Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 5, 1923, Page 1

Weather Forecast WYOMING: and Thursday. temperature. Fair tonight Moderate DRILLING OF 600 WELLS PROJECTED FOR SALT CREEK FIELD NEXT YEAR _- PROGRAM BASED ON CAPACITY OF PIPELINES URGED ON OPERATORS M. J, Foley, Chairman of Conservation Committee, | ‘Outlines Plans for Coming Year in '- Address Before Petroleum Club. Approximately 600 wells will be drilled in the Salt Créek field during the coming year, according to M. J. Foley, head of the conservation committee, who last night stated at the meeting of the Wyoming Petroleum club that it, was his belief such a program would be necessary to CLUBMAN PAY: $8,000 HEART BALM TO GIRL gi eee her, {1 stated today. Agree- rae cack atecrnasg represent: ing” parties to the actions was yesterday just as the suit ‘Thorne was reafy to go to of the settlement. Miss’ fa mes to ae erage the country the 7 i high compliments of leaders tn the and $3,000 inthe action against his mother, whom’ she charged with valling her a “‘vamptre. FRUIT WAR IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, Dec. 5 — Chicago's fruit market has been literally flogded with oranges and apples in the rivalry between independent end esfablished fruit merchants | which has greeted a general reduc- tion of from 25 to 40 per cent in retajl fruit prices. Oranges which sol@ last week for) $1 a dozen are being quoted at 60 cents; grapes are down from 15 and ten cents a pound to 12% and five cents, and apples, previously sold at twenty cents are being offered at ah average of 15 cents. Basket grapes a dozen are down from 75 to §5 cents. —»—__——_ | Page the Doctor| A bettie of good tonic might be good for the human system if taken regularly and system- atically- However, the entire bottle taken at one time would not produce the desired result. Advertising {s somewhat the fame. Advertising is not a powerful and immediate distress relfef, it is a systemic tonio— ®@ dependable’ sure upbuilder. Periodical spurts in advertis- ing -can do no better than pro- duce temporary business. This method cannot produce a steady flow of business nor build a Permanent foundation. Forward looking men are reg- ularly using ‘The Tribune for present business and also lay@ig the foundation for future great- nes: COOLIDGE, M'’ADOO, AND LAFOLLETTE ENDORSED -| mittee, | fiela maintain present production. Through many predictions have been current among ol! men as to the number of new wells that would be put down in Salt Creek in 1924, Mr. Foley's estimate is the first ac- ceptable one given to the public. His figures were based on the fact that there will be further falling off in production from now on and in order to keep crude runs up to pipe line capacity it will be necessary to begin a large drilling campnign. In telling of the work of the Salt Creek Producers Conservation com- and its harmonious relations with the operator members since that time in regulating pipe line runs and the ratio of drilling to acreage. No such generally beneficial func- ent Tne eB es the same» in Midcontinent ss remark. brought from other. parts of the oil industry. , Some difficulty was experienced, said Mr. Foley, when Teapot dome was leased to Harry F. Sinclair for exploitation by the Mammoth Oil company which was after 100 per cent output. For a time the pro rata program: for Salt Creek was the speaker mentioned its -lorganization in September of 1922, in whith the committees OIL MAN OF OSAGE FOUND DEAD IN CAR NEWCASTLE, Wyo., Dec. (Special to The Tritune.)—Travelers on the highway one-half mile north }of here found Attorney T. W. |LaFleiche, prominent operator in | the Osage off fleld, dead in his car | at 10:30 o'clock Jast night, His body was seen partly protruding from one of the windows of the machine. Investigation showed that death had probably come suddenly, caused from heart failure. The car ihad been driven to one side of the road, the brakes had been. set. ignition turned off, but all lights left burning. Mr. LaFleiche came to the Black Hills with his father when he was a boy of 12, or in the year 1874. | While still a youth he lived at Hot Dakota. His career as a lawyer was begun in Belle Fourche. From 1910 to 1920 he practiced law in Sheridan. During the latter year he moved to this city and became associated with Raymond LaFleiche and James P. Kem, who now lives in Casper. Since the first of this year Mr. LaFleiche was in control of a lease in the Osage field and gave most of his time to its operation. For 50 years he has been a well known resident of the Black Hills country. He was very active as a Shriner, a member of the Knights. of Pythias, and the Lion club. As an attorney he stood high in the legal circles of the state. Tn AJAX R ON SECRETARY NEW Y » S—A_ nation wide search whiey centered on San Antonio and may lead into Mexico seriously threatened by the activity)"™% besun last night for William of the Mammoth along the con- necting area. By establishing an inert zone on the edge of Teapot between Salt Creek, Mr. Sinclair forestalled an incipient breaking loose among pro- ducers in the latter field. Those in Salt Creek having leases along the connecting strip had been taking 100 per cent output and this was, of course, resented by others on the same contour lines who held to the 65 per cent prorata on runs. Though a 30 per cent decline has resulted in the total production. of Salt Creek since last July, there is no need for alarm, declared Mr. Foley, as it ts figured that within the last ten years but 100,000,000 barrels of of] have been taken from the immense reservoir of 500,000,- 000 barrels. Therefore, before the is exhausted other industries will have become mainstays in keeping Casper to the front. Oil producers in every part of the nation should realize the necessity for combining to regulate the in. dustry, sald the speaker, who point- ed out that oil fs the very life-blood of other present day industries, with steel mills, coking furnades, and fron mining depending on its suc- cessful conduct for their own pros. perity. John H. Moran, manager of the International Supply company here, stated that a drilling Program for Salt Creek calling for the putting down of 600 wells in 1924, was good news to oil well supply dealers. He said that in all probability there would be Uttle to «tand in the way of quick deliveries on all casing and equipment needed because of the (Continued on Page Thirtee: Republican, Democratic and Farmer- Labor Parties of South Dakota Name Presidential Leaders PIERRE, S. D., Dec. 5.—(By The Associated Press) .— Following endorsement of Calvin Coolidge, William G. McAdoo and Senator Robert M. as presidential standard beare: LaFollette of Wisconsin, rs for the Republican, Demo- cratic and Farmer-Labor parties at State proposal meetings here last night, a group of proposal men from the Farmer- J, Jackson, former secretary of the Ajax Rubber company, following his indictment by a grand jury for the alleged theft of 25,000 shares of stock of the company valued at $175,000. Seta A Sh WASHINGTON.—Awards_total- ling $1,800,000 were made in favor of the United Shoe corporation by the German-American mixed claims commission. Springs and Belle Fourche in South | > | Final Effort in Drive for $54,000 Fund to Be SLAYER GIVER ——— HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PARADE ON THURSDAY Waged Tomorrow by Casper Workers; In 30 hours’ time $30,000 first Community Chest. This result was reported | 388. Surprises are in store for the final |1uncheon of the campaign tomorrow noon. None of the teams in the in- dustrial division have as yet turned in reports. Cal Smith of the White Eagle Refining company, who heads this division, said today that the em- ployes at his plant had come through 100 per cent. There was an intensified atmos- phere in the dining hall of the Hen- ning today. This foretold the final surge of effort to be made-~by. the 250 workers during the remaining hours of the drive in making sure of a full $54,000 for the Chest. In a short talk, 0. E. McCracken, superintendent of the Wyoming Children’s Home at Cheyenne, em- phasized the value of the. pres#nt organized effort in effecting for the workers’ a more intimate knowledge of the people they are meeting. ‘Tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock ‘Casper high school students wil! luncheon for workers at the Henning hotel. amount taken in since the gathering yesterday was $18,- Total figures are therefore $29,633. Industrial Report Withheld. has been raised for Casper’s today noon following the | The exact} march in @ parade through the| downtown streets. This will be a |epecial feature of the drive which, comes to an end in the evening. The colored people of the city are jnow actively at work in assisting with the campaign. They reported |$70 as having come from among| themselves this morning. The ¢Jirit they are showing ts very commend- able. | Orie day 1s left in which to go over the top. Casper will not tolerate failure. By noots tomorrow the re-| ports will undoubtedly show that| the danger of falling short is past. go Reese: 2 Tet ad WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—Senator Capper, republican, Kansas, chair- man of the senate farm bloc, {s pre. paring a bill to repeal the “fair re- turn” «section of the transportation \Laramie Pastor CHEST TOTAL BOOSTED TO $30,000 IN CAMPAIGN NEW LEASE ON LIFE, REPORT SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec 5. —Re-sentencing to death of Omer R. Woods, convicted wife murderer and former Idaho and Tennessee resident, was again postponed when district Judge Ephraim Hanson 'to- day granted an extension until De. cember 15. Woods made a personaf pl. that he wanted to confer re. garding his rights with James Ail shie, a life long friend 4 former chief justice of the Idaho supreme court a Resigns Position LARAMIE, Wyo., Dec. 5.—Rev. Herbert C. Gans, pastor of Trinity Lutheran church here for the past two years, has resigned to accept the position a3 missionary superin- act, to abandon the railroad con- solidation plan, and to restore full ‘pre-war statis” and powers of state railway commissions, ROBBER-SLAYER CAUGHT THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., Dec. 5.— In the arrest here by Sheriff Scott Hazen of Otto Butt and Tom oO’. Brien, local officials have captured the men who blew the Chicago, Bur- lington & Quincy railroad company’s safe September 9 last and also have taken into custody tw alleged murderers with big reward on their heads in the state of Washington. The identification of the pair has ben established and they have both been returned to Washington in- stitutions. O’Brien was wanted there for hav- ing killed the express messenger on the North Coast Limited on the Puget Sound road in 1910. He was sentencedfito life in the Walla Walla penitentiary md escaped in 1915. . Butt was tried for holding up a lumber camp at Port Angelus, Wash., some years ago, and killing three mén during the holdup, He was convicted of murder and escap- ed from the Port Angelus jail while an appeal was being taken on his case. CHOPER SCOUT COUNCIL TO HEAR REPORT OF EXECUTIVE DECEMBER 17 The Casper Council, Boy Scouts of America{, will hold an important meeting Monday, December 17, at which time the offloars of the coun- cil. will be elected and the report of the executive wil! be given. This will be the most important meeting of the year and will: wind up the work for 1928 among the Casper scouts while It will at the same time give a push toward the work of the coming y labor element early today was en- deavoring to make a partial fusion with the democrats on state nomina- tion proposals. About thirty men out of 110 in the farmer-labor party denounced the national platform and bolted the convention to confer with the de- mocrats. According to participants, the dissatisfied ,farmer Iabor men will attempt to frame a joint ticket for United States Senator . Down with the democrats, , Leaders in the bolting farmer labor group included Warren L. Beck, president of the state federa- tion of labor; oa Senator William! ! | the stand,” Dr. Bain said. “And I would prefer not to answer since the information I have 1s his. Senator Walsh, Democrat, Mon tana, insisted on knowing whether | the Gulf, Union and Texas Oil com | panies were tn the list and Dr. Bain replied that he personally had asked the Union Oil company. Bartling, J. W. Batchelor, president of the Farmers Union of South Da- kota, and Mark Bates, farmer labor candidate for Governor in 1922. President Coolidge was given the majority nomination for president by the republican proposal men over Senator Hiram Johnson of Cail- fornia, by a vote of 50,379 to 27,- 340, and later the endorsement was made unanimous by o rising - Mr. McAdoo, former secretary of the treasury, received the demo- cratic endorsement over Henry Ford by a vote of 39,018 to 5,072. The farmer labor convention IN WYOMING tendent of the California synod of the Lutheran church. His field of activities will center around a Francisoo. ; PAIR A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, And a Booster for City, County and State. Che Casper Daily Crime | CASPER. WYO., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5. GILLETT NAMED SPEAncn IN COMPROM ! CHEST FUND IS CLIMBING 54,000 | 50,000 45,000 | | 35,000 | 30,000: 25,000 20,000: 15,000 10,000 The two men blew the rafiroad| safe in Thermopolis the night of| September 9 and escaped with $600! in currency. Again on the night of| October 31 they robbed the railroad} ticket office and freight office tills| and attempted to blow the safe in the express office. The nitroglycer- ine was not at the right temperature and the charge refused to work. — | ‘The men were arrested here in al little shack on the river bank below the town, | “5000 Bureau of Mines Director Says Several Were Asked for Bids| On Lease But Identity Is Withheld to Keep Con- fidence With Rormer Secretary Fall WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—A number of prominent oil companies were requested to bid on a lease on the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve at the same time t was sought from the Sinclair interests, Dr. H. Foster Bain, of Mines, testified today before the senate public however, to give the names of the companies which were invited to bid. “T understand that Secretary Fall declined to give this Purchase by the Sinclair company of several claims in the reserve held by .private individuals against the government for $1,000,000 was taken up by Senator Walsh. “Don't you think excessive?" that price “I have never fixed an estimate of their value,” said Dr. Bain, “but the Sinclair company was fo a consider thelr nutsance value well as their equity. This is shown by the suit the lessor now is defend- ing against the Mutual Ol! com- pany.” Dr. Batn had testified the govern- ment received about $1,400,000 more from its royalty ofl under the lease than would have come from pre- vailing prices in the field. Senator Walsh brought out that bonuses paid for separate leases of government lands in the Salt Creek field had amounted to $1,300,000 and the royalty averaged 28.76 per cent as compared with 16% per cent from the Sinclair lease. The witness said the experts of the bureau were convinced of the danger of the Teapot Dome reserve be & #4 into the privately owned wells in’ the Salt Creek field. Dr. Bain declared the Sinclair lease was “far more advantageous to the government than sny other lends committee. hat a proposal director of the U. S. Bureau He declined, | | information when he was on Why better than you could now| get’ ‘asked Senator Lenroot, Re- Publican, Wisconsin. ‘Because of the great decrease in| the amaunt of of! indicated to be in the reserve.” | Asked by Senator Walsh the rea (Continued on Page Fourteen.) BIDDERS ON TEAPOT NOT DIVULGED “MASHER” EJECTED FROM SHOW ARRESTED J. H. Maloney was fined $25 last night on the charge of annoying women. The offense took place in a local theater. The operator had spotted the man and had watched him work for some little time. He notified the manager of the theater, who promptly ejected the fellow and had him arrested. It seems that Ma- loney had a habit of making ac. quaintances with women who hap- pened to be unaccompanied by men. If one woman would not talk to him he would prompt!y move his seat and attempt to get near someone PERMISSION FOR ULES 5 GRANTED 8 6.0. P. LEADER Breaking of Deadlock Paves the Way for President’s Message To Joint Session. WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. Frederick H. Gillett of Mass- achusetts, was re-elected speaker of the house today, when the Republican insurg- ents voted for him for the first time since a dead lock develop. ed Monday. The break came on the first bal- lot today, the ninth taken for speak- er since Monday noon. From tha outset the insurgents had been casting 17 votes for Cooper, of Wisconsin, one of their leaders, and five for Maxiden of Illinois. The reelection of Mr. Gillett completed orgunization of the sixty eighth congress, and paved the way for president Coolidge to deliver to- morrow his first message to @ join’ session of the house and senate. The insurgents decided to aban- don their fight after they had been aseured by Representative Lone- worth of Ohio, the republican lead ev, that opportunity would be af forded later to freely offer amend- ments to the house rules. From the start the insurgent group has maintained, that-fte real, fight was for a rules revision. On the final ballot Gillett received 215 votes. | Representative Garrett of Tennessee, the democratic can- didate-had 197 and two voted for Representative Madden. Gillett had a majority of 7 votes. ‘The democrats voted solidiy fo Garrett. The two who voted for Madden were James of Michigan end Reid of Illinoia, both repul licans. Representatives Kvale, independ ent Minnesota and Wefal¢, farmer labor Minnesota, who had support- ed Cooper, voted “present” as dia Garrett and Berger, socialist, Wis- consin, Gillett did not vote. Mad+ den voted for Gillett as he haa@ from the first. ‘The agreement for revision of the rules reached by the leaders last night, but there was an eleventh flurry today when represens tative Nelson of Wisconsin, chair- man of the instirgent group, an- nounced that he and his associates would not be bound by any egree ment to support Gillett until the terms of the rules understanding had been reaffirmed specifically on the house floor. As soon as the session began Mr. Nelson presented a statement em- budying his view of the status of the understanding and representa- ive Longworth arose and told the that the statement was cor The clerk then called the roll for the ninth time and the in- surgents swung into line with their colleagues behind Speak- was house rect Before the vote was announced. representative Cooper made a brief statement saying he resented the campaign of Vituperation and slancer against the members wha had supported him. When an at tempt was made to cut off his speech by a point of or¢ Repre- sentative Madden appealed for fair play and urged that every oppor tunity be given for harmony among the republicans, so that the hou might be organized. This v greeted with laughter from th democratic side. Representative Wood, republican, Indiana, suggested that there was nothing in Mr. Nelson's statement more affable. (Continued on Page’ Fourteen.) KIDNAPING STORY | TOLD BY TEACHER Girl Found Unconscious In Seattle Says She Was Carried Off by Men; Remembers Nothing SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. twelve hours have elapsed s school teacher who disappeare vember 25, and was found un (Continued on Page Thirteen) proposal received and immeasurably C., Nov. 28, regained consciousness, no new superior to anygwe could now get.” Ihave been uncovered by the Seattle police de _ 5.—Although more than ince Miss Nell Austin, local d from her home here No- conscious in Vancouver, B. developments partment, Miss Austin, tn a signed state ment dictated to Vancouver police yesterday declared <hat she was kidnaped by two men tn an aute- m lid not recall anythi that ed until she recovered conscl s in the hospital yes terday afternoon Chief of Police W. B. Sevreyna branded Miss kidnaping story as “preposterc in a state ment issued last night. He de clared that the department believed her story “purely imaginary.” Te is believed that the authoritigs will ot act on t © until the schog (Continued on Page Thirteen) ey TANT Btn TOWSON BY /@Xt /g\.1@\nfe\) /@\) 4X. AM A ME AL NE en nh A AM ALL AIL AL