Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 19, 1924, Page 1

The Weather | WYOMING—Generally fair night and Sunday, e: in soutl The circulation of The Tribune is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper. to- pt somewhat portion. Slightly colder south portion tonight. —— | unsettled | | VOLUME. VIII. OUSTER DRIVE ac CASPER, WYO., SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1924. ‘Che Casper Daily Trimaw HI NUMBER 152. INST ROYCE TO BE LAUNCHED HERE ae id ‘Aoeteoot MASS, MEETING ARIZONA TOURISTS BLOCKADE LIFTED AAPANESE RELY ON GODLIDGE 10 ILL EXCLUSION Ambassador at Wash- ington to Issue New Statement. By DAVID LAWRENCE. (Copyright, 1924, The Casper Tribune) WASHINGTON, April 19.—Japan is relying on President Coolidge to wipe out in some way the offense against her pride contained in the action of the senate and house whereby ‘Japanese exclusion, hither- to a matter of informal understand- ing, now has been formally recog- di. The question is not whether the Japanese shall be excluded. ‘That has been accomplished by the “gentlemen’s agreement” and if it is not satisfactory Japan stands ready to make it acceptable by any alteration’ deemed necessary by the United States government. Indeed, if the United States in- sists upon simply offending Jap¢ anese pride the government at Tokio may consider the advisability of withdrawing yi peepeanran on yperation of the * mm pris regarding it as null and vold here, and throwing the burden of enforcement ufion the United States. At present emigration is controlled by Japan herself through the issuance or refusal of passports to applicants. If Japan should de- cide to {seus passports, there would ensue all sorts of complications and the chances of the entry of many Japanese into the United States would, Yt is admitted by American officials, be increased. Should the United States. spurn 0 Japanese offers of co-operation? Should America permit the Jap- anese to be formally discriminated against in a law when the Japanese themselves are willing to exclude their own nationals from the United States? Clearly these questions are answered in the negative by the de- partment of state. President Cool- idge however, more than Secretary Hughes is charged with the conduct of foreign relations and he cannot sign the immigration bill and hope to retain the friendship of the Japanese government or its people. Officials in the executive branch of the American government com- pletely exonerate Ambassador Hani- bara from any intention to threaten the United States by the use of the phrase. “grave consequences.” ‘The idea of a nation wedkened econom- ‘cally by the earthquake, her navy diminished in power and her whole strength curtailed, trying to threaten the United States is re- garded by American officials here 8s preposterou: TOKIO, April, 19.—{By The Asso- ciated Pross.\—Am@rican Ambas- \.fador Woods and Foreign Minister “igtsul conferred for an hour today. While the results of their conv. sation were not divulged, there is reason to believe Baron Matsui sought counsel concerning methods of approaching the situation grow: ing out of American legislation to exclude Japanese, and of making it clear to congress that Japan did not intend anything in the nature of a threat of interference in American domestle affairs, TOKIO, April 19.—(By The Asso- elated Press.) Japanese Ambas- sador Hanihara at Washington hortly will address a new letter to Secretary Hughes in an effort to arity Japan's attitude toward American immigration legislation nd expressly disclaiming any in- tent in use of the. words “‘grave consequences” to imply a threat or gnify a desire to interfere in Comestic affairs of the United States, The Associated Press learned today on reliable authority, The new note, which it is known Hanthara desires to send, has authorized, it is said, and in- tructions have been transmitted to im by the foreign office in Tokio. ee Guard Cutter Goes to Rescue "OLK, guard Ne Va., April 18. —The cutter M coutin was ordered te to search for the four ast schooner Orléans, in distress th a crew of nine men, somewhere off Cape Hatteras, Eight Hundred Sufferers at Yuma to Be Admitted From California After In- spection and Fumigation; Danger of Rushing Guards Is Eliminated PHOENIX, Ariz., April 19.—Governor G. W. P. Hunt of Arizona, early today lifted the foot and mouth disease blockade at Yuma in order to permit the passage into this state of approximately 800 motorists reported in a piti- ful condition as a result of their being held on the Cali- fornia side of the state line or sufficient food. _ In a telegram to Dr. B. L. Stam in charge of the quarantine at Yuma the governor stated he felt ‘tit would be safer to have the people pass after a thorough inspection and fumigation than to have them rush the guard." “I do not want to see any blood- shed, but we must use every pre- caution possible,” the message con- dnued. “Owing to the very serious situation as reported in your téle= phone message and the non-arrival of the military, you are authorized to issue permits, after thorough in- spection and fumigation, to persons that are now stranded on the Cali- fornia side. As soon as this is done have the embargo closed again. 1 realize what a menace it would be to Arizona to have this dreadful disease get a foothold.” INSPECTION OF TOURISTS ORDERED. YUMA, Ariz., April 19.—Upon re- ceipt of instructions’ from Governor Hunt to permit ‘entry {nto Arizona of some 800 tourists blockaded here, many of whom are suffering from lack of food and shelter, prepara- tions were begun at ottce ‘by city and quarantine officers to) subject the travelers to inspection and fumigation so they might cross the state line as soon as. possible. To prevent holding up the motor- ists for several more days, which would be necessary if a fumigation is to be erected at the Yuma bridge, it was planned to utilize a fumiga- tion’ plant at Knob, Calif., 12 miles west of here. If it is found possible to use this plant today, the tourists may all be on the Arizona side of the Colorado river before ntght Among the stranded tourists who have become ill on account of their exposure is Mrs. F. W. McKenzie of New York. She is in a Yuma hospital. Eleven other persons « in hotels recuperating from ex- posure and the effects of poor food and water. GOVERNMENT TO SEEK ADJUSTMENT. WASHINGTON, April 19.—An effort will be made by the federal government to bring about an agree- ment looking to adjustment of the situation growing out of the em- bargoes of adjoining states against California to prevent spread of the foot and mouth disease. The plight of the 700 motor tour- ists encamped for several days in the desert near Yuma, Ariz., trying to get into that state from Califor- nia has led to a decision to call a conference looking to adjustment of the difficulties, Representatives of the affected states will be asked by the depart- TWO ARRESTED IN POLICE FAD Two men were arrested and five gallons of moonshine was confiscat- ed at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon when the police made a raid at 651 West Railroad avenue. The men are F. O, Starr and B. ¥. Kerry. They are being held on a charge of violat ing the liquor ordinance. without camping equipment ment of justice to consider an agree- ment providing protection for those not affected by the disease and at the same time relaxing restrictions. Cantaloupe growers in the Im- Perial Valley, where the disease has not appeared, and other farm- ers are said by Secretary Wallace to the threatened with heavy losses unless some relief is provided. FIFTEEN ILL; TW IMMIGRATION BIL PASSED BY SENATE Final Action on Measure Including Japanese Exclusion to Follow Conference Consideration of Bills; Warn- ing of the Niponese Is Ignored WASHINGTON, April 19.—The senate and house immigration bills were ready for conference today with indications of an early agreement. Although differing at a number of points, the Asiatic exclusion and other provisions embodying important changes in policy are substa ntially the same. The house passed its bill last Saturday by a majority of more than four to 1, and the senate acted last night, to Japanese exclusion after Ambas- sador Hanthara’s letter defining the gentleman's agreement and warn- O SERIOUSLY FROM EATING GROUND GLASS CHICAGO, April 19.—Fifteen per- sons are under physicians’ care and Ella Redich, a house maid ts held by police while food, thought to con- tain ground glass, served at a din- ner party last night at the home of Dr. Val C. Freedman, prominent physician, is being analyzed. Two aré seriously ill. The girl was employed at the Freedman home, when she was dis- aharged because she had broken three glasses. She denied all know- ledge of the fopd. Dr. Freedman was one of physicians called: several, y; ago to attend guests stricken during a. Mbanquet given in honor of the then Archbishop Mundelein, the TEN DEAD country in the world. Financial quotations, stock er W. Babson. Play and others, IN TOMORROW'S TRIBUNE Leased wire service covering the important events in eyery Sporting pages that include the big leagues, golf, baseball, racing and intercollegiate news. \ The local news in detail with exclusive features. Two pages of society and fashion notes for the women. Special articles by Henry Farrell, Walter Camp, Fair Four pages of colored comics with “The Gumps.” An eight page afitomobile section devoted to the interests of the car owners and prospective car owners. If it’® news you'll find it in the Tribune. ‘ ° markets and a feature by Rog- CHANCE STILL Suspects Released TOO SICK TO MANAGE CLUB CHICAGO, April 19—(By The As- sociated Press)—Frank Chance, man ager of the Chicago White Sox to- day was ordered by his physician to return to California to recuperate from illness which prevented him from assuming charge of the Club this season. In Assault Case The two men who were being held by the police for investigation in connection with an attack upon Miss Nellie Holliday, waitress at a local cafe, were released yester- day. No evidence was found to fasten responsibility for the crime on either of the men, Miss Holliday failing to establish identification The victim of the attack {s recover- ing though she is still suffering from the shock. ————— Cheyenne ‘s represented here by O E. Garrets and H. W. Tuffer. Mammoth Denies All Charges in [ts Reply CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 19.— ‘The Mammoth Ol! company's answer to the government's sult for annul- ment of the corporation's lease o: tho teapot Dome nayal ojl reserve was filed in United States district court here this morning. Tho an contains sweeping denial of all charges of collusion and fraud con- tained in the government's bill of equity and asserts that tho lease on the reserve ig legal and valid. The answer contains 33 sections, each of which refers to a correspond ing section in the government's bill. | Numerous admit th | tions ‘set forth in the corresponding sections of the overnment's bill, but gations attacking validity of nelair corporation's lease are allega tions the denied. The Mammoth's answer was filed by Jobn W. Lacey, local counsel for the Sinclair corporations. ed by Lacey It is sign- R. W, Ragland, J. W. vely, G Stanford, Martin W. Littleton, Paul D, Cravath and He bert V. Li nll counsel for the | Mammoth, Copies have been sup jplied Owen J. Roberts and Atlee Pomerene, special counsel for the government, who are in Washington, and Albert D. Walton, United States district attorney for Wyoming. 62 to 6. ing of “grave consequences’ had been forwarded to congress by Sec- retary Hughes, who with President Coolidge consistent!y opposed enact- ment of such a provision, Comment on the executive atti. tude-toward the bills has been lack- ing at the White House and the state department since their passage It has been suggested that the pres- ident might veto the measure when it is submitted to him after the sen- ate and house tron out thelr differ- ences, but some congressional lead- ers have predicted that he will give it his approval. Differences in phraseology in the Asiatic exclusion and other provi- sions, in the opinion of parliamentary observers, present an opportunity for considerable modification while ‘The Final draft is being Worked-out. IN FA CHICAGO, April 19. explosion. ladders against it, or on a f: Tons of masonry swept down on them so suddenly that none had an opportunity to reach safety. Fly- ing stones and bricks injured spec- tators. Police and firemen, aided by res- cup agencies, dug frantically into the smouldering ruins all through the night, searching for others thought to have perished. Only one man of truck company number 12, first to respond to the alarm was not {n a hospital or morgue or re ported missing when a checkup of the organization was made An inquiry to determine the cause of the rapidity of the fire's spread and the explosion was begun by Cor- ener Oscar Wolff and Morgan A. Col- lins, chief of police, who ordered all owners of concerns and employes in the building brought in for question- ing. Storles that quantities of ben- zino had been stored in the building and that dissatisfaction existed in the neighborhood because the top floors had been leased recently to a negro church were the main points of investigation. The bttilding, known as Curran hall was a Ghetto land mark for 50 year The flames had been lapping at the upper stories for nearly an hour be fore the explosion occurred and a seore of fire companies were work. Ing to prevent the sprend of the flames through the thickly populat- ed tenement sections nearby. Battalion chief Kerwin, working with firemen on the third floor, or- dered them from the bullding when he saw the roof begin to buckle, Be fore half-had reached safety the ex plosion occurred, the falling wall carrying two floors .with it; smash ing @ new $330,000 fire tower and catapulting firemen headlong into the flames. Some were pitched cl of the flames. Spectators who crowded through police lines were deluged with hot masonry and twist. ed iron, Numerous h m performed by res |into the steaming rulr donned fire helmots t bring spiritual consc |dying. More than a |rendered unconscious ¢ plosion, were dratyn from the fiam ‘by companions. Officials summ Both chambers made their decision with respect in conference. No sign has been giveh, however, to indicate the points of divergence at which either cham- ber may be expected to recede to- ward a compromise. WASHINGTON, April 19.—Thom- as F, Lane, auditor and legal ad- viser for the army air service who testified recently before the senate Daugherty comnilttee that he had been “dismissed” beeause he re- | sssea to “stay away" from the committee, w§ll be continued in office The Open Shop Tho negative team won out In the debate on the question, “Re- solved that the closed shop ts jus- tified,” when rona County High School students competed for prizes given by the Casper K1- wanis club last night at the high school auditorium. Hugh Hines was adjudged the best man on the losing team. The teams were composed of the following men. negative—Fred Hufsmith, Charles Holland, Clarence Thompson; atf- firmative—Hugh Hines, Dwight Wallace, Fred Faircliilds. The debate was the final contest of a series conducted among high school students by the Kiwanis club. Prizes will be dwarded in the near future at a luncheon of the club. COLLEGE BASEBALL FORT COLLINS, Colo.,—Colorado Agies 16; Colorado Mines 5. WITNESS IN SENATE PROBE TOBE RETAINED IN OFFICE by direction of Secretary Weeks and given an opportunity to defend him- self against charges of !nsubordina- tion. The war secretary decided on this course of action after recommenda- tion that he dism!ss Lane had been made by air service offieials. } CTORY FIRE ire tower which was playing lifting apparatus and volunteers aid- ed officers in breaking up wreckage to search for dead and injured. John F. Cullerton, fire commission- er, said the city would give $5,000 to each of the families of the dead and profision would be made for the In- jured. Public appeals for funds for the Injured and families of the dead are planned by Chicago newsnapers. The firemen known to have perish- ed were: Captain John Brennan, Lieutenant Frank Forsch, Michael Devi Thomas Kelley, Frank Leavy, Samuel Warren, Jerry Calla- shan and Edward Kersting. The casualties were the greatest, firemen said, since the stockyards fire of De NEIGHBORS INTERVENE, MAN 15 UNDER ARREST A family quarrel arising from the intoxicated condition of the hus- band occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C, L. Tagney, 437 South Oak street, shortly after 6 o'clock last night, according to the report the neighbors submitted to the po- lice, Tagney is sald to have thrown 1 missile at his wife striking her on the head. He was arrested. W heele Eight Firemen and Two Civilians Caught In Death Trap as Burning Wall of Box Factory Collapses; Death Toll . May Be Raised by Fatalities From Injuries Eight firemen and two unidentified civilians were killed and a score of persons, including two women, were injured, some probably fatally, last night when a burning wall of a four-story box factory on the west side collapsed after an The men killed and injured were trapped on the fire escape of the structure, on streams on the blazing roof. cember, 1910, when Captain Horan and twenty men were killed. The damage, estimated at $250,000, made a total of $750,000 estimated fire loss yesterday for the Curran Hall fire and the fire earlier in the day when three Armour ana com- Pany warehouses were partly de stroyed, INJURY FATAL TO TRUGKMAN Following injuries week when ho Tecetved this was crushed betwoen two trucks, James Hartgrabe, 40 years of age, died at a hospital in the Salt Creek oil field yesterday. The body has been brought to - per and !s lying at the Shaffer-Gay chapel pending funeral arrangements The deceased operated a truck be tween Salt Creek and Caspér and made. his here at 736 North Burlington street. The widow and children survive him. A sister is coming to Casper and completion of funeral arrangements will not be reached until her arrival. r Gives home Bond of $1,000 WASHINGTON, April Wheeler, of Mc MacDonald ished bond f rance M Montana to jment cha him with accepting| money ille for appearing before interlor department in land} 19 tana hore $1000 fc an indict | 8 The Daugherty outor went be committee prose fore the commissioner furnished by former member ston nator, Hillam B. of the nd per. federal t nal frt Take Debate|l} CALLED FOR THE CITY HALL AT o O'CLOCK Public Asked to Join In Movement Against Councilman Convicted On Liquor Charge. An “active and agressive” movement to secure the re- moval from office of Coun- cilman Walter W. Royce will be launched at a meeting to be held tonight at the City Hall. The meeting will convene at 8 o'clock and the general’ public is invited. Decision to take summary action was reached at a meeting last night of a committee appointed at a gath. ering on Thursday evening of/some 40 represent. ‘ive citizens at the city Hall, at which time the sentiment of those interesed was made known in no uncerain terms. | Persuasive, methods failing, it {s understood, the movement launched by the mass meeting {# expected to resolve itself into drastic procedure. Councilman Royce was convicted recently in district court on three counts for violation of the liquor laws in connection ‘with the opera- ton of the Pioneer warehouse, charges “MHVINE ‘beet preferred on November 28, last, when he. was placed under arrest. The court im- Posed a sentence of four months In Jail and a $400 fine, but an appeal Was taken to the supreme court where no deqsion will be possible until late in the year or early. in 1925. Eligibility of Councilman Royce to continue in office has been raised on the ground that since being elect- ed to represent the second ward on the; council he has moved’ outside the boundary of this division, Cause for action against him, however, lies in his conviction for violation of the prohibition law and the meeting Thursday evening climaxed a mové- ment which has been growing since the verdict was returned tn district court Captain J. E, Frisby who organ- ized Casper's volunteer company at the outset of the world war and who was the “first Wyoming man to reach Berlin,” presided as chair- man of the Thursday night meeting. After learning the sentiment of the gathering a committee consisting of Captain Frisby, Dr. Hanna, Mrs, 8. ©. Baily, Mrs. C. J. Johnston and Attorney Geo. W. Ferguson was ap- pointed to outline a definite pro- gram A meeting of this committee last evening resulted in the call {s- sued for the mass meeting tonight h ds expected to fill the council mber of the city hall to over Ing. MIDDLETON TRIAL I POSTPONED, WITNESS FAILS TO APPEAR Inability to find Rube, Crosswaite, one. of the principal witnesses, caused a second postponement yes- terday afternoon of the D. W. “Wes Middleton trial for violation of the Mquor Inws. Crosswaite is the owner of the ranch 18 miles southeast of the elty where the still alleged to have been owned by Middleton was found. ste was brought into town two days 1g0 On a subpoena and yesterday could not be found When Crosswaite is located he will be put under bond to assure his appearance when wanted. se iesrsdiees one LIGENSE 15 LACKING, OALESMAN ARRESTED A. F. Jacobs, en Bros. representative of te of Denver was arrested yesterday by the sheriff's office on @ warrant sworn to by a local merchant charging that he was ting busir Green I de nd Jacobs ¢ without a Hee jn market pro himed that he soliciting trade at private To date no further action the arrest has been taken, Jacobs having obtained his freedom on a bond. ——