Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 13, 1922, Page 1

ee FIVE-MILE AIR ~ LEAP IS MADE World's Record of 24,206 Feet in Par- achute Is Set in Daring Jump SHIP SUBSIDY IS DEMANDED Che Casper Dailsy me BY HARDING IN [ Weather Forecast | CY = LETTER TODAY STORM TOLL _ ON INCREASE Total Deaths in New York Disaster fo Reach 70, Police Believe; Search for Bodies Off City Island Continued by Use of Grappling Hooks on Launches DAYTON, Ohio, June 13.— (By The Associated Press.) — Lashed and whipped about by * Generally fair tonight and Wednes- day, except possibly thunder showers NEW YORK, June 18.—The death toll resulting from the = neon agi raprsssces Be: « sc cyclonic storm that smashed and swirled its way through New York and itssuburbs Sunday evening continues to grow. The known dead now total 45 missing. “Police launches continued to with 16 other persons reported grapple today for bodies of those still missing after the storm left Long Island BALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE ‘NBatterics—Hamiison, Cooper, Morr son and Gooch; Fillingim, Marquzrd, McQuillan and Gowdy. At Brokiyn— Chicago R. H. E. —-200 060 000—8 16 1 Batteries—Alexander and Hartnett; Grimes, Mamaux, Shriver and Miller, Hangling. Philadelphia -_.007 003 40°—14 16 Batteries—Doak, North, Bailey, Per- tica, Fournier and Clemons; Singleton At Chicago— Detroit . 000 101 30—x x x Bati Erickson and Piciuich, Gharrity; Oldham and Bass. ler. Battcries—Shawkey and Devormer; Danforth and Severeid. At Cleveland—Fhiladelphia- Cleve- land game postponed, rain. Z TELEGRAMS IN , WORDER TRIAL OFFERED AGAIN LOS ANGELES, Cal., Juno 13,—A series of telegrams which passed be- tween Mrs, Madalynne Obenchain and J. Belton Kennedy, for whose mur- der she is now on trial for the sec- ond time, were expected to be read to the jury when the case was resumed in the superior court here today, Ac- cording to the prosecution, these tele- grams and scores of letters which have passed between Mrs. Obenchain and Kennedy show the motive for the crime. Transatlantic Airmen on Last Leg of Return BAHIA, June 13.—The Portuguese ‘\ aviators, Captains Sacadura and Cou- tinho left here at 7:35 o'clock this morning on the last leg of their air- ship flight from Portugal to the Brazilian capital. HARDING WANTS TARIFF BILL ENACTED BEFORE BONUS CONSIDERATION Proposal to Pay Compensation in Cash by Special Tax on Banks and Inter- est on Foreign Debt Made WASHINGTON, June 13. — A pro- yosal to pay the soldiers honus ia cash, the financing to be done by means of special taxes on banks and through use of the interest on the loreign indebtedness was made today fn the senate by Senator Ladd, Re- publican, North Dakota. RECLAMATION BILL MAY TACKED ON BONUS. WASHINGTON, June 13.—Efforts to have-the-Smith-McNary~reclama- 5 | Recording to insurance companies cov- Sound off City Island strewn with a wrecked and capsized boats. At least 40 visitors to City Island were drowned in the disaster and the police are convinced that the death list will reach as high as 70. It will be days before the total loss of life will be known. The Bronx grand jury has started an investigation of the wreck of the fer- ris wheel at Classy: Point in which seven were killed 2@1 40 other visitors seriously injured. Officials will -ex- amine the wreckage to see if the huge device was originally constructed along safe lines. The owntr, who was ar- rested after the tragedy will face the &rand jury today. The property damage resulting from the twisting winds runs into millions. Electric light and power lines were destroyed for miles as the poles bear- ing the cables snapped in the blasts. The loss from plate giass is only ex- ceeded by the Black Tom explosion, ering such risks. oO SUMMARY OF LONDON—Twelve British soldiers have been massacred by the Turks in the neighborhood of the Darda- BERLIN—Dr. Wolfgang Kapp, leafier 0 fthe revolution in Berlin in 1920, died in Leipsig. BRAWLEY, CAI.—%he Colorado river levee broke at Raab ranch, near Blythe, Cal., according to ad- vices. The gap measures 200 feet and is expected to widen. Two thou- sand acres, inundated. Biythe not in danger. TIENTSIN—After heavy fighting ali day Sunday between Chinwang- tao and Schanhaikwan, the. Feng- tien forces of General Chang Tso- Lin withdrew northwards toward | Schanhaikwan. Tho Chibli forces of Wu Pei-Fu are pursuing them. NOGALES, ARIZ.—Five were killed and three are known to havo been wounded in a holdup of a combination ireight and passen- gor train of the Southern Pacific de route to his home in Los Angeles. ‘Twenty other bandits in the attack- ing band fled without any loot. MASSACRE OF BRITISH DENIED LONDON, June 13.—It is stated of- ficielly totday that there is no auth- ority for the news contained in a semi-official dispatch* from Athens night reporting the massacre by urks of twelve British soldiers in | the neighborhood of the Dardanelles. a 120-mile gale more than four and a half miles above earth on the verge of suffoca- ton, caused by los of his oxygen tank, and compelled to cling to Tropes and straps attached to a parachute for fear that a whirling cross current. might weaken and cause them t break, are several of the “mere” de- talls related today by Captain A. W. Stevens, aerial photographer, McCook field, who yesterday broke the world’s Parachu's Jump record, when he de- scended 24,206 feet. The fact that it was Captain Stev- ens’ first “drop” tends to made his feat one of the most remarkable in the history of a.tation. He suffered no fll effected-from his hazardous trip. The plane in which Captain Stevens ascended, a twin motored Martin bomber, piloted by Liuetenant Leigh Wade, broke the world’s altitude rec- ord for this particular type of ship, carrying three when it at: tained a ceiling of 24,206 feet. Ser- geant Roy Langham was the third member of the party. s Captain Stevens was reluctant todey; to discuss details of his experience. / “For a iong time i nave wanted to|the good nature of the shrine hosts, and coming out second Throughout the night what might be * fell, leaving grandstands scaked and jot the country and Honolutu were in make a parachute drop,” he said, “‘pri- marily to obtain first hand tnformation as to the sensations one feels. I am highly gratified to think I was able to bring another record to. McCook field, “When the plane reached the ceiling I made ready to jump. As near as I could judge we were over Springfield in temperature, VOLUME Vi Hosts of Islam Out trying to test the colors of the best in both instances. termed as a “half rair streets glistening under the myriad lights, and giving a twang to the air that went from head to toes. The shriners were tip early for the great pageant, advertised as the Ohio, Bidding my pals good-bye, £ “crowning event” of the jubilee. As jumped. “The opening or the parachute jeaused the oxygen tank to become loos, from its fastenings on the front of my.clothing. Grasping it with both hands I endeavored to retain it. “The wind which was traveling at a speed of 120 miles per hour, whipped the parachute around like a jackstraw. chute, in an effort to check oscilla- ropes and straps which heic me to the chute, in an effort to check oscilla- tion, which threatened to weaken the supports. It was then that I lost the tank. I think it fell some piace near Springfield, “It was an experience I never shall forget. Before aettling down to a low- er altitude I thought my time had come as I was nearly suffocated due to the rareness of the atmosphere. Dropping out of the gale into calmer Continued on Page Four.) early as 7 o'clock they began to gather on the wide Embarcadero, the starting point, and the sidewalks began to fill with spectators at the same hour. At least an hour before anyone appeared in the dripping grandstands, many who knew that the pageant would be worth the long wait, appeared with boxes and umbrellas and sat com- placently on the edgg of the roped off sidewalks waiting for the festivities to begin. The marquecs of ‘the thea- ters and the business buildings werc in great favor with those early comers and afforded ample protection. The pageant, scheduled as a parade of uniformed organizations was really the escorting of Imperial Potentate Ernest Allen Cutts of Savannah, Ga., and the grand divan, to the opening Ushering Potentate to Seat in Forty-Eighth Annual Meet SAN FRANCISCO, 'June 13.—The opening day of the great golden jubilee of the Mystic Shrine found a heavy mist Early for Ceremony garish street decorations and line in the pageant, forming four great divisions. Nearly ‘as many bands as there were temples were there to see that the resplendantly ‘liveried hosts kept in step. With even, snappy steps, as lively as any well-trained hosts of patriots marching off to war, the marshaled throngs of the ew Islam wended their way in a great triumph along the main thoroughfare from the minarets at the ferry tower to the Bedouin village in the civic center where they were reviewed by the imperial potentate and his grand @ivan and a number of civic nobles. The city rorgot to wind its alarm clock last night, expecting to be awakened by the blare of a half hun- dred bands and the emrilling of a thousand Arab horns. It was not dis- appointed. Shortly after the dawn the gaily bedecked hosts began to fill the streets and as no shriner can march his prettiest without music, every band was snapping out toe-tickling of the forty-eighth annual convention of the shrine. Seventy-two temples from all parts Cavern Opened On Farm, Hole Has No Bottom WIER, Kansas, June 13.—The Rafferty farm, seven miles south- of this little Cherokee county town, has been the scene of inquisitive hundreds, attracted there by a phe- nomenon of nature—a cavern seventy feet deep and ninety feet across, which was said to have sud- denly appeared a few days ago. The cracked condition of the earth nearby portends another cave-in, observers say. melodies. ‘Then there were the drum corps and | Crib CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1922. PAGEANT MARKS OPENING _ IMPERIAL SHRINE AT FRISCO % WEST POINT, N. Y., June 13. Assertions that the United States does not need an army were met by Secretary Weeks of the war depart- ment in an address at the graduat- ing exercises of the United States military academy today with the statement “that the civilization of the world rests on no surer founda- tion than did the civilization of Bos- ton’ at the time of the’ police strike nearly three years ago. ‘ “If it were not for the restraining force of the military establishments of the nations of the world,” he de- clared, “an indescribable state of choas would result and cfyilization would be rapidly exterminated through slef destruction." To say that United States does not need an army, he added, is just as reasondble as to say that “Boston, Chicago and our other large cities do no need a police force.” The question of the. size of the army, he declared, would always be matter of controversy, especially as after a great war there is “an alarming tendency for the overbur- dened taxpayer to forget the les- sons of the past and cancel his in- surance, trusting to luck for at least a few. years without the -national protection which those more familiar with military matters and require- (Continued on Page Four) MRS. BRUNEN UNDER ARREST Takes Sensational Arrest of His Widow MOUNT HOLLY, N. J., June 13.—Mrs. Doris Brunen, Investigations of Circus Owner’s M urder Turn Today With widow of John T. Brunen, circus owner, who was shot and killed on March 10, is under arrest here today on a charge of murder. The authorities said that she was arrested upon information furnished by persons already held in connection Si Fe voc POLE DECLARE WA ON species used to be more deadly than ments deem necessary." ‘Dead Beats’ On Decrease, Say Credit Experts CLEVELAND, O., June 13.—Per- sons who never pay their bills, usu- ally referred to as “dead beats” are rapidly disappearing, according to delegates to the Retail Credit Men’s National association in tenth’ annual canvention here. “The female of the ‘dead beat’ the male,” Mrs. Verne Zimmerman, credit manager of a Sounth Bend, Ind., dry goods store said. “The in- a ARMY NEED EMPHASIZED BY SECRETARY OF WAR IN WEST POINT SPEECH WASHINGTON, June 13.—President_ Harding, it was said today at the White: House, hopes and expects that the tariff bill shall be passed prior to soldier bonus legislation. At the bottom of the pit there is a small pool of water, which rises and falls at intervals and persons who have experimented declare that @ sinker let into this pool by means of twine failed to reach bottom. All the earth which went down has completely disappeared, as well as @ tree about forty feet in height which, it is said, stood on the ground, Local naturalists express the belief that the cave-in was caused by an underground river or lake. Edison Receives Honorary Degree NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., June 13, —Thomas A. Edison, now in his seven- ty-fifth year, was given the honorary degree cf doctor of science by Rutgers college today. immediate and lasting results. He contended that thousands of solfliers who otherwise would accept the ad- justed service certificate plan would accept land settlement ff given such assurances of protection as he claimed were afforded in the proposed recla- mation measure. ¢ The Wyoming senator declared the nation owed adjusted compensation to the world war veterans as a matter of justice. He added that his convic- tions were “not recent or pre-elec- tion,” but were formed when he visit- e@ the battle line in France during the war. Calling attention that congress had paid $3,000,000,000 to war contractors and $2,000,000,000 to the railroads, he ask<d if it was to be said that con- ‘gress, in the light of this, was to fail to compensate the men who offered tion bill attached to the soldiers’ bonus measure as a land settlement option were begun today In the sen- ate by Senator Kendrick, Democrat, of Wytming. He asserted in a pre- pared speech that the plan would prove of lasting benefit to the nation as well as of assistance to thousands of former service men. that the men said she was wanted in Mount Holly for questioning and they were much surprised when she did not return home last night. They knew nothing of her arrest until to day. Mrs. Brunen’s brother, Harry Mohr, and former employe of Brunen’s cir- cus, Charles Powell, are under ar- rest on murder charges. Powell is declared by the authorities to have confessed that he did the actual shoot- ing of Brunen at Mohr’s request. among circus folk, was killed by a charge from a shot gun as he sat reading in his home at Riverside, N. J. Mrs. Brunen told the police she was on the second floor when she heard the shot and ran down stairs. Through a window, she said, accord- ing to the police, she caught a glimpse of two mien running along a watk be- side the house. As she entered a rear room she heard a motor car start- ing. For weeks the authorities were mys- tified. But Parker, who had been a friend of the dead man, continued his search until in April Powell was ar- rested. WASTE AND NOT MASH OPEEDERS, JUDGE BACKS UP ARRESTS WITH FINES home in Philadelphia yesterday after- noon by two men from the offices of County Detective Ellis Parker of Bur- lington county. Her relatives asserted “The speeder is the greatest men- ace to the physical well being of the people in the United States today,” were the words with which Police Judge John A. Murray accompanied several $10 fines for such offenses last night. “The people are going to get protection,” asserted the judge. A heavy hand is being laid on all traffic violators in the city. Little leniency for 6{fendors is the motto adhered to by the new magistrate. Ignorance of the law is no longer an excuse for thase who run counter to city ordinances, whether these ordi- nances be regarding speed, parking, or of similar nature. With character- istic exactness, Judge Murray draws the stipulated toll from those who are hailed into his court. PLUGS UP CITY SEWER The thougntiessness of some per- son in attempting to stop the inrush of water in a flooded cellur some time ago, with a large bundle of machin- jst’s waste, caused a great deal of in- convenience and some labor for the sewerage department Monday after- noon. The waste became clogged in 2 man- hole between Oak and Spruce streets, causing. the manhole to fill with wa- to sacrifice their lives for their coun- try. He charged that among the most vigorous opponents of the bonus were; seme of thosé who made great profits} Guring the war. Senator Kendrick argued that the land settlement plan outlined in the house bonus bill and discarded by the senate committee would not meet the situation and would be lacking in both jana removed, ter and deposit the overflow into the street. Laborers from the sewerage department were summoned, and in a short time, ihe trouble was located 1 Monday, the first darnival day, promised a gala evening for the au- tomobile thieves, but ended sadly. Neverthless, the boldness with which the miscreants operated, makes a tightening of the law forces neces- sary. The cars parked at the carnival grounds proved easy targets for the men. A car owned by G. R. Hag- ens was taken from the grounds at 8 p. m. Monday and at 10 a. m. ‘Tuesday had not been recovered either through the city police or the sheriff's office. Another -car, the property-of W. creasing number of women in bust- ness, education in the natipn-wide value of prompt payment and a credit rating are eliminating the thoughtless women buyers.” In his annual report, President B. W. Nelson, of Lincoln, Neb., recom- mended enlargement of the bad check and prosecution service and | establishment of a department in the national office for recording deroga- | tory information on “skippers” or persons who make a practice of leaving without settling <neir ac- counts. Potash PASS BLOCKED BY SNOW. LANDER, Wyo., June 13.—Skiing and snowshoeing\is now being in- duiged in on the summit of Two-Gwo- Tee pass over which autos will be passing next month to and from the| south entrance to Yellowstone park. Residents of that region who have just returned from there report ten feet of snow on the pass. AUTO THIEVES ACTIVE FIRST CARNIVAL EVENING LEGION TO GUARD MACHINES FOR REST OF WEEK R. Kaemmerling, was taken at about the same time, and left directly in front of the sheriff's office. Author- ities are unable to determine wheth- er the incident was intended for a joke, or whether the abandonment was forced. One enterprising young criminal elected to try the downtown streets while residents of Casper were cast: ing an eye over the carnival. He climbed into a machine near the Y. W. C. A., drove one block, thought better of his misdeed, and used his legs instead. The owner, found his machine possessed of the art of self- locomotion, standing peacefully near EDIT NUMBER 209. %, Addressing his remarks particu- larly to the graduating class, the secretary declared “that you cannot be an officer and a gentleman un- less you are just, humane, thor- oughly trained; unless you have character, a high sense of honor and an unselfish devotion to duty. Be an example as such to every one. Do not countenance low and im- moral things. Let it be said by the citizens of the republic that the of- ficers of our army are our examples and protectors, that we can abso- lutely depend on their honesty; thetr uprightness of character, their abil- ity to serve the nation, and tf need be, thelr willingness to die for it.” Capper - Tincher Bill Is Favorable To Committee WASHINGTON, Juno 13.—Favor- able report jo the Capper-Tincher bill to amend the future trading act so as to meet the recent decision of the supreme court declaring sections of that act inoperative, was ordered to- day by the house agricultural com- mittee. The measure, which was re- ported as introduced. is expected to be takert up in the house Thursday, FOREST FIRES IN NORTHWEST VANDERHOOF, B. €., June 13.— Fire fighters were busy today attempt- ing to control a forest fire burning for miles along the right of way of the Grand Trunk Pacific. TACOMA, Wash., June 13.—Fire or- iginating from an explosion in the engine room of the Mineral Lake Lum- ber company plant at Mineral, 40 miles southeast of here, destroyed the mill and lumber stored in the yards at an estimated loss of $300,000 last night. Fire apparatus was sent from Tacoma on freight cars to save the town from being wiped out. At mid- night the fire was reported checkei Labor Federation Adopts Resolution Condemning President’s Demand WASHINGTO June 13. -—(By The Associated Press.) —President Harding has noti- fied Chairman Campbell of the house rules committee that unless the ship subsidy bill is passed prior to adjournment, he would feel obligated to call a special session solely for its consideration. Writing under date of May 26, the President said “so much is involved and such a difficult and discouraging situation will follow if congress fails |to sanction the merchant marine bill that I should feel myself obligated to call congress immediately in extraor- dinary session to especially consider it if it went over through any neglect or delay beyond the present term." LABOR LOOKS ON ACT AS “DESTRUCTIVE.” CINCINNATI, ©., June 13.—(By The Associated Press)—The ship subsidy bill now pending im congress was con- demned by a resolution adopted unan- imousty today by the American Feder- ation of Labor as inimical to public interest and destructive of the na- tion's hope for sea power. On motion of Andrew Furuseth, president of the International Sea- men’s union the convention voted to wire a protest to congressional lead- fers opposing favorable action on the ‘measure. oe $12,000,000 IS PAIDFORRANCH LOS ANGELES, June 13.—An Eng- lish syndicate, headed by the Duke of Argyll, has bought the Buttonwillow ranch, comprising 150,000 acres in the San Joaquin valley of California for @ consideration of $12,000,000 accord- ing to wdvices published by the Los Angeles Times today. Tho ranch was part of the Miller and Lux holdings. It is the intention of the purchasers to subdiviside and put tha property on the market, the Times reports. Lusitania Case Plan Abandoned By the Teutons BERLIN, June 13.—({By The Asso- ciated Press).—The German govern- ment has decided not to request that there be a neutral observer present at the raising of the steamer Lusi- tania in order to d..ermine whether the ship bore a military character when it was torpedoed. The Berlin newspapers recently have suggested that a neutral be appointed as an ob- server should the hulk be raised. ‘The government holds that it is not privileged to request the presence of @ neutral observer, as the attempt to raise the Lusitania is to be made by a private comp: FEARS HELD FOR YACHT’S IN THE SAFETY PACIFIC ‘Nothing Heard from “Invader” Carrying Party of Wealthy Los Angeles People on Cruse to the Samoa Islands ‘PANAMA, June 13.— yacht Invader, which i : (By The Associated Press.) —Con- siderable concern is felt here for the safety of the steam passed through the cana bound for Cocos Island with Mr. and Mrs. 1 on March 25, John Percival Jef- ferson and a party of wealthy friends from Los Angeles on the curb, just a block from where he had placed it. As a safe-guard to autombile own- ers who wish to park their cars in the vicinity of the Wortham show grounds, the management of the company and the American Legion have made arrangements to have automobiles parked therein guarded by ex-service men. Electric lights are being strung today so that the space will be amply lighted. <A nominal charge of 15 cents will be made to cover the expenses of stringing the lights and paying the | attendants, board. The vessel is equipped with a wire- less outfit having a working radius of 500 miles. LOS ANGELES, June 13.—News was received in Santa Barbara, Cal., June 1 which told of the safe arrival of the yacht Invader at Tapeete Ta- hitt and plans to remain there until June 8, when it was proposed to sail for Pago Pago, American Samoa. ‘The yacht is owned by John Percival Jef- ferson of Montecito, and in addition to Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson there are on board as guests Mr. and Mrs. Todd Ford wf Pasadena, Cal., Fdward Spar- row of New York and Dr. L. ¥. How- ell of Brookiyn. The Invader left the harbor here last December for a ¢ruise through the south seas and several times since rumors spread of possibility of the craft being lost, but in every instance relatives of those on board expressed }no alarm.