Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 1, 1924, Page 1

‘WEATHER REPORT oA - Uniettled tonight, probably show- ers and cooler in north portion. Thursday mostly fair. east and south portions. of Circulation FLOODS 6 O1NG)” DOWN IN EAST, NINE ARE DEAD Heavy Damage Report- ed in_ Pennsylvania And New York. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1.—Flood ‘waters whtch yesterday caused nine deaths and heavy property damage in eastern Pennsylvania, were slow- ly receding today. ve ashington. Casts Off Dignity For Home-Coming of Baseball Heroes WASHINGTON, Oct: 1.— The American League cham- pions arrived here shortly before 9 o’clock from Boston. Despite the early hour a crowd estimated by some to ‘number nearly two thousand, rush- ed the gates and greeted the play- ers as they left the sleepers in the train shed. Each player was cheered by name as he stepped from the train and the team literally had to battle its way through the jam to waiting taxicabs. They expressed themselves as ex- pecting a tough struggle with the Giants but were confident that the “fight” that landed iem at the top of the American League would also net them the world championship. ‘Their attitude wis described as “ful fot fight and determination to win." Over-confidence was expressed only by the bat boy who thinks the Giants are fodlish to try and beat “his team.” ‘Walter Johnson, it is understood, is the selection of M: « Harris. for the first game and Zachery, a southpaw for thé ‘second contest. High government officials slighted their state duties to turn out for the general scramble for points of vantage along Pennsylvania. avonue and ghout and yell a greeting to the team that ‘has given the city its ALBANY, N. ¥., munities throughout today faéed-the necessity of clean- ing up the debris and repairing the fiestruction .of ‘one of the heaviest rainfalls which has sw: sthis sec- tion In years. Two deaths, damage _ “and destruction of property . and crops, flooded streets and cellars and inundated and washed out highways and railway tracks ,were reported. bho B69} of the Casper Country Club, but it duties to take .a leading part in the homecoming celebration, every de- tail of which had received the of- ficlal stamp_of approval ofa com- mittee appointed by the district commissioners. The reception committee arranged to meet.the players at the American league baseball park in automobiles and whisk them to Peace monu- ment, the starting point of the parade, in order to enable ths team to take a snappy workout before the celebration, : Because nearig the entire city seemed to want to march instead of look on, the committee Mmited the participants in the procession to a few representative bodies. McGRAW_ TURNED TRICK WITH. SHIFTING LINEUP, © NEW YORK, Oct. 1—Jolm Me- Graw’s record breaking - e- ment of winning. four catont pennants was accomplished with a shifting personnel. Only seven of the present playing Giants ‘wero members of the club which. won the first of the pennants in 1921, They are Captain Frank Frisch, George Kelly, Bill Ryan, Arthur Nehf, Ross Young, Irish Mousel, and Frank Snyder. General Smedley D. Butler, director of public safety, according to a state- ment issued today by the mayor. “As a result of the intefest or mutual friends” said the statement, . “I am in receipt-of a -leter from General Butler, which is saftisfac- tory until such a time as he Is phy- sically able to call upon’ me and dis- cuss differences, which must be sat- isfactorily and thoroughly adjusted.” SS eR SUMMARY OF “NIGHT KEWS| PHOENIX, <Ariz.—Ratification of the Colorado river compact was urged in the platform of the state Republican. party adopted by the state council The platform con- demned tho klan and indorsed the eighteenth amendment. ‘The counci! adjourned. PHOENIX, Ariz.—The Democratic state council adjourned after adopt- ing a platform oppnsing the . Colo- rado river compact and denouncing the klan. COOLIDGE VOICES CITY’S WELCOME WASHINGTON, Oct. 1,—Welcom- ing home Washington's pennant winning baseball team, President Coolidge assured the players at a demonstration here late today of “The affection of the ‘home town’ constituency and the regard of base- ball followers thrcughout the coun- try.” “You won because you deserved to win,” Mr, Coolidge declared, ‘You bring the laurels from one of the hardest fought contests in all the history of the national game. You | have made the national capital more . @(Continued on Page Beven) $500 Damages Given by Jury _ Suit In Which $47,000 Was Asked for ert Death of Lander Man In Gas Ex- , plosion Is Concluded Here LONDON. —The dirigible- ZR-3, which was soon to have started on her trip to Lakehurst, N. J., has developed unexpected trouble, ac- cording to a Friedrickshafen dis- patch to theDaily Express. This wil necessitate postponement of the start. s me TUCSON, Ariz.—Contempt _ pro- ceedings against Senator Ralph Cameron of .Arizona “for alleged trespass of Bright Angel Trail were dismissed by Federal Judge Sawtelle. W. J. Foster, administrator for the estate of William Fitzgerald who was killed in a gas explosion -at Landér on November 9 last, was awarded a judgment of $500 against the Fremont Natural Gas company by ‘jury in its deliberations. Damages of $47,000 were asked in the suit, which was brought to Casper on a change of venue from Fremont county. Negligence on the purt of the gas company, it was charged, was responsible for imper- fect gas connections and the explo- sion in a restaurant which resulted in Fitzgerald's death, Arguments in the case were con- cluded early yesterday afternoon and the case went to tho jury at 3 o'clock. Attorneys Christy and Jolm Dillon of Lander represented the plaintiff while the defense was in charge of Atorneys William Hardin of Lander and H. b. Durham of Casper.- Member of Audit Bureau BOVERNOR RO CASPER TEST MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS CASPER, WYO,, WEDNESDAY. OCTO Ca On Deliv 1, 1924: + Wos > wm, : ~ "P05, ey S , 'S TION FIRST REPUBLICAN RALLY BRINGS CAREY TO CASPER Former Governor and State Senator John R. Dillon of Fremont to Provide Oratorial Fireworks Tonight D. A. R. Chief To |Arrive in City Thursday| _ Robert D. Carey’s presence in Casper today to speak in behalf of Senator Frances E. Warren’s candidacy for re-election at the Republican rally this evening is very pleasing to Natrona County Republicans. Former Gov- ernor Carey is one of the most popular ex-state officials in Wyoming and his presence here isa surety that everything is harmonious in the party ranks}nent out of town visitors here for in the state. the rally. There are a few Republicans in} Mr. Carey and Mr, Dilion will Casper who have been laboring un-] sncalc on national and local issues der the delusion that the former this evening, covering them from governor desired to run for the United States senate but that he|‘ifferent standpoints and Natrona county voters will have an’ oppor was forced out of the race by party,| politics. ‘This is far from correct. | tunity to hear the campaign sized up by talkers of ability. 36 HORSES State Conference Here Next Friday to Have Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cooke As Its Honor Guest High officials of the Daughters of; Wyoming, election of officers and the Aferican Kevolution will arrive | other business will be confned tothe in Casper tomorrow morning fn the | morning and afternoon session, pice inerdae ka a ta person of Mrs. Anthony Wayne }- William B. Walker, Thses two le, Reno Sending Preacher ‘to World Series afes will be present at the state con- ference of the D. A. R., which will be held on the following day. Headquarters for the conference have been establ’shed in the ladies’ RENO, Nev., Oct. 1.—The city of Reno will have a special répresenta- tive at the world series ball games and he is’a minister. Mayor Roberts room of the Blks building, and it is hete that the business sessions of. yesterday designated the Rev. Brew- ster Adams, pastor of the First tion, at which Senator Warren was given the unqualified support of the party for senator, Mr. Carey de- clared his stand in the matter. “Senator Warren can be of more use to Wyoming in Washington than any man in the state,” said Mr. Carey. “I, realize that at a time like this when we need the Casper-Alcova and other irrigation Projects pushed that he is the man , do it, His experience, his influ- ‘enve®and® his Interest in: the matter’ will be the one thing that will put these projects across." } Mr. Cafrey will be one of the principal speakers at tonight's rally at the Elks auditorium, beginning at § o'clock. CHICO, Cal., Oct. ie-morning end the it Barnes c » Valued — at _ $100,000, ily plh_aned later decided to have it at the Henning Hotel. ‘A reception will be held in the ev- ening in the auditorium of the Elks building. ‘The following — program. The fire was discovered four m: north of this cit; John R. Dillon of Lander, state] PARIS — President Doumergue ‘will be given: Baptist church here, as the repre-| senator, will-be the other principal] sent a cable to President Coolidge Selection. ....High School Orchestra | Sentative. Mr. Adams left for the Mr. Dillon's oratorical speaker. ability is known throughout the stute and a huge crowd is expected to hear him this evening. Senator Warren, John Snyder, state treasurer; James Cavelry, in charge of state laLor compensation, and W. R. McMillan of Cheyenne, assistant secretary of the state Re- DP expressing the | administration east last night, Walter Johnson, star pitcher for Washington, is .a son-in-law of Mayor Roberts and Johnson spends his winters in Reno. Hence the un- isual interest here in the series and f_ Washington in particular. A crowd of local fans defrayed the expenses of the minister. -Invocation..Rey. Philip K. Edwards Salute to the Flag: ‘America’ Oath of Allegiance_Boy Scout Troop ..Hon. B. B. Brooks Miss Frances ‘Bowerman Address-Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cooke “StarySpangled Banngrr” Reports from various chapters in American fliers in globe. encircling the —_——_ EL PASO — Themas Ryan, III, grandson of the New York financier, married Miss Al- verta Eaton, daughter of a wealthy can committee, are other promi-Chihuahua, Mexico, mine owner. Fortune ets or at Newstands, ed by Carrier 75 cents a month DIE IN FIRE Thirty-atx trained dancing horses of the Al G. ‘were burned to death in a fire which destroyed the cars in ~which they were being transported from Chico to Willows, Cal., early this morning. of France for the achievement of the The circulation of The Tribune -is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper. ges>| Che Casper Bai 5 cents FLUUER STOPS HERE On WAY | TO MICHIGAN These are‘ great days when a man can hop off from Seattle, Wash., in the morning spend the night in Casper and then wing his y home to Sefridge, Mich., the thinks Lieutenant R. C. Moffart, Y.-S. army aviator who has done just that? Lieuten- ant Mofiatt was in Casper last night after coming from Seattle where he had just finished taking part in one of ths most epoch-mak- ing events of the century, that of girdling the globe by airplane. Moffatt was not himself one of the world fliers but he accompan- fed them after they left Chicago and) was in at the finish. The lieutenant left Casper about 8 6'clock this morni: —— WC, NOVES 1 FIRST TO FILE CANDIDACY | FOR CITY COUNCIL ‘W. C. Noyes, a merchant at 920 ] Harrison street, yesterday filed his candidacy councilman of the First ward. Mr. Noyes will run on the citizens’ ticket. He is the first man to have filed his candidacy for the coming election with the excep- tion of Enos Tremaine of the Second ward who later withdrew. —_—_——. BUILDING PERMITS IN CASPER TOTAL $48,000 FOR THE LAST MONTH Building permits in Casper dur- ing the month of September amount- ed to approximately $45,000. Forty five permits were iseued. The largest one was for the Grace Eng- sh Lutheran church which is building at Ash and CY at a cost of $12,000. Great Britain To Keep Out Stock Disease Drilling to Start Thursday Afternoon ~ On Oil and Gas Test Projected for Structure East of City Do you want to see a huge sledge of steel—a 20-inch bit—crash with resounding thunder into the ground almost inside Casper’s city limits, as it starts pounding and driving with a crack of steel cables for possible gusher production? If you do, be at the site of the test well on the Carroll- Avlams leases four miles southeast of the city, tomorrow afternoon. Take the road to the Expectations are that the hole country club. Just before gate is| Will be down to and through the penching "the ,townrine steel Secriee Tadht ste (eke vatrectioee eeaee will be seen to the south, Make Meabon who for years has been a the turnoff on the first road to the) d-illing contractor and superintend- right after it is'in view. ent with a fine record, little trouble Announcement hus been made by should be encountered. H. Y. Meabon, who will drill the| _7f © new pool of oil fs tapped at test, that spudding stavts tomorrow WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. — Impor- tation of livestock, hay and straw into Great Britain from the United States has been prohibited to the British govenrment because of the prevalence of the foot and mouth diséase in Texas. The notice of the embargo received at tho de- partment of agriculture {s similar to that imposed at the time of the recent outbreak of the disease in California which was afterwards modified to embrace only California and adjacent ‘states. Canada alvo has placed a similar embargo. Engen t umd CHICAGO, Oct. 1.—The railroads are in the first line of defense against those who would make this country a second Russia, ©. H. Markham, president of the Illinois Central Railroad company, declared in an address before the tiftieth an- nual convention of the American Bankers association here today in which he attacked proposals for gov- ernment ownership of the roads. Mr, Markham said that “the broad principle to be: considered was whether the people desire more gov- ernment in business, and eventually Casper’s door this winter, it means that an almost unprecedented boom NEW YORK, Oct, ‘The gaso- ling price cutting war throughout noen. Since Sunday the crew has|will hit this city. Consequently,|the east was intensified today | all government in business, which is been rushing the last of the rigging| there is great interest in the test! when the Standard Oil company of|communism. The patriotic grounds up. Fuel is in the tank, the water | 4 the crowd on location for the| New Jersey authorized local deal-}to be considered are those of the Spudding tomorrow afternoon should ers in its territory to meet compet. be immense, itive cuts by all other companies. Judge Caverly Reported I[!l Nervous Breakdown Follows Long Grind In Fixing Penalty for Killing lines ure connected and on the pump, casing is piling up, and tools are lined against the forge. Colonel Kimball © To Tour West and ‘South for Winter Col. E. H. Kimball, of Glenrock, father of W. 8. Kimball of Casper, Plans to spend the winter touring the western and southern states. The colonel is 82 years of age and is a veteran of the civil war, having served with greatest good for the greatest num. ber, which constitute the essential principle of democracy. “Our nation has developed as the great defender of the rights of the individual. Private property is the cornerstone of our industrial struc- ture. We have had to regulate many private businesses, including railroads, but we have always man- aged to avoid confiscation. We have never fayored government owner- ship as a national policy, and there- fore we have never been called upon to decide definitely just how far it should go. If the rallroads are tak- en oyer by the government, we must face the fact that the big step in reversing our old settled policy will be taken and there will be no stop- the Thirteenth Maine fA ping the force once we® have let it regiment. He ‘will consequently Of Robert Franks, Said igomt: If thessiie no Safticular rea | enjcy visiting again those points Ce and unten sane agin shoes pets i enews, | Socesene any reason why it should not take ftarvec, fought and got lcked to] CHICAGO, Oct. 1.—Judge John R. |'denies the judge is il_and says she] over also the banks, stores, factories, @ frazzel several times, Caverly, who sentended Nathan Leo-| has been going to the hospital to | f¢ until all of us are govern- Col, Kimball wilt go to Seattle, | pold Jr. and Richard Loeb, confessed | visit friends, the newspaper says he} ment employes and the ideal of the Wash., first where ho will’ spend} kidnapers-slayera of Robert Franks| is helleved to be suffering from a.| soviet is atrained? some time with relatives. He will|to life imprisonment, has been a| nervous breakdown, the aftermath “The acquisition of the railroads would add more than $20,000,000,000 to our national debt, y the largest ever carried by; nation no longer in existence than ours. If visit at Portland, Ore., San. Fran- ‘isco, Los Angeles, Long Beach and San Diego, Cal. Afterwards he, will go to the Gulf Coast states. | closely guarded patient in a hospital here since the close of the case, says today’s Chicago Tribune. Although Mrs. Caverly, his wife, of the wearisome weeks of the hear- ing in which his was the sole respon- sibility of deciding fate of the slayers. READY FOR SPUDDING Railroads Are U. S. Bulwark government railroads in this coun- try were’ no more successful than they are elséwhere in the world, the interest on that twenty billions of purchase price would be the cause for additional burdens on the tax payers left to carry it. “It would be hard to keep politics feorn influencing promotion on gov- ernment railroads and it would be hard to have expenditures directed without thought of political expedi- lon Offices: 6 BE. Second 8t. Tribune Bldg. SINKING NATORS RECEIVE OVA HUPE PASSING FORRECOVERY OF EXECUTIVE AT CHEYENNE Emergency Treatment Is Resorted to in Ef- fort to Save Life of State’s Leader. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 1— ‘There has been no improvement in the condition of Governor Ross up to 3 o'clock this afternoon. A report that blood transfusion would be resorted to in an effort to save his life could not be of- ficlally confirmed. The sick man, whose remarkable courage has previously been sustaining him, became delirious today. CHEYENNE,- Wyo., Oét. 1.—Governor William B. Ross, who has been critically sick since he underwent an abdominal operation last Wednesday, is steadily sinking. A bulletin issued at Me- morial Hospital states that “emer- gency treatment” is being resorted to. He is clinging»to: ltée only by edlenase thread, it was indicated by reports from the sick, chamber. Grave alarm over the condition of the governor was arcused again last night when a critical turn for the worse developed. This condition was further aggravated during the morning hours, when it was decided to resort to emergency measures in an effort to save his life. Jovernor Ross was operated upon here last Wednesday and hopes for his recovery were bright until Mon- day, when he svffered his first re- lapse. Responding to serum treat- ment prescribed by Dr. Leonard Freeman, Denver specialist, hs showed slight improvement and was reported to be resting well until last night. Wyo., Oct. 1.—At this morning it was nounced at Memorial hospital that physicians were ‘resorting ‘to final emergency. measures” in the hope of saving the tife of Governor W. B. Ross, whose condition grew worse during the night. CHEYENNE, Wyo. Oct. 1.— “Very bad,” sald an 8 o'clock bulletin on the condition of Governor Ross. SES ELL Ss ES BALL SCORES CHICAGO, Oct feated tho White § to 7. Alexandér's gr 1—The Cubs de- x here today 10 t pitching and the timely hitting of Grantham and was largely responsible for Score Weis the victor; Cubs: . Sox 10 13 1 7 124 LOS ANGELES—James Cruze, motion’ picture director, will marry Betty Compson, film star, Mrs. Mary ency."" Compson, her mother, announced. Heads of Gove TOKIO, Oct. 1—(By the Assoctiat- ed Press)—Mukden forces of general Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian leader, wh ® armies are fighting for pos- of the central gevernm today reported the captu m town in Chihli pro. from the Chihiian- rder, according to a ch from Mukden to the Koku ws agency session nt TOKIO, Oct (By the Assoclat- ed Press)—A general engagement be- Mar hurian leader, and Peking tween the forces of Chang ‘I'so-Lin, ican, Chinese Rebel Army Gaining Another Town In Chihli Falls to Man- churian Leader; Prices Placed On rnment Forces troops opposing Chang's attempts to take over the central government of China, was in progress today on the Jehol front, according to announce- ment made from the Mukden head- quarters of Chang's army and re- eived here same an- nor rent capture of 150 miles north of Jehol, y 3 en trdops One hundred thousand dollars, Mexican, has been offered by Gen- eral Chang for tho heads of either President 'Tsoa Kun of China or Gen. eral Wu Pel Fu, and $200,000, Mex- for the capture of elther alive, (Continued on Page Seven) 4 } ee eee fe eee er sec