Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 18, 1922, Page 12

Weather Forecast General’y fair tonight and Tuesday. Rising temperature extreme north east portion. VORIME Vi. Vil. 23 BELIEVED LOST IN LAKE TRAGEDY ARE SAF Critical Condition of Wallace ‘Reid ONE KILLED, ONE {3 WOUNDED BY FATHER OF NINE Rock Springs Miner Is Wanted for Murder; Motive Unknown. ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., Deo. 18— “Here I am with my nine little broth- ers!” shouted Joe Jerkovich, miner, as he stepped into the dining room of a boarding house at Dines, a nearby coal gamp, and opened fire with an automatic pistol containing nine cart ridges. Mike Rodovich, miner, fell with a bullet through his abdomen, another miner sustained a flesh wound; the rema'pder of the persons Present escaped by flight, without in jury. Jerkovich, having emptied hix gun, walked out of the place and has not since been seen. He ts wanted on @ charge of murder, Rodovich having ied from his wound a few hours after sustaining It. What inspired Jerkovich's ida] action is not known —— oe BOOKS MUST BE KEPT FOR U0. TAX PURPOSES Businessmen Warned by the Collector of In- ternal Revenue. homi- M.\S. Reynolds, collector of int nal revenue for the district of Wyo- ming, has received notice from, Wash- ington that he must insist upon bust ness men keeping books, falling in which the government will place an arbitrary estimate upon their business and compel them to pay income tax on that estimate. Furthermore, a per- son who does not keep books will not bé allowed any deductions for ox- penses unless he can prove them to the satisfaction of the service. The communication reads: “Overy taxpayer carrying on the business of producing, manufacturing, purchasing, or selling any commodt- {les or merchand'se, except the buai- ness of growing and ‘selling products of the soil, shall for the purpose of determining the amount of income un- Ger the revenue act of 1921, keep such permanent books of account or rec: ords, including inventories, os are nec essary to establish the amount of gross income and deductions, credits, and other information required by fn income tax return. The taxpayer shall produce such books of account or records for the Inspection of reve nue officers duly authorized by law to inspect the same at such time and in the manner provided by law.” sph italia, Mussolini Never Misses Fencing ROME, Dec. 18—Premier Mus- solin!,. despite the great amount of ‘work before him, and the long hours he spends each day at his desk, finds time every morning to indulge in k's favorite pastime of fencing. For one hour after breakfast he crosses swords with a famous professor, and only a few days ago when we companion fired from his exertions showed sins of faltering, Mussolini took on two of the professor's assistants for the remainder of the hour. He ts one of the best amateur swordsmen of Italy, and has fought innumerable duels in which there is no-record of his ever coming out second best. Dundee Signed To Meet O’Brien MILWAUKEE, Wis. Deo. 18.— Joh Dundee, junior lightweight champion boxer, has been signed to meet Tommy O’Brien, Los Angeles, in a 10-round, no decision bout here December 29, it cwas announcet to- The we'ght has been placed at aa pounds at 3 o'clock on the day of SUMMARY OF NIGHT NEWS DUBLIN—The last 18 posts oc- cupied by British troops were trans- ferred to the Irish national army. MELBOURNE, Australis —- Com- plete returns from # general elec- tion showed Premier Hughes, the nationalist leader safe despite a large labor vote. LAUSANNE — Official scribes were reported to be writing the prs- liminary drafts of a Near Eastern treaty, NEW YORK—One square mile In the lower cast side district of New York where $500,000 persons live | shows the lewest mortality for‘infants in the world, Dr. Hoyal 8. Copetant said in an address. TEN TSIN, China—Tts> antomo- bile of the Italtan chief of police In Tien Tsin, was fired on by Chinese | soldicrs. | SALT LAKE—Henry Sutherland, brother of Associate Justice George Sutherland, of the United Statess | supreme court, died. vIRG “Minn.—Oapt~'n_ Wil- | Fries, liam White, assosciated in the de- velopment of the mining industry of the Mesaba range, died. ea NEW YORK wards, nited States senator elect, charged that the antlsaloon league ¥ “deliberately resorting, to fa'ne- | hood to get money from the | churches,” in. addressing a “wet mass mecting” of th» Molly Pitch- er club, BIG CLEANUP OF DAY OFFENDERS BEGUN IN OTATE No Less Than 100 to Be Jailed in Wyoming on | Federal Charges.. CHRYENNE, Wyo., Mec 18.—At least 100 Wyoming residents charged with violations uf the Volstead act are to be arrested within the next ten days, according to an intimation given at the office of the United States at- torney here following the arrest of ten pergons on such charges Sattr- day. Those arrested Saturday follow: Alvin Karna, Casper; Robert Holm- rg, Laram'e; Rudolf Hermann, | Lusk; Daniel Aflen, Sheridan; Frank Van Tassell; Charles Hall, Lar- amie; Daniel Nogry, Sheridan; Leo} | Bennisghoven, Lusk; Lulu Sorenson | Task. ROYAL YACHT, ‘TO COMPETE ‘|NEXT SEASON LONDON, Dec. 18.—King George} bas definitely announced his intent‘on | of fitting out the “Brittania” for rac'ng next year our Other Prominent Residents of Ohio, City Narrowly Escape Similar Fate | on Outing Over the Week-End AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 18.—Three prominent Massilion men, one) of them a city official were burned to death and four others were seriously injured yesterday .when flames destroyed a cottage in which they were asleep at Litile Wadsworth, on the Portage lake | reservoir south of here. The dead: Harold Howald, 52, city engineer of Massilion. Frank Wagner, 50 of Massilion. Roy Hodgson, 28, of Massilion. George W. Williams, lawyer of Mas- s'Hon is the most seriously burned of the four survivors. Two other attor- neys, Walter Holt, 28 and Elson Ww fering from burns and other injuries. The fire is beileved to have been caused by a defective flue. The light structure of the cottage trcame «a blazing wall, cutting off escape of the men who were sleeping on the second floor. CHILD 13 RECOVERING FROM SEVERE SCALDING Little Esther McLaren, two years oid, was badly scalded Saturday when she fell into a tub of hot water which her mother, Mrs. F, A. McLaren, had prepared for the day's washing. The child was rushed immediately to the Women's and Children’s hosp!- tal, where ber injuries tere attended by Dr. Victor R. Dacken, Burns about the back, neck, and limbs were} suffered by the little girl. She was reported to be resting easily last night and seems to be on “the road to recovery. No Trace of Aviator Lost on Flight from Salt Lake City; SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 18.—Unsettled weather prevailed today as air mail planes again | took up the search for Pilot Henry G. Boonstra of the air mail service, who has not been heard f; from | since he left Salt Lake City last Friday morning for Rock Springs, Wyo., with a consignment of air' mail. Air mail service between Cheyenne, Wyo., and Salt Lake City has been ordered suspended that every available plane—16 in number__may be pressed into service in the hunt for Boonstra. machines were ordered to 1eave Chey- enne for Rock Springs and Salt Lake this" morning and eight more left the contest. here for Rock Springs at daybreak. fer, 30, both of Massillion are suf-| The Casper Daily Tribune famous yacht fy as the first governor general in Ireland. He formerly was a member) 7 of Rortalsernty and the seene is in front of. i's home in Dublin. SITY ENGINEER ONE OF THREE Man Narrowly JEN BURNED TO DEATH IN FIRE| Escapes Death, | DESTROYING COTTAGE AT AKROR; From Shooting LATE FLASHES OHARLOTTER, C., Dee. 18— Approximately forty firms and in- dividuals suffered Josses as a result of yesterday's fire in the business section of Charlotte which destroyed *Trust building, housing the elth vandeville theater and many offices, Estimates of losses varied from $350,000 to $400,000. CHICAGO, Dec. 18—With the temperature around zero and a high wind blowing, Isadore Schrier, garbed in a bathing suit, iast night drove thirt~ miles in an open auto- mobile and won a $100 bet. BERLIN, Dec. 18.—Tie strike in the Baden aniline works at Lud- wigshafen which began November 28, was settled today. All the work- men will be re-employed except the strike leaders, it was announced. PITTSBURGH, Pa., Dec. 18.— Fire, believed to have been started when a still exploded, ised the death of two men at Milltown; near North Besstmer today. Denby to order an official: invesgiza- Pe ‘ CASPER, WYO., MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1922. is Admitted (Mother-in-Law flontis = However, That Alcoholic and Narcotic Excesses Were Sole Cause of Illness Govermor General.of Ireland , | | | from a complete exhaustive condition lor from influenza." } & retnfretion of ingiulenza is pos- sible at any time alid. could cause Hi h’s death. This ts nov snticipated by 5 | attending physicians but must be and | is being considered.”* | "He thought he would die the other | night,” said Mra. Ref@. “He was so I brave about it, poor For ‘three | nights he had expected ito. die. He |isn't afraid to die, but be wants so | much to live for Billy and Betty and referring to their son and alop- ea Ee aah physician describing the actor's | ined, according to the Examiner, ald: “Tia present ilifess has no connec: ;tion with oyer-induigence in alcohol jor nuteotics,” although such indul- |gences have undoybtedy undermined ‘his strength and system‘ in months jwone dy. Mrs, Reid in describing his cond!- tion just befora the present _ breal down, sai that he wept and said: Here is » new photo of Tim Hoaly a fey hours after he had been sworn ie WAVE EXTENDS OVER EAST AND SOUTH AS CHINOOK WIND shooting} GOMES TO RELIEF OF WYOMING land Bros, contractors. 1 suttering | New Record for Winter Established in hatte of a eno'in tho mands of | Casper Early Yesterday With Mercury — Standing at 17 Degrees Below Zero charge of a rifle in the hands of # companion. Several were in the group when the gun went. off while being examined. Cypert's conditicn js not regarded as serfous and his recovery is expecte: Supervision Of Naval Academy The cold wave which swept central Wyoming Saturday night | and forced the temperature in Casper down to 17 degrees below |zero, a new record for the winter, moved east. and south late yester- , day and today’s telegraph reports state that the middle west today ‘is in the grip of the coldest spell of the year. The temperature here last ‘night responded to. the moderating effects ofa Chinook LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec, 18.—Wallace Reid, motion picture | expected to live, according to Mrs. Wallace Reid (Dorothy Daven- | | port) i in an interview today in the Los Angeles Examiner given at One of the physicians, according to the Examiner, corroborated Mrs. Reid's statements, saying “How aid I happen to let myself Fs last five or six days. His tem-|long ago? I thought I was so strong: | persture has repeatedly reached 103|/1 thought I knew myself so well! I is irregular and weak. He has fatnt- Thdignant Gepiala of pubjished :«- ed on an"Average of three times dalty} ports of “orgies in the Reid home | Laboratory find ngs at the present/ mother4n-law of the actor, to- whom | timé indicate he ‘s suffert.# ether) those reports had been credited. Hollywood—every one knows thax,” phe said. “And T suppose Wally hos I do. knew that I have talked w him after he returned from parties at Hollywood And I have seen him sadly shake his head and say: ‘Mother, I have pleasure. It’s all ao false, so artifical?” organfention of the moving picture in- dustry, commenting on the acto,“ “It Reid's condition. is a result of Indulgence in ‘narcotics, as has been over. The poor boy should be dealt with as a diseased person—not to he sanely and sympat! cally try to help him, try to restore him to ° ‘ Exercised Over. WASHINGTON, Dee. 18-4 de cision as to what action it will take tive Keller, republican, Minnesota, to appear under subpoena to testify as Attorney General Daugherty wes ths purpose of another meeting today of ‘After disposing of the situatiomere-, sulting trom Mr. Keller's withdrawal plans to resume hearings on the im- peachment charges tomorrow, with Dakota, appearing as a witness. So pacts star, is on the verge of death and for several days-has not been }a Hollywood sanitarium last right. “Mr. Reid has been near death for| ge? Why couldn't I<-have stopped - land his pulse 130., His heart action j can’t understand it.” | and has lost 70 pounds in welghi./ were made by Mrs. Alice Ijavenport, “I know there are dope parties tn attended some of them; I don't know the homes of some of ‘the people in don't like tt. ‘That ien't the way to WII H. Hays, directing head of tha inens,~eaid: reported, it's a matter to te prays censured, shunned. Rather let us a1 health.” Keller’s Stand in view of the’ refusal of Répreser.ta- to his tmpeachment charges against the house Jud'ctary committee. from the proceedings, the committee Representative Johnson, of | South E Dry Survey in Balls Is q Irge wind withghe result that gg mercury] ROCKFORD, 31}., Dre. 18.—The sec: est 4 was barely below the freezing point]ond cold wave 2ur the winter fokesd Wi Plan d froday, the temperature to 16 degfes below ne WASHINOQTON, Dec. 18—The inct- } 3 zero, early toda; : dent atthe midshipmen’s ball at CHICAGO, Dec. 18,—Teinperatures 3y VASHIN che, e ° Lee SRS 3 NGTON, Des: ° 18.—Plani Philadelphia ‘after the! Army-Navy |rower than. any. previously reported| % have been completed by the probibi. game, which > prompted Secretary /th's winter in the northwest, the up Wind to Be Used. tion bureau for‘a survey. of enforce- per lake region, the great central val- jtion apparently, was cloted by the toys, the midd'e and west gulf states ‘navy department with publication of the southern Rocky ~ Mountain ment conditions in the ~ Western States similar to that just completed by Commissioner Haynes In the south. and. For Generation the findings of the investigation board Yeeion were resomted last niglt and fie eesti rab holding that eran the lanes or SOGSY CSS. Lacie foe lies Of Elect ici er ae secs ag etna over a, great portion: of the EUf)| tana; ore. on previous experience the measures Sintes west of the Appalachian moun- rice Y January 16 and later wil! visit San Francisco; Los Angeles and several cities in Washisgton, Jt was said today the tour was planned some time ago and had no connection with recent reports of nar. cotic dealings in’ that“Sectio: pian swes na. ch JAP PRINCE | RECOVERED TOKIO, Dec. 18—(By The Associ- ated Press.)—The prince regent, Hi adopted to prevent disorderly conduct should have been sufficient “it js to be regretted if the steps taken did .%*!ow nbt meet the required end.” eee. The “department found= that in’ ac-| ‘GAY. cordance with the custom no ofticer| TBS Weather bureau reported the of the naval academy had been spe- cold wave has a gencral southeasterly cifically’ detailed to supervise the con.| trend across! the midile. states and duct of the hall. In an endorsement) Wi: be followed by a slowly rising attuched to the finding the bureau, of | temperature; today for the upper and) navigation recommended ‘that in fu-/‘dd'e Mississippi regions and tomor- ture “responsible naval | academy Tow for the Great Lakes region and officers" be assigned to such duty. |the Ohio valley, fhiteh corse aril Havre, ‘Mont., last night was DENVER—John H. Porter, eap- | gripped by 32 below weather. Other {tallst, and member of the firm of |towns in the northwest registered ‘readings 4 to 28 degrees below zero. tains. The mercury ‘in Chicago, went the first time this sea- here © early zero. fo: It was one below LONDON, Dec. 18—A plan to har- ness the winds “and make them pro- duce electricity for rural districts has been presented to the ministry of agri- culture. The scheme involves the erection on hYl tops of low buildings from the sides of which will project huge wings. These wings will be spun by the wind horizontally just above the ground. Proponents of the plan assert that unlimited amounts of electricity can - Boettcher, Porter and company, be obtained in this way at a minimum was found dead Sunday morning { Although the snow in the midate| of cost, <7 Miter bes rpoovired: from: big. recent with a bullet wound in his ‘head, | states partially tiad cleared yesterda; —_ attack of measles, but now {s suffer- ing from an attack of bronchial catarrh, according to an announce. ment by -the department of the tm- perial household. neat Sedalia, Colo. Porter has. been missing from his home since Satur- day mofning. He is thought to haye committed suicide, | indications were-seen- by forecasters ‘of formation of another storm cen. \ter beyond the Rockies tomorrow ad- ATLANTA, Gai, Dec. 18.—Hamil- ton Douglas, Sr., 64, dean of the Atlanta Jaw school, is dead. yancing seastwar: Superintendent Claron Nelson of the western divis‘on of the serial mail service said, he believed Boonstra was diown from his course when he at: tempted to croas the Wasatch’ moun- Local snows were-predicted far New [York tomorrow whtle local showers were expected in Florida. Tempera. ture in North Ametica, last night's weather report showed, ranged from | 34 degrees below at Mediciné» Ha’ [rate to 4 degrees above in Mi- ) Fiat 1 Reds Oust Conaile From Vladivostok VLADIVOSTOK, Dec. 18.—(By The Associated Press.)-—The! Soviet goverriment of Vladivostok, which recently took over the! administration of the city and surrounding country, known as the primoria, today ordered the consuls of France, and ten other coun- WATERLOO, ‘Towa, Dec. 18.—The minimum! temperature recorded hore [last night was 18 below zero. PEORIA, Ii!., Dec. 18.—The Titno's river was frozen over here today with the mercury dropping 2, 6 below zero. JANESVIL Dec. 18.— With thermometers registering from 14 to 20 degrees be'ow zero, Janes ville and vicinity hac s Sa ee ae ot bie cee nt. See. Colasst tries “to-close their consulates and leave the primoria within a Eight} Genan Raprps, Dec. 18—The| week. ' tain in the face of a biizza: coldest weather ‘of the season was| ‘The consulates of the United Stetes.] China and Japan has been made. The! Laké an@/registered here last night when the| Great Britain, Italy, Germany and | constilates ordered cldsed are thdhe of| Booristra | thermom\tr dropped to 15. degrees he-| Austria were not orderea closed and| France, Bsigiim, Holland, Denmark, maith eid ae him / loys he temperature has been| may ‘continue te function. No an-| Sweden, Finland, Esthonia, Polland, lvelow the zro poi i Friday night.| nouncement as to the consulates of] Latvia, Czecho-Slovakia and Georgia.| PPLE RATED Oe Olli’ Vessels Batling Lake Huron. | or, The Casper Tribune Tro editions daily: largest. cmreura- tion of any newspaper in Wroming. 1 DEATH TOLL. TUG SINKING ON LAKE SUPERICR lo GUT TO FOUR Ice and Waves in Last Tiip of Season Over Towering Inland Seas. SAULT STE MARIE, Ont. Dec. 18.__Twenty-three of the 27 persons who have been miss- ing since the tug Reliance struck on the rocks off Lizard island last Wednesday have been saved, according to reports from the tuk Gray whith reached the wreck today. tic tee Dec. 18.—(By The Associated Press.) —Battling foot by foot through towering seas and freezing spray, the men who go down to the sea in shi are fighting an epochal battle across the icy wastes of Lake Su- perior to keep navigdtion open far be Yond its“usual thne and bring down the lakes the last chargo of the year. Already the tight has claimed its toll of lives, and before the last ship has been accounted for—or been given ap for lost—that toll may. be greater. Nearly a dozen ded a few days ago when a Canaiien steamer was dashed to pieces ‘within a stone's throw of rafety at the mouth of the Portage lake ship canal. ‘Twenty-seven more were added to thé probablé death roll when survivors of the tug Reliance, wrecked last ‘Wednesday on Lizard island, reached Sault Ste Marie ater almost incred- ible hardships. Navigation on the ‘upp eg. Jaen usu ally closes December 1 fs year it, was decided to keep the waterways open until December 15, be~ coal and rail strikes had cut wv. ‘coal to the northwest an layed tle movement of grain cast’ A} @ result nine big fre’giiters load- ed with grain:—$28,000,000. worth of ships and cargo—are fighting their wry down Lake Superior toward that Graveyard of gallant vossels, White Fish -Bay, trying to win through to Buffalo for winter sforage. In Mud jake, part of the St. Mary's river, another big fleet is ice-bound, waiting for ‘the arrival of the nine which left. Fort’ William Ont., 1 days ago before trying, wiih Us as- sistance of ico breaking tugs, to win Past Detour:to the open) waters of At Eagle harbor and Grand Marias, Wh'te Fish point, Detour, Alpens. Mackinac island and Manistque, naval radio operators ars keeping Vigil, gullding the “freghters through the night with rad compass signals, and waiting for the calls for help which mary, come. ‘ The story of the fate of the tug Re- fance, owned by the Superior Paper company of Sault Ste Marie, was told yosterday whey seven survivors reached the Boo. Five days ago the tug with a crevy of 14 and 22 passengers, was 4: to pieces on the rocks of Lonely Liz- ard island, 75 miles north of Point Aux Pirj,the western entrance to the St. Mary's river &md 12 miles; from the mainland. “The captain and 27 men took one boat and Mr. and Mre. John Harter, cooks, and seven uthers took the other. ‘The captain's boat’ has not been accounted for, buf the other, after rifting several hours tn. the: storm, figaly was blown ashbre on the On- terio mainland, 85 miles north Sault Ste Marie. Mrs. Harten was so exhausted the ‘arty was foréed to rest 36 hours 2° an-indian hut before starting tho milé tramp inland to the ra‘Iroad. When the railroad was reached Mr. and Mrs, Harten were suffering 5° much from the cold that they were lett at a station for medical treat- ment while the other seven survivors went on to Sault Ste Marie. They ‘hold owt Nttle hope for the captain and his companions. If th party fuccéeded in reaching Ligrd island they may. find huts there, while game is plentiful, they have 1 Weapons. The scene of the wreck of the Re- {ance is one of the most desolate spotson the upper lakes. From Balchewana bay to Michip’coten, har- bor, @ distarice of more than 50 miles. there are no settlements. The only inhabitants are “Ipnely woodsmen, trappers and Indians. The Lizard islands are off the main steamer route, and are seldom visi excecpt by woodsmen and fish in the summer, by an oc’ inter-island boat. If the launch car (Continued on Page Four.) of