Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 8, 1924, Page 1

The Weather warmer tonight central portion. VOLUME Vill. WYOMING: Mostly cloudy to night and Wednesday, probably sow northwest portion, Slightly rd CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1924 A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, and a Booster for City, County and State Che Casper Dail 7 STINAL HOME! NTO interested department head! se it provides that no munitions may be sent into Mexico from the United States except with the specific approval of Secretary Hughes. The closely the president’s _ action follows government's decision to el! gurplus war materials to the Wexican authorities, a subsequent inquiry by an agent of the revolu- tionary group at New Orleans thru the department of arpa uae to ity of munition: posh "he United States pehalf of the De La Huerta forces, and the statement by officials that no legal dbstacle stood in the way of such a transaction. ; A h payment amounting to one half Seana total amount the one 04 government is to pay the ee States for the war m: recently purchased” here has been received. ‘The remainder is payable within 30 days. Officials refuse to. disclose the amount. No information fas been received at the war department to show whether the munitions have been de- livered to the Mexican agents in the ‘United States but orders for their delivery have gone forward. The treasury department has tn- structed all customs officials at ports 2a border polnts to guard against exportations of arms and munitions which would violate the new em: bargo. Detafled regulation on the subject are to be drafted later. PAN AMFRICAN FIELD SEIZED NEW YORK. Jan. 8—Officers of the Pan American Petroleum an@ ‘Transport company today anréunced that the Mexican rebels had taken possession of its fields at Tierra Blanca and Chapapote Nunez. Wells and pipe lines have been shut down. the statement said, and no off fs coming through from those fields. The statement said the revolu- tionists’ activities are causing the Pan-American company the loss of between 35,000 and 40,000 barrels of oll daily, It added that the opera- tions of the rebels in the ofl fields were spreading. REBELS GIVE UP OIL CENTER edo Junction—Revolutionary forces under Colonel Ishmael Reuda, which occupied Tuxpam, an important oil center in Vera Cruz, have evacuated the elty, according to a statement riven out at the headquarters of General Arnulfo Gomez, commander of the Mexico City garrison. Special automobile and motorc¥cle patrols and regular army troops were ordered on duty tonight throughout the city for’ the purpose of aiding the police, it was an- nouncerl. ‘The Mexico City-Laredo Telegraph- Sc service, interrupted by storms Saturday was renewed this morning. A wireless dispatch from Mexico City, via Fort Worth. also dated anuary 7, but apparently filed fyom the Mexican capital last night, stat- ed that rebel leaders denied publish- ed reports that they had evacuated ‘Tuxpam. ANTS TO SUPPORT FEDERALS MEXICO CITY, Jan. 7—{Via La. redo Junction, By Associated Press) —The agrarian, movement through- out the republic for the purpose of upporting the central government is manifest further through the ac. tion :of the Durango convention in voting to petition the government for arms and equipment for the Peasant battalions which are organ- izing throughout the state of Dur- 8ngo. The decision reached by the peas- ant congress which closed yesterday at San Luis Potosi was to organize regular army battalions state guards and regional forces from among fed- eral government adherents. The agrarians were divided into two classes, those able to abandon their homes to fight wherever the government decides, and those able (Continued on Page Seven) MEXICO CITY fan. 7—(Via Lar-) Officials of the road met with the, members of the Casper Chamber of Commerce at/ the forum meeting held this noon | and the matter of decreasing freight rates to Casper or retaining the present schedule was discussed from | the Burlington standpoint by E. M, | only other matter of which came up Was the proposed membership drive for the George | W. Vroman post of the American Legion which will be held here next week, ; | In discussing the freight rate question Mr, Westervelt quoted fig~ ures tending to show that the ex- penditures necessarily made by the railroad in increased compensation, taxation, cost of materials, etc., would tend to discourage any de- crease in freight rates. At the con- clusion of his speech he begged that the Casper business men would give the present ratés which were made possible by the Ash-Cummins bill a fair trial. Mr. Wests rvelt spoke enthusiastl- cally. regarding the marvelous growth of Casper since 1909 at which time the Burlington terminal was made here. Other railroad members of the party of: men who were present at the meeting today included E. Flynn, general manager, Omaha; F. Mont- gomery, general freight agent, Om- aha; A. Cotsworth, Jr., general pas- senger agent, Omaha; A. G, Smart, general superintendent, Alliance; J. A. Leary, division freight and pas- senger agent, Casper, and J. C. Grisinger, superintendent, Casper. B. G, Westover, post commander of the George W. Vroman post of the American Legion, asked for the mora! support of the lusiness men and merchants of Casper in alding the Legion to put over its drive for new members, Mr. Westover told of the marvelous work which the Legion is doing in Casper and throughout the whole country in the matter of rehabilitation of ex IMPERSONATES OFFICER, GETS. 30 DAYS IN JAIL Because he told Mrs. J. E, Phelps that he was an officer and because he raised an axe threateningly as if he were going to crash the woman's skull, F. M. Stevens was arrested by the police department yesterday and was fined $25 in court last night. He was also sentenced to 30 days in jail but this sentence was suspended. A third party had intervened in the embryo ave murder, and nothing further than a slight disturbance had come of it. |The defendant had got- ten into a quarrel with the plaintiff. Burlington rail- seryice men. . 5. EMBARGO STRIKES BLOW ATI REBEL PLAN TO SECURE MUNITION Obregon Government Only May Ship War Supplies From the United States, President Rules; Federal Offensive Launched; Rebels Extend Oil Field Seizures WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—With Mexican federal troops on the offen ing to embassy advices, along the Vera Cruz and Jalisco fronts, hopes of the revo-| lutionary leaders to get munitions from the nited StatesU have been blocked through! the declaration of an embargo which, in effect, will limit shipments of war materials! from this country into Mexico to purchases made by the Obregon government. The embargo was proclaimed by President Coolidge yeseterday after conferences FREIGHT RATES DISCUSSED BY BURLINGTON OFFICIALS HERE AS GUESTS AT FORUM MEETING ve accord- He also called to the attention of his audience the fact that in August the state conven- tion of the Legion will be held in Casper as well as a union of the Forty-first division.. In order to make, this gonvention the best one ote been held in the state. |: It, Jjand and-industrial com-| sald Mr. Westover, the local post ‘miseoner Out of, Lincoln, Neb. The | tvould. do wel , Sen ee ‘ that has WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—Seizure of the British schooner Kwasind by United States authorities at Wil mington, N. C., after the ship had put in for repairs, carrying a cargo of intoxicating Hquors has been made the subject of a new inquiry filed with the state department by “the British government through its em- bassy here. 0,000 SUPPLY Faith in Casper has been again exemplified in the announcement of the Auto Equipment company of Denver to build a permanent supply house in Casper costing about $35,000. This company has already been located in this city for the $350,000 LOST IN SCHOOL FIRE COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan. 8—Burlington high school at Bur- lington, Colorado, 250 miles east of this city, built at a cost of $350,000 was completely destroyed by fire of fire was discovered about 10"0’clock but lack of water and fire fighting facilities rendered the firemen and citizens helpless, The building was insured for $150,000. to increase its -megg- BRITISH PROTEST SEIZURE OF SHIP LAID UP FOR REPAIRS undetermined origin last: night. The| { Fort Collins Business Men Here in Week One week from today Fort Col- lins’ delegation of business men will be in Casper. Their announe- ed purpose in making the trip is to. obtain first-hand information | as to the proper way to attain dis tinction as an @1 city. This group of northern Colorado men will be guests of the Chamber of Commerce at its noonday lunch- eon and forum next Tuesday. Dur- ing the evening of the same day they will meet with the Wyoming Petroleum club and there procure Inside instruction at the hands of experts. [PRISON WHIP WAITING FOR TORONTO, Ont., Jan. 8. captured with confederates in a street fight with’ Minneapolis police, today was sentenced by County Judge’ Coatsworth to imprisonment for Ife, qvith thirty lashes to be given. at-the rate,-of-ten-a for three months. The action is believed to be prelim: inary to the filing of a formal pro- test. ment is waiting for information from beyond the three mile limit of the British schooners Tomoka and Island Home against which the British em- bassy filed protests, HOUSE TO RE BUILT BY AUTO EQUIPMENT CO. past two years, but it has come to |the point where a structure of its jown should be erected in order that |it may care for the increase in business. The Auto Equipment company will construct its building on Kim- ball street “between First and Yel- lowstone. A lot for that purpose was purchased yesterday. The building will be completed by Apri! 1, it was announced this morning. P. C, Loveland, local manager of the concern, had much to do with influencing S. T. McCollum, presi- dent of the company, and E. ©. Hunting,.secretary, toward putting up a permanent house here. Pints Ata La ATHENS, Jan. 8—The Mitylene correspondent of the Green news- paper Eleftheron Vemas telepraphs that an unsuccessful attempt was made to assassinate Mustapha Ke- mal Pasha, president, of the Repub- lic of Turkey at. Smyrne.. --The hand grenade intended for Kemal injured his wife EMERSON IS UPHELD AS STATE ENGINEER CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 8.—The y. de- warranto proceeding nt by the state of Wyoming ation of Frank C. Emerson, Wyoming supreme court tod eiding 2 quo n tho legatity of Governor ion last April in re- moving Emerson from the office of state engineer and appointing Cas- per D. Shawver to the office, upheld Emerson in every contention and entered an order erson entitled to the office. result the decision Shawver, who n in charge of the office since the governor undertook to remov Emerson, will relinquish the office to Emerson. has | Pending decision of the dispute involving the office the state auditor has refused to pay salary to elth | ShawVer or ‘son now will present a ¢ lary dur- ing the period Shawver has been in charge of the office. Emerson is the Wyominr member of the Colo- [rado River cummission, BANK BANDIT Nor- “Rea” Ryan, bank bandit and escaped convict, who recently was Meanwhile the state depart- the treasury concerning the seizure Formal Call for Caucus Meeting Next Thursday Night Issued to House Members by Rep. Anderson | | WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—A showdown among house |Republicans on the soldiers’ bonus was assured today with issuance of a formal call for a conference Thursday night! for discussion of the quastion. The call, sent out by Rep- |resentative Anderson of Minnesota, chairman of the con-! ference was so worded to permit consideration of taxa-| tion and other pending legislation.) the Norris-Sinclair bill With former vice men in the | creation of a $100,000,000 corpora- house pressing for action on the|tionn to purchase American farm bonus before the end of the month, | products and to sell them at home the Republican organization re- | and abroad. It was argued that doubled its efforts meantime to keep | such purchases would have the the Mellon tax bill from being dis: | eect of increasing and stabilizing placed, on the tentative legislative | prices. program. The Republican leaders want the ways and means commit tee to complete its consideration of the tax bill before taking up tho bonus but the soldier bloc intends to introduce at the conference a| resolution instructing the commit- | tee to lose no time in reporting the bonus bill. | proposing —_———_ FE. 8, Erickson has returned from Laramie where he spent several days! attending to business affaira. \ WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—Farm aid legislation was considered today by the senate and house agriculture | committees, with representatives of farm organizations in various sec: | tions appearing as witnesses. General approval was given The second term of the Casper night school opened last night at the high school with a very large attend- ance approximating 500 students, Several new classes were organized. They include salesmanship, archi- tectural drawing, beginning chem- istry, beginning Spanish, and watch making. © Four students asked for the watch making class. It will be necessary for four more to enroll however before the class can be con- tinued. E. M. Wyatt is head of the night school. He has achieved excellent to hour and ten minutes dent attempt to put a lot of distance between herself and loca authori- tles, Mrs. Lela Beam was arrested at 1.20 this afternoon as she was passing through tho Converse: coun- ty metropolis,.The arrest was made by Sheriff Peyton. Mrs. -Swigart is specifically charg- eO with the theft of tapestries, rugs, an automatic Leuger pistol and other valuables from the apartment of Frank Swigart at 529 South Lin- coln street. The Warne-Crosby com- pany also has a complaint against the woman charging her with the theft of a motor battery. The prosecuting attorney's office is interested in Mrs. Beam in regard to some other activities, the exact nature of which they refuse to di results with the members of the school this year. vulge. With Mrs, Beam at the time of/ | Total Arrests In Three Weeks at Marion Ill., Jumps to 212 and Threat of Outbreak Is Held Grave SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Jan. 8.—(By The Associated | )Press).—Troops were ordered to Marion, Illinois, this lafternoon by Adjutant General Carlos E. Black. A bootleggers’ war near Marion has become so threat- ening, Sheriff George Galligan wired the adjutant gen- eral that the civil officers are unable to cope with it. TRADE HALTS tonight. They are the guard infantry, outfits Cairo and Mount Vernon, NEW YORK, Jan. 8.—Trading on the New York curb market in the stotk of the Mammoth Oil company. | . said three at Marion national of Salem, HERRIN, Uls., Jan. 8.—Twenty men were in jail here today under federal charges of violating the dry law as the result of the third series of raids in Williamson county in less than three weeks, in which a total of 212 persons were arrested. Committee to Count Ballots Of Mayfield Jan, 8—Unani- reached today WASHINGTON, mous decision w by the senate elections committee | to have brought to Washington for formal counting all of the lots cast in the Texas senate election on November 7, 1922, which Senator Mayfield, Democrat, was declared elected over George B. B. Peddy, who is contesting Mr. Mayfield’s right to his seat. The special sub-committee ap- pointed to investigate the election and counsel for Mr. Mayfield and Mr. Peddy will agree on the meth- od both of collecting and counting the ballots. ROBBER IS CAUGHT AT DOUCLAS TODAY After negotiating the 50 miles be-;her arrest was a man whose name The city should be asked ta do some and business in an evi-}mined. The palr were Buick coach when they were appre has not in a hended. SHERIFF 15 SUED FOR RETURN OF AUTOMOBILE A. Morris, sheriff, has been made the defendant in a suit insti- gated by H. R. Agnew in which the is wrongfully detaining a Packard au- Perry latter claims that the sheriff tomobile belonging to him. The car was taken on a replevin a few days ago to satisfy a judgment from a third party and Agnew claims he is the rightful owner and that the machine does not belong to the man on whom the judgment was granted. TROOPS WILL OUELL BOOTLEG WAR Real Economy “Self-preservation is the law of nature.” The desire to lay aside some- thing “for a rainy day” is inher- ited in every well ordered mind. But real economy is not manag- first ing to get along without what you ought to have. ‘True economy !s spending money to best advantage with full infor- mation about the best thing to buy and what it ought to cost Most people are faced daily with the problem of balancing the fam- ily budget with the needs of the household. Get the habit of reading the ad- vertising columns. They are pub- lished as a service to you. It re- quires thought to be economical and at the same time to fill your needs. Shop fn the Tribune before shop- ping in the shops. which has been prominently mi tioned in connection with the Tea- pot Dome investigation in Washing- ton, today was suspended until further notice, It is understood that the action of the curb market governors wa taken after it had been learned there had been insufficient distribu- tion of the ck “to make free and open market’ as required by the organization’s by-law: Jesse Ai L. Livermore, known in Wall parlance as the “boy plunge LONDON, Jan. 8—(By The Asso- rected operations when the Mam- ed Press)—Although King moth stock first was offered to the | A George's fifth parliament, assemb- Harry Sinclair recently te: fied before the senate committee vestigating the Teapot Dome opera. tions that he and memt family owned virtually Mammoth oil stock. A joperate what had } naval r rve number moth field, was granted b ernment August 19, 192 | | public. | eager political expectation, the first session itself offered no opportunity f his}for sensational development, for its the | only immedia business was to| unopposed re-election of the I as| Hon. John Henry Mam-|er on the commons with the mary felicitations from of the three political parties. the} ght] Whitley as speak-| jeaders| custo ling today, met in an atmosphere of} i vate, Parliament in | Session Again: bers swearing at the tion of De- follows, and the rem: he week in the house of commons will be occupied with > prelim! formalities. real political next few days lies ou of parliament, in the of the vari consultations immed. chosen cember 6 T interest side the } 18 pa at wh political e meetings been deter- new in of the new mem | NUMBER 64 NEW ADMINISTRATION USHERED IN WITH HARMONY AS KEYNOTE REPUBLICAN SHOW DOWN MAYOR LOY AND ISSUME. OFFICE MONDAY. NIGHT (Organization Is Made Complete With Con- firmation of Faill List Of Appointments. | Before an audience of 300 citizens who crowded the council room and hallways, Casper’s new mayor, Dr. S. |K. Loy and his trio of coun- \cilmen, J. W. Tucker, J. M. Lowndes, and C. E. Hoffhine were sworn in to thetr official Positions last night by H. H. Price, city clerk. The old council wound up its work with accepting the report of the auditing committee and allow! bills that were presented. Retiring members of the council were J. s. Pettingill, J. Hancock. Promise that the utmost harmony will prevail in the new administra. tion was reflected in the first ses- sion of the new council, which was taken up largely with organization details. Standing committees of the council and city appointees were confirmed in regular order. John M. Whisenhunt, who has been-eeting mayor of the ci the death of the late Mayor ‘Walter A. Blackmore, was elected president f the council. Mr. Whisenhunt, Sylvester F. Pelton, and) Wa'ter Royce are holdover — councilme: Councilman Royce was not at the meeting lost. night, 3ert S. Yohe was officially ap- pointed chief of police as announced i: Monday’s Tribune, J, M, Farris was made tain of police. Judge John A. Murray was reappointed to the position of police magistrate, it belng felt that his work during the t period warranted the extension of his time in office. | Ambrose Hemingway was appointed to the | position of city attorney. Mr. Hem- \ingway pledged his best efforts in helping. the administration to carry out its policy of efficiency. J. 8. (Continued on Page Nine) CAR SEED BY CITY RETURNED TO GEO. BLOOM Arrangements for the return to George H. Bloom of the Oakian®? car which was to have been given away by the Casper Rodeo associa. tion last August were reached at one of the re meetii of the old cit ist before it went out of office. This car has held in the city garage ever since it was taken off the streets by police department acting on o: 8 of the council in August. E, EB, Enterline, who has been Mr. Bloom’s attorney in a suit for recovery c W. Jones and been rand for damages, sta this noon that as soon as the mat- were settled, assuming that it were .completely and _ satisfactorily settled, the contract with the pur- chasers of stock would be carried out. Not only was Bloom suing city of- ficials for the car's r y, but a for false imprisonment, Mr and Mrs. H. L. Hogue who were in carcerated at the same time because of th part in the sale of the car, so suing for false tmprison- he cits atte has agreed to set- nt damage ts a tor eatin ita to Bloom. =