Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 26, 1924, Page 1

The circulation of The Tribune is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper. Che Weather Forecast HG hy F Partly overcast tonight and Saturday. Much colder | in_northeast portion tonight. MEMUER GF ASSOCIATED PRESS hn. VOL. Ix. NO. 66 Member of Andit Bureau of Circulation JOINT FUNERAL H ¢. 'ASPER, WYOMING, FRIDAx, ““**?) =< 1924 SPO 50057 ag Ou Streets or at asper Daily Crime Bf Newstands, § cents Delivered by Carrier 75 cents a month iON Publication Offices Tribune Bldg. 216 E. Second St ELD FOR MANY OF 33 VICTIMS OF SCHOOL FIRE CHRISTMAS JOY LOOSED BY ELKS CROWNS CELEBRATION IN CASPER B L i z y 4 A R D H | TS Five Thousand Children Share in Big MONTANA; COLD WAVE iS ON WAY Great Falls Reports Severe Storm Out of North and 30-Degree Drop in Temperature Early Today GREAT FALLS, Mont., Dec. 26.—A blizzard from the north struck Great Falls this morning at 10 o’clock and in a few moments the thermometer dropped from above freez- ing thirty degrees, with whirling and drifting clouds of snow. Reports received by the Great Northern from all sections of northern Montana state that a blizzard prevails, being particularly bad in vicinity of Glacter Park and over the Rocky Mountains at that point. A freight train became stalled Thursday morning near Brown'ng between Cutbank and Glacier, with result that the main line has been tied up since and trains numbers three and four from St. Paul and the coast had to be turned back and are coming around by way of Helena and Great Falls. Heavy snowfall over the moun- tains and east of Cutbank has made the opening of the line difficult. Two rotary plows, one from the east the other from the west are working toward each other on the main lis ta reach the stalled freight, and it was that this would be ac- ‘shed today and No. 27 west bound, was )sent.out onthe main HOLIDAY MAIL STILL POURING INTO GAoPER Belated Gifts Due For Distribution To Public Here If some package that you were Positive would arrive for Christmas did not come, do not be discouraged. It fs quite likely to make its appear- ance in the succeeding few days. This morning's Chicago, Burling- ton & Quincy train brought a huge amount of Christmas mail and pack- ages, the greater part of which will be: delivered today. All of it was designed to arrive for Christmas but in the majority of cases a delay in posting caused !t to arrive a day late, Postmaster Bean is also authority tor the statement that a large per- centage of Christmas mail from east of Omaha, was late due to a conges- tion of traffic in that part of the country and to inclement weather which put trains behind schedule. The local postoffice expects to ‘have all of its Christmas business, with the exception of the small amount that annually trails along several days overdue, disposed of to- morrow. The extra workers that have been put on for the holidays will be dispensed with Saturday night and business in the postoffice will resume {ts normal course for another year. line from Cutbank this morning. Another raging blizzard coming on shortly before noon however caused railroad men to have some doubts as to breaking the blockade today. In the vicinity of Cutbank snow lies in drifts ten feet deep, and In the cuts between that place and Glacter snow has filled every one without a snow Shed, drifts into which the rotaries have bored being in instances 15 feet deep. The trouble on the main line came largely from the high wind drifting the snow and the add- ed snow and wind that resumed bus- iness today. Extra train crews are being called out along the Great Northern high liné and snow plows are being run in all directions to clear away and keep clear. oe. g ' CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—~Partial re- Ufe from sub-zero t ratures that brought the Coldest Christmas id years was promised today to the middle west, wh!'e lowered tempera- tures were forecast for the é¢ast; and the far west was gripped by cold that necessitated the use of smudges to protect the citrus crop, already seriously damaged. H'even deaths, four of them in Chicago, three in Ohlo, two in Ore- gon and one each in Texas and Cal: ifornia were the result of the cold. Three of the Chicagoans were frozen and the fourth, a policeman, was fa- tally injured in a fall on the ice. At , Ore., two boys were drown- ed in a creek partly covered by ice. Smudge smoke, obscuring the view of an electric train operator, caused the California death. Chicago's Christmas was the cold- est in 52 years, and in Indlanapolis it upset records back to 1878. Rock Island, Ill., had the coldest Christ- mas since 1914 and the Mississippi there was reported frozen to a depth of nine inches, enabling persons to walk across. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 26.— Two boys were drowned, several per- sons were injured and citrus cro; damage estimated at $100,000 was re- ported from routhern California, to- day as the result of cold weather which forced the thermometer below zero at points in California, Oregon, hington and Nevada. Smudge pots were pouring black smoke through the California citrus belt near Los Angeles this morning to prevept additional damage @p the crop whith was frost bitten yester- day. At Eugene, Ore., Clark Swan- son, 10, was drowned wht'e playing on ice that partly covered a creek. His brother, Stacey, 12, was drowned while attempting a reecue. Smudge smoke in the San Ber- nardino, Cal., orchard district ob- scured the view of the operator of a Pacific electric train which was de- railed at a curve. One car was over- turned and a passenger, Ralph Gold- (Continued on Page Eight) OIL SITUATION INTERIOR SECRETARY TO OFFER BIGGEST Petroleum Supply to Be Gone in Twelve Years Unless Vast New Fields Are Opened, Says Work CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—The greatest problem facing the United States in 19265 is the oil situation, according to Hu- bert Work, secretary of the interior, here. visiting his laughter, Mrs. A. W. Bissell, of Evanston. Unless new fields are discovered and large new wells drilled the petroleum supply ne in twelve years," Mr. Work ‘a. “We have floods of of! now, enor 8 production, mere than one mil- of the United States will be ion barrels a day. But how .long will it last? Whenever a new field Treat at Auditorium; Salvation Army Spreads Good Cheer Gee whiz, kids, some Chris-mus! Lots of people heard jolly old Santa say so himself— heard him say he never was in a town in the whole wide world where there was £0 much joy and happiness as there was in Casper yesterday. Anyone who was at the Elks building in the morning will agree with him most heartily, for 5,000 or more youngsters swarm- ed tkto the place in ordersto have a word with Santa and get e of the very nicest toys ever turned ow? tu that great big toy shop of his up at the North Pole. And he had the best helpers one could ask for. Besides his own spe- cial assistant, all the members of the Casper Elks club. were on hand to see that every youngster had a wonderful time. Three times the large auditorium was jammed, was crowded, packed, overflowing and bursting with chil- dren.. At 9 o'clock scores of cars. piloted by Elks waving American fags, flew toward the Elks’ hall from schools in all parts of the elty. bearing merry burdens of kids bub- bling over with anticipation. Again at 11 and 12 o'clock the same thing happened. Two b'g busses donated by the Casper Bus company were brought into service and one of them was seen to let out 110. boy: and girls in front of the Elks Home, ‘Who would believe~there were 50, many children in Casper? ‘ ‘The Big Christmas partyput on a program that couldn't be beat- just ask any ofthe 5,000 dcids if it isn't. so, Georze Stewart, manager of the America ‘theater; provided a present of. two. re¢is of the’funniestscomedy ever turned loose qn a_ screen. Shrieking with glee and excitement, the youthful audiences all but crack- ed the walls of the building. Miss Genevieve Fitzgerald, assist- ed by her sister, Miss Marguerite Fitzgerald, and Mrs. Bess Klein, head of the Klein-Marks company, presented her ci of dancing stu- dents in a delightful group of num- bers that elicited repeated expres- sions of pleasure from the kiddies. On the stage stood a tall and beautiful Christmas tree that was dressed in Kris Kringle’s prettiest (Continued on Page Bight) JURY RECEIVES M?COY CASE TO DECIDE GUILTY Former Pugilist’s Fate Turned Over to Jurors With Instructions From Court Following Holiday Recess LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 26.—Judge Charles S. Crail, at the post-Christmas opening of his court here today, gave his instructions to the jury that is trying Kid McCoy, ex- pugilist, for the murder of Mrs. Theresa W. Mors, the night of August 12, last. The judge warned the jury against considering as evi- dence in the murder any testimony, relating to events subsequent to the killing of Mrs. Mors, which was taken by court attaches to mean WOMAN IN CAR HiT BY TRAIN CARRIED 12 MILES ON PILOT INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 26— Thrown onto the pilot of the Knickerbocker special, fast Big “¢fain had crashed tito pane bile in which she waa riding and injured three members ‘of her fam- ily, Of@ Fatally, at a crossing here, Mrs. Kenneth Clark, 18, of this city had a w'ld twelve mile ride last night until she fell from the train dnto a ditch near Oaklandon, In y when found, she was not seriously {n- jured, suffering only from expo- sure to the sub-zero weather and slight bruises. MANY SWEPT POISON IN Body of Exhumed REPCRT M'CLINTOCK CASE AWAITED Millionaire Exam- inéd by Pathologists in Search for Cause of Sudden Death CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—Investigation of the death, attrib- uted to typhoid fever, of William Nelson McClintock, “mil- lionaire orphan,”’ waited today for the report of patholo- gists who examined his exhumed body for possible discov- ery of poison traces and the arrival here from Albuquerque, N. M., of William Shepherd, lawyer-chemist, chief heir to his estate. Shepherd, at whose home McClin- is brought in the owners rush to drill it up. Oil is fugitive. Each well tock died, December 4, ahd whose wife was his guardian unul he be- came of age last spring, left Albu- querque yesterday. He will be ques- uoned on his arrival here, Through his law partner Robert H, Stoll, he has agreed to submit to examination, and to ald the inquiry instigated by Harry Olson, municipal court chief SAID BY PROBLEM takes of] from across the line and a lease, {f not too large, can be drained by wells all around it. That is one of the reasons for the wild and costly drilling which uses up the oll so fast. “The great problem is to find & way to g£op wasteful drilling; to ho!d the storage in the ground until it is needed. Storing off above ground is costly. Much is lost by evapora- tion. There is interest to pay on the investment in ofl and steel tanks. “Oil from public lands, exclusive of the naval reserves, totalled 40,- 000,000 barrels last year. Government and state shared in this ol; royal- tles amounted to 8,000,000 barrels, worth $12,000,000. The cort of super- justice and friend of the McClin- sock family. CHICAGO, Dec. 26. (By the As- sociated Press)—An autopsy’ over the body of William N. McClintock, “millionaire orphan” has disclosed the presence of typhoid, but has not determined, the cause of death, Coroner Oscar Wolff announced to- day, The preliminary report of the pathologists engaged th; the autopsy is not completed, and before making a report, Dr. W, D. McNally, the coroner’s chemist, today asked for further time. The coroner said he had conferred with the pathologists and that he was only able to say that typhoid was present, but that the physicians had not been able definitely to determine what caused death. Asked directly if traces of polson had been found, the coroner answer ed: “Tf I could answer that, I could make a statement. You know some medicines contain poisons. The em- balming of the body has made it more difficult. And {f we were to pursue the theory that some definite poison was present, we might de- stroy other evidence.” The coroner indicated that he ex pected to be able to make public the findings of the pathologists before noon Mondoy. Tho’ physicians ask. ed more time to pursue their investt- gation. Chief Justice Harry Olson of the municipal court, a friend of young McClintock's: mother,» who died in 1907, when he .was four years old stated prior to the coroner's an vising the recovery cf this oil to the nouncement that he had no expocta- government was about $250,000," (Continued on Poge Two.) the barring from deliberations of the evidence of the shooting orgy the morning of August 13, when McCoy is alleged to havé wounded three persons in the west lake shopping district. The judge, in his instructions, held thgt in the absence of a particular motive for the crime for which Mc Coy is on trial, it would be proper for the jury to consider the evidence of the defendant's intoxication dur- ing the period following the killing of Mrs. Mors. Arguments in the case were com- pleted last Tuesday, but Judge Charles 8. Crail declared a recess over Christmas and planned to read iiadostruntions to the jury early to- ; el : ts Should the fury acquit McCoy, however, {t will not mean the end of his.battle for freedom. Other in- (Continued on Page Two) Mayor and Chief Receive Gifts From the Police Mayor 8. K. Loy and Bert 8. Yohe, chief of police, are today proudly carrying handsome 21- Jewell Hamilton watches received as Christmas presents from the members of the city police force, in appreciation of the fair treat- men and excellent support they had been given in the yegr just ending. % Sergeant Pluckahan and Serge- ant Patrick made the presenta- tion speeches to Dr. Loy and Mr. Yohe, respectively. Contract Let For Fuel Oil By Ship Board WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—Con- tracts for 384,000 barrels of fuel ofl were awarded by the shipping board today. A contract for 150,000 barrels to be delivered at Beunos Aires at $2.65 a barrel, was given to the General Petroleum Corporation, of Los An- geles, Calif., and the other for 198,- 000 barrels to be delivered at Rio Janeiro at $17.50 a metric ton, was granted to the Mexican Petroleum Corporation of New York. —— Engineer on Monitor Dead athe, Merrimac inthe. civil war, died Jast night of pneumonia. For 45 years he was chief engineer of ferries operating from New Jersey points to Staten Island. TO DEATH BY FLOOD Bodies of Thirteen Victims of Virginia Disaster Recovered and Search Goes on for Others; Several of Score of In- * jured in Hospitals Expected to Die SALTVILLE, Va., Dec. 26.—With thirteen bodies thus far recovered and six or seven persons still missing, the search for victims continued today in the area of the Hol- ston river valley laid waste by the flood of lime muck released by the breaking of a dam Wednesday night at the Mathieson Alkali Works. While more than a score of injured lay in an improvised hospital here, searchers continued to fight their way through the stretches of lime-whited mud deposited by the QURTEEN TO BE ARRAIGNED NCOURT HERE Two Arrests for Auto Accidents Made By Police Fourteen persons, arrested for va- rious and sundry violations of the law over the holiday are due to make their appearance before Judge Murray in police court this evening. The drunks, ordinary and otherwise, lead all the rest with 11 classified in that gategory. Among those who picked out more diversified charges on which to have themselves incarcerated are Joseph Burgess of 1229 Glenarm, who must answer a charge of toting concealed weapons and Ray Courtney and 8 Kvale, implicated in automobile ac cldents, Courtney, who lives at 1029 East B street, is said to have driven his car into a machine parked at the curb in front of 1337 South Spruce Christm: eve. Court police department serts, was slightly under the effects of the wagsall bowl at the time, and was asked to put up $260 for his appearance this afternoon, Kvale, also over-Imbibing, accord- ing to the officers, hung his ma chine up on a fire plug at the cor ner of Ninth and Ash street, break. ing a valve in the p'ug and necess!- tating a hurried trip by Water Com- missioner Johnson to the scene to avert a flood. as. torrent which virtually swept away the little settlement of workers be low the dam. Four or five of the injured are not pected to live and many are suf- fering from pneumonia resulting from their immersion in the icy wat- ers and from burns caused I alkali muck. Many of the rescuers also haye been treated for burns. Several of the bodies recovered had been carried six miles be'ow the dam, in Tumbling Creek. Belief that some of the missing still lay buried under the avalanche of muck, standing waist high in places, kept the searchers at their task after more than 36 hours. The river valley toc with TEMPERATURE HERE 16 NEAR FREEZING MARK WITH CHINOOK BLOWING its Under the influence of the chi- nook that set in Christmas afternoon the temperature minimum fo: the night went to only 22 degrees above zero with the mercury climbing to 40 degrees aboye in the early fore noon today. The forecast {s generally fair Fri day and Saturday with slightly cold er temperatures tomorrow. a: Nis Three Arrested In Rawlins Raids CHEY. Wyo.. Dec. 26,—Fed eral prohibition agents Tuesday re ported to Lon Davis, federal prohibi tion director for Wyoming, that they had arrested at Rawlins three men from whom they had purchased tn- toxicating liquor, The defendants to the charges are Nick Demis, Frank Jess and James Kelsop deep layer of me mud, had the ap- pearance of an ice gorge. Houses brushed over and crushed by the weight of the reservoir mixture and automobiles covered almost to their tops by it presented a scene of des lation. ‘ Most of the victims whose bodies have so far been recovered were at- tending a Christmas eve party at the home of Harry Prater, the house nearest the-dam. With only a min- ute’s warning of a deafening roar as the dam broke, the merrymakers were trapped without a chance to save themselves as the house was engulfed. Occupants of some other houses which withstood the torrent managed to strugg’e through the mud and water to safety after the crest had passed SCORE INJURE IN OKLAHOM TRAGEDY HAY CHANGE AT LIFE Town is Plunged Into Grief by Hornble Climax to Christmas Eve Celebration HOBART, Okla., Dec, 26. — (By The Associated Press) Having completed the task of identifying the thirty- three victims of the fire which destroyed the school- house during a Christmas eve enter- tainment the people of Babb's Switch settlement today set about to bury- ing their dead. “ Plans for plactug the unknown dead in.a common grave, first con- sidered when it appeared identifica- tion of all the bodies would be im- possible because of their charred condition, were abandoned last night when the identity of the last vict'm, a little girl of eleven—was estab- Ushed. Joint funeraf services for sixteen of the dead were set for this afternoon, followed by burial in sep- arate graves. The remaining sev- enteen victims of the fire probably Will be buried tomorrow. Grave diggers were busy through- morning in the little cem- etery. Local undertakers were un- able to meet the demand for caskets, and special shipments had ordered,. Twenty persons inju in the fire are still confined to hospitals. AL are conceded an even chance tolre- cover. A committee of local citizens was appointed by Mayor F. EB. Gillespie to provide for the care of children orphaned the dsaster and to work toward rehabilitation of the home life of Babb’s Switch. Already @ movement is under way to raise fr is with which to erect a mor ment to the memory of those who lost their lives. Thre small fires in Hobart jay added to the city’s tension. No one was seriously tn- Jured. to be ROMANCE GIVES WAY TO TRAGEDY HOBART, Okla, Dec. 26.—(By The Associated Press)—Bells which were to have pealed for the wedding of Claude Bolding and Gladys Clem- ents yesterday, today will toll lug- ubriously as the body of the bride- to-be fs laid in {ts final resting place in the Hobart cemetery. Miss lements was one of sisters who perished with 30 other persons in the fire which destroyed the Babb’s Switch school house while Chr'stmas eve entert progress. Bolding an attempt to sav es expected to reco Ono of Miss Clements’ sisters, Mrs. Juanita ¢ ents Stevenson, came here with her three-year-old daughter from Michi gan to attend the wedding. Today the bodies of mother and child lie side by side, together with that of Miss Clements’ other sister, who ¥ to have acted as bridesmatd Romance again bowed to tragedy in the case of Aubrey Coffey and Vesta Jackson, who were have been married next Both perished in the fire Ar Tac three (Continued on Page Two.) CONTIN Government’s Plea naval oil reserve. ground that it needed additional time to secure from H. 8. Canadians, from certain rest dents of the United States testimony to establishment of it the Teapot Dome lease Osler and other and esren:ial jaim that CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 26.—Judge T: his morning granted a continuance until March 9 of the | trial of the government's suit in equity for annulment of |the Mammoth Oil company’s lease on the Teapot Dome TEAPOT TRIAL UED IN FEDERAL COURT for Delay Granted by Judge Kennedy in Setting Hearing for March9 Blake Kennedy The continuance was sought by the government on the | was 2 nted as the result of which Harry } B, Fa’l, th the 2 con acy to Alber sp Sinck ana latte | secretary of thes ‘ (Continued «