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| \ | Guilty to Charge of LANDER, Wyo., sheriff’s office lieve 30 office here ey ey ave the slayer of Mrs. } when arraigned i ary g was set for September circumstantial evidence against Shei The men are Henry Johnson, Charles Coleman, 34, and Ray Thomas, 24, atl urimarried and residents of the immediate neighborhood of the Wales ranch at the end of Green mountain, 86 les southeast of Lander. , The names of all three are linked by neighborhood gossip with threats ana counter-threats miade by the Wales but no direct evidence, {t “is: understood, is available. The authorities are in pos- session of the note pinned to the Wales, gate notifying them to leave. the coun- try Within. thirty days. A comparison with the handwriting on this note has not yet been made but will probably be accomplished in completing the case the trio. Should it be found to resemble the writing of one of the three ithe officers will consider. tnétr case “Won. Theikilling of Mrs, Nancy Wales and the wounding of her husband marks another epoch in a feud dating back to early days. Henry C, Johnson, Mrs, Wales’ father, disappeared 'mysterious- \ ly dn 1886 and was never heard from . Sgain, Mrs. Wales. received her wounds while the family was at ‘sup- per, their assailants opening fire thra the open door under cover of dark- fess, With her in the room were her hushand, John Wales, ‘a: brother, Wil- dren, <p i oa wen ae ren. “bien. sigs rgd Rp an I was. riddied with bullets. She Bishop Randall” (By Press.) LONDON, Aug. 30.—The hunger strike of Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor. of Cork, has progressed so far that even if he took food now it would do him no good, according to « statement by the Brixton prison doctor to MacSwiney’s wife, who visited ‘Beg husband this morning. 3 (By United P Press) LONDON, Aug. 30.—Mayor Terence MacSwiney collapsed this afternoon and physicians stated that he was near death. This is the eighteenth day of his hunger strike. PUEBLO SHOWS DECREASE IN. CENSUS FIGURES LEADS TO T OF THREE | Three Green Mountain Residents in Fre- mont County Arraigned and Plead Not (Special to The Tribune) —Among three arrests made by the in the Fremont County jail, officers be-| hands of parties who fired from ambush. All entered sid rings ma ll en gem and fifty wounded today> REAC {LARGE EMAND FOR BOXES AT LEGION SHOW Reservations for boxes at the first annual American Legion Stampede to be held at the Natrona fair grounds, September 5, 6 and 7, are coming in fast, and the management -is urging all Casperites who wish boxes to make their reservations at once at the American Legion head- quarters in the basement. of fhe Smith-Turnec building. Each box has five seats and are the best seats in the stands, Several boxes already have been reserved by out-of-town parties. The final “mop up” campaign in the adyance sale of season tickets will be started tomorrow, part of ae final work taking in the two OF MRé Slaying Mrs.Wales | Nancy Wales, who died of wounds in justice court and their prelim‘n-| 16, when the state will present the! = Hays Brands Charges f Cox as False Before the Committee on Probe Pins Lie to. Democratic Nominee’ 's State- ments that “Big Interests Are Trying to Buy Presidency” and Other Charges AR (By United Press.) CASPER, Ws eat Aga 3 ES WORST § MANY KILLED, WOUNDED IN: DISORDERS EFORE | TROOPS RESTO Hospitals Filled with QUIET "tory Wounded Following Riots in Beir ess USI- ness Section; Young Woman in Green Blouse Leads Sinn Fein Atta BELFAST, Aug. fast has yet seen. Up to occ asa ‘wounds have been admitted to ist shipyards workers many shops were tween the combatants in York street, kept them apart. Numerous baton charges were made by. the police. The military held York street with armored cars till mid-day. A girl'in a green blouse headed the Sinn Fein attack in| York street, (By United Press.) BELFAST, Aug. 80—Fierce fighting between the Catholics and Orangemen continues and so far eleven are dead and fifty injured in three @ays of rioting. The property damage is more than three million. The Catholics are being driven Trom thelr homés. The soldiers and po- lice are powerless to stop the fighting. (By Associated Press.) BELFAST, Aug, 30.—Belfast’s Satur- day night was the worst since what is Popularly known as the battle of Kasmir Road. Eight persona were killed and nearly forty wounded, many. seriously, All’of those killed were young men and were victims of gunshot wounds. CHICAGO, Ang.-30.—The te investiga’ mmittee began me abe oe fhe Cr are tl Sapehcoss wos ss) false and absurd. Frederick Upham, national treasurer, said’ RON Gor 2 somata: shecoshiel aaab he would show that the Republican national budget was only $3,076,000. A probe of the Demoratic fund and the NEGRO FOUND. ‘] alleged British fund will also be made. Press) {By United Press.) , CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—Chairman Will (By Associated OKLAHOMA CITY, Okix., Aug. 30.—The body of Claude Chandler, |} Hays. before the investignting commit- tee today branded, the. charges: as a negro, last night taken from ~jait By thirty masked men, was found “false and libelous.” Heisaid- the con- hanging from a tree near Council ck on Unionist Shipyard Workers (By United Press.) 30.—Today’s rioting is said by the police to have been the worst Bel- 1 o’clock this afternoon, it was definitély known that four deaths had | Of the disorders. troops opened fire to clear a street in These included Grace Orr, a young women shot when the Unionist quarters. Numerous persons” with bullet hospitals. In the fighting between the Sinn Feiners and Union- wrecked in York and North streets. The soldiers got be- Noted Frontier Celebrities . Arrivingin Casper For Big StampedeHereNextWeek Jim Shannon, Picturesque Figure in Past, and Dick Hornbuckle, World Champ for Three Years, Ready for Stampede James Shannon is one of the picturesque type of real cow- (By United Press.) BELFAST, Aug. $0.—The soldiers were 204 Police have restored order in the riot- Wer ing between ‘the Orangemen ana ’ lics. Three men and.women were killed PARK ~ 10 ~ PARKICTALY AnD. s, MOTORISTS ARE TO GET WELCOME Boosters to Be Guests of Casper Organizations. at! Henning. Dinner | This Evening The Park-to-Park Highway; boosters, who will be entertained by the Casper Motor Club and the Chamber of Commerce with a din- ie accord as to sentiments concerning! recent American note, Secretary Colby boys who get into the movies and who is to be one’of the star (‘Performers at the first annual. Maoh seen here September-5, 6 and 7. “S| anon reezed tate Worn into ly. last week and has won a host of frien: one of the cowpunchers in the recent Douglas Fi tier shows. That's one reason he is her for the Casper Stampede, Then there’s Dick Hornbuckie, wlio has the largest number’ of followers in the Stampede performance. Hornbuckle is probably the best known broncho buster In the United States. He was with Buffalo (Bill when the famour frontiersman toured Europe. Horn- toa was offly 16 years cld at the ime. On his return from the globe tour |Hornbuckle went west into the ranch country near Gillette where he was em- ployed at the largest ranch in the we< in the gentle art of “busting’® horser for the cowboys, Later he went down IN ACCORD ON RUSSIA-POLAND (By United Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Italy. in-! formed the United States today that the two governments were practically!to the “$8” ranch made famous th the “Owen Wister story, “The Virgin Russia and Poland, as contained in a| ian.’ For three years he won the state championship at the. Wyoming state fair and the world title at the. Chey- enne Frontier day. show, taking home $3,000 in prize money. In Cheyenne Bnew, he rode the famous buckers, he Dam” and the “lightning Creek." For a time he was with Pawnee Bill's show at Coney Island. In response to the demand of several announced, The communication was made through the counsellor of the embas- sy in a formal visit to the state depart- ment, Mr, Colby added. A reply to the note would be made, he said, as soon as the Italian premier returned to Rome from Lucerne. Similar assurances had been received, | shows here and other places before, the| Mr. Colby said, from Poland. Legion management probahly will ar- PAC SERED CH CHICAGO MAN IS HOLDUP VICTIM range several special eyents for girl! riders. Tuesday will see the “mop up" cam paign in the advance season ticket sale of the American Legion Stampede. Fred Dralle and Miss Howell along with E. C. Calhoun, chairman of the ticket com mittee, are calling for volunteers in or- der that the advance sale of season frost Tuesday, fair. Casper girls who have been in frontier | ———— CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—The Republican (By Associated Press) campaign in 1920 will be carriéd on at WASHINGTON, Aug. 30,—Census | total expenditure of $5,000,000, accord- figures made public here today give the |ing to testimony before the senate com- state of Utah a population of 449,446. |mittee investigating campaign funds. an increase of 76,095, or 20.4 per cent. lrnig statement was made by Will H. Pueblo, Colo., is given at 42,908, a de- |trays, chairman of the national Repub- crease of 1,487 or 3.3 1,487 or 3.8 per cent. ~~ | ican ‘committee, but he explained that $1,100,000 of the total was expended by = organization which went out of ot- fice with the ena of the Republican eget corvention. emphasized that the present BAILEY | ae, committee had o budget of ap- ‘proximately $3,090,000 end that a mil- lion of the total expected to pass thru ;, the committee’s triasury is to, be al (By Associated Press.) DALLAS, Tex.Aug-. 30—Pat M. Neff of Waco continued to gain on located back to tha s:ates for stcictly. amgpeyatcnsr Hig testimony was in nada by Governor Cox that the Repub- lican campaign’ fund would total fifteen million dollars, (Hays denied this charge and also said positively that no} money interests” had underwrit- Republican expenses. items boca ry pena lagead out sat by Sena- Joseph W, Bailey; former United Demo? “big senator for the gubernatorial aro! Al Meer ite WASHINGTON, Aug, ie vote of California on the measure absolute ‘ wy peqotinten. pez heen ly prohibiting the Japanese from hold-| “NEW YORK, “Aug. Forty: ing land is scheduled for November and steamship companies and freight cannot be prevented by the govern-| brokers, 4ncluding virtually all the big ment, it was announced, Government) trans-Atlantic 1 ) were indicted by officials sre working on a plan of set-|federal grand jary on charges of con: tlement which it is hoped will be .ec-|spiracy in restraint of trade in viola. ceptable by both govePnments and Cal-|tion of the Sherman anti-trust law to- ifornia. day. tributions collected by States for state elections were not forthe use-of the national committee. : Cox's statements as branded as false by Hays are: That the big interests are trying to were contribited to the ‘fepublicans with sinister intent. “ of h ‘this “That corrupt influences are contribut-| Groves Sight miles west of here, this ing to a $15,000,000 fund. Saturday in connection with the That a quota has been fixed at over|] shooting of two officers. who at- $8,000,000 for certain cities. tempted a raid on an alleged mosu- ms ee shine still near Arcadia. | | ee ne A ee NN CHICAGO, Aug. .30.—Chairman, Wilt Hays, charged before the senate in- vestigating committee that the organ- ized liquor interests have set out to elect Cox. He read a letter from the head of the New Jersey federation of ‘| liquor interests in which the nomina- 4 ’ | for us,’’ ? ox seamen: | GAR MEN STRIKE (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, ‘Aug. 30.—Brooklyn awoke this morning to find its trans- portation facilities tied up by an unex- pected strike of 8,000 employes of the surface cars are running and only 9 meagre number of trains are crawling oyer the elevated and subway lines un- der police protection. J. B, Barnes of the Midwest Refin- ing company offices in the Oil Ex- change building, is leaving for Wash’ wife and daughter who have been there for some time. From there Mr. and Mrs. Barnes and Miss Barnes will visit at Atlantle City, N. J. They will then go to Detroit, Mich., where they will wet their new Cadillac motor car and will make the remainder of the trip buy the presileicy and that millions (By/ United Press) : 5 BROOKLYN TIED tion of Cox was called “a great victory Brooklyn Rapid Transit system. No ington, D. C., where he will join bis home overland, During thunder and lightning the safest place indoors is the middle of # room. DTWENTS MABE KOA ~ 42 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES Ma cpa indictments included the Inter- national Mercantile Marine, Atlantic Transport, Cunard Steamship Compan- jes, Ltd., Anchor line, Booth-Ametican Shipping corporation; Compagnie Gen- erale Trans-Atlantic Keff Steamship company, members, trans-Atlantic As- sociated ,freight conferences and dir >ct- ors of steamship and freight brokers‘ association, ner at the Henning tonight at 6:30, were met at Glenrock at noon today by Earle D, Holmes and Charles B. Stafford, president and secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. At the Stroud ranch the party was| met by Gov.‘B. B. Brooks, chairman | of the entertainment committee, Major Ormsby, president of the Casper Motor | Club and a' large number of goof. roads boosters from this city and. ‘escorted to the Henning Hotel, which is their headquarters. Major Ormaby will act as toastmaster, at the dinner tonight, Gov. Brooke will make the address of welcome,’ and Mayor Pelton will also speak. i Following these talks, several speeches in the interests of the Park- to-Park highway movement will be given by members of that party. The party was given a most enthu-| silastic reception last night at Douglas) and a largely attended meeting was held there, attended by the leading men and women of the town. All men attending tonight's dinner are urged to bring their wives as there are both men and ‘women in the boost- er party. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Major Ormbby and danghter, Helen will accompany the party to Yellowstone and probably Gla- cier Parks and Mrs. Ormsby and the daughter may make ‘the entire trip. Mr, and’ Mrs. Robert Veitch will also make the trip, starting from Casper, FOREST HEADQUARTERS MOVED. AFTON, Wyo., Aug. 85,—The. head- quarters of the Wyoming-Bridger na- tional forest, established here six years ago, has been moved to Kemmerer, the county seat. The n given for tho removal was thatit woulde more con- venient to have the headquarters ina (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—H. B, Rhodes, a Chicago drygoods merchant, was shot tickets will be well taken care of t the middle of next week. Advance res ervations are continuing to pour inte American Legion headquarters in the and killed by an unidentifed holdup , basement of the Smith-Turner building. man last night while driving from]| Following is a list of volunteers who Evanston to his office. Rhodes re,|have been dopant ave for the ewer nig g his carat the order of} "Miss Winifred Howell, Mrs. Todd W POPE POSES FOR CAMERA |\soQ TRAIN IS FIRST TIME (By Associated Press) ROME, Ang. 30.—For the first time in history the Pope has posed for the motion picture camera. Not only was permission granted for filming scenes in the Lourdes chapel grounds. by Pope Benedict but he took » leading part, posing for va- rieus croups and then for close-ups, SOVIETS ACCEPT (By Associated Press) WARSAW, Aug. 30.—The Russian soviet government has accepted the Po- lish proposal for a transfer of the Russo-Polish peace negotiations from Minsk to Riga. (By United Press) railroad town. WARSAW, Aug. 30.—The Bolsheviki Bowman, Mrs, Joel Bagby, Mins > Mullin, Mrs. Leroy Leisinger, Miss Maud Barker, Mrs, Langhoop, Miss E, Gilson, Miss Mary Hunter, Misa Ha Hilton, Mrs, Paul Hudson, Miss Della Winsted and Mrs. Allen. WRECKED-FROM SOFT ROADBED NEENAH, Wis., Aug. 30.—An en- gineer was; killed and a fireman injured when a fast train 6n the Soo line was derailed here this morning. The flames spread to the passenger cars, but the Passengers escaped. <A sunken road- bed caused the wreck. POLE PROPOSAL TO TRANSFER MEETING TO RIGA are organizing new divisions to renew their attack on the Polish forces, ac- cording to dispatches today. The Bol- sheviki will not quit fighting, it is stated. Preparations are being mado |to transfer the armistice negotiations from Minsk to Riga, after the enciv- cling movement by the Red armies failed, it has been learned. WEATHER FORECAST Fair and cooler tonight with in northwest portion; NUMBER 275 AGE IN HISTORY WILSON OKEHS 17 PER CENT INCREASE 10 COAL MINERS ‘Employes of Anthra- | cite Industry Given Wage Increase in Report Approval WASHING TON, ‘Aug. 30.—President Wilson today approved the majority re- port of the anthracite coal commission giving the miners @ wage incre or approximately 17 per cent. The miners employed as company men are given an increase of 17 per cent and the same amount is gi in “consideration of the miners” atid mine laborers and monthly men. The findings, the report said, would fix the minimum rate at 521-2 cents per hour for the lower paid men in the an- thracite industry. The president struck out of the-re- port the provision fixing the terms’ of retroactive payments under the award which, he said, was outside of the. com mission's jurisdiction. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—President Wilson is understood to have approveit the report. of the commission appoint- ed to consider the wage demands of the anthracite coal miners. Tt was satd at the White House that the document would trend Pogo be made public today, QCAL FLYERS 10 see Till SHERIDAN ~— FARVGITORS Sheridan Officials Se Secure Western Airplane Company Planes Dur- ing County Fair Present Week = Dr. William Frackelton and Jay Baird, members of the board of direce tors of the Sheridan Fair Association, drove through from Sheridan yestef- day and started on their return jouc- ney at 8 o'clock this morning. While here they contracted with the Western Aeroplane and Motor Corpora- tion for an airplane circus exhibition during each day of the Sheridan fair, which is to be held September 4, 3 ant 4 of the present week. - J. ¥. Stock, general manager of the corporation, will personally direct the Sheridan exhibition and Thomas Led~ better and Fred Powers, pilots, San-@pah, the Indian girl parachute jumper, will provide the thrills for the fair crowds. “ The ships which will be used in thé Sheridan performance have been coms pletely and carefully overhauled, and repainted specially for this occasion and will fly from Casper on tho aftey= noon of September 1, distributing faim advertising from the clouds on phe |route. ‘The two ships will be in Sheridan for. three days and it is likely that one Jof them will remain after the close of the fair’ to give such Sheridan folks 48 desire it a closer view of.the sun, moon, stars and other planets, ‘ tec Lethe ae DENVER MAN Is AMONG SICK IN POLISH RELIEF (By Associated Press) WARSAW, Aug. 30.—A wireless mes+ sage from Minsk today says that the members of the Polish peace delegation and those accompanying it to the cor ference with soviet emissaries, are he- coming ill because of unsanitary con- ditions, Among those sick is Maurice Pate of Denver, & member of the American re- lief administration, who is reported se- riously 1, wea ee E cot Mrs. Charles Carlson of south of the city and her daughter, Miss Helen Carlson, county clerk of Natrona coun: ty, left this morning for a trip thru panied by Vincent Carter of Cheyenne. Irma Carlson and Mrs. Carlson's nephew, Jean Watson, will go as far as the latter's home in Greybull. —_— Mrs. D..Ay Ford has. returned to her home here after spending several weeks visiting with friends and rela. Neb. [tives in Omana, Bast Yellowstone park. They were accom- | :

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