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The Weather
WYOMING —Partly overcast Wed
nesday, somewhat unsettled south
portion. Warmer in southeast por
tion.
VOLUME VIU.
ROYCE LOSES FIGHT TO BLOCK
CONFIDENCE IN CASPER IS AFFIRMED
ADMINISTRATION DRIVE ONST
VICE IS UPHELDIN RESOLUTION
Speakers Before Mass Meeting Last Evening
Charge Misrepresentation of Police
Activities; Royce Is Scored.
Confidence in the future of Casper was expressed and
a pledge of continued support of the city administration
was given at a mass meeting of 1,500 citizens at the
Arkeon last night. Several prominent citizens spoke be
fore the large crowd which had gathered and an opti
mistic note was sounded. The meeting was the direct
BIG FUTURE IN
<OIL STANDARD
OFFIGIALSAYS
Colonel Stewart Says
Salt Creek Will Add
Millions.
Balt Creek is still one of the
world’s greatest oil fields, declared
Col. R. W. Stewart, chairman of the
board of directors of the Standard
Oil company of Indiana, who left
here with other Standard officials
In his private car last night after
having been here three days on reg
ular Inspection of the company's
properties.
X The Standard does not build to
tear down, ” said Col. Stewart In
si>eaklng of the 50,000-barrel refin
ery which his company operates
here. He thus tersely dispelled any
fear that the Standard contemplates
laying off men or dismantling any
unit of its Immense plant.
At the Industrial Relations build
ing last evening he spoke to a large
audience of refinery employes on the
spirit of co-operation which prompts
the Standard to conduct its indus
trial relations department, declaring
that justice at all times forms the
basis for the relationship between
employer and employe in the Stan
dard family.
PUBLISHER TO
BE QUIZZED
BYGRANDJURY
'V WASHINGTON. April 29—Edward
B. McLean, Washington publisher,
was served today with a subpoena
directing him to appear before New
ark. N. J., grand jury which is in
vestigating transportation of fight
films.
Service of the subpoena was ac
‘'•■pted by Wilton J. Lambert, Mc-
Lean’s counsel.
The case in which McLean Is
sought is that of “the United States
vs. the Dempsey-Carpentier fight
films.”
M’CRAY RESIGNS AFTER
CONVICTION UPON FRAUD
CHARGE IN U. S. COURT
Indiana Governor Held In Jail Pending
Sentence Early Tomorrow In
Indianapolis Court
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 29.—Warren T. McCray,
convicted yesterday in federal court of using the mails to
defraud, today resigned as governor of Indiana. The
resignation becomes effective at 10 a. m. tomorrow. Em
mett F. Branch, lieutenant governor, will automatically
become governor.
McCray is to appear tomorrow in lin the Atlanta federal prison and
federal efturt to receive his sentence will be taken there with other prls-
It is expected he will receive a term | oners Thursday.
The circulation of The -Tribune is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper.
(the (Laspcr Daily (Lrihiutc
result of a session held Friday night
at the same place by citizens who
attacked the present city adminis
tration as one that is executing in
an over-zealous and an illegal man
ner the liquor laws while ignoring*
other phases of their duty. Accord
ing to those who discussed the is
sue Inst night, the work of the po
lice department has been greatly
misrepresented and the a’leged ille
gality and brutality In executing the
laws does not exist.
Calvin Smith, campaign manager
for Mayor R. K. Loy, wns chairman
of the meeting. Tom Freshnny was
♦ho first spenker. Mr- Freahnay
spoke from the standpoint of the
labor unions although he did not
claim to represent the thought of
nera than himself. He stated his
confidence in Casper and said that
those who did not believe in its
future should remember that the
••nads lead In. all directions out of
this city.
Dr. Mark Rmlth followed up Mr.
Freshnay’s talk.
"Any city whose growth and cul
ture is dependent upon or which
••ecogntzes defiance of, or which
minimizes obedience to the law is
doomed to failure for with us the
government of a city is patterned
sYter the principles that apply to
national government,” he said.
“What is right for law procedure
'n our governmental enforcement In
Washington for the affa’rs of the
naticn made up of individuals fa as
right for Casper composed of a leas
number of individuals. Who would
'ong respect any authority in the
setting at defiance of constitutional
law or respect a government in
federal neglect of law?
“Does anyone say that a murder
as a crime is too closely Investi
gated at the expense of other un
lawful acts, that our officers are too
zealous in searching for murderers?
Had we the figure of Immediate,
delayed, or remote death bv poison
ing we would be anpalled within
th® shadow of the illicit moonshine
traffic that is taking human life to
day, the most mercenary, vicious
war upon the human race that was
ever Invented.”
Defense of the Women’s Chris
tian Temperance Union was voiced
by Mrs. C. H. Dunn, the lady who
had made an effort to speak at the
meeting Friday night but who was
shouted down. Mrs. Dunn stated
that Attorney Frank Perkins bad
beer misinformed when someone
told him that the W. C. T. U. mem
bers had pantomined their ideas to
the jury and she said that the mem
bers were sacrificing their time to
attend court because they felt lliat
It was their duty to do so.
C. IT. Townsend, president of the
Stockmen's National bank, and a
resident of Casper for 34 years took
up the argument In favor of Casper
ns a prosperous and growing city.
"Someone has stated hero that he
thinks Casper is all right. I have
lived here for more than 30 years
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PICTURE OE TODAY’S FIRE IN TOWNSEND BLOCK
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Great crowds packed the streets around the Townsend Hock at 1:30 today as firemen from both stations battled flames that broke out In the
i . Here’l by the Metropolitan and Barnett stores, occuping ground floor locations, which were deluged with
water poured into the building. Photograph shows building looking west on Second street. |t wits made possible for today’s publication by the
last work of Bert Beil, staff photographer for the Tribune and the engravers of the We*«ern Map and Blue Print company.
$50,000 LOSS ESTIMATED
IN TOWNSEND BLOCK FIRE
Dom’t'Mss tte
Sport Page
Friend Ah
Well, Al, you better Dot skip no
numbers of the Tribune these
days as they are running a car
toon called, "You Know Me Al,”«
which I am the hero of same and
what ever I do, why they will bo
a picture of same in the cartoon.
So keep your eyes pealed old pal
so as to not miss what goes on
as they Is no telling what a mau
like I Is libel to pull off.
Your ►al,
JACK KEEFE,
(Per Ring Lardner)
LOB ANGELES—War, and mea
sures seeking to exclude Japanese
from the United States were assail
ed in resolutions adopted by the Los
Angeles Ministerial association.
McCray will take no appeal from
his conviction In federal court but
will be ready to begin serving what
ever sentence is given him by Judge
A. B. Anderson,
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 29.
That Governor Warren T. McCray,
found guilty of using the mails in
furtherance of a scheme to defraud
in federal court yesterday, would
rerlgn during tho day was the gen
eral belief here today, although Re
publican state leaders, the gov
ernor's attorneys and the governor
himself steadfastly declined to make
statements of nny kind.
The governor spent last night in
the Mnrion county jail and was to
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CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, APRIL d,c,s
Metropolitan and Barnett Stores and Stockmens National
Bank Drenched With Water Poured On Second Story
Flames; Fire Is Charged to Short Circuit
White hot, a streak of electricity shot out from a short circuit in a fuse box on the
second floor.of the Townsend building, Second and Center streets, this afternoon.
Twenty minutes later the smoke had cleared away, the building was saturated
with water, the upper floor filled with broken debris.
The loss from fire t smoke and water was close to $50,000.
Smoke rolling from the roof of the structure was first noticed by Judge Henry
Brennan at 1:25 o’clock- He broke (
open an alarm box and sent in a ,
call. All fire fighting apparatus in ’
th® city responded.
Battling against suffocating smoke,
firemen risked their lives in search
ing for persons who might be
trapped. W. O. Wilson, B. E. ’
Phelps, C. IT. Townsend,, and two ’
women whoso names have not been ’
learned, were on th® second floor. "
All were rescued by firemen before
they were overcome.
Water poured in torrents into the f
Stockmen's National bank, the i
Metropolitan store and Barnett's
Clothing store. Probably the larg- f
est single loss was suffered by the ,
Metropolitan which estimates tho ,
damage don® It to be 920,000. t
Practically every >fflce on the t
second floor was gutted by water or i
fire. Folton and Hemry’s suite
Bant Resources Soar
An incrensc from two to seven banks and from resources
of $929,8-18.92 to resources of $14,819,133.01 has been achieved
since 1907, according to a statement read by C. 11. Townsend,
president of the Stockmen's National b(tnk, at a mass meeting
of citizens In the Arkeon last night. The statement is indica
tive of Casper's prosperity. It follows:
January, 1907, two bank 5920,818.92
January 1910, two banks 098,604.63
February, 1913, three banks 1,140,785.42
May 1915, four banks - 1,527,919.89
March 1918, five banks 5,899.925.20
December 1919, six banks 10,757,300.80
February 1921, six banks - 11.705.178,75
December 1922, seven banks 12,161,785.02
April, 1923, seven banks 13,127,153.87
March 1924, seven banks 11,819,133.01
caught the worst of th® blaze which
spread out from the fuse room, and
upward to the roof, burning a largo
portion of it away.
Remarkably quick work was done
by the ftro department. It appeared
nt first as though the entire Town
send building would be lost. Only
by braving the blinding, suffocating
smoke and risking Hfo by hurtling
through the burning roof which
threatened to give away In several
places, were the firemen able to get
nt the origin of the blaze and drown
It out.
Hot water poured through tho
ceiling along the entire length of the
building, raining down on display
goods in both stores beneath, and
causing a hurried exodus- Furni
ture was removed at once from the
Stockmen’s bank.
It will be several days before tho
CITY HEARING
J interior of tho building can be suf
} ficiently repaired to permit
pants to return. The structure
s which Is owned by C. H. Townsend,
’ was fully covered by Insurance.
■ Whether or not office furniture.
T stocks of goods and fixtures belong
s ing to lessees wero protected by In
f surance has not been learned.
i
1 ENGENE, Ore.—Forest fires tn
■ the Cascade mountains east of Eu
• gene were reported under control.
DELL HANLON, RECENT
FUGITIVE, DRAWS LIFE
TERM IN PENITENTIARY
No time Lost In. Sentencing Desperado
Who Led Prisoners In Jail Break
At Denver and Was Captured
DENVER, Colo., April 29.—William H. Dalihunt, alias
Slippery Dell Hanlon, former amateur boxer of St. Paul,
and near nemesis of the Denver police department, today
was sentenced to serve the remainder of his natural life
in the state penitentiary at Canon City. Sentence was im
posed upon Hanlon by Judge Clarence J. Morley of the
west side court following pleas fori Following th© imposition of the
leniency made to the court by Han-1 life term. Hanlon smilingly turned
lon and his attorney, Den D. Lasko. J to th'a court before being led to the
RESOLUTION
ON PROJECT
INHOUSE
WASHINGTON. April 29.
Investigation of th© Casper-Al
cova irrigation project, Natrona
county, Wyoming, would he au
thorized under a senate resolu
tion reported today by the house
irrigation committee. The resolu
tion was amended to includ© also
the Dechutes (Oregon) irrigation
project.
The senate recently adopted
the resolution without a dissent
ing vote.
DEPOSITION IN
LANDER CASE
IS MADE HERE
CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 29.
State law enforcement commissioner
M. C. Wachtel announced today that
Miss Irma Wright of Casper had
made a deposition, which is in his
possemlon. charging brutal treat
ment cf her brother, Murray, at the
state training school at Lander last
January. The deposition charges,
Wachtel states, that th© child was
subjected to beating that left his
body black and blue” th© first
night he spent at the school.
Dnln Frazier, an attendant at th©
school, Is to bo arraigned at Tender
next Friday on an assault andi bat
tery charge based on beatings he is
alleged to have administered to four
Inmates of the training school.
j BALL SCORES |
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Chicago— r, n. E
Pittsburgh...ooo 000 100 00—1 8 1
Chicago 000 000 001 01—* 1* 1
Batteries—Meadows and Schmidt:
Alexander and Hartnett.
At New York—Philadelphia-New
lork game postponed; rain, cold.
At Boston—Brooklyn-Boston game
postponed; cold.
At Cincinnati— n jj jr,
St. Louis 000 012 03x—x x x
Cincinnati 110 001 OOx—x x x
Batteries—Sothnron and Gonzales-
Luque, Klxey and Hargrave.
,
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Detroit— j| p-
Chicago 000 002 03x—x x x
Detroit 000 020 lOx—x x x
Batterlew—Thurston and Schalk; <
Dauss. Johnson and Bassler. i
. New York-Philo- t
dclphia game i>ostponrd; rain.
At Washington— RHE '
Boston 320 Ixx xxx—x x x i
Washington ..310 Ixx xxx—x x x
Batteries—Piercy and Picinich;
McGrew, Martina, Winfield, Russell
and Ruel.
At St. Loul»—Cleveland St. Louis ,
gome postponed; rain.
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Lad's Funeral Is
Held Here Today !
1
The funeral of Joseph Lloyd Clouse i
eight years of age. was held this <
afternoon from th© Muck funeral 1
home. The Rev. Charles A. Wilson j
officiated. Young Clouse was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clouse I
of Lavoye. He died there yester- i
day. <
EDITION
NUMBER 160.
CHARGES TO BE
AIRED IN WEEK
AS RESULT OF
POSTPONEMENT
Writ of Prohibition
Denied by Court at
Conclusion of Plea
In District Court.
Walter W. Royce, coun
cilman for the Second ward,
lost his fight for a writ of
prohibition to restrain the
city from considering peti
tions for his dismissal yes
terday when Judge R. R. Rose ruled
in favor of the city.
The council will not meet oh
Royce’s case this evening and the
hearing which was to have been
held tonight will be held May 6, be.
cause City Attorney Ambrose Hem
ingway is confined to bls home by
illness and is unable to prepare for
th© work as he had planned.
Judge Rose had previously drw
ruled th© demurrer of tho city on
the grounds that it ’was within the
Jurisdiction of the court to Issue a
writ if it so desired, since the coun
cil would act In a quasl-judtciaJ man
ner in considering Royce’s removal.
However, since tho mayor. the city
clerk, and all th© councilmen wore
placed on the witness stand and
since their testimony did not seem
to indicate that the council intend
ed to remove Royce at its proposed
meeting but only to consider the
possibility of removing him, there
seemed to be no necessity for such
a writ.
Th© attorneys for Ttoyce had
argued that the writ of prohibition
should be issued since the council
had no right to dispossess the coun
cilman of his seat on council since
that was a property right. They
also argued that to permit the coun
cil to remove a member of its mm
body would be to Invest it with dan
gerous power since that would mean
that when four councilmen were of
one mind toward the removing of
two others they did not want on
the council they could do so.
'Tn com© he were found guilty of
misconduct,” the Ju(*ge interposed.
Statute 1866 on which the city
bases its right to remove a council
man statue that the city may pro
vide for the removal of office of an
officer whose position is created,
made elective, or appointed in such
district. Attorney Enterltne argued
that this means only such offices as
were created, made elective or ap
pointed by the city and that since
tho position of councilman wna cre
ated by atatute the council has no
Jurisdiction in the matter.
Tho plaintiff declared that Mayor
Loy had stated nt a recent meeting
nf tho council. "We’ll get him out."
The mayor denied making such n.
statement. Councilman Pelton stated
that he had heard him make it.
Others had no memory of the al
leged threat.
When Attorney Foster moved for
a dismissal of th© petition of th©
writ of prohibition the Judge grant
ed it without argument.
Attorney H. E. and
Frank M. Perkins, Royce's attor
ney’s had petitioned for the writ.
County Attorney E. H. Fo©ter and
11. M. Boeke assisted City Attorney
Ambrose Hcrnlngwaj.
Attorney Entcrllne threatened to
bring mandamus proceedings to re
store Royce's position on tho coun
ci I if he were removed by that body.
county Jail by an augmented force
of deputy sheriffs, and thanked him
for the sentence.
Then turning to cross the en
closed bridge leading from the court
room to th© county Jail. h« glanced
ut Horry Livingston, former acting
terday was discharged from tho ser
vices of the city for his negligence
in permitting Hanlon and 13 com
pardons to escape from the county
Jail last Thursday night.
•’Hello Harry.” said Hanlon drag
ging his feet encased In 22 pound
Oregon boots, advancing toward
Livingston and extending his hand.
"Oh no, once but not twice," smil
ingly answered Livingston as tho
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