Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 13, 1926, Page 1

| BY PING! WEAIHER Fair tonight warmer tonight | central portions. and = = Thursda ‘UL. X NO. 73 BLA osetia in northwest and of Circulation, ‘Che Caz Member of Audit Bureau TT MINE OPERATU«S BLAMED OT FOR BREAK Night Riders Being Sought Tampa City and County Officers Declare Hunt Following Appeal of Negro Delegates for Protection STATE LAW TO MAKE MINING UTILITY. ASKED Factions Strengthening Positions to Carry on Wage Fight. HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 138.—(#)—Governor Pinchot, in a statement today’ in which he attributed the breakdown of the anthracite negotiations in New York to the operators announced his inten- tion of pressing passage by the Pennsylvania legislature of a bill making anthracite mining a public utility. Such a bill was completed today by Attorney General George W- ‘Woodruff for introduction in the les- islature when {t meets in extra ses- sion today. A second bill to be sub- mitted at the same.time, “requests' the governor to negotiate compacts with anthracite consuming states for the regulation of retail hard coal Putor many weeks,” the governor said, “we have read in the news- papers a dafly story of the strike of the anthracite operators, against the public, Yesterday came the break- down of the negotigtions because the operators refused to do as the min- ers had already done—make real con- cessions from their original post tion in the interest of reaching a set tlement. The matter now comes be- fore the legislature of Pennsylvania for its action. I shall do my best to press the bill which recognizes an- thracite as a public utility. That is the next step.” EACH SIDE LAYS BLAME ON “THER NEW YORK, Jan, 13—@)—With negotiations broken off because neither side would recede an inch, anthracite miners and operators to- day etrengthened their lines to main- tain thelr position in the hard coal strike Each side blames the other for stitf-necked opposition to any peace plan that would send back to work the 169,000 or so men and boys who have beer Idle since September 1 Arbtration was the big Issue on which the conference split. the min ers refusing to adopt that form of settlement if it involved the bility of a decr wares, All of repe to the effect of the breakin 0 negotiations. The gre mittee of the Pennsylvania Coal com pany, representing more than 10,- 000 men. has urged the calling out of 10,000 maintenrnce men. Union leaders say. nowever, that no maintenance men wil! be calle’ out tnless there are viclaticns of the agieement by which such work ers stay on the job. Another report for which the op- erators say there Is no tasis ts that some of the coal coaipanies are ready to open thelr mines. While this has been informaily mentioned by some operators as a last resort, (Continued on Page Twelve) sorts rts are heard com- In the Shadows possi | Mary MeCormic of Texas, Chicago Grand Opera soprano of international fame, is serious- ly ill in Nice, and, according to cable dispatches, physicians des- quir of her life, GASPER LODGE OF BNA BRITH INSTALLED Banquet ~ lows Cere- mony Conducted by Rabbi Bergman. Installation ceremonies were held by the Ca odge of the Independ { Brith ee of Tuesday " the Hotel Townsend. Rabb! M. Bergman of Pueblo, Colo,, dis |trict deputy for Wyoming, Colorado and New ual, A tation. The following officers were in- stalled: Sam Bernstein, president; J. Frank Mednick, v president; D. Mexico, conducted the rit- banquet followed the instal- Tolpus, secretary; 4 Hayu tin, treasurer: Moe Landau, monitor J. B. Learner, assistant monitor: Morris Leon, warden; Max Friedman, guardian, and BE, L, Newlander. rustee. The Independent Order of B’Nal Brith is an ipternational Jewish ben- evolent society. ip i he %, < ‘S ee TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 13.—(*)—Following appeal for protection to the Tampa city commission yesterday by dele- gates from three negro organizations, city and county offi- cers today continued to search for a reported band of night riders which the negroes report had warned several of their number to quit the city. City officials charged that the night riders have been acting under the instigation of real estate opera- tors who would force the negroes to sell their holdings to mske way for sub-divisions. R. C. Doby, an aged negro, told Mayor Perry G. Wall that he was visited by the band which, after burning a cross before his home, warned him to leave the city within 48 hours. They then left his place, Doby said, and set fire to a negro neigh- ‘5 home. lice were detailed to protect the negro with orders to shoot to kill anyone attempting to molest him or his property. After delegations representing the Inter-denominational ministers’ alll- ance, the Tampa Urban League and the business and professional men per Daily Crifime MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS CASPER, WYOMING, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1926 Delivered by Carrier, 15 Cents a Month Newstands 5 Cents On Streets or at GRAZING COSTS AND RAIL RATES On LIVESTOCK ARE GRITIGIZED National Association President Denounces Both in Address to | Phoenix Convention. PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 13. —(?)—Vigorous denuncia- tion of existing livestock freight rates and grazing fees on the national forests and a plea for better tariff protection for the industry, Were contained in the annual ad- dress delivered today at the opening session of the American National Livestock association by President Fred H. Bixby of Long Beach, Calif. Mr. Bixby also devoted a pa his address toward the administra tion of the packers and stockyards act and said that “perhaps a con- of had visited the commission, instruc- tons were tssued that the band of|gressional investigation might de- aight riders was to be rounded up| velop something of interest.” and every nrotection afforded the} “We believe the present freight negro residents, (Continued on Page Twelve) WM. M’CLINTOCK WILL ADMITTED CHICAGO, Jan. 18.—()—The will of the late “million- aire orphan,” William Nelson McClintock, was admitted to probate today by Circuit Judge Scanlan, reversing the ruling of the probate court. The will bequeaths the bulk of the estate to McClintock's foster-father, William D. Shepherd. TRAPS 105 Mi Wilbur Urges (Alt DEM TOLL Replacing of || EXPECTED IN Giant Airship MN TRAGEDY WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. or the Los Angeles, at $6,000,000; and he suggested a ity of 6,000,000 cuble feet, com- to the ndoah's 2,100,000. Mr. Wilbur outlined his views be e the committee at a hearing on hairman Butler bill for a new dirigible to cost $5,000,000. EXCEPTION tO SIMS’ & WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—@) oxcepiion was taken by Secret: Wilbur to recent assertions by Rear Admiral Sims, retired, about the na val war college, it was disclosed to- day in published reports of the house appropriations committee hearings on the navy supply bill. “We are entirely out of sympathy h the {dea expressed by one of our retired admirals, that unless an oficer has gone to the naval war co lege he {s ignorant and incompetent,” Mr, Wilbur said, “Tt is utterly unfair in comparing men of the same high rank to hold that those who have not taken the war course must be classed as ignor- ant and incompetent as compared with those who have.” ABANDONMENT OF LAKEHURST PROPOSED. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—U?) — Abandonment of the Lakehurst na- val air station, material reduction in the navy enlisted personnel and the (Continued on Page Twelve) Secretary Also Takes Issue With Ad- miral Sims as House Committee Asks Lakehurst Abandonment —(/P)—Secretary Wilbur to-| day told the house naval committee he favored construction of an airship to replace the Shenandoah. The secretary explained, however, that the new airship should have a greater gas capacity than the Shenandoah The cost of the craft he estimated at SECRETARY AND SALES MANAGER OF TEXAS CO. DEAD; SON CALLED HOME H. T. Dodge, chief clerk of the Texas company here, will leave this evening for Houston, Texas, where he will attend the funeral of his fa. ther, C, P. Dodge. The elder Dodge died this morning of injuries receiv ed in an automobile accident Tues manager of the Texas company. He was well known in ofl circles, MERCIER IS RECOVERING BRUSSELS, Jan. 13.—(?)—Car- dinal Mercier continues to tmprove after his recent operation, and ts now considered out of danger. LOVE COLONY’ PROBE CONTINUED NEW WATER: SOFTENING PLANT 1S COMPLETED FOR THE NORTHWESTERN The water softening plant which has been under construction here for the Chicago and Northwestern rail- road has just been completed. The water is softened by being treated with soda ash and lime, and there is thus no residue left in the locomo- tive boiler. The plant has a capacity of 15,000 gallons per hour, It was built by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Works Skull Is Found Of Missing Man DALLAS, Texas, Jan, 13.—OP)—A skull found in the Hassayampt des- ert of Arizona has been {dentified by a dentist, as that of John L. Knight, Dallas business man, who has been missing since 1921. E'ghteen months ago Knight's over- coat and handbag were found in the desert, but it was not until Christ- mas day that the skull was discov- ered. IDENTITY ADMITTED BY SLAYER SUSPECT Robert Scott, Accused of Murder for| Which Brother Was Tried, Willing to Return and Face Charges SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 13.—(@?P)—The San | Francisco Examiner today says the convict in San Quentin known as John C. Redding admitted yesterday in an inter- view that he in reality is Robert Scott, wanted in Chicago in connection with the murder for which Robert’s brother, Russell Scott, was sentenced to death but saved from the he can prove the charges against him are untrue. “L will go back to Chicago willing. ly and face the charges against me," Scott was quoted as saying. “At this time | cannot say what my de- fense will be, but L am confident that | can prove the charges againat me untrue.” Scott further declared he would ‘tain William Scott Stewart, who acted as attorney for Russell Scott, to defend him. He will remain in San Quentin un- | til Mlinois authorities request his extradition, it was sald at the prison ‘They are at a loss to know why ws when he was adjudged in- extradition has not been requested te, quoted as saying he will go back toland why peace officers have not Redding, or Scott, Im further |Chicago willingly, In the bellet that!come to Callfornia to return him, the supreme court, according to in- tly before Mirs formation received: from Cheyenne| ove ig Seapine po the SURE rig | today by Paul Bacheller and |}? wee 5 dai gre MA bie Judge R special prosecu- | | Pek RS heabin early gar tors. te for the hear. <1 ae a le Maca 3 ing has . The defendants |‘ dl pipe res Sue in error wil! have fifteen days in| {ter he had heard her story which to file briets. The supreme | ‘@ Proceeding against her would be court, Tuesday, denied motions to} ‘°PPed. dismiss the appeals, land, arrested last Monday ——————____ cfarged with adultery, {s at Mberty on $1,000 bond, iting hearing, Both the birth and death certificates SCOTT-MORGAN CASES SET FOR CURRENT TERM Hearing on the appeals of the state in the ouster proceedings against Dr, Guy T. Morgan and Jack B. Scott, county commissioners, will be advanced to the’ present term of Body of Baby Said born to Charles Garland and nity looked forward today to der the name of “April Farm The order was sued by District Attorney Boyle sl Half Billion Is U.S.Estimate On named Garland as the father. farm is regarded by th as a free love colony. Mirs Hovey told the district at- torney that the baby had been sutf- The uthorities New Road Wo k fering from colic, and was fretful TH | one night. Fearing that its cries would awaken her two-year-old son, Mowgli, she wrapped it in a blanket CHICAGO,» Jan» 13.—(@)—New]| and placed it in its crib just out- highways this year will cost the] side the room in which she sald she United States $500,000,000. says a|Garland and Mowgli slept. In the report by experts to the American| morning the baby was dead» A phy- Road Builders’ Association conven-|sician, summoned from Quakertown, tion here, pr nounced the death due tion, Miss Hovey explained to the dis trict attorney how she happened to name her son after the hero of Kip. ling’s jungle stories. “You know," she seid, “Mowgli means ‘little frog’ and when he was born he was so comical and looked to suffo- On new roads and repairs, Charles } c M. Upham, chairman of the conven tion, estimated $1,500.000,000 will be spent. Street and road construction last year was the heaviest in his- tory, showing a-gain of nearly two per cent over 1914, and 16.5 per cent over 1923, Drowsy Villages Mature into bustling cities through the encourage- ment of business connections. to Be Child of Mil- lionaire Socialist Disinterred in Investigation of “April Farm” ALLENTOWN, Pa., Jan. 13.—(P)—With the issuance of an order for the disinterment of the body of the baby Bettina Hovey, this commu- the baring of more details of the life at-the colony founded by the wealthy Socialist un- s0 much Ike a little frog that 1 gave him that name, That 1s the name by which he goes on the f ; Another rev ) Hovey w Prertor her husbar Fr a Appointee Asked For Conference By Committee SHINGTON, Jan. 13.—)— Judge Wallace McCamant of Oregon, whose nomination to the federal cir. cult court in t nth district was mmitted last night by the sen: will be asked to appear the judiciary commi —_—.___. EPISCOPALIANG ELECT MONDAY New officers for the year elected Monday by the congre of St. Mark's Episcopal church. B. B. Brooks and P. C, Nicolaysen were chosen as wardens; W. 8, Kim were fon The more activity along this line the more | we all prosper. Use the Classified Ad It’s your friend. ball, Lew M. Gay, A. J. Hazlett, R D, Wallace, W, T. Evans, W. A Tolburet, Raymond Hough, and Paul G. Weidner, members of the vestry, and Guy Gay, W. C. Corporan, W. W. Sproul and Mrs. W. Rowell, members large the parish counell The building Indebtedness has been reduced by 000, {t was an- nounced. Burglars Take $15,000 in Gems WEST PALM BEACH, Fia., Jan. 13.—(#)—Burglars last night entered the attractive [tallan villa of George L. Mesker, at Pal ried off gems valued at $15,000, Mr. ch, and car- Mesker announced today. The wealthy Evansville, Indiana structural steel man, hi of th m which bears his na scouted t ory that it was apr Inside jot ee @ shop owned by H. R 244 East Second stree n into Tuesday night morning and about $ uther was taken molested, reports t | accor day night at Memphis, Tenn. The car in whith Mr, Dodge and four other persons were riding, crashed into a tree, and Mr. Dodge received a fracture of the spine Mr. Dodge was secretary and sales | | SHOE SHOP ROBBERY| 5 AEGUE AUGHED Tipple and Hoist of Shaft at Wilburton Totally Wrecked by Terrific Explosion. BULLETIN, WILBURTON, Okla, Jan, 15.— (#)—Kight of the 105 men entombed by an explosion at a coal mine near here this morning, emerged from the mine alive today. All eight Were negr BULL! IN, WILBURTON, Okla., Jan. 13.— (#)—Only eight of the 105 men who were entombed by explosion at the Degna-McConnell mine near here | ay are known to be alive. | Rescue crews have been able to ch the bottom of the air shaft ir progress into the mine blocked by the prevalence of “white damp,” a gas resulting | from the xplosion. The surviving men are huddled in a small space in the bottom of shaft. Strenuous efforts were de to clear away the de Members of the mine rescue carrying cages of canaries, he bottom of the air shaft, but the birds were unable to withstand the damp fumes, and the men did not go into the mine. WILBURTON, Okla., Jan. 13.—(#)—Most of the 105 men working in the Degnan- McConnell mine three miles west of here are believed to have been instantly killed jay in a terrific explosion that cked the main shaft and en- tombed them. bris. crev A rescue crew started work at 10:30 a. m., and will attempt to reach the trapped men, through the which is still open. Some f the victims are still alive and conversed with rescuers through the air shaft. They were advised to remain near the shaft J. B. Hynal, chief of the United States B u of Mines, rescue crew at McAlester, was in charge of the work. Equipped with gas helmets, he and two rs entered the shaft he blast wrecked the tipple and were t destroyed the hoisting equipment imergency hoisting apparatus was bein installed to t & out the vi tims after y € ached. | A frantic group of the entombed | i's relatives gathe 1 yout the | Word of the explosion spread ick]. and crowd: of chtsee from neighboring tow assembled I aft was roped somew! lockir tf tl main passa In he min The first e crew ‘ced te turn be ndt e en larger ¢ Nine) ued on Page NOT M Was Any Idea MADRAS, India, Jan. 1 president of the Internations an interview in which she dee of proclaiming Krishnamurti } | relief that the young Hindu eacher.” The 78-year-old theosophist leader referred to press references to the “proclamation of J. Krishnamurti as “the ond Messiah,’ at Adyar. near Madras. (Mra, Besant told of Krishnamurti's education and later activities, “I had better state once for all YOUNG HINDU = SSIAH Theosophist Leader Says There Never of Proclaiming Krishnamurti as Divine -(P)—Mrs, Annie Besant, Theosophical society, gave ured she “never had any idea the Messiah,” but stated her is the “vehicle” for a “world the bare facts ¥ of ha ant, “I ac tath hich le at statements, which left untouched,” epted, in the the root until ne I sald Mrs. Be 1909, from guardianship My reason for this was that I was told that the (Continued on Page Twelve) their two younger brothers.