Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 12, 1924, Page 1

The Weather night. J Halt Called in. Rescue combatting the flames. CASTLE GATE, Utah, been morning 127 bodies had covered from the Utah Fuel com: pany mine number 2 in which 173 men were entombed Saturday after an explosion. ‘Work of removing the bodies was hampered during the night by un- expected obstructions encountered \d also by water in the mine work- ings as a result of the failure of the pumps. Not a pump has been worked in the mine are declared to be flooded. blasts Saturday morning put them out of order. As a result, parts of the mine are declaed to be flooded. The first funerals of the the vic- tims will be held this morning. In addition preparations have been made for the removal. of the Italian and victims of - the disaster to Pics and Helper for burial. A small fire is hindering the rescue work, officials announced. ROBBERY TRIAL SET APRIL The trial of George C. “Fudge” Jf Berry tor highway robbery was this y“ morning set for April 1 by Judge R. R. Rose. Berry is charged with being one of the trio who held up Charles Peterson and Gunther Ball on the Salt Creek highway one morning last December, Ball was shot in the leg and the two men re- Meved of $400 in cash at the time. The rest of the day in the court was given over to civil matters. CASPER WINS THIRD DEBATE Jand in the semifinals and supports bok negative side of the same ques- Léulse Newell of Casper today qualified for the finals in the music contes: , senate immigra- tion. .committee to retain in the immigration bill a section which ‘would include aliens not eligible to citizenship. The Japanese embassy has against such a law. held in the council chamber city, John Cleary, engineer for the Midwest Refining company, and the members of the council were pres- ent as well as a numbef of citizens who showed: their interest in the Project. No action was taken, the session being held merely for the purpose of discussion. The two main sources discussed were those of Deer Creek and the Platte river and it was gen- WYOMING—Cloudy to partly cloudy tonight and Thursday; snow tonight in southeast portion. Warmer north central portion to- M'LEAN SAY FIRE BLOCKSCRISIS ON TAX RESCUE WORKCUT JS RAISED ELIEF CREWS TURN ATTENTION TO FIGHTING FIRE IN MINE. TOMB Work After’ Removal Of 127 Bodies From Mine Where 46 More Await Recovery. CASTLE GATE, Utah, March 12.—As the result of a fire which is burning in a section of Utah Fuel company mine number 2, rescue work hag been practically called to a halt and the relief crews are turning their attention to March 12.—At 4:30 o’clock this re- ALLEGED OPERATOR OF STILL UNDER ARREST C. W. Wambaugh was arrested yesterday afternoon, charged with being a still operator when a rald- ing party of sheriff's deputies and federal officers uncovered a 60-gallon still in‘a cabin 30 miles west of Casper. The cabin was close to the Platte river just west of the government bridge near Alcova. The still was not running when the officers arrived but 14 barrels jhad been set and were ready to use. CASPER, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1924 Ernest Schulke, plumber, entered his room at 27 West A street, at 5 o'clock Monday evening, lit the gas stove and locked the door. When Sheriff Perry <A. Morris broke into the room at & o'clock yesterday evening he found Schulke lying dead, apparently a victim of suffocation. The window had been left closed and there was no way for oxygen to enter the room to take the place of that consumed by the gas stove. The case was one of several which have occurred in Casper during the last year in which residents have lost their lives by not vaying attention to the need for ventilation in a room where a gas ‘stove is used. ‘The proprietors of the house be- SUFFOCATION FROM BURNING GAS IN CLOSED ROOM FATAL came alarmed yesterday afternoon when Schulke did not make his ap- pearance. They called him but could get no answer and when they tried the dor they discovered that it was locked. They then called the sheriff to make the investigation. Coroner Lew M. Gay stated this morning that it was not probable that an inquest would be held into the case since there was no evi- dence of either suicide or foul play. The deceased is’ survived by a widow and daughter who reside at Forest Park, Ill, Mr. Schulke was employed by John T. Bogan as a plumber up to the time of his death. No arrangements will be made for the funeral until. the relatives of the dead man can be heard from. S A Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, and a Booster for City, County and State |The Casper Daily Tria I NAL HOME DITION NUMBER 119 President Coolidge Dissatisfied With Progress Made by Congress In Handling Legislation BY DAVID LAWRENCE, b (Copyright, 1924, The WASHINGTON, March 12.—The administration face to face with a critical situation in congress. Casper Tribune) is The prin- cipal recommendations made by President Coolidge in his December address have not been acted upon, Even the in- timation conveyed by the white house last week that the president would like to see congress pass making immediately effective the 25 Per cent reduction in 1923 in comes has thus far failed to pro- duce action. The utter ineffectiveness of thé légi@iative branch of the govern- ment at this time is the subject of widespread complaint judging by the letters pouring in here from dif- MAN FOUND DYINC FROM SUICIDE ATTEMPT HERE HL H. Miller, 35 years of age and a resident of Casper for the great- er part of the last eight years, shot himself just below the heart -with a .32 calibre revolver in a hallway of the Kimball rooms, 114 South Kimball street shortly after 10 o'clock this morning and is dying at the County hospital ns a result of internal bleeding. SINCLAIR TO POTTER CORPORATION ONE OF MANY TO EXHIBIT AT GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION HERE Arrangements for an exhibit of the Potter corporation, one of the highest gas appliance manufactur- ing concerns on the Pacific coast, at the Tribune Inter-Mountain ex- position, were completed yesterday by D. H. McCorkle, one of the of- ficials of the company. Mr. Me- Corkfe came to Casper from Los Angeles, the home of the manufac- turing concern, in the interests of the exposition. In speaking of the exposition he says that the Tribune plan of dis- playing of manufacturers products is one of the most complete and in- teresting plans that has come to his notice. His company believes that exposition and trade shows are one of the best stimulators of business. So impressed was he that instruc- tions were sent the home office by wire to prepare a display for this exposition. Mr, McCorkle says he is glad he made the trip and be- cause of4t his firm will make a dis- play that will be a credit to their product. C. T. Pluckhahn, the Potter corporation’s Casper repre- sentative, will supervise the installa- tion of the exhibit. EH. Litchy, vice president of the Colorado Fuel & Iron company called at the Tribune office yester- day in company with Chas. B, Staf- ford, secretary of the Casper Cham- ber of Commerce. Mr. Litchy was very much impressed with the com- WATER SUPPLY PLAN TAKEN UP IN CONFERENCE A discussion of different methods of supplying Casper with adequate water was gone into at a public meeting of the city last night. The water committee from the Casper Chamber of Commercs, N. T. Veatch, Jr., consulting engineer of the firm of Black and Veatch who has made surveys in the employe of this erally agreed that because of the purification necessary of all water obtained from the Platte it would be better to consider Deer Creek as the logical source. Mr. Cleary suggested that an immediate sys- tem of gauging be established at Deer Creek in order to make certain regarding its capacity. It is held by Engineer Veatch that the capa- city would be 15,000,000 gallons per day, pleteness of the exposition arrange- ment and expressed a desire to have his company place a nail making machine on display. Mr, Litchy explained the many interesting fea- tures of the nail making indwstry and stated that this machine woud prove of considerable interest to the patrons of the exposition. Arrange- ments are under way to place this machine in the exposition. SENATE PROBE OF DAUGHERTY IS UNDER WY WASHINGTON, March 12.—The senate investigation of Attorney General Daugherty began late to- day with the testimony of Mrs. Roxie Stinson of Columbus, Obio, di- vorced wife of Jesse W. Smith, Mr. Daugherty’s close friend who shot and killed himself a year ago. ( Mrs. Stinson was called to give information about business transac- tions of Smi.a and the source of his income. r Aft the swearing of Mrs. Stin- son, Paul Howland, one of Mr, Daugherty’s attorneys asked permis- sion to make ‘a preliminary state ment. Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Mon- tana, in charge of taking testimony, objected. There was an argument, and by a vote of 3, to 2, Mr. How- land's statement was excluded. Examination of the witness. then was begun, She said she had known Harry M. Daugherty “for many years” and also had met his brother, Mal Daugherty. After the divorce (Continued on Page Wine) pvc iawn TAX CUT IS IMPOSSIBLE WASHINGTON, March 12, President Coolidge was advised to- day by Representative Longworth, of Ohio, Republican house leader, that it would be “utterly and absolutely impossible” to bring about enactment of legislation reducing the 1923 income taxes by 25 percent before March 15, No one heard the shot fired and it was only by accident that a roomer discovered the man lying sprawled on hjs face just outside his own ‘door, clutching the revol- ver in one hand and moaning as {f in great, pain. There was no blood on the floor, the gun having been held close to the body and tie bullet making no exit. The doctor who was called stated that there was no hope for the man's recovery and that 36 hours was as long as he could be expected to tive. Miller was at one time a still foreman for the Midwest Refining company here when jt owned a large part of what {s now the Stan- Card plant. He has recently been (Continue@ on Page Nine) a joint resolution parts of the country. The administration is inclined to blame the congressional tendency in ferent to vestigate instead of legislate. Mr. Coolidge made a_ pointed speech on that phase of congres- sional duty last Saturday night. Perhaps the most flagrant case of congressional lassitude is the record of both Democrats and the Republl- cans on the proposal to give the tax payers of America the benefit on March 15 of this year a reduction on the 1923 income taxes. Thruout the United States citizens have been making out their returns in the hope that before Saturday of this week when the first income tax payments are due, congress might get into ac- tion and pass the necessary legisla- tion. If congress wanted to make the reduction immediately effective it could be done. Joint resolutions have been known to pass without even the formality of a roll call and in war times congress frequently (Continued on Page Five) GO LIMIT IN FIGHT Attorneys.for Teapot Lease Holder Marking Time Pending Filing of Action Tomorrow In Cheyenne Court; Receiver to Be Asked, Is Belief CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 12.—Pending the arrival this afternoon of Atlee Pomer- ene and Owen J. Roberts, special government counsel, and the filing by them of a bill in equity seeking annulment of the Teapot oil lease to the Mammoth Oil company at- torneys representing Harry F. Sinclair declined today to make known the defense they will employ when a Kennedy. In adcition to the cancellation of the lease the government bi! {s ex- pected to ask temporary injunction halting operations on the Teapot Dome and the appointment of a re- ceiver to take charge of the prop- erties pending the outcome of the litigation, vf The question of issuing a tempo- rary order is-one for the judge to decide, Martin W. Littleton of New York, one of the Sinclair attorneys, said this morning. “Until we see what kind of tem- porary order the government re- quests we do not know what our answer will be.’ Confidence in the validity of the Teapot Dome lease and determina- tion to fight the action for annul- ment were expressed by Mr. Sin- clair last night. “We've been attacked and we'll defend our rights from hell to breakfast,” he said. ‘We are not afraid of the outcome of this* mat- ter. The Teapot Dome lease is valid end we will defend it against attack.” Sinclair expressed gratifi- cation that, at last, the Teapot Dome lease was_to become an issue in court. “I've been under fire for two years,” he declared. “Now this matter is to be brought up where both sides can be heard—where every man has an equal chance.” Mr. Sinclair is represented by Mr. Littleton and Paul D. Cravath of New York, as special counsel; J. W. Zeveley, his personal attor- ney; G. T. ‘Standfora, general coun- sel for the Sinclair Consolidated Of! corporation; E. H. Chandler of Tulsa general counsel for the Sin- clair Ccude Oj/’Purchasing company and the Sinclair Pipe Line company, and Robert W. Garrett of Tulsa, also representing these two com- panies, The Sinclair Crude Oi! Purchasing company and the Sinclair Pipe Line company will be joint defendants with the Mammoth Oil company due to the fact that their storage and pipe line properties are located on the Teapot Dome, according to Mr. Chandler. In addition to the atorneys, Mr. Sinclair is accompanied by A. B. Watts, vice president of the Sinclair Consolidated Oil corporation. SUICIDE CASE TO ENTER SENATE INTO PROBE WASHINGTON, March 12.—The part played in the department of justice affairs by Jesse Smith, friend of Attorney General Daugherty, who committed suicide a year ago in Mr. Daugherty’s apartment here, will be in- quired into in detail in the senate Daugherty investigation. Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Montana, preparing the case for the committee, announced that all telegrams sent to and re- celved by Smith at Columbus, Ohio, after the election of President Harding, had been subpoenaed. ‘The senator said that the reported influence of oil interest in the Mexican revolution, planned for in- quiry at the opening sessitn, prob- ably would give way to some other undisclosed subject Another subpoena issued was for Will R. A. Hayes, manager of the Ungerleiser company, Columbus, Ohio, to appear immediately and bring certain documents. A firm of that name is a stock brokerage house which formerly had a Wash- ington branch office. In the search for tue connections of Jesse Smith, the telegraph com- panies here and at Washington Court House, Ohio, also were direct- ed to submit “all Incoming and out- going messages sent by or received by Jesse W. Smith, since November (Continued on Page Nine.) preliminary hearing is held tomorrow before Federal J udge T. Blake 26 PERISH IN SHIP SINKING OFF CAPE NEW YORK, March 12.—Twenty- six members of the crew of the steamer reported sunk sixty miles south of Cape Hatteras, are be- Heved to have been lost, according to officials of the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship company, own- ers of the missing vessel. The Santiago which left Cienfau- gos, Cuba for New York March 4 with a cargo of sugar carried a crew of 35 men, The scant information received by the line off!-!-s says that but nine members of the crew have been accounted for. a The Market Place “Beware of the scribes, which love salutations in the market Places” (new testament). ‘The market place is very spa- clous and falre, being so large, I never saw the like in all Eng- land"( English lit.) In earlier days, not only tho products of the farm, but of the loom and the handiwork of the needlo were exposed for sale in the market place and the crowds gathered, to look and haggle and buy. Today the world’s great market place is reached through the daily newspaper. The merchants send buyers up and down the land and traverse the high seas gathering together the products of the world. The newspaper reader sits in the home sipping the morning cof- fee or in the office, while the of- ferings of the world pass in re- view in the morning paper Shop in The Tribune shopping in the shops. bef LARAMIE, Wyo., March 12.—In | this morning's games in Wyoming's state basketball tournament five teams met their second defeat and were eliminated, Greybull, Carpen- | ter, Green River, Salt Creek and Lyman. The surprise of the morn- | ing was Mountain View's defeating | Greybull who had showed to excel- lent advantage against Rawlins | yesterday. As a result of the| Laramie-Green River game, Lara-| mie looms stronger than ever.as a | championship possibility. Grant of Wheatland becomes high-run man so far, with eizht baskets in one half against Salt Creek. This after- noon finished the second series and drawings for third will come off at | 4 o'clock. Results of today’s games at the state basketball tournament at Laramie follo’ Rock Springs, 17; Thermopolis, 12. Mountain View, 19; Greybull, 7. Cowley, 24; Carpenter, 10. Green River Wheatland, Cheyenne, 1 SASKATOON, Sask., March 12. —Shorty Russick won the 10 dog derby out of The Pas, Man, fin- ishing at 10:55 this morning, word was received here, —— } DENVER, Colo., March 12.—The! Casper Methodists haye drawn against Kimball, Neb., in their open- ing game in the Y. M. ©. A. basket- ball tournament here tonighs. BRENNAN WILL RETURN MONEY WITH PROTEST Hands Over $5,169 To County’ Treasurer This Morning. Under protest, Justice of the Peace Henry F. Bren- nan today handed over to the county treasurer the sum of $5,169,77, or the total amoynt he has collected in clvil and criminal action fees ‘since he took office January 1, 1923. Minus this large payment to the! county, Judge Brennan has served! for 14 months for $4,011.15, out.of which has come office rent at $60 a month, clerk hire at $30 a week, and other items of office expense and upkeep, Brennan's reason for turning over TO HELP DAUGHERTY [LATE spowrs ] PUBLISHER oF PAPER DEFENDS CHECKS ISSUED TOA FALL “Credit Was Good,” He Tells Committee in Hearing; Cash Idea Blamed on Daugherty WASHINGTON, March 12.—Edward B. McLean told the oil comniiiieve today that he had given it mislead- ing information about the celebrated $100,000 loan because he trusted and desired to help his friend Albert Fall. The publisher insisted that his Second story about the loan told to Senator Walsh in January at Palm Beach, was correct. He said he had loaned the former secretary $100,- 000 in checks for a ranch enterprise, but that the checks were returned to him uncashed. His previous assertion that the loan was made tn oc: . he said, was made at Fall's request. The latter appeared to be in trouble, he added, but had represented to him that it had nothing to do with oll. The publisher also asserted that he himself had no interest in the Sinclair or Doheny compantes and knew nothing about the Fall oil policies except what he’ had read in the newspapers. Asked about the code messages exchanged between Washington and his» cottage at Palm Beach, he was unable to decipher or explain many of them. He sald William J. Burns had given one of his employes a de- partment of justice code, but that he himself never had coded a mes- sage. He became a secret agent of the justice department, he continued, shortly after the beginning of the Harding administration largely be- cause the official badge would: make it easier for him to get through Police lines when traveling with the President. The “principal” referred to in one of the telegrams sent him by his employes, McLean sald, appeared to him to refer to Attorney General Daugherty and did not refer to President Coolidge. He identified the attorney general as the author of the message assuring him not to the money under protest is based on the alleged fact that Justice Edwin Barrett was appointed to serve in Kenwood at no salary, but that he moved into the center of the city where the population greatly ex ceeds the legal mit of $1,500, and has since accepted and kept all.fees arising out of actions im his court, Mr. Barrett's reply to this ts that he is justice for Kenwood but is per- mitted to hold court any place in the county, In pursuing this course, Brennan declares that if Barrett is allowed to collect and hold fees the same principle should obtain for all jus- tices here. However, no salary or expense account is allowed Barrett by the county which has provided Brennan a salary of $60 a month and office rent of $20. It is expected that the county commissioners will soon take action to boost Brennan's salary, according to his statement. Whether or not the commissioners will or are able to grant Brennan a raise that is re. troactive to January 1, 1923, is a matter of uncertainty, worry because everything that could be done “will be done by us.” Led into a long discussion of his relations with Mr. Daugherty, he said the attorney general had lived in one of the McLean houses here for seven or eight months after com- ing to Washington, and that Fall had visited there often, But he ad- ded that Daugherty “wouldn't do anything wrong for me,” even if he had been asked. NO CONNECTION WITH LEASE, SAYS McLEAN, WASHINGTON. March 12.—Eda- ward B. McLean, publisher of the Washington Post and a central fig- ure in tha oil inquiry, appeared be- fore the ofl committee today and sald his only connection with the naval leasing questions had been through the mixup over the $100,000 loaned to Albert B, Fall. He declared he never had any direct or indirect interest in either the Sinclair or Doheny companies and knew nothing about the leasing (Continued on Page Twelve) PLOTTERS PREY ON IMMICRANTS, CRUELTY FOUND BY ROBERT T. SMALL, (Copyright, 1924, The Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, March 12.—Cruelties practiced in the “bootlegging” of immigrants stirred the immigration autho: into the United States have rities here into a new appeal to Washington to make a thorough investigation of the subject. The plight of a young It who is about to be deported because d here after the Italian quota had been closed until next July 1, has pointed the ne ity of the new inquiry which may be ex- ropean countries where re formed. jon of the ich the bootlegging plots It is not’alone the United States aroused the ire of the offi he hardships of the { of the plots. la has Is, but t victors alian girl, Maria Matalizio, Virtually all of the immigrants from Europe who find thelr. way into the United States over the Mexi- can and Canadian borders pay for what they believe will be direct pas sage into New York City. After thelr money has been taken by the schemers they are herded together in all manner of unfit vessels and cases to (Continued on Page Five)