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Che Casper Daily Cribune ‘VOLUME ONE fu. TWO ME o¢ Stranger Cuts Throat WithKnife: Youth Killedby Cars « SUICIDE TEARS THROAT AFTER SEVERING VEIN Casper People Witness Tragedy at Burlington Depot When Al- bert Godley, 35, Takes His Own Life Albert Godley, aged 35 years , stranger in Casper, and whose home is believed to be at Edge water, Colorado, brot his life to a tragic end at 4:30 Sunday after- noon by cutting his throat witl. + knife, near the Burlington depot, in full view of a number of cye- He died at the State Hospital an hour later without having revealed any cause for his act in his incoherent mutterings and ravings. It is believed that he was suffering from some mental! Jerangement that temporarily had robbed him of his reason. B. C. Mason witnessed the trag- edy, being but a short distance be- hind the man when the latter sud- | denly pulled a long knife from hi eket and plunged the blade into his hroat. Clutching and ith his hands, he staggered towarc he depot, bleeding profusely from the self-inflicted wound. He walke » entire distance of almost half a block, and was frantic with pain and terror when employes and bystand- rs of the Burlington seized him. The tragedy was also enacted in | full view of the upper office windows nd within a moment's time the Bur-| ngton surgeon was in attendance | lending first aid remedies. of the severed vein were secured with | the aid of forceps, but by the time they were tied and his neck bound, | the injured man had bled so freely that he was exhausted. While treat nent was being administered four men struggled to keep him quiet. He was rushed almost imme- diately to the State Hospital by the authorities and turned over to the! care of surgeons. It was found that nothing could be done to save his life | and an hour after the tragedy trans- | pired he succumbed to the effects of | his injury. In his mutterings both before and after his removal to the hospital, | Godley protested against news of his | suicide being wired to his mother. At | first he steadfastly refused to give his | name, but letters found in his pocket | diyulged this informaton later. ) An effert to learn the reason for} the desire to take his own life brot no} response. He was non-committal on this point, which leads to the belief | that he was mentally deranged. Pa-!| pers found in his possession gave no | intimation of reasons for the tragedy. | In one respect the incident held a) strange connection. witnesses. tearing his throat In the pocket of | the suicide was found a letter from a girl at Greeley, Colorado, whose brother was killed on the south-bound | freight late Saturday night, an ac-| count of which is given in these col- umns. The letter held no signifi- cance other than to show that an ac- quaintance existed between the fam-| ilies of the two. Godley was well dressed, evidently in comfortable circumstances. stander was heard to temark that! during the sugar-making campaign | closed this spring, he was employed as a sugar weigher in the warerooms of the Loveland (Colo.) sugar fac- tory. Coroner Gay took charge of the body and has ascertained that the de- ceased has a mother living at Edge- water, Colorado, where the body probably will be shipped fro burial. So far as is known, he was a total stranger to residents of this city, hav- ing no friends or acquaintances here. WEATHER FOR THE WEEK Plains States and Upper and Mid- dle Mississippi Valley—Generally fair weather will prevail, except for local rains in northern portions at the be- ginning of the week; moderate tem- peratures. fe ‘ts Bitenu Regt Rocky Mountain and Plateau ions—Generally fair, weather will pre- sonal average. ratures near the sev ET DEAT “FROM STEAMER. ~ SUNK BY SUS The ends |‘ | torpedoes CASPER, WYO., MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1917. HBY VIOL © oop > 27e¢ AMERICA TAKES MANGLED RODY POLL OF YOUNG vENTONDRRI DISCOVERED BY | Fighting Youths Will Register for | Service in New Army; Ex- H emptions for the First j Draft Announced | By the United F Murnie Baringer, Late of Lovell, Meets Tragic Death While Stealing a Ride on a Bur- lington Freight Train Fe a BSHING ON Kani a eret A Burlington work crew, headed | morrow ‘ ~ by John Feilen, early Sunday That the response will be un-/morning discovered the mangle | grudging, and that there will be very! remains of Murnie Baringer, late few slackers, is the belief of the au- : thorities. Ten million are expected of Lovell, Wyo., and whose hon: to register for the fighting service.; Was at | Each precinct will hurry returns to Burlington tracks three miles east | Washington, and it is expected that fine Nereatl . - jall returns will be in by the end of }O! “asper, where the young man the week, when plans for the gen-|is believed to have met his death eral exemption will have been com-|while stealing a ride on the south- | pletec | % . r General government and munition ‘bound freight Saturday night. Fur- workers, and those with dependents ther than this no details of his jwill be freed from duty in the first tragic fate are available, but the call. { et : The second call for half a million Mutilated body bears mute evi- men will probably come about No-|dence of the fact that young Bar- vember or December, The police of | inger fell under the wheels and met jall cities are busy suppressing anti- A We aati }conscriptionists and rounding up the eath instantly. is body was severed, and one slackers hand cut off. The probabilitie By the United Press SS a oe eee = are that the body had lain on the | [i tracks from 1 a. m. until after day- | ‘ light, when the work train started L east. Letters found in Baringer’s pock ‘et disclosed the fact that his mother and sister live Greeley, Colorado, and Coroner Gay successful in setting in commun ion with them yesterday. His body will be shipped there tonight. The young man about 28 s of age, had formed acquaintan in Casper from whom By the T nited Press = {the circumstances of his departure W YORK, June 4.—The torpe- were learned. He registered for mil- of the British steamer itary service at the Natrona Count ete nesberween pares 1¢' | Courthouse on Friday of last week, ttle Sver enp and, wake Bey ere anc aC 0: warded his card to his Americans in the crew, is reported by elt ae in Greeley, under the a ship arriving here. Four of the | provis ons of the conscription act. Americans were saved. The ship was |T ater he was told that he must be in torpedoed on May 12. Greeley on June 5, and it is under- The British CUM te Neilrose res-| <tood that he left Casper with Gree- cued the crew, and fired at the sub- ley as his destination Saturday night. marine twice. The U-boat sent three |} stead of paying his fare he de- at the Neilrose, but all termined to steal a ride on the night missed their mark, freight. That he intended to depart w Jess- r p ee * | Mrs. W. S. Kimball r., and Miss} Was known to acquaintances here, Ruth Kimball left last night for,and the discovery of his body com- Cheyenne where Mrs. Kimball will at-|pletes the tale of the tragedy that tend the State Board of Nurses E<-| overtook him. f ’ aminers which is being held in that Relatives wired instructions to ship city this week. Miss Ruth will visit) the body to Greeley and this request with a girl friend, Miss Elizabeth! will be carried into effect by Shaffer- Brennan, while in that city. Gay this morning. OIL LEASES IN BIG MUDDY HELD VOID BY UNWERSITY PRESIDENT Advertisement for Bids Is Signal for Test Case Insti- tuted by Associated Interests to Defeat Sale of Valuable Property 7 ng that all State oil leases posed to do, for those who in good ie because |faith had expended money in drilling, ; r. Duniway said: “I know there will be a great injustice in some cases, heretofore issued are void, ¢ not issued, after advertisement and A by-/| upon competitive bids, the University | but they will all have the same right | meeting of the city council when the Directors threaten to have all out-| to pid.” standing leases annulled, and steps to { force a test litigation were taken | when the property now held by the | ost, and an attempt to repudiate the Elkhorn, the Dakota and Wyoming | contracts of the State. The general and the Walker interests were acver-| (pinion is that at the end of a long ised for sale in Saturday’s papers. legal fight, the present lease holders The Board of Trustees of the Wy-| will win out. The gravest danger is oming University, consisting of nine | th6 retarded development of the fields members 274 un executive committee | airing two or three years’ litigation. of three trustees, dominated by Dr. | No matter what the State does as Duniway, is responsible for the Prertte new leases, it should respect th ent situation. A Cet or ao at | Fights of those who have in good tire board will be heldvon. June bisa pq faith spent their money in drilling which time it is hoped that the eral under the old leases. Scores of let- will refuse to assent ye | ters scoring the executive commit- action of this committee. 4 |tee’s action are being sent to the grov- Dr. Duniway tans he anid “the | {TOE and board of trustees, Thursday. Ee aaa dvised, and} Today petitions asking that present executive committee 18. 4 ‘a conditions be left unchanged, ure be- believes, that all prospectors an rs ing circulated in Casper and freely erators’ leases heretofore issued by |!n& Be , the State are void. This condition ; signed. applies to the big producing melt ees sna ope ail wat Wage aki be| Denver, after a short visit in that opie at publie’ satel” etyi in the interest of the Hub The- When asked | what the State ord-" Si gee A Prominent oil men declare the pro- posed act is unreasonable and dishcn- 8h EEN SS Ray Barnes' has returned from ENCE: ANLROAD GREW is thot to have been | ° ——~i0) | Registration officials, appointed | for the purpose of recording the | names of those liable to service un- | der the selective conscription act, will remain at their posts from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m., Tuesday. All men between the ages of 21 and 30 years, inclusive, are quired to register. Registration of local residents will take place in the precincts in which they live at the regular poll- ing places A list of the six Casper precincts and registration places follows: West Casper—Fire house High School—At High School Casper—At Episcopal Chapel. re- East Casper—King’s garage South Casper—(a), at South Side hose house South Casper—(b), at Nichols’ garage. CHINESE STATES REVOLT AGAINST GOVERNMENT x 4 | Sete eel | Greeley, Colo., lying on the | Japan Announces Determination | Not to Interfere; No Disorders Attend Secession of Sev- eral Provinces | | TOKIO, dune 4.—Japan’s deter- | mination not to interfere with China’s jinternal affairs until an open out- | break occurs, is emphasized. | According to word received here, |no disorders attended the secession of feleven of C s eighteen provinces and no proclamation of a provisional government has been issued, altho a {rebel army is reported marching to- }ward Peking | The revolting provinces control the army, their strength mak lof the olc g the fall overnment certain TREASON GHARGE BROT AGAINST PITTSBURG, June Charges of treason id conspiracy | {have been filed against four anti- conscriptionists who circulated liter- lature and delivered anti-conscription | speeches last night. By the United Press | ——_—$$—= TLLNESo DELAYS TRIP OF ENVOYS WASHINGTON, June 4.—The Itai- ian commission has postponed its pro- posed trip thru the South and West on account of the illness of Prince Udine, head of the commission. His | ‘condition is not serious. aS ‘Great Wheat Stores Are Lost in Russ. Forest Fires | PETROGRAD, June 4.—Forest fires in the Minsk region have burned | several thousand acres, destroying} three million bushels of wheat, and} {big elevators at Saratoff, according to word received here. The fires are believed to be incen- diary and are being investigated. The loss of life is unknown. ee Se ‘Municipal Cemeteries Planned at Sheridan SHERIDAN, June 4.—Another 21d | jtost material step in the direction of | tsecuring for Sheridan a municipal ;cemetery, was taken at the regular erdinance providing for the issuing Jand sale of cemetery bonds in the sum jof $30,000, was introduced and ui pes suspended rules placed on final |passage. The ordinance becomes ef-| |fective in ten days after its public.-| |tion and provides for the issuing ar? isale of sixty negotiable coupon bonds | of the par value of $500 each. oo |Former Casper Resident Dies at Home in Iowa! | Dr. T. A. Dean received a telegram |yesterday from his son, Alfred, who lives in Chicago, saying that Miss Ollie Ryan, sister of Mrs. Dean, had died suddenly at her home in Iowa as a result of apoplexy. Mrs. Dean, who has been visiting her son in Chicar> for ten days. went to Iowa to attend ION ~ REGISTRAT 4. | profited by the address of the Rever- NUMBER 230 ENEMY WRESTS FIRST LINE FROM ITALIANS IN COUNTER-ATTACK IF ierce Fighting Resumed on All Fronts; Germans Claim Victory in Repulse of French; British Win _ ing; Austrians Renew Back Post Captured by Teutons in Sunday Fight- Offensive, Pierce Italian Lines With Artillery Bombardment. By the United Press ROME, June 4.—Fierce figl Carso front between the Austrians ‘city of Trieste. The official Italia | trian attack on the western slope ° | The statement says that the * ntnig has broke out again on the and the Italians advancing on the n statement reports a strong Aus- f Salmarco. ‘Enemy destroyed our new line of | defense with artillery and penetrated our advanced lin at some points.” guns in two sections of the French | statement. BERLIN, June 4.—The capture of 250 prisoners and 30 machine line is announced in today’s official At Winterberg, near Cranone, and around the LaBasses Canal and the Scarpe, the English advances were repulsed everywhere, | Says the Berlin statement. | | LONDON, June 4.—The British ieday wrested from the Germans the lone post taken by the enemy Sunday, to the southeast of Cherisy- |Sir Douglas Haig reports further | trenches east of Vermelles. | The Admiralty announces that | the bombing attacks over the Decsk British advances into the enemy’s “good results’ were obtained by canal at Bruges last night. PARIS, June 4.—-Strong German attacks to the northwest of | Froidmont have gained the Germans a foothold on the advanced | French positions, the French War Office announces. “In the plateaus of Vauclerc and Californie, the enemy did not re- ‘new the attacks, but bombarded our positions, says the statement. 4 FIXED PURPOSE {5 IMPORTANT 10 SUGGES, AGGERTS LOCAL PASTOR nite Aims by Rev. J. J. Drawing the illustration for his text from the life of Daniel, whom} he characterized as a “hero of God,” the Rev. J. J. rnin of the First } Methodist Church, in addressing a sermon to the graduates of the Na- trona County High School last even- ing, exhorted them to work toward a fixed purpose in life. He asserted that their success in years to come would depend in large meascre upon the goal which they resolve at this! time to obtain. The elements of weather which have been an interrupting influence | in business and social life during re- cent weeks were again very much in evidence last evening, with the result that the attendance upon the bacca- laureate service at the Auditorium was reduced to a crowd of small pro- portions. However, an excellent pro- gram was carried out, and twenty- eight members of the class of '17 end Giblin. In selecting his text, the latter chose an excerpt from the passage previously read by the Rev. Walter H. Bradley, who also delivered the | invocation. The words referred to} that part of Daniel’s career when he! | resolved that he would not defile him- self in the eyes of the Lord, and | formed the basis of the subject, ‘The Value of a Fixed Purpose and a | Definite Aim in Life.” Daniel’s reso- | lution, the speaker said, spelled suc- cess for the man whose life has no | parallel in Biblical history in point of loyalty to his ideals. | The manner in which Daniel rose above the idolatry and wickedness of | Babylon was illustrated at length, in which connection the pastor stated that environment does not always ex- ercise an influence in molding the) character of those affected. Sur-| rounded by disbelievers, Daniel held to the purpose he had resolved to fol- low, an example which the speaker | urged the young men and women to} emulate in their own lives. This characteristic also finds reali- zation in the lives of our own great men, in the life of Abraham Lincoln and in that of Christopher Columbus. her sister’s funeral. Miss Ryan made her home with Mr and Mrs. Dean some time ago and will be well remembered by many of the old-timers here,_who. will_crraatier = a H 7 | Graduates of Natrona High School Exhorted to Defi- Giblin in Baccalaureate Sermon at Auditorium Last Evening religious life, stating that they could never enter upon such a course too early in life. The audience was at- tentive and appreciative of the ser- mon. Special music, which included ve- cal solos by Mrs. I. T. Honnold and Mrs. E. G. Martin, both exceptionally pleasing, featured the program which was brot to a close with the singing of “America” by the congregation. ——— ? AUTO BANDITS MAKE BIG HAUL By the United Press CHICAGO, June 4.—Two aute bandits held up George Meyers, a messenger for the Stockmen’s Trust and Savings Bank, and escaped with $6,800. e ENLISTING STOCKMEN TO RETAIN PREFERENGE ON FOREST GRAZING LANDS DENVER, Colo., June 4—In re- sponse to an inquiry from the Na- tional Wool Growers’ Association, the forest service today announces thru the local office that stock growers having national forest grazing pref- erences will be permitted, if they en- list in the army or navy, to retain their preferences without use of the range during the period of enlistment. Those wishing to avail themselves of this privilege will file a statement sim- ilar to that now required. of rtate and federal employes who wish to discon- tinue use of the range during their term of service without losing their preference. if will be provided for by issuing tem- porary permits to others, with the un- derstanding, it is said, that the priv Steadfastness of aim and purpose constitutes the secret of their suc- cess, for thruout their lives this fidel- ity is increasingly manifest. 1 er permittee returns. Preferenta Use of the range in their absence __ lege of use terminates when the form. ie ae a « , | a privileges temporarily surrendered are subiert tn err cnn nt ON tt annette eee