Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 10, 1924, Page 1

Ai SS WASHING’ ’ The Weather wrt 'OMING—Most!, night and Tuesday, probably snow Some- what warmer tonight south portion. in west and north portion. DLUME VIII. 26 BODIES OF 175 BURIED A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, and a Booster for City, County and State DENBY THROUCH WASHINGTON, March 10. — Secretary Denby'’s resignation be- came effective today amid the tri- butes of his associates in the navy department. “I am trying” he told them, “to die with my face toward the enemy.’ Mr. Denby’s retirement ts the first break in the cabinet during Prest- dent Coolidge’s administration and his successor has not been selected, although the field is understood to have been narrowed considerably in the last few days. Until an appoint- ment is made, Assistant Secretary Roosevelt will be ‘In charge of the department as acting secretary. The lst of eligibles mentioned to suc- ceed Mr. Denby has dwindled to Governor Dixon of*Montana; James A. Davidson, Republican national committeeman from Michigan, and Former Representative Foss of Il- Unols, The president is expected momentarily to announce his selec- tion, ‘The retiring secretary devoted his time today to business of the di partment requiring his personal at- ention, and to taking the oath as @ major in the marine corps re- serves, a commission he surrendered when he entered the cabinet. His last minute work however, was fre- quently interrupted by these. who have served under ‘him for the last three years, calling to say farewell. ‘He will return to Detroit shortly and is expected to announce then his plans for the future, particularly with reference to reports that he in- tends to seek the Republican nomi- nation for United, States senator. At a farewell dinner in his honor last night, he told 200 navy and marine officers that he had served through three wars—with Spain, thé World War, and that pererias these tributes Mr. Roosevelt added that he was “courageous and his integrity unswering.” » High officers of the navy and ma- « Fine corps also were present today ) {mn Mr. Denby’s office when he was #@worn in as a Major in the marine reserve corps. The oath as admin- istered by Major General Lejeune, commandant of the marine corps. Just as the ceremony was conclud- ‘ed and as Mr. Denby stood with up- raised hand repeating the words in which he repledged himself to de- fend the United States “against all the marine band, grouped on the street outside broke ‘into the strains of the marine corps march, ‘Sempor Fidelis.’ ‘The retiring secretary's desk was decorated profusely with flowers BONUS ILL Io IN COMMITTEE ‘TON, March 10.—The new soldiers’ bonus bill went into the hands of a sub-committee of the house ways and means committee today, for the finishing touches. ‘With a report of the measure to the house by Wednesday in prospect, Chairman Green has announced he ‘will seek a special rule making it im- mediately in order. ‘The form of the paid up life in- surance policy provision, the basis of the new measure, was taken up by the sub committee. TEAPOT COMMITTEE PROBING MESSAGES SUCCESSOR NOT ET ANNOUNCED sent by his friends and admirers to grace it on his last day as head of the navy department. As his last official act he received and greeted the naval attaches from the embas- sles and legations in Washington, who came in full uniform and hun- dreds of civilian employes of the navy department, who passed in line to shake hands and say good- bye. WINTER GETS S10,000 FOR SHERIDAN FARM Appropriation Left Out Onginally Replaced in Budget Total WASHINGTON, March 10.—Con- gressman Charles E. Winter has re- ceived telegram of thanks and congratulations from the Sheridan Commercial club and the agricul- tural interests of Sheridan county for securing an appropriation of $10}000 for the experimental farm at Sheridan.’ The following tele- gram was received: “Hon. Charles E. Winter, M. C., ‘Washington, D. C. “Sheridan Commercial club and city, thank and you-onjresults in securing’ appropri- ation experimental farm, Signed. “W. H, Wallace, Sec'y.” On recommendation of the budget, Sheridan had been left off from the appropriation and Congressman Winter called on Secretary Wallace, asking that it be included. The seertary said that valuable work had been done at Sheridan, but that the budget had recommended the elimi. nation of the experimental farm ani he had not included {t for appropri. ation for the coming yea Con- gressman Winter asked for a hear- ing before the agricultural commit- tee and presented the facts that the work at Sheridan was entirely dif- ferent than work at Huntley, Mont., 150 miles north of Sheridan, and that it was a necessity to the agricul- tural interests of Wyoming, The result of this personal plea of the congressman was that Sheridan re- ceives $10,000 and will not be elimi- nated. Guilty Plea Made By Klan Official HOUSTON, Texas, March 10.— Edward Young Clarke, of Atlanta, former acting imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, pleaded gullty today in federal court to a charge of violating the Mann white slave act, and was fined $5,000 by Judge J. C."Hutcheson Jr. The Clarke plea dropped like a bombshell into the court room which was crowded with spectators anticipating a stiff legal battle. Clarke previously had entered a plea of not guilty. ‘The charge involved a young Houston woman. It was alleged that Clarke transported her to New. Orleans in February, 1921. WASHINGTON, March 10.—The new week of the oll inquity found the senate investigating committee still digging into the pile of tele- grams it has subpoenaed but plan- ning soon to broach new supplies of evidence, These include the findings of auditors assigned to study the books of brokerage firms to deter- mine the extent of dealings by of- ficials in oll stocks Before and after the leasing of the naval reserves and the reports that oil interests sought to influenee the republican presidential nomination in 1921 In addition, the new week marks the intitiation of court proceedings growing out of the inquiry—a preli- minary hearing Thursday in the fed- eral district court at Cheyenne, Wyoming, on an application by the government's special counsel for a temporary injunction to restrain the Mammoth Oil company from further extraction of oil in the Teapot Dome reserve. This company was formed by Harry F. Sinclair to take over the lease negotiated with. him by Albert B. Fall as secretary of the interior, and signed by Edwin Denby as secretary of the navy. Like ac- tion is to follow in ‘southern Call- fornia against the Pan American Petroleum company, for which EB. Doheny obtained the lease on val reserve number one in that states ‘The oll committee also has before it the nomination of Samuel Knight of San Francisco, to act as special counsel for the government in pro- ceedings to recover two sections of the Elk Hills reserve which are being operated by the Standard Oil company of California, having been CASPER, WYO. MONDAY. MARCH 10, 1924 (4woay oH Meg | Rescue Workers Do Not Think Any Entombed Men Are Alive alg Sinclair E nd | Lawyers Leave Uf DNUGHERT!| Foy Cheyenne Witn ivi Gi th 10.—Harry F. Attorney General Re- | strcisir and’ a battery of tx ator ne departed today for Cheyenne, fuses To Quit Job 0 Wyoming, to contest the govern- ment’s action to cancel the Teapot Dome ofl leases and expressed con- WASHINGTON, March fidence of ultimate victory and vin- >. di ion. 10.—With witnesses arriv-| “Mrs ing for the opening of the senate inquiry into the. ad- ministration of Attorney Mr. Sinclair was accompanied by General Daugherty, efforts Col. J. W. Zevely, his chief legal counsel, and five other attorneys apparently continuing over the week end, brought no surface develop- who are prepared to oppose the gov- ernment’s action which is under- ments. Despite the manifest desire of stood will start Thursday in Chey- many administration leaders for his only to make the stiffest kind of a battle in the preliminary stages but thrcughout all the action to be in- Stituted by the government to de clare the oil leases invalid. Although refusing to be quoted for publication, Mr. Sinclair de- clared that he was confident that he would ultimately be successful and would be vindicated of all charges that have been made in connection with the Teapot Dome Hinquiry in Washington. The oil magnate and his party left on a train which, unless de- layed, should reach Cheyenne at 205 p. m. tomorrow. Arriving here yesterday with his counsel, Mr. Sinclair spent most of WASHINGTON, March 10.—Owen enne with the filing of a bill for an injunction to restrain taking fur- immediate retirement and the pre- Parations that have been made to ther oil from Teapot. the day conferring with the attor- (Continued on, Page Seven) neys. It was indicated that the Sinclair legal battery is prepared not ‘COVERED WAGON’ ARAPAHOES ON WAY BACK TOLANDER HOME AFTER TRIP ACROSS ATLANTIC LANDER, Wyo., March 10— Fattened on caviar, “ornery” and usted,” thelr once proud war. feathera wilted by the mists of murky London where for 1 they have been the feature adver- tisement for the showing of “The Covered Wagon.” the bloated Arapahoe/ warriors from Fremont county now loll on the decks of the White Star Liner “Cedric” as she ploughs through the Atlantic, bound for New York. : The days of being lonized in Lendon and starring for the cin- J. Roberts and Atlee Pomerene. ‘special counsel for the government in prosecution of the oll suits will leave Washington late today for Wyoming to put before the federal court thelr application for a tem- porary restraining order against the Mammoth company. They will go to California afterward to bring similar action against the Pan Amer- ican Petroleum Company. In both cases the attorneys ex- pect the court to grant the applica- tions and hold the leases in abriance ‘while the government continues its efforts to cancel them entirely. M’ADOO OFF — FOR GEORGIA LOS ANGELES, Metch 10,—Wil- Ham G. McAdoo, candidate for the democratic presidential nomination left today for Georgia where he will take the platform in connection with the Georgia primary elections March 1 ‘emas are gone forever—hopes B. J. Farlow, mayor of Lander, who has been in charge of the. [- skins ‘and who has been “with burning at the * scalping and running the-~-geunt- let every since those moccasined feet he has guided left the wilds of Wyoming. It's a certainty that the whole crowd will be free from money when they steam into Lander toward the end of the month. There is no tomorrow for an Indian; what ‘(Continued on Page Seven) 12 Ounces Is ’ Size of Tiny Chicago Babe CHICAGO, March 10.—Henry Ganze, Jr., claims to be the tini- est baby'in the world. He weighs only twelve ounces and stretches himself out to a bare eight inches. Henry was born Saturday to Mrs. Henry Ganze of Melrose Park. “The boy is s0 small he can rest easily in a cigar box,” the father is 24 and the mother 20. eens FOUR HURT IN TRAIN WRECK FORT WORTH, Tex., March 10— Four persons. were’ injured, ‘none seriously whep part of a westbound Texes and Pacific passenger train left the track near Olden, early to- day. WASHINGTON, March the Colorado river in a great in government control, to produce on a cost basis, and conservation and use of the nation’s house by Representative Keller, Republican, Minnesota. Political’ public service commission agreement or compact, or by court to cooperate with the various states, | decisions. Meanwhile the Norris- municipalities, districts and other | Keller bill makes it possible for the political ‘subdivisions in the develop- | states to cooperate with each other ment of the system, with its mem-|and with the federal government to bers appointed by the President, | whatever extent is mutually agree- subject to the approval of the sen-|able so that the deveiopment of the ate, 1s contemplated under the mea-| Pubic super-power system may pro- sure. The duties and function of | °e¢4 by negotiation and agreement. the present federal power commns- “Heretofore congress had appro- sion would be assumed by the pro- | priated vast sums of money for flood Posed public service commission. | protection ,without any thought of Its first duty would be to make a|setting it back. This bill will in- comprehensive power survey of the | volve an investment, every cent of resources of the nation and deter-| which and more, will come back to mine the most economical efficient|the government. The same dam means of developing the super-|that protects the Imperial valley power system. from flood will irrigate a million A bond issue of $500,000,000 as a| acres of desert land and at the same revolving fund to carry on the in-| time, if properly constructed, will itial work and developments would | produce power enough to sell at low be authorized. costs to the cities and communities Meanwhile the “eleven existing | adjoining to pay back every cent the government - owned hydro electric | government invests in not more than Power plants on the irrigation pro-| thirty years. Similarly, the sale of jects in the west and the govern-| power from the other great Projects, ment-owned projects at Muscle whether for irrigation, navigation Shoals constitute the nucleus of a|or flood control may be made to public super-power system already | pay back the entire cost of the de- to hand” a statement from the of-| velopment.” fice of Representative Keller de-| Declaring that only the govern: clares. ment can cut the cost of production And here, by the way ts a new|to the bone" the statement gives as and vital reason why Muscle Shoals | reason: should not be allowed to slip from |". the hands of the government or bar-| situ for “trite youn te nny ane of the first units inthe sabiie ame | Pay ‘six to eight. ‘That alone on erpower system. Bashge auP. | $500,000,000 means a saving of $10,- power resources already in the now,| 000,000 ‘a year to cut the cost of ernment’s hands, there are 2,318 | CUTrent. municipally owned electric power| “The government amortizes the Plants in the United States, which | Capital account so that in 25 or 30 years it is all paid off. That means will fit in most advantageously as of the public super-power sys-| ultimately this system, on the basis of $500,000,000 a five per cent would Save $25,000,000 and the cost of elec- = service could thus be cut ac- cordingly.” The Norris-Keller bill is declared to be “the outgrowth of the work of public ownership league of Amer- ica, in cooperation with senators granted to that state as non-mineral school lands upon its admission to Statehood. Some objection to Knight's appointment has been rais- ed because of his employment as counsel in California by the Equita- ble Trust company of New York, which has been described as a “Rockefeller bank.” The public hearings will not be re- sumed until tomorrow, but the com- mittee'’s orders to telegraph com- pany officials here and at Palm Beach, New Orleans and Three Rivers, New Mexico, Fall's home, are producing a steady stream of telegrams sent to or by ‘Edward B. McLean, Fall, Sinclair, Doheny, H. F. Blackmer of the Mfawest Refin- ing company, Robert Stewart of the Standard Oil company of Indiana, and J. W. Zevely, personal counsel of Sinclair, ‘The various states will naturally be zealous of their rights to the nat-. ural resources used in developing power, and especially so in the case of interstate and international ri ers. These matters, however, will in time be settled by interstate 10.—The linking up of Muscle Shoals Boulder canyon and @ great public super-power system, functioning under and sell electricity, fertilizer and nitrates for explosives Plenty of Men To Carry On Rescue Work—Rela- tives Crowd Around Anxious For News of Loved Ones—Temporary Morgues Are Established. BULLETIN. CASTLE GATE, Utah, March 10.—Up to 2:15 o'clock this after- from mine number 2, Utah Fuel. «company, where 175 men were en- tombed, as a result of three ex- noon 26 bodies had bene recovered plosions Saturday morning. CASTLE GATE, Utah, March 10.—Smoke and some gas has accumulated in the far part of the escape way of Mine Number 2, Utah Fuel Company, and is proving a considerable handicap to rescue workers, The twenty-two bodies recovered at this hour are all as black as the coal they mined and some of them are badly mutilated. Two are without heads, some without arms or legs or other- wise defaced. Some of them are burned considerably. C,. H. Hotchkiss, general superin- tendent of the Utah Fuel company, in a statement to newspaper men, denied rumors that there was any large fire in the mine. He said there were several patches of hot coals but these were being extin- guished as relief men penetrated fur- ther into the workings. Steps were taken about eleven o'clock to rope off the morgue dis- trict and it is also planned to use the Y. M. C. A. building as a tem- Dorary receiving station for bodies. Rescue work is proceeding in an orderly manner and there ts 9 ptentiful supply of men from sur- rounding coal districts anxious to go down into the workings. When men are called there is about three or four answer the appeal each time. Around Castle Gate this morning, especially in the vicinity of the morgue are crowded many women and children anxious for word of loved ones in the mine. As soon as bodies are taken out at the mine they are brought to the morgue where a staff of undertakers is busy embalming them-as soon as pos- sible. Twenty bodies had ben recovered from the Utah Fuel company mine number 2 at 12:30 o'clock .his after- noon. Many more have been de- finitely located, according to reports coming to the surface. Rescue work 1s being rushed .and {t is expected that night fall will see a major por- tion of the mine investigated. [n- SUPER POWER PLAN IS PROJECTED Bill Introduced In Senate and House Today That Would Link Up Muscle Shoals With Colorado River In Electri- city, Nitrate and Explosive Plant resources are the aims of a bill introduced today in the senate by Senator Norris, Republican, Nebraska, and in the Creation of a federal non- Norris, Dill, Frazer, Howell, La-Fol- lette and others in thé senate, and congressman Keller, Swing, Wefald, Kvale, Laguardia, Sinclair and oth- ers in the hous Honduras Turns Down Peace Plan WASHINGTON, March 10.-—Hon- duran revolutionists have rejected overtures made by several Central American republics to restore peace and government in that country. Charles Moulton, sixty-five, rancher Was crushed to death late Saturday at his ranch near Buford, thirty miles west of Chéyenne, when he was ‘caught between a gate post and @ wagon drawn by runaway horses. Arriving from Cheyenne forty minutes later, to spend the week- end. His son Orin L, Moulton, city electrician, and Mrs. Moulton, found the aged man’s widow attempting to drag his body through deep snow to the ranch house. The widow is in serious condition from shock and ex- posure. Difficulty was experienced in bringing: Moulton’s body to Chey- enne through drifted snow. The trip requiring twelve hours. Mo was taking a load of lumber from Buford to the ranch when the ac- cident occurred, The lumber shifted on a steep hilltop and pushed Houl- ton dications are that none of the 175 who were entombed by the triple ex- plosion Saturday morning will be found alive All available trucks have been cal- led into service to haul bodies. The latest bodies to be recovered are blackened and burned about the face and hands but {dentification 1s easier than for the first bodies, Ten undertakers are working at the temporary morgue in the Knights of Pythias hall. They say bodies can not be handled as fast as they are taken from the mine. The names of those who have been taken out of the mine follow: George Shurtliff, John Kourgastis, Loren Fullmer, Gust Lucas, John Buzas, Tony Malax, Alfred Rice Jr., W. A. Berry, John Thorpe, Mine in- spector, George Harrison, Norman Harrison, W. W. Pollock, Jim Kopakis, George F. Jelsted, Jim Oriano, Joe Cassell, fied. Real headway in the rescue work started about midnight and con- tinued until morning. The crews, held back all day Sunday by fire and caye-In began rescue work with re- newed vigor at about eight o'clock last night after they had success- fully conibatted the fire. Before nine o’clock a force of 75 men was engaged in the relief work at one time. By midnight the work was Progressing with a vigor which pre- dicted an early end of the labors. The polsonous gas, the arch enemy of the rescue crews, was dissipating in many portions of the mine ac- cording to reports and in many parts (Continued on Page Seven) Four unident!- License Office Will Be Closed Until Tuesday The state automobile license office which has been temporarily opened at the courthouse to take care of the extra large amount of business in Casper will be closed this evening and will not be re. opened until next Tuesday morn- ing. PARK STREET HOME ROBBED The home of Fred Howland, 115 North Park street wos broken into last night and $50 in cash as well as some jewelry was taken. W. T. Dawson also reported to the police that a watch had been stolen from him. No clue has yét been found to the person who took a watch and jewelry from O. E. Daugherty, 1032 South David street, Saturday. RANCHER CRUSHED TO DEATH IN RUNAWAY TEAM ACCIDENT CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 10.— ton from the wagon into the heels of the team. The horses bolted and the wagon collided with a post at the foot of the hill, with Moulton between the vehicle and the post. Death was instantaneous. Mass Meeting In East Casper A mass meeting of the citizens of East Casper has been called Tuesday evening at the East Si¢ Methodist ‘community church 1614 East Second street for the purpore of discussing improvements in E Casper, particularly of the Elk cinct. All East Casper men and wo: men aro asked to attend, | The Casper Daily Trina NUMBER 117 INERS RECOVERED WYOMING OILS GIVEN BOOST OF VO CENTS All Grades Crude Up In New Midwest and Ohio Price List An advance in price of 15 cents a barrel was made ef- fective today by the Midwest Refining company on crude from the Salt Creek, Grass Creek (light), Elk Basin, Osage and Cat Creek fields. The Ohio Oll company marked up a similar raise on Elk Basin, Grass Creek (ight), Big Muddy, Rock Creek, Mule Creek and Lance Creek with a ten-cent advance for Sun- burst. . This brings the field price on Salt Creek crude to $1.60 a barrel. Since January 10, er in two months’ time, Salt Creek of] has been boosted $1 a barrel. Today's announcement of Increas- ed crude prices is the direct reflec- tion of the midcontinent raise which came Saturday. Girl to Have Jury Trial for Lunacy DENVER, Colo., March 10.—Misa Rosalind Elsner, heiress to the $100,000 estate of the iate Dr. John Elsner, who earlier in the week was declared incompetent t> manage her estate, returned last night to Den- ver from Cheyenne where she fled during the pending incompetency proceedings. Ira B. Rothgerber has filed a motion for a jury trial in the lunacy proceedings brought against Miss Elsner and this was granted by County Judge George A. Lux- ford. No date has been stt for the trial. Vending the trial Miss Elsner fa subject to the ruling of the commia- sion which recently declarod her in- competent, Federals Take Pureto Mexico MEXICO CITY, March 10.—The occupation of Puerto Mexico by a federal column under General Juan Dominguez is announced by the war department. ‘The port was ported taken without resistance, the rebels withdrawing and dividing into small bands. It is reported that the Pacific Port of Acapulco has been evacuat- ed, the rebels learning of the tm- pending federal advance both by sea and land. General Pedro Gabay has left Mexico City with 500 cavalry ‘for Ix- miquilpan to push operations against Marcial Cavazos, who is said to be attempting to intern in San Luis Potosi. Candler Winner Of Scandal Suit DECATUR, Ga., March 10—A jury early today awarded a verdict in favor of Walter T. Candler, At- lJanta capitalist, growing out of a $100,000 suit brought against him by Mrs. Clyde K. Byfield. She charged t Candler attacked her on the steamer Berengaria during the summer of 1922. Mrs. Byfield was led from the court room sobbing. John M. Slaton, leading counsel for Mrs. Byfield, announced that the verdict would be appealed on the grounds that the judge’s charge did not cover several points for which a request had been made. Neither principal made a atate- ment concerning the verdict. SHARP RISE IN OIL PRICES PITTSBURG, Pa., March 10.—« Leading purchasing agents here an- nounced an increase in the price of five grades of crude oil today, New prices quoted were: Cornitig grade in Buckeye Pipe Lines $2.15, an in- 0; Somerset medium o!] in Cums berland Pipe Lines $2.30 and Som- erset light in Cumberland lines $2.50 an increase of 15c each. Ragland Grade in Cumberland Pipe Lines $1.10 np 10 cents, 5