Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 13, 1925, Page 1

Weather Forecast Mostly fair tonight and Wednes- in rth central portion. Temperatures Colder tonight. Cold wave » 10 below zero. The circulation of The Tribune is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper. Che Cas VOL. IX. NO. 80 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation per + MEMBER GF ASSOCIATED PRESS a rthaa1w CASPER, WYOMING, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1925 FINAL EDITION ME On Streets Del'vered by or at Newstand y Carrier 75 cents cents month Tribune Bldg., Publicatlos cen: n_ Offi 16 EB. Second St STATE LEGISLATURE CONVENES AT CAPITAL Smooth Sailing Assured in Organization of Both Houses ECONOMY PROGRAM DRAFTED FOR CITY Robber Pair Held on Testimony of Woman “Dixie Hammond” Takes Stand to Tell How Ralph Le Mas- ters and Jimmy Hall Fled in Rain of Bullets When 9 Facing Arrest at Hands of Police REDUCTIONS. {N PERSONNEL OF OFFICES LOOMS Retrenchment in All Departments Made Basis of Plan. Drastic reductions in the personnel of every city de- partment except the police and a program of stringent %eonomy which would elim- inate all but emergency ex- penditures were outlined in the re. port of the finance committee pre sented to the city council last night by '\C. BE. Hoffhine. A proposal that two additional traffic policemen be employed, to be allocated one to the eastern and one to the western section of the city, was approved by the council, and the new officers will be placed on duty at once. Consideration of the other recommendations was de- ferred until the next session of the council. Completion of the bulk of the city’s improvement work and the seasonal lull in other projects were cited as ground for a general policy of retrenchment during the next few months. A more efficient ac- counting system, under the direc- tion of a full-time city auditor, was proposed as a necessary method of eliminating waste and making every jar buy full value. The report recommended that the office of park commissioner be tem- porarily abolished, at least until warmer weather brought a revival of his duties, and that the incumbent should be employed elsewhere, a place for him to be made by the removal of someone of less senfor- ity. The committee held that three inspectors were unnecessary and suggested that the office of building inspector be combined with one of the other inspectorships, and the entire work be placed under the city engineer. Pointing out that the engineering department had* virtually completed its improvement work, the report urged a reduction of the force and suggested that the city engineer re- port to the council in what way this could best be effected. A similar curtailment in the legal department was proposed. The committee argued that the services of the at torney and one stenographer should adequate. 2 Taxpayers should be given prefer nee in 1 municipal positions, the eport rted. It recommended also the removal of employes ad dicted to intoxicants as well as any conniving at the defiance of any ther civil, state or federal edict. ‘All maintenance work on the city streets should be discouraged at present unless absolutely essential, the committee held. It recom- mended that the forces be pruned at (Continued on Page Nine.) EXPLORATION OF TOMB TO BE RESUMED LONDON, Jan. 13.— Howard Carter, the Egyptologist, has reached an agreement with the Egyptian government under which work: will be resumed on the tomb of Tutankhamen, the exploration of which Mr. Carter took over upon the death of Lord Carnavon, Says an exchange dispatch from Cairo this afternoon. INQUEST OPENED THIS AFTERNOON INTO DEATH OF EXPLOSION VICTIM George Weedell, county attorney, snd Lew Gay, coroner, started an inquest at 3 o'clock this afternoon in Mr. Weedell’s office into the death of Nick Danglis who was burned to death following an ex- plosion at the T. and L. Hat shop on Center street Sunday evening. The cause of the explosion has not yet been determined although it 1s believed attributable to either natural ges or gasoline. John Poulos, struck by fiying glass and bricks, and John Landas, suffering from second and third de- gree burns, are said to be recover- ing nicely under hospital treatment. MAN NEAR DEATH WHEN FOUND IN CLOSED ROOM WITH HEATER BURNING Guy Zimmerman, who went to sleep in his room at 227 West A street Sunday night with the gus heater turned on and no ventilation {n the room, was found unconscious from carbon’ monoxide poisoning yesterday afternoon but was re cusitated. Artifical respiration was necessary to bring the man back to conscious: ness. He is being treated at the county hospital and {s expected to fully recuperate within a day or two. Woman Animal Tamer Dies of Late Wounds BAY CITY, Mich., Jan. 13.—Mrs. Dolly Hill, known to the circus as Dora Valiceda, who was attacked by a leopard she was training here last Friday, died of her injuries. She was terribly clawed by the beast, a jungle Iéopard which had been add ed to a group of five trained ant- mals. CASPER CREEK OIL TEST IS Tensleep Sand in Midwest Test North- west of Here Comes In With 350 Barrel Production Last Night f llar-mark is written all over Casper today as monies the bringing in of the Midwest Refining com- pany’s North Casper Creek test well last night. When the bit went through the caprock into the new horizon, supposedly the Tensleep, the oi] came gurgling up th pei sncs the pricked. What tt will produce after the drill prods deep- er into it, is left to the imagination on the basis, remember, of an Initial out exceeding 360 barrels ‘Predictions that the Tensleep sand would be the making of a real field out of North Casper structure— { and structure waseall it was until e hole at the rate of 15 barrels an hour. The sand is 9:30 o'clock last night—-were seem ingly well founded. Such an out- look for the wildeat was advanced when the test hit a lively showing of oll and « deal of water at 3,205 feet in the Embar sand the other day. Present depth of the hole is district court in $2,000 bond The heckling to which the defen- dants’ counsel attempted to subject Mrs. Dorothy . Peterson, better known as Dixie Hammond, proved something of a boomerang. At first that self-possessed young wo- man’s identification of LeMasters, or Hawkes, and Hall as the men she had seen and conversed with in front of the Peoria street house was none too certain. She had recogniz- ed Le Masters’ voice, she believed, on the strength of years of acquain ‘ance, but of Hall she could not be sure, When M. F. Ryan, C. G. Cy: preanson and A. B. King set out to undermine the credibility of this partial identification however, Miss Hammond got riled. Recounting once more how she had gone in Chief Bert §. Yohe's car to the house, conversed with the two men regarding a certain “15 gallon" which she sald she had ordered, been ordered to get out because {t was going to be “pretty hot around (Continued on Page Nine.) each. 410 PERSONS sold to other communities in forum luncheon. ing the part wholesaling and job- bing plays in the business life of the city, and F. J. Fairchild, who appealed to retailers for better sup- port than they had given in the past, were the chief speakers at the luncheon. The wholesalers will The sworn word of a woman that Ralph Le Masters and James J. Hall were the men who on the night of December 5 fled in a shower of bullets from the shack on Peoria street where a quantity of loot taken from the McCord-Brady house a few nights before was discovered, was the chief feature of testimony on the strength of which Justice E. C. Madden bound the debonair, bespatted young suspects over to the WHOLESALE BUSINESS RANKS SECOND IN CASPER INDUSTRY; ARE EMPLOYED Wholesaling is not only Casper’s second largest indus- try in business done but it is the means by which Casper is the state, members of the Chamber of Commerce were teld today at the aweekly W. F: Wilkerson, who sketched the salient facts regard- be given a si present forum. Wholesdlers and jobbers, sive of houses dealing in supplies, number 15, Mr. (Continued on Page S cond thelr case opportunity to at next week's exclu- oll well Wilkerson ven.) New Jersey Is First to Turn In 1924 Vote WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—New Jersey, through strategy has won the race with Rhode Island for the honor of being the first state to deliver its 1924 electoral vote to congre: Immediately after the electors yesterday in the several states Senator Metcalf, Republican, Rhode Island, made an appointment with President Cummins of the senate the delive today of th Rhode Island vote so that state could retain first honors which it won four years ago. met y early New Jersey's messenger was the first to reach Washington, however, and instead of waiting until Sena tor Cummins reached his office to day, he went direct to the senator's home late last night and delivered where in the frozen, was a member of the rescue party | that tried to save Miss Vaille land was lost by his companions and it was feared early that would be e tle cold Miss 0. Sort today unable to stand he arc Vaile the daughter of F v retired Denyer million alre, who was due to arrive in Hono. lulu today on a vacation trip. She was a graduate of Smith's college, Northampton, Mass., and for two summers attended sessions of the national school for commercial and the vote, trade executives at Northwestern university, Chicago. FLO ING compares favorably with Notches' field oil. That it pays to be persistent in going after a new field is shown in the record of this Midwest test on the SE% of Sec. 36-37 started June 15, 1923 and which, since that time, has had an unusually hard lof, About all that could hap: pen to casing did happen in this well. Recently the Columbus Oil company which was sinking a test on section 7 abandoned its test and that move did not offer a great deal of incentive to the completion of the Midwest well. ‘The well !s equipped with a cas: ing head control which !s now hold- ing back the output from the Ten sleep until sufficient tankage can be erected to care for production. A small 250-barrel tank was filled dur- ing the night and the well {s now capped, Drilling is to be continued The erude is thought to be of about 20 to 23 gravity and and a test of outpyt made as soon as tanks are dn {he ground. After! the well has shown what {t will do, the next move will be to run a string of 6 3-16 inch casing, shut ting off the Embar water. The future for North Casper Creek field seems to point toward in- tensive drilling of the structure which covers an area of 6 to 8 miles. Just how much of this will be com- mercially worth while {s not known, though it is believed the field will be exceptionally large, In event of large production a pipe line to Bucknum will be a necessity. While the field 1s gotng through initial stages of development a short line to the North and South rafiroad, a mile or #0 to the east, will probably be ‘sufficient. -——_—_— NEW YORK.—New York bankers at a dinner patd tribute to George F. Baker, veteran banker, who’ was culogized by J. P. Morgan in his first public speech and by Secre. DENVER, Colo., Jan. 13.—One wi tary Mellon, Miss Vaille's companion the fateful trip which Sunday morning was Walter Kiener, of Den ver. The pair planned to climb the east face of on began Longs peak, upward bu journey while the met with success were de ending the north face of the peak a strong wind whipped up a rag ard and sent the mercury doy 50 degrees below zero. They were blinded by the blizzard and by the cold. Near exhaus tion, Miss Vaille was forced to halt while her companion pushed ahead to summon help. After a hazardous journey Kien reached a timberljne house—a halfway point and a searching party led by Klener was quickly formed Forced by the elements to travel snail's pace the rescuers arriv too. Ia Huddied in a crevice, part'y coy with snow, the daugh ter the ationing millionaire was found. It was on this hunt that Sortland became lost from his companion and while searching parties still wero mushing through the snow clogged, wind swept passages of the peak today, they held little hope that they would find Sortland alive Kiener, who accompanied the wo man on the perilous climb at noon today was reported to be suffering from frozen hands and feet at the Timberline house, where the rescud party {s resting, His condition (s re garded members of the party as serious. No further trace has been found of Scctiand, the missing member of the rescue party. Kiener, who came to Denver less than two years ago from Switzer land, 1s sald to be a mountain clim ber of known abit nd held a mem bers! 4) In the Swiss Alpine club. —————— Snakee of the non-polsonous var feties are a popular form of pet among English society women. One woman has more than a hundred of these reptiles, at a difficult | New York Man Succeed Kellogg at St. James Court. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—Alanso) B. Houghton of New York, now am bassador to Germany, has been se lected by President Coolidge to suc ceed Ambassador Kellogg at Lor don. Mr. Houghton has attended man rehabiiftation and has first han in which this country has an inte: est. He is 61 years old and was bor in Cambridge, Mass Before enterifig congress, Hougkton was engaged in the bus ness of glass manufacturing at Cor ing, N. ¥, The selection of a new ambpsaadc for London so soon after the prom tion of Mr. Kellogg was announce would be’ in “Mne-with the polic President Coolidge has been follov the earliest possi’e moment. Ambassador Houghton will requir senate confirmation for the Londo: post, although there is open to tl pointment provided the nominatio! {s not made until after March (Continued: on Page Ten.) A. HOUGHTON APPOINTED 10 BRITISH POST to ot the conferences in European cap. itals made necessary in the work of knowledge of almost every problem Mr. ing of clearing up such matters at president the avenue of a recess ap Officers Installed as First Action; Message Will Be Heard Thursday CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 13.—The eighteenth Wyom- ing legislature convened at 12 noon today for a forty day session that will end February 21. Details of or- sania! in will not be completed be- fore Wednesday and vernor Ross probably will not be notified before Thursday that the legislature ts re: to receive her message. The house was called to order by ecretary of State Frank EB. Lucas who advised that its legislative ef. forts be concentrated on a few essential bills. J. C, Underwood of Laramie county then was elected speaker and Marvin L. Bishop of Natrona county was elected speaker pro tem. A recess was taken until 2:30 o'clock, when Speaker Under- wood announced the permanent committees, n The senate was called to order by n- | Clarence Gardner of Lincoln county, president ad interim, and after a few formalities recessed until 2:30 1 | o'clock At the afternon session Lewis H. Brown of Sweetwater county was elected president and Clarence Gardner, president pro tem. After the election of employes and the swearing in formalities, the senate will adjourn until Wednes- day when the president's committee list mnmay be r ly. The officers elec in both houses Y.Jare Republicans The Democratic 1] minority made nominations in each m-|house, the house Democrats com- piimenting Bayard C. Wilson of Big Horn county with their for the speakership and the senate Democrats voting for Theodore Wanerus of Camptiell County for” president. d & D or dd W votes —_ - HOUSE BURNS 13.—(By The Asso clatec 3 Luke's inter. natlo: hospital, a one story wooden structure under the direc tion of the American Episcopal 4,Jchurch mission here, was destroyed by fire today. All patients, includ I n ne n Agnes W. Vaille, Denver Heiress, Meets Death in Estes Park) and Member of Rescue Squad Is Missing; Blizzard Descends on Peak During Winter Climb oman was frozen to death and a man is lost some snowbound passages of Longs Peak, near Estes Park, as the result of a mountain climbing expedition Sunday. Miss Agnes W. Vaille, secretary of the Denver Chamber of Commerce, is dead and searching parties are ploughing through snow drifts in the face of a blizzard and weather below zero looking for Herbert Sortland, employe of Long’s Peak Inn, wh« TWO PERISH ON LONG’S PEAK TRAIL TOPEKA GIRL IS CHOSEN FOR HONOR TOPEKA Vada Kan., 13 Watson, 19, of Turon{ we ted Kansas wheat girl last eht and will vel to Washington ) | January 29, Kansas’ birthday, to pre sent to President Coolidge a sack Jan Miss Kan., sele EXTRA DITION OF IBANEZ IS MADRID, Jan. 1 - dlstric judge has ordered Vic nto Ibanez committed to prison uncon ditionally and has demanded 10,00 pesetas as a cash bond to guarant his financial obligations. The caso against Ibanez for th publication of his oklet King Alfonso is being the absence of the author country It is generally believec extradition will be asked pressed 4 from th TWO ARRESTED IN TAID ERE Two men were arrested and 18 ga lons of liquor were seized last eve ning at 7:55 o'clock comprising Officers Ideen, Hurlow and Muck descneded on th house at 420 North Jackson on tip that it was serving bootle headquarters The suspected pair, Hams, who resides at house, and Leo Shaw on charges of violatior drug ordinance. Both we on $200 bond for hearing court this evening. when a squa as the Against Zook, Charles Wil police Kansas wheat hervested by t || President Warren G. Harding with m “Kan or | 18 grows tt wheat 1] tn Th 8a | nt Cooll ding | H opped idential tour neres of wheat. Thi, to W. ¥. Mor Hutchinson the Ha | | was | | four wheat, according the editor Herald wheat in of the is truly best et CAUCUSES HELD BY HOUSE. AND SENATE 6 0. P. NAME LEADERS Underwood Chosen for Speaker; Deadlock of Senators Is Broken by Naming L. H. Brown. BY COL. W. H. HUNTLEY CHEYENNE, Wyo. Jan. 13 —(Special to The Tribune) —The Republican house caucus promptly and with- out the slightest friction selected its organization slate in the space of an hour lato yesterday and was ready for the gavel to drop today noon at which time J, C. Underwood of Laramis county will be elected speaker, Mar- vin L. Bishop Jr of Natrona county speaker protem and W. R. MacMil- n chief clerk The senate caucus which convened at the same hour, 3 o'clock in the ball room at the Plains hotel had no such It ran into a deadlock in its fix balloting which sted until hour in the night. Sen- ator Lewis TM," vn of Sweetwate Snty was the ultimate c! for president of the senate, Warres Daily was made chief clerk earlier in the day late In the beginning three r president of the sen. pres sented for sideration—Lewis Hy, Brown of Sweetwater county, A. K. Lee, of Hot Springs county and Clar- ence Gardner of Lincoln county. 'The vote stood for Brown, seven for Lee and two for Gardner, there being sixteen Republican members of the senate. In all the balloting ensuing, there was no change in tho result when adjournment was taken for dinner. On reassembling at o'clock no change in the standing of the three ants occuring a re 8s was taken which lasted several hours, mes for were contes Meanwhile efforts to induce tha caucus to reach some conclusion of the matter were made by lea party This much was known outside tho death chamber: Senator Lee offered to withdraw from the cc tand re- lease his supporters, But (ere same supporters were unwilling for such @ move unless they could have the privilege of reopening the nomina- ions und presenting a candidate in ubstitution for Lee. The nomina- tions were closed in the usual fash. fon by motion Senators Horton and Free, conducted the Lee campaign, the principal ot tho program to turn the Lee votes o find who wers jectors to Leo 0089 ahi ne ween the candidates, , ar n the F led its to hammer caucus € moved so swiftly ck it was or Lee withdrew that ull over. As fo as a candid: und Senator Horton was substituted and a motion prevailed to drop the low man after each ballot. When the world because it tesis a very desirable quantity of protein and is n’| worth more than $2 0 a bushel nator Gardner dropped out on the nsuing ballot, the next ballot tdken (Continued op Page Hight) POISON h - FATAL A POTTSVILLE, Pa., Jan 13 here, last night. The corone e gin, Joseoh LaVelia orge Aleckonis of Minersville, died short ly after drinking the lquid State and police sald htey wan put into the drinking bow! a joke” by one of the guests. four others are in a serious co liquid consumed at a wedding part to determine whether any others were which is believed to have been me vestigating reports that the polson | Malze a | Marg They | partake of the fated potion, DRINK AT WEDDING IS TO Two Four Others at Pottsville, Pa., in Ser- ious Condition from Taking Metal Polish Mistaken for Gin —Two persons are dead and ndition as a result of poison at Maizeville, near ate police are trying victims to the poison, tal polish mistaken for stated there were rumors it with the liquid by some member of the r and had b nemles part n mixed of Conhis the Vimaki n chiet brie ot groom the bride police of and Miss did nog