Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 12, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Wed. nesday; colder northeast, not. so col: in southwest portion. vuL. X NO. 72 SS ‘Chr Casyp Member of Audit ot “ren tsurean ton er Daily MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Crihune CASPER, WYOMING, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1926 Delivereo oy Carrier On Streets or at FDITIO 1b sents a montr Newstanda & cents Itrices B Gerona St Pubiicxtion fripone Ride & MING WAGE PARLEY MEXICAN RAIN BANDITS SLAIN BY LOOT TAKEN IN MASSACRE OF PAOSENGERD 1a ALL RECOVERED Troops Surround Band| of Outlaws and Put Them to Death After Capture Is Effected. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 12. —(P)—An unknown number of the bandits who mas- sacred passengers and guards on a train running between Guadalajara and Mexico City have been killed in a fight with federal troops. Eight others who were captured were im- mediately executed. Ail the loot se- cured by the bandits has been re covered and the bandits are be! plieved to have been entirely dispersed Thig announcement was made early this morning by the war de- eine ‘ ispatches from Zarnora, in the wits met Michonean; previously. said that the bandits had passed through that elty yesterday morning: fleeing from the federal troops and’ that later they were surrounded. ‘After the bandits Inst Saturday | night ruthlessly murdered passen- gera and guards, 4,000 troops started scouring the mountainous resions of the states of Guerrero, Jalisco and MicHoacan: They were under orders to bring in the bandits, dead or alive. Just how many persons met death when the bandits opened fire on men, women and children passen- gers and knifed the train guards or Robert Scott? ‘This man served a term in the ifornia prison under the name of John Redding. Just as he was about to be paroled he was identi- ted as Robert Scott, wanted in Chi- cago for the murder of Joseph Maur- er. His brother, Russell Scott, con- victed of a part in that murder, es. caped hanging by being adjudged Insane, and is in an asylum for life. Robert probably will be taken to Chicago to stand trial. 0. L. WALKER EXTENDS LUMBER INTERESTS BY ~ BUYING DENVER: YARD The C. C. Hamilton Lumber com- pany of Denver was purchased Jan- uary 7, by the O. L. Walker Lumber company of Casper, it was revealed today with the return here of Mr. Walker. Mr. Walker did not ‘an- nounce thé monetary size of the transaction, but the Denver yard i= smaller than the one operated here by Mr. Walker. The deal will not mean the re- who perished later in the burning coaches, which the bandits set on fire. {is uncertain. Twenty bodies, burned beyond identification, at Inst accounts had© been removed. from the debris. Estimates of the fatall- ties run as high as 50. None of the foreigners on the train were injured, but all of them were robbed G. M. Wynkoop of Berryville, Va., a representative of the Buick Motor company, who was a passenger on the train, gave a graphic account on his arrival here. ‘As darkness fell twenty men with rifles stationed themselves at the doors and {mmediately began firing on passengers in the second .and third class coaches. No mercy was shown. Women and children were brutally shot down, the same as men, All the soldier guards were slain Altogether, It was a perfect night- mare of incredib! anton blood thirstiness, sald Mr. ¥ op When the horror had been com pleted the bandits. with an expert engineer In the cab of the engine. ran the train to the station of Yurecuaro. Here they looted the town, cut the telegraph wires and murdered other Mexicans. The for eign passengers were forced to leave the train, which was taken up the line a short distance and set on fire. but not before the express and bag gage cars had been looted of valu ables. These were placed on the engine, which was uncoupled and driven away. Mr. Wynkoop sald he heard the bandits shout: “We are not bandits. ‘We are revolutionists.” One of the Mexicans told him that they were rebelling against President Calles. “You watch developments,’ he added. “The revolution is not over” Most. of the foreigners camped out Saturday nicht tn the wrecked town (Continued on Page Eight) moval of Mr. Walker from Casper, since the Denver yard will be con- ducted by a manager, S. H. Pear- son. Mr, Walker started in the lumber business in Wyoming sixteen years ago when he opened a yard at Glen- rock. He still operates yards at Glen- rock and at Lost Springs. His larg- est Interests are in Casper. — LIQUOR VIOLATOR 1 TAKEN IN MILLS RAID George H. Nelron was arrested at Mills by a saiding squad composed of Undersheriff C. J. Carter, Deputy Frank Rutledge, and M, J tate enforc t agent son bh night 1 half p Nquor hidden in his clothes and this he attempted to destroy, but was prevented from doing so, it is said. ——_———__—_ WOMAN PLEAD-GUILTY TO LIQUOR POSSESSION A woman who gave her name as Mrs. Soderman was fined $50 by Police Judge Edward F. Murane to- day when she pleaded guilty to a charge of possersion of intoxicating liquor. She had been arrested Mon- day night by Officers Ideen and Berry at 318 West First street. A quayt of moonshine was produced as evidence. Hazel Sharpe and William Kent were fined $10 each for being inmates of the place. % < “ke ST aM PASSES IN WEST COLD WAVE GRIPS EAST Lander and Other Inter-Mountain Points Report Zero Cold Last Night but Cold Wave Is Spotted; Montana En- : joys Abnormal Warmth for Season “ARMY FORCES BREAKS UP DENVER, Colo., Jan. 12.—(4)—King Sol has defeated his enemy winter in the Rocky Mountain region and the latter’s cohorts of icy blasts are retreating eastward, the weather bureau here reported today. However, winter is holding out in three strongholds—Lander, Wyo., has a temper. ature of zero, Pueblo, Colo., had zero last night and 6 above early today, and Leadville, Colo.. experienced 6 below last night and zero this morning. The weather bureau de- Scott-Morgan Motions Denied By High Court CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 12.—(/?)—The supreme court today denied motions to dismiss appeals brought by the state of Wyoming in the ouster cases against J. E. Scott and Guy T. Morgan, commissioners of Natrona county. No date for further hearing on the appeals was set. serihed the cold wave In the region as “spotted”. A lght snow accom- panted the frigid temperatures. The cold wave is expected to moderate in eastern Colorado and southern Wyoming, where it has held sway for the past two days. In Montana, the temperature {s 20 to 25 degrees above normal in. the eastern’ section and about normal In the western part. No inclement weather {s reported in New Mexico and Arizona. [n western Colorado moderate temperatures and sunfty weather are reported. COLD WAVE IS MOVING EASTWARD. CHICAGO, Jan. 12.—()—Father Winter is making another one of his flying dashes across the continent. Packing his grip with‘a prodigious quantity of snow and fcy winds, he hopped off from Manitoba on a bee line for the central weat, left some ‘sub-zero’ temperatures in wake, and-then s led_on east, where he shows his wares today. Stow and colder seather. were predicted for the entire northeastern section of the United States, with cold’ waves noted for portions of Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York and northern New Eng- land. Even the southland will ‘get fA taste of the passing wave, although most of the Tuesday forecasts for that area call only for slightly colder weather. The cold snap will be short-lived, (Continued on Page Stx) Decisiong announced today by the | supreme court in the Scott-Morgan es leaves the ouster action In the same statue as obtained when the state appéaled from decisions of Judge Harry P. Wisley in district court which virtually exonerated the two commissioners of misconduct and malfeasancé charges. In the Scott case the statein its appeal asked that removal orders first {ssued by the district court be re- instated and in the Morgan case appeal was made for a new hearing. The charges against Morgan were dismissed in distrigt court at the time of the first hearing. Heads Probe Edwin Brown, special U. S. attor- has been sent from Washing ithrie, Okla., to investigate the mysterious chain of murders among the Osage Indians there, He has fifty operatives helping him, ee JF. SEILER, WYCMING BRIDGE ENGINEER, 10 ADDRESS LOCAL FORUM J. F. Seiler, bridge engineer of Abdieation Of Horthy Unasked PARIS, Jan. 12.—()—The French foreign office today denied a re port, recelved through Berlin that the allfes had demanded the abdica- tion of Admiral Horthy, as regent of Hungary. the Wyoming State Highway depart- ment;..and editor of “Wyoming Roads,” the official publication of the department, will address the forum Juncheon of the Casper Cham- ber of Commerce, January 19, at the Hotel Townsend. Mr. Seiler is one of the eminent engineers of the coun- try and isn sp r of ability. He is on the program of Wyoming En gineers’ association which will open a session here that week 135 STILLS AT STANDARD T0_BE ‘No Smoking’ Order Hits Police Court | “No Smoking” signs soon. will de displayed in the Casper police court. The long cherished custom of gentlemen of the bar, prisoners, witnesses, on-lookers, and others to enjoy the weed has met an un- pleasant demise. W. E. Kilby, captain of police, was surprised to learn that smok- ing has not been barred tn this court in the past, and gave orders that hereafter the dignity of the court, as well as the purity of its atmosphere, would be preserved as far as possible. MEX REBELS SHOT DOWN MEXICO CITY, Jan. 12.—) — Former Colonel Gregoria Casillah and Panfilo Barajas, who supporedly were implicated in last week's re- bellious plot at Guac ara, have been captured and executed at Los Reyes. SENATOR NYE WINS SEAT FOES LOSE BY Two VOTES Jan. 12.—(P)— today to as a senator from WASHINGTON, The senate voted Gerald P. Nye, North Dayota. His risht to a seat In the senate had teen challenged on the ground that the North Dakota governor did not have authority to fill senate vacancies by appointment, This seat challenge the senate upset by a vote of 41 to 39. The vote came after five days dis- cussion in which it was charged that politics dominated the decision be: cause Nye was a progressive. A majority of the senate elections committee held that Nye wag not entitled to a seat, but three mem: bers of the committee filed a minor- ity report taking an Opposite view. The result of the vote today brought scettering applause from the gallery. Twenty-six democrats joined with 14 republicans and one farmer-labor senator in voting to give Governor Sorlle’s appointee his sent. Seven democrats ond 32 licans voted against {t, repub- REPLACED IN 1926 Half-Million Dollar Repair Program Indicated by Plans for Keeping Plant at High Efficiency but Normal Labor Force Only Will Be Required Work, which it is unofficially estimated will mean the expenditure of half a mil lion dollars, will be started at once by the Standard Oil company when that concern he- gins the replacement of 135 stills at the Casper pla nt. No figures are available from the Standard regarding the cost of construction, and it is stated that the program will not call for additional employes. The announcement that entire number now being operated at the Stan¢ard plant, {s regarded as an excellent Indication that the refinery ill continue to function at Its full capacity for some time to come. Renewal of the stills {x a safety precaution, o¢cording to T. S. Cooke. manager of the company in the Rocky Mountain district, and while It has been customary to refit stills as they wear out, the contemplated work at this time is looked upon as of greater {mportance because of the size of the undertaking. The Ufe of n still is six years, but the Standard usually replaces them at the end of five years as an extra Precaution, The stills which will be this number of stills will be replaced, torn out and replaced at’ this time were constructed in 1921. The heavy pressure exerted on the stills, togethen with the Intense heat used tn the process of distilla tioh, eventually means the weaken ing of the drum and when this con dition is reached an xplosion may result if the Still ts continued tn use, The stills to be built are not of the high-pressure type, but will be the fame as those in use In the past The Standard already has completed six high-pressure stills north of the Platte river and has them in opera on. Six ther stills of the same type are in process of construction and will be finished by the middle of February, st is expected Nearly 400 The Quality Bakery had a-lot of empty flour sacks for sale. time. They phoned us a “Want Ad” to run one It sold 372, or about 31 dozen sacks for them. Let the “Want Ad” Sell for You Phone 15 or 16 practically half the other constrvction work fs yplatéd’ by the Standard this fiiras has tigen Tearned nt Vor) Mindenbur, n party leaders until, Mon to form a coalifion to assu rnment harmony and stabil- No. conte year, gives ference which resumed over the principle of arbitrat SIX BODIES OF LOUISIANA FIRE VICTIMS FOUND BULLETI NATCHEZ, Miss., Jan. Ten persons are known to have lost their lives in the destruction by fire of the Johnson hotel at Ferriday, La., this morning. The ruins are being searched for other bodies. A adjoining block of frame buildings and the Van Noy hotel also were destroyed. NATCHEZ, Mis Six bodies have been recov the ruins of the Jot Ferriday, La.. which tog: an adjoining block of frame b ings and the Van Noy hotel the street, was des' early Others re) have occupied rooms in are missing and {t is feared that the death Mst will mount higher. The loss is estimated at more than 75,000. ine persons were injured by be- ing burned and by leaping from the second story of the hotel. Four of the six bodies found have been {identified as a father and son named Keene, D. W. Roberts, a planter of Deer Park, La., and W. C, Hastings, a mail carrier of Ferriday. J. F. Shepard and two traveling men sald to have been guests of the hotel are missing. It also 1s feared that an unidentified ten-year-old girl perished. Million- Dollar Bryan Memorial To Be Erected CHICAGO, Jan. 12.—@— The memorial the William Jennings Bryan Memorial association plans to with id. across by fire ted to the hotel erect in Washington, D. C., will take the form of a Bryan commons, with sultable, useful structures for the service of the people. It will inclu mtral chimes tower, and the pros pective cost fs $1,000,000. That was the ¢ ting ident of t cision reached by phus Daniels, pres SIX PERISH IN HOUSE BURNING OTTAWA, Ont —(A)—Six persons were burned to death when of Mrs. Albert Ylarkston was destrove fire. The victims were children of Mrs. ‘Tanguay, who escAped by Jumping from an upstatr: windo BOTH SIDES STAND PAT ON CLAIMS Deadlock Found Hopeless When Con- ferees Refuse to Yield and No Date Is Set for Resumption of Negotiations NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—(#)—The anthracite joint con- negotiations December journed today without reaching settlement and without setting any date for renewal of negotiations. The conference decided it was hopelessly 29 ad- deadlocked ion. The of rators insisted to the enw complete arbitration, while insisted that {f they accep iy arbitration it should be so only on the basis of increasing wages and without any reduction Immediately after the conference brok John L. Lewis, presiden of the ed Mine Workers called men and dictated thi sted In my . made to the the op we determined to brea up the conference without an agre ment. After a period of fruitless dis. cussion this morning the oper: r moved an withe statement y conference adjournment and demanded that orkers second ® motion scious of all r imbued with the h ype that an agree ment might b tors aba reached, through th ine worker “The operato: own motion and the the question as tc der such rs later clren, workers recogni: net through their own efforts. the conference in session without the operators present and voted for the motion. “The mine workers profoundly re stet that the operators maintained throughout the session the same un- yielding attitude which they ev! denced when the negotiations te gan six months ago at Atlantic City and which they have maintained r since. The - responsibility * for the failure to agree and a contin reluctantly uance of, the strike re entire! with the anthracite ope ’ in: terests who thus arrogantly refused to make any: contributions toward dustrial peace. ne mine workers are prepared continue the struggle for any per. fod necessary to Induce the operator: to make a‘ lasting peace which will preserve for our’ people the right of frée men.” The motjon to adjourn was made by George Hadesty, of the’ Philadel phia and Reading Coal’ and Iron Corporation. «It\ was seconded by Thomas Thomas of the Lehigh Val ley Coal company. The operators after the adjourn ment gave out this statement “Atte rokny days {of conference we find there is no change whatever in Mr. ‘Lewis’, attitude. He abs ultely refuses to consider structive policy. In a his position is that~ he ruin | | H ll ha t operators’ proposals, the Luzerne legislators’ plan, the Markle plan, the Engi and economists? plan—all w sed’ at t only ta be sum the miners spol ‘smelled of arbitration’. “While the operator for practical me strike and put t rmanent basis, M th nstitt (Continued on Ro, Eight) GLENROCK, W Jar The heart of the Big field, with a potential va {mated to run into the millte {s_ Involved in a suit for reatitut ed in dis trict court this week against’ the Merritt corporation, the Continenta Oll company and several other de- fendantse, who, as predecessors of those corporations, have at various times claimed ownership In dispute. The sult was of the land prepared and filed by C. Lec Smith in behalf of H C. Young, Noah Young, Ralph Haves, Ed Wells and the estate of Law. rence Murphy, whose claims are based on original locations and who claim fraudulent conspiracy on the part of Charles A. Mau, R. B. WI side and Col, A Humph and everal others who claimed ¢ F ship to the land prior to its acquire ment by the Continental Oil com pany, the present holder. Associated with Mr. Smith fn the suit are € W. C. Mentzer of Chey BE. Avmstrong of Rawlins The petition alleges fraud on the part of the ¢ delibe ndants rate for possess of approximat 000 acres of land, a part of which ts now in production, t ' cay of profitable production t posely withheld from producing he land in question was locate In 1915 by the ¢ alsy by Joe Lyt the! ein , with I * A.M tn e) dvar he in | ur { “ } (Continued From Page Six)