Greeley Daily Tribune from Greeley, Colorado • Page 1

THE GREELEY HOT ONB sun an turned (ho corner, way. 1tt; MEMBER ASSOCIATED PBE5S QREELEY, COLORADO -'TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1932 AFTERNOON EDITION 'WEEKLY TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED isro SaysExpert Examining: Their. Nude Found in Cottage Camp Pathologist Gas 2 Unmistakable ncc Dr. Dennis, W. said today ho bad do' Transmountain Diversion System and Harold Crawford, 20, of iera killed by monoxide gas Rlton ot the bodies were found dead yesterday in bra cabin camp revealed unmis- (races of tho gas poisoning L'beaier was still burning when I broke Into tha cabin yester I found the bodies.

Tho -gas ras at first accepted and then i when It was learned that a i strong draft was located over tlio heater; In doors ond windows tho ro also held by officials to tn sufficient to ventllato the protect against niouoxldo. rwmils's discovery revived which had been completely ltd. Itatton of oilier possible causes was being continued. dies, both nud'o, were dls- jeslerday by an' attendant at cabin cnmu. Crawford lay at tlie bedclothes on' tho "ikla tiio bed: The girl was faco upward, on tbo floor a few ty.

Both liad been dead at least urs, Coroner H. Cnrr said. itid Cabin Late Chrlitmai. learned tlie pair. rented tha tie Christmas night -after an Tot exchanging 'gifts Deii- cds.

Tho proprietor' said that was so cold she did 'not to sign the regfster arid took (the cabin after assuring Ihe place was warm and that gas Ueate'r was Question of Masters School Going to Land Owner Raised school district No. 71 which Is now sondins Ui chlldroa to Wig-' for Inutructlori under a tlve-year agreomont that ends In May. 1934. may rncoutiter tltla'dlfflcultles should it declda to hold school in Its own district again. It dlrulgea here Tucwday with the visit ot Ed Qtgray, president ot he board, to tho offtco of tho county commissioners'to HBCUBB the Maatora district levy" tor tho.

coming year. School board officers hayo recently received a letter from 0, M. Masaey.ot Is now owner the old Moputcheon Including the school 'statins that It IB Mas- aoy'a undorata'ndlug tliat when no school la held In the bullrtlnp that It The Mbnat tunnel piuneer bore would'empty slope water Int South Boulder creek. A'diversion tunnel would turn the South Boulder wate nto Big Dry cretk which emptlei Into the South Plalte Fort Lupton, 12 mllfii up stream from tho point where the St. would empty the Sout Boulder water Into the Platte.

Danver- would exqharifla the Moffat tunne water for'South Platte water that could be uied In courtesy Denver.Post. 54 Dead in Illinois Coal Mine Tragedy Scene of Disaster only Surviving of Community '61 1400; Men operating Carbon Mountain at purango Splits To Move down Valley Aswrlttcd Durango, Deo. bids fair become a mole hill, throe' miles south of here. That IB, if Carhou mountain continues its wigra- t'p'ry urge, developed over the last fortnight. liming when'officials broke In- I- -Rumbling, hissing'gas of steam, splitting and shifting, the mountain Is cabin yesterday but disintegrating and moving into tho wide Anlmas valley.

At one-point near he was Inclined" to doubt crest mountain, rim rock has split and dropped 160 feet. Icaused their deaths. A vent maijle tons of rock appear to be teetering and" ready to crash. Had Been Co- Pm.) Moweag.ua, Dec. workers today began a search lu the north wing'of the Mowoaqua mine, shattered by a gas explosion Saturday, for 14 men whose bodies were still in tho workings .700 feet tho surface of tho earth.

Forty bodies already have boon brought out. Seals placcd'on the entrance of the wing Saturday to bottla up the fumes were broken at Tho shaft was ventilated until 9 a. m. Weary comrades of the entombed men 're 1 sume'd their search," finding one body In the passageway outside tho wing." The search might -take days) officials said. Rocks) dirt and timbers had to bo tunneled thru, poshed aside or laboriously excavated aa the rescuers bored toward the missing mon.

Immediate roiiot for tho bereaved families was tho pressing need of the little coal community. A committee Dies at Ault and the; land'reverts to a ot te McCulchoon property. Qlgray said ho believes the deed doe's provide that the four acros of laud Included In. the school yard revert in. case of non-usage, but that the build' ing does not.

Further; tho district officers claim that the building has never ceased to be legally used as a school, the district having kept all Its furniture there and Intact. The building has uovor been usod for 'liny money making venture, having been tho slto of community dances and gatherings and'aa a voting place since tho children have been sent to Wiggins. The school directors have. been asked to agree to a reduction of this year's special levy for the district from KMp'atx mills. Tho budget.votott last-May calls for an expenditure of 15,570.

Ten mills would raise to which would bo added cash on hand and general school tax apportionment; GlBr'ny. Riid'J. M. Ma'ckey, secretary of the board, were scheduled to ills Tax on Sales Discussed in Both Houses PAolo tin Rtlril Studtr Mrs. August Anderson, wife of Dr, Andre wu furUier "wltu" tho" coin- a olhor co nilsfsonofs'.

Wednesday. liero Tuesday Wife of Ault Doctor Dies Early Tues. Ault, Doc. 27. Mrs.

Augusta Aiiclor son, wife of Dr. Amlro Anderson Ault, died of ulcers of tho stomacl olhor complications at nor homo Masters is the only district In which tho special levy has not been certified planned to visit Governor Emerson In to the county assessor. Springfield In hope of expediting aid. B. Coburn, vice president of the Bituminous Casualty Company of Rock Island, estimated that dependents the trapped miners" "would receive under the stale's co'mpensa-.

tion laws. 1 The state Industrial commission will fix. the amount of each- case with a maximum of $4,500 a married man survived by cblldro'n. One funeral procession followed, another, main street today as tho burled its dead. Fatalities on Two Holidays Approach 400 th'a: mine niado out As a result of the movement, tu.e'.pcak, rising 200 to 300 feet aboya tbs i diacovered'a -whltsVnowd'er.

Kit of Crawford at the corners of.the.glrl's 1 This also was. undergoing I tests today an effort, to as poison; Contents of the of the two victims were also ubloed. Slrl Llvtd In Fiieblo. Irl, daughter of W. P.

Cool, ol the Colorado-Wyoming la Colorado Fuel and Iron Co Jry, came to Denver. from 3 of an uncle and aunt, Mr. Johnson. They had i dinner together.and young 1 tbon called for her, police a went to Crawford's home lived with his mother and a after, exchanging about 8 While there filled two bottles with Ira laler they rented the nothing Is known '-ol their those tjrp bodies wcfe found id box of candy was them as well as copy I "Luxury's Ijip." of Wtfie Gone nw-fourlh of the wine trom bottles was gonp'and the sllll full. Aurora 'als ol Crawford' and learned drinking I day and had remarked to 'I I did 'wig added tb the case'wUh ol.flve 'dampened men's I'leta under pillow on the inset was alstf wet aud police Karnert thit) there cabin, It having been shut of cold weather.

Met Last lYear -met Cra-rffprd'last yftar a student at Colorado I College. Tho'yfhad plannSl to In Jnne.l Crawford eon ou of; work. and. hojd at Opportunity school "id they Imay have be on and honeymoon when ie Pact Possible of a sujclde pact oy olflcers as-they-pushed In view 'of the the of 'Ictlms; Friends pointed long'' wanted Mfd been prevented becans'r Inablljty'torflnd 1 work. jMeatlgattng the deaths was in Icrder except for 11 was; thrown flrl'a apparel been put, they Investigated (AuocUM Linden, Dec.

grand Jlirr will- consider the cose ot three men acc'used of the slaying" crippled, 3-year-old Bernlcs Clayton, while allegedly attempting to cure her. "One of the, three the child's father, 'Sherman. 'Clayton, denied OQ tho witness stand at yesterday's exam I trial the testimony "of oy-Oakley that'tho father held" the hlld by the feet while poy's brother, aul choked her to death. Tho Oakleys, backwoods preachers, are IB other two accused In the death of le girl who' suffered from infantile aralyslfl. -Testimony brought out that praying, inging, shouting-and other rites'de- igned to out-tho responsible for the child's at- llction, went on for d'ays previous to er death December IS.

Paul, 20, the younger of the two rother's and'a self'styled "divine heal- stood naked in his cell.whon offic- rs went to take him to the court- oom. Clothing waa provided. In a statement officers said he made liortly a i arrest Paul was quoted aa, saying: "1 thought Qod'sont me to heal the ihlld, but ths' devil killed" her thru thought it was" God working thru me, but after she wag'dead, God told me' I was deceived, that it was the March NelliTel tt Negro, mnst hang to Reno ShirenbacV 8 Urt ordered today. Th the judgment county district com guilty of first de, In seeped into 'deeply, burled- lime deposits and generated steam, the pressure until It Has burst the rock to find an escape. Another theory is.

that coal deposits have Ignited, and gas pressure ti open. forcing the Another action on the old. Hayward fault, Is associated by otiiera with the Carbon mountain movement, and this deep In the earth.IB connected with the quaka felt In the western part of the United States a fow daya ago. seven'mihers-'were found dead In the south-wing of the Moweaq.ua coal mins Monday; making the death toll all fifty-four of the men caught la an underground explosion Saturday. Deadly afterdamp finished the work of the searing'blast that had killed those In the north Faint.hppe had been held that workers In the south tip of the shaped tunnel might have barricaded them- 'BelVM'agalnst ttia lethal fumes.

But Monday, a mile and a quarter from tho main shaft and 700 feet be- CarboS mountain, heavy pine neaih tUa earth's 'surface-, and pinon trees. Inert thru the can-J "even more todies discovered. "rA ne'Ighbor" 6t the Wilson, told of being attracted to the Clayton -2-rpom- homo -In -the pine forests, 'by singing'and wild shouting. said 1 saw that; Paul Dakley had thie'Invalid child oh the 'loor with one of his hands on her and the'other on her forehead. At the conclusion of the trial Clayton said he' belieVed'Coy Oakley was trying to "frame This.Coy Oakley denied, declaring he.

loved Clayton. During, the hearing 'Mrs. Mozello Clayton, 20, the mother. Bat with another young child in her arms. Previously she had told" ahe waa kitchen the w'as being held, "praying cure of her tnrie.i, crush'ed it grbon" coverlet beueath avalanches of rock.

The scrub oak and sagebrush flat below presents a rock strewn'view now, with boulders ranging In size from a foot in diameter to the size of a bungalow. The avalanches have formed benches, and these have formed a slope to the once, straight sides of the' moving mountain. Spectators by the hundreds flocked to Carbon Junction to view the process of face-lifting by Mother nature. It would have'been a spot for a prophet If he could have held up a beckoning finger at the right time for tho mountain to come to him. Some of the hardy visitors ventured to a mountain'top south of the'rov- ing pile, while the most Intrepid scorned such safety and clambered up Carbon mountain'Itself'from tho far Hugo cracks In criss-cross fashion have, appeared I the sedimentary rock and -it has been from these parts that the have come.

Lack ot actual movement and cracking did not disappoint the nu- nerous watchers heard rumblings and waited 1 expectantly for more slldesj It had been thought that only twenty- LOCAL, BUYERS- PAY TO FARMERS i Two Murder Suspect! Taken Colorado' Springs, Deo. 0. 64, and Harry D. Laird, 27, were arrested at their home here today as suspects In connection with the murder of Lube Lenora, night watchman who was slain NOT. 21.

This AuocTated Pron) year's three-day Christmas five were In'that section. Twelve were carried'out from the louth wing Sunday. The explosion centered In the north wing, and none'ventured a hope that any of the fifteen escaped allvo, altho their bodies have not been reached. Tne rescue workers, daring death themselves In the snarl of timbers anc the pafllout rock falls of the wrecked came upon the twenty-seven dead Monday near the mine cars In which they had Just ridden to work Saturday morning. They were, not burned.

Apparently they had run a short distance from the cars, trying to find a refuge from the. gases'that poured toward then from tho focus of tho explosion a half mile'bacfe. one by one, they had fallen" no the after-damp swept thru the tunnel. Press Ctub Must Pay Taxei Press Denver, Dec. decision which may Itave a far reaching effect on fraternal organizations In Colorado was held down by tho state supreme court today In which the court ordered tho Denver Press'club to'payback taxos.

Tho court.In a petition written by justice" Alter the Denver Preas club was primarily a social organization and not a charity organization as contended by attorneys for the club. YCOk-ond holiday'was a costly ouo in huraari. lives sacrificed, 'revealod- today; BB reports pt violent deaths came from the width and br'eadtfi'ot the tabulation's by tho Associated Press ndlcated 'the: total casualties would approach arid possibly pass the 400 mark with the Illinois mine disaster, which. 64 lives were lost, leading the Hit. However, fatal automobile accidents aused.by'far'the 1 greatest death toll, exceeding 200.

California with 20 auto deaths had the greatest number for any single state altho the Pennsylvania-Delaware, total was 23. Michigan had 15 and Missouri and New Jersey 11 each. Other classifications in the Associated Press tabulation of holiday deaths included brawls shootings, trains, drownlngs, fires and niiscol- morning at 12:48. Mrs. Anderson's health has been falling tho imst'yc'nr a a for the last fow weeks her condltlm has been very critical.

Slid was a very prominent woman and an "active worker In tho coni Funeral arrangements will bo announced later. The Armstrong Funeral Homo will have charge. 400 Christinas Celebrators Die la'neous. Strangely enough 'fires, which used to be a factor in the observance of Christmas when lighted candles woro used on trees, accounted for only 13 deaths this year. At least 38 persons lost their Ilvoa In brawls and shootings while trains figured In 10 tragic deaths." The 17 drownjnga Reported occurred for tho most part in the north, Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas' being tho only southern states to report 'auch deaths.

Their combined total was eight. a total of at least 108 deaths claasfied as miscellaneous 61 woro due to "tlie entrapping of the minors at Moweaquaj 111., tlje day before Christmas. Marc Smith Director of Greeley 'Chamber Marcellus B. H. Smith; Greelay 'attorney, was olocted a'director of the Oreeley.

chamber of commerce Tuesday by the board of directors. Mr. Smith will fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of T. Frank GoasefL Mr. Gossett has been a director of the chamber for five'years.

During niost of the period-ho-was chair- mad of the municipal affairs and son Injj committee. 'A. survey of tho Associated. Press last night indicated that the nation's fatalities during tho three day Christmas-celebration would approach the 400 mark. Automobiles, as usual, accounted JCor the greatest number deaths, trains, polaon liquor, fires, drownlng's, brawls and mlscollauopus accldpnts and Board Will Take Water Testimony for High Court Taklnf; of testimony on tho Wyoming-Colorado suit over the usage of Laramle river waters will start on April 8 before a board of commissioners representing the two states, it was learned here.

The testimony will be transcribed and submitted to. the United State supreme court before which body (He case has already bcon pro- jonted on demurrer. Wyoming Is suing this state claiming that Colorado has exceeded Us decreed diversions to tho Poudro, thru the Laramlo-Poudre tunnel, Skyline ditch, and Wilson supply ditch. Three Are Arrested for Alleged Forgery Three mon arrested in.Denver In connectloEL with the passing of forgod checks written on blanks stolon from the Rogers Brothers Seed company office here last week were held at the city Jail hero Tuesday whllo pollco continued their Investigation. Two of tho men, Charles WItnoy and Dale Mlntln wore said by officers to Garner Says He Will Support.

Any Tax Needed To Make Income Equal Expense; Smoot Thinks Soles Tax Is Only Mcnns fAajocUtcd Prut) Washington, Dec. discussion of the advisability ot levyliig a manufacturers sales tax spraiig up' both tho aud the house today as tho houso ways and means commlUeo laid plans for beginning its study of the governmental fiscal situation. In the senate, the veteran chairman of tho finance committee, Smoot ot Utah, said tho sales tax IB tho ouly means that can bo found to balanco the budget. A somewhat similar statement camo from Speaker Gamer. Ho said that It It woro necessary to imss such a tax measure "I'd cto It." Moanwhllo, the houso coimnlttoo tackled tho budgetary problem from another angle.

Its chairman, Byrne of Tonuoaaeo, appointed a subcommittee to see what regular an- mini appropriations could bo lopped off. Smoot said that ho would favor an exemption of farm products aa they come from the farmer lu tho appllca- UOH of tho sales tax. Garner Bald that before committing' himself to any tax, It ho were a member of the house waya and means committee ho would "look over the entire situation, soo what 1 could and had to do, and then got at it." eald ho had not changed his opinion slnco.last session of congress when, Just nfter the sales tax was do- featocl, ho made a speech on the floor saying In effect that ho' vfould support any tax needed "to liic.ke tho federal government's Income ouual to Its expenses. Asked about (lovornor HaosevoH's position on sales tux, Garner said ho know- nothing about tho president the budget "except I tliat the'sald' In his campaign speeches ho balanced budget." The -ways and means committee, at Qarrior's Instance, plans to begin January .3 a survey of tho government's financial rendition to see what Is needed to. balance the budget.

By CECIL Associated stiff Writer Washington, Tha likelihood that a general gales levy would come to vote In the present session of congress arose today with a atate- mont from Chairman Collier ot the house ways and means committee that he wmild resort to It to bring the federal budget Into balanco for the Incoming administration. "Wo are going to balance tho budget at this session of congress If we. have to rosort to a goneral sales tar to do It," said tho veteran Mississippi democrat, long an opponent- of the legislation. He aald he hated "the sales tax like tho dovi!" but "frankly I can't' find any. other source of revenue to balance the budget." Colllcr.estlmated Hi at in addition to the revenue to coino from tho beor bill, -If It Is enacted, and payments amounting to $329,000,000 from foreign debtors, about $500,000,000 would have to lio raised to make federal expenditures meet revenue during the fiscal year 1934.

lie will lay the wholo question of federal finances before his committee, January 3, he said. "I'll support the sales tax as a last (Continued on Page 10) Two Windsor Men Are Fined in Police Court Too much Christmas eve cheer caused two Windsor men to pay fines In pollco court here Sunday. They wcro Harold Mauser, who paid $41.50 Winter Spring Whent Tuwdiy, Dto. 27 Yollow Com Pinto eld: Pinto ttttnt SmilI WhKo bwm: 2 Critically Shot at Goal Brawl Louisville, Doc. men were In Boulder hospital, not expected to live) and two men were held lii Jail after a.

Christmas brawl a a coal mining camp near here. Jesus Garcia, 31, a worker tho Clayton shot three times In'tne'lungi abdomen and groin. Andy. Arguello, 30, had his throat cut and his abdomen slashed open. Alfredo 33, and MOD lea Garcia, 28, were held in The occurred at the Monarch 36e when a.quarrel of long standing it came to a cUm'ax after a.Christmas Party.

All partigiPints- Ifi th9 fight had been -gobert V. Blum eald. 47o Burglars Get $108 and Diamonds when I They Break Safe of Greeley Finance Co. Burglarls celebrated the advent ot Christmas by blowing open the safe ol the Greeley in the First National bank building and taking $108.80 in money; and. four small diamonds.

i i The burglary was'discovered at 1:10 a.m. by Police Officer Art It was evident-that had occurred Just a short while before that. time. The sidewalk was'shining vrtth frost and WIckstrom noticed fresh shoe tracks to the stairway of the'bank building. who would be In the building at that time'Wickstrom went up stairs.

He then sew that 'tlie glass.partition' between the hallway and.tho..office of. the Oreeley Finance company had been broken. Trying tho door he found It unlocked and went Into the offices. He next saw fine copper wire'which had evidently been used in the electrlo 'circuit used-to explode "the and crack the safe. Investigation indicated that robbery was the work of experts.

A light.shot of nlrroglycerlnejiad.been used. Jt broken the combination know and lock of the eats but had not damaged the door- or (be contents of the safe. Neither had plastering or glass In the room been disturbed by, the blast. Police called W. W.

Henderson of 1825 Tenth avenue, manager of the finance company, and he Inventoried' the loss. Both tho pollco and the sheriffs office are working on the robbery. have admitted they passed the chocks on chargC3 ot drivlng w)llle under lno In Denver, but that tbo checks had In uo nce ot 11(uor ue ng been written by Troy Wilson. Wilson and A Groh who W3B tlned B0 denied allegations all.three declared they know nothing of the Hogers Brothers entry. Only one of tho checks was passed In county, a i at Fort Lupton Whitney a 1 Mlntln said the three of them bad been implicated in the cashing.

Goal Miner Is Killed in Russell Mine Paul Jacovetta, 60, Frederick coal miner, was killed Saturday evening In the Russell mine when ho was struck and crushed "by an electric I motor used to haul mine cars In a passageway of the mine. Jacovetta was 'a married man and has several children. Coroner's jury, called by Dr. J. A.

Weaver Tuesday morning, said the accident was unavoidable. Tribune Phone Numbers 3 For Society, Local, Other Editorial 5 For Advertising, Job Printing, Subicrlptloni for possession. Tlie pair was arrested after Officer Vern Clans had sighted them near tha local depot. Mauser was driving. Glaus, who was on foot, made ft run and Jumped on tbo running board.

After riding a block farther he succeeded In getting Mauser stopped. It was only after a clout with tho officer's "sap" that Mauser was subdued. Groh eased two pints of liquor to the street, the police said. Two Groeley men riding In the rear seat of machine mado a break for liberty they too woro rounded up. After all had been taken to the po.

lice station by tho officer, the Greqloy men were released without charge, no ovlde'nce ot Hq.iior being found on them. Denver Get $600 (AitocMcd Denver, Dec. robbers ob-. talned $500 Iri a raid on the Winters- Huffman drug store in west Denver today. They escaped.after taping the hanrts of A.

P. Winters part owner and locking him in tho baaemont. Winters told police he was sweeping out today when the trio entered and asked to use the telephone. When he pointed out the telephone booth and resumed his sweeping, a revolver was placed at his back and ho waa ordered to "be sensible and you won't be hurt. Winters opened a safe on the bandits orders, and Invited them "to help your- Belt.".