Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 8, 1921, Page 3

MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1921. The annual picnic of the Natrona County Pioneers’ association, which was scheduled to be held at the Nico- laysen summer bome tomorrow even- ing, has been indefinitely postponed, it was announced by officers of the organization today. Dates for the picnic will be announced iater. eee Party Given On Birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Canner gave a party in honor of their little son Vernon ‘on his fourth birthday anni- versary. There were ten gvests pres- ent—Robert Brand, Jr.. Howard Jen- sen, Vernon Canner, Marvine White, Harvey Smith, Jeanette Canner, Irma Jensen, Louis Jensen, Dorothy Peter- son and Marie White. Refreshments were served and many games were enjoyed. Mrs. Canner was assisted by Mrs. R. E. Brand On departing all wished Vernon many happy re- turns. -. Mrs. ‘L. C. Fullmer,. accompanied by Mrs. George Martin, both of Boul- der, Colo., have arriyed in the city and will spend some time visiting with Mrs. Bertha Rusch, Hazel Jeanno Rusch and Arthur Krauss, all of 132 North Beech street. eee Pienic Given at Garden Many young couples of Casper en- jJoyed the picnic held at Garden Creek yesterday afternoon. A large picnic supper was given and many games were played. The party included Misses Helen Wilson, Jane Vetter, Alma Hoffman, car Smith, Claude York, and Mr. and Mrs. Robinett and family and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hambright. The party was chaperoned by Mrs. Stewart. eee Ice Cream Social Is Enjoyed at “¥". Many. people enjoyed the ice cream social held at the Y. W. C. A. last Saturday night. Tables were placed on the Jawn and decorated with Cake and ice cream were served by the girls of the Blue Circle <<" Harry Keller, mechanic of the Cas- per Motor company, has returned after spending the past two weoks at. Victor, Cole. . J. D. Jackson of Denver, is in Cas- per attending to business interests. Charles Moffatt is in Casper from Denver attending to business matters. as ak i Mr. and. Mrs. Charles Lester and baby have gone to the Big Horn mountains to spend the month visit- ing with friends. ce Mrs. F.C, Williams will return in the morning from Longmont, where she has been visiting with friends and relatives. oe Mr. and Mrs. George F. Cole of Boulder, Colo., are visiting with friends ard are Jooking for a business locaticn. see Mr. and Mri. Clyde Brown have’ re- turned from Yellowstone park. They motored through Idaho. cee Mrs. Weathers will leave for New York soon. She will be accompanied by her sister, who has spent several days visiting in Casper, as far as the latter’s home. o 8, Miss Mabel Cox has arrived hi from Chicago to be the new designer for the Martz Hat Shop. She hi spent several years with the leading companies, including the Fisk com: pany and Gage company of Chicago sat Cleveland company of” Cleveland, io. E. J. Kassis, who has been visiting here for the past three weeks with relatives, will leave tomorrow for his home in Williston, N. D. C. F. Patterson's family will arrive here today, from Lander. *- Mr. and Mrs. Dick West and Mr and Mrs. Bingham enjoyed an over Sunday trip in the mountains near the Brooks ranch. . Richard Mullin, pianist of the Iris. left for Denver today. He will spend the next two weeks visiting with rela tives and friends. Messrs. Peterson and Robison, who have been playing at the Danco Pal ace since the opening, have resigned their positions and will leave for Den- ver today. They will take charge of Mr. Peterson's dance hall at that place. eee Mrs, Morrison and family will leave for Roundup, Mont. to visit «ith Mr. and Mrs, J. W. Reed. Mr. iteed is of the Reed and Morrison garage. eee Mr. Fidel has returned after spend ing some time on a vacation. eee W. W. Wood of Denver is in the city attending to business interests, see J. MceKewon of Cheyenne will spend the next few days in the city. "2. G. V. Frank is in Casper from Den- ver. o- Zelma Brown of San Francisco, Cal., fs in Casper attending to business matters. Fred Kellogg of Denver is in Cas- per looking after business matters. eee -W..C. Woodring is in the city from Omaha. A. C, Adams is in the city from Denver attending to susiness. eee A. Miller of Cheyenne is spending @ few days in the city. oes Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson of Denver are visiting with Mr. Wilson's brother, ©, E. Wilson. rer Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Grace.have returned from Denver where they spent some time visiting and attend- ‘ing to business interests.\On. their way they stopped at Cheyenne ito see the Frontier show. They drove back in a new Hupmobile, purchased~ while they were in Denver. Bis Abe iad CARD OF THANKS. ‘We wish to express our heartfelt thanks for the kindness and sympathy shown us during our late bereave- ment, also for the beautiful flowers. We especially wish to thank the Boy Scouts, American Legion and neigh- bors. MR. AND MRS. D. H. FIGHT LEADS TO SHOOTING DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 8.—A fight starting at a baseball game on the outskirts of Detroit yesterday after- noon led to the shooting of two white ys, one perhaps fatally and an at- tempt to lynch a negro, who is al- leged ito hi done the shooting. HARGIS. 1t* Tuesday Morning There Will Be Placed on Display 35 SUITS €be Casper Daily Tribune A Direct Hit—Ex-German Cruiser Sunk by Bombers remarkable snap-hot made just after a bomb, dropped by army fliers, exploded on the deck of the ex- Genes ctulsed Frankfurt, sending her to the bottom of the ocean off the Virginia capes. MAN HELD FOR MURDER GRIME (Continued from Page 1.) ency” to which he attached impor- tance. Burch said he was returning volun- tarily to Los Angeles to “square this thing.” ACCUSED MAN IS BISHOP'S SON-IN-LAW. LUDINGTON, Mich, Aug. © 8— Bishop William A. Qauyle, of the St Louise diocese of the Methodist Epis- copal church, and father-in-law of Arthur C. Burch, who is under arrest at Lac Vegas, Nevada in connection with the murder of John B. Kennedy at Los Angeles, today declcared his family knows nothing about Burch's movements. “My daughter filed suit) for divorce months agd,” Bishop Quayle said. “She has not lived with Burch for sometime and did not know his where- abouts up to the time he was ar- rested.” The Quayle family does not know rs. Madelynne Obenchain, Evanston, UL, divorcee, who was with Kennedy when he was slain and who attended Northwestern university when Kenme- dy and Burch did. No one is mentioned in my daugh- ter’s divorce case,” Bishop Quayle sald. Tho divorce suit is pending at Lawrence, Kan, UN USED TO KILL KENNEDY SOUGHT. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8—Discov- ery of the shotgun with which John B. Kennedy is believed to have been shot to death Friday night will sup- ply the missing link in the chain of clues uncovered by them, investi- gators declared today. A roundup of pawnshops, firearms stores and sport: ing goods houses was under way and the country surrounding the cottage where the tragedy occurred was being carefully searched. Two empty shotgun shells were found near the scene of the shooting, and A, L. Manning, chief of the crim- inal investigating department of the sheriff's office said he believed it would be a simple matter to ascertain where they were purchase: Under: sheriff Biscailluz said it was likely the slayer threw the gun away when “he thought he was at a safe distance.” Mre. Madelynne Obenchain, Ken- nedy’s companion at the time of the shooting, who was held as a witness, stuck to her declaration that she be- Meved that Arthur C. Burch, taken into custody at Las Vegas, Nevada, while on his way to Chicago, knew nothing of the shooting. WOMAN BLAMES DEATH ON ANOTHER JEALOUSY. “Burch and I were only college friends,” she declared. She said she had had only brief meetings with him at her hotel“tfter he came to Tos Angeles. “I believe Belton’s (Kennedy's) death is to be traced to his connection with a girl in this city,” Sfrs, Oben chain was declared by office to have said. She said she pre- ferred not to mention the name of the girl and added that Kennedy was attacked sometime ago by two men as the result of his acquaintance with the unnamed woman. She said she had written to Ralph Obenchain, Chi cago attorney, her former husband and hoped he would come to Los An- geles in a few days. Mrs. Obenchain said she was pos!- tive there were two men, neither of whom she recognized, who ran past her after the shots were fired Fri- day night. She said Burch gave her $85 the last time she saw him and said she took it because he had ac- cepted loans from her while in col- lege, POETIC OUTBURST MAY HOLD CLUE. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 — Verses found missing among the effects of Mrs. Madelynne Obenchain, held as a witness of the slaying of John B, Kennedy, were being examined by in- vestigators today, Investigators said Mrs, Obenchain had admitted author- ship of the lines. One poem began with: the words: ‘We will go to the glen in the twi- light, And watch the darkness come.” The closing stanza read thus: “At last it all is over, Our ‘ife on earth is done, I wil go alone to the glen in twilight, And watch the darkness come.” Mrs. Obenchain, the investigators said, declared the lines had no signif- icance and she had penned them in idle moments, It was just “play,” she said. the. sheriff's | jthe French, AILESIAN ROW BEFORE ALLIE (Continued from Page 1.) present who had been expected to at- tend, including Ambassador Harvey. PARIS, Aug. 8.—(By The Associ. ated Press.)}—Members of the allied supreme council, which opened here today, adjourned their first session late today without having discussed the Upper Silesian question. The time of the first session was taken up in listening to the presentation of British and Italian view- points by their respective experts on Silesian matters. At the opening of. the session Pre- mier Briand said he was most happy to welcome the representatives of the United States “whose counsel will facilitate agreement upon the im: portant questions about to be dis- cussed.” George Harvey, United States ambassador to Great Britain and America’s unofficial representa tive at the conference, replied to Pre- mier Briand's remarks with a cordial appreciation. War Criminal To Surrender BERL Aug. 8.—({By The Asso- ciated Press.)—The Abenpost of Leip- sic, say® that Lieutenant Com- mander Patzig, who commanded the; German submarine whichy sank the British hospital ship Llandovery Cas- tle during the war, who avw is in South America, has declared his in tention of returning to Germany and surrendering himself for trial by the Leipsic court. The newspaper says that Patzig will surrender himself, because, he claims that he, and not Lieutenants Ludwig Dittmar and Jo- hann Boldt, was alone responsible for the act. Both Dittmar and Boldt were sen tenced to four years imprisonment for the act by the court. Sete Subscrine for The T'ribune—— Ae No, there’s no use BUYING unless you can SELL, and there’s CUT PRICES Like Prunes—T hey’re Here to Stay TEARS, no doubt, CHEER the DEAD: There- fore, the more TEERS we hang on PROFIT, the happier the FUNERAL for the ‘PROFITEERS— THAT’S WHY s. center st. Lhe News Depot Phone 256 SHIP FOUNDERS ON REEF, MANY DEAD, MISSING (Continued from Page 1.) an jnquest today over the 17 bodies in Cie morgue here. Some of the deaths were declared by survivors to have been caused by an explosion of the Alaska's boilers as the ship started sinking after twice hitting the racks PEOPLE BLOWN OFF DECKS INTO SEA. Some of the passengers and mem- bers of the crew were blown into the sea. Many of these, it was said. suc- cemted in again boarding the sits ot were rescued by lifeboats after cling- ing *o wreckage until help arrived Of rising from the burst tanks of the ships wea scattered over one life- boat filled with survivors, the ocean nearby was coated with oils and the bodies of the dead when recovered. were covered with oil. So sudden did the tragedy happen that the steamer’s crew hardly hac time to’ prepare the lifeboats and many of these were reported wrecked while being put over the vessel's sides, spilling their human cargo into thc icy watere. Many of the survivors were rescued by the Anyox after they had floated about in the water for several hours. J. H. Moss and C. of Chicago, said they boat which had been swept off the decks. Other lifeboats, they declared went down with the ship, CAPTAIN GOES DOWN WITH VESSEL, REPORT. Captain Harry Hobey of the Alaska preferred to go to his death rather than leave his command, passengers reported. When Mr, Moss removed a lifebelt he was wearing and offer- y, telling him to said the cap- tain walked away replying: “I prefer to go down with my ship. Although a veteran in the service, Captain Hobey was only 40 years of age. He assumed command of the Alaska three weeks ago and this was his third trip. Stories of heroism were again told by survivors of the ill-fated steamer. Captain Snoddy and the crew of the Anyox were commended for their res: cue work. Accompanied by three sea men volunteers, Second Officer And- rew Sinclair of the Anyox took a life boat from the Alaska within 30 min- utes rescued 30 persons clinging to wreckage in the water. The’ full story of the sinking of the Alaska did not become known until survivors had landed here. It was breught out the Alaska was proceed ing toward San Francisco in a dense fog when she struck ledge of the reef. most instantly followed by L. Vilim, both reached a life water. REEF STRUCK IN DENSE FOG SATURDAY. The Alaska struck the reef shortly citer 9 o'clocky Immediately wirel: distress signals were flashed. Five miles away the steamer Anyox of Van- couver, B.-C., picked them up, and disregarding fog and danger of strik. ing the same rock as the Alaska, put on full speed to the rescue. At 9:30 PAGE THREE Jo’elock the Anyox received the ka’s final message. “We are sinking by the head.” Before the Anyox could reach od | stricken Alaska the latter had sunk. | | In the fog the Anyox came upon a lifeboat with survivors from the Alaska. The boat was partially filled jwith sea water and oily seum. | The oll, survivors said, had been thrown over them and in their boat by the ex plosion of the boilers which wrecked | the Alaska amidships. Alas. MAN WOUNDED. BY ACCIDENT 25 years of age, tal with the calf | of the right leg badly mangled as the result of being shot with a shotgun ANCISCO, Aug. 5.—An un- official list of known surviving pas- sengers of the wrecked steamer Alas ka, compiled here from various sources, includes: Mrs. M. J. Albers, Toledo, Ohio. Miss E. Bradley, Hammett, Idaho. C. Bailey and A. E. Bailey, Poca- tello, Idaho. Miss ida Cariston, St _Mrs. Thomas Johnston, Paul, Minn. Brooklyn, 'B. Neiswender, Topeka, Kan. Mrs. J. Summercamp, Weiser, Ida Mr. and M J. W. Skagtund, Omaha, N Mr. and Mrs. apolis, Ind. A Welch, Mr O. ¥F. Tevlin, Indian- st. and Mrs. C. clair, N. J Lew White, Duluth, Minn Flora Winn, Hammett, Idaho. Louis. W. Wright, Mont PURSER'S RECORDS LOST WITH SHIP. EUREKA list of dead from the wreck is placed unofficially today at 4 sons, the actual number of lives lost | never be known as the purser’s| records went down with the ste Saturday night. All that ts ¢ ty krfown of the lost is that jes are here in the city mer finite 17 boa. | morgue a submerged This shock was al- another as the vessel struck another reef above E. B. Morgan, purser of the Alaska id today that to the best of his recollection his records sifowed that the vessel left Astoria last Friday hight with 132 passengers and a crew ef 82, making a total of 214 persons on board. As there are known to 167 s passengers and 70 of the list of missing and dead is placed at 47. Deducting the 17 dead, there are still to be accounted tor 30 persons, 27 at least of whom were passengers. | ALLEGED SLAYER TAKEN TO CHEYENNE TODAY George Lawton and Charles Tippey who have been held in the county jail since Friday for Hugh L, Patton, United States marshall, were taken to €heyenne this afternoon. Lawton will face a charge of murder and Tippey a charge of violating prohibition laws when arraigned in United States dis trict court. RUDOLPH | rushed here while out huating yesterday said that Satterwhite was accidentally shot by a friend. After the man was injured an improvised tournic made from ciothing an for medic: His condition when taken hofpital due ustion ©f blood prevented the hospital author- ities from histor case. The is © rab! 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