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=> TORNADO SPREADS DEATH IN 4 STATES Parts of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma Swept by Storm Causing Loss of Millions of Dollars TWENTY ARE DEAD Kansas City Has Narrow Escape in Disaster; Oil Tanks Fired By the United Press KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 2. Twenty are known to be dead and scores of others injured in a GUARDSMEN WILL GO TO FRONT Che Casper Daily Cribune |VOLUME ONE. | Russia Is Again In Throes of Revolt —_—_—_—____. GREAT RUSSIAN FORTRESS SEIZED ALL PATRIOTS AY WORKMEN AND SOLDIERS, WHILE TO ‘ASSIST IN odo heroes EVOLUTION BREWS IN PETROGAAD FLAG'RAISING Eastern Kansas, Western Missouri, and parts of Oklahoma and Ark ansas last night. At Coalgate and at Drake, Okla- loma, 15 deaths and many in- juries are reported. At Olathe, Kansas, three are known to be dead, and the list of mjured will total 20. At Coffeyville, Kansas, which is | near the storm center, thirty peo- ple were injured, but as yet no deaths have been ieported. Around a million dollar's dam- age was caused at Healdton, Ok., when lightning struck one of the , big oil storage tanks there, and ared other tanks close by. The town of Mansfield. Ack., is } believed have been totally wiped out by the storm, and it is mpossible at this hour to obtain authentic reports of the damag done. The damage to grow) .4 m Kansas will probably total a million dollars, many fields being laid waste by the fury of the ..orm The storm missed Kansas City by only a few miles. TULSA, Ok., June 2.—Fire de- stroyed four tanks belonging to the , Carter Oil Co., yesterday, all b-- ing full of oil, with an approxim::te | loss of $325,000. One tank was of 37,500 barrel capacity and the | others 55,000-barrel tanks | COMMENCEMENT TO OPEN WITH CLASS. SERMON, Churches Suspend Evening Serv- ices to Join in Baccalaureate Service at the High School | Tomorrow Evening to crops Sunday will mark the opening of | Commencement Week in Casper, the baccalaureate services at the high school auditorium in the evening be- meg the outstanding feature of the lay. The Rev. J. J. Giblin, pastor ef the city may join in attendance deliver the sermon to the Class of 17, / and in order that the church people of the city maj join in attendance} upon this service, other congregations | ef the city have suspended regular} worship at the same hour. Speciat music will feature the program and} 1 will be appropriate in every respect. Twenty-eight students of the N: trona County High School will re- ceive their diplomas of graduation from the local institution next week. Commencement week festivities b - | | | lyocal music by the Ladies’ Quartet, | {and instrumental music by the band. | |The sounding of the assembly call feral oath to serve | Guard of Wyoming. {that many failed to learn of the pur | Big Parade to Be Followed by Mil- tary Ceremonies at Burling * ton Park Will Featare Program Tomorrow “Down With Authority, Long Live the Social Revolu- tion,” Is Cry of Anarchists Who Parade With Ban- | ners and Urge People to Loot Banks; Minister of | Employes and officials of the Bur- Commerce Resigns; Wealthy Merchant Shot In {ington railroad will be sponsors for; ja@ revival of patriotic enthusiasm to- {morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock, inci- j dental to the long-delayed flag rais- {ing at the Burlington Park, originally scheduled two weeks ago and post- | Cold Blood on Streets of Capital. ' By the United Press PETROGRAD, June 2.—A number of hevaily armed anarchists are pradaing Nevsky Prospect, the principal thorofare of Petrograd, Memittianae the a delay. necessitated bearing banners inscribed “Down with Authority; Long Live the So- Hee tiwotniccesatvelstotte: kaa cial Revolution. \initted for more elaborate Many anarchist speakers are urging the people to loot banks jnies and plans as announced today and stores. Many soldiers and sailors with rifles participated in the | include parade. No attempt has been made to arrest the anarchists. Leieasent istic Criminals wh6"Were released at the outbreak of the first revolu-) The flag raising, as is generally tion, are making Petrograd unsafe. M. Gregorioff, a millionaire mer-|k"°wn, was inspired by a desire to chant, was shot down in the heart of the city yesterday, by an anar-|..., yards“in\ Gasper; -and- a )fund chist, who was not arrested. jample to make the purchase was sub- Minister of Commerce Konovoloff has resigned his post as a re-/S¢ribed by “passing the hat.” Super- ( ( ie ,. - jintendent Allen of the local division sult of differences with the Minister of Labor and Finance on certain muthoniseditheuerdation ot the pele economic measures. and plans for the event have been Six thousand clerks from the principal Petrograd business places | Pending for two weeks. strik aporiti i Burlington employes have sone on strike, demanding double wages dating back to the line Fike info the line-ofitaarch, torte Start of the war. Many of the leading stores have closed their doors. |formed at the depot, and which will The fortress of Kronstadt, the principal defense of Petrograd, |e headed by the Casper Band : 5 ; : } The Married Men’s Reserves, was last night seized by a committee of soldiers and workmen, and | .ommmanded by Wilson S. Kimball, Jr.” the provisional government is endeavoring to secure a revocation of | will be in line, as will the High School the vote by which the Council ordered the seizure. Cadets and the Boy Scouts. _ = | The program includes a 15-minute address by the Hon. B. B. Brooks, poned because of inclement weather per- organizations of the pate. will carry will be the signal for hoisting the | | Flag, and its lowering a few minutes jlater will be marked by the bugler’s reveille. The ceremony will be car- ried out in military style, and the Pleat eid AT ft “TV SE AMD Small Attendance, Owing to Wyoming Fields Will Be Met Failure to Learn of the With the Erection of a Company’s Plans Refining Plant Eighteen Casper men are exempt DENVER, Colo., June 2 _ The | from military duty under the con- Texas Company, which thru the Pro- | scription act as the result of their ducers’ Oil Company, its subsidiary, | action last evening in taking the fed-' apidly becoming’ one of the im-| i he Nation I | i Tae s - anes the Tacr}portent factors in the development |House Plans Repeal of Law Per ‘ mitting Immigration; Urgent Deficiency Bill Will Be June 2.—In- {and operate a refinery there as soon as | pose of the meeting, only a small per | production warrants, according to lo- Reported Out Today re a 3 mis a et et ; - - assume their obligations, and other|!aw @ few months AZO, allowing the By thes United :Press means will be adopted before registra- Texas company to engage in the oi Salt Creek this morning to adminis- state, the Texas company was forced |in permitting Mexican laborers to ter the oath to approximately fifteen cent of those enrolled for service in cal officers. ti dat producing business similarly with oi! WASHINGTON, ion e. to get its production thru separate or-|enter this country, the House Com- men who will enlist from the oil fields. the Casper Company were on hand ‘0 Prior to changes in the Texas state Lieutenant J. E, Frisby left for }companies not incorporated in thaticensed at Secretary Wilson’s action ie E . EL s ganizations, the biggest of which is’ mittees on Naturalization and Immi- Seven have already signed the pledge the Producers’ company. }that section of the law permitting acta the Guard and they have se | The Texas company is the largest of | such immigration. cued the promise of 7 more. Sho- |the independent oil companies. The . mia furnished seven members for |proposed issuance to stockholders of WASHINGTON, June 2.— The s H j- | additi . stock he three billion dollar urgent deficiency . ard and with an addi-|additional company stock, to the th c ure y the Seen Cone of twenty-five as ‘amount of $13,875,000, at par in the} bill, carrying the military and naval sted ris this unit, the ‘tentative |ratio of 25 per cent of holdings, is|establishment appropriations, has strength of the Company is roughly |the annual giving of rights, which has|been agreed upon by the conference estimated at a hundred. — ‘ With the prospect of immediate | affairs in the last few years, when the | and will be reported out today. rights of each year have been worth) } ceremo-| a parade, in which the va- junfurl Old Glory over the Buarling-| FROM THE U. 9. beer a feature of the Texas company | committee of the House and Senate, | ginning with the Junior-Senior ba -j|service at the front, as intimated mn quet Monday ‘evening will come to a/today’s press dispatches, it is believed | close with the commencement ex *-|that no difficulty will be encountered cises on Thursday, June 7. The class,|in recruiting the Guard to full war the names of which have previously jsirength during coming weeks. They been published in'these columns, co '-| will be mustered into the federal ser- stitutes the largest in the history of|vice the, last week in July and. will the school. % -~ week, according to present orders. : a Dr. G. M. Anderson leaves this ev- : Pe ening for Denver and will return Bradstreets, commenting .on tl ; Wednesday ‘of’ next ‘week with his condition of trade, predicts industcia wife and family. ‘They will occupy |activity, improvement in grain crops, the Lee A. Wolfatd residence for the |and 2 general advance a summer, having purchased lots with ing lines. Heavy purchases by, thzjerally expected. As it the intention of building their own government will, be 8, contributing 4 in the neighborhood of $25. | Bringing of the authorized capital stock up to $69,375,000 is in line with | the believed policy. of the company of! gradually working its capitalization up to $100,000,000. growth. alee at S Se, STEEL CONTINUES STRONG NEW. YORK, June 2—Steel has inct | strong its purchase jis heing recom- mended. | By the United Press FRANGE SECURES fess JEOOND Blb LOAN i lowing |ests claim that figure will be reached entrain for Washington the fo! ore it ny year ithel rate of | WASHINGTON, June 2.— The | United States has extended another long_all lead. | cxperienced the break that-was‘gen-| huge lean to’ France for the pur- continues | pose of carrying on the war. The ' second Joan is for a hundred mil- | lion doMars. r | 125,000 TO BE SENT TO FRANCE IF PLANS OF ARMY STAFF ARE EXECUTED BY NATION | \Nine Regiments of Engineers Corps Ordered Inte ' Active Service to Work on Communication Line; New Program Explains Reduction in Number of Contonments; First Draft of Citizen Soldiery Will Be Effective September 5, Giving Time for M ilizing Equipment and Supplies. | By the United Press WASHINGTON, June 2.—Five divisions of National Guardsmen, approximately 125,000 men, will be in Europe by winter if plans |under consideration by the general staff are adopted. Definite action on these plans is expected today or early next week. The new decision explains the reasons why the plans were changed for building cantonments. The general army staff favers \this plan, but faces the difficulty of transportatinon. Most of the training will be done in French towns behind the j battle lines. WASHINGTON, June 2.—The War Department has ordered inte | active service nine regiments of Engineers’ Corps, to go to France, te | work on communication lines. The corps will probably be mobilized for training before going to France. The war strength of the Engi neers’ Corps is approximately 10,000 men. = , By the United Press FIGHTING TAKES LULL IN FRENCH ~ SECTORS FRIDAY WASHINGTON, June 2.——The first actual draft of America’s citizen sel- diery will probably be Sept. 5. According to present indications, % will take that long to prepare sup- plies, proper housing and other equip- nent for the first 500.000 men be tween the ages of 21 and 30 years, who will be selected to serve their country. There has been much complaint - — jover the so-called “delay” by the Minor Raids Repulsed by French, “overnment in getting tnder head- = C3 way in pressing its purposes in the While Haig Reports Enemy vreat war. But one official declared Artillery Very Active in the Vicinity of Vimy Ridge today, “It is only American ingenuity frat enables us to be ready by Sep- tember 5." Every step is being taken with de- Scattered local |/iberation and care, to reduce to the German attacks around Huartebise,|™inimum the possibility of mistakes. Craonne, Chevreux and the north-//t is not the government's purpose te west of Foridmont farm were easily | &*t thousands of young men _ inte By the United Press PARIS, June 2. repulsed last night, says today’s of- |C#™P without every means at hand ficial statement. . , tc care for them properly, equip thene On the Meuse Hills the French und prepare them for service {carried out a successful raid, taking jseveral prisoners. Se = | Artillery is especially active in the | [ Chemin des Dames sector } | reporting that “enemy artillery is j ECONOMY PLAW active in the neighborhood of Bulle-| |court, and around Vimy ridge.” | Keighley Realizes $2,000 a Year from Sale ef Rubbish; Vol- antary Ration Pledge Is in Force By United Press LONDON, May 18—(By Mail) — The town of Keighley, in Yorkshire, has set the pace for all England in the enforcement of strict economy im De eee every branch of public affairs and household life. Keighley profits nexrly $2,000 a year from the collee- tion of old tin cans, jars, bottles, newspapers, frayed clothing and odd | shreds of cloth. And the whole town jis within the food limit imposed by | the Food Controller's appeal to pa- | 5 triotism. | FAR CONSPIRARY In every household, printed in let- ters of red, white and blue, is the pledge: ‘In Honor Bound We Adopt The National Scale of Voluntary Ra- Former German Vice Consul Is | 4, Charged With Plotting; But- ter Firms Violate the LONDON, June 2.—The ltull in ac- tivities on the Western front contin- {ues with an unusual quiet pervading | | the battlefields. | The report of Field Marshal Haig | | reveals no major actions, he merely BERLIN, June 2.—The capture of fa French position three-quarters of | a mile wide nead Allemant, north- east of Soissons, is announced by the | Berlin War Office. Yhe Germans made the gain by a general surprise | attack. The German statement says that 12,500 prisoners, including one gen- eral, were taken in May. tions.” Not only has Keighley, with her ,000 inhabitants, complied, but she has even kept the meat consumption at one-half a pound a week per per- son under the amount allowed by Anti-Trust Law Lord Davenport. ‘ Organization did it for Keighley. CHICAGO, June 2.— Fourteen Boy scouts were placed in charge men, including Baron Kurt von Reis-|of the refuse collection, a squad te witz, former German vice consul|every ward, each having a depot at here, were indicted by the Federal} which to deposit the material. Then Grand Jury for conspiracy, in connec-|there is a central depot controlling tion with a plot to foment a revolu-|the collections of, the subsidiary sta- - tion in India. tions. ‘ sees The Publicity Committee o ba CHICAGO, June 2.—Sixteen indi-|sub-committees.to reach Piero viduals and nine firms: dealing in|the ward committees. had. sub-com- |Unive and eggs were indicted by the |mittees for every neighborhood, with United States Grand Jury, om ajthe result that no householder - charze of violating | the’ Sherman | Keighley escaped a visit in the pF a anti-trust act. est of food cansarsatian

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