mrs. Schuler was taken caro ite | of at the residence of Mr. and The men who made the raid were | Mrs. E. J. Scherck, 475 CY ave- | Otto W. Plaga and S. R. Owens. nue. Mr. Schuler was taken to | federal prohibition agents, and Wi) Mam Irving, undersheriff of Natrona county. Lon C. Davis, federal pro- hibition director, went out yester: day morning for the purpose of taking part in the work of wreck- ing the distillery, ‘The men were brought into Cas- per on the evening of their arrest, but Officer. Irving ‘was placed to guard the headquarters of the men until yesterday at which time a truck was sent out for the purpose of bringing into Casper enough of the evidence to be used in prosecut- ing the .case and-other materials if opperatus that were of yalue. ho visited the still de- FRIENDS: RUSH TO OFFER HELP TO GOV. M’CRAY Indiana Executive Says He Will Con- tinue in Office Despite Demand for Resignation by Many the Natrona County hospital. ei oi GRESSER FUNERAL 10 BE HELD HERE MONDAY The. funeral of John Gresser, old timerof Casper who) .was found dead at. his home more than a week ago will be held Mon _the > thke INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 1.—Friends of Governor Warren T. McCray, under indictment on 191 counts, charging him with embezzlement, forgery, and larceny, in connection with his personal financial transactions, were rallying to his aid tonight to save him the embarrassment of a public arrest. The bond of $25,000 set by Judge Collins of the Marion county crim!- nal court will be provided before time for the sheriff to serve the summons on him Monday, McCray’s attorneys announced tonight. Many of the governor's friends have called on him, and expressed | their desire to go surety for him, | is causing the Republican leaders to lose a lot of sleep. Indiana, is always a doubtful state, and the Republican leaders are unwilling to go into the next campaign with McCray’s records saddled on them. the attorneys stated. McCray, confronted by the most | serious ordeal a governor of the state has ever faced, went quietly about his executive duties today as it nothing had happened. He answered the challenge of a faction of the Republican party which wants him to step. down and out by saying that he would con- tinue to be governor until his term expired. The Republican state committee will meet next week to consider what action the party is to take toward McCray. The, political aspect of the governor's indictment Reward Posted For Swindler | Who Skipped DENVER, Colo., Dec. 1.—District Attorney Van Cise today stated that @ reward of $500 would be paid for the apprehension of Roy Coyne, al- leged. confidence man, who jumped a $7,500 bond while on trial in the West Side court here. ‘The bond has been declared fdrfelted. ARMY OF POISON SPIDER DISTRICT SCENE OF OPERATIONS Federal and County Officers Jom Forces in Wrecking Elaborate Still Equipment and Supplies Foun din Three Tents; Two Alleged Operators Placed Under Arrest. In the midst of a desolate country through which the most acute rum sleuth would hardly search for violators of the Volstead act, 35 miles southwest of Casper and close to the Poison Spider oil field, members of the sheriff's department assisted by federal prohibition agents Friday night made one of the biggest hauls in the way of a moonshine distillery that has ever been made in the state of Wyoming and arrested William Jana and Ear! Nisar in connection with the raid. FORTY MILLION BARRELS OF FUEL OIL TO BE STORED FOR NAVY PURPOSES ON PACIFIC WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—Forty million barrels of fuel oil will be stored by the navy on the Pacific coast to make tain; John Engtand, R. J. Fuchs, it impregnable in case of war, Rear Admiral J. K. Rob-|P. inson, chief of the bureau of engineering of the navy de- partment, testified today before the senate committee in- vi tigating the lease of Tea} “St ‘a that nts aan Oe reason underlying the leasing of naval reserve lands to private in- terests. The admiral declined to give his full testimony in 4 public hearing. His complete explanation of the navy'’s belief that the leasing was necessary for adequate defense of the Pacific coast, will be given in an executive session of the committee. It was brought out during his tes- timony that under the leases the navy gets one barrel of fuel oil de- livered in storage on the coast for every three barrels pumped from the reserve, The other two barrels are absorbed by the cost of production, transportation and construction of tankage facilities. No word was received today from Secretary of the Interior Fall who was invited by the committee to re- turn to testify as a result of the ev- idence presented yesterday that his urospered after he had negotiated the Teapot Dome lease with the Sin- clair oli interests. MISSING AIR PILOT FOUND ALIVE, REPORT SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 1.—(Unit- ed Press}—Claire K. Vance is alive. He was found between Auburn, Cal., and Imke Tahoe by a forest ranger late this afternoon, accorc- ing to the army mail service. He reported that the was flying at an altitude of about 16,000 feet when «@, terrific storm came up from under him and damaged a wing of his plane. The machine fell out of control but at the last minute he was able to right it and break the force of the fa!l somewhat. The machine was totally wrecked but Vance mir- acuicusly escaped unhurt. Lehman Case Baf fling e Suspect Tries Suicide CHICAGO, Dec. 1.—(United Press.) —Chicago's strangest murder mys- tery was stil] unsolved tonight. Two couples, snatched by police from their underworld haunts, were closely watched by the city’s keen- est detectives, hoping that some move—some word or sign—would shed some light on the crime. The two coup'es are held for the murder of Edward Lehman, a watchman on November 5. When Lehman saw a man and a woman hiding in the shadows of an alley just before dawn, he accosted them and asked for an explanation of their presence. He was answer- ed by a volley of shot. Lehman died several hours later. Police arrested Walter Bockel- man, an avowed enemy of Lehman,, ago and tang'ed the question of who! the United States. and Bockelman’s sweetheart, Ethel Beck. The Beck girl confessed she was with'Bockelman on the evening) admitted a long series of robberies| declared, when her of the murder and Bocke!lman snot Lehman. Bockelman’s wife, mother of two} Lehman in that’ North side alley.’ Pees Seek! small children, told police her hus-| band was “out” at the hour tho| crime was committed and said‘ “I hope he ‘hangs for it.” She de- nounced his association with the Beck girl. Although Bockelman denied any knowledge of the shooting, police were confident the murder had been solved. The case against the pair was to be sent to the grand jury. But another underworld pair en- < tered the story of crime several days {shot Lehman. | Otto Maim, arrested for burglary, charged that| and then, calmly said, “and if you'd| tempted to throw her through a | ke to know it, it was I that killed| Police immediately set out to ture Malm’s wife, Katherine, had fled» from the city. After eral Gays hunt, Katherine rendered. “I did it so I could see the kid,” she explained. “The kid’ wags “Tootsie,” year-old child of the Malm’s. “Otto killed Lehman in that alley. cap- who sev: I was with him when he did it and! I ran away,” she said. Continued on Page Two. iM e naval reserve. ARRIACE 250 PRIMED FOR ‘CHEST’ ECORD HAUL MADE IN RAID ON MOONSHINE PLANT Monday Evening Banquet to Mark Start of Whirlwind Campaign Here for “$54,000 for Others” The 250 workers who have organized for Casper |Community Chest drive to be held December 3 to 8 will be given a stimulating “send-off” Monday evening when | a banquet will be held at 6:30 o’clock in the Henning ho- tel. At this banqus: the tables will be so arranged that the different members of the divisions and teams will be seated according to their organiza-,Team No. 6.—G. R_ Waldschmidt, tion. captain; C. P. Brodie, Ma‘or Orms Final instructions will be given at by, T. C. Daniela. Joe Bingenheimer. this time. On Tuesday morning the| Division B—Commander George actual canvass will begin. During Jarvis. Team No. 7.—H. Roe Bartle, \the campaign every person in the |captain; W. C. Goodwin, EB. T. Foe, ‘city will be asked to contribute to- C. H. McFarland, M. J. Foley, Hom- ward the social program for 1924.(¢r Shaffer. Team No. 8.—Tom Following are the names of in- | Dailey, captain; Paul Sauter, dividuals who will take part in the Thamas Villnave, Lee Reno, T. R. campaign, together with the names |Hughes, Tom McKeon. Team No. 9 of the team captains and command-|—J. C. Lindsay, captain; Joe May H. erm: 8. Barker, A. B. Allen, Fred Division A—Commander B. P.|Wood. W. C. Gallagher. m Bacon. Team No. 1—Tom Jessen, |10.—R. M. Boeke, captain; Dr. T. J captain; D. P. VanBurgh, Frank J.|Drew, Frank Knittle, R. N. Ogden Cowan, L. Branson, Ray Cook and |George Stafford, J. H. Hendrick Guy Gay. Team No. 2.—Earl Bur-|Team 11.—D. L. LaBrerche, well, captain; R. R. Hildebrand captain; Ralph Kammon, John Duane U. Stolp, J. T. Scott, H. H.|Jones, A. Baker, Frank Firman, B. Wrightsman, W. F. Dumars. Team |H- Pester. Team No, 12— E. H . 3—R. H. Nichols, captain; Wm. | Warren, captain; F. B, Andrews, abe ‘wm. Allely, M. C. Price, John |I Good, Gen A. Wedell, Stanley W. Whelan and L. F. McMahon. |Griebel, Lyle Jay. Team No. 4,—L. A. Toothaker, cap-| Division C.— Commander M. A Becklinger. Team 13.— P. A. Burns, captain; C. E. Hoffhine, Ha! Nesbit. Paul Huber, W. P. Barnard, Howard Baker, Team No. mett Fullet, eaptain; Geo. W. (Continued on Page Two) ‘HELL’ TOLD Cc. Loveland, Leon § Goodrich Team No. 5.—Rev. Philip K. Ed- . captain; Paul Bachelor, H. A. Burke, Duke Gardner, Calvin H. Cass, W. J. Wehrli, W. H. Snoddy. BY MRS. BRANDEIS IN man Brandeis in her suit for “My fourteen months of Brandeis met the beautiful 23 year old divorced wite of a New York ex- porter in the spring of 1922 and in- duced her to accompany him on a big game hunt in Alaska. They were married at Seward, Alaska,| later. After a few months in Alaska the couple set sail for Africa. Four times, according to Mrs. DIVORCE CASE HEARING Wife of Millionaire Merchant of Omaha Tells of Being Lashed with Whip and Left to Lie All Night in African Jungle at Command of Husband OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 1.—(United Press).—A realistic story of cruelty trailing from the African jungles to an ocean steamship and the roof of an Omaha store was made public here today through a transcript of the testimony of Mrs. Emily Marie Ryan Cole- divorce from her millionaire husband, E. John Brandeis. Brandeis is a big game hunter and owner of a department store here. married life was a living hell,’’ Mrs. Brandeis declared. her clothing and beat her into un-j|ed with a long fade-out showing Mrs consciousness with a jewel handled bull” whip. Blood flowed freely from fourteen She was | deep cuts in her body. |under a doctor's care for weeks and) | still bears the scars of her fright- |ful treatment, she declared. | After listening to the testimony sur-/s'ept with Brandies the remainder two-| “bungalow” which ts located on the Judge L. B. Day granted Mrs. Brande!s, her chances of becomming) Brandies her decree and restored her a mother were foiled by her hus-| maiden name of Ryan. band who forced her to take medi-| Alimony was settled out of court, cine of his own concocting. The|it being understood that Mrs. Bran- fifth time the medicine failed to|qies received $250,000 in cash and work. Jan’ annuity of $8,000 as long as she Brandels then prepared to frigh-| lives, ten his wife so badly, according to) Brandies, who is 29 years old, will the testimony, that the child would) inherit an additional $8,000,000. on not be born. |his thirtieth birthday. He was re- a gruesome war dance in the half|when he returns home. | ght. Pictures of the Alaskan trip end- The whole effect was so realistic! He took her walking in the jung- cently divorced from Madeline Frank Brandies in his arms. |Drunk Makes It | Easy for Police; Goes to City Hall Patrol wagons have no attraction for the man arrested by the police [department last night on a charge of drunkeness. The fellow gave his name as “Hicks.” At least that was the way the sergeant got it between other hicks. The manner of the man’s arrest was a peculiar one, as was also the locality of it The janitor of the city hall had les one night. There was a terrible| Brandies, beautiful San Francisco!come home with the idea of sur noise in the brush. Professing to/ girl who is now a motion picture di-|rendering himself to pleasant believe it was made by a lion, Bran-! rector in Hollywood. dreams when he found that some. dies fied. | Brandies carries a complete mo- ady occupied the bed. The As he ran, natives, their bodies /tion picture outfit with him on his was Hicks, as drunk as painted a ghastly white with | hunting trips and shows films to alone could reasonably expect a man Preparation, appeared and danced few friends at private showings|to be and clutching an almost empty bottle of hana. denatured alcohol in his that Mrs. Brandies fell over in a gi. according to her testimony. She lay in the jungle almost a'l night, she declared, finally regaining strength enough to drag herself back to the cabin. As a result of this gruesome ex. perience the baby was never horn, she declared. When Mrs, Brandies had regained |her health the party started back to Mike Cottar, an {African guide who accompanied the |Brandies’ home saved her life, she husband at- BERGAMO, Italy, Dec. 1.—Phun- ering down upon sleeping Italian villages nestled in the Brembana valley, flood water loosed when the | porthole of their stateroom while in Cottar heard her Screams and overpowered her hus-/great dam at the foot of Lake Gleno band, she’ said. burst early taday completely sub- | _She occupied Cottar’s room and he|merged the town of Dezo and drowned many inhabitants. A Centra! News dispatch received in London says it is feared 300 lives were lost. As the survivors, roused from their beds, fled to the hills emid the rising waters, towns for miles around were plunged into darkness as five hydro-electric power houses were swept eway in ruins, { =~ of the journey. Arriving in Omaha the pair start- ed housekeeping in the Brandies roof of the stores here. One night about a week after their return, Brandies, according to Mrs. Brandies, entered her room, tore off Brandies down-town ‘Town I n Ruins H. undreds Lost The flon@ rushed down the nar- Tow valley, destroying everything in its path. Hundreds of cattle, adding CAUCUS DEFEAT CRUSADE |i PROGRES BLOG MAY oTIR UP DISSENSION Power to Prevent Or- ganization of House Is Demonstrated; Fight To Be Taken to Floor. By FRASER EDWARDS (United Press Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 1.—The progressive bloc today demonstrated its ability to prevent organiza- tion of the house of repre- sentatives. Though soundly whipped fn the Republican ucus, the Progressives mustered votes for Representa tive Cooper, Wisconsin, their candi date for speaker. Their defeat in caucus was a foregone conclusion. Representative Gillett of Mas achusetts, present speaker, re- ceived 190 votes; Cooper 15; Repre- sentative Madden, Mlinols, 8; and Repfesentative Little, of Kansas, 1 Under house procedure, 218 votes. a majority of the whole house, will be required to elect a speakey There are 225 Republicans, 207 Democrats, one Farmer-Labor, ono Socialist, and one Independent. If 14 Progressives voted as a untt. the Republican vote would be cut to 210, elght—short ofthe required majority. Even if the Farmer-Labor Socialist, and Independent members voted with the Republicans, the total still would be only 213, or five short. The Progressives made no effort in today’s caucus to prevent selec tion of Representative Longworth of Ohio, as’ Republican floor leader. He was chosen by an almost un- animous viva voce vote. Intention of the Progressives to carry their fight to the floor of the house when it meets next week, was evidenced when Representative Nal- son, Wisconsin, leader of the bloc, isked Representative Sydney Ander- son, caucus chairman, whether caucus action was to be binding on those attending. Anderson ruled that unless a specific resolution was adopted, caucus action was not bind- ing. This leaves the Progressives fre to throw thelr strength betwe Republicans and Democrats, and deadlock organization of the house, preventing Coolidge from deliverin his message and delaying the ap Propriation bills and other legisin- tion indefinitely, The Progressives were defeated overwhelmingly in the first round of their fight to amend the house rules. Resolutions offered by Nelson to abolish the steering committee, and to force the members of the com- mittee on committees to vote h state as a unit were voted down almost without debate. Those voting for Cooper Representatives Beck, Browne. pert, Frear, Peavey, Schnelder, Voight, were: Lar Schaefer, and Nelson, all Keller, Knut son Davis, all’ of Minne: La@ . of New York, and Sin clair of North Dakota, 15. Those voting for Madden were: Gillette, Massachusetts; Cooper, Wis- consin; James, Michigan; Kink, IU nois; Michaelson, Illinois; Reid, Titi nols; Schall, Minnesota and Woot ruff, Michigan—8. ‘The vote of Sproul of Kansas for his colleague Little, of Kansas, was of Wisconsin; Clauge, and complimentary. Sproul is expected to line up with the Gil'ett forces when the real test in the housa comes on Tuesday. Longworth was chosen chairman of the committee on committees, which selects the membership of the various house committees, and fixes the ratio of republican and dem cratic representation on each bod: The personne! of the committee fal- lows: Kahn, California; Timberlake, Col- orado; Tilson, Connecticut; French, Idaho; Madden, Illinois; Moores, In- ; Greene, Iowa; Anthony, Kan- 8; Langfiley, Kentucky; White. Maine; Hill, Maryland; Winslor Massachuset Mapes, Michiga swton, Minnesota; avitt, Montana; braska; Wa Bacharac Fause, Missou oughlin, N Hampshire: rker, New New thelr terrorized bellowing to the | Yc ort hDakota; Long- harsh notses of the dawn, were car-| Worth, Ohlo; Garber, Ok'ahomed ried away on the crest of the waters | Hawley, Oregon; Geriest, Pennsyl- and drowned. vania; Burdick, Rhode Isla: The towns of Gueggio and Teveno |topherson, South Dakota; ‘Taylor were inundated, and the flood aici) Tenessee; Wurzbach, Texas; Lether- not spend its fury until it had swept (Continued on Page Two) on so far as Corna. | oo ° Property damage was great. Tele- WEATHER phone and telegraphic communticar Ty: ay tion was destroyed and it was not |.“ Yoming—Fair Sunday Junth nightfall that word of the ais. |@Nd probably Monday, aster reached the outside world. lwarmer Sunday,