Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 23, 1923, Page 1

. f ‘Weather Forecast Tuesday. VOLUME VII. WOMAN INJURE AS HEMMINGHA TMA TURNS OVER Mrs. Clyde Brown Suf- fers Broken Ankle in Crash Last Night. ‘ Going toward Casper mountain about 7:30 o'clock last night, Buick car driven by Attorney brose Hemingway turned the straight-of-way at the Montgomery hill and pinned fts passengers beneath ft, causing a pound fracture of the Clyde Brown who was riding in the was Ddack seat. ‘The roadster of 8. E. Phelps’ ingway swerved his car directly to the right, and the force of the sudden change of direction caused the vehicle to turn completely over. It had to be F a u e =5 —_— — cm —o co foset 53 | [ ae | — —J ‘Wars an the closing feature of the jubilee held here last week. Mr, Chaffee lives at 933 Howard street end is a fireman at the Standard re- finery. He has been doing his travel- ing in a Ford for seven years and feels that he merits the new machine he has won. ‘The number which won the car was ‘ber Saturday, were Dr. G. T. Morgan, R. T, Glerhart, HB. R. Spier and W. CRISISHEAR ” AT LAUSANNE \.. LAUSANNE, July 23—(By The As ‘\\pociated Press)—The Turkish Ameri- can treaty negotiations are approach- ing a crisis, By Thursday of this week when Isme: Pasha says he must leave for, Angora it will be known whether the treaty will be signed or the negotiations broken off. Bach delegation has sent lengthy ispatches to its government, seeking to harmonize their views on the di- ‘vergent points if this is possible, COLORED AMAZON _ SHOT AND KILLED WYOMING—Generally fair tonight and Tuesday, except probably local thunder showers. Somewhat cooler tonight. Warmer in west portion 5 ‘And Many Narrow Escapes Recorded in Night; Populous Centers in Southern Section Feel Effects of Tremor LOS ANGELES, July 3.—(By The Associated Press) .— Southern California was jarred late last night and early this morning by a series of earthquake shocks, some of suffi- of stone and brick tumbling from buildings. The tremors were heaviest in San Bernardino and Red- The temblors were heaviest in San Bernardino and Red lands, milder shocks being felt be- tween 11:28 p. m. and 1 a. m. else where from San Diego, on the south to, Banta Barbara on the north, and as far east as the Arizona state line. Three men lying in their beds ‘in San Bernardino were severely injured by falling debris, Two lodgers in a rooming house were buried under a roof which collapsed. Rocks weigh- ing more than 200 pounds apiece plunging from the roof of a higher building, crashed into the room of George R. Fisher, shattering the bed in which he slept. Fisher, however, was hit by only a comparatively small missile which crushed his shoulders end fractured one of his hands. Dozens of plate glass win- dows were broken in Redlands and several buildings suffered minor damage. Typical of the pranks reported from all points were those of a sharp tremor in Los Angeles. Here the brief shock stopped clocks, set off burglar alarms, rettled and broke ‘@ishes and cracked plaster. wells on the Warren ranch south of San Bernardino which had not flowed for years, gushed forth immediately after the quake. ‘Trees were reported to have toppled over at Strawberry Flat. The Hill Creek hurt. . In some:instances power, light and service was disrupted for a time. Other cities end towns which re- ported shakes and slight damage were San Diego, Pasadena, Long Beach, Santa Ana, Mojave, Arrow: head Springs, Riviera, El Centro, Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, Ven- tura, Glendale, Eagle Rock, River- side, Monrovia, Pomona, Anaheim, San Jacinto, Hemet and Barstow. Reports had it that tremors had been felt in the northwestern part of Arizona, but there had been no con- firmation this morning as telegraph and telephone service into that dis trict from Los Angeles failed. Telephone messages from Lake Arrowhead, in the San Bernardino mountains, said there was no damage there, although the eathquake was heavy. Many guests of the resort spent the rest of the night out-of- doors. People located near Lake Arrowhead asserted it was the most severe earthquake ever felt in the mountains. Motorists who were de- scending the mountain said many) rocks rolled. BERKELEY, Caltf., July 23.—The earthquake which shook Southern California, particularly San Bernar dino and Redlands last night was less severe than numerous others which have been felt in’Southern California in the last ten years, according to Professor J. P. Buwalda of the geology department of the University of California, as in many previous in- stances buildings were shaken down. ‘Although the great San Andreas fault, from which the San Francisco eathquake of 1906 came, is the near est to these towns, Professor Buwalda said it was difficult to determine without more complete information whether the shock came from this fault or from one of many subsidiary feults in Southern | Alberta Yoakum Is Victim of “Darktown” A Alberta Yoakum, aged 34, and colored, with a police and fail record behind her that has made her a well known fig- ure on the Sandbar for the last few years, was shot to death by Izora Allen, colored, at 10:15 Sunday evening in the rear of a rooming house at 227 West B street. Four out of five shots fired took effect, one lodging in her right temple and the other three in her breast. The woman died before Tragedy; Izora ‘Allen, Held for Crime, Claims Self-Defense the ambulance-asrived to take-her to the hospital, , es OE ar SAI a A NS, i tes at TWOHELD FOR STEALING AUTOS Automobile thefts were given a set- back in Casper Saturday with twe ar rests by the sheriff's office co-operat> ing with Warren Daily, state auto mobile inspector. Lee Holcomb ts said to heve taken an Oldsmobile touring car which be- longed to the Oldsmobile company and which had been parked directly across the street from the salesroom on East Yellowstone. Employes of the company saw the machine dis- appetring down the street and a four mile in another car around town and out on the highway resulted before Holcomb was apprehended. He is sald to have pleaded that he was only going for a joy ride and in- tended to return the machine. Clarence Fisch was arrested Satur- day in possession of what is believed to be a “hot” Dodge touring car. The machine was sold to Fisch by a man alleged to be wanted in Texas on-«. criminal offense. “Fisch holds a’ bill of sale for the car. CASPER, WYO., MONDAY, JULY 23, 1923. CALIFORNIA CITIES Masonry Tumbles Under Force of Shd JARRED- AT JURY DISCHARGED IN DE LOAME TRIALAFTER FAILURE TO AGREE Former Priest Must Stand Trial Second Time on Charge of Murdering Half-Brother; Two Stand for Acquittal, Hang Jury. MONTREAL, July 28.—The jury which considered the case of Adelard De Lorme, former priest, accused of murder- THE TRIBUNE —AT7O°CLOCK Will Lew Tendler knock the light- weight boxing crown from the head of Benny Leonard tonight? This is the next champlonship battle of the year and ring fans will thelr news hot off the wire. t to get the prelim- inary dope, A chance to listen in on this great struggle for the light weight crown should not be missed. Complete returns will be given at end of each round so that those it of the Tribune may receive graphic a picture of the two con- tants ‘as it is possible to give this distance. > SHERIDAN HIT BY BIG STORM, PAVING LOST SHERIDAN, Wyo. July 28—Over half the wood block paving on Main street in Sheridan was washed away last night when four inches of rain ‘rrp. water rove above sidewalks and v a Pi animal in the business - trict were flooded. EP Bye i STATE CAVALRY IS ASSIGNED TO _ OWSLEY GUARD ols Tragedy Cheyenne 'Abandons Itself to Carnival Spirit for Open ing of Frontier Fete by Legion Commander CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 28.—(Special to the Tribune) — Wyoming’s Black Horse Cavalry Troop is grooming itself to- day, preparatory to acting as a guard of honor to Colonel Alvin M. Owsley, commander of the American Legion, when he arrives in Cheyenne Tuesday to open the Frontier Days celebration. Governor Ross al lesionnaire enters the city and Owsley will sit in the governor's box at Frontier park. Tuesday evening the commander will be the guest of the two Cheyenne Legion posts at a banquet, Cheyenne abandoned itself today to the carnival spirit of Frontier week. On the eve of the four-day wild west festival the city is filled with cow- boys, cowgirls and tourists. Three thousand motor tourists are camped at the municipal eamp ground. An unprecedented attendance is forecast by the advance crowd. Cowboys and cowgirls are here from every locality of the western ranching country. More than a thousand head of buck- ing and rope horses, steers and other so will greet Owsley when the Wage Increases Are Sought By Rail Employes CHICAGO, July 23.— Wage in- creases amounting to $24,000,000 an- nually and affecting 125,000 clerical and station service employes on more than half the nations’ railroads, was being requested by E. H. Fitzgerald, president of the brotherhood, of rail- clerks, freight live stock that will be used in the show are at Frontier park or on adjacent range. Izora Alien, who surrendered im- mediately following the shooting, ad- mitted openly that she had fired the shots, according to the county offl- clals who took charge of the case. ‘The two women are believed to have been enemies of long standing and Sunday evening's quarrel wes a fatal culmination to their arguments. Tho Allen woman told the officials that she had fired only after Mrs. Yoakum had struck her repeatedly. ‘The shooting, at an early hour, at- tracted a huge crowd to the scene of tragedy. Three police officers, sum moned on a hurry-up call were quick- ly followed by Henry Brennan, justice of the peace; Perry Morris, sheriff; Lew Gay, coroner, and Harry Cass of States railroad Labor Board. em- ployee at a hearing before the United the prosecuting attorney's office. Alberta Yoakum, the dead woman, has a record of considerable length office she shooting waa arrested promiscuously on the streets of the Sandbar. She was arrested at a later date for having shot her husband follow- ing a quarrel. ‘The couple have since been separated. Last December the Yoakum woman | was arrested for having slashed Mrs.! “Dollar” Bill Davis, wife of the| proprietor of Jazzland, across the abdomen with a knife. She was found gullty of assault with intent to kill (Continued on Page Five.) BY QUAKE ing his half brother, Roul, repo: noon after deliberating since late Saturday. The jurors were discharged by Chief Justic Francois Le- mieux after they had returne report that they could not break their deadlock. Delorme will stand trial again at the next session of the court of King’s bench. The court refused to admit the prisoner to bail pending re-trial. After the jurors had been dis- charged it was learned that two stood for acquittaal and ten for a verdict of guilty. ‘The jurors began considering the case late Saturday and yesterday notified Chief Justice Lemetux that they could not agree. They were sent back to deliberate with a stern rebuke from the court which con- tended that their attitude was im- periling the whole jury system. The defendant showed the effect of} the strain. Throughout the trial his bearing was erect and confident. Now his figure is bent and he walks with bowed head. Bitterly contested at every point, the trial dragged on for more than = month, the government calling many expert witnesses. The prosecu- tion’s case was built chiefly on cir cumstantial evidence. The former priest’s defense was an alibi, several witnesses, including his sister Lily, being called to testify that he was in his home throughout ma, night on which Raoul was murdered. Dive Made in The water was only a foot deep where Arthur Linn decided to dive into it at the Mills plunge yester- day afternoon as the result of being dared, Linn didn't know this at the time he took the dare to dive and he didn’t know !t for four hours afterwards at which time he woke up at the County hospital and found that several stitches had been taken in his head. Dr. Wynne of the Veterans’ Bu- reau attended the injured man. It was found that he suffered con- tusions and lacerations and concus- sion of the skull. He is still in a dazed condition. Ho 1s 35 years of age, PS teidignead> Netcom ONE DEAD IN AUTO WRECK COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 23.—Mrs. Serah Colglazier, Oklahoma City, 65 years old, was instantly killed; her son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. M. EB. Colglazier and their two children, Gladys and Irvine, were in- jrued after noon today when the @u- tomobile driven by Colglaizer turned over in Ute Pass. TRIBESMEN ON WARPATH PESHAWAR, British Indies, July 23—(By The Associated Press)—Fight- ing has broken out between the tribes- men ruled by the Nawabs of Amb and Miangul in the northwest fron- tier province. As the result of a dispute the Na- wab of Amb occupied a part of his rival's territory by a surprise attark in which fifty men were killed. The Nwab of Miangul retaliated ruthlessly | Refugees are streaming into this city CHILD KILLED IN FALL FROM | CAR, SHERIDAN SHERIDAN, Wyo., July 23,—Law- rence Rathburn, 7 year old, was kill ed last night when he fell from an utomobile rounding a corner in the bu nection of Sheridan, He w riding on the fender of the car. His mother is a railroad telegraph opera- tor at Echeta, Wyo a rted a disagreement this after- d for the third time with the (GOLDEN RULE FOR FARMER IS ADVISED WILLIAMS BAY, Wis., July 23— | The golden rule will be put to work in Jegriculture when the American farm Dureau federation’s definite plan of | | ST. LOUIS, July 23. — Kenneth Williams of the St. Louls Ameri- cans hit his eighteenth home run of the season in the fourth inning of today’s game with Cleveland. Tobin was on base at the time. The four bagger was off Uhle, eg National League. At Philadelphia— RK. H. FE. New York --..200 001 131— 814 1 Philadelphia —_000 0113 000— 4 9 3 Batteries — McQuillan, Ryan, and Snyder, Weinert, Winters, and Wi- son, At Pittstergh— R. H. E. Chicago --600 001 011 008—12 17 1 Pittsburgh -100 000 011 000— 3 11 3 Batteries — Alexander, Kuny and O'Farrell; Hamilton, Meadows and Gooch, Severeid. avr At Cinctnnass— St. Louis _____. 001 610 @—x x x | Cincinnati “100 311 02—x x x Batteries — Pfeffer, North, Stuart R. HE. and Ainsmhth; Couch, Rixey, Keck Harris and Wingo. American League. At Chicago—Chicago game, post- poned account of rain. Two games to- morrow. seal has Aa At St. Louls— R. . EF. Cleveland --__....--10023—x x x St. Louls -.-._ --000 20-—-x x x Batteries —Uhle and O'Neil; Shock- er and Severeid, — co-operative marketing gets under momentum next fall through state |growers associations, Samuel R. |Guard, publicity director for the fed- jeratian, declared today in an address at the national conference of Y. M. C. A. county secretaries here. “Instead of neighbor being pitted against neighbor in a mad competi- tive scramble for the highest prics, they join together, pool their prod- uct and take share and share alike for the same grade and quality,” he sald. ‘The wheat-holding movement is a temporary or emergency action he ex: plained but is no bluff. LATE SPORTS CHICAGO, July 23.—Charles Gor- man, a catcher, today was traded te Kalamazeo of the Michigan-Ontarlo League by the Chicago American League club in exchange for Catch- er Crouse, one of the leading catch- ers of that I The White Sox also sent Pitcher Homer Blankenship and Infielder Roseaberg to the"Galveston club of the Texas League, under option, ONE SLAIN, TWO Foot of Water | ARE STABBED IN CONVICT BREAK Score Still at Large in Illinois as Result of Wholesale Delivery at Chester, 15 Are Recaptured CHESTER, M., July 23—(By The Associated Press)—Twenty seven of the 41 convicts who escaped Inst night from the state haspltal for criminal insane had been recap- tured this afternoon. Thirteen were retaken In a woods, after offer- ing slight resistance, As one of the men was slain by his fellow convicts, thirteen are still at large. CHESTER, IIl., July 28.—(By The Associated Press).— Fifteen of 41 insane convicts, who escaped from the state hospital for the criminal insane here, had been recaptured this morning. CHESTER, Il., July 28.—( By The Associated Press) .— Twenty-three criminally insane convicts were at large in this vicinity today following a wholesale jail delivery at the state hospital for the criminal insane here, in which one of the convicts was slain, two guards were stabbed seriously and other guards and officials badly beaten. Many of those who escaped had been committed to the institution on thelr pleas of insanity when charged with murders in various parts of the state. Numerous posses including fifty guards of the southern Illinois pent- tentiary, police officers and citizens, scoured a thick wooded section north of Chester, where most of the fugi- tives are believed to be hiding. Chester, a town of four thousand population, and farmers residing nearby received news of the escape with terror. Within’ a short while, the streets were deserted and most of the male residents remained awake all night guarding their homes with firearms. The dead convict is Wil- Ham Jakson, @ negro, sentenced in Chicago for murder. He was shot by (Continued on Page Five.) [FINAL } i EDITION NUMBER 244, ; RIVER NEAR FLOOD COLORADOAN 1 WCTIN OF BOLT WILE SLEEPING WN CAMP. TENT Vacation Tour of Walden Pair Ends in Tragedy; Cloudburst on Bates Creek Swells River, One dead and one injur: by lightning and a aes on Bates Creek which has raised the Platte river to the highest point witnessed in two years sums up the results of the terrific thunder storm, accompan- fed by brilliant electrical display which swept Casper and vicinity at an early hour today. The victim of the Ughtnin; was William Beawalcy of * Wailer, North Park, Colo., who was instantly killed when a bolt struck the tent In which he and his wife were sleeping in the Community Extension corpor. ations addition southwest of the city. Mrs, Brownley was burned se verely. The Brownleys had a ema‘! tepee tent pitched in connection with ‘a Chevrolet automob:le. It is thought probable that the car drew the charge. but it was uninjured. Two hole each about the size of a plate, were made in the top of the tent near the pole. Mr, Brownley was sleeping nearest the car and therefore received the full force of the bolt. Mrs. Brownley was unconscious for a short period. Persona in the neigh- borhood who heard the shock rushed to the scene and immediately sent in @ call to police headquarters and to. the coroner. Coroner Lew M. Gay took the body of the dead man to the morgue, while the injured widow was removed to the County hospital where she is at present under attendance by Dr, M. J. Nolan. She will re- cover, The car was driven to police headquarters, The deceased leaves a brother in Walden, Colo., from whtch town Mr. and Mrs. Brownley had just come. PLATTE RIVER AT FLOOD STAGE Swollen by a veritable cloudburst in the Bates Hole country, southwest of Casper, and heavy rains all through the Platte valley, the North Platte river this morning had almost reach- ed tho flood stage. Bates Creek riv er this morning had almost reached the fldod stage. Bates Creek, which low Sunday afternoon, was over its banks and running wild, 40 feet in width, this morning, Bolton Creek was also over its banks at various points and Polson Spider and other tributaries were adding to the huge volume of water going down the Platte, The surface of the water was dotted with logs, driftwood and debris for miles up the river. Eight piles wéfe reported washed out of the xoverh- ment bridge about half way betweén Capper and Bessemer Bend but latest reports showed the structure till standing, The bridges in Casper, including those of the Standard Oil company, the state highway bridge and those of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and the Ch and North western railroads, showed no effects of the high water. Both the railroad companies and the Standard had men keeping a careful watch on the str tures this morning to report any sign of weakening. Residents of North Casper and the Burlington addition as well as the Sandbar district were warned this morning by members of the city police department that high water was com: (Continued on Page Five.) AUTO DRIVER IS KILLED SUNDAY AS CAR PLUNCES OFF BRIDGE ON LA PRELE Tank Worker at Clayton Meets Tragic Death on Fishing Trip to Cold’ Springs; Body at Douglas D. H. Dowdle, 29 years of age, and a worker at the tank farm at Clayton, Wyo., was instantly killed at 4:30 yester- day afternoon when the Ford bridge about 25 miles southwest of Douglas on the La Prele} coraing to reports rece road. RMON Dowdle had been on a fishi report states that the car ran off tho he had bridge after incline while was atte the structure and that he bac! ‘The machine fell for 10 feet him beneath it, car he was driving went off a ng trip to Cold Springs. One The de sed a home in Texas. Jerstood that he was un b re 1 that place, tw al arrange |Colorado Flood Damage Small DENVER, Colo., July 23.—The re- cent rains in Colorado have done very little damage with the excep- tion of minor washouts tn a few localities which are serious, 4 at thi ao fices of the State Highway comm sion. The Denver and Rlo Grande West ern and other railroads operating in the state report t t which lelayed a few : . the w ut ¢ 1 operating y what on schedule and ever js being encountered. fe.