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

The Weather ange in temperature, OL. VIII. NO. 255. Tnbune Publishing To- : day List of Precincts To Aid Voters Interest’ in the primary election which will be held tomorrow is such as to as- sure the heaviest voting that has ever takén place in Na- trona county. ©The cam- paign this year has been an excit- ing one with more candidates in the field than have ever entered before in this part of Wyoming. It will be up to the voters’ to, select the few men on each teiket who are to én- ter’ party contests in November. » The polis will be open from 9 m. until 9p. m. in Casper, The Trib? Sne is publishing today a complete list of - precincts and yoting places as well as a list of candidates to- gether with other useful informa- tion that will assist the voter in making his cholee of candidates, There are seyen more precincts in the jcounty this year than: last. In somé of the county pricincts: outside of the city the polls will close at 7 p.m, Qualifications. for How: mene ‘The person. voting must be a citi- ten of the United States. He or.sho must ‘bg 21 years of fge on or before the general elec- tien day, November 4.° He or she must have been a bona- Tide resident of the state for one year, of the county for 60 days next preceding the day of general elec- tion and of the precinct for ten\ days. Me or she must be an actual resi- fient of the precinct in which they vote. — oo COLLAPSE OF CHURCH FLOOR ~ INJURES MANY POINT PLEASANT, N. J., Aug. 18.—Police today began an investi- gation “into the collapse last night of the main floor of the First Meth- odist church community house, Where 600 persons, 400 of whom were members of the K. K. K., in full regalia were listening to a ps- triotic address delivered by Mrs. Leila Bell. In the eight foot drop, of several hundred persons to the basement. several score of persons Were Injured. ph ae NEW YORK.—The National As- sociation of Radio Broadcaster adopt- ed a plan under which radio artists will be) paid for their services. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Eress fdr seyeral months and will continued for some months after lanet's nearest approach to ion August when it will be to human eye than it has or approximately «a hundred observing program includes and photographic observ the various surface features Phenomena related to them, with photometric and veather, Wyoming.—Partly over- it tonight and Tuesday, probably, owers in north portion; not much Scientists To Study Planets Near Approach of Mars Makes Possible Obtaining of More'Minute Data on Martian Atmosphere Aug. 18.—Scientists at the Lowell observatory here today were taking advantage of the near approach of Mars to obtain new data on the com- Position of Martian atmosphere, the temperature of dif- erent portions of the planet and if possible the causes of Seasonal and other changes in surface features. The obseryaions have been in pro- spectros The circulation of The Tribune is greate r than ang other Wyoming newspaper. Member of Audit Bureau of Chi Will Gather For Raily In Chicago Coincident With Ceremony; ‘Big Parade Is Planned CHICAGO, Aug. 18.—Final approval was given to- day by William M. Butler, chairman of the Republican national committee, to plans for the notification ceremo= nies here tomorrow night for Charles G. Dawes, vice pres- idential candidate. The plans as laid before ing the arrangements embraced not only the program for the notification ceremonies which will be quite brief but for the big Republican. rally which party leaders in the middle west have decided to hold as an in- cident of the notification, Chairman Butler discussed the ar- rangements yesterday with Mr. Dawes and today ¢alled in Roy O. West, secretary of the national com. mittee. Major R. A. Gunn, who has been in direct charge of the plans and William G. Edens of Chicago, who is associated with Mr. Dawes in the banking business and who has acted as the nominee's representa- tive in making the arrangements, The notification jtself will consist only of an invocation, the formal ad- dress: of notification by, former Rep- resentative A. W. Jefferis of Ne- braska and the response of the nomi nee. Chairman Butler will preside WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—Plans being made to refuel the army's world fliers at sea if such a course becomes necessary in their projected 825 miles hop from Reykjavik, Ice- land, to Frederiksdal, Greenland, A message today from the advance party to the army air service told of. the proposal and brought first of- ficlul confirmation of abandon: oth addresses, esearch for “a” tively” ft. ~"Tlanding place on Tne eae The “Big Doings” ‘as General) Greenland. “Angmagsalik, seems Dawes looks upon it, will be the rally and parade before the formal cere- monies. Hundreds of telegrams have been received from cities in the mid- dle west telling of plans to send dele- gations to march in the parade, and there will be a large representation of the party go out to Evanston from? Chicago. hopeless because of ice,'’ said the dis- patch, The date of departuré from Ice- land was said to be uncertain. The proposed flight would comprise 12 hours jn the air, considered here not an excessive test of the capacity of the planes but yet one which neces- itates extreme precautions. Kemmerer Mayor Names Judges Of Beauty Contest From far off Lincoln county, way over in western Wyoming, comes the message that Mayor John Mason of Kemmerer hes appointed his committe of judges. Following are. the names of those who wil! name the prettiest girl in Lincoln county on Au- gust 26. J. DP. Noblitt of Cokeville, sheepman and merchant, George A. Brown of Cumberland, mine superintendent; A. M. King. of Diamondville, manager of the Mountain Trading company; R. M. Turner of Frontier, manager of the Frontier Supply company; James Petrie of Opal, manager of the Opal Mercantile company; P. P. Baldwin of Afton, mer- chant. UDGE ROSE TO PEAK TONIGHT Judge Robert R. Rose, candidate for the nomination for the United States senate on the Democratic tie. ket, will speak at 8 o'clock this eve- ning at the Iris theater. Judge Rose has chosen as his topic “Issues that are of Interest to Everybody.” Three other speakers are on the Program for tonight. They are Mayor 8, K. Loy, P. J. O'Connor and Attorney H. H.. Schwartz. Mayor Loy will speak in regard to Rose's candidacy for the senate. Mr, O'Connor is to be chairman of the meeting and he will discuss the | Che Casp it| to Greenland, has ‘opie studies of the lght liometric determination of Fyipsi ey nperatures. In this work the , observatory's 24-inch refractor and| qualifications and ability of Judge 40-inch reflector will be used, a8| Rose and he, wil introduce Mr. | well as other sensitive instruments | Schwartz who will also discuss this for measuring light and heat, subject. Burke H. Sinclair will Three members of the observatory | Introduce Judge Rose. staff—Dr. V. M. Slipper, professor] Music will be furnished this eve- ©. O, Lampland and Professor B. C.| ning by the Casper union band. ‘The Slipper—anda Dr. W. W. Coblenz| session will be adjourned about 10:20 of the United States Bureau of] o'clock so that the audience may go andards are conducting the ob-|to North Casper where a dance will ations. be held, 4 ATIFICATION OF DAWES P EAVY PRIMARY VOTE IS DUE TOMORROW MPAIGN ENDS JV 0 £2 Fic ation| BALL scones ONCHT; MAN OF Dawes Due EEKING OFFICE remusione AMERICAN LEAGUE At New York R.H.E. Chicago -000 000 000— 0 4 0 New York ---100 001 00x—2 5 0 Batteries — Robertson, Connelly and Schik; Bush and Schang. © At Washington R.H.E. Detroit _ --..003 000 xxx— Washington 002 100 xxx— Batteries — Leonard and Bassler, Yahnisa; Marberry and Ruel. At Philadelphia Rie. Cleveland _ --111 206 01x— Philadelphia -000 010 01x— * Batteries —Coveleskie and L, Sew- ell; Meeker, Burns, Harris, Hasty, Gibson and Perkins. At Boston R. HE. St. Louis - 010 000 OO1— 2 11 0 Boston _ 000 000 003— 3 9 1 Batteries — Wingard and Seve- reid; Ferguson and O'Neill. * Mr. Butler by those direct- (Continued on mows | U.S. FLIERS TO BE REFUELED AT SEA OFF GREENLAND IF SUCH ACTION IS DEEMED NECESSARY ; Establishment of a floating base to refuel the planes ts one of these precautions, officials said, since al- lowance must be made for possible adverse winds. Every confidence Was expressed that the long jump would be executed safely. Authority for Lieutenant Locatelli, ¢ Italian filer, to at mn given Lieu- tenant Smith, the flight commander, by Major '!General Patrick, chief of the alr service. To a message from Lieutenant Smith, General Patrick. replied: “Your cable received, You are au- thorized to allow Locatelli to accom- pany when in your opinion his plane will not @ndanger success of the flight. Sure of your success.” pra MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1924. een ae atly Crihinte NIGHT MAIL EDITION | On Streets or at Newstands, 6 cents Delivered by Carrier 75 cents a month Publication Oifices: Tribune Bidg, 216 EB. Second st (4ur09 A ) wer20, Republican Solon From Rhode Island Since 1913—Had Been Ill Two Weeks With Heart Trouble BRISTOL, R. I., Aug. 18.—United States Senator Le Baron B, Colt, died at 5 o’clock this morning. He had been ill for about two weeks from heart trouble and nephritis. . Le Baron Bradford Colt, Republican senator from Rhode Island since 1918, was born in Dedham, Mass., June 25, 1846. After graduation the committee on, territories and in- from Yale in 1868 and study of a] sular Possessions and may not de law course at Columbia, he. prac-| sire to give up that place in order ticed in New York, to become head of the immigration In 1873 he married Mary Louise| committee. In that event, the im: Ledyard in Chicago, who died in| migration chairmanship probably 1922. Three daughters survive this] wil) go to Senator Keyes of New union. WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—Sena- tor Colt's death leaves vacant the chairmanship of the senate imml- gratfin committee and may result in the elevation to that post of Sen- ator Hiram Johnson of California, a prominent figure in the recent fight for Japanese exclusion. Ranking next to Senator Colt among Republican members of the committee*was Senator Sterling of South Dakota but he has been de feted for re-nomination and if he takes the chairmanship he can serve only until next March 4, Senator Johnson, who ranks af- ter Senator Sterling, is chairman of re my, SIOUX CITY, Ina., Aug. 18.—Un- shaken after hours of examination in his assertion that he did not slay yavan found .benesth “near Bedford, lowe, TWO DIE IN PLANE CRASH son, Was returned to his cell in the jail here this morning. Hough told the police that he purchased. an automobile in Herrick, August 9. He said he did not know that the machine wes stolen. On August 10 he told the police, PORT ARTHUR, Ont., Aug. 18.— Kenneth McBride, junior pilot, and Victor Gilbert, forester, were killed and R. C. Burton, pilot, was seri- ously injured, when an Ontario gov- ernment forestry patrol airplane/he and Miss McKinney went to crashed near Savanee, Ont., on Sat-| Spencer, Nebr., where he claims they urday, it was learned today. were marired by a:‘‘Revy. Mr. Wil- Lilian McKinney of Herrick, 8. D., last ‘week, ‘1 Hough, allas Harry Wil- U. S. Senator Colt Dies At His Homel}y (ji MAJOR ZANNI ~ KEEPS GOING BUENOS AIR Aug. 18.—Major Zannij left Vinh, Frénch Indo China, today in continuation of his attempt- ed world flight, says a message from the aviator to the newspaper La Na elon, NANGI, French Indies, Aug. 18. Major Pedro Sannif Argentine round the world filer, arrived here this morning at 9 o'clock. He will e for Canton tomorrow evening = eps Boston is the only city in the American le elreult in which at least one SIOUX CITY MURDER SUSPECT PLEADS INNOCENCE IN MURDER OF GIRL SAID TO BE HIS WIFE Mamas." An investigation made by the police show that there is no min- ister in Spencer by that name. Hough says he and his bride then drove. mother'k*home-at Oak: land, where they remained for the night and the next day left for Clarinda, Towa, While india he told the po- lice, they met two men, Hough said he and his wife both accepted a drink of Hquor from the men ana that a few minutes later he lost consciousness. The followfng morn ing when he ined his was near Bedford, In., he his wife was gone Local Company Gets Producer of Large Capacity on Iles Structure In Moffat County, Colorado; Hole Fills and Oil Leaks Out of Control Head CRAIG, Colo., Aug. 18.—The oil well drilled by the Midwest Refining com- pany on the Iles structure, 33 miles south of Craig, blew itself in Saturday as a produc- ing well of large capacity. News of the well’s coming in was kept secret by Midwest officials, and guards have kept visitors from the drilling property for the last week. Oil began filling the casing about 8 o’clock Saturday morrfing, according to information here today and by 10 o'clock the, 2,646 feet of pipe was filled with higt Herald Story Is Branded Untruth By J. B. Griffith Editor Tribune: The news story appearing in the sMerad ‘this tne heuding © “Gru ough, is a pure ets fapricauon and nas no semblance of trucn an it. No such conversation took Place ‘as was detailed in ‘the sterald; there was no bad jan- grade oil. So great was the pres-! sure from below that oil leaked from the control head in consider- . able “quantity. Pressure gauges|| Election. Returns showed that the ofl had a rock pressure of pounds to. the fauare inch agatest, the control] Flashed Tuesday head. £ x Because of the 123 feet’ of un- L Tribune cased hole in the well, it is impos N ght at sible to ostimate the capacity of the well although the Midwest of: Phone the Tribune or watch the ficials in Craig are predicting that| Tribune screen for election re- it will be a big one, turns. Storage tanks are on their way lection returns for every office to the well and as soon as they are| Which will be voted on by the voters of Natrona county will be available at the Tribune office to- morrow night as soon as the count is completed in the various pre cincts. The office will be open - all night and as fast as counts are completed the figures will be add- placed in position, a production test will be made to determine the cap asity of the well. Phe oil in the Midwest well is approximately of the same grade and quality as that in the Texas Production company's Well in the Moffat field seven miles guage used; no angry words were vassed; Levand and myself ex- changed some sarcastic remarks Nn # more or Jess “kidding” man- ner. isv offered to support me in Novemoer If I was successful than I ever suspected.” 1 went into the Herald office to insert the same advertisement wh e. Mr. , Levand refused©to publish it and after talking a few min- utes, L departed. Present in the Herald Office were County Commissioner Scott, Alexander Nisbet and former Comniissioner Robert J. Veiteh and Mr. Levand. We all talked in a very ‘friendly manner for probably ten minutes and all went out at the ‘nog time. As I went up the stairway Le- vand bellowed out, “Come in for again old kid, I'm strong (Signed) J, B. GRIFFITH ed to the returns already obtaineds The last returns will proba be available until W. morning, but as soon as the north of the new discovery well It has a temperature of 110 degrees. While awaiting storage to test the eapacity of the well, the Mid- y btain west. company officials are going ers can iy ooomnee,: Fa ea Te future Plane tore ic| The ‘Tribune telephone numbers vill ‘be nee! y ec , ou wish to drill three additional wells im-| time or as often as you’ wis Charts will be kept on the variow' offices and you will be able to get the latest and most accurate figures at any For the who wish to mediately to prove the extent of the ofl sand, Tho Texas, Transcontinental, Ho- gan and Yarg companies also hold acreage on the structure and each of these companies. will be forced to drill! one or more wellx at once to protect their holding. The Midwest company is planning a seven mile pipe line from Hamilton to carry water to the boilers which will be used in the drilling cam align. The well which blew itself Saturday was spudded in May 30, and is the first oil well to come in to production in Moffat county since the Texas Company brought in its gusher near Hamilton, on January 27. The Midwest Well ts located on the ‘ranch of Clarence C, French, of those vatch returns from the downtown streets the Trib- une will flash the results on a screen hung on the postoffice di rectly across the street from th Tribune office. The sere put into operation betwe 10 o'clock depending on the hour when returns begin to come in, a BUENOS AIRE A national holt day, automatically acting as a mora torlum has been declared in the state of Argipe, where a revolutionary movemen as reported some time ago, according to a dispatch to La Naclon, “ o ~. MIDWEST BRINGS IN WILDCAT WELL COAL RATE IS NOT EQUABLE REPORT SAYS WASHINGTO 1 from Co ! Mexico Missourt tions in wester 18.—Rates d northern w pr districts to river and destina points South Dake braska and Kansas were held r nable and unduly day in a tentutive report to the terstate Commérce commission by Examiner William J. Koebel. A schedule of rea judicial rates was prescribed in the ble and non-pre- report. itself has 1 ruling op the ci e comission not yet mace N IS ANTICIPATED TWO COUNTRIES WILL GONSIDER PROGRAN MADE FEREES France and Germany Thought Favorable to Program; Opposition Expected to be Slight LONDON, Aug. 18.—(By The Associated Press)— The program for launching the Dawes reparations plan, initiated by the delegates to the international conference which closed Saturday now goes be! the parlfament and thi German relchstag ratifies tion. Prospects are for ts adoption by both bodies, accord: ing to dispatches from the two capi+ tals. The nationalists in Germany, as US expected are leading the op- position to the program, but it is de ured they will scarcely go as far as to adopy a parliamentary attitude which would result in a defeat of the government, dissolution of the relch- stag and new elections, in which they could not hope to better their position. is advices are that French par- ent has practically decided to in the foreign policy of Premier t for the time being, There y to be extensive debate with pointed interpretations, but no dp- termined drive against Herriot’s part in the London agreement is expect ed ie be hoped-that the ratifications will forthcoming within the next fortnight so the representatives: of all the interested powers can reas- semble here on August 30 for formal signatur the agreement. On leaving f Paris today, Premier Herriot gave out a message to the French delegates and said he e would mark @ entente cordials, ntinue to work for the pe of*Europe and for friendship between the peoples of the world,’* he added. France and Great Britain must be united to ttle the p lems which are still outst ling. SUSPECT IS TAKEN BACK BY OFFICER Richard Cassidy, who was arrest: ed Saturday by the police at the request of Sheriff Scott Hazen of Hot Springs county was taken to Thermopolis this morning by Hazen. Cassidy is a suspect in the high- jacking case at Thermopolis in which Claude Henderson was kiled August Liquor Found In Raids by Police Seven cases of beer were confis cated by the police yesterday when they raidel the home of um Politis, : st B street. Politis had been urday and had n out. all only a short time The home of Mrs. George James 130 South Wolcott st t, was also led and four cases of heer were found. Perry Jones we F: sted at 233 West B strect and 1s charged with illegal pos session, of liquor. Station LINCOLN, Neb. state funds for puret Aug. 18 Fischer, of Omaha, by George W. Marsh, ling bills of the state operated fill ing@btation here is heard Fischer contends 61 his petition at the use of state monies is i legal because of no specific approp- rintion by the legislature. He asking for an injuntcion to stop fuk allowance of gas bills, Gov to prevent issuance of state war is} would endan Battle on Gas Looms Legality of Using State-Funds to.Oper- ate Filling Station In Linceln Is Questioned by Suit -—The legality of the use of ising a commodity to be sold in com- petition with private enterpr court today when the injunction suit Se rict Harry ants will be argued in dis brought by ate auditor, for payment of gaso- the D's station, is not a party to the present suit. Howev he has a vital inter in the outcome of the sult as granting of the in. junction, {t was pointed out today, er continuance of his station. When the pot first was opened; gasoline sold 2% cents a roar Bryan, who established | gallon here. 1t is now 1244¢, \