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E ° pag RELIEF WORKERS FOUND IN PLOT 70 OVERTHAOW peso QOVIET, CHARG jeonvictic xt perjury had Russian Committee Un- been com. by one of the der Arrest for Taki Claim; Damaging Evidence Offered oe | Ser Cribune |, | INTERESTS HER REAP BENEFIT Reductions Proposed By Carriers Amount to 20 chief witm ‘or the prose- cution at th. nd jury in- Yestigation last * the death of Miss Virginia Raj actress, for Whose alleged mur“, oe (Fatty) Arbuckle is under . vas issued VOLUME V CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1921.) QUPERVIGION OF FOOD, MILK AND here early today by S ct Attor + Se 3 . fey Matthew Brady. = Cant on Sip ON HAND TO HEAR CLAIMS OF| P+ ® Reciimay) or, yy to Chicago Market WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. —Reductions by western rail- roads in rates on cattle, hogs and sheep in the opinion of the interstate commerce commis- sion“ will prove of material benefit to the western livestock raisers who have been heavily affect ed by the rapid decline in. livestock prices since July, 1920.'" WATER SUPPLIES PAYS DIVIDENDS IN REDUCING NUMBER OF DEATHS Comparative Statement Covering Periods of This Year and Last Shows Great Improvement in Movement Is j Journed without voting an { ~ LONDON, Sept. 13,-——Rev-} ment also charged that he be Meved “undue influence and pressure { : The “cleari-up” squad which arrived here yesterday morn-| ¢lations at Moscow, following/o * gem og nes ing for the start of an intensive four-day campaign, in which | the arrest of members of the! ecg w eater Se teee vaste lacreet it is hoped that every ex-service man or woman who has a! Russian famine relief commnuit-}¥euld be made in connection with his claim for compensation against the government will meet | charge of perjury, he sald, would de with the board fe ide ope the claim, is meeting with success. tee, are said to prove the COM) pend on further developments » ‘ {4 teme: jet Al 7 a tittle bead ae ers, including Rieke mittee was plotting to over-|_ 2% his statement District Attorney medical examiner and lung specialist; . Brady charged that Miss Provost his case and without bringing to.the| ‘brow the seviet government underjaiso known as Zey Pyvron, had H. C. Booth, F. V, Hertz, F. EL eer as eee a no gah bot papytn neon Spacey aig la wings a aerate ies SOE OE s “3 te of 3 - says 4 dispatch to the Dally Herald 7 eo aM sex ite . ave let today tn announcing it hed Oa: Health Conditi ler ses Few Kembems (Miss Helen Besvere. Miss) Credit tor the success of thelcam-|fom the Jean PE Nt a eB Ruane Sen sear thorized the reductions proposed ‘by onditions Hi e; Cases Fewer Eleda Lapp and Miss Margaret V.| paign is given to Red Cross and other tre Of the district attorney's office that the carriers, which will become ef- Miss Rappe had told her Arbuckle had fective September .20 and amount to 20 per cent in cases where the pres- i es ilk wate: - ent ralaa 'SXG dhehar teas eh ei Supervision of food sources and of m: and water sup: hundred povwds, but in no case de-| Plies has declared dividends in the health of Casper people, Cornell, met: and handled the prelim- inaries in the cases of nearly two score claimants yesterday, It is in- dicated that the total number of men they will meet during their: stay here miembers of the committee which wes! ordinary commission is said to have Appointed to pave the way for the! discovered ictters showing the con- | caused her injuries. Earlier last night campaign. Special tribute was paid| spiracy was widespread. it was reported Miss Pyvron refused to the effectiveness of the assistance < c, x |to sign a statement that Miss Rappe given the visitors by E. C. Cathoun,| Of the Person of M. Kaypeva, sec: jhad told her this and Iate it was : . rae will be In excess of 100. Mrs. Payne and Miss Helen Waite of | Tetary to N. M. Kishkit a member of , she denied that she had ey Gregre {he Fate below 60 cents a hun-|according to a comparison of vital statistics for the period| “tnqeeive work ny che board in| ne potion: ate ©f/ the rellet commitiee, there was found” mike me, Tenied th = ae Meat td bab oe the tebe sesaie between April 1 and September 10 in the years 1920 and| many cases has been prevented be-] During the remaining three days!“ note outlining a scheme for reor-| Rappe, Brady said, rales foe CONE Want Eerie ee [Oel: cause thé applichnt has appeared be-| work of the squad here everything| SAnizing | Thussia snger as supreme) District Attorney Brady also bs q 7 P; f fore the clean-up workers without] possible will be dohe to facilitate the| ler. with a federal duma, regional! harged in his statement t! Miss souri river to Chicago and from all In compliance with the requests of many Casper peoplel having formect ae S handli: winpel fr a ‘ points west of the Rocky mountains|the local health authorities have com- Peraeeey Ee eee See eee ONS of pompensEon clalays (Continued on Page 6) (Continued on Page Four.) DEATH TOLL. REACHES 200 IN TEXAS FLOODS Man Kicked To More Than 100 Bodies Recovered in San Gabriel Lowlands of Death, R ft : d Williamson and Milan’ Counties and Toll I ncreases as CS Ay rs Communication With Districts Is Re-established To Take .Drink ike will be reduced in amounts ranging from one to 25 cents a hundred pounds, Similar reductions jn all other livestock rates now higher than 50 cents a hundred pounds are to be the commission said. In many it was stated, the entire in- crease made In August 1920 will be eliminated by the new tariffay The commission estimated that the de- creases would mean an annual reduc- tion-of revenues for the carriers of $10,000,000, ‘The reductions are in line with sug- gestions made by the commission after hearings on freight rates on livestock throughout the west. —_—_ piled statistical information which shows the benefits resulting from the control methods which have been adopted here. The statistics prepared indiéate the causes of deaths in, the periods effected, expecially the deaths of children. The object in comparing the periods in the years 1920 and 1921 is to de- termine the efficiency’ of ntw health control methods which wers instituted this year. Among the new health con- trol’ methods is the frequent local in- tpection of dairies by the city. milk,in- spector and the regular periodic bac: teriological examination of Casper's drinking water supply and the publica~ tion of the results of such examination, ‘The following statistics are taken from the retords in the office of Dr. J. O'Dottnell, registrar of vital statistics Beggar Leaves ° Fortune Found + ‘ ¥ Jo = 4 pases ay 1920-1922 DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 13.—Overnight. newspaper reports from portions of central In Attic Room Death of children inclusive - Texas, flooded as the result of torrential rains Friday and Saturday, brought the unofficial Dithe during same period. 2st azg| OMAMA, Neb, Sept. 13°—Wiitam | list of deaths to nearly 200. Communication with the affected area still was more or less| CHICAGO, Sept, 13. "French Deaths among children and causes: Intestinal infection Sull born Premature E. Blessie, 41, Omaha, was kicked to death by Oscar Gabriel during a fight which followed Blessie’s re- fusal to drink with Gabriel last night according to a police report. s 84 years of age, who died yes- terday in a dreary little attie room was found today to have securities declared to aggregate $100,000 in value hidden-in her room. For years sho begged from the well-to-do near her home and dispensed _philan- demoralized today, but with the high waters in the Colorado, Brazos, San Gabriel and other streams rapidly receding normal conditions were in prospect. Most serious loss of life occurred in San Gabriel river lowlands in Williamson and Milan counties, according to last night's de- }velopments.. More than 100 bodies ha been recovered ‘{ these two Searchlights Nesineateasees seiai' Property. aul 25 13 night. - Police, American Legion men and @ smaijler number of soldiers wil! take over the work of dirécting trat:| thropy to the poor. Her identity is a us é ph fase dhasiralibasa t6 be. larme. fic and keeping the curious out of dis-} ‘not krow: R. H. E. 200-000 0103 11 4 = Congenital. heart discase___ (Continued’on Page Four) The Trouble-Woman Have you heard of the Trouble-woman? She has come to Casper to stay, and wishes to serve you. Perhaps everything has gone wrong lately, and the world seems black, write to the Trouble-woman. Sup- pose the world ’is not black but you desire information on a certain subject, the Trouble-woman will do her best to help you obtain the information you want. In addition to San Antonio, where) tricts when: their presence would in- terfere with the work of cleaning up. Liquor Worth $250,000. Is Confiscated SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13.— During 40 hours ending last mid- ago, is said to have told Gabriel he “had sworn off” drinking, Gabriel escaped, but later surrendered. ah 72 Ee NO SPECIAL TRAIN TO DOUGLAS STATE FAR Efforts on the part of Secretary Stafford of the chamber of commerce to havea special train run to the state fair at Douglas have failed due to in ability to secure sufficient number of people, who would purchase tickets in advance. A large crowd is expected however Of Warships Help Rescue} SAN DIEGO, Cal., Sept. 13.— With their powerful. searchlights flashing over San Diego bay, 50 warships aided last night in the finding of two boys, Philip Watkins, 4 years.of age, and Charles Sherb- no, 5 years of age, who disappeared from their homes in Coronado yes- terday. A boat from the destroyer Bailey the list of dead stood at 49,.overnight reports showed the following. Thorndale—45 Mexicans drowned. | Laneport—23 Mexicans drowned. | Elm Grover—29 Mexicans. i San Gabriel—10 dead, including 8 Mexicans. Alligator Creek—Five Mexicans. ‘Taylor—Six persons drowned. Lawrenee Creek—Three, Readville—Two, Bettveen Gauz and Valley Junction in Brazos bottoms—Twenty. | Previous reports of two deaths at Georgetown were. confirmed today. 4, H. Cobb and wife, an aged couple, were drowned in a small ereek which boca fo ars Pata Rca ea ied 1 torrent. | ed by prohil 7 See eee Ne ee | forcement officers in northern Gali- i? to E. Forest Mit- to make the trip by automobile and re- Make a confidante of the Trouble-woman. Address found the two little fellows short | SAN ANTONIO, Texas,| fiat "prohibition director, qi | slareadte ter the support which Dous. her in care of The Casper Daily Tribune. ly after midnight asleep in a row- (Sent, 13.—The Red Cross was Deaigixalanicicajiaeiametambistea catetite: worse ofithe matte THE TROUBLE-WOMAN. boat. The little boat was reported 34 were. in Sacraments and the Sac- authorized today to’ establish County Fair association. The Casper Batteries — Sothoron and Moore, Freeman, Wolfe and * half fall of: water. i i ri ramento valley, Mitchell said, Thir- and will go to Douglas to represent Perkins, 1 tent city here in which to| ner ae ere actomtad. pes “Lio i Near ana care for homeless flood suffer-| pict at At New York— RH.E. ers. The United States army «+++.-101 610 210— 6 10.2 New York ....100 100 000— 2 5 1 ... Batteries — Kerr and Schalk; Har- and Devormer. . At Washington— J. PLUVIUS SMILES ON STATE FAIR OPENING Washingtoi |by Laramie, Sheridan and Douglas. a REP. TAYLOR Gages inne are. being Waid for Thurs is CLAIMED ©7770" Ideal for Success of Annual, Seen te Wien cle | Entertainment at Douglas; Three Day. to hold forth in special lodge ses Bands Furnish Music Today ‘ will be asked for 60” tents and?2,000 cots, Red Cross. workers said. The | . Red: Cross will:furntsh the bedding. | Many. of the Mexicans returned to! J : their homes or what was left of them, and are reported to be living in. the ruins. Sanitary“inspectors under the direction of the city and county Interesting Program Marks Opening Ses- sions of Grand Lodge at Lander; Casper Members Honored R. H. E. 100 310—. -000 001— health boards have been ordered: into the district to compel the inhabitants to clean up. Every. effort is being made by the authorities to get the districts which were under water! cleaned and_disin- fected. Plenty of labor at $2.50 a day has been obtained for the prop- erty owners requiring help. There have been volunteers especially for street cleaning, The federal atthori- tles furnished 20 large trucks to haul off debris, and the city employed more than 100 extra men to joad the trucks. The wooden blocks torn from the pavements are being hauled to one place and those not broken will be salvaged and used for — patching streets. The majority of the soldiers who sion a feature parade is planned and mémbers of this organization from throughout the state will be present. Hundreds of Casper visitors are ex- pected. Barns and display buildings are fill- ed to overflowing with livestock, agri- cultural and horticultural exhibits. ‘These will rank w:th the best in the country by reason of excellent crop conditions in Wyoming this year. Pens had to be constructed outside the barns for the livestock exhibits when entries exceeded all expectations WASHINGTON, Sept. 13-—Repre- sentative Samuel M. Taylor of Ar- kansas died at hix home here early today after an illness of Several weeks with pleurisy and pneumonia. a DOUGLAS, Wyo., Sept. ie -Clesr, warm awenther: tame - 23 .| pered by a cooling breeze o: e fall season, ushered in the sentative deals 3 Sansteta S| wyoming state fair today. Conditions were declared idea Texas, who has been in ill health for | hy officials for success of the annual entertainment and show more than & year, was reported today) hich will attract thousands from all parts of the state during to be’ in a very critical condition due : Tndicati t 1 toca @ seases. the coming week. Indications at noon today were that last 0 8, Copine se 08 : year’s attendance record of the open- LANDER, Wyo., Sept. 13.—The twenty-fourth annual session of the grand chapter order of Eastern Star convened at 10 o’clock Monday morning with Bertha Vandevendor, grand matron, presiding. All grand lodge officers were pres- ent with one exception, also seven past Brand matrons and four past rand patrons. 4 exemplified the ritualistic work in cane of aes WDA ADS | See tea vas, Dealsewarthy, Grand Jury Hear- ing Brings Out! | NICHOLSON CASE (3 OPENED WITH STATEMENTS Ot COUNSEL TODAY Day and Half Consumed in Completing Jury to Decide Fate of Alleged Slayer of Er Shuster Presentation of evidence ir 'the case in which L, B. Nichol- son is charged with the mur- der of Edward Schuster, a taxi-driver, on March 10 last, | will follow the opening ad- dresses of counsel for the state and defense when court convenes this aft ernoon. After spending all day . yesterday and the major part of the morning” securing a jury, the list of jurors was passed at shortly after 11 o'clock by both counsel for te and de fense. With the start of the case this aft ernoon, it is indicated that the de- fense will attempt to prove an alibi or that Nicholson was not the man who fired the shot which killed Schuster as the latter stepped from his taxicab in front of a restaurant on West A street in the Sandbar dis- trict, on the night of March 10, Questioning of the jurors indicated that the state does not intend to ask for the supreme ponalty in case conviction. Jurors were passed by the state when they admitted opposition to the death penalty and In one in stance a man who admitted that he Was opposed to capital punishment was passed for cause by the defense. With the ¢ under way, and scores of witnesses to be examined by both sides and an array of counsel in behalf of the defense, it is expected that the case will be one of the long- est drawn out and keenly contested murder actions that have appeared in district court in years. The jury in whose hands the fate of L. B. Nicholson will rest is com- Posed of the following: C. D. Poling, contractor and build. er, 854 Grant avenue. C, 8, Baker, Burlington brakeman, 730 South Park avenue. George Waldron, Standard foreman, South Chestnut street John Peters, grocery store owner, West Casper. Burton Nye, Standard employe, South Cottonwood street. J. A. Likely, accountant, Consolid- ated Royalty bullding. Hugh A. McGillivray, grocer, West First street. Gus A. Link, Standard employe, 116 South Lincoln, S. W. Douglas, rancher, Sweet- W. F. Brewer, Standard employe, 815 East Fifth street, D. A. Robertson, agent General Supply company, 533 Park avenue. William Reeves, Smokehouse. —arepgereetiegiecetaeas RECLAMATION SERVICE ENGINEERS CHECKING ON PROJECT SURVEYS A party of engineers, representine the United States reclamation service has arrived here preparatory: to check- ing the Casper Irrigation project. The first work. that. they will undertake will be to check the lines of the pro- Ject run year by Frank C. Emer- son, stat ngineer. The visiting par- ty met with the Irrigation committee of the chamber of commerce, at 8 State Highway Department. Grant Highway—Nebraska line te Keeline good, dusty and rough te Lost Springs and fair to Orin Yellowstone Highway — Platts county line to Orin, some rough Places, then good to Douglas and Careyhurst. Approaches to Alkali creek bridge, and first bridge west of Careyhurst rough but ‘passable. Careyhurst to Glenrock fair, then rough to Casper. Casper to Sho- shoni and Bonneville generally good. Shoshoni-Lander Rbad—Good ex- cept somewhat rough between Riv- erton and Hudson. Casper-Sheridan Road —« Rough from end of pavement to 20 mile hill, then fair to Salt Creek and Johnson county line to Sheridan, generally good. resents the chapters of Scotiand, re- sponded to a welcome by a talk and songs. Dorothy Brown addressed the visitors in behalf of the hostess chap- ter, which was responded to by Viola Mechling of Casper in a pleasing manner. Fourteen cyents make up the pro- TURK PLOTTERS have been on guard duty will with- draw) early Tuesday, it was said last ing day would be relegated to the OMEN VOTING [== FOR N. Y. MAYOR tide Tace, cowpony race, bareback riding, bulldogging, steer roping, running and wild horse races. The big feature of the day is expected to be the relay roping event have attracted the best rodeo talent in’ the country. Twenty ‘Turkish government to surrender premises of various Nationalist or- the ‘men involved in the revolution- ganizations. sion as well as being one of the char- men, were more nearly cleared up ter members. today. ‘Three bands were here this morn-} ing to furnish music for the opening} day, SERaaM Siig eyins been sent’ over to the allies within a week. or the government will be held respon sible. The conspirators will be tried by an allied courtmartial, . didate, has the backing of the reg- ular Republican machine, but the other three contestants have larger followings. against Stamboul, the Asiatic sec- tion of the city. British troops are proceeding to disarm the popula | tion, with a net’membership. of 4,749, or a gain of 34 per cent. this year. At the eyening session Monday the officers of Fort Casper chapter No. has no Democratic opponent. The polls were fo be open from 3 to 9 Pp. m. The four aspirants for the Repub- Wilder also is in custody. Church's second confession, ac- cording to the potice, involved Parks, The latter on learning that today, the police declared, following } Fort Casper chapter presented Lil- > Henry hich will start with the largest 3 f NEW YORK, Sept. 13—Women | lican nomination are: Ht |Gieia of entries in the history of the| CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 13-—] General headquarters 1s under |llo F. ‘Townsend of Casper. with. a| CHICAGO, Sept, i3—The brutal voters, for the frst | Curran, president of the borough of | 72) Otner events are well fitkd and| (By. The Associated Press) guard by the British troops, while | basket of roses as.a remembrance of! murders of Bernard J. Daugherty time In a mayoralty campaign werd | Manhattan; F. H. La Guardia, presi- | ures of 1,000 offered in the steer| authorities here have invited the Gordon Highlanders have ‘raided |her attendance at every annual ses-| and Carl Ausmus, automobile sales | conceded by political I : of a The officers. read their reports| supplementa confessions alleged nnett, tries hi een made for the wild| ary discovery of which was The guns of British warships, an- P pp! ry v3 four Republican candidates is to | lyn. qistoe pS sores Werse sue Vacrobatics 1 taints herthe oer here yesterday. chored in the Goldes Horn and the | which show the order to-he ina har-| to haye been made by Harvey | contest the inayoralty election with |“ mér siste sctucs Tresalitjonist cam |grandstand will be ai, added attraction) ‘These persons must be turned | Bosphorus, have ‘been “directed. |monlous and’ prosperous concition| Church and Leon Parke: Clarence | Mayor John F. Hylan. The mayor CHICAGOMURDER CRIME CLEARED Churgh had accused him then de clared he, Church and Wilder plot- ted to kill. the salesmen to obtain the $5,400 automobile which Charch had represented he wanted to buy. Parks said the trio expected to sell the automobile and divide the money obtained. Wilder was being questioned to- day in an effort to obtain state- ments corroborating the statements of the othgr two prisoners.