Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 24, 1921, Page 1

PEACE RESTORED BETWEEN U.S. AND GERMANY The Casper Daily Weather Forecast Generally fair tonight and Thurs- day, cooler Thursday and in extreme ‘west portion tonight. VOLUME-V STORM. :RIPS — DENVER, LOSS TOTAL SOARS Terrific Bolts of Lightning and Heavy Downpour of Rain Floor City and Cause Heavy Damage by lightning, cag proce and water did heavy damage in Den- pen lie degenten A downpour of rain, ver last night when a severe elec- | Which the government forecaster an~ trical storm broke over the city. | Deron were Injured be itehiuive, Albert G. Manley, wealthy Denver i Soe Serpeeees Semeeeee the storm banker, was killed when lightning Mtaaggestag cloudburst.” struck his home, the Graham Paper “Beary Fain {efi on the western Gan sade te ea slope SE ee answered 20 alarms for fires caused ing to the weather bureau. DENVER, Aug’ 24.Two firemen were injured and dam- age estimated at $75,099 was caused in a fire which broke out in the Graham Paper company at 1539 Blake street at ‘about 3 o’clock this morning. Lightning is believed to have struck the building and started the fire. — The flames for a time threatened to destroy the paper company’s building, a three-story work by falling high tension wires and a special squad of policemen was detailed ‘to prevent hundreds of peo- ple who gathered to watch the blaze, from going into the danger zone. George Cassidy and Pat Retalia, firemen were injured and removed to} - the county hospital, where their con- dition was said to be serious. Cassidy was cut by falling glass windows and Retalia came in contact with a live wire. DAVENPORT WILL START BRONC SERIES Dave Davenport will open the se ries against Denver tomorrow, ac- cording to word wired The Tribune from Scottsbluff by Manager Arbo- gast who stayed over with the Cas- per ball team for the final game of the five-game series with the Irri- gators today. Today's game at Scottsbluff is be- ing played in lieu of the second game of the doubleheader which was not piayed yesterday because angry mobs assailed the umpire and drove him from the bal! park. ‘TORRENTIAL , DOWNPOUR ACCOMPANIES STORM, 24 Territic bolts ‘of lightning and torrential downpours of rain which accompanied severe thunderstorms here last night played havoc with city property and resulted in the death of one man and injury of. three others persons. Albert G. Manley, assistant cashier of the Denver National bank, was killed by lightning at his home when a bolt struck a ventilating pipe near which he was standing. J. A. Nielson, Myrtle Curtis, 14 years of age, and Patrolman John F. ‘Walker, were injured by other bolts. ‘The series of thunderstorms began at about 8 o'clock last night. It was preceded by a drizzling rain of about an hour's duration. A lull of an hour ) DENVER, Aug. ————_— CHURCHILL HOME SADDENED. Aug. 24.—Marigold Fran- interspersed the first. storm and the| LONDON, aout broke with greater force than|cis, the 3-year-old daughter of ,Win. ston Spencer Churchill, secretary for the: colonies, died last night at Broad- stairs. the first at about 9:15 o'clock. Streets were flooded in the -down- (Continued on Page Four.) ‘Airship Pain Over Hull When Explo- sion Occurred; Huge Ship Buckled and Broke in Two land, Aug. 24-UBy The The Associated Press.) —Disaster over. ae dirigible ZR-2 late this afternoon. ‘The monster atrabip pest ihe eecexiha river Bites here, Sieg into the stream a fevers the es of th ee aed eo ey, e eget ne ag toa ot lesser rank, in addition to tha regular British crew. ‘The number jities has not yet been definitely ascertained but 12 bodies are fhe have been recovered and it is believed that not less than 10/on board were saved. LONDON; ' Aug. 24.—(By The Associated Press.)—The ‘giant airship ZR, purchased by the United States from Great Britain, exploded over the city of Hull today, according to advices received here shortly after 6:30 o’cloc. ’ this after- noon. The airship is a wreck in the river Humber and it is feared there was some loss of life. witnessed the disaster, which oc- The airship was passing over Hull|curred at 5:40 o'clock. As the: ex- in fine style when suddenly “it was|plosion occurred they dashed panic- seen to bredk in two, Instantly there/stricken in all directions for fear of were terrific explosions and the air-|being enveloped by the wrec! ship burst into flames and commenced|which fell just over the Victoria to descend, ‘Three parachutés were/picr. seen to leave the ZR, | Two dead and a number of injured Thousands of the people of Hull] were landed from the river and con- Is Woman Liable For Alimony? Is Cour?t’s Question MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Aug. 24.— The question whether gaining the vote makes women liable to pay alimony is being considered by Judge Jelley of the Hennepin county district court in connection with a suit brought by Benjamin Liss against his wife, Min- nie Liss, for support and alimony. Liss, & peddler, and his wife accum- ulated considerable property. He was stricken with paralysis two years ago. He says his wife sold their common Property and refused to support him from the proceeds. Hughes, former Canadian political life of the dominion, died at his home here early today. Pernicious anaemia, from which he had suffered since his return from Europe last winter, caused his death. Sir Sam had been reported several tic. at the point of death, but his indomintable will him gaining strength two weeks ago, when he suffered a final lapse. 3 ld mining camp, Atlantic City, atus in the city with the exception of two fought the fire. Th Ease” INJURED IN WRECK Firemen were hampered in their! lio Grande Train | Grande Western railroad near this morning. The dead are initials and exact address were not contained in reports. -It was said Mr. Fairfield lived in a small town in southern California. William T. Linkins, fireman, Grand Junction was seriously injured and may die reports from the scene of the wreck sent to Grand Junction said. The wreck was due to a,washout following a cloudburst. A long bridge near Gale was swept away and the baggage car mail car the smoker and the engine and tender plunged into the stream “below, The baggage car was demolished while the mail car and the smoking ‘car were turned on end. ‘The train wrecked was a Rio Grande and Western No. 1 westbound. It left Denver at 8:30 o'clock yesterday NAVY BALLOON EXPLODES. MANY KILLED IN FLIGHT veyed to the Hull infirmary. Burning fragments of the airship belched dense columns of smoke and flame which extended for hundreds of feet along the surface of the water. Bye-witnesses saw at least four men descend from the burning airship by parachutes, Three men were seen hanging from one parachute.’ ‘The explosions in the big dirigible were~ef such force as to wreck many of the windows of store fronts in the center of Hull, A message from Hull, received shortly before 7 p. m. said the air- ship's captain had been rescued. Some bodies, the message added, had been recovered. DIRIGIBLE HAD PASSED STORM SUCCESSFULLY. ‘The dirigible left Howden yesterday for what was Intended to be its final trial cruise before being taken over by the United States naval depart- ment. Reports recetved by the air minis- try state that \the dirigible ZR-2, which was blown from her course by a heavy storm which raged over the east coast of England early this morning, was expected to land at Pulham this afternoon or evening. The perfection: of, devices for com- municating weather conditions tween ground stations and the ZR-2 probably saved the big airship from @ disastrous encounter with storm, the air ministry reported. x SIR SAM HUGHES ANAEMIAVICTIN } LINDSAY, Ont., Aug. 24.—Sir Sam minister of munitions, and Jong a figure in the/ Bridge Weakened by Flood Waters; Tramps Prove Heroes GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., Aug. 24.—Two persons are dead, two believed to be dying and from 25 to 35 more in- jured as a result of & wreck which occurred on the Rio Grand Junction, Colo., and a man named Fairfield whose NUMBER 270. COMING | America’s little Sweetheart i the actors of “The Virginian,” state. ‘The advance representatives of the Douglas Fairbanks company bas been a visitor here for several days, getting material for the production from old timers and touring to the localities mentioned in the famous novel which has been prepared for the screen and which will star the world’s most pop- Ular star, Douglas Fairbanks, who will arrive here together with his wife within the next three or four weeks. The old mining camp, Atlantic City, Planges Through Gale, Colo., about 3:80 o’clock Douglas Armstrong, engineer, morning for Salt Lake City. There were many coast bound passengers on the train, railroad oficials said, Armstrong, the engineer, was near. ing the end of his run and was soon to join his family. His daughter, Elma, recently graduated from the Univer- sity of Colorado at Boulder and is widely known among the young peo of the state. On the tender of the wrecked en- gine were two young men, Stanley Clark and Norman Munson, both 20 years of age, from Burlington , Vt ‘They were “deadheading” their way to Berkeley, Cal., where they were to enter the University of California this MARY AND DOUG VIRGINIAN HERE Pioneer Characters t to Replay Roles They Filled When Owen Wister Wrote Western Novel Movie fans, prepare yourself for a thrill! Our Doug is coming to Casper. And Casper and vicinity will be the camping ground for CITY WATER IS Despite the fact that the pumping station is giving effective service, s polluted and a combined statem supply J. F. O'Donnell, county health city engineer, issued yesterday of Casper boil all water, espec: TO FILM is coming to Casper. ” which will be staged in this which is no more, will be reconstruct- ed in its former location near Lander. Old timers who can recal the build- ings in the city have been quizzed by representative, Mr. Cox, who will have the old shacks built in Los Angeles at the moving picture company fac- tory, and transported to the city. Ev- ery detail will be carried out so that the camp will appear as it did in the "80n. The scene of the changing of the babies will be enacted” at the Goose Egg ranch and Missou Hines will re- play the part he performed in real-life. The director of the film has been ably assisted by Mr. Hines who is able to tell much the action of the story from his own obersvation. Hugh 1: Patton and J. J. Svendson have also assisted by relating bits as they re- membered it. The Medicine Bow scene will be takdnot a similar town-in Oklahoma, as the locality in this state will be snow covered at the time the picture will be filmed. One thing that the representative is still in search of is a typical ranch with several thousand head of cattle so that Doug will fit in as a real west- ern cowboy. The McIntosh ranch and the Kendrick ranches haye both been suggested. CONDITION ENDANGERING WELFARE GROWING CHILD Resumed at Once POLLUTED, chlorination plant at the city officer, ially for young children. Tests conducted by Dr. 0” Donnell, in the capacity of city bacteriologist, shows that the Platte river water is Poluted despite the 150-foot sand fil- tration, house one-fourth mile away Pumping station. sent ‘into Casper from Sage creek res. ervoir. The city engineer's office | all water used for drinking purpose: for that time, particularly the water given to young children to drink. FRANK Q. KNITTLE, iF. als, f County Health Officer BALL SCORES National League At New York Ist gar bp) game) Pittsburgh New York . Batteries — Adams, Mr. Cox was a guest of E. P. Bacon, @ friend of Mr. Fairbanks’ brother, | while here. He also was a guest of| the Rotary club and gave an interest-| ing talk at the dinner of last week. He told something of the process of | filming a picture of such magnitude | as “The Virginian” which cost approx-| imately $250,000. Se See FIVE KILLED, fall. The youths were given a free ride at Glenwood Springs by the en- {Continued on Page 4) The final trial flight of the dirigibie| prior to being handed over to her American navigators is developing| unexpected and critical tests of speed, endurance, reliability for wire- less signalling, particularly relative to the weather. Unusual speed tests were made last night when after a day's cruise over the east coast and} the North sea, the ZR-2 approached| Pulham. The craft was notified at| 1:10 this morning that a severe thun-| derstorm was occurring directly over} the landing station and she bore! away from the _ threatening spehric disturbance. ‘The trial trip of the ZR-2 which| was intended to last but 12 hours, al-| ready has lasted 30 and it may be a/ 40-hour trip before she lands at Pul- ham. This would be approximately half the time she is expected to take crossing the Atlantic. At 10:15 a. m. the ZR-? reported that she was east of The Wash, an inlet of the North sea b tween the counties of Norfolk and Lincoln, and! that her tests were proceeding satis-| factorily. This position would place the big) dirigible between 80. and 100 miles| southeast of Howden, her starting point). be-| ILL-FATTED SHIP WAS | LARGEST. EVER DESIGNED. ‘When the ZR-2 started on her trial! (Continued on Page 4.) |not overloaded and in proper condition MECHANICSVILLE, N. Y., Aug. 24.—Five men were killed and a sixth injured, probabiy fatally by the explosion yesterday of a battery of three high pressure boilers in the Plant of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper company. The force of the explosion the origin of which is not known, tore the roof from the build- ing, and huried it into the Hudson river, 100 feet away. The dead were all employed in or near the boiler room. _ Ee Live Bear Storms Stock Exchanges NEW YORK, Aug. — That playground of “bulls and bears,” thé New York stock exchange, had a real live bear on its hands today. The baby bruin was captured right in the entrance of the exchange late Yesterday by William Rohr, a guard. The bear, attached to a chain, was led in by a young man who arrived in a limousine. The man dropped the chain and decamped when Rohr made a lunge for him. Sa es ROAD REPORT Grant’ Highway—Nebraska Iine te Keeline good, then fair to Orin. Yellowstone Highway—Platte cohn- ty line to Careyhurst good, then fair to’ Glenrock. Glenrock to Casper somewhat rough. Casper to Sho- shonl good, except for sand holes be- tween Richards and Moneta. Cars make the Birdseye Pass grades O. K. Shoshon!-Lander Road—Good ex- cept somewhat rough over Indian res- ervation between Hudson and River- ton. Casper-Sheridan Road—Good except rough stretch of ten miles just north the {Might from Hawden Tuesday she had of pavement. then fair to Kaycee and good to Sheridan. SIX INJURED, BIGEXPLOSION : Schmidt; Nehf and Smith. At New York (2nd game) Pitisburgh - 000 000 000-0 5 0 New York - 000 015 10x—7 12 0 Batteries — Cooper, Bigbee and Schmidt; Douglas and Snyder, Brot- R. . E. tem. or Boston— R. H. E. Louis 200 002 000— 4 6 2 | Boston -100 001 100— 3 10 1 Batteries’ — "Doak and Clemons; Oeschger, Morgan and Gibson, Gowdy. At Boston (“nd game)— R. H. E. Louis -__-. 000 100 200-3 8 0 Boston 000 000 200-2 7 2 ittingim, * wu Neill. cott, Braxton and Gowdy, At Philadelphia (ist game) KR. H. E. Cincinnati ....010 000 100— 2 4 Philadelphia ..001 211 00°—5 11 0 Batteries—Rixey, Eller and Wingo; Hubbell and Heline. At Philadelphia 2nd game R. H. E. Cincinnati . 2 000 000— 4 10 2 Philadelphia 21.200 10°— 6 11 1 Batteries—Maride, Eller and Eingo; Sedgwick and Bruggy. R. H. E. 412 2 .100 000 0b0O— 1 6 1 — Alexander and Killifer; Schupp, Smith and Miller. as American League At Cleveland— R. H. E. New York 110 000 0— Cleveland - 000 200 0O— Batteries — Hoyt and Schang; Cov- eleskie and O'Neill the Casper water °““ ated Th t ty of p ent issued by Dr. rth ene ited uhacaaen i saned at and Frank S. Knittle, — evening urges that the people BERLIN, 24.— pollute, water in the city reservoir is| ANd the United States, but the water after passing| 9 from the | Of the peace ‘treaty between t No water is being|ed Staes and Germany doing a| President great deal of work on the city water! Hughes at a conference held toc t End Dairy —. mains, tapping them at various places | the White House nkamp, raw throughout the city and laying new! President Harding. Secretary| Murphy, raw Pipe hence the water as it is being) Hughes and Republican members of| Kelley, raw - consumed in the residences ‘of Cas-\the senate foreign relations commit-| Manhattan cafe per is more or less contaminated by|tee conferred today at the White! McFarland, raw the men handling. which is absolutely | House, the committee members arriv-, Vincent, ra necessary to complete the program of jing at the executive mansion shortly| Elkhorn D: - work laid out for this department.;after 9 o'clock In response to invita-|Casper Dairy, pasteurized. This program of work will be com-| tions sent out late last night by the| Harker, raw pleted in much less than six weeks, so| president Michie Bros, raw — for the absolute protection of the peo. Senator Borah, of Idaho, one of the| Beggs, raw ple of Casper, they are advised that} Republican committee members, did) Vroman, the wisest procedure would be to boil|not attend the conference. He ex-| American Batteries — Pfeiffer and Ainsmith;] ;|convene until September ‘Details of Pact With- held; Diplomatic Relations Will Be WILK SUPPLIES MAKING BETTER SHOWING UNDER BULLETIN. VIENICA, Aug. 24.—4{By The Asso Aug. The Associated Pres Tye —_ Friendly relations between eR Supplies How- the governments of Germany cme which’ ever are Still in Danger- ous Bacterial Condi- were interrupted on February 1917, were to be restored by th through the chlorination plant lacks} b e y O Colon Bacilli and gas content [ecco grt edi Soe ervey : The heavy ‘repair work and water| ‘wees, the two nations here today. Ar-| — tion and a Menace extension plans that are being car- F ieee ne wee helio ried out here are held responsible for Hop np AM ras Be cl eae P fae considerable of the pollution. Water ae pose bore meg tid ud = f esce Continued improvement, is io or oni Water|mony would be Ellis Loring Dresse connections that are belne tnge. | United States commissioner here, and| the genera] tone of the reports Following is the explanatory re |DF- Friedrich Rosen, German foreign| submitted by the city health port: minister, who woul {fix their sig 1 rtm t h ‘The present supply has been fully | Batures to the convention department - covering the tented, samples being taken from tho| Officials engaged in framing the| source of milk supplies in Cas- Platte river, from whence all of the ‘Te4ty &nd those who had 9 aken |supply "is. being ‘obealned: also. teat|8t0 thet confidence were reticent as, ROT, The latest report issued | dominion from the well at the pumping |t® the details of the document. Im-] 7) °ny 0 lines \hol:ter dake mK web station and samples from a house one- | ™* diate resump n of diplomatic rela laee fighting for the honor ‘“ daeaias: fourth mile from pumping station | Hons b een Germany and the Unit ing Casper the purest milk after water has been treated and| States was to be provided for, but)". . samples from a downtown tap. The|it Was understood that matters per-|_ The city milk ordinance prescribes following conclusions are evident—| ining to commercial, economic and) the Standards that must be met. All the treatment at the pumping station | “Pancial affairs were to be settled in| MK wholesaled or retailed in Casper is satisfactory and fully effective, re-| 8UPPlementary agreements rece. son thee an! = Soe seats? mys ed parr ghel res eta ig aah to the cubic centimeter or pasteur- present in the river from the water. FORE ized milk and a count of 600,000 on This ts shown by an excellent result | COMMI preddige Ghthined on the water taken from a Aug. 24.—Details| Following Is the standing of retail- e Unit were laid be n members of the sen committee by Sec ers and wholesalers of pasteurized and raw milk after examination for the period of one week ending August 15 Coates, raw - : 9,500 rroll, raw tfore Republic: te foreign and -490,000 plained to newspapermen that he had Carlson raw” not declined the president's invitation,! Palms, pasteurized -610,000 but “was unable to attend on account! Allen, raw - -1,100,000 of other matters,” Clark, raw ~ 1,170,000 of the conference was not| Loveland Creamery, raw ~._.4,200,000 prior to the assembling of| Aceording to the health authorities, the conferees, but members of the sen-/ Most of the milk supplied to Casper ate committee said the meeting pre-| Purchasers meet the Standard, the sumably ave to do with the RUmber coming under the bar this , which is to be| Week being 17 as against 14 last week. signed.tn Berlin today ~ ae Orlin. indies Loweversare tr denger- Republican members of the senate! us bacterial condition and 2 menace foreign relations committee will con-,t® srowing: es fer with President Harding at the| White House at 9:15 o'clock this morn Ing. The conference, “one meraver| 2 MENS Die Within said, had to do presumably with the| treaty of peace between the Kiet Hour of Each Other States and G: which ts to rmany, signed today in Berlin and there oe | reports that the text of the treaty would be laid before he committeemen, Senator Johnson, of California, who like Senator Borah, was an irreconcil- able in the fight over the treaty Aeats On October 21 » within an hour of each other, Anthony Thomas Berry and Patrick Josept: Berry were born. Last Sun- of} ay, August 21, 10 months to the day Versailles, also was absent from the after their birth, the twins died within conference. The California senator!an hour of each other. According to has not been in Washington for sey-| health. authorities the case was the eral days. |same—mainutrition.. Physicians said |the children had lived almost exclu- sively on goats milk. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. Anthony A. Berry. The twins were buried toda ANOTHER CO SLATED THIS AFTERNOON | evator Lodge of s chairman of the fore! ions com- mittee, announced after the confer-| ence that he would calla meeting o¢| "| Wealthy Fina Financier the committee for 2 o'clock this after-| noon at which time Secretary Hughes| S would give more detailed information uccumbs to Ills as to the treaty. a The object of the conference was not PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24.—Wik for ratification of the pact at an early | liam Fr: , 82 years of age, widely date. It was explained, however, that|known sugar refiner and head of a he would not ask the senate to forego} family long prominent in tho finan- is, set to begin tonight | cial and social affairs of this city, was desired that the di d today at his home here. Death rman reischstag and the senate con-|was attributed to the infirmities of sider the treaty at the same time and! age. the German legislative body does not! Mr. Frazier was head of the Frank- 20. Republican members of the senate} (Continued on Page 8) MASSEE STILL HOLDING FORT Repudiates Resignation Tendered to County Commissioners and Will Test Removal Power lin sugar renflery until his retirement from active business several years ago. At St. Louis— R. H. E, a 3 aege ee Although the board of county commissioners yesterday BE Jose 5 named Joe L. Marquis of Arminto sheriff, George Massee, At Detroit— R. H. E.| who was deposed, still holds the reins of the office after hav- Washington - ing refused last night to turn the office over to Marquis. sae es Massee’s plans are to force a supreme court decision on At Chicago— R. H. E./the conflicting statutes, which prescribe the right of succes- Philadelphia .000 001 000 0—1 10 Ojsion to the vndersheriff and a later) vacated for any reason in the board ‘ 12 9 0 authority of ap.|f.county commissioners Kerr and fchalk. pointing a successor to an office which| neq by the fact that when he was THIRD MURDER IN FAMILY IN DECADE IS RECORD VIOLENCE SANTA FE, N. M., Aug. 24.— Tircio de Vargas, 56 years of age, a delegate at the state Republican convention held here Inst week, was shot and killed at his home at Can- jilon, Rio Arriba county, last night according to a message to the dis: trict attorney here today. The lat- ¥ | | | appointed on probation by the county authorities he tendered his resignation which it is said could be exercised at ny time that he was not giving satis faction in the office. His acton x holding the office indicates his decis- on to repudate his written resignation, ‘The procedure whch leads up to his dismissal by the county commission ers yerterday, included his formal ap pointment, the acceptance of the um dated resignation and the appointment of Marquis, see is said to have retained At torney J. B. Barnes and is ready te take the case to the supreme court The commissioners have retaliated by refusing to allow bills incurred b3 Massee. ter is leaving to make an investi- gation. Antonio de Vargas, 2 broth- er, member of the state legislature, was murdered in 1912 and his sl ers escaped into Wyoming and were never found afterward. The father, Antonio de Jesus de Vargas was murdered 30 years ago, being found with his throat cut.