Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 6, 1925, Page 1

eather Forecast Unsettled tonight and Saturday, Colder tonight south central portion, and in east and south portions Saturday, VOL. IX. NO. 102 The circulation of The Tribune is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper Che Casp Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation . \ EMBER OF A praeat OCIATED PE tESS CASPER, WYOMING, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1925 ITTLE HOPE IN PROSPECT FOR ENTOMBED NAN Ratho Teas: Hold. Our Possibility That He Is Alive CAVE CITY, Ky. Feb. 6.— (By the Associated Press).—Pre- parations are being made to use dynamite in the shaft now going down toward a point near the sup- posed position of Floyd Collins in his Sand Cave chamber where he has been imprisoned for more Ran a week. .The hurriedly pro- e mine is reported 22 feet deep and solid gock has been en- countered, the volunteer miners said. Dynamite, despite its perils to the man entombed below, is regarded as the only means of removing this rock and parapher- nalia required for blasting jhas been ordered to the scene. The first powder likely will be used this evening. “We will have to shoot the rock if it is solid and thick,” H. T. @carmichael, in charge of the min- ing, declared. “There is no other way. This is a desperate situa- tion and time is preciois. We must use every means at our command.” CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 6. —(By the Associated Press) —All hope of reaching him through the natural passage gone, rescuers today were making a new entrance to id Cave in an attempt to reach Floyd Collins entombed since last Friday morning. A long day of digging was ahead of them, and whether Collins’ was dead or alive, none has known def- initely since a cave-in Wednesday night blocked the passage in which he has been lying, pinioned by one foot, for one week. The general belief was that he has succumbed; by being crushed to (Continued on Page Eight.) peices A tor HEARING ON PETITION IN OIL LEASE ACTION PENDING RT GHETENNE In order to bepresent in’Cheyenne tomorrow for the hearing in federal court there of a petition intrcduced the government's special counsel the Teapot Dome case for right to ansmit letters regatory to the gov nt of France so that deposi may be taken from H. M kmer and James EB. O'Netl at “aris, Judge T. Blake Kennedy, As sistant Prosecutor Clyde Watts and Clerk of Court Charles Ohnhous will leave hore tonight. They will return in time for the resumption of the federal court session here Monday morning. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 6.— “A solitary figure stood in a glow of a hill top camp fire watching silently the shaft being sunk inch by inch to Floyd Collfhs. The light’s reflection revealed, after a minute two streams of. tears on the watcher’s face, but they were never brushed away,” says o copyright story of the Courter Journa} from Cave City today. “This sYent observer was Alma Clark, 22, living eight miles. from Cave City, come to mourn on what was to have been her wedding day and for him who was to have been her husband. Alone she stood as scores of workinen “ex- erted themselves to force a. way through rock and earth into the cavern. “Around her many were talk- ing, calling to one another, and some were laughing. They didn't know, they didn’t even see thi: figure, nor did she see them. ‘he held her eyes on the new made shaft. She turned, finally, and in @ moment was lost In the dark- ness. “Her tears, her expression and her walk told plainly that her hopes are no more, that she feels the cave which Floyd Collins set out to explore will Mot release its srip until he dies. It has held him seven days, It has held out hopes to him time und ogain, but it shattered them beyond recall when it closed the one avenue to the world outside. “Floyd. Collins and Miss Alma Ciark were to have eloped today, but only a few of their friends knew. the secret. One) of them, a man, saw the girl at the shaft and saw the saddened face. He saw and knew, he understood, and he turned his eyes as she passed him. “Others, of course, knew of the friendship and some might have known that the wedding days was set for March 2. But very few knew that Floyd Collins and Miss Clark had decided definitely, to steal quietly away today and re- turn as man and wife. “It was sald that objections to Bank Supervisor Is Bone of Contention Amendment to Senate Bill Providing for Appointment by Governor Instead of State Commission Is Voted Down; Measure Ready for Third Reading COLLINS’ SWEETHEART KEEPS CAVE VIGIL AS WEDDING DATE PASSES OUNTY STRIKERS MAY ESCUERS SPEED WORK ON SAND CAVE: SHAFT ( d 03) “wesi0)5; 4 Crime On Streets Delivered by the marriage had been mado and that the elopement was planned as @ means of overcoming It. “And this may be why Floyd Collins wouldn't give up his fight for life when he knew the fight seemed lost. It may explain why Collins kept courage when rescu- ers and friends were downcast. It may reveal how Collins endured torture with a smile at times through six days in the grip of a stone in the cave and it may show the power that kept alive that spark of faith he cherished.” Sh te Se Ba Sees Conway Tearle ‘Home Looted By Burglars nN WHITE PLAINS, N. ¥., Feb. 6,— Thieves backed a motor truck up to the country home of Conway Tearle, motion picture actor, at Chappaqua near here, and removed house fur- nishings at $15,000, the police learned today. Most of the furnt: ture, with the exception of a plano and two heavy tables were taken. Tearle in living at a New York hotel. His wife, known in motion pictures at Adele Rowland, is at Bollywood. COMPLETION OF NORTH AND SOUTH RAILROAD POSSIBLE CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 6.—Plans for the completion of the Wyoming North & South railroad from Casper to Miles City, Mont., and now operating between Casper and Salt Creek, were revealed here with the filing of incorpora- tion papers for the Wyoming-Montana Railroad company, capitalized at $10,000,000. Where Rock Trapped Collins Jewel Eutes, 17, at the mouth of Sand Cave, where Floyd Collins is im- Estes was first to discover Collins’ plight and lead in rescue Sand Cave ts eight miles ffom Cave City, Kentuc! prisoned. attempt Latch String - Is Left Out For Robbers ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 6.—After @ reported loss of $10,000 through twenty-one robberies of their stores since January 1, a local chain grocery firm today in adver- tisements informed burglars in the future they would leave the keys to three of their stores on the out side. The firm said this action was being taken to avoid the expen diture necessary to repair doors and windows broken by intruders. The advertisement urged thieves to confine their activties to the three designated stores, or, they sald, “if one of the three is. not handy and you prefer some other store or stores, just phone us and we will leave the keys hanging out for ‘you.” Then, excluding the three stores the firm offered $1,000 reward for evidence to convict of burglary any one visiting any of its other stores. MOVIE HOUSE _1S WRECKED BY EXPLOSION KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 6— An explosion early today demolished the front of the World in Motion, a local motion picture theater, which for several months had been picketed by union men because it employed non union operators. Many windows nearby were shat tered. Fire department officials estt mated the damage to the theater at $4,000 and to nearby bulidings at $2, 900. Although pickets had been with drawn about ten days ago, Earl H. Roreback, owner, said he believed is said, to take over the holdings of the Wyoming North & South railroad. Extension of the line to Rawlins, where it will connect with the Union Pacific, is also held out as a possibility by the new company, which is said to have the backing of New York and Pittsburgh financiers. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 6.—(Special to The Tribune.) —The first party division of the session of the eighteenth legislature came in the senate late Thursday afternoon, on an amendment to Senate 27, the banking bill, which was designed to give to the gover- nor authority to appoint the state supervisor of banks. jor political parties was mentioned during discussion of the amendment, those who spoke on the amendment emphasizing that they were actuated only by desire that the bill FOUR DEAD IN COAST STORM Thousands of Cattle Drowned in Oregon hen Creek Goes on Rampage; Rum Ship Battered by Seas SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 6.—Four persons were be- lievéd to be dead today as the result of a storm which swept Pacific coast states. Rivers and stream” in California, Ore- gan and Washington were running bank full. In Oregon thousands of cattle were drowned when Bully Greek, near Vale, went on a rampage and inundated a valley between the creek and the Malheur river, re- sulting In property losses estimated at § $250,000, Off the Godlien Gate entrance of San Francisco bay, an alleged rum runner, the Canadian steamship Stadiconn; -herrfug! gane, water \wnks neatly empty and her crew wuffering irom scurvy, was being battered about by the storm at the 12-milo, limit. From Nelson, B. C., it was report: ed that searghers had recovered the bodies of Mr. and, Mrs. John H. Hoyle of Queens’ Ray from the ruins 0@ their home whieh=was demolished yestorllay by a, snow,siide, In Stock- ton, Cal, efforts were being made to-1 when the mown day to recover the bodies of some un- identified motorists who plunged with thelr automobile into a chan- nel near the city when their vision was believed to have been obscured by rain. The number of persons in the car was unknown, Torrential rains continued through out western Washington, Oregon and northern California today. Rallway service and stage and automobile traffic was seriously impaired, At Eugene, the Williamette river reach- ed a high mark of 14.2 feet but began falling last night. Practically all of northern Call- fornia and the San Francisco Bay region was drenched by heavy rains, Jast night and early today. Rivers were reported running high and rail- way travel somewhat affected. Sect ee For indigestion the Chinese take a pertior SF fried yorntoad, WRtch mas been car: ‘yoedught and prared on the wane 4 The name of neither of the ma- should be the best bill of its char acter that could be passed, but it was notable that all of the Demo cratic senators voted for the amend ment and the Republican senators, with one exception, voted against the amendment. Tho Republican ex ception was Senator ¢. P. Meek, of Weston county, who voted with the 11 Democratic senators who sup. ported the amendment The amendment was defeated 12 to 5, and the bill as finally approved for engrossment carries its original pro vision that the supervisor of bank® shall be appointed by a state bank ing commission of three members, this commission to be appointed by the governor from a list of candi dates selected by the bankers of the state, The members of tho bank ing commission are to servo years and no provision ts thelr removal. They may remove the supervisor of banks, as well as appoint him. “This bill will divest the statu of Incorporatcrs of the Wyoming: Montana company are H. L. Kirby A. E. Cole and C. J.'Koonze. Others named in connection with the proj- ect are W. L. Longstretch, S.. P. Gano, W. B. Powell, E. W. Bemis and Albert Brown. A purchase price sufficient to sat- isfy creditors of the Wyoming North & South raflrond is said to have been offer@a in negotiations for the pur chase of the incompleted line started by the Haskell interests. Assets of the North & South Ine consist of a right-of-way extending from Casper to Miles City, land concessions by private interests, a rail line extend- ing from Illco, 11 miles west of Casper, to Salt Creek, and miles of ling accomplished before short: age of funds caused a suspension of work. The railroad {s now in the hands of a rec Judgment « 40,000 was recent ly entered a Middle States Ol con in favor of contractors Md A meeting held to determine possibilities of sale to satisfy ?the creditor Owners and contractors participated in this conference. Seca | BLIND MAN IS MISSING FROM JAIL LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 6— lind but #till able to grope his way about by tapping a cane and Rider watched using his ears, F his chance and escaped from the Lincoln Heights jail here, where he was seryirl ix month’ sen. tence for vagrancy, it was revealed at Central pc station last night Aft the blind prisoner's es: cape had -been discovered it came to Ught that his wife, also blind, had been able to keep him supplied with whiskey and other ‘things during the few weeks he remained in his cell the last vestigate of control o the banks.” said Senator Thoma Hunter, discussing amendment which he had offered vesting in the governor the appointment and re moyn! of the supervisor of banks Sonator Hunter expressed the opin fon that the bill, aside from its pro visions concerning appointment and removal of the supervisor of banks was A good bill. = “Benator: Pranwweor' Horton, chal man of the committeo that (Continued on Page Six) Detectives assigned to catch up with the fleeing blind man ,said they learned he had been driven to San Francisco in his seven-pas wenger nutomobile It was thix automobile together with a $500 radio set. a player piano, dlamonds.and other trinkets purchased with profits from str begging that originally caused Rider and his wife to be tried in police court for’ vagrancy. He wi entenced ty jail, she was fined 450, Negotiations are under way, it the explosion was the result of labor trouble. or at Newstands, 5 cents Carrier 75 cents a month Hiring back of “walkout” work- ers at tho court house started this afternoon just before 3 o'clock, first of those to resume thelr former jobs being Deputies Fed Place and Frank Rutledge in the sheriff's of- fice. Ed Landers was offered a place on the force but refused on the basis of inadequate salary. County Adsessor Lyle Jay an- nounced that he had hired Edward Grant, former deputy sheriff but had made no decision as to whom his other assistant was to be. To the nine girls who worked in her Publication Offices Tribune Bldg., 216 HB. Second St DRFEIT POSITIONS JOBS TO BE FILLED AT CUT IN PAY Commissioners Stand Pat on Reduction in Salaries; Seven Jobs Lopped Off by Board in Ordering Conformance.W ith Law; Applicants Are Numerous is prepared to make a general offer of all jobs back at the individual salary of $100. Some of the nine were getting $125 before they left. Declaring that on legal advice she intends to retain her entire force, Mrs. Mabelle Fiedler, cleric of court, announces the stand she has taken and will keep until the nutter is pressed as an issue, She has at present foun assistants, the statute making allowance for but one. Her counsel has notified her, she said, that his interpretation of the law makes it poss clerk of court to employ as many of office until yesterday afternoon, _ Miss Emma Marshal, county clerk, of employes at salaries fixed Department heads were given no instructions on whom they should obtain to fill the positions vacated by yesterday's walkout and {t was left to their individual discretion wheth: er to rehire any of the employes who had participated. As the majority of the department heads were in sympathy with the movement it is belfeved that the positions will be of fered to fonmer members of their staffs. Todéy’s action automatically Tops off seven county employes. The sher- {ff’s and clerk-of-the-court’s office will be the most seriously affected. Sheriff McPherson's force up to yes terday consisted of an undersheriff, three deputies and a jailer, a total of five assistants, The deputies and the jailer gwere drawing $1,800 a year each. Prescribing with the rtat- utes, he will have to run the office with two assistants, an undersheriff at $1,400 and a deputy at $1,200 re- ducing his personnel by three men Mrs. Mabelle Fiedler, who hereto fore has had four assistants, will be allowed only one, reducing her force Session victions, securing pleas of gu overcome the slow start it ma tory-making session here. docket are making the sched Frank H. King of Casper was this morning dismissed by Judge T. Blake Kennedy following the revelation that King was brought into court on a charge of iNegal possession and sale of liquors an two counts thru mistaken identity. A plea of guilty to the charge of unlawful possession and sale of liq uor, was entered by Farquhar Me Kenzie of Casper. On the two counts of conviction he was fined $200 and sentenced to 30 days in Na trona county jail Convicted. yesterday afternoon on one count of a charge of illegal man ufacture of Mquor in this city Joe Styger paid a fine of $300. Joe Miller in whose house Styger oper ated his still, yesterday was fined $150. A resume of the results In al court during the week shows two disagreements, six convictions, six convictions on pleas of guilty er feder dismissals, one acquittal and one continuance. New cases introduced in the doc’ et are those.of John Lee and Jame Kennedy of Casper, charged with il fegal possession designed for the manufacture of moonshine. | Or February 10 these cases and that of John Tripeny, alleged to have sold paregoric {n his drug store here without consideration of the require ments of the law, are to be tried John Kane of Casper pleaded guid ty this afternon to the charge of having Mlegally possessed a still and} Nquor and was fined $150. Acquittal was the verdict of the jury which heard the ense of Jay IM N FOR Comer, ch 4 with un lawful posseaMon of a, still The docket new ataudd even with by three Federal Court | Here Is Speeded Up After gathering momentum by registering several con- ilty, as a consequence and or- dering a number of dismissals, the federal court has now de Moi.day in opening its his- Today hearings of cases on the ule on par. , the schedule, federal court beine journed until Mond — morning BANKING BILI WASHINGTO. Fadden banking | Feb. 6.—The Me was reported to: after a section which would from holding membership in the re serve system had™been stricken out GIVEN SENATE day by the senate banking committee have Prevented state banks with brancher assistants as the work of th fice requires. Instructions to Natrona county officers to recruit staffs by statute and conforming to law in number, was the answer this afternoon of the county commissioners to yesterday’s strike of a score of county employes against salary reductions. is concerned, the strike will be considered at an end. So far as the county Lylo Jay, county assessor, lores one of his force of three and will tbe left with just two assistan The forces in the county clerk and treasurer's offices will not be nged, as the statute presc these officials may hi ny additional clerks at a s not exceeding $100 per month as their work requires.” The foregoing reductions per of. fice were figured out by the board of commissioners just before adjournment after they had st legal opinions on the statute a ing each particular office Opinions on the reductions by de- partment heads were varied “With a sheriff's force of thre said Mr, McPherson, “we shall be serfogsly handicapped. One man has to bd on, the desk eighteen hou uv day to answer telephone calls, keep the records and handle the business of people who call in person. Ono man is busy from elght to 12 ho J dally serving papers. That will leave ene man free, but he will not be ab'a to participate in a raid, look for a still or to make investigations, be cause he will have to be on hand to answer emergency calls “We may not get the work accom- plished that the people exy of us but we will do the best we can.” ‘Absolutely impossible,” was the comment of Mrs. Fiedler when she was interrogated on the matter of running her offico with one assist- ant “There were 4,000 cases handled in this office last year and there wi be approximat that amount of work this year, The court r cannot be kept up to date wi two In the office.” The only “strikers who back to, work this mornring the four employes of the court's offic > rematne Cron | bre a |for Job Alex McPher had 37 applications uy this. mornring, to be taken on aS deputies Emma Marshall, county clerk, had approximately 15; Mrs, Iiedler had eight, and Lyle Jay, cour sor, had two, up to the s The sheriff's office was ra this mornring by the she vlone, The federal agents, who make their (Continued on Page n) STONE BY THE Nomination N: when the court conve Mr. Stone can qualify a first oath of office. Should he pur sue that course, Assistant Attor Genet Donovan, would become’ ing head justice unUl the senate acls on the appoint department NOMINATION: OF OKEHED SENATE Attorney General to Take Place on the Supreme Bench on March 2; Warren ow Facing Vote WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—Although the nomination of Attorney General Stone to be jconfirmed last night by the senate, 71 to 6, Mr. Stone wil! be unable to take his place on the bench until March 2 s after its immediate supreme court justice was resent reces however, by taking arles D. Warren, of Mich- 1 the retiring attor- ment of © {gan ney | Mr ination {9 now (ConUnued on Page Seven) to suece general Warren's fo