Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 18, 1924, Page 1

emperature. VOL. IX. Fair tonight and Wednes- day. Not much change in Member of+ of Circulation DEATH T0 Cas Audit Bureau per Dat CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1924 \j (daro3 E A 40pm, Fie 3 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS: Py SIX MEET DEATH* EBEL’ On Streets or at Newstands, & cents Delivered by Carrier 75 cents a month Zusllcation Offices: ribune Bldg. 216 E. Seconé st ae "ORCES IN HOTEL BLAZE, HOLD AQUEDUCT ATLANTIC CITY LOSS IN FIRE 5 $1,500,000 Two Known Dead and Four Missing Is Tragedy Toll. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Nov. 18.—With a toll of two known dead and four miss- ing, fire which destroyed the Bothwell hotel and its annex, formerly the Senator, last night, and for a time threatened Pn fine residences at this coast sort, Was burning itself out today. othing but part of the wall of the hotel remained and the Casino, on the famous steel per, was prac- *ejcally wrecked. The loss is esti. mated at $1,500,000, James Bennett, 80, of New York died shortly after midnight as a re- sult of injuries he rece:ved as. he was being rescued and an unidentl- fied woman {8 known to have per- ished. It is feared that at least three more guests of the hotel imay have lost their lives. Search. is leing made fer them. Police Se! geant, James <A. pepoagiciae in he also. been missing singe. he. eri! (ha Boaabar” fancies work. pie, i About a score of persons, most them firemen, “Were injured, though none but Bennett suffered serious injury. ‘The cause of the fire has not been determined. a The wind blowing from. north, xending the vast volume of sparks and iz embers out at ‘sea, sayed. Atlantic City from a\ worse fire. The usual sea breeze preva- lent here, it is believed would ‘have wade a clean sweep of many of he fine residences and a ‘score of frame hotels which stood to the north of the fires It is understood that the loss is covered by insurance mn. to the extent of about 70 per cent. * a Skins Secured By Federal and State Hunters Auctioned CHEYENNE, Wyo... Nov. 18.— Your hundred and sixteen coyote skins and one racoon ski et for sale’ here by the United States Hlological-Survey_and.the game and fish department of the state of) Wyo: ining were bid in by S.A. Stephens & Co., of Denver, for $2,393.75. (The kins’ were taken by hunters and trappers in the» joint’ federal-state employ. . POLIGE GHALLENGED, COWBOY NOW IN I CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 18.— The vociferation of. Charles Butler, cowboy, that “there ‘ain't’ enough cops in Cheyenne’to drag me out of this here pool hall!""was a challenge promptly accepted by three of the local “finest,” Patrolmen Trobaugh, ‘Thorson ahd MeKay. Butler put up \ good scrap, at, that, but was quickly not only out of the pool hail but im jail, charged ~ with drunkenness. and. disturbance. MURDER HELD POSSIBLE IN DEATH OF MINISTER’S WIFE Spanked at Party; Woman Asks Divorce CHICAGO, Nov. 18.—Because one of her leads at bridge angered him, her husband turned her over his knee and spanked her before a party of guests in their home, Mrs. Magdalene Jackson charged in a sult for divorce filed against Robert J. Jackson, wealthy con- tractor. During their honeymoon, her bill. charged, her husband com- pelled her to make her bed on the floor. They separated last Oc- tober. IAALE MILLION DOLLAR SUIT fo FILED INGOURT Ownership of Oil Land In: Salt Creek Is Involved. if million dollars in _Almost. a, ‘Williams: Ol company in a sul! today in district court, H. Bush and her’ son, 1 Bush,.a.minor, of San Francisco. The suit alleges ownership by the Plaintiffs of 40-acres.of Iand in the heart of the Salt Creek field which has been producing considerable oil for some’ years past. The allega- tions contend that the defendant companies have tresp&assed on-this particular 40 acres, drilled wells and gonverted the oll ‘which _they , ob- tained to their own,usé.> _ The exact amount asked in dam- ages is $490,000 and the sult here was filed here -by G. W.. Westover who is associated with’ San Fran- cisco lawyers in the case. me GEN. DAWES - IMPROVING CHICAGO, Nov. 18,—Gen. Charles G. Daves, vice rresident-elect, is “practically out of danger” after his operation for hernia, according to a bulletin issued-by his physician, Dr. W. R. Parkes at the Evanaton hospital today. There are no signs of complications, the ‘bulletin said. “He is able to smoke his pipe and read. ‘aad 7 No Vacation For Coolidge Nov. .18.—Presi- dent Coolidge has waved aside sug- gestions of some friends that:he take vacation, now that the campaign is over, assuring them, it is’ under- sid, that not only is-he in the best of health, but feels he will keep in® better “condition ‘by sticking to work. %, . ‘The president's decision is.under- stood to “have the» endersement of his physician, Dr. James F. ‘Coupal, who. at first was thought to. be among those advising. a short rest. Close friends explain that Mr. Cool- idge, feels more at ease when work- ing and also regards it his duty to remain as close to his desk as is necessary to’ keep in” immediate touch with government problems. N. Ashes Found in Furnace of Family Home and Suicide Verdict of Coroner Is Ridiculed by Prosecutor COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 18.—(By The Associated Press) -Rev. ©. V. Sheatsley, for Lutheran church of Bexley, a by police today in connection nine years pastor of Christ suburb, was being questioned with the finding of the ashes of his wife’s body in the furnace of their Bexley home late esterday. “something definite’ may be ounced- within an hour, Police Lieutenant Sheltenbarger announced The Investigation into the myster- fous cremation of the pastor's 61 FLEVEN VIOLATORS PLEAD GUILTY AT CHEYENNE DEFENDANTS INDIGTED BY U.S. JURY ARRAIGNED CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 18.—Eleven defendants to indictments reported by the United States grand jury Saturday pleaded guilty when arraigned before Judge T. Blake Kennedy Monday. Sentence Delbert G. King, theft of @&diamond, a year and a day in the penitentiary. Marie Friel, theft of jewelry, four months in jail. Harry Thompson and Robert S. Woods, violation of the prohibition act, three months in jail. Cecil Peterson and Edward C. Collins, violation’ of the motor theft law, six months in jail. Edward P. Marks, violation of the motor theft law, six months in jail. Harry Cromwell and Theodore Lockhardt, violation of the motor theft law, six months in jail. Bert W. Turner, violation of the motor theft law, one year and one day in the penitentiary. Everett A. Williams, violation of the motor theft act, three months in Jail. Charles L. Burns, violation \of the drug law, a year and a day in the penitehtiary. a oo $700,000 OIL AND GAS FIRE INNEW JERSEY Dy mts which, | starting with nn explosiefi aboard a barge ‘here last night, ignited a gas, oline tanker and destroyed several oil tanks ashore. One man is missing. — Several of the crews were rescued from the icy waters of Staten Island sound after they had jumped overboard, their clothes. afire. The explosion on the barge, sent flames to the tanker William Boyce ‘Thompson, anchored alongside. The ship was destroyed and the firse soon, ate its way to the first of the four 8,000 barrel gasoline tanks of the plant of the Sinclair Refining Company ~ nearby. More than 87 000 gallons of gasoline were destroyed. 5 SS TAN cd The International. Workingman’s association has just celebrated its sixtieth anniversary with a demon- Street, was almost instantly killed at 10:46 o’cl stration in London, 99,398 Substantial Sum Realized First Halt Day was pronounced as follows: WORKER KILLED IN FALL TODAY FROM SCAFFOLD David Brown Is Victim of Accident at Refinery This Morning; Dies at Plant Emergency Hospital David Brown, 54 years of age, of 917 South Spree morning at the local refinery of the Standard mpany when he fell off a scaffold being used in’ work in connection with a pipe line installation. The man suf- fered a concussion of the brain and succumbed to the fall at the emergency hospital. im the quest as the evidence showed that the matter was a pure accident, due while on the scaffold. , Mr. Brown came to Casper seyen years ago from his tormer, home in Déadwood, 8. D., and-is survived»by his wife and one. daughter, Mar- garet. He->was a member of. the Eagles lodge. ‘The funeral arrangements had not been made this morning. AMNESTY GRANTED CAILLIAUX MADE COMPLETE BY FRENCH PARIS, Nov. 18.—Joseph Caillaux, former premier, who in Octo- ber, 1918 was found guilty of having~ ‘impeded prosecution of the war,” was voted amnesty by the senate, 176 to 104. The amnesty bill was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies last July. at the time of the accident, and was one of the long time employes of the Jocal plant, first with the Midwest Refining company and continuing, with the company when it was ab- sorbed by the Standard. Coroner Lew Gay announced this morning that there would be no in Appeal for Troops to Dislodge “Army” in Control of Los Angeles Water Gates Renewed by Sheriff LONE PINE, Inyo County, Cal., Noy. 18.—(By The As- sociated Press.)—Owens Valley’s little “army of occupa- tion” was still in undisputed possession of the Los Angeles aqueduct early today, two days after its sudden capture of the Alabama waste gate north of here, and no one had IS CLIM! yet made any effort forcibly to eject the invaders or to close the gate through which they are psi) Sy “i aba ie aa causing the waters of the aqueduct to go to waste. The approximately 100 men who constitute the army took turns standing guard all night, and their search lights swept back and forth over the hills unceasingly, alert -to reveal. “the approach of the enemy” but no. hostile force appeared and a statement issued in Los Angeles by Mayor Cryer last night made it clear that hone was likely to appear from that direction. “I feel, confident,” said the mayor, “that the peace officers of Inyo coun- ty supplemented, if nevessary by the forces of the state of California, will take care of the men who are now engaged in violating the law In Inyo county.” Sheriff Charles Collins of Inyo county, however, took a different view of the matter. After serving the aqueduct raiders with a superior court order forbidding them to in- terfere with the Los Angeles water supply, and after seeing copies of the order torsed into the spillway to mingle with the wasting stream, he telegraphed to Governor Friend W. Richardson Jast night a second appeal for state troops, saying that he and his deputies were “utterly powerless” to cope with the situa- “Collins” first” request ‘for ‘troupe, idsti¢d soon ‘After. the raidvrs seized the aqueduct, Sunday was denied ‘by the governor, who declared that the ‘sheriff: ‘hay ample: power and should be able to control the situa- tion,” "and that if he should fail to control it “‘the courts are open for parties who desire redress.” The raiding party of farmers and citizens, inc;uding clergymen, law- yers, physicians and business men of the valley today were. making themselves fairly comfortable in company and were preparing to “stay on the job until it is finished or until the militia comes.” Housed in tents, and provided with bedding shipped by motor truck from valley towns to the¥north, the little army was not witgput its field kitchens, presided over in pioneer fashion by the wives and daughters of the raid- ers. ‘Today, it was planned to vary the (Continued on Page Two.) IN THE CHEST FUND of Campaign for $45,000 Fund; Drive Arrangéments Are Perfected at which will be held throughout’ the weeks, and cheers greeted the an- nouncement of Lee Doud, captain of ‘Team 5, Division A, that the morn- ing’s total for his group was $634.75. the high mark of tho first day's canvassing. Meeting of Workers Held Monday Evening With subscriptions totaling $5,398 rung up if the first three hours of solicitation, and $2,055 of this already collected, Casper’s Community Chest drive got off to a flying start this morning. Nearly 150 canvassers, organized in 38 teams, were working at top speed, and M. A. Becklinger, chairman of the drive, predicted this noon that the quota of $45,000 would be reached within three days. ‘ - The first sheaf of reports was submitted at the first of a series of luncheon meetings Campaign. arrangenvnts, per- fected "at iast night's dinner at the and other rosters calculated to give @ representative census of the city's Hotel Henning, were put into. ef-| aauit fect this morning. ‘The plans call ee a Sees These names for personal solicitation of each of| Were apportioned’ among the 38 teams, with an average of four so- Ucitors to each team. The teams in turn are: divided into seven di- some 11,000 Casper citizens who have been catalogued and classified by reference. to registration sts year old wife, is being conducted by County Prosecutor John R. King and poice who last midnight dis- counted Coroner Murphy's suicide verdict. The coroner's verdict con- tended that the woman had crawled into the furnace and closed the door behind her, Because the furnace was filled with flame, Prosecutor King declared it would have been impossible for the woman to have turnéd to close the furnace door after crawling into the fire. A dozen witnesses were questioned at police headquarters during the morning. | The minister-husband was not un-| kept in| office der t, but wax being Lieutenant Sheltenbarger’s for questioning. visions, corresponding roughly to seographical divisions of the city. Daily totals will be compiled fol lowing each noon-day report from the various captains, and the pro- gress of the campaign will be plot ted on a chart at campaign head. quarters. Group commanders designated last night are W. P. Wilkerson, B. P. Bacon, H. Roe Bartle, J. W Johnson, Howard Baker, Mrs. H. C. Chappell and W. L. Ronaidson. Squad captains include P. A Burns, Harry McCormack, Emmett J. Fuller, A. E. Chandler, Lee Doud, E, E. Fisher, Guy Gay, H. C. Chap pell, Major Ormsby, W. D. Allely, G. R. Waldschmidt, Earle G. Burwell, B. H. Pester, A. B. Allen, Stanley Griebel, M. J. Foley, A. L. Wallace, The nature of ‘all testimony was kept secret. Rev. Sheatsley last -night ex- plained that his wife had been ex tremely nervous for some time and that she was alone in the home yesterday afternoon, He had post poned a hunting trip because of his wife's condition he said, but went into town about 1 p. m. SMALLPOX SITUATION HERE TS SATISFACTORY The threat of a smallpox epidemic in Casper appears to have been def initely frustrated, it was announced this morning’ at the office of Dr. R J, Malott, city-county health officer. No new cases have made their ap- pearance for nearly a week, and the sixteen persons in quarantine are all making rapid progress toward recovery. Prompt measures: confined the disease to the northern section of the city and prevented its spread beyond the first handful of contact cases. he chose to honor the home Lincdin street, and when he ing nearly $2,000 in value. As usual, the visit was made while the entire family wa to dinner Mr fies first adder from. ne Shikan; ed i under the bathroc slashed open the borrow The woman's body wus found at|R. M. Boeke, Dolly Gray, George 4:55 p. m. ‘when the minister re-| Scott, Judd Walker, T. @. Tonkin, turned. H was attracted to the| A. D. Lewis, W. W. Sproul, J. «& furnace, he said by the odor of | Wiggins, J. R. Schleuter, Les Earn burning fles shaw, -R, E. Hildebrand, Captain ——=-- Crandall of the Salvation Army The International Molders: union | Mrs, C. D, Murane, Miss Gertrude rth America comprises 420) Hill, Mrs. P. C. Nice local unions with a total member-| W. W. Sproul, Mrs. A. J ship of more than 30,000, and Mrs. G. Rankin, * oO, qecess to the latch. é Again as usual, VIOLATORS HELD GUILTY BY JURY IN COURT HERE Sentence Pending for Guy Brown; Still ING MARINE POLICE SUOURING SEAS FOR SEVEN MEN BELIEVED LOST No Trace Is Found of Sloop That Started Out in Heavy Gale; Storm Extensive. NEW YORK, Nov. 18.— Leaving in its path a mount- ing toll of death and disaster, the great gale which for 48 hours held the Atlantic sea- board in icy grip appeared today to have swept out to sea. Ten known dead, many missing, huge property losses to shipping and Wholesale damage ashore, was the toll in this section Today, while life saving agencies were mobilized to search the sens for missing craft and missing men, the wind abated. Weather fore- casters predicted milder tempera- tures, with possible rain or snow in Exhibited. Guy Brown, heavyweight still op- erator, who was arrested last March while operating a plant near the Community Golf links, was found guilty on four counts of violating the liquor laws by a jury in district court Monday, Brown is due to ap- pear before Judge R. R. Rose some time today to be sentenced, Courtroom crowds gaped when of- ficlals of the sherif(s office dragged in, as exhibit-Acthe massive copper still of°100 gation capacity, one of the most elaborate pleces of moon- shing apparatus ever confiscated by enforcement officials in Natrona county. The story of the raid on March 14, last, when a sheriff's posse and federal agents uncovered the sub- terranean cavern under Brown's garage, which housed the elaborate distillation plant, was related by Dep- uty Sheriff W. C. Irving and Dan Miller, In the strongly barricaded rungeon, entry to which was gained through a concealed door, they found two stills, the 100 gallon giant and a smaller emergency apparatus; 1,150 gallons of mash, 1,200 pounds of sugar, a large quantity of yeast and ,106 bottles of Uquor in the aging process. Brown was arrested on the spot, the witnesses testified. Judge Rose, sitting after a recess of several weeks, denied motions to quash the several counts of the in dictment made by William B. Cobb, sounsel for Brown Daughters O Confederacy Meet Tonight SAVANNAH, Ga., Noy. 18.—Of- ficlals today are holding confer ences and completing arrangements for the formal opening tonight of the thirty-first annual convention of the United Daughters of the Confederac Approximately 500 delegates are expected Reports to be in cludes that of Mrs, Ross, San Diego, California, second vice president general. Frank O. Lowden, ex-governor of Illinois, who. is to address the con- vention, reached Savannah today on crutches. He fell in the train en- route from Atlanta and was injur. ed. He is not so badly hurt that he cannot speak tonight. adjacent districts. It was 20 degrees above zero In New York City before noon, Tragic tales of the storm have be+ gun to drift Into the news channels. A barge skipper died of exposure at the énd of a rope which was hauling him from the water to safety aboard a United States revenue cutter. A wealthy man froze in his auto- mobiJe in a garage and died there. A poor man froze to death in an Elizabeth tenement while his son pWas out looking for work. ‘BcoFes of fishermen and rum run- ners, caught in the gale, abandoned sinking small craft and were rescued by coast guards. NEW YORK, Nov. 18.— Police of the marine division today were scouring the seas near by for “The Frolic,” a 34-foot sloop which set out from Brooklyn Sunday with seven men aboard. The men exe pected to return before dark and it is feared they perished in the heavy gales thatsfiave been sweeping the Atlantic coast. ‘Thirty-six hours of patrolling hag failed to reveal a trace of the sloop, Wind and cold yesterday wrought havoc with shipping and caused death and suffering among the city’s poor, Three persons died of cold and exposure, The Whito Star liner Adriatic ar- rived several hours late, her super- structure battered by waves and coated with ice. A sailor was blown } overboard and a lifeboat was stoye in, Navy” saved the lives of six men off Montauk point, and then placed them under arrest. Later they wero released, | THREE BARGES REPORTED ADRIFT. BOSTON, Mags., N. 18.—A win- try blast with a high wind and a temperature dropping nearly to zero in parts New England, has brought death to two men, distress to ships along the coast from Maine to nnd delay to trains TI 1 8, bound for Rockland, Me., were adrift today, Captain Al- bert Peterson of. Brooklyn, New York, died in the freezing water when made fast to a line shot to his barge from the coast guard cutter slpee. One ship was reperted ashore and two schooners off Cape Cod were riding the heavy seas with their (Continued on Page Ten) Two-Thousand-Dollar Haul in Jewelry and Clothes Made by “Raffles” in Latest Raid Last Night Casper’s Raffles, after more than a week of leisure, re sumed his series of dinner-hour calls last night. This time of James Shikany, 941 South departed sometime between 5 and 9 o’clock, he took with him clothing and jewelry. total- | or Weeked + r thr wers ar dr nothing that 1 Into cash, With leisurely departure, and when Mr SHIKANY HOME Is _ - RIFLED BY BURGLAR 2nd Mrs kany they found the and pr quarters returned at 9:30 house in a turmoil ymptly notified police head. which a hasty nowed to be missing was # gold watch chain which had been family helrloom for more than 100 year T peculiarly distinctive old-world ign chain, Mr. Shikany believe e it easily identifiable it thieves attempt to dis ere. Pollee, 10W om that the nsibla thin a els for of © thief © of opin has beer r, are of the who other burglar five | month past bh resp i hops jamond © number (Continued on Fage Two) The destroyer Cassen of the “Dry”