Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 11, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER ” The circulation of The Tribune is greater than,any other Wyoming newspaper “ Mostly fair tonight and Thursday éxcept possibly snow Thursday extreme northwest portion. what higher temperature tonight. t in Sonfe- [——_—_—$— << ———_$___ i — VOL. IX. NO. 106 Member of Audit Bureau of Cirtulation pr Dz MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS CASPER, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1925 The Casyp tha Orihune Cal plication Offices ig., 216 BE. Second St On. Streets. or Del'vered by nds, 5 cents a month cents I at® Newat > 7 ‘Trihune E Carfter 7 LAVOYE TENANTS ARRAIGNED FOR FAILURE TO VACATE OIL TOWN BANK BANDIT SEIZED HERE IDENTIFIED ONE OF THREE IN OKLAHOMA ROBBERY HELD Caspar Officers Will Share Reward; Man Denied Guilt. J. E. MeDaniels, 35 years old, arrested on Center street last night, was positively identified this morning by the sheriff of Creek county, Qklahoma, ‘as the man who kh two others robbed the Amert- can National bank at Bristow, Okla. January 23 last and escaped with $7,000 in| currency. The Oklahoma officer had been trailing McDaniels for two;Weeks and had followed him to Montana, back through Cody and Thermopolis and into Casper. A woman, claiming to be McDantels wife, Was arrested with him. daniels, alias Wilson, White, McDonpugh and Whitehurst, and his twé companions who have since “heen captured, walked into the Bristow bank the morning of Jan- uary 23 last, ned up the employes and gustomers and helped them- selves to all the currency lying loose. A passerby warned a local officer and as the bandits went out the back door and started for their automobile the officer opened fire. The bandits returned the fire, sev- eral citizens Joined in the battle and the bank robbers shot their way out of town. Four persons were wounded, none of them fatally, and the bandits made a clean getaway. be sheriff's office here had been ‘Warned two days ago to be on the Jookout for a couple traveling from Coty in a new roadster of popular make which did not carry any license plates. The car and the couple were spotted almost stmul- taneously last night by Ed Landers, undersheriff, dnd Paddy Sullivan of the police force and both partict- pated in the arrest. Landers and Sullivan are expected to share the $700 reward offered for the capture of MecDaniels although A. G. "Tiny" MeLuth, who appeared in heavyweight wrestling matches here a few years ago, claims a share in the reward. He says that he ,told the officers where they would find the couple. From all indications MeDaniels and the woman have been traveling fast and seeing plenty of the wide open spaces of the untrammeled west since January They are reported to have gone from Okla homa to Art , New Mexico, Colo- Wyoming, Montana and back he only states. they missed in the Rocky tion are Iuaho , two weeks 1 a roads started south real estate evi to him as a good investment a& he paid $400 cash for plot in the Swingle addition on the Alcova road the first day he was in town. Cross questioning by the sheriff's office last night failed to get any- ing out of either McDantels or (Continued on Page Bight) nd Durant Wins Big Fortune In “Street’’ NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—William C. Durant, motor manufacturer and stock operator, !s credited by Wall Street with having made about $2,500,000 during the last two days in the rise of United States Cast Iron Pipe. His paper profits on the same stock in its upward movement in less than two years age estimated at moro than $10,000,000, The stock’s gyrations skyward in the last few days have been considered a notice by Mr. Durant, by way of the ticker that he is back from his vacation in Call- fornia. His friends described him as more bullish than ever, —— = Greece Appeals To League On Turk Dispute GENEVA, Feb. 11.—(By The As- sociated Press.)}—Greece has ap- pealed to the League of Nations against the action of Turkey in ex- pelling the Most Rey. Constantifios, ecumenical patriarch, of the Greek Catholic church from Constantinople, claiming that this action endangers the friendly relations between. the two countries. In his letter to the conference, the chief Chinese delegate, 8. Alfred Sze, sald the withdrawal was due to the conference's fallure to adopt a system for the suppression of oplum smoking in the far east. QUSTER ACTION NEARS. GLIMAX FORCE IS COMPLETE Dog Grieves for Collins By NEA Airmail Service Fo: e tiem er ee S| Floyd Collins’ dog has been unconsolable since its master was trapped in Sand Cave near Cave City. CAVE RESCUE WORK NEARING END; COLLINS THOUGHT DEAD CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 11—(By, The Associated Press.) —A definite connection between the rescue shaft and the tunnel in which Floyd Collins had been imprisoned fo r twelve days, at 10 o’clock this morning, was expected to be reached very soon, it was declared this morning by H. T. Carmichae “I am prepared at almost any time to find a definite co nnection between the shaft and the cavern,”’ Carmichael g found, rocks are getting | arger, sand has given w said. are reported by the diggers.” Scout Cabin at Camp Rotary is Found Ruined Work of Vandals During Winter Months Is Revealed in Destruction of Garden Creek Building The Boy Scout cabin at Garden Creek, out at the Casper mountains, is a wreck, Vandals have broken out all the windows, torn off the doors, wrecked the bunks and even smashed the porch railing. The stoves have been wrecked and then thrown out of the building and debris and filth scattered about promiscuously. Just what the {dea was is hard for scout leaders to understand. This cabin was kept as a refuge for any- one in a storm. Food and cooking utensils were alwa: on hand and in a case of necessity, any persons was welcome to make use of the scout cabin. If there were any boy scouts at the cabin, they made the stranger welcome and have provid- ed for the needs of thore who came secking shelter or assistance. one was ever turned away. In the winter months, Casper mountains have a wonderful appeal to those who like to hike out in the quiet woods where the snow is deep and nature sleeps against the spring wakening. The Boy Scouts are deeply appreciative of this mood of the seasons and the lads of Casper ntinued on Page Four.) Ky., ri “More crevices are bein, efusing food or petting. The dog is For the first time, the amplifier tests across the electric light wire leading down to Collins, faile pletely this mornring to re thing in the head phones. T successful test at midnight repe: the “breathing” sounds at the regu lar rate of 18 per minute, but H. ¢ Lane, manager of the electric appar- atus at the cave, sald the test ip dicated the globe was out of Collins’ socket or burned out. Carmichael would not estimate how soon the Sand Cave might be plerced, but said ‘we appear to be very close, and I believe we will get Collins out alive." Carmichael explained that the shaft: had been gompleted two thirds of the depth originally planned and that he expected to find some pns- sage way before the maximum depth estimated had been reached. - At 9a. m. the shaft had reached 42 feet in depth, The last foot was untimbered. Old cave men among the diggers told John Henretty, foreman under Carmich: that the finding of cav crickets was unmi ale that round drain was near The ratum in the rhaft expediting the digging, Carmi an un¢ drier was el announced Tw ers at 9 m. as the maximum time they expected’ to take to extricate Collins. The workers said that if he was not out of the hole in that time they\ would be sorely disappointed They were hdpeful of reaching Col- ling much sooner, saying that it might come at any minute. While expecting that Collins soon (Continued on Page Te: nty hours was given by rescu- | | SHERIFF'S | | | | The sheriff's office is working today with an undersheriff, three deputies arfd a jailer, the same force before last Thursday's courthouse “strike,” all the em ployes who quit having gone back on the probability of a relief mea: sure being passed by the legisl ture in Cheyenne during the cur- rent session. The measure, which was intro- duced by M. L. Bishop, Jr., of Cas- per, provided both raises in pay and additional men for the sher- iff's office. It provides for $1,700 per year for deputies who would be employed at $1,200 under the present status and also permits the sheriff to hire as many de- puties as the county commission-, ers decide his office needs, Sheriff McPherson, who went to enne with other local officials Sunday night in regard to the matter, feels assured that tho measure will be passe SLAYER MUST GO TO DEATH CAMERON, La., Feb. 11—Ned Harvey, of Orange, Texas, a trapper was found guilty of the murder of John Springer, of Lake Charles, and the death penalty voted by a jury ast night Floyd Collins in Crevice IN HEARINGS FOR CONTEMPT First Motion Made by Defense Overruled In Federal Court by Judge T. B. Kennedy. Concrete developments were Jacking in this afternoon's session of district court, opening at 2 o'clock, in which seven defendants in the Lavoye case are on trial for contempt of court. It is the contention of attorneys for the defendants as voiced by Attorney A, E. Stirrett that their clients aro not gulity of contempt be- cause the decree entered against Lavoye enjoining him from the use of the townsite was not directed ‘against the defendants, inasmuch as they were not em: ployes, servants, agents, or ten. ants of Lavoye, having been re- leased from such connection by denial of Lavoye's application for homestead entry. This argument served as an answer to Judgo Kennedy's denial at the morning session of a motion for dismissal, Jack Scott, county commis r, who is one of those on trial fe contempt; ‘took the witness stand at 3 o'clock this afternoon. as he was It was and Cave, a boulder and then by a cay another cave just before Collins entered City ios Senate Sticks To Its Own Postal Plan WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—The senate postoffice committee today voted to substitute the senate postal pay and rate increase bill for the y to gravel and more cave crickets | }\vnsure passed yeaterday by the house, Sixteenth Episcopal Convocation Convened In New Church Here Sixty Clergy and Laymen in Attendance Here at Meeting of Wyoming Diocese; Sermon by Bishop Faber of M on- fa SR ea ee Sa tana and Organization Occupy Morning: . howeyerstierisatne ahaa er, a ing a recess court until lock in ore allow preparat ft ed the Denial by Judge T. Blake Kennedy in federal court this morning of a motion for dismissal of the contempt of court proceedings against Earl C. Boyle, accompanied by the fequest that an answer be prepared in time for resumption of the hearing at 2 o'clock this after- hoon, came as the preliminary ao- tion In the trial of Louls P. Lavoye and others for ref to comply with the Lavoye townsite evacuation decree of the court handed down as final on April of last year. for Mr. Boyle, Attor- P. Kem introduced the non the basis that his cliesit never been 1} lly notifi€d of proceedings which ended La- ye's and tenants’ right to pancy of townsite of Lavoye under le from the govern nt by the Ohio Ol1 company; and that before being subject to dis- possession Mr, Boyle was entitled to *his in court’ and trial by 1, superintending the sinking of the shaft. Appearing ney James m< had the jury, of to ad- of the validity al in « ively beautiful nave of the new St. Mark's church, clergy and lay- men numbering clc to 60 gathered this morning as delegates at the sixteenth annual convocation of the Episcopal missionary district of Wyoming. Services of holy.communion opened the convnetion of eccle ties and church work- ers who later listened to a sermon delivered by Bishop William Frederic I of Montana, on the theme of extending the scope of religion. MANAGER HERE. NY PASSES NAY appe elreum- in ET. PATTERSON, FOR GAS COMPA Earl Leonard rown, Ward. . oe reantile was directed o irs I ett {s appearing James P. Kem priat separate the si Chureh (Continued on Pag » attend ing of men s Rr the attent f the m 5 wsher 0 e e | Attorney Ten.) r) Thaddeus Jatterson, age oats 35 STATE BANK BILL | IS T rovision for Appointment of Commis- sioner by Governor Stricken From Measure by Vote of Senate CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 11.—(Special to The Tribune) —Two major operations with the legislative axe were per- formed on banking bills by the eighteenth Wyoming legis- ature Tuesday afternoon, one in the senate, the other in the house, treatment, both bills—Senate 27 and Senate -12—survived but they are Crastically changed bills, Each in : Both were decapitating amputations accom- panied by extensive trimming. Despite the severity of the 5 trimmed form is devoid of earlter elements which were regarded by many ag malignant. on e 27, the banking code bill, when it came to the top of the third reading file. The first 29 of its sections were lopped off, thus eliminating from tt Its provisions for the creation of a state banking commission appointed by the governcr from a Ist of elig- tbles certified by the bankers of the state and a state supervisor of banks appointed by the state banking com- mirsion, Thereafter trimming op- erations deleted from the remainder of the Dill its every surviving ref- erence to the ‘state supervisor of banks" and implanted {1. lieu theréot at each place of deletion the phrase “state examiner.” That portion of the bill remaining after the operation deals with the organization and con- duct of state barics and other finan- RIMMED DOWN cial concerns organized under the laws of Wyoming, and with the handling of such institutions when they fail or become involved In dif ficulties less serious than absclute failure. The effect of the amend- ments is to defeat one of the major original purposes Sf the bill, which| completion of the system in was to place administration of the state banking law in the hands of| of ithe gas department and has been bankers, tional and (this requiring addi- agency’ of a state examiner appoint- ed by, also removable by, the gov. ernor, Senate File 102 confers on the state examiner the power essen: tal to adminisuration by him of the (Continued on Page Eight) legisiation which was intro- duced as Senate File 102), to leave the state in control of administra- tion of the banking law through the | Cleveland, Ohig, and later for three manager of New York Oll company on at 9:30 idence 819 nent, passed t evening at his re: E Fourth street. His wife and children, Thelma, Lois and Robert, and Mrs, Patterson's father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Ulery were at his bedside, His parents, Mr. and John T. Patterson, two brothers and a sister reside in Akrgn, Ohip. Mr. Patterson was bern at Linnville, Ohio, August 14. 1890, He was a graduate of Bliss Business college, Newark, Ohio He camo to Quspor five years ago in the intererts of the Hope el neering and Supply company, in the construction of the New York Ot) ‘ompany gas pipelines, Upon the 1920, Mr. Patterson became the manager WILLIAM M. JARDINE OF KANSAS ‘IS SLATED FOR AGRICULTURE PORTFOLIO Pres. Coolidge Said to Have Decided On Appointee to Fill Place for Which vo been Robt. D. Carey Was Mentioned but they” decline to. muy support to Me © been in con- Ma her as to vers of the deleg 1 def: 7 it forn scision, y yt, a Jardine _ WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—Although the White House A . iItural college withheld comment, administration officials elsewhere in-| supporters sav ho bes the dicated a belief today that William M. Jardine of Kansas| ment of Secretary Hoover had virtually been decided on by President Coolidge for | ‘°..”" lent previously ‘had | often secretary of agriculture. 7 Seashina te » Mon shdrg ad Mr. Jardine, who is a member of the president’ farm bill, had been vasing ta cultural conference, conferred With | but declined to go into detal some of the Kangas delegation sup Mr. Coolidge. Officials sald the visit The Kansas delegation tn porting that measure. The delega had to do with agricultural questions | gress, which once emdorsed (Conténued on Page & t.) wl ation In active charge cf the gas company eince that time. Prior to coming to Casper, he was credit. manager of the Federal Foundry company, of is preaid of the and his endorse to whom years engaged in engineering work for the Hope Engineering company in old Mexico and Oklahoma, During the war he was engaged in war work in Mexico, constructing ol) (Continued on Page Bight) agri- disy con 2G