Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 18, 1925, Page 1

| \ WEATHER | Generally fair tonight and Thursday. Not much change in temperature. The circulation VOL. IX. NO. 136 The Casper Dariy MEMBER QF ASSOCIATED PRESS of The Tribune is greater than any other ur, Wyoming newspaper Crthint Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation ‘ CASPER, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1925 On Streets or Publication Offices: Delivered by at Newstunds. 6 cente i Tribune Bidg. 216 B Second St. Carriér 75 cents a mon TEAPOT LEASE DEFENSE LAUNCHED TODAY Court Welcomed 8 ENTOMBED BY MINE BL WILLIAM MAHONEY ESTERS HOPE TO RENGH MEN THISAFTERNOON | Refinery Men Crossing Northwestern Span East of Casper|| West Virginia Coal Mine Is Scene of Tragedy. FAIRMONT, W. V., March 18. Three men were placed under ar- rest today in connection with the explosion at mine 41 of the Beth- Iehem Mines corporation in which 34 men were entombed, Their ar- rest followed the report of a pos- sibility that the disaster had been caused by the explosion of a bomb. The report was promptly denied and it was said that an aceumula- tion of gas was believed to have caused the explosio Officers, declared, however, that sufficient credence had been giyen the re- port t cause the arrést of three hey are held in the county pending further inve ‘Phe mine has been operating on a non-union basis since last October. men. Company officials declared the damage to the mine would ap proximate $500,000, FAIRMONT, W. Va, March 18.—Hope of reach- ing the 34 men entombed in Mine 41 of the Bethlehem Mines corporation at Bar- rackville, three miles west of here, this afternoon was €X- pressed by members of rescue par ties who were entering the mine thatswas wrecked by an explosion last night. No bodies had been found at noon and in a telegram to Governor Gore at Charleston, R, A. Lambie, chief mine inspector of West Virginia de- clared it was impossible yet to tell whether any of the imprisoned min- ers would be found alive His teie- gram described the situation as bad. FAIRMONT, W. Va., March 18.— (By the Associated Press).—A hun- dred or more men frantically but cautiously pushed their way through the underground recesses of mine 41 of the Bethlehem Mines corpora tion, three milés west of here, today in an effort to find 34 miners who were entombed last night when an ot since a sheet of flame burst up through the opening that extends 300 feet below the ground has o one on the surface heard from th | distance east of the White Eagle refinery near Casper early today. Although the theory _ Liquor Seized fter Senate Jungle Hunt, Counsel Says AST ee | ERAUD CHAROE IIE HM Is FOUND DEAD FROM FALL, FROM RAILROAD BRIDCE Early This Morning Find Body of Man Believed to Have Struck Head on Heavy Timber The body of William Mahoney, 23 years of age, believed to have met death by strik- | ing his head in falling, was found under a Chicago & Northwestern railroad bridge some of foul play was first held possible, Coroner Lew M. Gay, who brought the body to Cas- per at 8:30 this morning, expressed the belief after examination of the man’s cite that he had stepped threugh the bridge in the dark and received a violent blow from a tim-! ber as he fell to the dry creek bed, nine a distance of some eight or feet. Inquest over the remains will a ons 6) be held at the Shaffer-Gay chapel at .| 10:30 o'clock Pr n | Thursday morning. Discovery of the@body was made by employes of the White Eagle refinery, who crossed the bridge| early this morning, and also by the crew of an out¥ound freight train (BERT B. FAL TEPAR TO A Former Yet Ready to Break la To TODAY HOME Secretary Not U. S. EVIDENCE !! TION AND Weakness Stands Out in Government TRAIN 1H L055 Efforts to Link Trading Company itl Ar STRESSED and Leasing of Teapot By FRED R. MARVIN Conspiracy Charges of CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 18.~—The government closed . re its case yesterday afternoon. It did not have much to Government Will Be | close. Ignored by Attorneys. >. ° It failed to connect the deal of the Continental Trading | Sinclair company of Canada with Sinclair and the les ng of Tea-| | pot Dome even by the wildest stretch of imagination. | The defen is M moved tc ke this | fen id this = evidence, since it had not been | whe Jud Long Silence. |shown even circumstantially that | should 1 March 18,— —— Sinclair had anythi what |'would: in si ated Press.) CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 18.—| ever with certain bi sht by | save legal qu involved. | —L, eading the defense into (By The Associated Pre Main-| Mr. Osler of the Continental ‘Trad-|One must draw the conclusion from . . taining the non-commital attitude] ing Co., some of which bo the | the ment of the court that he pean yet side of the legal he has adhered to since the incep-| government traced through banks | was 1 ply impressed with the sattle of Teapot Dome, Mar- tion of the government's sult to|to Albert B. Fall. However the de-| (Continued on Page Four) tin W. Littleton, noted New annul the Teapot Dome lease, Al- — Ybrk attorney, expressed the “gratt- bert B. Fall mer secretary of the t of Harry F. Sinclair Interests interior, under whose regime the j today at being in the quiet atmos Wyoming naval oil reserve lease | puere of a federal court” after havy- ‘was granted to the Mammoth Oll our njure F hun sen- company, left Cheyenne today for 3 ) cross Three Rivers, N. M. Surnir p ins c ntial He intends to remain silent until tice.” what he considers ne proper ressing his remarks to Federal tae n Auto Crasn .°" e no statement con n ing at the case “in which the rels and two five-gallon barrels con- taining moonshine. Ladd A. Knapp, who was asleep in the house was arrested. Accord; ing to Mr. Plaga, Knapp is the Coolidg e Adds ce" To Nominees | barrels of mooshine were removed | to police headquarters. Knapp was | taken to the police station by Pla, imprisoned men. low rumbling}and Plummer and Officers Muck preceded the explosion, which w and Clark remained in the house. Many Names Sent to Senate as Plans| 4 ¢ | About an hour later Mr. and Mrs 3 gd the mine's | 4 é and far | Andrew F. MeQuay returned to the | for Adjournment Go Forward t and house were a the Vector n th t.| WASHINGTON, March 18,—President Coolidge today hi e Plummer, It | ; Mr-/resubmitted to the senate the nomination of Thon F Binge that. piomens Ce 5 init | i ee Me Pung h ie curred. -atr_| Woodlock of New York to be a member of the Interstate sey ne yea alibi e s. McQuay was| Commerce Commission. out the niine trying to find som ga salde that Mrs. McQ r n 4 . we of the entombed men. Only | not held responsible for t hus When Mr. Woodlock’s name first was submitte the word of th . I ones nl at two rescue workers have*been able | band's acts and this was the "| last session of the senate so much opposition dey sloped that to Send word to the surface and that | for her awe. we} Republican leaders decided not to George L. Kreck of Kansa word was not encouraging,” R, M.| Both Knupp and McQuay were) pring it to a vote. They sald today, isla, Lambe, chief mine inspector of} held {ncommuntcado at police head-| poweyer, they hoped for confirma. | nated today by President ¢ West Virginia and a companion | quarters this morning for the fed-| tion, idge to be minister to Paraguay were the first to go down, ‘They |eral officers, Mr. bin told: TH." Agere er canvand ot the altus a pushed thelr way t the debris | ‘Tribune representative that @8 8000 | sion i¢ was indicated. there might be| WASHINGTON ey pee ee to the stable where the mine horses jas the two defendants can furnish| 49 attempt to eonfirm the nomina 4 ee iTON, March 1 Presi were kept, All the 36 animals were }bonds, they will be arraigned on 4) tion and that after - adjournment | 4°" Coolidge today nominated the} dead. Then they pushed on into al charge before U. S. Commis:| ging aie had taken the presi- | following to be members of the boa of the’headings. The air was : M. P, Wheeler. dent would g Woodlock a re-| of tax appeals | they sald They cc cess appol: amc. Gi x : dito , men w! Bees have been trained to start 6 William R. Green of Iowa; Perc surface experts|and stop work at the sound of a F at eee W. Phillips, of New ¥ Login | 1 on Page Nine.) gong b ya breeder In England. WASHINGTON, March 18.%—| yforriy of Utah, and William D. Lov: ADJOURNS SINE DIE’ WASHINGTON, March 18.—Th senate ended today its special ses: sion which began March 4 The senate confirmed most of the new nomirfations sent in by the president. * They included Peter A of Rhode Island to be ambassador Argentina, Herman J. Galloway o Indiana and Ira Lloyd Letts of Rhcde Island to be assistant attor neys general; George L. Kreeck, of Kansas to be minister to Parag and William R. Green, Jr., of Towa; Percy W. Phillips of New York, Texas. of WASHINGTON, March 18.—Peter | pre nt to by minister Rumania, wa Rom! idge ated today President Cool- | to be ambassador to Argentina March 18.—Wil-| bur F. Boot of Minnesota and Arba | 5 ,. |. Van Valkenburgh, of Missourt. Logan Morris of Utah and William)John G. Sar of Ludlow, Ver | were nominated today by President | D. Love of Texas to be members of] ment, to be torney general, the! Coolidge to be circult judges in the the board of tax appeals. ontroversy between President Cool-| wighth circuit Later the senate confirmed Ulys-|idge and the legislative body over} yo. ng, ee ant tlnister, to Uruguay, api ‘William | Charles B. Warren for the post to-| oot) as'a: district Judge iif Minne: | N. Denovan of New .Yorlt, to be as-}day had taken its place in history d sota, and Joseph V named to succeed a Minnesota the | . Molyneaux was district judge John F, ineldenta with other comparable American government The tomination of Mr. § former in sistant to the attorney general Other’ confirmations included Joseph W. Molyneaux and John B. Magee. | Sanborn to be federal judges in Min attorney general of Vermont — | nesota and a life long friend of the presi-| WASHINGTON, March 18.—Ulys-| mae dent, was a ved by the senate in] ses Grant-Smith of Pennsylvania | WASHINGTON, March 18.—With the senate’s speedy confirmation of open sess: (Continued 4 unanimous consent n Page Nine.) was nominated today by President Coolidge to be minister to Uruguay. School Charged With Killing of When found the man apparently ng case for the can i eee ernment seeks Iment of the had been dead for four or five hours Mammoth bees jem Teapot 1 nd a x ° ° | No ng lised. over’ the track , a other case—criminal a y uly and Al Clever Cache Uncovered by Raiders in|*:., midnight until the one this/o* clvi—concerning naval ot mat:|PQinful but Not Serious Injuries Are}: B. Fall, fe case rc "a morning, indteating that the man rere, Mr Ball galt ince the cases Interior, Mr. Littleton sald in House on East Burlington Saaenghstruele Ayer didnot fail] Mee Ga °° the ngletmente, found Suffered by Local Vaictinrs ! fs tral SP Bpe- Practica js! } | aré gratified Ee Sobre £56 effect that T was gratified to eee ie on of the body revealed] Know that the cases were fin Seen nthe clear cool atmos * . ‘ * ot, a fractured skull with a-concusston | .,, i aa r = 5 * - ‘ @ court of justice. It is to An innocent-appearing washing board, wringer and |* ® the right temple. The man's |Conrt ™ bs ad igre ta pees Two automobile accidents in which four persons were we come after months of other equipment for scrubbing clothes almost foxed a raid- 180 torn over the right spected and protected without re-|injured, occurred yesterday afternoon. None of the pa a b mune oh . ing party led by Federal Dry Agent Otto W. Plaga and in- be bea RH ERS ORD ie) body to wild charges or cheap at-|ties in the two accidents were booked at police headqua eéGas. the Suigininie plaine’ ot a cluding Lieutenant Plummer and Officers Muck and Clark Thabane wore thébusase Haken geckitat aes : +) os reputations by/ters although a record was made in both instances by offi-| dential politics. Whatever happens when they invaded a house at 1225 East Burlington street | gressea in un Oregon mackinaw “All these vases are yet pending {Cer Sent out to investigate. é | Sobuinet oun ler the seasoned ex- at 12:25 o'clock this morning and seized 60 gallons of (Continued on Page Four) (Continued on Page Four) In an accident at the corner of Lincoln andS Tibia arto che cote ee moonshine contained in seven street: 8 o'clock last We> adit ceepeh dna ee eae barrels. tween an auto driven | Piste ten bead te dr nae dag de ‘ F |complain. Here, whatever of clamor The disguise was not sufficiently | lenix, 838 h Walr remains {s stilled;. we hear the c perfect to withstand the eagle eyes , & machine driven: by E of the pack no more.” of the dry officers. After the raid- 1235 South David street; four per- Mr, Littleton then Iaunched into ing party had searched the house id ons were injured, The injured were| an expan of administration from cellar to attic and had found : occupants of the Mullenix machine | policy in 19 ward the leasing of no evidence, they returned to the and were removed to the Mullenix| tne oj1 reserve: and the justification closet where they had seen the . home where figst ald was rendered | tor such action equipment used for washing clothes. by Dr. N. C. Geis. Mr. Littleton sald he would call Mr. Plaga removed the scrubbing The injured were: ‘from the household of the plain- board and discovered a nail driven . ‘ Rex Mullenix, four ribs broken. | tiff” three witnesses to disprove the Mmto the floor, All the washing Mrs. T. J. Mullenix, bruises and| government's charge that the lease equipment was removed from the lacerations, was executed not in the Interest of closet and the floor raised. Miss Eveline Davis, back sprained|the United States. ‘These, he said, Underneath the floor, an excava and hip injured, are Rear Admiral J. K. Robison, tion had been made in the ground BE, J. Mullenix, lacerations. chief of the navy bureau of en- and the place of concealment used ; 9)| None, of the injuries are consid-| gineering; H. Foster Bain, head of for a cache for five ten-gallon bar- Foster Father and Head of “Science’’| ered serious. Motorcycle. Otttorr |the bureau of mines, and A. We Howard Zook investigated. Accord- ing to thestory told by Mullenix, his ar Was proceeding west on Lincoln Ambrose, bureau of mines technolo- gist. He further declared that after an be 0 i street when it was struck on the| investigation of the dome by Bain William McClintock rear fender by the machine driven | and Ambrose early in 1921, a confer- by Walla The Mullentx car was|ence in Washington on their find- thrown against a telephone pole on| ings resulted in the determination - i 3 the corner, and was almost co! among government offictalg that the CHICAGO, March 18.—William | prior to the indictment and nulli- ofS Asmssll acconting, te | ofl: Ss" Meaganes Dowie ssnristt teiereie D. Shepherd was turned over to | fled by that proceeding, was dis- | {ho report ideo the peice Mut. {available for use of the navy at the sh today to be placed in | missed by Chief dustice Hopkins | joni® said that the driver: strategic points on the Atlantic ja the indictment returned of the criminal court when Shep- | other ma was eding at an | Coast ea charging him and Charles | herd was taken before him. of speed | DEPOSITIONS ARE ©. Faiman with the murder of The court set 10 a. m ) oh t READ INTO RECORD. Shepherd's ward, William MeClin- | day for Shepherd to be arraig nT iriving a Plerce| Depeal T - tentise Wea? tock. to make his plea, and to hear ap. " t 1 I. Kw f the A writ of habeas corpus obtained | plication for bai aid ne CHICAGO, March 18.—(By The Associated Press.) f ir before the | William D. Shepherd and.Charles C. Faiman were charged F t n 1923, regard with the murder of William N. McClintock) Shepherd's fos : ; INE pat £396,000 to A +4 ve ter son, in an indictment returned today by the county} ana into the window of the hop. of | forme ta of the interior grand jury. | the Dayton Ru Co. The truck | made rd of defense testt- The indictment returned before Chief Justice Hopkins | !n ‘ urd. smashe ny tod of the criminal ‘court, charged that) herd into custody Sunday night large } W and ca ‘i the f of the defense Shepherd and Fatman, the latter} be brow him at 2 y [e Je of the brick i f ase t presented, the of a science scho who has | for 1 th dictment } Tomlin t 1 hi t 1 ment \ havi od its case ed, the * attorney. has | rb af aping fende it ufternoor unced that he taught Bhsnlerd 2 ss y Cr a 4 bison’s deposit dealt phpid germs to get t 5 $1,008 i é 1 t gor I nt mt charge of 000 estate, inoculated the vietim with| CHICAGO, Ma T | tt r pe ‘ This typheld bacilll. | ment Ww la I rj r € I T al e a maroe on The indictment f harge ( n © ) bulla un : ad : Nine.) In the fe aconitine arena To Ty, te nd morpliine wer “| men, who now a =e WY Tc Salt Creek » || sT | Go to Poll || ‘ie ra teiats TOKIO, March 18—(By the As) Trot e on the scene tearir jal museum and zoological. gar sons were rendered 10K ‘ A ice'tite ‘binge ie | Simultaneous with the outbreak of rthe astern Tokio today destre thousands of laden with| ed in the Ohimach! and Zoshigaya je Loe ak a ing 000 buildings and resulting in| tte are streaming to-| distri detached areas, but these Monday, April’é, bas been not,as | uneatimated cAsunities, The fire was | w > controlled the date for the first election in | brought under control tonigh | Firemen were in thelr as ain fire was brought under the town of Salt Creel ~ | tempts to the conflagrant ont: | trol Inte tonight and finally ex- he 5 named by the count TOKIO, March 15,—(t As: | burat be of drouth that had ex- | tinguished comm ers are Henry Ker, | sock Press).—A flagration | ha he re rs tes of the damage re. (= rvey and C. H. Burritt. | whi pt oy rn | The f 1 in a fact 1 ! we burned Residents of the townsite, one | thi a. en 1 y on in northea | " 000 » were ren- of the addition to Midwest | strc ff ‘i ight was sweeping ‘hémelen in the ck Meld, petitioned | 10 « tion towards] 3 casualties are feared, The severa » to have the |in al metropolitan | monetary damage hag not been eati+ election. #1 Grea ails |varks and sit the famous mated,