Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 5, 1921, Page 5

TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1921 SERVICE CLAIMS ARE CUT DOWN DURING QUARTER Number Reduced Nearly 30,000 by Compensation Bureau De- spite Flood of New Claims Pouring In Maude Adams Receives Degree ! A reduction of 29,476 in the number of pending compensation and insur- ance claims of former service men and women kas been effected during the Jast three months of the fiscal year ending July 1, 1921, it is announced today by Director C. R. Forbes of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. This rgfluctiob in the number of claims on which final action is stil! to be taken has been accomplished notwithstand. fig the fact that new claims have been aching the bureau during that period ut an &verage rate of from 700 to 800 @ day,.and that tuese new cases re celye at once as complete action as is Possible on the data prestnted. On April 3, 1921, there were pending conferred the honorary degree of 25th commencement. The heroine and other stage successes is the first woman 80 honored John, W. Davis, former ambassador to England, was among ived the honorary degree roman minister OANEST FOURTH ee \N HISTORY 15 PASSEDIN.S. : |Many Deaths Reported and Other Casualties but Majority Are From Drowning and Auto Accidents Union college, Schenectady, N. Y. master of arts on Maude Adams at its of “Peter Pan” by the college others who rec beforp tho bureau 99,401 claims for oe compensation and 5,788 insurance 4 claims; on July 1, 1921, the accoupt stands 67,000 pending comp<nsation claims and 3.025 pending tnsurance claims. while during that period of time 56.258 new claims have been filed with the bureau, é AX determinéd drive toward the goal of @ current base's claims in handling the 2 former service men has been bureau. To this end a weekly chart is prepared and posted in each of the units of the compensa- tion and insurance claims division where action on the claim is initiated, and on this appears the number of waiting claims annortioned to that sec- tion and the estimated account as it should stand at the close of the week. > of the units-are now running ahead of their schedule of reduction of Gases awaiting action. All cases which have been pending fer six months are now handied by tel- m, the wires going to the-claim- nt himself. to the district office of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance which ii nearest to him, to somo one of the welfare organizations co-operating i| - 5] CHICAGO, July 5.—America pansea the sanest and eafest Fourth of Jn!s jin the history of the country, reports on casualties Indicate. Deaths for the with the bureau; or to any source from owhich information necessary to the + { Miss Maude Roydev, lesder of a ! mnt ER" ty om. trol cate} Although patrols along the Platte| Ef river have been maintained ever since EB. Vv Andy Brae was drowned Saturday, the | who effort has not been successful in lo. An intensive program is being ¢ ried out in the medical divis through the jntroduction of 50 ac tione!™doctors who were called fr, the district offices of the United Sty public health service to aid in drive and, as a result, the medical! vision has succeeded, from May 15 Keeps Young at 107 he Casvet Da GONGRESSIONAL MEDAL AS HERO Man Who Remained at Head of Detachment — While Being Riddled With Bullets Wins Highest Award WASHINGTON, July S.—Richara W. O'NRN of New York city who jserved as a sergeant in Company D. | 185th Infantry, has been awarded the [congressional medal of honor for con |spicuous gallantry and Interepidity jabove and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy or the Ourcq river, France, on July 30, 1918,.it was announced today at the war depart ment. The citation says that Sergeant O'Neill, in advance of an assaulting line, attacked a detachment of about of the enemy and though wounded many times remained in command of his men. He finally was forced by pakness and loss of blood to be evacuated. but he insisted upon being taken first to the battalion command er to transmit? valuable information relative to enemy positions and the |disposition of the American forces. jmost part were from drowning, though firecrackers caused a few. Chicago and Boston reported dead, each; in Chicago” five -were drowned and the rest killed by auto mobiles. Milwaukee reported 11 dead, six of whom were drowned. al Nine were drowned at New York four killed at Detroit, three each at Brownsville, Pa., and New Orleans land two dead were reported froin Pittsburgh, Scores of cities reported small cas. ualty lists, mostly from drowning and automoblie accidents. pea aerating “pproximaticating the bady. John Brae arrived| that] ding rar Suaes splay (ae here Sunday from his ranch in the} have | Sach t fae detain \) Barnum country and is offering a re- 4 i Roan WEe win be oe llet fr} ward: of $60'to the person who ‘suc.| _E,) 4 biotech? a Re ee ceeds in recovering the boxy'a body.!weell “xire. Rosella’ Cohen of Trenton, N. J. ndjudicatigg: war risk claims wh; Fa arketing and cooking and wears no glasses. “shail have returned to ¢ mera, too. the doctors is 107, but she does her own She understands the movie SERGEANT GETS ily €ribune Fleet Chiefs PAGE FIVE! ‘ ‘Secrecy Would Pecrec Would EO), P. CHARGED) 'On Disarmament W | T H MAKING | CLAIMS STRONG |Democratic Senator From Florida Launches Attack on Republi- can Majority and Ad- ministration WASHINGTON, July &—Shigeo Sapehiro, professor of law in Kyoto Imperial university, Japan, who fs in| this country in the interest of limit ation of armaments, announced today that he had conferred am the subject with Senators Borah, Republican, Ida- ho, author of the disarmament reso- lution, appended to the naval appro- priations bill and Kenyon, Republi- can, Iowa. Professor Sapehira declared that in his judgment it would be “a grave error” should the proposed disarma-| WASHINGTON, July 5—The Re- ment conference be secret, “because | publican majority in congress and the of the vital interst taken tn the sub-|administraticn were charged today by Ject by the British and Japanese|Senator Fletcher, Democrat, Florida, | 44 people as well as those of the United with making false claims of economy. ja3 ates, if the impressions I have re ‘The Florida senator declared in the jo, Rear Admiral @ Eberle has Vice Admiral Hilary P. Jones as- | -eived here are correct.” senate that a few hundred nominally ng been appointed com der-in-chiet | Sumed charge of the Atlantic fleet I suggested my feelings on this sub-| paid employes of the government had jn of the Pacific fleet with rank of ad. with rank of admiral July 1, suc- | ject tq both Senators Borah and Ken been discharged in the name of econ- dn miral. He succeeds Admiral Hugh | Ct°@ims Admiral Henry B. Wilson | yon. he added. and * omy while congress proceeded to it SELES MELE ENE | eho becomes commandant of An- | couraged by thelr ap Iditional fedetal judgeships ¢ Rodman napolis Nave’ academy. Professar Sapehiro the move. nd to start investigations neceasitat- q = tent for limitation of armaments had|ing employment of clerks and other 91 TW FF 1 ‘1p TH NT 7 “he backing, political and active, a | ass! s oni VO OFFICIAL REPRIMANDS NOW @apanese business intersts, and that| tcher criticised the legie- 0 z approval 4 been shown by tative policy of what he termed “the PAR r OF ADMIR Al SIM 13 RECORD masses in Japan upon the many|unwieldly Republican majority” and J < £ Ab SLi u asions that he had addressed them.' said theree months of the extra ses- — 8 of congress had produced little — The American Drug Manufacturers’ | constructive legislation. Ref. rring to 4 For the second are tnqualified dlmpprove.!| rsnoctation proposes to raise a fund of the budget bill as onc of the few ‘y in officer of the ed States navy duct in having again de 10,000 to finance a project for | worth while pieces of legislation, he ng tar Admiral William S. Sims was a highly improper speech in| Thinese translation of the United gaid “that perhaps there is sufficient last month officially reprimanded ign country, and you are hereby | States Pharmacopoeia. hell—and maria in tt to bring results.” q, by superior officers. Sné rebuke was | publicly reprimant ‘alate an, Ma at TES . ae. tei SURETY OR RO: RE & letter from ‘Bec the direct cause o. | | Sey cg A pan! lA omg 7 H. O. Barber has returned to Lan- gl etary Denby reproving him for two being revoked anc | ‘heir skins. The skins when tanned | H- © looking after business .tn- safagraphs of hi ¢ siech in! his bein xd home by order of the |#f Made into women’s and ns der after looking sturdy, aoa? Bees London, where he had gone on leave secretary of navy. ‘The day the repri. | %9es. purses and handbag is here 7 « be f absence to receive an honorary mand made Sims was a catier a | “*Ported. : AT SS an English unlversity. |the White House. He declared th Among every 1,000 bachelors there P. ¢. encer who spent several In one ‘Gf these, utterances (Sims de,| President made -no mention of hel \5'$3 oriminala; while among) mar-|days of jast week hereon, business, red that Sinn Fein sympathizers London speech or action to t A n this country are cnemies of both| America and Great Gritain and attrib- wed the many resolutions adopted in the United States in sup, “Irish republic” to the influence of | at he termed “jackass voters,” » second paragrap! in drawn the official con the administration at the excess of low pe be unfted in a comrade table them > run as sour globe.” In 1911 Sims was reprimanded t President Taft for a speech in Lon don in which he said that If the Brit ish entpire we ver sorfously men by an “4h an coalition,” the British could count upon y man every dollar, every p of blood of your kindred acro: rear admiral is of Ir the official pronoun@® Derby Rear Admiral Sims disregard of tt epeseh of this n the letter of rebuke dent ‘Tart “The department deplores tho fact that it ts necessary to rebuke a flag but you have made reprimand said. department expressed its In'! of the speech | to his home in Lander. taken by the navy department. Aske — to comment on his reprimand, Sims: sald i primanded. I got what was to me. I spilled the I am sorry to have caused the ministration ar embarrassment he fact is at least I didn't know it was load so much.” ed Korean ‘‘Envoy”’ Althou been ri that ed h the Korean republic hasn't 2ognized by the United States, ntry has sent Soon Hyun to Washi nm as its ambassador. He has already called to pay his respects to President Harding. FoR THE LATEST CRIME — IN DESPERATION SOME UNSCRUPULOUS PERSON STOLE JOB TIBBETTS SMOKE House, "ATEMENT OF CONDITION _ RESOURCES Loans and Discounts Overdrafts ; ; ; U. S. Bonds to Secure Circulation _ Stock in Federal Reserve Bank and Other Warrants Furniture and Fixtures. Interest Earned Not Collected : Premium on Bonds _ . 3 : BOSE. WIS Cash on Hand and Due from Banks . $361,025:72 Due from Treasurer of United States . 6,250.00 U.S. Bonds . 60,492.98 Securities . \ The National Bank of i 1 ASST SST RST JUNE 30, 1921 $1,227,203.66 2,378.36 125,000.00 8,501.69 54,039.50 18,880.74 18,338.00 1,099.00 427,768.70 . « . $1,883,110.65 ONLY NINETEEN MONTHS OLD ITN Capital Stock Surplus and Undivided Profits. Circulation . Deposits. Total . A Bank of Strength and -Service Commerce TS . LIABILITIES $ 125,000.00 33,236.70 118,400.00 1,606,473.95 . . $1,883,110.65