Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 4, 1925, Page 1

MAIN NEWS SECTION DIVERS REVEALED Graft Charges Denied By Former Officers BOTH WACHTE AND CRAFT 10 BAGK UP HAZEN Thermopolis Hearing to! Be Attended by Ex- State Officers. While declining to make definite statements regard- ing charges of malfeasance | in office lodged against them | by the Hot Springs board of county commissioners, and fleclaring that the‘hearing which will be held at Thermopolis, October §, is Sheriff Scott Hazen’s hearing and no statement could in fairness be made previous to that, R. Leo Craft and Tom Riley, former state law en forcement .agents, intimated here Saturday night that they would fight the charges as false. The pair were in Casper togetli with Sheriff George Carrol of Chey enne, chairman of the State Pe: Officers’ aseociation, and A. A. San- ders. ‘state game warden, en route to the Jnekson Hole country on™ ati elk hunt. The men will return from Jackson Hole by way of Thermopolis where they will be present at the hearing. “We differ fcom Mr. Wachtel on the desirability of making a state- ment at this time,” Craft declared, referring to an interview granted by the former commisstoner in Choy- enne in which he denied the charges against him. “Naturally, whatever we hive to say will be used at the aring in Sheriff Hazen’s defense find anything said now would be pre- mature and might jeopardize Hia- zen's case.” Referring presumably’ to the charge that he, Riley, Hazen and other officers had entered into a con- spiracy with, Ralph Kelly of Ther- mopolis to permit Kelly to manu: factute Mquor at approximately a dollar a gallon, Craftysaid that the alleged conspiracy could not have in- cluded the. state officers since the State officers were not in Thermop- olis at the time that it was supposed to have been entered into. Mr. Craft intimated that the/trou- ble in Thermopolis was the result of two rival factions fighting each Other, the board of county commis being one of these factions Trefe atements to the effect that Craft and Riley had bee asked to resign, the men declare that they had resigned on their own initiative and not at the request of Governor Ross. “Our resignations were submitted two weeks before the fact was re ported to the public,” Craft said “We. resigned as is customary in such cases, 80 that we would not mbdrrass the new commissioner. le has a right to new blood in his department and to from his 4taff to suit bimself. ‘There was no eonnes tion between our resignations and the case at Thermopolis.” The following statement, repudiay ing the charges made against him, was made by M. C. Wachtel at Chey- enne, - “The charges filed with Governor Toss are the aftermath of the work done by the law enforcement de partment several months ago. II Springs county has been the tion of more trouble and strife in connectibn with the enfo: the prohibition law than county in the state, When officer goes in there to do any work, hie at once finds attached to himself the enmity of at least one of the factiong that are constantly trying to gain control of affairs of that county. ‘These charges are but the result of the work done by the s department recently. Wo had ar- ted a large number of bootleggers (Continued on Page Seven) Reichsbanker Asks | Rhine Aid in U.S. i It is reported from abroad that Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, president of the Reichsbank and former chancellor of Germany is preparing to come to the U. S. to ask either a modification of the Dawes-Young reparations plan, or a loan that will enable Germany to mect current obliga- tions~ DUMARS FUNERAL HELD SATURDAY IN DENVER The funeral of William F. Dumars, sper business mun, who died last Wednesday at his home here, was held Saturday afternoon in Denver. were performed at the Yeager mortuary there. The widow nd Mrs. Fred Joelmer went from Casper to attend the funeral, LEGIONNAIRES The ains thit pulled out of Ca day evening for Omaha special sleepers, last line of Legionnaires of this section of Wyoming on their way to the national convention which will open in Omaha Monday. A ‘© of men went from Casper on there trains, and the number was greatly aug: mented by delegations from Lander and from the in country. Many men had previously rted for the convention, W..J. Wehrll, state adjutant. for the Legion, said that he believed there wer 200 Legionnaires from Wyoming who would: attend the convention, The exact number which went from Casper was not n, but this city will be repre rlington 1 two bor kno sentod. The tered Wyoming men in the Castle was announced, The big feature of the convention wil } paradp toybe held Tucs day —____ WEATHER Mostly fair Sunday and will be quar. hotel there, It Monday; slightly cooler Sund in southeast portion extreme TWIN CITY TO OUST CHINESE MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Oct. 3,— (United Press)—Federal and local authorities, swooped down on China- town, gathering in eighty Chinese before midnight. Concerted efforis to deport . all je wel Seciged upon, following the killing of George Chin, laundryman, Friday night, in a tong war outbreak. Arraignment of the 80 ar- rested before a United States com: missioner, Monday, will determine their final disposition. ™~ Be WN lth lle of 36 PRESIDENT TO VISIT OMAHA WITH LEGION WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—Pres- {dent and Mrs, Coolidge tomorrow will start on thelr second weste trip of the summer, to Omaha, Nebr., where the president will address the American legion con- vention on Tuesday. Leaving here early In the even- ing, he will travel by way of Cin- cinnati and St, Louis, arriving in Omaha early Tuesday morning. After a whirlwing day, including @ speech, a luncheon and review of a parade he will board his train In the evening for the return trip over ‘the same route to Washing- ton, landing here Thursday, mae hh ia Nahata BIG CHECK FOR OIL RECEIVED CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 3.—A check for $561,214.61 was received by Mart T. Christensen, register at the U. S. Land office here, from the Sinclair Crude Oi! Purchasing com- pany at Tulsa, covering royalties for oll produced from the Salt Creek field and delivered to the company. VE CASPER and Northwestern oil-regions. CASPER, WYOMING, SUN DAY, OCTOBER 4, 1925 MAIN NEWS SECTION NO. 9 OIL COMPANY TAX VALUATIONS CUT ot (dWwO9) NYIYOLSIH wLVIS WJ Narrow Escape fron Bodies Relate NEW LONDON, Gonn., Oc from the submarine S-51 dis here tonight it brought along undersea heroism, in which How they went down into t with death, and then came back wa, related by Lieut: nt E. J. Lenney, commander of the 8-50, sister ship of the S. who had wrung the story from them simply because he needed details for carrying on the work of exploration. They them- selves modestly declined to tell any: thing ng “It’s all part of n day's work, w didn’t do anything re- markable,.”" Lilja escaped death by being blockaded from escape by seconds. Reed fought on to perforate the en- gine room though electricity was painfully burning his hands. Lilja, bullet-headed "Norwegian, six feet tall, with a marked |Scan- dinavian accent, so modest he blushes when anybody tries to praise him, once offered to “twist the head off" a reporter because the latter wrote a story of earlier heroism. Reed, broad-shouldered and mus- cular, just out from a siege of pneu- monia, has been making many dives this week, but the most daring was when electrodes of his drill burned | his hands as he pushed “an ex- ploration hole" into the engine room to find it water-filled. Here is the story told in Lenney’s words: Lilja went in to close a vaive in ihe: battery rdom. He found that not only the forward but the after part of the ship as well was wreelt age. On hands and knees he crawled, Sunken Vessel While Searching for By CARL D. GROAT (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Reed, divers of the Chapman company, wer . Being Trapped in d by Workers t. 3.—When the rescue fleet ster steamed into the base hitherto unrevealed tales of William Lilja and William he submarine ed | As.ho ptoce and rubber flooring | Jeaden ripped and then he crawled | matter of secon descent tor room. He wa through the hatch Westir submarine light wa exti He went on in the dark « 1 the motor room door open should have been that men had the engine Toon when the urred and had. tried to leave but had found the way blocked. On the ¥ back from his explorations, Li stumbled onto the body of Walter Lawton. He dragged the ghastly burden through the dark, passed it through tech and sent it up to the with the aid of hig col was just outside the to Inspect | ¢ just going when the big use r ishe dd fou hereas it This m Ben in an who descended to bore an ¢x ploration hole into the éngine room hateh He went’ without rubber gloves. He decided to take a chance _ (Continued on Page Two) Reed leading actors. | g if 1D: both of Casp in, an automobile take their « gave his name a SUB RESCUE HEROES GASPER GIRLS ARE INJURED IN UT0 ACCIDENT runken Driver Crashes Into Automobile at Boulder, Colo. Colo., (United men student f the lorado, Miss Doroth Pauline Me were injured hup here this BOULDE Pre niversity of C Byara N s)—Two and afternoon. The girls were heir way to the train for b \ struck at a downtown in taxicab on railroad station to Fort Collins when by an auto- street inter- a mobile section The driver of the automobile, who Richard McLaugh 1 at the county es of reckless driving 1 drunkenness. Another man rho is believed by police to be Williams, also of Denver, © from McLaughlin's car after {dent, and is being sought pollee Thi hospital lin of Denver, is irls were ved to a loc for treatment. Miss. Byars, Boulder, Colo., and) Mrs. H. I Mra. left night in response to news of accident,’ whieh stated that (Continued on Page Two) reported. injured at daughter of Dr. Byars of for Denver PRINCESS WYOMINC IS AMONG FAVORITES AT FETE IN TULSA TULSA, Okla., Oct. 8.— (Special to The Tribune.)—Princesses from the oil states of Pennsylvania, Texas and | Wyoming are mentioned as favorites for Princess Petrolia, whose crowning will be a feature of the Inter | troleum exposition next week. Eleven states are represented by their fairest daughters, including Louisia na, Ohio, West Virginia, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Montana and Wyoming, which make up the bulk of the nation’s great tional Pe- * Miss Leah Helen Holloran, accompanied by Miss Mary Tobin, arrived from Casper, Wyo., Thursday morning. Park ‘Extension Not | Favored by Sanders Commissioner of State Game and Fish Department Among Those Opposed to Inclusion of Tetons | extension of Yellowstone National Park would be a det- | timent to big game hunting in the Jackson Hole countr and while robbing the sportsmen of privileges he now pos- 3esses would give him nothing in return. declaration Saturday of A.A. sommissioner, who stopped here while on his way to the section of the’ st mentioned in quest of elk. “The theory that the federal gov- ernment would feed tho elk and re- move this responsibility from the state Is the commissioner sald. “ y extend the boun- daries of the park and therefore shut out the hunter from the area but you cannot by making the park larger force the elk to stay in the park. “There Is no sport to killing elk when they go in droves, as they do from the higher regions to place: where they may obtain feed, knoWn that no hunter can get Into that section after the fifteenth of this month becguse of the snow. When the weather is good the elk would be where the hunter could not get at them because of the park boundaries, and when they are forced out of there, to kill them would be @ike butchering cattle. “IT know that the people who want park extension say they will be satisfied with two small portions, one the Tetons and the other the thoroughfare, but I do not belleve they would be satisfied to rest, once they, got this. It ie the fear they will want to take in a much larger territory after they get their first foothold that is the cause of our opposition.’* Mr. Sanders said that game was inereasing throughout the state and the citizens of Wyoming were com- Ing to realize the necessity of pre- serving it and were obeying the game laws better than in the pust. “Many person# have not realized It ts] that there is a game preserve on Casper Mountain, but it is on all our ; This was the Sanders, state game and fish new maps and-the public Is becou- ing educated to the fact. We have had few reports of violations on the | erve and Len Hopkins has been ing very good work in patrol! it. I understand that the the Casper Mountain increasin Quake Shakes Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif (United Press.)—A slight shook Sarita Barbar at p. m., it was a mild trem barely perceptible. There was damage. This was the first earth In Santa ‘ain many and caused a slight feeling of un rest nmong the populace. Oct. 3 arth Ay lor. or jolt felt twice daily, Great ap the first of the marking their debut to parade , was scheduled for this Although princess the publ day, {t was postponed on account of rain, The princesses, however, were presented to King Petroleum and the queen, last year's princess, at the theater, where they are appearing jause has greet ed their every appearan Among the functions which they have enjoyed swere a lunch at the Tulsa club, a formal tea and dinner at the same club, a lunch at the Mayo hotel as guests of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, a formal dance at the Tulsa Country club and luncheon today with Mrs. W. G as hostess i} I ere enter noor 1 game betwe nd the Haskell In > hote EXAMINER NAMEG 10 ASOUME CHARGE OF | BANK AT SHOSHONI| Oct. 3.—Ralph Vi CHBYE Wyo, t. Read, former land office ned a special depu and will hay the to Stanley register of the Buffalo, hi state narge Shoshoni A ' | iner, quid bank, state of xan the State Brown destroyed Shoshon! of the some. trouble has the bank offi- ek of the books veral buildings them being the he State bank, and been experienced by clals In making a chi of the institution amor ho AIRCRAFT ILLS TO BE T WASHINGTON, Oct. scription for existing ills in the commercial aviation fleld and the aircraft industry will be sought by the president's air board next week. Representatives of commercial plane operators and manufacturers ‘have been asked to testify, 3—A pre. REATED Several days of the week will also be given over to additlonal navy pilots who desire to go on record in | favor of a ale corps for the navy and for cross examination | of Major General Muson Patrick, | chief of army atr service and Rear | Admiral William A. Moffett, navy! alr head. ‘ separate Casper: last | the | her | Gob, on Liberty, Gets Telegram He’s Aboard S-51 ; ' Y STATE TOTAL REVEALS REDUCTION BUT INGREASES. ARE 0 ORDERED |More Than Million Is Lopped From Midwest Valuations, Standard CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 3 |—(Special to The —More than a million dol- lars was clipped from in- TT H rib une) | ‘ | 4 ‘ creased tax valuations fixed | § by county officials on prop- th ui e Walter E. Harman, Jr., Ja maica, L. I., obtained five days’ liberty from the U.S. subma- rine S-51 a few hours before>tt sailed on its fatal journey. He is seen with a telegram scnt to | his parents by the navy depart- | ment announcing that he was aboard the sunken vessel | od |RENVER SCHOOL ENROLLMENT UP | DENVER, Colo., Oct | ing to ann W, Ander uient by Hom Ant superinten th has been in attendanc Den this year an An on, ta 3 lar nerease u r schoo’ Four Boys Are Hart in Crash Three Hurled from Car and One Pinned Underneath When Machine Turns : for Over on Alcova Highway a Four boys were injured, t roadster late Saturday aftern road half a mile east of Jim years of age, a carrier for machine. Will extricated only after the Rey. shortly afterw noving th suffered a gash above stherwise was uninjured George Worth, 14, son of Mr rds, car from ferrin nen Cacia ae | |Premium List | | For Poultry | Show Issued | Nest for e Poultry and Bare ‘emium dist the W ming St show which will be Decer the held in Casper nd 11, ts Sust off booklet 9, 10 4 rhe information ver press carries complet be of val The show Wyoming department agriculture, Wyoming service, University and Casp meree, The event stated in the booklet, “is to encourage and de velop the poultry and seed indus tries of our own good state.” Urta s ure offered for all class of poultry and pure seed, and the show! We at the initial exhiiit last y coupled ‘with appropria tions for the show made last legislature hold out prospects of greater success this season. which w ie to the exhibitor, by is sponsored the of extension Wyoming, state The Tribune, was driving the | mson was caught beneath the car and wag and t oon turned over on the Alcova sville. David Williamson, 15 A. Daniel Cooke, who passed V yuth Ash have been the H ed to suffered and Was uth the go to his| vruises on jthe rod at the bott | been asked to testif | erty pany State public © of the in Board Saturd: Midwest adjustments of ny Refining com- made by the made At the same time increases were 13. res on last inform nx les m he hetr ir authorized schedules ried protes the adj propert counties versa ing an aggregate reduction of $8 of the Sts diana we revealed of eat ficial changes carefu upon a course of actlo) no “Information court companies of of and N The t was placed An incres whe ries nvA fo. and other com protests board held last The action by the valui Tor tax purposes a to In the four counties affec’ principal increases made by the state board were in tankage and pipeline valuations. State board members declared the original schefules of the companier property ject to taxation, all being complete in this respect. bef pro! no company had not night ssi liz etting ounties fls nt T me expected Tnasmu: turns amounting in the lowed h made four to sta 2 proba action a prote Vunctle in th x¢ yuallzatton —————____. in to ts I some Al fobrara. cou 1 about Midwes: No defint rilable Ohio nies wi i August. ts Ww anty fon of omitted offictals nts by the instances companies which hefore the st tments of sc of these companies in the Natrona, ° bs ntle t rec te uch “ee the result bourds in raising Dp d. Sinc in car- board, dules on all y¥, Con- show- fuction $1,020,000. © of some $98,000, it was stated, had been made in valuations ndard Ol!’ compan of In- © holdings consist largely informa- tonight on Texas, fig- ir argued f e of roperty The sub- received definite ion on adjustments m side those made up by not be as d, more counties nd by inc doubtful. bly will y befor is will re at libert r $6,000,000 t eases n have been al- decision state board, future developments in Company of. scrutinize a only en a com $5. ed Al Hable be authorize to nd he over ng been placed in yenter- dvised to be re. npanies 000,000 of the all leciding though that n ard the JOENATOR KENDRICK 10” WIT LANDER BEFORE RETURNING 10 HOME United Kendric an A to s 1 aceo! rons Elite Mokler. vations seriptior mark old fort 1 Hor day for t Jbrief visit in that will be as Rr mpanied Indep: om, Cha all ith -th ayed in t Ino visit the weetwater J not and histori old land n FB "Connor for a They her ms of the zecho | ti arrived | « | Hy} © debt e visit mn meet diplomat retary »Jand Secreta 6 of t \mer Ameri Peet te urte usu: n de kia state DEBT PARLEYS JUST STARTING calls Mellon beth t com will men. n