Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 17, 1924, Page 1

Weather Forecast WYOMING: Fair tonight and Tuesday. Not much change in temperature. Che Ce VOL. IX.- — NO. 34 or Circulation TWO OL COMPANY MEMMER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS CASPER, WYO., MONDAY, NOVEMBER, 17, 1924 Streets On or at jowatand: Delivered by Cartier Tb cents’ a cents month BLOODSHED THREATENS IN WATER DISPUTE RANCHERS NEAR COAST ITY GUT OFF MAIN FLOW Raiders Swoop Down on Gates and Take Posses- sion of River’s Supply 400 Delegates Gather in El Paso for ‘Annual Sessions to Shape Program in Industry and Politics EL PASO, Nov. 17.—(By The Associated Press.) —The forty-fourth annual convention of the American Federation of Labor opened here today. Some 400 delegates, spokes- men for approximately 3,000,000 workers affiliated with 107 craft organizations, entered the initial session, faced with the task of shaping labor’s program in industry, poli- ties and civic enterprise for the com-[ 6.—Opposition to competition by ing year, convict labor. . Debate in three departmental con-| .7.Renewed attempts to organize ferences last week forecast a gen-| women workers. It was pointed out eral convention keynote on a Se-/in this connection that though most termined stand against wago reduc-| women workers soon drift out of tions. work to home life, their support in Labor. snterears co: itd PPisesienos later life would prove valuable. cente! in is y for, as the American Federation cpened | 2" discussing the record of the conventian hares: the) breeioan present congress, the report stated convention of the the Confederation | Tot one Sntings erat bf bn of Labor met in Juarez, acrors the | S08, on : LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 17.—How to restore without bloodshed the flow of water through Los Angeles’ 250- mile aqueduct, diverted into Owens river yesterday by a party of*raiders who swooped upon the waste ‘rates near Lone Pine, 200 miles north of here, and opened them wide ‘despite protests by city em- ployes and Inyo county officials, was the problem that faced Los Angeles Robt. Carey Preparesto Get Started on Probe. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. —The commission appointed by President Coolidge to in- quire into agriculture copdi- tions and suggest a program for stabilizing farming be- gan its work tcday at a meeting in the White House where President Coolidge calied them to outline the purposes for which he named it. Carey of Careyhurst, and former governor of the » heads the commission. Several members of the commis- LABOR MEETTHAIM [iiiOFFICIALS HOPE OPENS TODAY ((f] TIcHHiCURB DRUG ADDICTS AT WASHINCTONBSY LIMITING SALES Commission Headed by|Fourth International Conference for. Control of Traffic in Narcotics Under Way at Geneva; Japanese Offer Op- pesition to Handling of Importations GENEVA, Nov. 17.-(By The Associated Press.) —In the presence of the official American delegation h not only to obtain an agreement for limitation for exportation, import- ation and sales of narcotics to medi- cal and scientific needs, but also to restrict the growth of the plants from which they are manufactured to these same humane require- eaded by Representative Stephen G fourth international conference for international narcotic drugs opened today in the League of Nations pala sided over by Herluf Zahle, the League of Nations assembly. ‘The object of the conference is was confined to considering the far control o Danish minister to Berlin, eastern aspects of the oplum evil. «GENEVA, Nov, 17—(By The As sociated Press)—The probable att!- tude of the United States at the in- ternational .opium conference open- ing here today was a subject of . Porter of Pennsylvania, the f the traffic in habit-forming ce. The conference was pre- and leading Danish delegate to until she was assured freedom of opium importation his country would not sign the convention which had been drawn up in rought form. Por- tugal was dissatisfied over the treat- ment of the situation in Mecao, and China was ayerse to acting until the aribune Bldg., 216 B. international bridge. The Mexican delegates late today will march to Liberty Hall here for a joint session with the Americans. The American convention will move to Juarez for a joint session in the Juarez theater tomorrow evoning. ELPASO, Texas, Nov. 17—Organ- ized. labor today reaffirmed through the ‘annual of the executive council of thé American Federation of Labcr made to the federation con- vention here that ‘reform of the su- preme court and the direct e’ection ‘principal authorities today. The ultimatum delivered by the raiding force as it shut off the city’s chief source of water for domestic nd industrial uses was that the gates would remain open until Los Angeles settled the long standing Owens Valley water rights feud on a basis satisfactory to the valley ranches and business men, No attempt at forcible ejection of the raiders will be made by the city pending Governor Richardson's re- ply to an appeal from Inyo’ county for state troops, Los.Angeles officials of said, but a' sheaf of seventy-five civil’ Among important measures still before congress, the repcrt endorsed the Howell-Barkley bill, the world court, the proposal to establish a federal department of education and the postal salaries increase bill. FOUR MINIATUR ~ GIVEFIREMEN Four small fires within complaints | vas. | red last h the. vi ba a for filing with Judge Wiliam Dehy. Glaputea laarbec| oro) pours wave the. sire -epart- “| ment the busiest week-end in some time. A blaze ina waste-basket in the: basement cf the postoffice cre- of the Inyo county’ superior ‘eo asking injunctions to dispossess raiders Except for two,’ all, these corh- pluinta are affected against “Sohn Dee." ‘The«'two men named as alloged raiders are Mark Q. Watér- : ‘again san, a banker of Bishop, and W..R.| that laws declared. unconstitutional McCarthy, ‘irrigation engineer. The by the court be subject: to’ re-enact- complaints were to be filled at Inde-| ment by a two-thirds vote of con- pendence, county seat of Inyo county some time today. As to the raiders’ ultimatum, WIl- m Mutholland, builder of ' the aqueduct and chief engineer of the city water department, declared it wtuld be ignored. we % "It was evident,” he sald, - “from Sheriff Collins/‘telegram to the gov- ernor, that troops are needed in Inyo county to settle the state of disorder and anarchy ‘which now exists. “We shall send no committee to negutiate with the raiders, for we believe these 75 or 100 men who have done this thing do not. repre- sent the people of Owens valley. “At the proper time I am sure our legal department will file suit for damages for all water lost by the ‘come /a menace to. ma ‘tostitations and to the practices trée_ men,” the report said. ‘The ‘misiise of! the town throngs about 6 o'clock. yes- terday ‘afternoon, “but the damage was trifling. i Just’ an hour before the depart- ment Had made a swift run to 923 East. Seventeenth street, where a blaze starting from a defective con- nection on an electric heater did made gress. é A furthur decrease in jthe aver- age paid-up membership of the fed- eration was reported, this year's average being ‘set at 2,865,979 coni- pared with 2,926,468 in 1923 and 4,078,740 in 1920. A balance of funds on hand August $1 of $236,645.47 was reported, with total receipts of $512,397.64° and. expenses of $500,. 428.33 during the year. Among the principal recommenda- tions to the convention by the exe- cutive council were: 1.—Support of the child labor amendment now awaiting ratifica- tion .by state legislatures. 2,—Organization of more labor banks, though only after careful sur- yeys of. local. conditions’ to make sure of safety. ~ 4 3.—Continued © opposition to the railway labor board as.-at. present constituted and support of the How- ¢ll-Barkley bill, now before congress which would rep’ace it with other mediations machinery: more accept- able to labor. ’ 4—Entrance of, labor organiza- tions into the life insurance fleld for the benefit of ‘members. For ‘this purpose a life insurance company Independent of the federation was suggested. 5.—Further study of the problem of old age pensions with the: sug- gestion that some life insurance methods be evolved rather than to depend upon legislation. Short Talks On Chest Arranged For This Week Reminiscent of war-time | drives; a series of four-minute rpeeches on behalf of the Community Chest Drive will be made for five succes- sive evenings beginning tonight at each of the three leading film the- aters in Casper. Cc. G. Cypreansen will be the speaker tonight. He will appear at the Rialto at 7:45, at the Iris at 8:20, and at the America at 9. Pur- suing the same schedule, Irving G. McCann will speak Tuesday night; Emmett J. Fuller on Wednesday, W. W. Lacy on Thursday and W. J. Wehril Friday. (s+ MARION, 0., Nov. 17.—Although Mrs. Florence Kling Harding was resting quietly this morning, her kidney and liver complications were more marked today, Dr. Carl W.. Sawyer said in a bulletin issued at 9:30 a. m. from her bedside. The bulletin follows: “Mrs. Harding rested quietly last night. This morning she {s very weak and exhausted. The kidney and liver complications are more marked. She is ynable to take scarcely any nourishment.” Legion Supports Universal Draft igineers: to cause the city a loss of $10,000 daily, but sufficient storage is still on hand in reservoirs between here and the raided spillway. to supply all ordinary demands for minety days. No attempt is being made to con- ceal the identity of the raiders, according to B. A. Leahy of the electrical construction ‘department of the. elty power and light bureau, who telephoned~from the ‘trouble Zone last night that he was per- “"@ynally acquainted with every mem- (Continued on Pace Nin Chest Drive in Casper Starts Dinner Will Be Held.at. Townsend to Give Final Instructions to Workers on Various Teams Tonight at 6:30 the Community Fund drive will start vith a dinner at the Townsend hotel at which the teams will receive their final instructions agd be prepared for the final effort to put Casper over again as the leading city in Wyoming for efficient community effort to help the needy. All those who are interested’in the drive are cordially invited to attend teis.dinner, Some tion settled upon. This method of the teams are not filled up and|will save much confusion’ and anyone who can take part is urged| double work to the teams and also to attend and help. This invita-| cause less bother to the. people. tion applies especially to the wo-|- “Let every one do his or her part men of Casper and in case any wo-|in this work. Don't shirk. Some man cannot come to the dinner,|day you might need help yourself. she may eall Mrs. Chappell at 2743-| Just now you may be well situated W for assignment for a part in the|and well able tc care for “your work. family or personal needs. A few ro years ago the rich people of Ru sia would have laughed at any t that they would be reduced to star vation in the short space of a few WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—A unt- ersal draft in the time of war and Fetirement of. disabled emergency army officers were among proposals included in an American Legion legislative program presented to President Coollige today by James A. Drain, the legion’s national com- mander. The program was adopted by the last Jegion convention, In ‘the way of a universal draft, the legion sup ports the Capper-Johnson bill, pro viding for the drafting of capital labor, industry and transportation in addition to man powor, the families of Casper, the ive officials ask that the matter of how much shall be donated to the fund, be discussed in the home and the one who is to make the dona- ated some’ excitement among down- Huropean power agreed to institute a system of rationing and registering sion accompanied President Coolidge on his week end trip on the May- ments, The delegates assembled eager discussion following the sen- sational collapse of the preliminary today opi Kel their C flower and informal discussion took |animatediy discussing what was | meeting. Peek sc i at ae eS place. The commission’s meetings {generally regarded as the complete . ai 4 3 will be conducted with the co-opera: | failure of the preceding ‘conferences | «78° first conference closed yester-| Stephen G. Porter and his four day without achieving either of the objects for which it was convoked. It failed to form any estimate of the amount of opium required for smok- ing purposes or of the date when importation of the drug for this Purpose could be terminated and took ‘no measures to curb illicit pro- duction. in China. Japan's spokesman declared that colleagues of the American delega- tion aro believed to be entering the conference with a set of proposals in the form of a draft convention and it is understood that among their recommendations is the pro- hibition within a definite period of years of all importation of raw opium into far eastern countries for smok- ing purposes. « ‘THANKSGIVING DAY TO THE PEOPLE OF WYOMING In compliance with a custom which is immemorial and in conformity to the proclamation of the president, I, F. E. Lucas, Acting Governor of the State of Wyoming, do hereby designate Thursday, November 27, 1924, as a day of public thanksgiving and- prayer. - The observance of Thanksgiving Day has from the earliest times centered about the home. There can be no sound life of (Continued on Page Nine.) tion of the department of agricul- ture. E CITY BLAZES BUSY WEEK-END jor damage home of Jerry Taylor.g@ik™ weed fire corner of Fifth and Durbin was ex- tinguished without resort to fire- fighting apparatus about 9 o'clock Sunday morning. 4 No estimate of the damage occa: sioned by the fire Saturday evening in the home of Charles Hillman, 412 South Teeck street, is yet available. Furniture and walls in the living- room were badly charred by the gas blaze. Mrs. Hillman’s burns were sald today to be of ‘ittie consequence. which ended last night and which Dawes’. Operation Proves Successful CHICAGO, Nov. 17.—An operation for hernia was performed success- yest m Charles. G. 4 csi bag: eeldent-olect ME, Da) was-stricken while exercising before breakfast yesterday. Dr. William R, Parkes today said the operation was a minor one and that Mr. Dawes could jeave the hospital ‘n two weeks. Strict privacy will be maintained for him for that period. Six years ago army surgeons dis- covered the affliction while examin- ing Mr. Dawes for promotion to brigadier general. LONGWORTH WANTS SPEAKER’S JOB Social Elect in Washington Line Up Behind “Nick” While Friends of Illinois Man Insist He Should Have Job; Outcome Will Be Watched With Great Interest By ROBERT T. SMALL (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune) WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—Washington’s extensively advertised: social bloc, which presumably always’is lying in wait to tempt the unwary official classes with its wicked Revelry By Night Causes Arrest In W. Casper Home A sound of revelry by night, ac- cording ill with the Sabbath peace elsewhere mantling. Casper, caused Patrolmen Baker, Reese and Ben- be ie son to make an unexpected call Sun- demi-tasses, is lining up for the speakership fight in the national house of representa- | day at 4:20 a. m. at 328 West Yel- tives. lowstone. There they found the Most of the “bloc” naturally is behind Representative Nicholas Longworth of Ohio, | °MValry of West Casper making ‘ingen rs yr iT} Ubmtats unseemly merriment to the raucous for “Nick” belongs, as they, “while Mrs. “Nick” isnone other than the ever-popular “Prin- | “rete oe por mmene fo, the reported cess ‘Alice’ Roosevelt, a White) stone in the officlar set. Presidents | the bloc. was elected to the senate| at heada , to popping of corks, House bride of 1906. Mr. Long-| may come ‘and presidents may g0,|a few days ago, the male mémbers| ‘They urrested [2d Burg, proprietor worth belongs to the Cincinnatl| but the Longworths live forever in| of the “bloc” lounging in their | of the place and confiscated a quan- Longworths; Mrs. Longworth | be-|'the esteem of the Washington social| clubs, exclaimed “Bully for old] tity of liquor. Burg was booked longs to the Oyster Bay Roosevelts. | bloc. Nick!" The female members, flick-| on charges of {lle possession of That is a supreme combination’ in Washington society and both Nick and Alice have lived here ‘so long they are considered a sort of ke: Warren Still Undecided on Leader’s Job WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—Senator Frances E. Warren, some of whose friends have said he would not accept the Republican senate leadership, made vacant by the death of Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, announced here today that he had reached no decision on the question. If the seniority rule were followed he would fall heir to the place, for which Senators Curtis of Kan: and’ Wadsworth of It would simply be unthinkable for the Longworths not to have the speakership if they want it. When Freddy Gillette, a favorite with liquor and permitting dancing after one o'clock in the morning. He was released on’ $200 bond and will ap- pear in police court this afternoon. ing ashes from their perfumed cig arets and lifted pencilled eyebrows, remarked: “Isn't it just ripping for Alice.” In other words, everybody just thought it was settled. Nick is the floor leader in the house at pres- ent and the assumption was that he would step right up to the captain's desk, hold high the pounding gavel and long for the days of czardom to return, ; But as a mater of fact, Nick’ sel- dom gets anything without a strug- gle and #0 it has been: decreed he must fight for the speakership. His right to the job of boss of the house {s disputed by the friends of Martin Madden, congressman from Chicago and chairman of the appropriations committee, Altho they are close political friends, Martin Madden and_ Nick diverge rapidly from any given point on most.of the other phases of life. Nick began life as a graduate of Harvatd. Martin went to work in a stone yard at the tender age of ton. Now he is a sort of king ‘of all Are A CHICAGO, Nov. 17.—Pol of 400 men, the result of M politics and polities. never seems to have -halted his guecessful business eer for a single monent A banker as well as a quarryman; a former president of the Illinois Man ufacturers" association, Mr. Madden has brought to congress 2 “business head” which naturally gravitated tions committee and he declared it was possible that this year’s appropriations could be held down to three billion dollars, the goal fixed by Chairman Madden of the house appropriations committee. This would represent a reduc- tion of nearly a billion dollars under last year. The de- crease, he said, would be governed in a great measure by | the number of first payments received on foreign deb! to redouble their ing up the city." the underworld, forr by those m tun ing t driy Unrest among brought about thi efforts in “clean haunt Known 1erly frequented are erted pup «<ualleation Office: Second st. ES ASPHYXIATED GAS PERMITTED. TO FLOW WILE REPAIR JOB 1S WADE ON LINE Veteran Pipeline Men Fail to Shut Gas Off at Gauging Station and Die in Poison Spider Field. Gas seeping into the pit where they were at work in the camp ofthe Fargo- Western Oil company, 35 miles west of here, yesterday afternoon, smothered Avery Hotelling, 32 years old, and George J. MaeDon: with insidious swiftness before they were aware of its presence. They were dead when fellow workmen, alarmed by their failure to return, di the pit @m hour sed them from ter. Hotelling, and MacDonald, both veteran pipeline men, had descended into the pit, just below the gauging Station, to replace an orfice plate on one of the large pipelines lead- ing from the Poison Spider field, about 2:15 yestreday afternoon. In- vestigation, after the bodies were discovered and emergency efforts at resuscitation had proved’ vain, showed that tho valve in the gaug- ing station had never been turned off, and that the full pressure of 200 pounds of gas in the branch line of the New YorleOll company had been vouring tn-upon the two men from the mgment they began work. Company officials declared that workmen habitually shut off the gas at the gauging station before begin- ning any repairs on the pipelines. They were at loss to understand how Hotelling and MacDonald, both thoroughly familiar’with their work, could have overlooked this simple precaution. They denied, however, that the valve could possibly have been tampered with after the men entered the pit, since the gauger was on duty all the time. Coroner Lew Gay, who was on the scene last night, sald the deaths were obviously the result of carelessness and that no inquest would be held. Failure of Hotelling and Mac- Donald to emergo when nearly an hour had passed raised the alarm at the camp. An emergency call to Casper brought Dr. H. R. Lathrop to the camp, He applied a pulmotor in the hope that life might be re- stored, but the attempt was futile. Dr. Lathrop expressed the belief that death had come within a few minutes after the men began work. MacDonald had been a resident of Casper for some six years, and was well known as a member of Casper Lodge of Elks and of George W- Vroman post of the American Le- gion, He was unmarried. Efforts were being made today to locate # brother, Berna MacDonald, recently employed by the White Eagle, Oil company here, who is belleved to be somewhere in central Wyoming. Other surviving relatives are two brothers, Donald, residing in Chicago, and Charles, Flint, Mich., and 4 sister, Helen, also resident in Flint. They have been notified and funeral arrangements are incomplete pend- ing word from them, Hotelling had been in this region for only six week: 1 that time of gangsters, gunmen and criminal The prisoners were held while about 200 persons, men and women, looked them over in endeavor to identify rob- New York already are prominently mentioned. washiben Aappolitics, better seas | The Wyoming senator made it clear that he did not want | any other person ‘in public life ad t the position through the “indulgence” of his party and if There tm Mo more indefatigable bers and other criminals. pe is | Worker in congtess than he; | police the group failed of harbor any of his colleagues felt that the party would suffer by his nom man more punctual and| ing the mcre influential members of | Licute leadership he would reject it. | constant’ in attendance, Business | c: ings,;.tho police s Senator Warren is chairman of the senate appropria-| never seems to interfere with his mayor has ordered the police of | ty police find: | port the sup te which | bur orders, } (Continued on Page Nine.) | followed the sluying here of Dean! bronze casket. c > in the employ of the Fargo-Western. (Continued on Page Eight) Many Gun Men rrested Attempt Made by Chicago Authorities to Rid City of Criminal Element— Leading Criminals Uncaught e ye terday arrested a total or Dever’s order to rid the city But the drive which netted the O'Ban ng leader sof the reprisals and florist. an haye police slain th threatened In connection with the drive, eoun- compell- ed to main vigil ove Re- rintendent inion ts would be his $10,000 silver and a made to stea