Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 9, 1924, Page 1

The Weather WYOMING. Fair northwest, snow in east and south portions tonight; moderate cold wave. Thursday pro- pably fair. FRANK GC. EMERSON ENTITLED TO CALARY OF ENGINEER'S OFFICE Appointee of Governor Ross to State Office Serves Nine Months Without Pay Under Decision of Supreme Court. Jan. 9.—Abolish- ment of 21 land offices and consoii- dation of the offices of register an? receiver in 14 others are proposed fx, the interior department appropr'- ation bill reported today by the house appropriations committee. The bill, first of the annual sup- *. ply measures to reach the house, CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 9.—(Special to The Tribune).| corres $261,727,965, approximately —One effect of the Wyoming Supreme court's decision | $35.800,000 less than the total ap- Casper D. Shawver, whom Ross designated as Emerson's} mates. successor, has serw:d niné months without salary, and is not entitled to draw salary for that | period, while Emerson, who during | the period stated has not performe4 service as state engineer, is entitled | to the engineer's salary. The amount of salary involved ts ap-| proximately $3,600. ‘The Supreme court's decision doe: not find that the Governor ts with- out authority to remove the State Mizineer, but that Governor Ross failed to comply with the legal re- quirements In attempting to exercise | Casper is once again listed that authority. The office of State} among the cities that broadcast engineer fs created by the State con- and_ Lincoln, ; Elko, Nevad: TEAPOT THIRD SAND WELLIS From Casper misconduct or malfeasance in of-|tclay KFEV station, formerly fice. Governor Ross did not specift-|;nown as KFDF, sent out the re- cally charge Emerson with “miscon- for the pu of (saving yel- duct,” but accused him of attempt- es ll ing to usurp the gubernatorial au- uable information to stockmen and thority. ‘There was no, charge of|others throughout the state, The| ‘eta! of ton feet in all, well Nov JOIL CENTERS RECAPTUR HAWVER SERVES WITHOUT PAY WYOMING DISTRICT 1 SAFE I CAND OFFICES IN THE cpunvay (9. CALLED TO Land offices which would go out] Included in the appropriations of existence July 1 under the bill] Proposed are $1,450,000 for tho | include those at Lamar and Ster-| North Platte project, ling, Colo.; Leadston, Idaho; Great | the Riverton project’ and $475,000 Weather Now _ |) "2's s2¢ keep. Sones Animes | er oe aera tae hil nclude:|Bresdential clectors, nine delegater Clayton, N. M.; Dickinson, N. D; 500,000. Broadcasted Petaet alice: sage the official weather report by Alaska railroad, $1,000,000. stitution, which provides that re-| % folie Se SD6. on wa For reclamation projects in th moval therefrom may be only for| Tdi Prom £ west the bill carries a total of $9. third Wall Creek sand, making a A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, and a Booster for City, County and State - Che Casper Daily Tri ¥ CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1924 eS for the senate Fall. | Vancouver, Wash., and Tanting, | Wash., and Wausau, Wis. ' committee to | The committee declared that the | amount of business done at these offices did not justify thelr mainte- | Convention Plans to Be nance. } 5 ceiver would be consisted at the, Decided Upon at following points: Wouceks wand Haccimentiligaiites Conference. amination was |ing Republican state committee, has lealled a meeting of the committee jfor January 21, at Cheyenne, to se- and Rapid City, 8. D. lect the time and place for the Re $650,000 for bublican state convention which will nominate three candidates. for tion, nine alternates to the National convention and adopt a party plat- form. All of the twenty-three com- mitteemen are excepted to attend the meetin, It is regarded as probable that a date carly in May will be selected for the state convention, which thus would be held about a month earlier than the National convention. Among towns which will be con-|heen effected sidered for the state convention are Bureau of Indian affairs, $2,- 185,800. Geological survey, $1,642,760. Bureau of mines, $1,890,700. National park service, $1,747,035. Bureau of education, $702 5 Maintenance and operation of the fore midnight WASHINGTOD Dome naval reserve of] lease Sena- tor Walsh, Democrat, Montana, will go to Palm Beach, Florida to- night to personally question Ed- ward B, McLean, the Washington publisher, regarding his loan of $100,000 to former Secretary A. B. son’s apartment on South street was fastened with three dif- ferent locks none of which were op- ened by the occupants of the house on the demand of the officers, Chief Bert Yohe, Captain J. M. Farris and other members of the police depart- ment were not deterred shortly be- ment, After telling those on the in FINAL HOME} DITION; NUMBER 65 Details of Loan ttl IM {5 To Fall Asked FALLING BACK Jan. 9.—Acting public lands commit- Senator Walsh was ordered by the proceed to Palm Beach today because Mr. McLean's physicians have certified that a trip to Washington might endanger his health, The plan for a personal ex- adopted in lieu of the previous proposal to have Mr. Mc- Lean submit a sworn statement. last night when they carried out the first raid which has by the new depart- 946,000, or $2,304,000 less than was | T/¢Tmopolis, Lander, Casper, Chey-| side that they were officers of the enne, Laramie and Rawlins. allotted for expenditures during the |°"Ch airman spencer has Just. re- Dek ena tat gta em Se ae fer Gi atari Cenmutenses| LEPEES TO ee Se ee: ia Patrick Sullivan concerning the > ofthe Mammot™ OM company jn tonal coyention. Mr. Suitwan te-} BA EMPTIED malfeasance. The Supreni¢ court’s}wave lJength at which the teports ction 33-29-71 De: NAW GENERAL " 5 Hasclah cn aaaavehat abe actpacharkecl Gin he teocoekaren eecaer tree eae 78 of Teapot Dome, : Cently “returned from Wastitngton, by the Governor did not constitute| Ranchers should listen in for *this f'misconduct”. Emeraon, therefore,| report exactly at the hour men- never removed from office, the/ tioned. It will be sent cut every overnor’s attempt to remove him) day at 12:05. notwithstanding. and, Emerson con-| j-mey station is owned by the inuing to be State’ engineer, the Governor's designation of Shawver bers pl ge Motaton ae: re as Stato engineer was invalld inat| oStrss men. One oF two Bago aa ng ener a encincas || Will als>.be Elven each week, these Oa ee ee ete cast eroceeding | tbe announced later. degrees gravity Baume. 9 the removal of Emerson, merely swabbed. This third sand well is very con: all probability it will do much bet ter after the sand has been com. Charged Emerson specificially with “misconduct” or ‘malfeasance’ in office, without setting forth what constituted the alleged misconduct or malfeasance, the removal, in the opinion of Tegal authorities, would “malfeasance.” Had that procedure flowed yesterday. The hole is mow down 3,117 feet and is being servatively estimated to be good for not less than 60 barrels dally. In pletely drilled through. This is to be done at once. The oil tests 37.5 where he attended thé” meeting of pect because last convention was held at Sheridan, in Northern Wyo- Sheridan and Laramie Both Report Storm Conditions. The snowstorm which desended and Sheridan reporting precipitation. ming town. Chairman Spencer to-| it had completed’ plans for the erec- day said that this was the pros-|tion of framehouses for these In- dians, described’as the most back- ward of all tribes in progress to- ming, wards civilization. At the last committee meeting Senator Walsh sald he would not! be able to go to Palm Beach, but) @ committee's today he accepted th | order without objection. Mr. Fall, as secretary of the inte- | rior, signed the lease by which the Sinclair interests secured the right to develop the Teapot Dome re-| serve. His financial affairs recent-| —— ly have been the subject of an ex- tensive inquiry by the committee. | Railroad Embargo on The committee heard further tes-' timony today by W. H. McFarren, . bureau of mines geologist, regard: | Arms Shipments to ing naval reserve number 1 in Cuil- | fornia. Senator Walsh asked that Cause Rebel Forces land office employe in California, be subpoenaed. the National committee. While ab- i q sent from Wyoming he was sick for WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—The 2,-} two weeks, He is not well, but/is {500 Indians living on the Fort Apa- 5 convalescing steadfly, che reservation in Arizona have been i Stating the opinion that the state | persuaded at last to abandon their ¥ convention this year probably would | tepees fofthe modern home. ‘fhe in- go to a Southern or Central Wyo-| terior department announced today Fred C. Dezendorf, former general | Fresh Difficulties. Denver, Cok ley and Blackfoot, pS a ag | - TAMPICO, M — J ois ry . he current fiscal | Idaho; Bozeman, Mont.; Las Cruces, . _— “ , ex., Jan. 9, holding invalid Governor W. B. Ross’ attempt to remove a peied ee 3 haa thal Reawell and’ Pact Biaach, MOAR CHEYENNE, Wyo. Jan. 9-—P, 7 s ics Frank C. Emerson from the office of state engineer is that | 5°" “" Besser in “budget esti. | Burns, La Grande and Vale, Ore, |&, SPencer, chairman of the Wyom- Via Galveston.—(By The Associated Press).—Ad- vance troops commanded by General Luis Guitterez of the federal forces, which marched from Tampico today, of cupled Palo Blanco and Puerto Lo “ o2,-| £2 the Republican national conven-| Ajthough the door to Fred Jack- law and had warrants, they were | bos, Vera Cruz, important ol! centers. Army and navy pensions, $222, Davia finally compelled to break down the The terminals of the Atlantic, Gulf door before they were able to gain and West Indies, Meridional, Texas admittance. oil and Atlantic as well as other A quantity of Mquor was found companies are at those places. The by the officers. Jackson himself rebel troops, composed of forty-five as arrested on the charge of vio-| hundred men retired southward. lating the liquor law. E. Dumont and Frank Kelley were aiso taken She > in the raid since they were consid-| pono wis pee Pek es ee. ered suspicious characters. | Telegram.)—4By The Associated This is the second time that Jack-| press)—Federal troops under Gen son's’ place hes been raided in the! rai Evariato Peres have recaptured past two weeks. |Sabinas, tn the state of Coahuila, from the revolutionary forces under AIRPLANE Generals Davila end Herrera, ac- cording to special dispatches from 7 | Sattillo, capital of Coahutla. Is STOLEN General Perez ordered tho federal } ‘troops at Muncléva, Coahuila, into action today to quell sporadic revo- | lutionary movement in Coahuila, LOS ANGELES, Jah. 9.—Police according to the dispatches, which here today were scanning the sky ji, Slated that Davila aalnwers for @ trace of a purloined airplane )°ve held up a train destined for which Roland Ellis reported was riecaen tt Negras, Coahuila, securing stolen when he left {t beside a welt ‘TY thousand pesos. travelled boulevard for half an hour ,9,, aR after making a forced landing. While NOwoLe pce snd he, yea buying & new wheel \for his "WASHINGTON, Jan. 1/—_Doible PR: ee ere mean ee: bars have been raised against ship- phe er Sa jment of arms to the Mexican revo- lutionists as a result of President Coolidge's proclamation of an em- jbargo in pursuance of his policy of assisting the Obregon govern- {ment in its efforts to maintain law | and order in the republic. In addition to measures taken op the United States of war materiats have been valid, and there would Avelshciprritead|-couldt Reve sored : the treasury through the custom which Emerson could have forced upon Casper this morning was gen- | Service and prohibition enforcement the governor to specify what con- eral throughout the state, it is in- |agents to prevent movement from stituted the alleged “misconduct” or dicated by dispatches from Laramie been followed, Emerson would have fa, Constitutional prerogative ot| Fifty Others Injured When M. K. & T.| 2m tee et atc the Governor's office and Shawver's . rpointment would have been valld:| § Passengers Meet In Headon Colli- Proceed to remove Emerson through arcs oh tupereavired procedure, sion at Houston, Texas and to appoint Shawver remains to be developed. Be that as it may be. ‘Emerson, under the Supreme court's EL 7 7 indicated the snow was drier than dsolston, has been State engincer| , HOUSTON, Tex., Jan. 9.—The engineer and fireman | ‘ilcated the snow was drier than during the period that Shawyer has}Of One train and a negro passenger were killed and more been serving as State engineer andjthan 50 persons injured, three probably fatally, when | state. two Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway passenger trains 5 met head-on at Hillendahl, eight miles from here last},,*24MI#. Wvo., Jan. 9.—Snow is is entitled to the salary of the office for that period. The circumstances of Emerson's | appointment and removal from the|night. court decision by Chief Justice C.N.| Engineer Ed. Derossett, train Potter: number 23, Smithville. Frank C. Emerson, was ajt Fireman Ed. Sullivan, train num- pointed state engineer on July 1.| ber 23, Smithville. 1919, to fill @ vacancy caused by the} Engineer Lee Thomason and Fir>- resignation of James B. True, whose|man Charles Deckhart, of train|at the Katy term would ‘expire on February 20 | number 26, both residing at Smith- 1921, which date, as was then known,| ville, are believed to be fatally in- would occur shortly after the ad-} jured. (Continued on Page Nine) ‘The engines of both trains were for the injured. NOTORIOUS BANDIT WIPED OUT IN GUN Officers said that members of th Ashley-Mobley gang of bank robbers and desperadoes, |and Miama, Florida. hich has made the Florida Everglades its rendezvous for | Wif f Ss years, was 2lmost wiped out this morning by Palm Beach | eo ar ounty sheriffs and posse. Deputy Sheriff Fred Banter U ue Members of the gang also were amp at Fruita in the Everglates.|wanted by the federal government he fight started at 2 a.m. The|for high sea piracy. A telephone T aca 2? | fficers used a machine gun. call to the sheriff's offico at noon| | SAN DIEGO, Calif., Jan. 9.— John “Ashley and Handford Mob-|sa'd the fight between the officers} Mrs. dohn D. Spreckles, wife of a were escaped convicts, it was|and remaining menm¥bers of the| California capitalist, died at the id, with a long recom of robber-| gang was still in progress. family home in Coronado today S and alleged murders, Sheri’t Bob Baker with a posse of after an illness of onc month, office are recited as follows in the The dead: hurled to the side of the right of way, that of number 26 exploding | twen Rawlins and thi as it turned over. A special train carrying doctors and nurses left here as soon ax word was received | Pitcher of the St. Paul American offices in louston. lol Every ainbulance inthe city also | and Hall was ordered cose gees, | Public safety. sea: | NON, XOre “higher ups" beyond ali was despatched to the scene. Hos-| port to the acramento club of the | , 2248 conducted by the police yes-| measure. % terday revealed that many disorder- Neither the Pais Dreparedto receive, and’ care! Cosst ‘Langue. jin exchange . for |." nonses had already csoeed thls | Gene street here in the metropolis Five Members Slain Along With Sheriff ine scene." “7° cose Posen pt hearer aor In Pitched Battle Still Raging In gang are wanted by the United | availabi States government and the British eee ee A jgovernment to answer charges of Florida E verglades piracy onl the hikh'wedd:> (They, are ARREST ? chargea with having raided boats janchored in the Bahamas the last WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 9—The notorious |2"2,j<0" ont amine tower) EA ST ALPPINE AUTO 7 “4 * ing a battery from a car standing on and five members of the gang were killed ‘ the 7 . highw 10 mil ‘a th it; t A fight was mado near the gang's Magnate Dead shway 10 miles east of the c Ap eating etmteyito, the, tate When the storm resumed here at noon after a lull of seyeral hours, SHERIDAN, Wyo., Jan. 9.—Snow fell here to a depth ‘of five inches it was found when the storm ceased this morning. Only three tenths of an inch of moisture, less by two tenths of an inch than the normal, dicate the snow storm covered the —An exodus of gamblers, 14 Cegrees above zero. Snow fell last night west of Rawlins and some be- as a result of Brig. General Butler's | @dmit. How orders to the police to clean up the | been “corrupt > ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 9.—Wai- ver limit on Charley Hall, veteran as director of the department of|tor of public Pitcher Paul Fittery. places and the proprietors left the | believe that city within 48 hours after he had| many years will regard the “tr been sworn in by Mayor Kendrick | ‘em rough" orders of its new direc- PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 9. York police smiled broadly today at General Smedley Butler's threat to bootleggers and other no-| clean up Philadelphia in two days. falling here and the weather is cola,{torious characters of Phila-| They sre watching what they call delphia’s underworld was| “bs tank” methods, however, with reported in full swing today | ™ore interest than they care to the city which has and contented” for so} at safety intrigues the officials or the cops General Butler can city. Cider saloons, which had/make good on his first promise. prominently displayed “the never | ‘They give the ‘devil dog” chieftain closed” sign, were shrouded in dark-| all credit for being a fine soldier ness today and not a drink was to|but they insist that the first of- be had in any of the establishments that generally had been blamed for flooding the city with poisonous liquor. General Butler revealed in a trip to the tenderloin last night that iding Ashley and Mobley are not By ROBERT T. SMALL, Copyright, 1924, the Casper Tribune NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—The New terday in the r morning. desk sergeant To Late Mayor Is | Presented Widow Charles P. Hull and N. J. Bequette | Were arrested on a larceny charge ‘Tuesday evening, charged with stent- sergeant. He |The machine, which was the prop. erty of Benton E. Stephenson. caught fire and the body was burned off, Sunday afternoon. ‘The battery | was taken while the car was left to line towed into town. Hull and Bequette were released | this morning on bond of $1,000 each. Mayor Walter A. Blackmore, the the old city council Black- more n hy which had been time of the mayor's death, This resolu- tion Was executed with art work by Julius Muller and was framed. sergeant Ray lice department, four officers sever- i ing) their: connections with the city. 1 , H. L. Rickard, day sergeant, w Council s Tribute H ved of his duties by A. T. Pat- rick who started s! twice during the short time he has been {fn office, threats have been made against his life. Several changes were made yes- personnel of the po- a8 ing at the desk working from 4 p. m. until midnight, was replaced by Charles Young. Neff was made Patrolman Jack has been on the foreg for several months and succeeds as Ideen who has been placed on the motorcycle squad. Frank Warre formerly motorcycle policemen, are out of the service. Officer Plummer has been transferred from patrol- man to the motorcycle squad. nm and Jake Carter, John Olsen, also aj the third dealc | 1 destined for the De La Huerta forces, a freight embargo was in effect today on all of the major rail- roads of the country, having been General Butler, “Devil Dog” Chieftain, Making Good His | deciaredt yasteriay bythe American Railway association at the request Promise to Drive Violators From City; General Exodus joan. ttetsht eae, che only munitions which may be Marks Launching of Campaign troved by the railroads to Mexico must bear government bills of la-l- ing, be authorized by proper mili- tary authorities, or have specific | sanction for export by authority of the secretary of state. fensive of his new “war” will not reach its objectives. ‘There is no question here but that Genery!| TESS Butler eventually will succeed in| ARMS SHIPPED clearing up some of the “pest h BORDER. in the city of brotherly lo EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 9.—Virtual the New York police have had s9|aamission that a shipment of much experience in dea’ ng with | eld rifles of the United States the problems of a big city that they army pattern in 1917 had been know the difficulties and pitfails| transferred to the Mexican side of which confront the crusader wh ee: border was made by American (Continued on Paye Wine) CRUDE PRICE TAKES JUMP Midcontinent Increase of Prairie Oil and Gas Means New Quotations For Wyoming Grades goes out to make a cleanup. TULSA, Okla., Jan. 9.—The Prairie Oil company to- day advanced Mid-continent Crude oil prices 25 to 50 cents depending upon the grade. The increases are ten cents greater per barrel than those posted recently by the Texas company. BARTLESVILLE, Okla., Jan. 9.—The Empire, Petro- leum company posted announcemeat Wyoming crude may be expected of a 26c raise in the price of oil, ef-| within the next 24 hours as a result fective today, to meet the raise in of the Prairie raise in Midcontinent, price quoted by the Prairie Company. according to operators hi The posted market quotation for ing pur mid continent crude of gravity nam-)lead of the Prairie in adjusting the ed as follo’ differential between the two re ‘avity $1 pe s 35.9 gravity $1.25 pe to 38.9 gravity $1.40 per barrel; and above $1.50 per barrel. r barrel; Tex., Jan. 9 An ad- cents per barrel in nil prices in grades above 31 Increase in the posted prices of (Continued on Page Nine)