Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 3, 1924, Page 1

: > Weather Forecast ‘ Mostly fair northwest, snow prob- able east and south portions tonight and " Thursday. Colder tonight. Fresh to strong. northerly winds. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Member ef Audit Bureau ef Circulation (eaos y “Wee M0; L | WwW A =] E H oO USE OF Board of Directors Named This ‘After- . noon Preliminary to Winding Up NM : Cc fe) R D = B coal ae ; Business of Late Sessions FIRM IS RO Three Tons of Merchandise Carried Off by Thieves Who Backed Truck Up ; to Building Last Night Thieves battered and sawed their way into the strongly fortified warehouse of the McCord-Brady company, whole- sale grocers, at 321 West Midwest avenue sometime last night, loaded nearly three tons of merchandise valued at close to $1,000 into a truck, ang eros away without leav- i efinite clue to their identity. ang Save was discovered had attempted vainly to dislodge shortly after 6 o'clock this morn-|the bars which guard the down- ing, by W. A. Shultz, district man-| stairs windows before scaling the ager for the McCord-Brady com- Here they found their way pany, which is an Omaha firm. A| barred again, but by prying out hasty Inventory, disclosed that the| the bricks flanking the windows burglars had taken 4,000 pounds of | they dislodged the grating, PRE? sugar in ten-pound sacks, 1,000|and sawed through the steel-rein- pounds. of flcur in 50-pound tacks} forced glass which formed the a and 40 cartons of cigarettes. Tracks | ond line of defense, and jimmi showing where the powerful truck|the window latch open. Once in- had been backed up alongside the | side, it was an easy matter. to un- warehouse vanished on the pave-| bar the side door and transport ment and gave no indication ‘of | their booty out to the waiting PES 4 which route the thieves had taken.| The entire operation must ve, On Peng hea | © oe hneds ‘There was no watchman on duty at rakes 0 phen gaa or more, Mr. eetivraa ote aE 7. ila carne Bo ik Sela 5-0 . OW company: L. \C..Klein.cf. Casper, Jy defended that ate. SHuits believed |~ MF Schitts" wag:-the “text »pbvaon'f O21 company: I-\C--iGlein ct Casper, further precaution ', unnecessary. | to leave the warehouse last night, company; Robert Wallace of Casper, The pullding is directly along the| following a sales meeting of the | or the Kasoming Oil company: F. A. beat of the Northwestern watch-| firm personnel. which concluded at Thompson of Idaho, dean of mines in, but apparently the burglars | 9:30. The ‘burglary took place be-| . 14 geology at the University of arsured themselves beforehand that | tween. that hour and 6 this morning. % he -was out of. sight and hearing Estar Csi itl eeta hah eae That tia) Gu Madiniy Rebs oae ain say Reece cae bag Taiscag eect the warehouse yes-|!ems which not only concern its ee ee ey eee etchonae was|terday afternoon, in the belief that |own welfare but which also have rm ad 4 win-|he may have been lookout for the | direct bearing on the industry's con- gained through penn Os Bl apetere: nection with the general aes and Se rey orlihe slope test savers| A reward of '§360,for arrest -and hs ae Iahagc snr apnea acres te ing the front platform of the build-/} conviction of the robbers or ‘Infor- alike wan: shown 7in. apes Sead ing. Signs indicated that the thieves / mation leading to the recovery of a cred | this morning before the delegates IOS re naied vurk ware iottered' | of the Rocky Mountain Oil and G to believe the burglary the work | Producers association in convention of the same gang which raided a|at the Elks building. G'enrock store last week and which] Nothing is of more immediate im- has staged other warehouse rob-| portance to the production depart- beries here in the past. ment of the industry than the stan- A snowstorm more or less general in its scope today spelled the end of a period of fair weather which has had few equals in Weather rec- ords for early December. Snow was reported in all directions from Cas- per, extending as far as Laramie on the south, but moderate tempera- Ytures prevailed. The fall here was light and melted largely as it fell. November produced snowfall’ ag- gregating 14% Inches Jn Casper, ac- cording to the records compiled by George S. McKenzie, local weather observer. There were 19 clear, six partly cloudy and five cloudy days in the month and seven days on which there was .01 inches or more of precipitation. ‘he total precipi- lation for the month was 1.33 inches and the greatest in any 24 hours Was .75 inches, on November 6, ‘The temperature range for the 30 days was from 69 degrees above, on November 2, to five degrees above, Having evolved during the sessions of two short days here into one of the most important oil men’s organizations in the country, the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Producers association this afternoon ended its Casper convention with election of its directors for the ensuing year.. Those chosen were: i Former Governor B. B. Brooks of Casper, president of. the Consoli- dated Royalty O!1 company; Charles 8S. Sherman of: Colorado, field sup- eriritendent in that state for the Union Oil company of California; M. J. Foley of Casper, of the Mutual Oil company; Leslie A. Miller of Cheyenne, pdesident of the Aero Oll Products company; Minal B. Young of Casper, general manager of the New York Oil company; Max W. Bart or Denver, president of the Marine and cther oil companies; R. 8. Ellison of Casper, vice presi- dent of the Midwest Refining com- pany; W. L. Connelly of Casper, vice president of the Mammoth Oil company; R. E. Wertz of Rawlins, general manager of the Producers and Refiners dprporation; BP. B. Coolidge of Montana, president of the Homestake Oil company; John C. Howard of Salt Lake City, pres!- dent of the Utah Oil Refining com- pany; A. Baker of Casper, head of the land fepartment of the Ohio dardization of oll field equipment, as brought out in the paper on this subject read by H. J. Lockhart of the Parkersburg Rig and Reel com- pany. He" directed the attention of the gatheripg to the waste and the loss of time that today is affecting field operation bécause of the di- versity of tools and parts that makes quick and inexpensiye re placement impossible in most cases. Progress toward securing manu- facture of standardized oil field equipment has been appreciable within the past few years, Mr. Lockhart said in telling of the ac- tivities of the American Petro!eum Institute in investigating proper sizes of tools, materials and parts and recommending set sizes. Al- {Continued on Page Nine) Prince Rupert. Until it trip, the Boston flew COMPLET The present state of the union, upon -which it is. customary for the president to report to the congress under the provisions of the constitu- tion, is such that it may be regarded with encouragement and satisfaction by every American. Our country is almost unique in its ability. to dis- charge fully and promtply all its obligations at home and abroad, and provide for all its inhabitants an in- creas in material resources, in intel- lectual vigor and in moral power. The nation holds a position unsur- d_in all former™ human experi- ence.’ This does not mean that we do not have any problems. It is ele- mentary that the increasing breadth of our experience necessarily in- ONE MAN WOUNDED IN GUN DUEL HERE SALT CREEK CONTRACTOR LANDS WORK DENVER, Colo., Dec. Brown, Salt Creek, Wyoming, con- tractor, submitted the lowest bid on ® project for the grading of five miles of mountain road on the Bailey and Conifer highway, the state high- way department reported after all bids had been opened. Mr. Brown's creases the problems of our national Ufe,* But it does mean that if we will but apply our selves industrious- ty and honestly, we have ample powers with which to meet our pgob- lems and provide for their speedy solution. I do not profess that we can secure an era of perfection in human existence, but we can pro- vide an era of peace and presperity, attended with freedom and justice and made more and more satisfying by the ministrations of the charities and humanities of life, Our domestic problems are for the most part economic. We have our enormous debt to pay, and we are paying it. We have, the high cost of government to diminish, and we are diminishing it. We have a heavy burden of taxation to reduce, and we are reducing it. But while re- markable progress has been in these directions the work is yet far from accomplished. We ‘still owe over $21,000,000,000, the cost of the na- tional. government 1s. still . about $3,500,000,000 and the national taxes still amount to about $27 for each one of our inhabitants. There yet exists this enormous field for the application of economy. In my opinion the government can do more to remedy the economic ills of the people by a system of rigid economy in publle expenditure than can be accomplished through any other action. The costs of our nat- ional and local governments com- bined now stand at a sum close to Guy Brown in Jail and Gus Samos Goes _ to Hospital With Bullet in Hip as Result of Smokefest . Guy Brown, sentenced November 19 to 90 days in the county jail on his conviction of moonshining, was behind the bars again today as the result of an early morning af- fray in which he shot and seriously wounded Gus Samos. The, battle was staged at 4:80 at the Cairo club, 234 West First street, and Brown surrendered himself at police head- Montana Bonus Lost in Vote bid was $78,169. HELENA, Mont., Dec. 3.—The on November 13. , quarters immediately afterwards. i soldier bonus referendum was de- Samos was taken to the county! sruRGHON BAT, Wis, Dec: $-— feated by 1,569, according to the tabulation made by the state can- vassing board of totals reported by the counties. The vote was: For 66,245; against 67,814. This will not be official until the county returns have been completely checked. Land Swindler is Sentenced hospital where a preliminary exam- ination showed that the heavy stecl- jacketed bullet had pierced his right hip, badly shattering the bone. His wound was not, however, believed to be dangerous. Brown declared today that he had fired in self-defense and only after a bullet from Samos’ gun had splin- tered the window just above his head. According to his story, which was confirmed by George Poulos, Brown's partner in the Cairo club, and other witnesses, Samos had come to the place in an ugly mood, and demanded the return of a ring which he had deposited for credit a week ago. ‘Brown declined to relin- quish it until Samos paid his bill, and ordered him out of the place. Samos, according .to witnesses, The -freighter Lakeland, owned by the Transit Company of Cleveland, Ohio, is reported sinking five miles off this point. The coast guard and the Ann Arbor car ferry Number 6 are standing alongside the freighter. Banker Died Natural Death Murder and Suicide Theories Discarded in Investigation of Death of William Fee of San Gabriel _ CASPER, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1924 SAN FRANCISCO, Callff., Dec. 3. William R. Fee, San Gabriel bank president, whose body was found several days ago in the San Bernar- dino mountains, 50 feet from a cab- ing occupied by Miss Mary Watkins, 26, who said she was a close friend of the banker, died a natural death, according to g unanimous agreement veached last night by authoritiev. The belated report was based on@ selentific conclusions rather than evidence submitted to a coroner's jury which found that,Mr. Fee died from a blow inflicted by persons un- know, What was first thought to le human blood smeared on a prun- ing shears found in Mr. Fee's hand at the time of his death preved to be) a ‘7 ‘ 7 rust, J, Clark Sellers, international- ly known criminologist working on the case said. Mr. Sellers’ conclu- sions were supported by those of Dr. A. F. Wagner, a Los Angeles autopsy surgeon, who said’ rigor mortis had not set in when Mr. Fee's body first reached the ground. If the banker had been slain away from the spot where his body had been found, the post mortem stiff- ness would have set in before the body could be moved.* Mr. Fee was staying with Mrs. Fee at a cabin one mile from Miss Wat- kiffs’ cabin when he disappeared three days before his body wa found. He left to repair a radio. «Centinued on Page Ten.) arte!” for the “door, then turned, jerked a@ revolver from under his overcoat and leveled it at Brown. He pulled the trigger but the shell missed fire. Backing toward the door he fired again, the bullet going high, Brown dragged a gun from under the bar and as Samos swung the door wide, his pistol aimed for a final shot, Brown fired, Samos stumbled through the door before he crumpled and rolled part way down the stairs. A @all to the county hospital brought the ambu- lance and Dr. Allan McLellan, who administered emergency treatment. Brown was confined in the city Jail pending determination of the ex- tent of his advergary's injuries, Year and a Day in Leavenworth Is Pen- alty Meted Out to J, W. Gillespie, Who Bilked Casper Residents CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 3.—J. W. Gillespie, indicted with four others for using the United States mails to de- fraud through an Oklahoma Indian land scheme-that vic- timized 17 residents of Cheyenne, an equal number of Cas- perites and several other Wyomingites, was sentenced in federal court here Tuesday to serve one year and one day in the penitentiary at Leavenworth, | to settle his affairs and will be sent- The circulation of The Tribune is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper. | The Casper Daily Trinme (Pacific and Atlantic Photo) - The world cruiser Boston, which lost its nose while being up at tuned finally almost on the last leg of the with a makeshift cowl made of copper. E TEXT OF THE -—PRESIDENT'S- MESSAGE $100 for-each inhabitant of the Jand. A little less than one-third of this is represented by national expendl- ture, and a little more than’ two- thirds by local expenditure. It is an ominous fact that only the national government is reducing its debt. Others are increasing theirs at about $1,000,000,000 each year. The depres- sion that overtook business, the dis- aster experienced in agriculture,’ the lack of employment and the terrific shrinkage in all values which our country experienced in a most acute form in 1920 resuited in no small measure from the prohibitive taxes (Continued on Page Six) REPUBLICANS IN LECISLATURE TO HAVE MAJORITY Fifty-four. Out of 89 Members in Two Houses of G. O. Contests Settled by Count a total membership of 89. established by returns to the 16 Republicans and 11 Democrats, the House of 38 Republicang and 24 Democrats. ‘The Senate membership 1s 27 and that of the house 62. The result of the legislative elec: tions in the 23 counties of the state, with the residences of the candi dates, as reported to the state vassing board follow, asterisks noting the candidates who were elected: ALBANY COUNTY Representatives Emma Howell Knight (R), Lara- mie, 1,924. “Harr. del, 2,179. *A. W. McCullough (R), Laramie, 2,443. *B. Featherstone (D), 2,223. George W. Patterson (D), Laramie 2,131, ( Joe Scheidecker H. Maddock (R), Man Laramie, (D), Laramie, 1,721, “BIG HORN COUNTY Senator *A. 8. Mercer (R), Hyattville, 1,962, J. A. Berry (D), Basin, 1,471 Representatives Walter O. Anderson (R), I 1,661, Hans Hansen (R), Lovell, 1,592. arles B. Mann (R), Cowley, 1,718. On Streets Delivered by X CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 3.—The eighteenth Wyoming legislature, which will convene in December for a 40-day session, will consist of 54 Republicans and 35 Democrats, The exact partisan division is number of very close contests. or at Newstands, & cents Carrier 75 cents a menth NOMY IN MESSAGE Tax Reduction for Next Year Should Be Aim of Congress OIL MEN TO ADJOURN TODAY WITH ELECTIO PLANE OF WORLD FLIER DIVES INTO ANCRY SEA BeaT SOLUTION FOR ECONOMIC ILLS LIES IN EXPENSE oLASH ° Wide Range of Recom- mendations Covered In Message Read to Both Houses Today. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.— President Coolidge advised congress in his annual mes- sage today that perhaps the most important work it could do at its present session would be to practice such economy as to make possible a reduction of taxes for the next fiscal year. “The government can de more to remedy the economic ills ef the peo- ple by a system of rigid economy in public expenditure,” he said, “than can be accomplished through any other action.” Although stressing economy, Mr. Coolidge presented a wide range of other recommendations, some new and others reiterations of proposals page @ year ago in his first amual message. Big of these related to domestic affaifs, but the president went into the fleld of international relations to.renew his plea for American adherence to the permanent court of international justice; to declare the United States not to be disposed to join the League of Nations; to ap- peal for support by public authori- ties and private citizens for the Buropean’ reparations settlement plan, and to repeat his declaration of opposition to cancellation by the United States of the debts owed the country by foreign nations. Two new pronouncements marked the president's discussion of foreigw affairs. One touched on reduction of world armaments, and the other had reference to the outlawing of war. “It has been and 4s my expecta- tion that we might hopefully ap? proach other great powers for fur- ther conference on this subject as soon as the carrying out of the Present reparation plan as the estab- lished and settled policy of Europe has created a favorably opportun- ity," ‘he said, with regard to arma- ment reduction, “But on account of proposals which have already been made by other governments for a European conference, it will bo necessary to walt to see what tho outcome of their actions can be. I should not wish to propose or have representatives attend a conference which would contemplate commit- ments opposed to the freedom of action we desire to maintain unim- paired with respect to our purely domestic policies.” Proposals to outlaw aggressive warfare, the president asserted, should he carefully studied and sym- pathetically viewed. Combining discussion of tax re- vision with his statement on econ- omy, the executive’ said that if con- gress at this session kept withfn the budget he had presented “it will then be possible to have a moderates amount of tax reduction and all tho tay reform that the congress may Nerrow Escape for Major Martin Is Recorded BY LOWELL THOMAS (Coypright 1924, Chicago Tribune and McClure News- paper Syndicates) Wade and Ogden had trouble in getting the Boston off the water at Seattle and had to make this entire flight from Puget sound to Prince Rupert alone. They came through all the fog, rain and snow an hour and a half after the others and when they were on their way over Johnstone strait, flying just off the water, they, too, narrowly avoided running into several ships. Twice they saw masts. sticking up right in front of them and “kicked rudder” just in time to swerve and miss them by a few feet. At another point Wade and Og- den narrowly escaped getting hope- lessly lost. They were above an is- land in a fog.s0 dense.that could ninke out hothing shead or to the left or to the right. All they could see was the blackness of the forest below. So Wate kept flying until at last the fog thinned out just enough to enable him to get back on his course again. “Biggest Thrill,” Fyler Writes, “Just before we passed over Johnstone strait into Queen Char- lotte sound,” Arnold writes in his diary, “the ceiling lifted four or five hundred feet and although we had run into a rainstorm we could see the Indian settlement at Alert Bay, on the east coast of Vancouver is. land. “Plunging on through drenching rain, we rounded Cape Caution and got the biggest thrill of the trip. (Continued on Page Ten.) P. Faith; Close state canvassing board in a The senate will consist of JOHN G. BRUCE NAMED LANDER POSTMASTER wish for during the next fiscaj year.” He declared publication of WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—John G.| income tax payments to be “detri- Bruce was appointed postmaster at|iental te the public welfare and Lander, Wyo., in the list of nom bound to decrease public revenue: tions sent to the capitol today by|and urged the repeal of that section President Coolidge. of the revenue act. Eight Youths Under Arrest Crime Career Involving Attacks Upon Women and 100 Robberies Charged to Gang Held in Chicago *Dr. C. W. Tarrant (R), Greybull, 1,709. He pleaded guilty. R. W. Skipper,| enced on that date, nssociatéed with Gillespie in the} Chin Mun, Rock Springs Chinese, | fraud, weg given until December 27 (Cyntinued on Page Ten.) *M. L. Austin (D), Shell, 1,680, *H. B. Hargis (D), Lovell, 1,969. (Continued on Page Ten) CHICAGO, Dec, 3.—Etght youths,| ged. One of the victims, married by ranging in ages from 16 to 27, were, her finance the next later, held today in connection with a se-| supposedly from the eff of the ries of attacks on women during re-| attack, cent months. Partial confessions| The band was responsible for were obtained, police said more than 100 robberies since July, In each case, the women were kid-| Joseph Savage, asalstant prosectitor nuped after their escorts were slug- said® &