Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 5, 1921, Page 1

Che VOLUME V BALL SCORES | NATIONAL LEAGUE At Pittsburgh: R.H.E. Batteries — Douglas and Snyder; Cooper, Morrison and Schmidt, Wilson. At Chicago: .---s-100 210 000— 4 9 2 R.H.E. ----001 002 100— 4 11 0 -351 000 00°— 9 12 2 New York — Batteries—Boland, Palmero and Severeid, i Fergu- ‘At Philadelphia: RHE. Detroit ______031 000 610\2— 7 15 0 Philadelphia pricy aed 82 Batteries -'Ebmke and Bassler; Rommel, Hasty and Perkins. © ———»-_-_—- ILLINOIS CAPTURES MEET. STAGG FIELD, CHICAGO, June 4. ois won the western conference nf field meet today. The Tit- s scored .61 points, Michigan 35% points, took “second, and Wisconsin Played third, with 28. Notre Dame Played fourth with 25-points, bis dash PRINCETON CREW WINS. PRINCETON, June 4,—Princeton @efeated the University of California in their crew pace today. 0’Callaghan. Has Returned Home, Officials Think WASHINGTON, June 4.—Donal O'Callaghan, lord-snayor of Cork, who came here six months agoas a stowa- by to testify before the commission ot the Committee 6f One Hundred in- ‘stisating the Irish question, is be- ved by officials of the department Tambor to have returned, to Ireland. rhe lord mayor was given classifica- tion in this country as a seaman and allowed until midnight next’ Monday fo leave the United States. of R.H.E.f "} tention, 500 PERI CIT Casper Daily wate | NEAT MATE | : _ CASPER, WYO., SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1921 SILESIA\! FIGHTING UNCHEGKED,REPORT British Reinforce Troops in Piebiscite : Area as Poles and Germans Con- in The interallied caénmission for Sfesia is reported to be considering the dis- position of allied troops here 82 that the clashes by tw~en Poles and British, may if possible, be avoided. PILLAGERS ARE BEING EXECUTED. ing squads are busy every morning and several times recenty ‘siz men have heen’ executed at.one time for various reasons. In spice of the severe discipline, tne Poles continue rioting and are reporte} to have robbed food convoys. A-young German was captured near this city yesterday and was beaten to death bythe Poles. LONDON, June 4.—(By The Asso: ciated Press).—The plan of General Lerond, head of the interallied com- mission in Upper Silesia, for creat ing a neutral zone between the Ger- man and Polish forces is progressing, A Britich battalion is said to have taken over the Ieschnits sector, a region. which had been occupied by the German defense force. The in- it is declared, is to create a zone in which the carrying of arms by civilians. will not be tolerated, gradually enlarging it by pushing for- ward troops in each direction, using French soldiers against the Poles and ‘British forces against the Germans. Audacious Wins ‘Handicap Race NEW_YORK, June 4.—The. subur- ban handicap, at one mile anda qu.t- ter, run at Belmont Park today, was won by Audacious. Mad. Hetter finished Sennings Park third. TULSA GUARD IS WITHDRAWN TULSA, Okia., June 4,—The state guardsmen mobilized here to put down the race war of Tuesday night and) Wednesday morning, which cost 31 lives and approximately $1,500,000 in property loss, were withdrawn this [morning when 325 militiamen en: trained for Fort Sill, leaving the city in control, of cityoand county officials re-enforced by deputized former Serv- ice men. second and DENZEL CHESTER, ALLEGED SLAYER, S FREED BY JURY KANSAS CITY, June 4.—Denzel Chester was acquitted Barton. a jury here this afternoon for the murder of Miss Florence The jury was-out only 20 minutes. és When Chester had finished thanking the jury a deputy marshal Jed him back to the county jail, where He is held ed with jumping a bond in’a fey, ‘Ruwhleh» he-ts charged: with’ the ‘heft of\ a motor car.* Hi he tharge was filed against him ‘ore Miss/Barton was shot. _ Cemeron L. Orr, prosecuting at- }r=ey, in his arguments to the jury this morning asked that Chester be found giilty of first degree murder and that the death pénalty be as- sesso against him. Whist, played as long ago as 1590, | was originally called “Triumph.” tinue Bloody Warfare | OPPELN, Silesia, June 4.—(By The Associated Press.) — Fighting between Germans and Poles continues in the vicinity | of Schimischow, about five miles northwest of Gross-Streb-| litz. The castle owned by Count Stahwitz has been burned. British are ‘gradually reinforcing their troops in the ; plebiscite zone, bringing ii sf soldiers and many tanks. | f t Alleged “‘Assailants of Sheriff Transporting Liquor Are Held for Trial in the District Court TRIO BOUND 0 Ree CHARG NUMBER 202, Polish Flier Is Executed | For Traitor}; WARSAW, June 4.—(By The As- sociated Press)—Lieut. Henry Iwan icki of the Polish flying corps, con- vieted by court-martial of high treason in dispdésing of military se- crets ta British agents, was exe. cuted Friday by a firing squad at the famous Warsaw citadel. Leutenaint Iwanicki,. who was employed at the war office, and sev- eral other Poles were arrested soon after the speech delivered in the house of commons by Lloyd George, the British prime minister, in which he criticized Poland for not pre- venting the Upper Silesian insurrec- tion, GIRL SUICIDES, | \ | | BRINKS POISON ABOARD TRAIN Josephine Merchie, Daughter of | emont County Rancher, Gets Off Train Here to | Buy Poison Despondent over continued ill-| Josephine Merchie, 20 years of | ter of a wealthy Fremont | rancher, committed suic rin’ a “vial of carbolic acid or oth ning. Miss Mershie was en route from her in Lander to visit friends and ives in Chadron, Neb. When the orped in Casper ‘she left. the and went uptown. She returned ain and her left. to continue Journey. After the train left Casper she went into the woman's. room of the coach and locked the door. Passengers hav ing been attracted to her worried att tude became alarmed when she did not return to the coach for several and called members of the The door was apened and Miss Merchie was found lying on the floor of the dressingroom in an uncon- scious condition, apparently badly (Continued on Page 3) J Caught W. R. Hyland, Frank Hill and Vick Casserley were bound over’ to district court yesterday on charges of transporting liqnor following a lengthy hearing in justice court yesterday morning and the two former were also bound over to district court ona charge of assault with intent to commit murder as the result of an assault upon Sheriff Lee Martin when he attempted to place them: rest. The court action was the culmina- tion of a lengthy trial im which many angry tilts between \ cgunsel qwere staged County Attorney M, W. Purtell conducted the case for thé state while Attorneys E.G. Vanatta and Mike Ryan appeared for the de- fendants. Many witnesses were intreduced by both sides. State's witnesses. con- tended that Sheriff Martin was at- tacked by both Hill and Hyland. [e- fense witnesses stated that after Sheriff Martin had used abusive lan- guage that he struck Hyland and this action precipitated the battle in which Martin was injured. Miss Pitman, superintendent of the sault was staged, told of the,acts that sault was staged told of the acts that led up fo the fight. “sheriff Martin and these two other men came to’the hospital on the after- noon of May 26, to get medical atten tion for Vick Casserley who had been wounded in the right hand. “I gave orders for immediate at tention for the injured man and had gope out just before the fight started. “Was Mr. Martin excited?” she was asked. “t don't know,” she replie?. Phillip Sandt, a public accountant, said that he was in tue vffice at the hospital when the fight started. After Casserley had been taken to the ope! ating room, Martin said “let's go. and the next thing he knew: Martin had struck Hyland on the jaw. He said a general melee followed this in which Martin, was attacked by. both Hyland and Hill. : “Did you hear any swearing?” he was asked. “1 did mot,” he repli “What did you hear “Casserley said he would set Mar- tin and. Mr. Hill said something about Martin always being a dirty cur.” Dr Keith appeared for the state and said that he had attended. Mr. Martin. “There was a cut over the left eye about three-quarters of an inch long and one-quarter of an inch deep. There was also @ jagged cut on the chin which was the deepest. There was a clear cut on the right ear and on back of the ear. “J+ would have been impossible to make those wouzds with bare fists.” he said. He admitted that they might have been caused by a ring which Hyland was wearing on his left Hand. ‘The defense then asked that the case be dismissed against Mr. Hill, stating that he had not been imp! | (Continueg,on Page 3.) under ar-} HUN ACQUITTED ON GROUND OF OBEYING ORDER LEIPSIC, June 4.—(By The Associ ed Press.}—The formal acquittal. of Lieut. Karl Neumann; charged with sinking the hospital ship. Dover Castle while» he- wags *in command: of a\Ger-| man submarine during the wa: announced. today. “A preliminary, ex amination resulted in the establish ment of .Neumann’s ~compfete » inno: cence; according, to. German author- ities. > Neumann was acquitted on the ground that he had to obey the orders of his superiors. ER ON CIAGUS PERFORMANGES AFTERNOON AND NIGHT 6000 SHIM ROME ‘TKis is circus day in Casper, kids! Palmer Brothers circus arrived in the city this morning and immediately pitched its white tops in the county fair grounds, The aggregation ar- rived from Douglas, where it showed Friday Palmer Brothers is not the largest aggregation on the road this year, but it claims to have one of the best small shows. The equipment is all new and the acts have lots of pep and iife. The animal acts are said to be un- usually good. b The payade this noon was witnessed by crowds on the main streets. Two performances will be n today one this afternoon and one tonight ‘The Tribune's carriers wil! b of the Palmer Brothers ‘at tonight Name of Kaiser Wilhelm Changed NEW YORK, June 4.—The for- mer German passenger liner Kaiser Withelm HI, .has been renamed President Harding, it was announced today by officials of the United States Mail Steamship company. MAN. KIL COLLISION WITH CAR ON STREET Lyman LED IN | Peck was almost instantly killed when a motor-| cycle he was driving collided with a truck driven by William | L. Wilson. north of the Midwest refinery about last night. At a coroner’s inquest held this morning a verdict of acci- | dent was reudered by the jury composed of W. A. Black- | more, W: F. Shaffer and Logan Daley following an examination con- ducted by Coroner Lew! M. Gay. The accident happened when Peck, driving at what was said to be a fast rate of speed attempted to pass a car driven by Frank Walden. As Peck went around the tourigg car, he struck a projection brace on the side of the truck. His machine was turned oyer from the impact. Many eye-witiesses, to the accident rushed to his assistance, but hi juries were of: such severity that he died 2 few moments later. “He suf fered a broken neck, and a broken arm and leg. ‘The deceased is a son of L. F, Peck of Middleton, N. ¥., a wealthy manu- ‘a urer of automobile lubricants a greases. The remains will be east for interment on the Northwest sent lern train Sunday afternoon. RAIL EMPLOYES TO MAKE FIGHT ON WAGE CUT WASHINGTON, June 4.—Rai employes Will not submit to the 1 cent wage reduction ordered railway Jabor board without W. S. Brown. president of the M Engineers’ Bi lation here. The cut, he s to marine ‘engineers cn ries and tugs owned by | roads. \ | yond description. 5 o'clock | H IN PUEBLO; SWEPT BY FLOOD RESIDENTS IGNORE WARNING, REPORT Staggering Loss of Life’ Reported From Stricken City With Fires Raging Uncontrolled in Greatest Catastrophe in History of Mountain Region; Other Colorado Towns Inun- dated When Cloudbursts Are Followed by Deluge of Water BULLETIN PUEBLO, Colo., June 4.—Estimates at 3:15 o’clock of the dead in the flood here indicated the number would not exceed 500 and might be lower. The property loss still was set at above $10,000,000. PUEBLO, Colo., June 4.—(By the Associated Press.)—The loss of life from the great flood which came rushing upon the city of Pueblo from the overflowing of the Arkansas and Fountain rivers last night, at 1:45 this afternoon was variously estimated between 1,500 and 3,000 per- sons. The property loss will exceed $10,000,000, according to estimates made at this hour. At 4 o'clock this morning the Fountain river had washed out all of the bridges, up- rooted the tracks, railroad and trolley and had made wire communication out of Pueblo impossible. Hundreds cf families lost everything they kad in their escape made from the onrush- ing waters. Identification of the dead is.a slow process just now. pe Water tora depth ofsix feet flooded practically all,of the important business and finan- cial houses of the city. The property A€7730 o'clock loss is estimated at around.$10,000,000, but will probably run higher. this-afte:noon the flood waters were receding fast on Main street. All of the fires that were burning at daylight have been extinguished. The loss of life was due to the fact that the people did not take warning. Signals were sent out at 6 o’clock last night, but owing to the fact that the water came up with such suddenness it was impossible for them to escape. CNLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 4.—The devastation wrought by fire and flood at Pueblo last night and this morning is beyond description, accord: ing to C. 8, Railsback, formerly of this city, now special agent of the Santa Fe at Pueblo. Mr. Ralisback made his way to Colorado Springs at 2 o'clock this morning by specie] Santa Fe mo- tor ear in an effort to get into com munication with La Junta over the Union Pacific wires to order a special relief train to the scene of the disaster. “Hundreds of tives were lost and} millions of dcllars in property were destroye wid Railsback, “the main business cistrict of the city is gutted by fire and: water end it probably never will be known how many hun- dreds of peonlo. perished. Entire resi- dence districts in severat of the low: lands were completely wiped out. 1) epent the entire night with hundreds | of others rescuing women and little | children from the flood and my mind} is so befuddled that I can hardly talk about ‘the thing. It was: horrible be- | “T saw several cheep framé rooming houses topple over and plunge into the raging torrent, each filled with sercaming wome: and children. “The scene was sickening.” said at one time there feet of whter rushing through Fe yards. tn completely destre fires not only | in many | 2 largest busi including the| White &|/ Trunk Factory, the ard-and many others | water or completely | according to Rails add broke in the reside aubs at fire, banks near nd soon there the high Union depot e river broke over the state insane asylum # was a tro cliffs to the West of the to Seventh street | SPECIAL RELIEF TRAIN CHARTERED. } ER state 2 June 4.—T ado this afternoon was hurrying the stricken | Pueblo, Colo. Patrick J in command of the state | chartered a train to carry | suffering here in|} rangers ha tents, water and food to the city. The train will le a few hours and will procees close to Pueblo as possible. Motor car trucks ther will be used to transpor* the relief supplies into Pueblo. A ferce of rangers will go along to pre. pare the roads for the motor trans- port. APPEAL FOR RELIEF IS RECEIV: R. DE to send every n to assist in res The telegram ing officer at Pue work going on. can. patched Maj, Paul P, Newlon, deputy superintendent of ' Capt. Major Nelon wiil take charge of the military situation. ; ordered rangers from Trinidad, senberg, Colorado Springs and Castle |tions Colonel Hamrock gave his men Rock to proceed to the stricken city|as they prepared for the journey with now are’ plowing their lmud and water over roads that been drenched by 12 hours of heavy” Send ever: Hundreds in dange! man you/rain. They expect to reach Pueblo before nightfall. Upon reaching Pueblo, they will relieve as far as possible the troops of Colorado national guard cavalry which has been on patrol duty since yesterd: |“KEILL LOOTERS” [Ss aninock if OMMANDER'S ORDER. Wal- Immediately Colonel Hamrock dis- the rangers, and Orville L, Dennis to Pueblo. At the same ti Colonel He “IXill the looters,” was the instruc- About 25 rangers} The colonel ordered Maj. R. H- through |Jancke to take charge of the rangers ve |in Pueblo. (Continued on Page 3.) all haste. SUMMARY OF | FLOOD TOLL Reports to The Associated Press at Denver today indicate the follow- ing conditions at outlaying towns and cities of Colorado as a result of disastrous flood conditions: Pucblo—Death toll from flood variously rstimated from 1,500 to 3,000, - City inundated and devastated by water with property loss of over $10,000,000. At La Fayette—rntire town under two feet, of water; many residences and business buildings ruined; damage heavy; communication cut off. At Longmont—Three feet of water in Main street; communication cut off; breaking of irrigation ditches principal cause. At Berthoud—Crops damaged and business section inundated. At Loveland—Colorado & Southern tracks across Big Thompson river washed out; river over its banks; thousands of dollars damage; homes and ranch buildings washed away. .Two reservoirs, the South Ryan Gulch, broke this morning. The Hillsboro dam, five miles cast broke, the solid concrete headgates being washed entirely away. thousand acres of farm“land near Johnstown are inundated. will run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. At Marshall—Big Mirsha!l dam stilf holding, but all residents in the valley have been ordered to seck places of safety. . At Superior—Colorado-& Southern tracks washed c' safety by means of rowboats. At Grecley—All eastbound trains on Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad detoured on account-of floods. At Frederick—Town under three feet of water. At Dacona—Raiiread bridge washed out. At Boulder—Interurban car service to Denver paralyzed. Impossibie to run cars for five or six days, according to C. W. Richards, general agent for the D. & I, system in Denver. s At Erie—Thirty houses washed away. Citizens were given warning of impending rush of water, but declined to Jeave. Bridges approaching town washed owt and railroad tracks in vicinity destroyed. At Estes Park—Three major bridges over Big Thompson river swept away. Automobile highways partially ruined. At Sterling—Four drowned and damage running over $1,000,000. Flocds receding in the district. At Bloomfield—Motorists en route from Denver to Boulder cay flood waters and are camping in machines, over 400 in numbe: supplies nearly exhausted and no more can be obtained because of the barrier of water which rushed through the streets. At Frederick—Two mines flooded. Camp swept by water. fleeing to high ground. At Loveland—George Arndt, 60 years of age, escaped from his own home when the flocd approached. He went to the home of a friend for safety. As he entered he dropped dead from excitement, Water soon surrounded the friend’s home and Arndt’s body could not be taken ont. At Denver— y ditch rising from heavy rains Iast night. Platte river in Globeville, a suburb, rose over its banks, flooding houses and driving residents out. Two bridges near Globeville washed out. Cherry. creek, Denver, high but within its banks. Robert Keith, lineman for Denver Gas & Electric Light company kilied when be came in contact with a live wire in repairing storm damage. » Ten Damage Residents