Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 27, 1923, Page 1

The Weather WYOMING: Generally night and Friday. Rising temperature Friday. tion, VOLUME Vill. STORM PASSES HERE; FORECAST HOLDS PROMISE Rising Temperature Is On Calendar for State Friday. Approximately two inches of snow fell in Casper Wednesday night, ac- cording to local weather bureau re- cords, but with storm conditions passing a forecast of fair weather with rising temperature after tonight has been issued from Cheyenne Weather conditions here today were aggravated by wind which approach- ed the proportions of a gale at times. Wire dispatches indicate that snow was general throughout the north- west region, extending to the Great Lakes territory. Snow fall here for the last five days was about five inches. SNOW GENERAL IN NORTHWEST ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 27,—The northwest experienced its first real snow of the season today when cities in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota reported snow ranging from one half to four inches in depth. With a blanket of snow measuring four inches, Fargo, North Dakota, received the most generous-supply of flakes. Snow began falling there shortly before dusk last night and at midnight still continued heavily. This was the first time this season that snow has covered the ground in that city. At Aberdeen, 8. D., winter made its 1923 debut when more than a half inch of snow fell, accompanied by a dropping temperature. The mercury early in the evening had fallen to 20 degrees and continued dropping. In Minnesota, Duluth, and Vicinity reported a snowstorm accompanied by a thirty mile an hour gale off Lake Superior. The storm came late in the evening after, a day of com- parative warmth. Flurries of snow and the coldest weather of the winter was evidenced at Grand Forks, N. D. The mercury had fallen as low as three above ro shortly before midnight. Temperatures of ten degrees above zero were reported both at Bismarck ‘and Williston, D., while at ‘Moor- head, Minnesota, the mercury--had come down to sixteen degrees above. If the weather man has his way the entire northwest will be blanket- ed with snow today with a cold wave. Entomologist Is Decorated By the French WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Dr. L. ©. Howard, one of the country's foremost entomologists and chief of the bureau of entomology of the ds- partment of agriculture with which he has been connected for 45 years. has been awarded the cross of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by the French . government in recognition of his services to world agriculture. fair to- Slightly colder tonight in extreme southeast por- ASSASSIN FIRES A Youth Seized for Unsuccessful ‘Attempt Upon Life of Prince Regent; Nippon Stirred by Shooting and Anti-Socialist Outbreak Looms TOKIO, Dec. 27.—(By an attempted assassination. Police believe he is insane. The shooting hag aroused NEARS CLOSE NEW YORK, Deo. 27.—Hearing of the separate maintenance suit brought by Mrs. Ruth Devoy Scripps against James E. Scripps, son of William E. Scripps, a pub- lisher, was expected to be concluded in circuit court here today. Scripps, in a cross bill, is asking an abso- lute divorce. Mrs. Scrips in her bill of com- plaint charged cruelty and alleged {t was inspired by her husband's father. This was denied by the elder Scripps on the stand yester- day. He testified to affectionate re- lations between members of his family and his daughterin-law. He also declared that he once said “getting married was the best thing James _ever did.” © The romance of the young couple. gvhich began while Scripps was a Student’ At Wale, culminated in cn elopement in 1922. Holiday Booze Bill $250,000 In Vancouver VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec, 27.— Government liquor vendors took in $250,000 in their seven stores in Vancouver on Christmas eve, One feature of the holiday was the large demand for Chinese and Japanese Nquors. Flyer Lost In Fog Lands at Oil Camp 'In Lost Soldier } A. P: Young of Lost Soldier was |in Casper yesterday and had photo- graphs illustrating an interesting \ine‘dent Which occurred at Camp Wertz !ast Saturday, Curing a dense fog. A trans-continental flyer pilot- jing a U. S. mail plane from Chi- cago to San Francisco was diverted from his course in the fog and also ran out of gasoline. Discovering the | camp he landed with no idea |where he was. Hig location was made known to him, gasoline sup- plied and in due time he resumed his journey MINERAL OUTPUT GROWS. VICTORIA, B. C., Dec, 27.—Brit- ish Columbia's mineral production |for 1923 shows an increase of 12.8 per cent in monetary value over that of 1922, according to a state- ment issued by Hon, William Sloan, minister of mines. The output is valued at $29,699,758, as against $35,- 158,843 for the previous year, an increase of $4,540,915. The produc- tion of 1921 had a velue of $28,066, oa. . SCRIPPS SUIT | TOKIO, Dec. 27.—(By The Associated Press).—The Japanese cabinet resigned today. The Associated Press).—A youth dressed as a laborer was arrested by police today shortly after he had fired at Prince Regent Hirohito, in The youth is 20 years old. intense excitement and feel- ing {s running high throughout the city. The attack orcurred while the Prit.ce regent was on his way toa session of the diet. The assailant used a “cane gun” in firing at the automobile. The windows of the ma- narrowly prince regent, He continued on his way to the meeting of the diet, but took refuge in the upper house of the diet, composed of peers, Later he convened the diet in ordinary session, with customary ceremonie: after which he returned to the impe- rial palace under heavy guard. Authorities are conducting a rigid Investigation of the attempt on th prince regent’s life, They are of the opinion that others may be implf- rete in a plot to assassinate Hiro- hito. Viscount Tamemort Irlye, mem- ber of the house of peers and chief chamberlain automobile, was slightly injured (Continued on Page Seven.) CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, EVENTEEN PERISH 1 2 (duu ECEMBER 27, 1923 Sc T JAP PRINCE VETS MARVEL AT WOOD’S CLEANUP “Long Range Shots Are the Best” Demonstrated In Specu- lations of Army Officer, They Claim; Tips Paid for ata High Rate In Annexing Fortune NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Market specula trying to grow wealthy in Wall Street toda the fortune of Lieutenant _.O: ‘accumulated between street. Commenting on the declaration yesterday | Wood had acted on nightly eable- ehine were smashed, and the bultet| ST" Sent to him and for which missed the head of the| 2 WS said to have paid $1,000 a CHRISTMAS RAID ON CHURCH iS CHARGED TO BOOTLEGGERS HANCOCK, MD., Dec. 27.— Bootleggers and moonshiners today Were declared by authorities to have composed a band of ten men that |Stormed the Methodist church at | Black Road, about stx miles from to the prince regent,| here, Christmas night, damaging the who was accompanying him in the) edifice and beating up four members including» two \ | of the congregation, | women. tors who have sborne C. Woo month, including cable tolls, specula- tors said the young officer had de- monstrated the truth of “the theory The invaders entered after break- ing windows. Once inside they be- gan to break up church fixtures. Two members of the congregation were attacked when they attempted to interfere. When their wives went to their assistance, the flants turned upon and beat them, Mem- bers of the church have aided author- ities in breaking up stills and ap- prehending bootleggers, of a financial “tipster” grown gray at the task of y studied the system reputed to have made d of the Philippines, who is reported to have} $700,000 and $800,000 by cable speculation from Manila to the service head that range shots are the best.” | that Every “tipster,” © cablegram analyzing the {state of the stock market was sent to young Wood. In addition, spe- clal advice to buy or sell and an- swers to requests for information were sent, all in plain English and not in code. Tolls ranged from a few dollars to $80 a day. The last messrge from Wood was Bald to have been sent December 19, and, it was believed, It was on that day that Secretary of War Weeks ordered that the young operations should cease. Mr. Weeks said yesterday in Newton, Mass., om. , it was declare’ by the that he had issued the order be- cause he thought the “amount {n- volved appeared to be beyond the probable financial responsibilities” of | Wood. He added that he did not (Continued on Page Seven) SINCLAIR REFUSES DATA ON HIS FINANCING OPERATIONS Opinions We do not always know by what process we have come to think what we DO think. People who have reached ma- turity have accumulated, subcon- sciously, many definite convic- tons, the formation of which could not easily be traced. Advertising, accompanied by consistent service, plants firm conviction in the subconscious mind of the buying public and un- consciously an impulse and favor- able inclination are tmplanted. ‘This ts what ts called good will, the great by-product of sincere advertising. The Casper Daily Tribune ts particularly interested in those advertisers who are regular and consistent. Such adyertising not. only en- hances the day's sales, but is forming favorable conviction in the mind of the rising generation and holding a place with the generation that now is. SAFETY DAY IN N. Y. STATE ALBANY, N. Y. (United Press).— Goverror Smith has set aside Wed- nesday, January 16, as “Industrial Safety Day” in New York state. The effort being made is to reduce the 1,300 industrial fatalities and 300,- 000 industrial accidents that occur in New York state annually. PARIS STILL HOPES FOR SAFETY OF CREW OF 50 ABOARD AIRSHIP LINER Loss of Dirigible Dixmude Officially | Admitted But Hope Is Held That Crew Escaped In Landing PARIS, Dec. 27.—(By The Associated Press). loss of the dirigible Dixmude ‘The is now reluctantly admitted, | southern Algeria, during the gale that prevented her from crossing the Gulf of Gabes and returning to France. The ship, says Le Matin, was not warned of this gale by the weather bureau; in fact, adds the newspaper, no one told the bureau of her voyage. | Teapot Lease Holder Says Data Comes |F. Sinclair flatly refused tod |the inside story of the comp involved in floating the Mam 'to develop the Sinclair lease Taking the same positio when the LaFollette oil investigating committee sought unsucessfully to compel him to answer certain ques- | tons about the oll stock deals, Mr. | Sinclair told the senate public lands “the right.of business privacy” when | he declined to reply. The public lands committee voted was no very clear indication as to how the order was to be put into jeffect. An indefinite adjournment | was taken with Mr. Sinclains at- torneys declaring there was not suf- Ueient authority in the committee to place any witness under such com- pulsion. Information on some features of the transactions in questions was given freely by the witness, however, | and he declared in a statement that | he drew the line only on such disclos- | ures as would pry Into the private | affairs of himself and hts associates. These afairs, he declared, could have iginal lease of the Teapot Dome prop- erty from the government. During today's session the com- mittee also received a statement pre- pared by Albert B. Fall, who as secretary of the interior signed the his New Mexico cattle holdings, a subject brought into the hearings by the testimony of Previous witnesses, Mr. Sinclair told the committee that the capital stock of Mammoth Oil is owned at present as follow; | H. F. Sinclair 808,790 class A and 3,500 class B shares; the Hyva Cor- Poration 240,700 class A shares; the Selah Corporation 17,880 class A shares; Sinclair Consolidated Ofl Cor- poration 500,500 class A and 1,500 |class B shares; P. P. Whitney 155 | 000 class A shares; Eliza Walker 5 | 000 class A shares; Mammoth stock | | committee today that he was within, to “compel” him to answer but there! no connection whatever with. his or-| | Teapot Dome lease, giving details of} Under Head of His Own Business; Senate Committee Divided WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.For a second time Harry y to tell a senate committee | licated financial transactions | moth Oil company, organized of Teapot Dome. n he maintained last March as soon as he has opportunity to ob- tain them, Much of the Information asked of |Mr. Sinclair by the committee had been given by the witness pro- viously, and nis refusal to answer was confined to questions relating to | activities of his associates. The committee divided four to three on the motion to compel Mr. Sinclair to reply, Senators Lenroot, Wiecon sin; Smoot, Utah, and Cameron. Arizona, republicans, voting in the negative and Senators Walsh, Mon. tana; Kendrick, Wyoming, Adams, Colorado, democrats, Senators Walsh, Monta | Wyoming, and Adams, Colorado, democrats, and Ladd, republican, North Dakota, voting in the affirma- tive. and ; Kendrick, | duction in a public inquiry of those | business relationships and those de- |Mcate and complicated operations! | which constitute so large a part of any business,” Mr. Sinclair persisted in his refusal to say what considera tion was given by the Hyva corpora tion for its large holdings of mam. |moth off company stock, or what | consideration given for their stock by members of the Mammoth! Syndicate, which supervised the ef-| forts of Jesse I. Livermore to “make a market” for Mammoth oil. ] “These are private transactions of} private citizens and are not pertinent in this inquiry,” said Mr. Sinclair. | Among the large investors in the) | Mammoth syndicate was H. P. W! ney, who was as holding 1 000 shares. When the witness re fused to say what had been paid for this block, or what disposition had| |been made of the proceeds, senator} Walsh announced he would ask for) a subpoena for Mr. Whitney. | Mr. Sinclair offered to supply Inasmuch as no message whatso- | syndicite 272,130 class A hares. The} practically all daa required by the ever has been received from the Dix-| public, he said, holds none of the|committee bearing upon the compli- mude since early on the morning of December 21, it is inferred here that although hope for the safety of her crew of 50 officers and | her fall must have been violent, men has not yet been relinquished. the great airship’s personnel is still alive recall that noth-| ,. down in Mauritania in August, 1919, until a week after the accident, an@ ®/1 hope had been given up, Officials who feel that It is considered certain that the} Dixmude fell on the desert some-/ where between Diskra and Toxcourt.| wrecking her wireless apparatus. en assuming such a crash, not necessarily follow | does ing was heard of the crew of the Goliath, which broke | tho ship's crew perished, for the that Dixmude was well provided with parachutes and some of her men, it (Continued on Page Seven.) it! stocks, | “Phe Hyva Corporation 1s in the | nature of a personal venture?” asked ' Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana. rife nine percent percent and of its steck,” Further details of the composition ef the several corporations in the Ust.were promised by Mr. Sinclair { and} Renewing his protest against “Pro-|® FRAT MEN TO BANQUET LOS ANGELES, Calif., Dec. 27.— |More than a thousand Greek letter fraternity men are expected to at tend the annual fraternity men's dinner here tonight. Distinguished | sraduate members from various col- leges and universities throughout the country will be present. Wi!liam Gibbs McAdoo, former director gen- eral of railroads, will act as toast master, and Irvin S. Cobb, writer, will address the gathering. woe He seal d) AUTO UIENSE OFIE HERE REOPENED TOO The temporary office for the suing of 1924 automobile licenses, was reopened at this morning by , state motor vehicle inspec- tor, is doing a thriving business. The office here is a great convenience to Yatrona county residents who are fable to obtain their plates without sing to the trouble of sending ir. |their license fees to the secretary of ate's office at Cheyenne. The office will be open from 9 to 5 every day except Sunday and New Year's until further notice. officer's | A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, and a Booster for City, County and State Che Casper Daily Trituue DITION Abatement of Road House to Be Petitioned With the return this morning of E. H. Foster, prosecuting attorney, abatement papers on the Alcova road house, five miles west of the city on the Alvova road, were taken out. It was planned to have a deputy from the sheriff's office lock up the place this after noon. The roudhouse was raided about @ week ago and 10 arrests made out of the 63 persons who were there enjoying early morning fes- tivities. The roadhouse was re- cpened the second night after the raid and has continued to run ce that time. HIDCONTINENT CRUDE IS UP | TULSA, Okla, Dec. An ad vance ranging from 15 cents to 400 a barre! for Oklahcma and Kansas crude ofl was posted bere today by the Texas Company. Bo STEELY \Torrez Draws 30 | Days for Getting Into Wrong Room | AN the thrills of “Snappy Stortes” land “True Confessions” were given the bystanders in the court of Judge {John A. Murray last night when Lou's Torrez was arraigned before the magistrate for having delved |into the secret recesses of milady’s |boudotr, If Louis had heen able to {give a reasonable account of himself }and of how he came to be in the room where the sweet scent of per- | fume was so apparent he might have been released. But since he was un- jable to give such reasonable account the judge sentenced him to 30 days jin jail. When Torrez was taken to his'cell |he exclaimed, “For one moment in a lady's room, 30 days in this!” and he lay down on a hard cot and dreamed of lace curtains and spilled | powder. Law School Meeting Opens CHICAGO, Dec. tion of Am opened its an day, with ranged. I’ ms of instruct legai subjects are to be th considerations of the association Its officers are Henry Craig J ersity of Iowa, president, The w Schools, to ion In f of the Uni and Ralph W. Algler of versity of Michigan, treasurer. —— -—— Baptist Pastor Resigns Post In Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, Dee Rey. Dr. Carter Helm Jones, who has accepted a call from the second Baptist. church of Atlar Ga., plahs to leave for Atlanta about Febru His resignation was h regret last night at a sting of the First ptist church of this city where he has been pastor for six years. Dr, Jones came to Philadelphia from Seattle, Wash. Associa NUMBER 55 FIRE AT INSANE HOSPITAL 09) USO Oe45 MANY PATIENTS ARE CAUGHT IN DEATH TRAP OF GHIGRGO BLAZE Dozen Dangerous In- mates of Institution Still at Large After Disastrous Fire. CHICAGO, Dec. 27,— Seventeen persons were kill- ed last night when a swiftly spreading fire of unascer- ained origin destroyed an old wooden pavilion known as the “D. House” at the state hospital for the insane at Dunning, at the northwestern edge of Chi- ca Fourteen of the dead are known to @ been patients in various stages of tnsani Three ot were E. J. Caraker and his endants, 4 ar-old son Only one patient has been {dentt- fled. The bodies of the others were burned beyond recognition. About 35 of the patents, including several of a violent type, broke away in the excitement of herding more thar. 500 inmates from the danger zone. Several were taken the institution after hard str with the police. A dozen supposedly dangerous pa- tients were reported still at targe early today. It was. one..of..the -worst Institu- tional fires in Illinois’ history. ‘The building, witnesses sald seemed to go up In one great burst of flame. It was given the name of the “death house” when It was the property of Cook county because of {ts flimsy construction, it ts said. It houses approximately 600 patients suffering with the milder forms of insanity stitution houses approxt- 500 patients, and the shriek re alarm threw them {nto | Attendants battled to j drive them back from the doors and | wind wa and to quiet them, while the flames consumed the woofen ® The cries of the charges led past the butdings housing the more dangerous patients excited them all the more, and for an hour the scene was truly one of bedlam, It was though first that all per- nt n alive from the building and {it was only men began exploring the ruins chat the first y was found. Some of the patients broke from Lowell, their rncture, burned arr be the lines being herded to safety and dashed back into the flames to ob- tain Christmas presente and other possessions but. it was thought all again had been brought out. Thre patients locked themselves in a closet and were saved, fighting, by police- men. There were a number of other eroic resources by the police, at nd inmates suffering with ¢ es of insanity Y r Jeaths in the flimsy 1 be ft a joint in of f fl neles 1 oO f, Cook T ir n recent had heen ‘ov 4 ite limit an in ents from the count pathic hospit and inatitutions. 27.—Formal in- quiry into the fire which last night destroyed the frame “death house” the Dunning te hospital for at (Continued on Page Seven.) NAVY OFFICERS CIVEN SETBACK IN STANDING FOR DESTROYE ‘Captain Watson and Lieutenant Hunt- er Held Responsible for Tragedy That Cost Many Lives WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. -—Two naval officers with [cated procedure by which ttie Mam-!]ong records of meritorious service must pay the penalty Cali- moth stock, issued the | first insta Hyva Corporation and then, in | part, Was turned over to th cate for in making a r only to be repurchased by the ness later. “Iam obliged by a sense of ob! Continued on Page Seven, to him in use ) Hunter of was transferred to tha for the piling up on the rocks near Point Honda, ree | fornia, in September of seven destroyers. 1 Captain Edward H. Wats squadron, goes to the foot of ntil he has ade num rs, and nald =6T. of the e Delphy, ne on, who was in cl the list of captains t« wrecked ships, loses 1 Captain a Mat of captains and bas R CRASH | years to serve before his retirement | f age, while Lieutenant Com mi ler Ht had attained a r r of 149. , tigated the | lge ave ere. nd a al Andrew Long, « the bureau of nav tion, | pre dd the opinion that the ate, but added | € rt apparent had t n ; : tried . | resuit c Eight were j n of an: r was set aside.