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 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 (Continued from Page Eight.) PICTURE OE TODAY’S FIRE IN TOWNSEND BLOCK - ■ - i’W I • ■ i Hll||fr. > j.Jg ' 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 j (Continued on ■ Pago Seven) 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. ~ —— ( 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 (Continued on Pago Eight)