Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 23, 1924, Page 1

The Weather . — | Ungettied tonight; cooler‘in south- east portion; frost tonight east por- tion if sky cleara; Saturday mostly he Casper Daily Critme x Membe; udit Bureau a Be Cireulation EDITION NUMBER 181 _ CASPEI AY 23, 1924 Publication Offices: Delivered by Carrier 75 cents a month VOLUME VIII. KIDNAP a HL HER “WITH COPIES OF COURT ORDERS Process Serving Due Saturday by Hugh L. Patton and Aides. Hugh L. Patton, United States marshal for Wyo- “ming, arrived in Casper to- day with 47 restraining or- ders and notices of ejection to be served on residents of Lavoye as the result of the recent decision handed down in the federal court in Cheyenne which gave pos- session of this disputed land to the Obio Oil company. ‘The latter com- pany is the mineral leaseholder of the land and establishing their claims to the land they contended that all the surface rights were needed to properly develop the property. The following persons, all of whom formerly held leases from Louis P. Lavoye, will be affected by tho restraining orders and will be served with copies: C. C. Miller, E. A. Winter, Clarence O. Stuart, ‘Mrs. H. Rasmusen, Mrs. Lucy M. Roehl, Leonard A. Ward, F. J. Tur- ner, W. C. Stubbs, Carl. Taylor, C. C. Poole, C. H. Smith, W. C. Wat- kins, Joe Bauer, F. A. Armstrong, ‘Thomas F. Bales, Bank of Salt Greek, A. S. Brown, T. B. Bratebo, Sarl C. Boyle, A. C. Burgess, S. Burchfield, Dave Knighten, C., A. Koger, Mrs. M. B. Moore, L. B. Mitchell, M. E. Roy, J. A. Roy, Moser Mercantile company, Mrs. Lousia Anderson, Jess W. Blakeney, J. H. Hubbard, T. J. Clark, EB. W. Downing, Mary L. Harvey, Ben Flint, August Johnson, Ernest M. Highfill, A. P. Selby. G. A. Jourgen- cen, Lavoye Cafe, P. H. Christman, Cc. B, House, L. E. Mitchell, Neltle M. Allen, J. E. Scott, C. F. Bechtol and W. F. Johnson & company. Mr. Patton, accompanied by two deputies, will leave early in the morning and make personal service in all those affected. Approximately 1,200 resicents of Lavoye are vitally Interested in the. ejection notices as the removal of these tenants, forcibly or otherwise, will eventually mean the destruction of the entire town, Counsel for the people affected have advised them to pay no atten- tion to the restraining orders and to continuo to use thelr property. ‘This action will be followed, in a onable length of time by their arrest for contempt of court. At this point the lawyers for tho La- voye residents expect to step in and actively fight the procedure. The Lavoye residents base thelr claims for, future tenure of the property on the grounds that they have applied to the department of the interior for a townsite under the townsite law and also that they no longer have any connection with Louls Lavoye as tenants. Tho part of the decree actually describing the ejection reads as fol- tows: ‘It 1s therefore, consiCéred, or. dered and decreed, that the sald de- fendant, Louls P. Lavoye, his agents, servants and tenants be, and they hereby are, perpetually re- strained and enjoined from occupy- ing, using or asserting any claim or right’ to the occupancy, use. of possession of the land Involved in this sult and being described as the southwest quarter (SW) of section pne (1) In township thirty-nine (39) (Continued on Page Five.) DRIVING IT HOME Reading Between Lines in the Day's’ News of Casner. Faint echoes of canes carefully feeling a way for sightless eyes. The cushioned thumping of crutches bearing the crippled. Far away rustl- ing in wards where le the broken in body. Out of the paper chalice of the erimson poppy you will wear tomor- row these whisperings will come. But the ear will hear nothing. Rather, it will be your heart, if it be in tune, that-will listen—and see once again the holy sight of crosses, “row on row in Flanders’ field: Getting together and sticking to- gether for a long yell and a loud one, gets attention. Now comes the word that President Coolidge has recom- mended an appropriation for the in- vestigation of the Casper-Alcova pro- ject. That means action and astion is what Casper wants. We may get tired of hearing ourselves talk about that project, but not as tired as do those in Washington. They will hand us what we want and what we are going to have, just to get rid of us on the “eventually, why not now” excuse, — y Corn i# a»good king. He struts to market in -well-fed livestock that gets top prices. He brings home the bacon.» Until last year it looked as thougit he never had a chance for the throne in’ Wyoming. All of a sudden Minnesota 13 came along. Now great blocks of acreage are being planted in corn and this com- ing fall will see hundreds of thous- ands of bushels harvested, converting feeders into packers for the livestock market. It will be a golden harvest all around. No one expects Lavoye to roll up its streets and fold up its roofs to- morrow when the federal govern- ment’s agent presents the town with orders to “beat it.” It's not so easy to move a town: in times of peace, The law is the crowbar that must be used to pry it loose. If a few*more court decisions can be joined together perhaps a crowbar long enough and strong enough for the job can be brought into play. Until then mer- chants may be expected to say, “business is good.” er -_ LATE SPORTS STOCKHOLM, May 23.—Guliseppe Spalla, brother of Ermino Spalla, Italian heavyweight champion, was Knocked out by Harry Persson in the seventh round of their fight here yesterday. .— OMAPA. Neb., May 23,—Pterre POPPIES TO BLOOM D YOUTH (duro2) wey10)817; ag On Streets or at Newstands, 5 cents Tribune Bldg, 216 ©. Second St, SLAIN AS RICH _FATHER ARRANGES FOR RANSOM JECTION NOTICES TO. | BF SERVED ON LAVOYE TRIBUTE TO HEROES Legion Auxiliary and Veterans of Foreign Wars Prepared for'Casper’s Tribute Tomorrow Through Sale of Thousands of Flowers on City Streets Poppy Day tomorrow will be observed in Casper with the wearing of 20,000 poppies, the proceeds from which will be.used to decorate the graves of World war veterans buried in France and for the benefit-of disabled World war veterans. The flowers will be sold by the Powder River post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion auxiliary. The sales of both organizations have been endorsed by Mayor S. K. Loy and a proclamation has been issued by him calling ONE OF THREE TEACHERS T0 WIR UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP attention to the worthiness of the cause and asking the support of Cas- Per citizens. ‘Women from the auxiliarjes of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign wars will have charge of the actual sales on the downtown streets @nd in office building lobbies. Poppy Day observance was carried into the Casper schools today with (Continued on Page Five.) SKINGARD OF ~ BASINS DEAD CHEYENNE , Wyo., May 23.— Simon Skovgard, 48, of Basin, Wy: member of the Wyoming state sen- ate at the 1923 session, died at Den- ver this morning from an_abces of the brain. He was a prominent stockman of the Big Horn Basin. A widow and six children survive him. The judges’ report on the three Casper school teachers whose names would be submitted to the American Child Health association and the Me- tropolitan Life Insurance company for consideration in obtaining a $500 scholarship to any desired university asa prize in a health contest carried on here for six weeks was made this morning. Miss Juanita Moss, teacher of first. grade in Jefferson (East Cas- per); Miss Stella Nichols, teacher of eighth grade at West Casper; and Miss Harriet Smith, teacher of first grade at North Casper, are the teach- ers whose names have been selected. Their reports will be sent’ to the gen- eral contest headquarters and one of them will be selected :for the scholarship. The contest was one of health in. struction among the school children. The pupils were required to keep daily reports to their teachers show- ing how well they followed the rules set forth and it was by these reports that the judges were able to observe. Mfs. S K. Loy was chairman of the‘work here and the board of jwiges tonsisted of L.A. Reed, Miss May Hamilton, M. A. Becklingér, and Dr, C. H Platz. The tesults obtained were very close and it was extremely difficult to decide on the winners, The fol- lowing teachers were given honorable Miss Madeline Seabright, Miss Helen Stone, Grant; tevenson and Mrs. Culp, Wil x); Mrs, Mina Boldauf, Park; Landers and Miss Euai ‘orth Casper, and Miss Julia Duniway and Miss Rogers, West Casper. WASHINGTON, May 2 for co-operative and miscell feasibility of reclamation pro. the Casper-Alcova project, Nicholas, trainer for Battling Slixi, the Senegalese fighter, injured here recently in,an automobile accident, testiNed in municips! court, where the driver of an ol truck that col- Uded with a car in which Siki was riding, was given a hearing on a reckless driving charge, that Siki will have to cancel at least 20 bouts as the result of his Injuries, includ- ing one with Mike McTigue, for the Ught heavyweight title. secured today by Senator Francis E. Warren from the commission of reclamation and the director of the budget. Approval of the appropriation by congress will paye the way for the report on the Casper-Alcova. project and Senator Warren stated it as his. purpose “to, bend every. effort toward securing favorable action by congress before the present session is concluded.” Methodists to Fight Warfare SPRINGFIELD Mass., May 23.—A proposal that a world conference of religious forces be called to consider plans and methods against war was introduced before the Methodist Episcopal general FORMER OFFICER FREED ON ONE CHARGE IS REARRESTED Fallure to obtain prosecution of Charies Miskill on the charge of aesoult with attempt to kill in con- neciluon with the alleged firing of ® gun at the head of Buddle Kirk: land. negro, recently, has led the, ‘ce department to summon Mis- ‘all in court thig evening together with Kirkland, both men to answer charges of firing guns. within ‘the elty mits and with creating a dis. turbance, Miskell was released Wedntsday when the complaining witness falled to appear against him after he had been arraigned before Judge 8. H. Puntenney, justice of the peace, conference here today. The proposal was incorporated in resolution reported to the con- ference by a special committee of thirteen. The world conference would be called by a special com- mission of the church to be appoint- ed by the conference before final adjournment The resolution stated: “Wo set ourselves to create the will to peace * *.*. | The glorifica- tion of war must end." The report urged the president to summon another conference of na- tions for a more drastic reduction of armaments, . The following resolution of war Continued on Page Two) OF BUDGET URGE FUND FOR REPORT ON CASPER PROJECT '3.—Congress has received from the president a suplemental estimate for an appro- priation of $125,000 from the general treasury to be used aneous investigation of the jects during 1925, including according to information Both the president and the direc tor of the budget have given their official approval to the preliminary investigation of reclamation p: as called for in a joint re passed by the house and #tn some time ago and specifically men Brigadier General Charles yer, the White House phy the president had. a restful night, undisturbed by coughing, and that he was “very much better.” White House officials, anxious to save the president's strength, ad- vised cancellation of seyeral of his engagements for the day but Mr Coolidge announced he would go through with all of them. od DENVER, Colo., May 23.—Willie Hoppe, Denver junior welterweight, who recently returned from the Ps cific coast, where he won a string of victories, today was matched to box Fighting Nobe, of Denver next Tuesday night before the Business mon's Athletic Club. Furmer Jake Spahn of Denver will meet Jock Dgvis of Denver at 148 pou Commerce Organiz Serves Notice United States Marshal Hugh L. Patton of Casper and Cheyenne, who arrived this morning from the state capital with ouster orders is- sued in federal court at Cheyenne against residents at Lavoye, thriv- ing town of the Salt Creek oil field. Epidemics in Russia Are Taking Toll LENINGRAD, Russ!a, May 23.— (By The Associ: Jaria and other are spreading alarmingly throughout Russia. There is an acute shortage of quinine ana other essential drugs and the author- ities are finding it-difficult to com- bat epidemics. According to a report presented to the Epidemicological congress here yesterday, there were more than six million cases of malaria in Russia last year, also 300,000 cases of spot- ted typhus, 250,000 of recurrent typhus, and 600,000 of scurvey. Th large other drugs left by the American re lief administration upon its with drawal have been exhausted and the Russian sanitary officials are forced to make new purchases abroad. stocks of quinine and CHAMBER DRIVE CONTINUES PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR ation Still Short of Goal In Membership Campaign With 825 Names on the Roster f the memberships obtained Conservative estimates o for the Casper Chamber of Commerce for 1924 was placed at 825 by a checkup of the workers 350 under the is approximate]; hoped to obtain and the wor' possible’ prospect is solicited. ing three days cial team will be sent out the first of the w and a 8) ek to canvass those progpects who have not yet been approached, <The board of directors of the chamber met today at noon at the Henning and transacted some routine business. “The important announce: ment at the meeting came from J. A. Leary, local passenger and freight agent ‘of the Chicago, Bur lington & Quincy railroad who most at noon today. This number which it was « will be kept up until every The teams have been work- stated that observation cars would be put on trains No. 29 and 3 tween Casper and Denver about the middle of June This is in request for better train s between, the two cities the focal mber of some months ago J. Parkin, who was re here in connection with the po! bility of building a community ter in CAsper, will return in abe six weeks to further develop the plans for this structure. ans b made ch commerce NUDE BODY IS LOCATED IN CULVERT Baffling Crime Uncovered In Chicago Involves Killing of Robert Franks, Son of Millionaire Manufacturer CHICAGO, May 23.—Clues leading both to high cul- ture and to degeneracy mystified the police today in soly- ing the kidnapping, murder and attempt at ransom of Robert Franks, 14-year-old son of Jacob Franks, a Chi- cago manufacturer rated at several million dollars. Unaware that the body of an unidentified boy found was that of 3 the father w arranging to nut the kidnapers’ demands sent to him In a neatly typewritten ‘delivery letter. Franks started to walk three blocks to his home late Wednesday afternoon after umpiring a ball game and was not séen again until his body was found nude and bruised under a culvert several miles away. Police and coroner said today there was evi. dence a degenerate had attacked him. The coroner said poison had ap- parently caused death. Soon after the kidnaping and be fore the probable hour fixed by the coroner for the death, Mrs, Franks the mother, received a telephone call from a suave speaking man that the boy was held for ransom, that direct fons how to pay would come later, and warning hef ‘not ‘to tritcd the télephéne calls, The injunction of tracing calls was disregarded. Next morning about the time the boy was discover: ed, the family received a letter which police and school instructors said was written by a well educated person de manding $10,000 ransom, Investigation as to whether it was copied from some well known mag stories produced no known analogy. Coroners and physicians who made @ necropsy were unable to fix the manner of his death. Small hes on the left and right temples, and two bruises on the back of the head were in fent to have caused death, they said. There was no evidence that he died of strangu lat suffoeatl that he was y 1 that the n done through saturated in acid The stom were yesterday morning wne Aicate ying r a sponge or rag pressed to the mouth. ach and lungs, surgeons said, “in a pathological condition." Seven hours after the body had been found an attempt was made to collect the demanded ransom, A taxi was sent to the Franks home, the driver insisting that he had no instructions except to call for Mr. F who was to direct him where to go. Charles Robin- son, driver of the told detec tives last night the peason ordering represented himself to be Ho was allowed to go at cab y's t found extending out of ert under railroad tracks nad been tos into the water head fir A man walking along the tracks found it and with the ald of section hands hauled it to dry land A stocking, identified as worn by the boy, and @ pair of horn rimme eye glasses were found on the bank The, father said his son had never worn glasses, Police cajled to Five apparent (Continued on Page Kite Tourney to Hold irst Place Saturday Tomorrow morning everybody will be saying: “Rain, rain, please don’t come this way—the kids want to fly t Becuse he. is keen to see the Tribune-public schools kite flying tournament staged | \) in the afternoon at the old fair grounds, as scheduled, the w heir kites today ther man said today that he had just about made up his mind to hang out his fair weather flag bright and early in the morning. THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE OFFERS ‘All the news, national and local, presented in a readable manner. The important happenings in every field of sport Special business articles by experts in their line. An eight-page automobile section. Four pages of colored comics. Numerous other features that combine to make the Sun- day Tribune the best Sunday paper for Casper readers in the Rocky Mountain region. If it’s news you'll find it in the Tribune, Sead »we how m | going er the contest, but there oores and ac s of them. rinin that Casper wil) witn iderful assortment of high y boys ar jiti ee So that none of the boys will for | wet what the rules and event the following remind give Each tant must re ecelve a number h he 1 iring the t mado by | wear conspicuous! nament. Awards will numbers If a contes' to fly one of must register and wear th nber. zes will be given out at the Sontinued gn rage Bevec, nt has an assistant is kites the assistant owner's ‘DAPPER DON’ RETURNED TO BALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Chicago—Boston-Chicago game postponed, rain, At Cincinnati— 4 New York 200 100 005—8 13 Cincinnati -100 000 101—3 8 4 Batteries—McQuillan and Snyder; Mays, May and Wingo. At Pittsburgh— RH. EB. Brooklyn 111 000 000—3 8 L Pittsburgh —.--.010 000 000—1 6 1 Batteries —Grimes and Taylor; Morrison, Lundgren and Gooch. At 8t. ~ Louis — Philadelphia-St, Louis game postponed, wet grounds, fas A ne Se AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Washing’ K Chicago * Washington Batterles—1 Johnson and 000 000 0’ 111 O10 0F*. and Schalk; el. At New Dotroit ~. --000 003 00*. New York —....000 020 22 ° Batteries—Cole and Bassl Bush, Jones, Shawkey and Hofmann. ork— R.H.E, . At Boston— RLF. Cleveland ..-.-000 000 001—1 7 4 Boston 003 020 00°—5 6 0 Batterles—Uhile and My hmke and O'Neill. R-1.E. 2 1 90 and _-200 001 02°—5 Batteries — Danforth Kolp Severeid; Meeker and Perkins. Oil Duties Are” Deposited for Debt Payments May 23 MEXICO CITY port duties Ol ex. ing deposited the producing companies at the National Bank for financir ment of the foreign debt ording to the ance ministry, thus dis- counting recerft rumors that the du- were (elivered to the govern for other purr A halt pesos were ¢ sited dures nt ullion ing April oa Dittemere I. Defeated in Church Fight BOSTON. 28 May The sus ismissed the bill by John V. Ditte- to have the directors ¢ state prem brought Dittemer a 1 NEW YORK IN MURDER PROBE M A Col States PARIS ted Pre ns will sail for from Havre on the | 31, in custody of tectives. The whom Da th dd oris May York de embassy through dition of Collins, alias Arthur Hussey was negotiated is not aware of any representations American the extr I ritied ® mur B. Elwell, rse owner. solely on ins is a fugitive hay fled from New whil conviction of ecunst him tke was being appealed, der 1920 of Joseph whist expert and race } ‘The extradition the charge that Col from ing grand in in based justice, state larceny