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Renner fintiiw ST rth eter: Saipan LS 8 RR NSIS OE ) NEW SHOCKS ADD TERRORS TO ITALIAN DISASTER: GE FRATS IhY Hundreds Found Buried Beneath Ruins of | Towns North of Florence; Tragic Scene _FUUNDATTON FOR sere encores Crum ao Che - A LIVE CAMPAIGN | } TO HELP TIeXET www eeewtewee Casper Daily Generally fair tonight and. Friday, warmer tonight except in extriime southwest portion; cooler in west por- tion Friday. (By Associated Press.) ROME, Sept. 9.—Over 300 persons perished in the earthquake which shattered cities and villages north of Florence on Tuesday. Re- lief work # being done under difficulty in the ruined mountain towns. No. 81 Westbound_10:30 p.m. 8 No. 32 Eastbound "Starts 2: Cc. & N. W. No. 606 Eastbound --2.35 p.m. 2:55 p.m. No, 603 Westbound_.3:20 p.m. 3:40 p.m. Committee Appointed tolea Raise Fund and Keep Ticket Complete; Meet- ing Held Last Evening Leaders of the Democratic par- ty at a meeting held at the court last evening appointed com- mittees and made plans for th conduct of the local Democrati campaign in the ing electio lin tho ence and the surraunding country. ing structures and delayed the work off rescuers. Massa-Carrara, in the center of the| earthquake zone, was cut off from com. munication, but it is not believed that a new catastrophe has occurred. A tragic scene was enacted at Ma- rina, near Carrara, when the earth- quake shattered a church where mass was being celebrated. Father Frigotti, the pastor, had just raised the chalice most solemn moment of the Service, when the ceiling of the edifice fell upon the congregation, _ killing M.| many of those worshipping. The priest The campaign will be managed by| Was slightly injored, but reverently the county central committee, of which| finished the service before attending to W.-W. Sproul is chairman and H. E.|the injuries of those about him. Johnson, secretary. Father Bruscoletti, at Castanzalvo, A finance committee consisting. of A.| was killed while celebrating mass. “H, Stewart, Joe Denham and H. Johnson was appointed ‘to raise the| VIOLENT QUAKE \ campaign funds, and a committee con-| 18 FELT TODAY. sisting of W. W. Sproul, A. L. Wallace and H. E. Johnson, was chosen to com- (By Associated Press.) ROME, Sept, 9.—Another _violent plete the ligt of candidates for publi-| earthquake occurred in the Emilia dis- cation next week. As far as is now| trict at 2:35 this morning, causing loss known there have been no withdrawals |of lives and important damage. The of the candidates nominated at the pri-| communities suffering most were: Reg- mary election in. August. gio, Ospedaletti, Bussana, Toano and The meeting was quite well attended.| Cavola. The shock was more violent New shocks, but none of them of the intensity of the one which used widespread destruction early Tuesday have been felt in Flor- . These have shaken down totter- VOLUME IV CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, SEPT. 9, 1920. ‘NUMBER 283 MEMBERS OF SENATE CAMPAIGN FUND INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE AND WITNESSES—Left to right, Spn- ator W. E. Edge of New Jersey, Senator Spencer of Missouri, Senator Kenyon, chairman, and Senator Atlee Pomer ‘of Ohio, members of the senate sub-committee investigating the campaign expenditures of the Republican e and Demo- cratic parties. ‘The photo was made in Chicago where the committee is in session, Inserts, left, Congressman Fred A | SEN. LENROOT. STILL LEADS IN WISCONSIN) Thomas E. Watson Nominated in Georgia | in Face of Legion Opposition; Returns Coming in from Tuesday Primaries (By United Press.) ; CHICAGO, Sept. 9.—Primary | that was defeated, it is indicated. returns from various states show Senator Irvine L. Lenroot is leading James Thompson in Wiscon- sin for the Republican nomination for the senate. Congressman Esch : | In Georgia, Thomas E. Watson has been nominated for the sen= + ’ Wr save ee-ny 5 TERS ae that of Tuesday. y 1 5: | hash s 4 FH an yee Britten of Mlinois and right, Fred W. Upham, Republican n ational treasurer. late, returns indicate. The American Legion fought Watson because : , KING HURRIES TO 0 . of his opposition to the administration. P : SCENE OF DISASTER. Tasker IL. Oddie is leading Rev. } (By Associated Press.) tAdams in Nevada for the Republican § S FIVAZZANO, Italy (By_ Courier ‘to \ i nomination for the senate. Charles B. + d Florence), Sept. 9.—King Victor Em- Henderson, Democrat senatorial incum- ,* ie manuel of Italy today viewed the ruin . bent, had no opposition. Mit Sims, 7 visited on this city by the earthquake.) - % U Democrat, is conceded the nominatian , m me went into every heen ae of the town tj for governor by headquarters of his op- and entered buildings whose. crumbling ) ponent, A. M. Winsor. 1 Unusual police activity yesterday and walls threatening to fall if another D DOWN HA Senator Marcus Smith, Democrat, is bei cee brought six to the city police | tremor should come and talked with the E y ILL leading his opponents for the senatorial tae aiaokoarty pe ih eames yore | Sarvivors. reais 5 Sunk ca ad ae nomination in Arizona. arrested at one of the Red Cap messen- oA LL GROWS AS. EARLY RETURNS IN ger headquarters last night for playing REPORTS ARE RECEIVED. ret ; Diack jack. More than $26 in money was seized by the police. gamblers, Ed (Mitchell, Frank Kearn, will) The three Ea Nelson and come up for trial last night. man Eisley. made the arrest. Bessie Lee and A. “Miller were ar- rested on the Sandbar last night in the, _| Fivagano ‘bring the total. ded there (By Associsted Press.) FLORENCE, Sept. 9.—The number of dead from Tuesday's earthquake 1s steadily growing. Latest advices from are dead and 1,000 injured.” In nearly three-score towns and villages, ‘serious daniage was done,and a total popula- tion of over 10,000 was rendered home- ROBERTS PLEADS Cox Bluster Taken from Suggestions Not} Accepted, Says Assistant Treasurer; -.. Campaign Modele d After War Drives- (By ‘Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Sept. 9.—Charges by Gov. James M. Cox tnat the Re- RIOTING BREAKS OUT IN TRIEST; ‘TWO ARE DEAD: ARIZONA UNCHANGED. (By Associated Press.) PHORNIX, Sept. 9.—Further returns today did not change the standing of candidates in Tuesday's primaries, leav- ing Ralph Cameron of Phoenix leading er, 8. Clark-of-Presdott’ for the Re- publican senatorial nomination, Senator Smith of Tucson is Jeading A. A. Worl- for the Democratic senatorial rom: Mit sey ination and ed oat Ate Simms of Phoenix is Jess. P5 23 eee. a5 __ (By Associated Press| Jeading by a wide margin for the Dem Lee cabin and placed in jail chargea| —~ publicans had fixed quotas and planned intensive fund raising drives) TRIEST, Sept. ¢—Outbreal’s fibre fodratic nomination. for governor. | — * with disorderly conduct. & YIFTY DEAD pad Ao. aba JAP EMISSARY — WILL ‘ATTEMPT SOLUTION HERE FOUND IN RUINS OF ONE TOWN. i (By Associated Press.) A IN, Sept. 9.—Fifty dead. vie- tims of the Italian earfhquake have been teken from the ruins of the town of Barga, says a @ispatch to the Ex- change Telegraph Company today. DISTRICT COURT Man Charged with Forgery and Who: Tried to Choke Jailer, Throws Self on Mercy of Reading from # document ‘produced by Blair, which he sald was sent out in at least fifty-one cities and that the national committee had ‘a part; in assessing city quotas were admitted on the stand before the senate investigating committee today by Harry M. Blait, assistant to Fred| W. Upham, Republican national treasurer. leading to street fighting betwéen} Na- “onalists and Socialists have’ beer, re- sumed. Two deaths have occurred‘and a score of persons were wounded. In- termittent firing was continuing this evening, despite the fact that strong ‘guards were placed along the streets. CASPER BEATS. a Judge | “ ‘ ene epee ST pena: in lieu of’ the much’ discussed ‘form | WIFE OF JACK 5 4 : Press. 101," Senator Reed brought out that j er Unies j se patie | THEODORE, JR., | Nye Roberts pleaded guilty to athe treasurer's office planned to organ- y j tne prauerT Arena fae FORM oere 2 Viscount: Fj; ; ‘charge of forgery before Judge Ralph |ize irtensive drives in fifty-four cities, | EAR pclae: fotcoten, Stectinas: Golo ear Kaneko, president ,of the Japan-Ameri- EXPECTED ‘ IN Kimball in the district. court when|three more than Cox mentioned when | fepaay B ta 4 accor tiae, to, Tae Rae <n | ROetn aera PD leave SOO |brought up at 1:30 this afternoon. Tis|he read his list at Pittsburgh. Irom | DEATH, REPORT |\thoush tnere was iittie itinood of any = for the United States to attempt to | case was regularly set for trial next|the same document Reed read that the | : iodeh: there was AUSb Ie nOrae A ae peo Wadepeenmccs, © serious SHERIDAN, WYO. |istonaay. ‘Sentence wit ve pronounced |iocal enairmun appointed In each city 4 | v. on account of the heavy expense for & breach in the relations of the twor within a few days. The maximum fr} was to “accept the quota placed upon j } deine eae Seal VIM: teary State Cae EY countries, it was learned today. He is} = ? 4 the offense is fourteen years. the city by the national treasurer.” PARIS, Sept. 9. The condition of || Rapid City, Sidney, Sterling and Grew & said tO be greatly disturbed by antl- SHERIDAN, Wyo., Sept. /9.— Roberts was atrested on May 10) «put he never did to my knowledge,” |] Miss Olive Thomas, wife of Jack }|bull probably will be brought here for Japanese agitation in California. Ka-|] Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., von of Col} charged with having raised a check | piair interjected. L |] Pickford, movie star, was unchanged || three or four different series of games, \ neko has a reputation of being the|} ‘Theodore Roosevelt, will be here }) given him by William Stubb# from |” ynoir explained that the plin “in his today. Physicians say her condi: |{according to an announcement made \) eee ieee he Ure penne eh nriccengecin RU co rag eee coninad in, he Polina” Was tor Tha eOeA sone men “Cr esEran Te ; |] tion is very grave but they have not || today by Supt. L. A. Reed. ‘ States among the Japanese. tana, where he will engage in a@J]!phond and has been confined in © lthe ways and means committee to se-| |] abandoned hope. | The Casper Midwest nine is playing & , © > | ere bigest Pie neice Saree rear agn. Rotects made.an | ect local chairmen’ if-cities who then| Three Thousand Dollars Left After! Jack Pickford denied today that }| in Soo raniirr tess pee Reis jomnte. Republican party. Mr. Roosevel bout a wee! would be confirmed by “our Mr. Upham : he and his wife had quarreled. He || row, and probably will arrive back in q * YANKEES’ NOT now half way across the continent }) attempt to break jail and escape when |i, make it offieuil” and that Upham| Payment of All Expenses; Com- |] ‘ioid'his wite got hold’ of the wrong || Casper Saturday or Sunday. Tt will in his speaking tour supporting |) George MeKenzie, the baillff, opened) iq pass on to local chairmen the| plete Statement to Be bottle and took an overdose of medi. || be the first appearance here of the iY IN RAIL CRASH > Harding for president. his cell to deliver a large package. | tir ste suggested by the state head,| Published |] cine containing mercury. |team since placing fourth in the Den- * SSA aa —_ | Since that time he.has been: on a prete|Hia ‘testimony. at many’ points showed ublishe ver city tournament, : plac ans hE MANAGER SAYS anid ra teel rag Mi Blok. Roberts ask.|that ideas which he had in mind were pels, j N ed the judge to tell him ‘what his sen-|rejected by aan eee oe ate ot form| With practically. all bills’ for the COX,MAKES BID tence. would be at once, stating that }on parer, whic American Legion Stampede held this | (By United Press.) 5 four months of suspense had been al-|101. Fe ak renal Week| pala) prelisalnacy.-tnaioations tes] | FOR WEST THRU See ores can Wee aa moat more than he could endure. » Blair produced a copy of that form! aay were that nearly $3,000 would ‘be| i . Fepdigs that Babe Ruth: had’ been: sort: answered that sentence |and when it was compared to the copy |@Y anes 4 | | ‘ The. dudge divided between the Legion post here ously, injured in an auto wreck were would be pronounced as soon as other |of the same form,which Cox had sent divided between the gion post, here LEAGUE APPE denied today by Miller Huggins, man- i criminal cases had beef heard, s0 that|to the committee by Edmund Moore,|#nd Dick BMornbuckle, who terns ig N e New York Yankees. It eed not make more than|his personal representative, the gov-| ! i per keGh i i thee ; : entrants in the first annual show. ‘The (By: \Abiseiated .Preany was reported that the team was in a one trip to Rawlins with prisoners sen-|ernor's copy was found to be incom./°nirants i fhe Tiwi Ailnit Mieee the! HELENA, Mont., Sept. 9—Argu- wreck and that Ruth was fatally hurt. ae tenced at this term of court. plete. An entire paragraph which ap-| Geord A eno iin eee ro Ao: Pa eaeuns rete Set ey o 133 N ; PDP eetinn | | MORRABEDWN, "means Bent. 9-— | actvered ts tue ponitantney within ten [Pomme MI", ORY pret nae ape |Drorimately #1200." ‘This will clear the], ADOAD VARDING'S TRAIN. Stl aqapted tothe aftaes Of the Wort Dpenyeee : . Ks iakely m i i legion post debt, which now amounts to | 9—E o » Breeehtnd Hare” todas Se: Come SERS Ty ES A baby boy, believed to be Blakely | aays after being sentenced. paragraph suggested that contribu- Lig 4 him in St. Paul, Harding is anxious to ef ae Bete: IN Coughlin of Norristown, Pa., was Pr a cm ROE tions of $5,000 . $10,000 be acceptea, | MOF? than $700. take the stump regule"y. His appenl dam ss M. é ie who Suslitied: Ne tee he : found here today, The authorities > removing the $1,000 limit fixed by| A complete statement of all gate re) 4 protective tariif as an aid to tho|@éclared were practically benefits to E nofified Pennsylvania officials and | SHARP QUAKE Chairman Hays. |The copy furnished celpts, expenses and prize money {8 to} from received the indorsement of|#0W from the league. DENVER ESCUE are certain the boy is the kidnaped by the governor merély suggested ‘that / be Issued and probably published by the} 1. viaience. A final decision as to It. has been recently figured that z heir, How the boy came here is un- A Y contributions of “from” $5,000 upward Secretary of the legion post. future speeches will be made after the | the cost.of one battleship would reclaim CONTESTS NEAR known, but apparently be has been the /paoeived.”” | In praising the work of officials, the eae ae ie iattial trip are. anatyzed, {2-000,000 acres of land. Multiply this A , vi fty-four, American Legion’ mention is made most Ritts: sabi fsa by forty-eight, the number of states, well care ee Y IN SAN JOSE gt caate iid ae 0 eth impos-| frequent of the work done by the coun- T A E| adopting the plan of one battleship for Press. GIRL IS INJURED. IN tiene aap ft th ‘am because! ty commissioners. Without this aid the BRITISH: CAPTIVE (cach stato ana you have a staggering‘ (By lors cae of “FALL FROM AUTO TRUCK. ee = Lon hf va pin Pi di | Stampede program would have fallen total, and, if properly app@ed, the mining mien are here thi at pienso oer abacering trom I ps i atp dash 9.—The i “You did, though, contemplate organ-|down in several ways. aT ESCA PES BA NDIT |22:er Ser perhaenee “ peel it 4 1 Spruce street is recbvering from in- SAN JOSE, Cal., . 8 : ¢, 18?” i} J. B. Griffith, Robert Veitch and Tom cities and the answer to the question Gi q for the intergationsl mine wining state; juries retelved last’ Friday when. she |f sharpest earthquake felt here In gev- || !zing drives in fifty-four cities?” asked) | 1) Mv i or ionors, were on| MEXICO CITY, Sept, 9—Bertle C.| increased production for the sustenanea ae ga Egy rete: Ba first afd! was thrown from a truck, while re-|] eral years shook this city shortly ete ir.” hand “from first to last in helping; Johnson, British subject, has escaped) of human life. The expenditure would % ss ape di cre ti pe. staged under | turning from a dance at Alcova. Miss |] before 9 o’lock this morning. Hun- Bo if Gov. Cox or any other mat|the Legion’ Stampede committes,"” in| trom the bandit, Pedro Zamora, and {s| reclaim 150,000 square miles of waste? @ demonistrs ~ welll seasions of the| Lowe suffered a slight fracture of the |] dreds fled from their homes. No ‘i 0, that you, pad. plana for -or-|the, words of Tom Haymond, who had] on hia way to Guadalajara. 5 eald eels sar skull, a broken “hand and a sprained'] heavy damage was done. eats no the big task of handling the grounds gathering last through Saturday. pel =) ganiging In ntty-ong cities, He ‘amply | a conceasions; Conting to the aldiot meer wenger the grounds committee with \teams, | ' & : ; ¢ : wagons and grading equipment, ‘the a ’ fa Hints vexpisined that \ the. cambeig Commissioners: saw to. it-that the) fair! a ‘ , : Jan was the one commonly used. for by es pl © dpe si for hospitals, ¥. M. C.|Srounds track, the grounds and the % i me A: boriaings and in war drives, and that| road leading from the Davecioas ea " A : * - . ere all placed in excellen all his assistants had worked in such/entrance were al j 4 e' .| condition. , activities and knew. the general pro-|" "resides this cooperation and the % 5 pig a ps Pas 2 a ea help of the county in many and nu: st ER M. merous little ways, the commissioners i PLAN furnished deputies who actually con- | (By United Press.) (By Associated Press.) : | AIL ES trolled. the situation when other help By eatin Pres) Granted: to. onenh: HOaaaee ' \ failed during the days of the American f Asso man, LONDON, Sept. 9.—Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor of GALWAY, Ireland, Sept. 9—A constable was shot dead | OF, 'F O IN S ECON. D Legion Stampede, ‘There was no CHICAGO, Sept. 9—An alleged at- meses 8 An ne a written Cork, was much weaker today, it was announced from Sinn | in the railway station here today. Three of the assassins grumbling, dispute, or doubtful action| tempt by Charles Boeschenstein, the giving of the letters Pipe Sabet & \3 ¥. were killed and one or two wounded. — A r LAP OF FLIGHT on the part of the county commission-| pemocratic national committeeman The ‘committee # that tee ott i bite asap cei ment ers, and it is for this reason thar greed » \ ‘An official statement by the British government said ‘American Legion management is anx-| for Hllinols, to solicit campaign funds | dence was ae brrgbend compere in. MacSwiney had convicted himself and that if he were re- (By Associated Preks.) OMAHA, Sept. 9.—The second lap. of} joug that the great co-operation of the! from a postmaster, were Pevoeuted that form, nate od bya raceh ves = » ‘ease hi n in Ireland would continue TULLOW, County Carlow, Ireland, Sept. 9.—Armed,|the transcontinental air mail service! three commissioners should be known. | to_ the senate committee today by | read phasi leased the murders of policeme! dapirer paler lina jet: Iowa: City Nonneetion, the efficient holp, William Farlow, a farmer of Augus- | “contribu' ged ‘ut the samo thne his relmiee Weald #6 A SUMO | Tee tie cee Malden nin eee Bec MeAs this cording aithy Yecai for | Fe con icom Sherif Royee's of-| ta, It developed that Farlow’s evi- | and one : 0 with mail for} ne men from Sher ce's of-| ta, | ai precedent : Fell PP ree, Wine Atte, Seed. SIL eter mney REE eNCiAS Sekat Ea lifteg: SHOOT Mnot’ tbe “overlooked. | dence consisted of five letters ad- | livery j