Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 20, 1923, Page 1

WYOMING—Unsettlea weather to- night and Thursday, with probably local thunder showers; change in temperature. not much FURY CLIMAX REACHED IN ERUPTION OF NOLEN OF LAVAS STILL FLOWING! Countrysides Transformed Into “Dead” Land by Gray Ash Given Off by Crater; Towns Are Abandoned to Devastation by Lava. CATANIA, Italy, June 20.—(By The Associated Press.) —Some of the latest reports from the countryside stricken by Mount Etna’s eruption give rise to the hope that the fury of ‘ropolis. - From the time they were the mountain may have passed its period of greatest inten- sity. The situation is generally regarded as being practically unchanged with the mighty stream of lava bearing slowly but inevitably upon Linguaglossa. During the night the mouth of the crater ap enlarged by a renewal of| terrible convlusions, and its lips, slip- ping into the seething interior were| hurled to the skies, tumbling down | the sides of the mountain with a tre- mendous clatter. The lava has now submerged the station. at Cerro and blocks the road between Castiglione and Linguaglossa The quantity of ashes emitted by the crater is now more abundant than ° It resembles gray face pow- der, covering everything, penetrating everywhere and burying the entire landscape under a powdery blanket. The whole region has taken on a note of mourning and sadness which, together with the oppressive heat, gives the country the aspect of a dead iand. One by one the little towns that cling to the mountains outermost| flanks have been evacuated, their in- habitants fleeing with such of their household possessions as they can carry. The roads to the towns more remote. from Etna are strewn with the possessions of the fleeing villag- ers, who, weakened by fear and the heat, have been compelled to aban- don their treasures. ‘Thousands of homeless refugees are already being cared for by the Red Cross. Five great tentacles of molten rock and several smaller ones are stretch- ing out to gather in Linguaglossa and the town seems helpless. In fact it seems already dead in its mantle of black, suffocating ashes. Up through the heavy smoke and sh curtain an airplane occasionally works its way, reporting back to the threatened villages the progress of the eruption. The only life in the town is pro- vided by the troops and the occa- sional processions of townspeople in voking the mercy of heaven to save them from the impending disaster. Between Linguaglossa and the on coming lava there is a scene of great activity. All the engineer troops in Sicily have been gathered there and are digging deep trenches on the! mountain side by means of which it Is hoped to deviate the lava stream to| the right and left of the town, turn) It down the steep slope into the val-/ ley below. The heat, dust, cinders | and sulphurous fumes attack the lungs and eyes of the workers to an extent, that makes their labors almost impossible, ROME, June 20,—King Victor Em-| manuel has arrived at Catania to as- sist in relieving the distress of the thousands made homeless by the eruption of Mount Etna. Palomba and Santo Spirito are re- ted destroyed. bate of the districts in the vol- canic zone have not suffered from the eruption. The people in these communities fhave gathered around the statues of the saints in the public squares and prayed day and night. TEXAN KILLS DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND WINNSBORO, Texas, June 20.— Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Chapman were shot and killed by W. K. Bradford, Mrs. Chapman's father, early today. Bradford then shot and killed hin- self. The cause of the slaying was not learned. Chapman is the son of | J. L, Chapman, state banking com missioner of Texas, The Chapman’s were killed with a| shot gun, each being shot twice. Chapman was killed in bed and Mrs. Chapman was found a few feet away from the bed. Bradford shot himself with’ a ‘re- volver. Chapman was engaged in the bank- ing business. HEAT AND STORMS TAKE MANY LIV SIIBSIDING SUSPECTS IN AUTO THEFT RING SEIZED | Two men suspected of being members of a ring of 26 alleged automobile thieves charged with stealing 200 automobiles in north Louisiana and South Arkansas have been arrested by the local police department. headquarters are W. W. Williams and L. Smith and Williams arrived in Casper about 10 days before their arrest, which occur- red a few days ago. They were well dressed and carried expensive trunks. | arrived they took rooms at the Hen- |ning hotel and proceeded for the next |few days to do nothing at all but to conduct themselves as business men taking a vacation in Wyoming's me- }first in town they were under the |surveillance of Chief Alexander Nis- |bet and his assistants. Youth Saves Six Lives, Is Near Death BEND, Ore., June 20.—While the lives of six men hung in the balance yesterday, 19-year-old Charles Branch risked his life to save theirs, snatching a box of burning fuse and high explosives from under the seat of the automobile truck in which his companions were riding, | A moment later he was hurled into the air by the explosion, suf- fering terrible injuries, but his com- panions escaped, two with only mi- nor hurts, the others unscathed. Today the boy was in a Bend hos- pital. Despite the fact that his-flesh was plerced in innumerable places by twisted bits of copper wire and } one eye was virtually torn from its socket, the youth may recover, physicians said, | | { TO TEST B SAILING SOUTHAMPTON, The Associated Press.)\—The White Star Iner Olympic is making her present trip to New York the occa- sion of an attempt to solve the ship June 20.—(By liquor problem. ‘The liner sailed today with wine stocks aboard for her return journey in a special store room with four seals of the British customs service on the door. WASHINGTO! June 20.—(By The Associated Press.)—The sailing of the White Star liner Olympic from Southampton with beverage liquors for the return voyage under British customs seal is regarded here as a bold step to secure a defi- nite understanding of the ship Mquor question, perhaps through a test case in American courts. While legal experts apparently are in agreement that there is ample au- thority under the doctrine of exist- SHIP LIQUOR BAN PUT Y LINER IN WITH STORES ing jurisdiction in American terri- torial waters for the United States officials to seize the sealed liquor, there is not an unanimity of opin: jon of how far this legal right should be asserted in certain of the rules of international comity. The men who are now closely guarded at police | C. Smith, As soon as they} At the proper moment warrants re-; Smith is an interstate charge and| celved through the federel govern-|therefore cannot be handled by the ment were served on them. They have| **#te of Wyoming. refused to talk concerning their busi-|_, Details regarding the work of the hean and have not committed. thon {TIME Which the two men are supposed | selves one way or the other regarding |ceived. It is known that 16 men have! the charge against them, already been arrested at different| It is probable that the men will be| points through the middle we: to be connected have not been re- stern and Graduation Strike WFR |S SNE Called at Amherst AMHERST, Mass., June 20.—Led by Carlile Boton-Smith of Memphis, Tenn., 11 members of the senior class at Am- herst college and one candidate for the degree of master of arts, refused to accept their degrees at the 102nd commence- ment exercises today. Despite the urging of parents and friends, the 12 men filed from College Hall and declared they would never accept a degree from been asked because of Dr. Meikel- Amherst. Their action is the after-) john's “administrative defects, |math of the resignation of President| "ane deposed president, wh Alexander Meiklejohn yesterday at Be eae e rece oes, cream nO WA | dubbed “Bolshevistic” by one of his Pre Regent Serpe, trustees. jeritics in the battle of words tha As Bolton-Smith ascended the plat-| has ro. | Preceded his ousting, so far form to recelve his degree he said to! fused to discuss the controversy, Dr. Meikeljohn: —_ ‘Under ordinary circumstances | there is nothing I would rather do than receive a degree at your hands, but in the present circumstances, in| view of the action of the trustees, I consider that to a In College Row FAUM DEATH BY MILITARY AETER STREET BATTLE \Georgia City Quiet To- day After Terrorism of Midnight Hours; Many Wounded in Rioting. zing Adjutant General arraigned before U, S. Commissioner M. P. Wheeler this afternoon. The charge against Williams and MOUNT TALE IS RETRACTED CLIFTON, Ariz., June 20.—B. H. Rouw, San Francisco traveling man, who for five days has held the center | of interest in the Leighton Mount) mystery, today admitted that his story on the burial of a body on an Evanston peir the night Mount, a Northwestern University student dis- appeared was “false.” “I retract everything I have said,” Rouw declared in a formal statement made in the presence of Charles 8. Wharton, assistant states attorney of ‘Chicago-and county attorney Ling. and Sheriff Witt of, Clifton... He de- clared he had made up the story of the burial in an effort “to cop some-| thing.”” Rouw’ Five known deaths—th: Minnesota. was believed The arrangement is understood to have been made by the steamship officials with the British authorities at London to whom has been re- ferred the proposal of Secretary Hughes for permission to bring iean territorial waters in exchange for a special reciprocal agreement extending the right of search for {cit goods on hovering vessels to 12 miles off shore. The action of the British coincides with unofficial reports of similar action by the French in the case of the steamer Paris which sailed for New York early in the week. PERMITS FOR BUILDING JUMP With 60 permits being !ssued dur- ing the first 20 days of June, an aver- age of three a day, the total of the permits taken out to date amounts to | $411,750 which includes the $300,000 permit for the first wing of the Wyo- ming hotel which was taken out yes- terday afternoon. ‘This is the only big structure for which a permit has been issued, the nearest other build-| ing being a $25,000 store building on| East Second street which will be erected by J. 8, Pettingill. OFFICIALS OF CORPORATION ARE INDICTED BUFFALO, N. Y., June 20—Indict- ments cases charging violation of the| corporation laws have been voted against six officers and former offi-| cers of the bankrupt L. R. eel cor- poration by the eounty grand jury, Harding Leaves on Tour to WASHINGTON, June 20.—Presl- dent Harding was on the way today toward realization of one of the hopes held ever since he entered the White house nearly two and a half years ago, The chief executive has looked for- ar North that required solution, Last summer | he went so far as to consider pre- liminary plans for such a trip but| congress continued in session through the summer months and he finally de- cided to postpone the visit until this | year | BALL ScoRES sealed beverage Mquors into Amer- | NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Pittsburgh— R.H.E. Boston -801 000 400—* Pittsburgh -. -801 020 000—* * * Batteries—Ocescheger, Genewich and Gibson; Kunz, Hamilton, Meadows and Mattox. At Cincinnati— Brooklyn -100 000 000—1 5 1 Omcinnati -101 000 O2x—4 8 1 Batteries—Vance, Decatur and De- Berry; Benton and Hargrave. R.H.E. At St. Louls— R.H.LE. New York - coos © 6) St. Louis _ —* * © Batteries—Nehf and Snyder; Haines and Ainsmith. At Chicago— Philadelphia __. Chicago -— Bagby, | | died from prostration/and a number | southern states on the charge and| that there are warrants out for 10 more. : was false came after he had been asked in the presence of the three officers to sign a statement he made last night telling how he saw a group jof 10 to 15 students lower a body into the Evanston pier and how he accepted $100 from the ring leader of the group on condition that he re- main silent concerning the affair. Rouw was told by the officers that if he signed the statement and it proved to be false, he would be lable to a charge of perjury in Arizona. He was also warned that if he per- ste] ins his claim of receiving money from the students he would be liable under the Ulinols law. He then refused to sign the state- ment and said he wanted to make a accept degree | would be an act of disloyalty to Am-| herst, the liberal college.” | Some applause followed his state- ment. Dr. Meikeljohn then requested that any others who declined to re ceive their degrees should not come! forward, whereupon the entire group of twelve walkd out of th hall. As the men started to leave the | hall there was a momentary hush | which was followed by prolonged applause, t Bolton-Smith is president of the chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa at Amherst, Daniel J. Bertrand of Barre, | Vt., another who left the hall, is vice- president of the senior class; Philip W. Conrad of Keene, N. H., another who refused a degree, is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa. Dr. Meikeljohn’s resignation sud- mitted yesterday upon demand of the trustees, was declared by the pres!- dent's supporters to have been forced by his ultra-lberal thought, and it was indicated that some of the pro- fessors who held his views on edu- cation might follow him from the college. While the trustees withheld any formal explanation of their demand for his. resignation, save that it was. deemed “for the best interests of the college,” individual members of the board denied that the question of lib- eralism or conservatism, was at issu | retraction. One declared the resignation had ES At Duluth, Minn., Charles Ander- son, 45, and an undentified man were |drowned during a storm when the | wind biew the rigging off the boat to which they were clinging in St. Louls bay. A terrific wind and rain storm caused considerable damage in the re- gion of the Iron range in northern | Minnesota, to Duluth and in and | around Superior, Wisconsin. | ST. PAUL, Minn., June 20.—Uncon: firmed reports reaching the village of Orr today stated that nine men, pre- | sumably forest fire fighters have been lost near Echo Lake, shut in on all |sides by ‘the fires in the national forest reserve, according to advices received here today, CHICAGO, June 20.—Six perosns were overcome here yesterday, bring: Minnesota and Wisconsin Visited by Terrific Storms and Fires As Climax to Scorching Heat Now Taking Big Toll of Lives In Middle Western Cities ST. PAUL, Minn., June 20.—(By The Associated Press).—Storms, heat and fires took | a heavy toll in property damage and life in Minnesota and northern Wisconsin yesterday, | according to reports received here today. ree attributed to the heat and two to storms—were reported in No estimate of property damage caused by the storms was available but it it would be several hundred thousand dollars. day. The thermometer climbed to 91 degrees, COLUMBUS, Ohio, Z::ne 20.—Torrld | weather has caused either directly or indirectly the deaths of at least 14 Ohioans within the last sixty hours, according to reports from various sec- tions of the state. Continuation of sweltering weather, predicted for to: day, was expected to increase the death toll. Maximum temperatures for the year were hung up yesterday in many Ohio cities when weather bureau thermometers climhed high as 92 degrees, ——————___. as LONDON, June 20.—The shipbuild- ing industry of Great Britain 1s show- ing @ marked contrast to the dull- ness prevailing a year ago, The British India company has let contracts for sixteen oil-burning ves- sels, aggregating approxiately 162 SIX DEAD IN | BULLETIN. ATLANTA, Ga., June 20.—Gov- | ernor Hardwick today signed an | order auth Lewis T. Pope to establish military rule at Savannah where a mob | threatened the jail early today to | capture a negro held on a charge of | attacking a white woman in the | event the situation demanded such action. | SAVANNAH, Ga., June 20. —Deserted streets, dark and silent, guarded by police, jearly today stood out in marked contrast over the {stormy scene of a few hours | before when a mob of more than 2,000 | persons asembled before the jail | where Walter Lee, negro, charged » With criminal assau!t upon a white woman, is being held. Several persons are in the hospitals. Claude Parker Jr., was the only | Person killed so far as ts known. Parker was shot in the stomach in | the on-rush of the mob and died in ja hospital. George Bart is suffering seriously from a wound rectived in | the firing. Chief o@ Police Hendry is suffer. jing from bruises as the result of having been struck in the abdomen with a brick. ‘The.mob.formed shortly before mid- Right when word spread through | out the city that Lee was being held in the city jail. Sheriff Merritt W. Dixon sought to disperse the gather |ing but failed. He then ordered city | fremen to turn water on the mob and six streams poured out. Bricks wero hurled at the firemen and Cheif Hen- | dry was struck, Meanwhile the troops were called out by Mayor Seabrooks. A detach- ment of machine gunners under com- mand of Major A. Russel Moore reached the jail and took possession. jA section of the mob begun to close in and firing ensued, Under Lieutenant Col, J. H. Thomp: son, the military pushed the crowd back two blocks from the jail. Rifles were fired over the heads of the mob. At 2:30 o'clock the crowd had dis. Persed, Units of the 115th field artillery and the Georgia Hussars, numbering 160, were still on guard at the jail early today. Forty-nine alleged members of the mob arrested by the military last night were held in the elty barracks. All was quiet around the jail. Temporary breastworks have been thrown up by the military and guards are patrolling the nearby streets. The Savannah jail, according 4p records, has never been succesfully stormed by a mob. NEWSPAPER SOLD TODAY BY HARDING SHINGTON, June 20.—Presl- dent Harding has disposed of his con+ trol of the stock of the Harding puty Dr. Alexander Metkeljohn, presi- dent of Amherst collega central fig: ure in a dispute over methods of ed- ucation which brought about a com- mencement day strike today on the part of 11 members of the senior class at Amherst who refused to ac- ‘cept diplomas because Dr, Meiklejohn resigned yesterday at the request of the trustees. pk TL Be a STOLEN GEMS ARE FOUND ON SLAIN ROBBER REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 20. —James A. Folger, son of the late! millionaire coffee merchant, shot and | killed a burglar today in the Folger residence at Woodside, five miles southwest of this city, In the pockets of the.slain burglar was found thou-| sands of dollars worth of jewelry, in cluding much of the loot stolen from the Woodside country home of Colonel D. C. Jagkling, multi-million aire, on the night of June 10, au- thorities said. CAR TRAGEDY KNOVILLE, Tenn., Shelby Smith and ishing company, publishers of the Marion Star, to Luis H. Brush and Roy D. Moore. The sale, however, aid not consti- June 20.—Mra. |tute a complete severance of M five children of a} | Harding's connection with the news- 000 gross tons, including two steam- ers of 21,000 tons each. The entire ing the total fatalities to 13 since the hot weather wave arrived here Mon Time called; rain. Batteries — Weinert, Winters, Mitchell and Wilson, O’Brien; Alex- ander and O'Farrell, Wertz. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Coca Cola King Weds Steno’ As Climax to L | ward ever since March 4, 1921, to the| yather The president had the Alaskan trip time when he could leave the capital| in mind throughout the winter, but it long enough to visit Alaska and there| was not until two months ago that| atudy at first hand the problems|he finally decided to make it. which he feels are still lacking the solution that will make for proper de- velopment of the territory, That time came today with the departure|ing to his friends, never entertafhed from Washington of a special train|a thought of going without her, But currying Mr. Harding, Mra. Harding|the month spent in Florida this and a party of seventy with Alaska| spring did much to restore Mra. as the ultimate destinatton, Harding's health and upon returning Firat there were apprehensions that Mra. Harding's health would not permit her to go and the president, accord- Two years ago this summer Mr,| from the wouth her physician gave Harding was joo busily engaged in| the opinion that she could withstand | wetting his administrition into run-| the rigors of such a trip as a visit to Alaska involves, Then oris began to be spread ning order to think of making a trip to Alaska, although even then he was At Philadelphia— R. HE. Chicago -- -100 110 ove" * Philadelphia 000 000 0*—" * © Batteries —Faber, Robertson and Schalk; Rommell, Walberg and| Brugey. | — |. E. ey Bee: gg 0b 00 190 es | CATLAREA; Cie!) Juke 40-—-Aee. Boston 002 000 10x—3 4 0 Candler, Br., aged 72, capitalist of Battorics—Davis, Root and Severeid; , Atlanta and founder of the Coca Cola Bhinke and Davervier, jcompany was married here today to Raat |Mrs, May Little Ragin, 35, a stenog- eeercbb ine York— rapher with offices in the Candler ‘ } building. Immediately after the cere- os ibivete = ter rite fe 2 ter ‘of pth,| Ory the bridal couple left for Wash- Batteries—Pillette, Holloway and | "80" D. C. 2 Pennock, Bush end Hofl-| 146 candiare will he at home at tho| I. handsome home of Mr. Candler tn At Washington— KW. E. | thin city, Cleveland —--....000 0** sees <6) Mrs. Ragin is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Thomas M, Washington -_.., 000 0* Little of At convinced there was problem, a werles of problems, or}about that the trip if made, wag to thero| (Continued on Page Nine) Batteries — Morton Mogridge and Ruel, and == O'Neill; | Janta and «in the death of her first After July 6. {t was announced, | | fleet will be used for the Indian mail and freight service. has supported herself and little twin deughters, Julla and Mary, aged 10, by maintaining a public stenographic office in the Candler building here. It was in the course of her work that she became acquainted with Mr. Candler and this acquaintance grew into the romance which had its cul- mination in the wedding set for to- day. Original plans were for the wed ding to be held at the home of the bride's parents, according to an- nouncement cards, but owing to 4il health of the bride's mother, a change was decided upon. Mr. Candler chose husband, more than two years ago,jKmory university for the ceremony ove Affairs , rs First “An- because of his deep interest~in the| nual Rodeo, August Ist to 5th, will college which, largely th h his] go on sale today. The boxes are support has become one of the lead-| large and roomy and a ing education centers in the south. | cellent view of the Interest in the wedding is increased| stretch. ‘There ar by the fact that the $500,000 breach| six seats in each box of promise suit filed against Mr.| of the boxes have been spoken for | Candler by Mrs. Onezima De Bouche! | and the Rodeo office has recetved & prominent society woman of N calls the Yamacrow, Ky., were killed when a train struck thelr automobile at Whitney City, near Somerset, Ky., according to a telephone message re- ved here today. paper, whose editor he has been for so many years. It wos announced at the White House that he would retain some stock in the company and would continue to be associated with the ar in an editorial capacit | peat 8 Box Seats for Rodeo Placed On Sale Here | Box seats for © many may Reservations Orleans, still is pending in the purchas: courts, Mr. Candler and Mr ed from the } » headquarters Bouchel to hive been, married| Room Smith bl The tele at Ren ada, last September, but| phone number at the off 13 the engagement was broken after The granc 1 and blea an issued | Bouchel nmouncement cards and the sult, by followed, had Mrs. n A will afford hance k their box, comp lasts and pi