Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 7, 1920, Page 1

‘PAGE THREE 12 DEAD, 7 DYING, IN DENVER CAR WRECK STAMPEDE CASPER STARS STAND OUT IN MAIN EVENTS Today’s Sun Goes Down on Greatest Fete Ever Staged Here; Governor Carey and Wade Fowler Guests of Legionnaires Thousands attended the opening day of the first- annual American Legion Stampede, finals of which i cl be afternoon at the Natrona ‘county fair erocnaa and te cow horse race yesterday. Tex Smith who rode for the Amer- ican Legion, tied with Buffalo Brady for third in the bareback steer riding contest yesterday. This placed the Le- gion man in the semi-finals in the championship events besides giving him some of the daily money. SHANNON FAILS TO RIDE OUTLAW. Jimmie Shannon failed to ride “Stranger” Sunday, although he re- mained on long enough to be bucked off. “Stranger” is one of the gentle animals whose favorite stunt is | to progress forward for a distance And then start a course to the side. Shan- non did not care particularly to have hisfeet.in the stirrups when he at- tempted his ride. Jack Brown Sunday attempted a ride on “Peter, the Great,” the bucking steer, but his journey became too (Special to The Tribune) ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., Sept. 7.— Three mall airplanes wrecked near this city within three days is a new record established by the De Havi- land type of airships. Starting Sat- urday the ‘No. 152 plane overshot the tunding field here and hit the ditch. When the plane coasted off the fieid onto its nose, the inside machinery and nose of the plane smashed. The No. 15% went up from the field here yesterday all right until it had reaci- ed a height of 200 feet. Then it plunged earthward, nose first. To cap the climax, the No. 170 went up Monday morning for a trial flight, Pabst ss Sci fc . + “a iiateanaaec anne PRIMARY BATTLE lar; prec pele SUP | He. stands, massed along the race track , ronged the fair grounds Labor Day. , The two Vroman post of the Legion in putting on a frontier show. Today Governor Robert Carey is r honor guest at the Stampede while , Wade Fowler of Douglas is also sched- uled to speak briefly to the big Stam- pede audience this afternoon. FAIR TOMORROW foot rushed to the fair'grounds for the vont poate for the initial program. Sie orld's champions in practically every AB aD 2 ya's! ev, a a OARD SENATOR HARDING'S event were attracted to Casper for the cz rif Sept. 7.—Senator Warren i.| first annual Stampede. rar ny aged ade to the stump for But the surprise of the first two days’ ime since his nomination to] program was the remarkable showing ene to make statements regarding] Robbins brothers, the two Steed boys. @ course he would pursue if elected| and Pax Irvine made the old-timers president. He said different conditions| and the champs here from th outside demand different actions and it is im-| sit up and rub their.eyes. Irvine won possible now to tell what will transpire| the stake race both days and placed in the next few months, He said he|S¢cond in the men’s quarter-mile cow would take the advice of a conference| horse race. the brone riding with saddle champion- ship event both Sunday and Monday. When a local rider is able to make such INJURIES FROM a record against such riders as Hippy é Burmister, Charles Williams and Cor- man Cowan, it shows the class of rid- AUTO SMASHUP | *7.2stiet in Sens coun: (By Associated Press.) in the wild horse race yesterday after- DENVER, Sept. 7.—Raymond Mc- | "00M 48 the closing event on the pro- Intyre, 17-monthsold son of Mrs. | &tm. Jean Steed made a good race Annie McIntyre, who was injured | 2£@inst Jack Brown but placéd third as when an automobile was struck by | the other Casper entry to get into the prize money. Helen Elliott, Leona Sears and Dor- induding three children wefe —in- jured. a MEXICO CITY, Sept. 7.—The elec- tion of Alvaro Obregon as president —_——_——— Sa rocky after more than halfway across Governor Robert D. Carey, who is} the field. in the city today, held a conference The class of the Stampede show and With the board of county commission-| the many entries was plainly evidenced ers this morning relative Lo matters of by the comment of hundreds of specta- taxation adjustment. . (Continued on Page Three) ran out of gasoline and crashed down- ward onto tke Uni6n Pacific railroad tracks near here, blocking traffic for a time. And the strange part of the acci- dents is that of, the six men involved, two to each plane, all escaped with from Omaha about 10 o'clock Satur- gay morning. The other two planes were waiting for it there. All three airplanes left the state capital at 12:33 o'clock but struck real trouble and disaster at Rock Springs. The planes are on a scouting and inspec- huge audiences Sunday and yesterday assured the success of Starting as early as 12 o'clock Sunday make a speech at Minneapolis tomor-| of Casper cowboys in the Stampede of big-minded men in such events, Bert Steed showed the class of the Carl Hildebrang brought the’ growa:t a Denver and Rio Grande train, died | othy Griffith, all three local riders, fin- of Mexico was conceded today as re- pan eels Se i ee TWO MORE AIRPLANE SMASHUPS minor scratches, tion tour of the aerial mail route f the first venture of the George W. hundreds\of cars and many more on row. He announced that he does not| events. The showing made by the Casper riders when he placed first in its feet in a body when he copped first today. The mother and six others, turns from the election came in. The No, 152 arrived in Cheyenne from Omaha to the west coast. IN MANY STATES TODAY Noone, Democrat, is running for the senate on a wet platform, The: League of Nations is the main issue in Nevada as in most other states. Miss Anne Martin is running for the senate. (By United Press) NEW YORK, Sept. 7.—Primary battles in Wisconsin and New Hamp- shire are being watched closely by national headquarters of both parties today. The situation in Wisconsin is complicated by the wet and dry issue, Germanism, railroads, Non-Partisan league, etc. Senator Irvine L, Len- root is making a hard fight fer re- nomination. Senator LaFollette’s candidate is James Thompson, Wom- ; en are voting for the first time. New Hampshire interest centers in the senatorial fight. -Albert W. (By Associated Press) CONCORD, N. H., Sept. 7.—The candidacy of Senator Moses for re- nomination by the Republicans was of outstanding interest in. the New Hampshire _ primary today. The League of Nations, suffrage and the tariff were issues in the campaign ished in the order named in the girl's | GOES ‘OVER THE Che Caz WEATHER FORECAST Partly cloudy portions tonight. | | tonight and Wednes- | day, probably unsettled in south por- tion, cooler in northeast and -centrs VOLUME IV {CALIFORNIA TO {PRESENT PLEA {FOR M’SWINEY Big Mass Meeting Is Scheduled for | ?Frisco Tonight ! ~ (By United Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7.— Statements from, Hiram Johnson oe deer D. Phelan, senators, seech b ridge, c , Republica \didate, will be given at a mass meeting tonight to demand the release of Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor of |Cork, who is r death from a hun- \ger' strike in ixton jail. Sept. 7.—Replying to a LUCERNE, request from Mayor Hylan of New York that he release Lord Mayor Mac- | Swiney, Premier Lloyd George declined. | MACSWINEY STILL CONSCIOUS TODAY. } (By Associated Press.) LONDON, Sept. 7.—Lord Mayor Mac- Swiney reported appreciably ‘weaker but conscious today. POLES APPEAL TO LEAGUE OVER LITHUANIAN ROW (By Associated Press.) “LONDON, Sept. 7.—The League of Nations is considering the Polish gov- Polish-Lithuanian dispute. Unless im- ernment’s appeal for mediation in the provement occurs in the situation, Poland will be compelled to declare war on Lithuania, the appeal states. The communication declares an un- provoked attack has been made on Polish troops by Lithunian forces. PROFITEERING IN MACHINERY AGAIN CHARGED WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—The depart- ment of justice is considering starting antitrust suits against farm implement dealers and manufacturers and reopen- ing the government's suit against the International Harvester Company. Both steps were recommended in @ report to- day by the federal trade commission, which charges that implement dealers and manufacturers have combined into an association and by “concerted ac- tion” have advanced prices faster than warranted by advancing costs. WAGED waged by Moses and his opponent, Huntley N. Spaulding. (By Associated Press) PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. 7.—With perfect weather throughout the state, Arizona is balloting today to nomi- nate state and county officers, United States senator and congressman. BOSTON, Sept. 7.—Massachusetts ballotted today to select state and congressional tickets. It was the first state primary in which women par- ticipated. Nearly 700 in Line} Monday; A.W.Sund Addresses Crowd With between 600 and 700 workers in line representing} eighteen labor organizations or-| ganized labor in Casper celebrated| the day which has been set aside| as particularly devoted to their in | terests, yesterday, with a most credi-| table parade. The parade was fol- lowed by a gathering about the Pioneer monument in Railroad Park, where A.| W. Sund, until recently of Minneapolis, gave a well-thought out address on “The Present Issue.” The parade, which was headed by the marshal of the day, ‘Thomas G. Fresh: ‘| ney, «mounted, -.and-shis- “assistants, Richard Huff and J..B. Griffith in aj decorated car, consisted of the follow- ing units: Casper Trades Assembly, of- ficials; Spies Union Jaz: Band, 20 pieces; Laundry Workers5 Union, 42 members; Boilermaker: Union, 48 members; Bakers ‘and Confectione members; ‘Typographical Union, 12} members; Cooks and Waiters, 54 mem- bers, and nine cars or floats containing 80 girls; Railroad Carmen's Union, 56! members; Barbers’ Union, 22 members; Clerks’ Union, 26 members; Tailors, 25 | members; Carpenters and Joiners’! Union, 90 members; Machinists’ Union,| 8 members; delegates to Building Trades Council, 10; Plumbers, Gas and Steam Fitters’ Union, 34 memb 1od- carriers and Cement Workers, 34 mem- bers; Painters and Decorators, truck| carrying ten members; LDlectricians’ Union, 12 members: The parade formed on Center street and moved north at about 11 o'clock. From the court house the line of march led east on A to Woleott, south to Mid west avenue, from which point the| band, laundry workers and Culinery| Workers went on south to Fifth street, past the laundry plant and back to} Railroad Park, while the remaining sec- tions of the parade went directly to the | park. W. W. Slack, president of the Casper; Trades Assembly, gave a short intro-| ductory speech, following a concert of} three numbers by the band, and ex-| pressed regret that Ed Doyle of Colo- rado, who had been expected as the speaker of the day, was unable to ap-| pear. He then introduced A. W, Sund | of Minneapolis, a meniber of the Car. penter’s Union, who gave an addre in keeping with the day. Mr. Sund outlined the issues before | the labor class today and declared | that the unrest felt is but another} phase of the struggle for democracy | which has been felt in America since 1620 when the fight for religious free- dom brought our forefathers to America. Violences he declared, will never bring about the ends sought by the thinking laboring man. That man de- mands the right to express his opinion | in free speech, he asks that if it be found advisable by the majority of | people that the forms of government be | changed to suit changed conditions: wants to act intelligently and sensib! Mr. Sund declared that profit-sharing plans being put into practice in many e solving the demand of labor for a share in the wealth it produces, but that in his opinion the government should control the percentage paid to the owner and the laborer, and should collect a percent for itself. Mr. Sund expressed the opinion that for the most part the wages being paid to labor are fair. If they are not, he said, the laboring man should use his brains when he votes, and should get what he wants in that way. In regard to the cry of labor that it does not get a square deal from the churchy Mr. Sund declared that while the church had been short sighted, and opportunity to fully carry out the gold- (Continued on page 3) =} % = & Q. 7 \ No. 30 Eastbound -- 9. Ps No. 31 Westbound__10:30 p.m. No. 32 Eastbound —-Starts oc. & N. W. Arrives LABOR HOSTS MARCH IN BIG PARADE, CELEBRATE HOLIDAY | by factories of the East gre in a measure | had pot carried out the spirit of its founder in many ways, the laboring }man had not done his part in stand- ing by the church and using his in-{ |fluence to show the church its duty |to the common man. The progressive element in the church has seen and is grasping the RAILROAD TIME CARD Cc. B. & Q. Arrives Leaves No, 29 Westbound_- 7:35 a.m. 7:55 a.m. .20 p.m. 9:45 p.m. Sto 240 ps Leaves --2.385 p.m. 2:55 p.m. 0 pam. 3:40 p.m. HAWORTH IS FIRST UNDER WIRE IN FIRST TRIBUNE MARATHON; STAMPEDE CROWD SEES FINISH Winner Steps Off Four-and-Half-Mile Course in 30 Minutes and 30 Seconds; Dowler Second, Ruegsegger Third course. MONTANA FIRE CLAIMS LIVES OF 16 PEOPLE by Y taxicabs and other cars speeding them going to and from town. Earl Dowler, running for the ard refinery, placed second, on onds behind Haworth. Ly ger, running for the Casper was a close third and seconds behind Dowler, By placing 14 ri O. Gerbig fourth the Caspér Harriers cinched the silver loving cup offered for the best team by the Daily Tribune. Few of the most ardent Ha barely admirers of | he athletes i he cross-country run seal at oaree a eapecceMteEnedmtunan, to nnlsk 10 bee KLAMATH FALLS, Mont., ter than 35 minut But the speed /! Sent, 7.—The bodies of two of the race and the close finish is indi cated by the fact that there was only four minutes and 32 seconds’ difference in the time of the first man and the last one, Lloyd L. Price, captain of the Natrona county high school basketball team for’ two s ns just past. Price, who is a real athlete, had a little hard persons found today in the ruins of the Heidrick Apart_ ment house, one of nine build- ings destroyed by yesterday's fire, brought the list of known luck on the hills nd was unable to - make up the distance he lost in this dead up to sixteen. Twelve manner. stobat, bodies have been recovered. It eopold Cristobal, former place win y ner in the Far East Olympic games in|} Was thought until today that the swimming, © howed up well in|] fatalities were confined to the spite of a nkle which bothered i him during the entire race. He plac Houston Hotel. Five of the dead fifth, winning the last medal offere were identified this morning. bronze one. The Daily Tribune handsomely engraved medals to the first five place winners, gold going to first, silver to second and third bronze to fourth and fifth. E. L, McGrew and Price, yer Harriers, placed sixth th. Dusty Miller, who was touted t» win and who show @ form recent ly in mile runs, failed to start. He had been groomed to run for the Mid HEAVY ’QUAKES REPORTED FROM ITALIAN TOWNS both of th west until sickness developed late week. The first annual marathon to be held the Daily Tribune under the aus pices of the Amateur Athletic Assoc tion of America attracted hun? along the course and at the fair grounds where the race was finished. It was exactly 2 @'clock when Jack Leary, official timekeeper, “caught” the | gun fired by Coach Dean Morgan which sent the men on their four-and-ahalt- mile endurance ru» Headed by Traffic| Officer Turcotte on his motorcyc and the official motor from points in Tuscany. Casualties re- sulted,-the report stated, and the au- thorities have sent aid. A shock last- ing five seconds was felt at 7:55 this morning in Milan and Genoa. NICE, France, Sept. 7.—A heavy earthquake was felt along the Italian c st at 6:30 this morning. The shock was only slight along the Ri- viera, but was felt in every town on this part of the coast. Reports from Rome last night stated that a shock was felt in Milan and Genoa yester- ar driven by Henry! gay afternoon. | Brennan, official announcer of the ——— |marathon, the runners swung onto] Attorney H. B, Durham is in#Den Center street headed for the courthouse | | almost in a body. The streets were cial car and Off tte until CY} avenue was reached when the | speeding on their way to the Ame n} | Legion Stampede blocked the way and | buried the athletes in a cloud of dust Excellent. cooperation on the part of | American Legion officials and those policing the grounds in charj George Everetts, enabled the runn | to get into the fair grounds and onte | the track immediately. ! | Im spite of a rough track, Haworth held his lead and finished with time to | spare. tt att ling to busi red by the ofi-| through Perry Haworth won the first annual Casper Daily Tribune mara- 4 thon race Labor Day in the remarkable time of 30 minutes 30 sec- onds, Haworth ran for the Casper Harriers and established a real record ‘int spité of difficulties yesterday for the four and a half mile Haworth and all the other distance runners were handi- capped during the final stretch before the fair grounds was reached west Refining company but claimed old (By Associated Press.) injuries from a. mile run. M. H. Helm ROME, opt. -7—Marked earth- was/ scheduled to start for the quake shocks were reported today LOCAL BOY HAS CLOSE CALL, TOLL INCREASES Interurban Cars in Headon Smashup; No Whistles Were Sounded, Claim (By Associated Press.) DENVER, Sept. 7.—Twelve are dead and 102 injured, seven fatally, as the result of a collision yesterday noon between interur- ban cars on the Kite Line in the outskirts of Denver. Both cars were traveling at a high rate of speed. Blame for the wreck is said to be due to the crew of an outbound specials failure to sidetrack for the inbound reg- ular n. An investigation will be held this afternoon. Most of the dead and inju were miners from Loulg- ville and students from Boulder on a holiday excursion. A partial list of the dead follows: F. N. Carveth, Louisville, Colo, Joseph Chapman, age 30, Thirteenth and Arapahoe streets, Boulder. Conductor W. G, Grenamyre of the Denver and Interurban Railroad, Den- ver, 3240 Federal boulevard. William Zarina, 21; miner, Louisville, Frank Dalby, 40, miner, Louisville. Joseph Cortez, Colovedo & Southeyn forem Archie Malloy, Boulder. R. 8. Morrison. William Simmons, 40, Boulder. FTH VI J {ED TODAY. (By Associated Press.) DENVER, Sept.” 7.—William Sim- mons, 40, of Boulder, Colo., injured in a head-on collision of. two interurban dirs yesterday, died. today making the total number of dead twelve. Phys!- cians said the injuries of five ot s probably would be fatal. Officials be- gan an investigation today. The accident occurred shortly after a special train carrying excursionists to Eldorado Springs left Globeville, a su- burb, regular train, behind sche- rrashed around a curve, into the ) special, “If I had only gotten @ time card in |the morning before I started out the |whole thing never would have hap- pened,” said Conductor H, W. Schulze jof the special train, “but they didn’t |have any when I asked for them and I | trusted everything to my motorman, | Lawrence Cripps, because he had been thi so long and knew all the regular | trains. | It developed today that the conductor lof the special train was a freight con: ductor on the Colorado and Southern, who was assigned to extra duty on the interurban. “Neither ¢ r sounded a whistle.” This was the pc e assertion of Mrs. Vic- tor Langren, who witnessed the crash from the window of h nome, 60 yards from where the trains colliled. er, 18, of Casper, listed among the injured in Monday's wreck in Denver, suffered only minor injur- jes it was learned today when a tele¥ gram reached his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Charles M. Strickler, 229 West 13th street, stating that he was “okeh” and continuing his journey to Roswell, N. where he will enter a military acad- for the coming year. Young stopped off in Boulder for a it enroute to his school and senger on one of the inter: which came together in the The announcement that he > to continue his trip was re- ceived assurance of having received no serious injuries and relieved great anxiety for his safety here. Strickler » in the military hav- will complete his cour: academy at Roswell next spring, ing already spent two years thi pL ist eta ak YANK ESCAPES FROM BANDIT MEXICO CITY, Sept. 7.—W. A: Gardiner, a citizen of the United | States, captured by Pedro Zamora, | Jalisco bandit on August 20, has es- caped, according to official advcies. ITALIAN WORKERS SEIZE FACTORIES (By Associated Press.) ROME, Sept. 7.—Government officials will open negotiations with the general industrial conference at Milan Thursday with a view to solving the problem presented by the seizure by the workers of metal factories It is estimated that 400 of the largest metal works are turers declare the wage Increase demanded by half a million Tom Daily was official scorer; C. H. : | hanies and workers, Reimerth, official referee; M. Kenney, | yi {M. P. : M. H. Helm were | Riney| workers would add e; Hal P. c was clerk of the cour Elaborate ustained, id not be | al timers; J. i man and Jack Leary were judges. all industries is threatened, least a billion lire td their payroll and this burden steps have been taken by the govern- ment to preserve order during the period when a gencral offensive against