Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 6, 1924, Page 1

able tonight and Thursday. ature. SEVEN SURVIVE Ao TORRENT OF WATER ENTERS In Death Trap in Minnesota. CROSBY, Minn., Feb. 6.— (By The Associated Press). «Collapse of part of the jottom of a swamp lake sent a torrent of water coursing through the workings of the Milford jron mine near here late yesterday and snuffed out the lives of 41 miners; caught like rats in a trap. On the lower levels, more -than 150 feet underground, the crew of forty-eight miners were working when, with hardly a warning, water burst through the of the drift, flooding the mini minutes to within a few feet of top of the shaft. Alarmed at the first rumbling as the earthen roof and.timbers gave way) seven miners near the shaft darted up the stairs'to safety, -but their forty-one comrades, caught in the muddy, swirling waters, met al- most instantaneous death, The first checkup Iast night in- dicated that of the normal crew uf fifty-five men, forty nine had been 4go the workings, but the final fig- ‘ures announced early today by com- pany officials’ put the death list at forty-one, with seven survivors. These survivors are Harry Hos- ford, at first reported dead; Jacob Ravanich, Emil Kainu, Frank Pra- vatin Jr., whose father was drowned, Carl Frausand, Mike Zakatnik and Matt Kangas. Kainu was the last survivor to leave the workings. The high powered electric pumps, rushed here from Duluth, were pumping water from the muddy swamp lake and the mine today, and mining experts saig the workings and the lake bed must be emptied before it would be possible to re- move the bodies. Water from the mine is being pumped into Island lake, a quarter of a milo away. Between this lake and the mine shaft lies the mud lake, whose waters penetrated the mine workings, causing their worst |. mining disaster in the history of the Minnesota iron ranges. Mining experts said today that the drift of ‘the Milford Mine, which is on the Cuyuna range and produces manganese ore, did not extend under the lake, and they believe the water had worked a subterranean passage to the roof of the mine and the pres- sure finally crushed in the roof. The pumps at work now are draw- ing out the water x a rate of 12,000 gallons a minute,‘ and experienced mining men say it may require weeks, perhaps months to free the imprisoned bodies. August Swanson, mine inspector for this county, who arrived here a few hours after the tragedy, sald he had recently inspected the mine (Continued on Page Bight) DENVER, Colo., Feb. 6.—Investi- gation of a Colorado-Wyoming whis- ‘y ring was dropped today when the grand jury in the Hillyer case was dismissed. DENVER, Colo., Feb. 6.—Federal grand jury investigations which may rock the foundation of Colorado's law enforcement system and ulti- mately extend to Casper and other Wyoming points have been started in connection with q probe into a sigantic whiskey running ring said to have been operating between Casper and Denver. The whisky running ring, it was reported, hi been definite! discov- ered to have conducted its opera- tions for a long period of time, and have deluged Denver sith regular shipments of liquors from # base WYOMING: Snow prob- Not much change in temper- Candler Wins Suit; Woman Is Surprised ATLANTA, Ga. Feb. 6.—Mfs. Onezima De Bouchel, “surprised and disappointed” as she expressed it, over a jury’s verdict in favor of Asa G. Candler, Sr., in her $500,000 breach of promise suit brought against the Atlanta capitalist, was today on her way to Reno. Mrs. De Bouchel's attorneys to- day declined to comment upon the MRS. DE BOUCHEL verdict -~which was returned late yesterday and refused to say whether plans for an appeal. were contemplated. “I am very happy,” Candler. The suit was filed against Mr. Candler after he was charged with having broken off an engagement to marry Mrs; De Bouchel follow- ing a courtship extending over a period of about two of about two: years. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6—T. V. O'Connor -of Buffalo, New York, former president of the Interhatiom al Longshoremen’s union and pres- ent member of the shipping board was designated by President Cool- idge today to be chairman of the board. Mr. O'Connor succeeds to the va- cancy in the chairmanship caused by the resignation of Edwin P. Far- ley of Chicago, after the senate commerce committee had refused to approve his nomination on the grounds, that he was geographically disqualified under the law. said Mr. LIQUOR RING UNCOVERED CASPER IS BASE, CLAIM warehouse located at Casper. Virt- ually along the entire distance of the route from Casper to Denver, organized protection is reported to have been given by peace officers, and within the city limits of Den- ver, the protection has been even more thorough, a guard being kept by policMboth against possible ar- rests by police not connected With the ring and against “highjacking.” The revenues of the ring, split up among the Denver officials and the others, run into thousands of dol- lars a week, and the aggregate op- erations are believed to be the est of individual whisky in the country, exceeding e huge whisky transfer of the rum fleet on the Atlantic coast and the Mexican and Canadian border whis: ky smuggling. ring en the territorial judge, died at his home * (21009). unsere Sieig ong ee CASPER, WYO., L Y, FEBRUARY 6, 1924 AMERICAN FLAG PLANTED ON 5! SORROWING Manner of Flag’s Disappearance and Hous ee ior: Removal Mystery in Washington; Tod ee ee Legion to Demand- Action ee WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.— {By The Associated Press). —As the nation waited to pay its last silent tribute and respect today to Woodrow Wilson, the simple arrange- ments for the funeral were oom) pleted and the machinery of govern- ment slowed to stop. Few hours before the funeral cortege would leave the saddened sion of earthly things, tribute to Woodrow Wilson. In Casper, in accordince with the proclamation of Mayor 8. K, Loy, Which bid a halt of several silent minutes in the day's activities, was q momentary cessation of bust- ness. At 1 o'clock traffit was halt- ed and with heads uncovered thou- sands hearing the tolling of the bells at St. Anthony’s cathedral, looked into the past and took cognizance of a fyture without the man who bur- dened in war, broke down in the af- termath while he strove for peace that endures. Soon afterwards there gathered at the America theater hundreds of persons who in spirit with the mood that was nationwide, listened to an euloglum by Judge Robert R. Rose, of the life and the work of Wilson. The Rev. Charles A, Wilson opened the address with an invocation and home where he found peace after|the meeting was ended with tho the turmoil of elght years in the | penediction of the Rev. Father John highest office his countrymen could |}. Mullin. give him, the streets were filling fittingly along the way it must pass. Con- | event, Sress stood idie in honor to the| here are those dead; the great government depart- ments set free swarming thousands from office routine that they might Share in the tribute. At spaced intervals all the way up the wide “avenue to the cathedral, soldie ‘inet marines ‘were in~place to ho! open the road. There was little but respect for {Continued on Page Bight) there WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—(By The Associated’ Press}—Some time be- tween dark and daylight this morn- ing an Flag on a slender flagstaff wag planted on the lawn of the Ge Embassy, which on instructions from Berlin, ha’ failed so far to half mast‘“its German colors for Woodrow Wilson, This morning the Stars and Stripes had been removed again from the embassy grounds, but both the manner of the flag's appearance there and the exact story of its re- moval remained somewhat of a mystery. The police reported that they :re- ceived a telephone complaint regard- ing the invasion of the embassy property, which technically is Ger- man soil. They did not know from whom the contplaint. et officials. said they .made such complaint, and refused to discusa the subject further.. Whether any JOSEPH M. CAREY, FORMER GOVERNOR OF STATE, DEAD Was Prominent In Public Life of Wyoming for Half Cen- tury Through Service in Many High Offices; Fun- eral Services to Be Held Friday taken the flag away was not clearly established. The German embassy would not, Uke other diplomatic missions, here, half mast its colors for the dead president, and aroused resentment among some American Legion of- ficials who declared they would ask the state department to take action. It was said by these at the em- bassy that Mr. Wilson was regarded a8 a private citizen and that there- fore the Berlin government saw no reason to pay him the funeral honors due the head of a foreign state. It was for that reason, it was declared, that the German flag had not been raised at all over the em- bassy since Sunday. Later yester- @ay however, after the situation had been noised about Washington and had created something. of a sensa- tion ‘the emba: changed its mind,” and asnonnaet tebe after 12:30 p, m. today it would ratse its flag and tie it at half mast. closed the said Judge Rose. fon there is no foundation. devoted to Airmen Forced Down in Snow Storm Hunted CHICAGO, Feb. 6—Searching parties in automobiles are today combing the roads in the vicinity of Chicago, seeking tracts of Jack Sheed, Minneapolis aviator, and Jack Cope, Forest Park pilot, be- Meved lost in the snow in a small airplane in which they left Check- erboard Field at twilight yesterday. pds wal ea ST Many Dead in Russian Blast CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 6.—Joseph Maull Carey, 79 years of age, former governor of Wyoming, United States senator, three times mayor of Cheyenne and United States. here last night following a lengthy illness. Mr. Carey was an outstanding political character in the history of the territory and state for the last 55 years and had been prominent in its development. Funeral services will be held Fri Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Saint Mark’s Episco- pal clurch here. Business houses ceremony as tribute of respect to Jewels Stolen probably wil! be closed during the| the man who served Wyoming ‘probably ‘ill Be closed during the In East Found TIER AOMESMNENED (28S Near Denver oftener than any other. A memorial service to Woodrow Wilson planned for-mext Sunday night here, probab- ly will be made a Carey memorial service also. Mr. Carey's political fortunes were Donald Tyler, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tyler, died at the family home, 124 East H. street, last night. Death was caus. ed by scarlet”fever. The body is linked throughout most of his ca- reer with the Republican party, now at the affer-Gay chapel and will be shi to Fort Collins this which he served ay national com: evening for burial. RIGA, Feb. 6.—(By The Associat- ed Press}—Many, persons were kill- ed and 60 injured as the result of an explosion in a gunsmith’s store at Kharkov, the Ukranian capital February 1. Nine charred bodies have been recovered. The explosion occurred in a seven story building where the Ukranian food commissariat and several other institutions are located, a panic en- sued and many of thé occupants jumped from the windows. mitteeman for 20 years. This strong allegiance continued until 1910, when he accepted the Democratic nomina- tion for*governor with the declara- tion’ he did so with the understand- ing that not one of the Republican principles for which-he stood was to be repudiated. On this platform he was elected. He was also an ardent admirer and follower of Theodore Roosevelt and when the (later bolted the Re- publican party at the Chicago con- DENVER, Colo, Feb. 6.—The $86,000 worth of jewels stolen from Mrs, C. P. Hugo Schoellkopf, of Buf- falo, N. Y., following a New Year's party in New York City in January, 1923, and which were announced by New York police as having been re- covered in Denver recently by John W. Mahan alias Jack Maynard, former Denver underworld charac- ter, were not located here, but were found at a point 125 miles from this city, according to a letter received IMPRESSIVE TRIBUTE PAID IN MEMORIAL SERVICE HERE; MAYOR'S EDICT OBSERVED To honor with bowed heads and souls that were stirred with sadness, that mighty figure in world’s affairs who last Sunday went beyond this confu- self-immolated in his Jeadership toward universal and lasting The sounding of “Tapa” memorable who believe Woodrow Wilson to be a man of cold aloofness, who aq an aristocrat withdrew himself from —mankint* “Por this. opin- Wood- row. Wilson was truly and entirely humanity. and to him was fastened the self-imposed duty of everlasting application to show- ing the world a way from war— A ‘Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, and a Booster for City, County and State Che Casper Daily Tritnme AL HOM EDITION NUMBER 89 ID AT REST IN CAPITAL Grief of Sorrowing Nation Finds Climax in Last Services 41 MINERS PERISH iit io IN FLOOD TRAGEDY EAL iouns America’s and the peace, this nation today did thus, the path to peace. Finally in passing into eternity a worn and faithful champion: of his magnifi- cent trust, Woodrow Wilson has been granted, not because he sought it, enshrinement in the hearts of this and all future generations that shall inhabit the earth.” Veterans organizations of the city Sponsored the services and Boy Scouts assisted in the capacity of ushers. Special music arranged for the Occasion included the following numbers: Pipe organ selection, Syne"—Mrs. Lilllan Longworthy, Male choir, “Christ in Flanders,” —E. J. Donahoe, B. A. Slater, R. J. Holloran, Brian Dougherty, Henry Shea and A, B, Connolly. Solo, “Oh Dry Those Madeline Treber. “America’ —By thea the audience, “Auld Lang Tears"— REVERENCE 15 OUTSTANDING IN LAST RITES FOR LATE CHIEF Hush Falls O Over Wash- ington as _ Services Are Held and Vault Receives Remains. WASHINGTO Feb. 6. —(By The Associated Press.)—Woodrow Wilson passed forever today from the world stage where once he towered, a commanding figure. In tho sacre@ privacy home last rites wero PROSECUTOR 16 ACCUSED FOR THIRD DEGREE’ As the result of his being errested and held in the police station sev- era: days on an investigation charge in connection with the death of Joe Wyatt, Frank Rictor, taxicab driver, has filed an affidavit with the county commissioners charging that he was given the third degree by Harry Cass, assistant county prose- cuting attorney. In Rictor’s affi- davit he says he was mistreated and assaulted by Cass when the two of them were in a room alone during which time Cass was trying to draw out of him his connection with the polson liquor that caused young Wyatt's death. G. T. Morgan, chairman of ard of county commissioners, are in sessiom this afternoon, stated that the board had received the affidavit yesterday but that they had 15 days in which to act on the matter and would not take it into consideration until their next session. Mr. Cass, on being interviewed this afternoon, denied that he had applied third degree methods or mis- ured Rictor when he questioned him regarding the caso, Rictor repeatedly denied, accord- ing to Mr. Cass, that he told Wyatt to buy the liquor from “Slim” Har- rington, who is now wanted of a first degree murder charge. ‘The prosecuting attorney’s office has on file sworn affidavits from eye wit nesses that Rictor was the man who steered Wyatt to Harrington to pur- e the gin which proved pofsoned. n view of the latter situation not much credence seems to be taken by either the city officers or the prosecuting attorney's office in any of Rictor’s statements. Soh Harry McCracken, elghth judictal district court reporter, is leaving Saturday afternoon for an indefinite vacation of several months. Mr, McCracken will visit first with his relatives in Chicago and then tour other cities {n the east. During his absence H. N. Woodman, court re- porter of Denver, will fill his place, ple as the faith of the man him- self in the goodness of God. Only the presence of the president and the few who were his colleagues in the days of his greatness and the quiet crowds waiting outside under wintry skies ‘for humble share in the last leave taking marked this as the funeral of a great man. There was more formal’ tone to the cathedral service which fol- lowed. "™ There in the chapel that gives entrance to the vault of entomb- ment were gathered tho dignitaries of governments and many men of place and power in America. Organ note and the pealing voices of the choir added a touch of ceremony to the brief religious exercises. But at the very last the dead passed again into the keeping of hia near- est and dearest which alone might watch over the entombment and hear the resigned faith of the com- mittal service uttered. Tho nation’s share in that last moment was only to stand fn silent reverence outside while the tomb re- ceived the keeping of an honored American, During the funeral busy life of the nation’s capital stood at pause as elsewhere over America men did last honor to the « service the dead. ‘The drumming guns of sorrow echoed dully from the dis- tant hills where Fort Myer les, guns that had heralded the dark, ch pud wrapped coming of day with @ somber clamor of salute to a dead commander. Wherever the flag flew it was half masted in token of the nation’s loss proclaiming the sorrow of a great nation’s people. About the stricken home and at tho cathedral were massed the flowers and wreaths that came pour- ing in today from every nearby city and town, There were formal pleces and many simple clusters of the fra- grant blossoms. A story of the greatness of the man whose last earthly moment they marked was written on the cards. There were at names among them, those of ings and presidents and others in whose keeping today is the destiny of civilization. Among the offerings were some from comrades who served in the great war under the fallen chieftain, served in the fighting rank of the nation. They such legends as “To Our Comrade,” ‘To Our Chief,’* and “From His Comrades.” Tho loftiness of the blooms will not fade unnoted, for the grief bowed widow willed that these tributes to Woodrow Wilson shall go out® to Walter Reed hospital after the cere- mony to carry their message of hope and cheer to the wounded men (Continued on Page Sever.) vention in 1912, Mr. Carey was one of seven governors who, with (Continued on Page Seven) today by Chief of Police H. R. Wil- Mams from John Coughlin, of the New York) detective department. The local organization of the ring I FAST is the nucleus of a national ring of whisky. runners and gmugglers. ‘The major portion of the whisky shipped into the city from Casper comes from: Mexico by @ roundabout way. When the Casper Tribune published its Industrial edition E. P. Walters, alias Pete Wolf, pata etan fae of the nao sin Sunday it was but faintly realized that the demand for copies |] wanted in connection with a d Nh tee h aaaerogeranaS Sdeocatad La0t this edition would be so great as it has been. While it was light highway robbery on the Salt directly connected with the Mexican || Known that the edition was going to be clot ps I oniny || Creek highway December 28 Inst, souree, it was said, and on several || hitherto published in the state and that the calls for copies |} oa neinvea to have had something occasions are reported to have sent|}| would be numerous, it seems that the Tribune reckoned with- to'do ‘with’ thie death ofiJoe Wyatt personal organizers to Mexico in|} ont its host of friends, for there are now left such few copies |} from drink: poisoned gin two placing the national ring on a work-|| that it igs doubtful whether the supply will last long enough to ago, was arrested Tuesda ing fill the wants of those who contemplate securing them. g at Crawfc b. Edws ard Canadian whisky, and it as te Persons who desire the Industrial edition should therefore dep! sheriff, is orted ‘warghouse ‘stocks left ‘trom |! not hesitate to put in their order. Tt is not necessary to call rnoon to bring tho man Slee Hei icla pee Ranh into |] i person. Phone 15 or 16 and copies will be delivered to pce, 8 Case é : oxte e been smuggled ir 7 alters is the second man to be the elty under the care of the ring. || TOUr Sone wrapped and ready for mailing. he price is only sted In the last week char According to the information -al- cents a cop, participation in the hol (Continued - Pape Seven.) Peterson was sh in the thigh as n G and his pq . Gunther Bal jeved of $400 in ash, G ‘Fudge" Berry was picked up ‘tre week nd is now out on $3,000 bait on the same charge, his case to be brought up at the March term of criminal court. Just what connection Walters alias Wolf, has with tt the Wy: attorney t the rat case, the pr not care time secuting to disclose It is probat be held in jail uw: tigation of his movements time is made. Tt was learned yesterday that | t ALLEGED HOLDUP SEIZED WYATT CASE is OPENED liquor, i been in inet fe alias of » had a mail at v. Tho day w c 1 the Sioux ice, gave the name of Ray f Bal the cit