Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 2, 1924, Page 1

VYOMING: Snow prob- sbly tonight and Sunday. Cooler. VOLUME Vi. CASPER, WYO., SA’ 7 IFE LINGERS WITH W Y, FEBRUARY 2, 1924 ya D FALL REFUSES TO GIVE TESTIMONY DEFY HURLED School Name | UNITED MINERS CONVENTION AT PROBERS Changes Are | IS ADJOURNEDIN ANUPROAR; Planned Here|| — HOWAT DRAGGED OFF STAGE Says Committee Is Without Authority and That Questions They Would Nameé of eight.Casper schools INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 2--]and grievance committee which re- Ask Him Might Incriminate n Action will be changed {f the recom- Gavmticinenaes Cale pe tnt |@y ‘Tho Associated Press}—Amid| fused to consider a plea for his re school board of district No. 2, The |‘oteus scenes the biennial conyen-|{hstatement in the union. While the proposed change in the names hag | 0" of the United Mine workersof| shouting was going on, President been hanging fire for a long time, |A™erica was declared | adjournet | Lewis declared thai a vote taken on ‘Acopedinuritis ‘preeeut plata Genices mine.) dle. by President sone the committee's report showed its ; ’ Lewis at 1045 a. m.. today. A@-| adoption, addition as Roosevelt, North C: President while the delegates howled | for order and then declared the con- per as Lincoln, North Casper An. |% Alexander Howat, deposed presi.|¥ention finally adjourned. Delegates nex as Lincoln annex, Weet Cas. | Gent’ of the Kansas district, was|favoring the administration left the per as McKinley. Elk street. as| %°28eed from the platform by two|hall but insurgent leaders passed - sergeant at arms. around word that a rump conven- Howat sought to address the con-| tion would be held. Willard, South Casper as Grant or Garfield, while Park will retain | vention on the report of the appeala| VIOLAT RS aoe ober DUT OF LOCKL COURT TRAFFIC. DRIVE ae ea with forcible entry, was thrown ¢d yesterday by the police depart- PARIS, Feb. 2.—(By The Asso- sfated Press.)\—Mason Day, shea sentative in Europe of the Sinc! out of court yesterday. The com- OF aerest:, today fasued in behalf) paint had been made that Tatum| ment for violstions ce the oars bad broken a lock to the door of A. Tho arrest. were made as the R. Pierce's room, rear of 144 South Tees effort by the police in the Present safety campaign and it is of Harry F, Sinclair the following statement: Center street. It wag brought out in. the hearing tha: ted that other arrests will be Pleree nad bech “room ae today. “The @lleged violatora will appear in police court this even- “LZ expect’to return to America-on sither the stedmship Berengaria, nt “rooming: together and that ‘the latter had placct'n Ing to answer to the charges placed against them. FIRE TAKES HEAVY TOLL February 12. * Gigned) “H. F. Sinciatr.” ing to get in thought nothing of ris- ing to the emergency. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Feb. 2. —Three persons are believed t — a, TWO BANKS, ARE STILL have perished in a fire here late last night which wrecked a two LOCATED IN NIOBRARA ‘CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 2.—A recent dispatch relating that the BARTLESVILLE, Okla., Feb. 2. —A new price of $1.15 a barrel for oil of less than. 30 degrees gravity. story building housing a small hotel near the heart of the business section. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-—Haled. before the senate oil committee today against the protest of his attorneys and physicians, former Interior Secretary Fall flatly refused to answer questions about the naval oil lease and his rela- tions with Harry F. Sinclair and E. L. Doheny, Mr. Fall gave two major reasons why he declined to rtp The first was that the au-|tion 282, agreed to April 21, 1922. thority given to the investigating |in the 67th congress and in senate committee by the last congress had | resolution 294, agreed to May 165, expired and the second that in the | 1922, in the same congress, and light of the action of congress in| further by virtue of senate resolu- directing institution of court action, | tion 434, agréed to By the senate civil and eriminal, in the ojl lease }on February 6, 1923, during the | Bjcases, any answers he,would make | same congress, and I do ngt con might tend to: incriminate him. sider that, acting under these reso- Clearing the hearing room of the | lutions or under the last.mentioned crowd which jammed every avail-| resolution, which authorizes the lable space, the committee went into committee to sit after the expiration executive session to “determine itsjof tho @7th congress ‘until the course in the light ofthe’ attitade | assembling -of the, 68th congress of the formor. cabinet officer and |and until otherwise ordered by the, senator. Aw the committee deliber-| senate’ this committee lias ‘any ated Mr, Fall waited with his | authority to conduct. the investiga- lawyers and physicians in ah ante | tion now attempted to be conducted room. by the addressing of this question Its authority to continue the in-|to m: vestigation having been challenged “I decline to answer on the fur- by Mr. Fall, the committee decided | ther. ground that on. January 7, to ask the senate on Monday to re- | 1924, Senator Caraway introduced in move all doubt by readopting the | the senate of the United States, in original resolution authorizing the | this congress, senate joint resolu- inquiry. The committes then ad-| tion 54, attempting to deal, with the fourped until next Tiesday, leases. of the Mammoth Oil com- . Fall read @ carefully prepared | pany; that the resolution was re, @aement in an even and firm voice. | ferred to this committee and in due It was with some difficulty that|course the senate discharged this & way -was cleared through the| committee as of January 24, 1924, crowd for Mr, Fall to reach the]|and the eenate, thereafter on Jan- witness chair. His counsel, Levi] uary 31, 1924, agreed to that reso- Cooke, in a preliminary statement | lution and completed its considera- fid the former secretary was pres- | tion thereof, the resolution being so ent in fesponse to a subpoena | amended as to deal, in the senate, issued yesterday but that he still}in a plenary way, with the leases Yas under the care of physicians | upon naval oll reserves, which were and requested the committee to | before this committee under senate bear that fact in mind. resOlution 282 and senate resolution Chairman Lenroot then adminis- | 294 and that this committee has no ‘ered the oath, Mr, Fall standing | further authority to deal with sen- right hand upraised. ate joint resolution 54, since it has Just one question was put. been discharged by the senate, and “Do you care to make any fur-|the senate itself has finally acted the: statement about the matters | upon the resolution. under consideration by this com-| “I decline to answer on the fur- hiittee?” asked - Senator Walsh, |ther ground that senate joint reso- Democrat, Montana. lution 64 as passed unanimously by Mr. Fall then read his statement. | the senate. recites that it appears After the committee had gone | from evidence taken by this com- into executive . session he was | mittee that certain leases of naval brought out of the ‘ante’room where | reserve number 3 in the state of he had been waiting the decision. | Wyoming, pearing date April 7, Ho was resting heavily upon the | 1922, made in form by. the govern. sms of two men,.who virtually | ment of the United States, through carried him down the corridor to | myself, Albert B. Fall, secretary of the room of Senator Elkins of West | the interior and Edwin Denby, sec- Virginia, where a lounge was found retary of the navy; as lessor, and for him. He seemed dazed and very | certain leaserof naval reserve num- Ngak. ber 1 in the state of California, bear- “ Ing date December 11, 1922, made in form by the government of the United States through myself, Al- bert B. Fall, secretary of the in- terior, and Edwin Denby, secretary of the navy, as lessor, ‘were exe- cuted under circumstances indicat- ing fraud and corruption’; that said One of the most striking and un- sual photos of Woodrow Wilson ever taken. Snapped during a spirit- ed address in 1918 while outlining the purposes of the allies during the war and explaining his famous 14 peace points. TWO KILLED BY OFFICERS IN GUN FIGHT AT LYSITE WOOL POOL TO BE FINANCED ABERDEEN 8. D. Feb. 2—Plans for financing the wool pool of South Dakota and Montana by an advance of approximately $2,000,000 from the federal intermediate credit bank were completed at the conference of co-operative wool men who con- cluded their meeting here Friday. ea ite Robert D. Carey At failure of the First National Bank Was announced today by the Prairie of Lusk left Niobrara without an Oll and Gas company, an increase operating banking institution, was erroneous. ‘Phere are two banks of 25 cents. The Empire company posted a similar price. ; operating in Niobrara county, the Bank of Keeline, at Keeline, and the Bank of Van Tassell, at Van Tas- sell. Deputy Sheriff Thompson of Fremont County Wounded In Battle Staged at Close Quarters Iin,Liquor Raid; Fifteen Shots Exchanged in Fight LYSITE, Wyo., Feb. 2.—Two “alleged law breakers are dead and a deputy sheriff lies in a hospital at Lander with two bullet holes in his body as the result of a shoot- ing affair here Thursday night in which leaden messages were exchanged with the rapidity of hailstones. The shooting grew out of a combined raid for illicit liquor and stolen property. The dead are Frank Miller, history unknown, and “Alabama Slim” Mitchell, a man with ‘a police record in Casper, according to Charles Irving, special agent and former Casper po-yture.. A few days ago he recelved| Lyaite. “You had better not come liceman who was present at the/the following message from Mitch-|down here again or you are likely qhooting. The wounded man is|¢ll: ‘You had better get out of|to stay here,” he was told in a FALL CITES RESOLUTIONS. WAHINGTON, Feb, 2.—Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the in- terior, declined today to answer any Questions in the senate oft inquiry. on Fall read this prepared state- ° leases were entered into without au-| James Thompson, deputy sheriff, |t¥n in avhurry if you knew wiint’s|communteation from Mitchell re-| Bedside of Father (cline to answer the questions | thority on the part of the officers |" qn, cabin of Mitchell and Miller| S004 poate hee Brean seatacrl siete ation 5. Nicckcata --arace he followii 5 the same for the Unit es 4 f “The ‘committee: a ae as | atta en eateeintadibe? of: thin ewer ee Seca: ta 2 tne, peracid SRE there ‘till he got ready to go elsc-| Mitchell and Miller, Armed with a| mer Governor Robert D, Carey ts tn estigati u- bag ion under senate resolu: Deputy Thompson had made one or two visita from Bonneville to here from his rpnch at Careyhurat, (Continued on Page Six) visiting hia father, former Governor Joseph M, Carey, who is seriously search warrant Deputy Thompson came here Thursday, Together (Continued on Page Six) Place because of its suspicious na. sick, Watch Tomorrow for The Tribune’s Industrial Edition The 1924 Industrial edition of the Tribune for which thou- sands of readers have been expectantly waiting will be ready for distribution early tomorrow morning together with the reg- TAX BILL CHANCES ARE MADE IN COMMITTEE By DAVID LAWRENCE. Poyright, 1924, The Casper Tribune) ‘ WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—Out of leference to Secretary of the Treas- ry Mellon, the Republicans on the pate a compromise at 85 per cent for the maximum surtax for in- comes of $100,000 and above. A few days ago Representative Longworth, the Republican house the rates will really be decided by a vote of the house instead of com- mittee action, The vote in the Republican con- ference among the members of the By JO) EDWIN NEVIN (Copyright, 1924, Caaper Tribune) WASHINGTON, Feb, 2—Main house ways and ites leader, began negotiations with the | ways and means committee was 11 |! ular Sunday Tribune, All regular subscribers will get the In- || street has been transferred to W ¥ LJ Means comm! Democrats in the hope of securing/to 8 for the Mellon plan, If the - || ington, Without regard te th, itl have deci strial edition along with the morning paper and the Indus ton, ut reg: je Do! the, seclded to report to the house | enough pledges to make sure of ‘a| Democrata had been ‘permitted to he aia Bes aiaeteplilt Bor eaRcaneune ctrenie., a: great || cal signiticanea of the various, in. Gans eee Plan with the} 35 per cent surtax rate, Some of |.be present and cast thelr votes theli® y pape: nA ‘ses already made, vestigations now in progress in een- gress and in its eommunities there can be no denying the pepular ap- peal they make, Whe city ia erewd- ed with the eurious, This is thelr supreme eppertunity to gaze upon the persons who eecupy the seats of the Democrats insisted that they would like to be assured’ that the president and secretary of the treas- ury would agreo to 35 per cent be- tore they would abandon the Demo- tratio program which provides for 44 per cent, Mr, Mellon wold not eleven ballots combined with the three negative Republican votes would have made the vote 14 te 11 against the Mellon plan, But the threes Republicans have agreed not to vote against the Mellon plan when formal action ts taken by the number of copies of the Industrial edition will be wrapped ready for mailing. Orders for these should ceme in early for the demand is expected to be unprecedented and no one is rophet enough to know how long the supply will held out, Ordera for thousands are already on file, : Wrapped copies will be on sale at The Tribune office and Mr. Mellon has insisted on a vote in the house on his fon which is taken to mean will not compromise till he he necessity for it. Although ‘as {t will be reported to the on the street at-ten cents each, |the mighty, and oceassionally them- ® Provides for e 25 per cent }budge end the wholq negotiations | full committee xs they do not wish Mail a few and do your share toward boosting Casper || #¢lyes to “horn in the lime light," ip, *8te, even the Republican | fell through, So the only thing left | to be in the position of preventing a Wyomin Naturally the ob inquiry in the Jttrs themselves concede {t can-|to do was to report the bill to the | the Mellon plan from getting before || 9! yoming. senate holds ihe center of the stage, Dass the house and they antici Whee 44 overflow attractions in the house as Mr, Mellon wanted it agd the house itself for a xecerd vata, A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, and a Booster for City, County and State Che Casper Daily Tribune DITION NUMBER 86 ormer President Growing Steadily Weaker in Last Illness DEATH MAY BE STAYED UNTIL TONIGHT, SAID Life Slowly But Surely Ebbing ‘Away, Dr. Grayson Says In Report Of His Condition Today WASHINGTON, Feb, 2.—Steadily losing ground, Woodrow Wilson continued to grow weaker and weaker. But having lasted through a night which his physicians feared would bring the end, they cannot predict how long his remarkable vitality will hold out. Although he has taken twenty-four hours and is disinclined even to take sips of water, Mr, Wil- son's pulse, respiration and temper- ature early today were practically normal, But he was steadly growing weak- er and weaker. Dr. Grayson, his physician, sald his life was simply ebbing away. At no time has the former pres!- dent been unconscious; at no time have such hero‘c measures as appli- cations of oxygen been resorted to and at no time have opiates been given, ag he has been in no pain. Some stimulants have been given in small doses. At no time has Mr. Wilson been irious, and he geems at’all times 10 be consclowvs ‘of what is going on in his chamber although he is too weak to carry on a conversation. He does whisper a “yes” and a “no” in reply to questions as to what may be done to make him more comfortable. Joseph Tumulty, secretary to Mr. Wilson while he was president, was the first caller today to be admitted within the house. When he reap- peared he said Mrs. Wilson “still is hopeful.” “She believes there is‘ atill a chance,” he added, “but of course not admit there was not Out of the crowd that had gath- ered in the street a small boy car- ried to the home a single rose as his offering to the sick man. It was handed to the maid who opened the door, All Mr. Wilson's physicians feared the f'ickering flame of life would go out jn the early morning hours when vitality is lowest. But while they anxiously watched over him his heart action continued strong and his breathing regular while he slept restfully. Having come through the night, the physicians now feel there is no predicting how far his tenacity may sustain him. It is not beyond the range of probability that Woodrow ‘Wilson might linger along three or four days. It is of course, possible that something may snap at any moment and he will slip quickly away. : Mr. Wilson's fallure to take nour- ishment this morning was a discon- ecerting sign to his physicians. When offered light foods he shook his head firmly and whispered “no” when offered sips of water he made the same reply. The physicians agreed that sustenance might have to be given in some other way, In the shaded chamber where the former president Mes, Mrs, Wilson is his almost constant attendant and ft has been with difficulty that Dr. Grayson has persuaded her to take any rest, She did take somo sleep during the night while Dr, Grayson relieved her at the bedside, The medical specialists who are assisting Dr. Grayson; Doctors Fow- ler and Ruffin left the house after a morning consultation but will re- turn at 6 p, m, and after a further conference then will iasue a further announcement, side shew tents there are the Bok peace plan inquiry, and the effort to show whether the Russian govern. ment merits recognition, the tax agitation and the various large and small “probes which are all a part of the daily legislative grist, In censequence the yisitora crowding the eity today actually yepresent every section of the United States, Of course Washington always has been @ great winter resort, This has been especially so whon con. gress was i ion with its ma. tys In di: hru “insurgent movements and the }ike, But not sines the days just preceding the en- trance af the United States fata the no, nourishment in almost Dr. Grayson, as usual, remained immediately at hand when the other physicians left. DEATH KEPT WAITING OUTSIDE OF DOOR WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—Life etilt lingered for a while with Woodrow Wilson today, but death still was knocking at his door, Through the weary stretches of the night, past the dangerous hours of the early morning, and so on into the full light of another day, ho kept his grim visitor waiting out- side the portal with an insistence that astonished even his physician. A little rest, snatched fitfully from the hours of darkness, helped. to for the moment the ‘hand that almost had ‘extinguished the faint spark of vitality. Those at watch by his bedside were efcouraged by ever so little: but they did not dare believe there had been any real im- provement. It appeared more than ever cer- tain that the death of the war prest- dent was only a question of hours. So weakened was he by a full day and night face to face with death that there was scarcely strength enough for him to open his eyes upon the sunlight of the new day. As his physicians considered the re- sults of the night and watched for any new changes as the day pro- gressed they appeared not entirely hopeless, but they plainly were ¢on- vinced that only some unusual de- velopment could long delay the end. Throughout tho night Dr. Gray- son had remained almost constantly at the former President's bedside. A soft Ught burned in the quiet cham- ber and a nurse tiptoed here and there, always on watch, During a good part of the time Mrs. Wilson too, was close beside her husband, bearing courageously the strain of the long hours of her vigil. The remainder of the big house on S. street,/to which Wilson. retired from the White House was dark and quiet after Dr. Grayson and his two colleagues, Doctors Ruffin and Fow- ‘er, had held ¢heir evening consulta- tion of more than an hour and had announced at 10:30 that the former President gradually was losing ground. Despite the great exhaustion of the patient, which today kept him hovering between consciousness and sleep, his heart remained strong and his pulse regular There was no fever, and for the most part he suf- fered no pain. The only hope of his physicians was thet there still might be energy enough in his broken con- stitution to ward off the langour under whose spell resistance at last would cease, There was little the medical men could do to help him in that tight. More than four years of illness had s0 racked his constitution that strong medicines and surgery would do more harm than good. They could only watch and hope for the best, After his night'in the stock cham- ber, Dr, Grayson left the Wilson residence at 8:45 this morning for (Continued on Page Six) SCANDAL PROBE DRAWS CURIOUS TO WASHINCTON Yate war have the hotels and room. ing houses been #o Jammed as they are today, The galleries ef the senate and the house would need to be made of rubber if all who peek entrance were to be accommodated, Members Sra appealed to for tickets fer the visitora galleries, Many invartably have to be jigappointed, As usual, the women predominate among tha visitors, They lean forward and follow every utterance closely, Their whispered camment sionalty carries to the utmost corners of the room, Frequently thetr remarks are ef that yitriolic character which dis concert the speaker er the witness,