Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 4, 1923, Page 1

THE CIRCULATION OF THE CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE YESTERDAY WAS:. 10,405 Weather Forecast WYOMING: Generally fair tonight and Wednesday. Cooler in east portion to- night. OLUME Vil. DISASTER CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1923 & Beg Che Casper Daily Crifaute [cra - NUMBER 286 ILL GROWING FHundreds of Thousands Perish, Cities Wiped Out In Japanese Territory Devastated by Quake, Fire RESIDENT OF LAVOYE TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Walter Lloyd, 25, Dies of Self-Inflicted Wound Late Sunday as Culmination of Chronic Illness; Note Asks Friends To Notify Torrrington Relative With a self-inflicted bullet wound through the right temple fired from a 32-cali- bre automatic revolver, Walter Lloyd, 26 years of age, was found on the floor of his home at Lavoye about 3:30 o’clock Monday afternoon. When he was discovered the young man was still alive but he died an hour later. In the notes that he left he did not intimate the reason for the course which he took, but it is understood that he was suf- fering from a physical ailment which probably weighed on his mind. On the arrival of Coroner Lewy A note was penned to Guros re) trade. At the time of his death he M. Gay an inquest was held at the] questing him to notify V. D. Led-| had recently purchased a house acenc of the tragedy by a coroner’s| better of Torrington, who is a broth-| there. It was found that he carried Jury consisting of W. F. Johnson,| .. in iaw of th $10,000 government insurance. He Ben F. Flint, and G. A. Blake. The | °™ w of the deceased. leaves parents in Chilfcoth, Texas: fury returned the verdict of “death| Lloyd had been in Lavoye for two] The remains have been brought to by suicide.” months. He was not known to have| Casper and will be held at the Shaf- been employed during that time al- 1) red the right fer-Gay chapel pending funeral ar- Geeiple ot ha victin sate ita exit| tough he wae a tool dresser byrangements. CROSS ACTIVE Launched for Aid of Survivors In Tokio and Other Cities WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—Inauguration by the Ameri- can Red Cross of a five million dollar campaign for relief of the Japanese earthquake sufferers was announced to- day by Eliot Wadsworth, treasurer of the organization, after a conference with President Coolidge, Secretary Hoover and Japanese Ambassador Hanihara. should put all of its resources at the disposal of those endeavoring to af- ford relief to the WASHINGTON, Sept. 4—All ship- ping board vessels in far eastern waters have been ordered to place be themselves under the direction. of] SUBSCRIPTION IN Admiral Anderson, commanding the| MOUNTAIN REGION American Asiatic fleet, for relief] 1 ER, Colo., Sept. 4—Funds duty. to aid the victims of the earthquake, Operators of shipping board lines|tijaal waves and fire in Japanese just above the left ear and went on through the wall of the building. It LEONDARD DUNDEE TITLE BOUT | ‘was found on the ground outside. C. NEW YORE, it. 4—The ight- Melton and Charles G. Guros were moned and rendered first aid in weight championship match sched- spite of the apparent hoplessness of the case. Dundee, featherweight king and challenger, has been postponed in- on the west coast have been or-| cities are to be raised in Colorado, dered to withhold further bookings! ana adjoining states by the Jpanese of both freight aul passengers for} association of Colorado, which has 30 days in order to make additional] headquarters here, it was nnounced space. available for transportation | aay. of relief personnel and cargo, ‘The campaign \will be launched to- day and will be under the super vision of seven members of the @ sociation, They will solicit money U. 8, RESOURCES definitely, Jimmy Johnston, match maker of the Cromwell A. C. an- vounced today, because of Dundee's poor physical condition. attracted by the report of the gun uled for tomorrow night at the and were the first to arrive at the scene. Dr. BH. E, Dale was sum- Yankee stadium between Benny Leonard, title holder, and Johnny BUILDING TOTAL SHOWS DECLINE Building permits in Casper suf- fered a decided slump during tho month of August. Following a con- tinuous average of $600,000 worth of permits a month for three months the totale for August dropped to $321,900. There were 132 permits fgsued however as against 103 per- mits in July. The great total of by the fact that several large build- ings costing irom $100,000 to $3Cu,- 000 which ere begun, ‘The buliding for August this year fs more thun twice as great as it was during August of 1922 at which time there were $139,200 in permits. MAN WOUNDS WIFE BEFORE KILLING SELF CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 4—El- mer Halverson, 35, shot and danger ously wounded his wife, Lydia, 35, at 1.30 o'clock this afternoon, then gent a bullet crashing into his own brain dying instantly The shooting occurred in the 8. A. Bristol print- ing company plant where Mrs. Hal- ‘verson was employed. Mrs. Halver- son is at Memorial hospital with two bullet wounds in her body. She re- cently instituted divorce proceed- ing’, charging cruelty, and that Hal- ‘verson had threatened to kil! her. Halverson was a railroad worker. Mrs. Halverson, formerly was Mrs. Fred Horn of Salt Lake City. —_—_——— BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS to intervene, The court, in the opin- Premier Mussolini is quoted as de- jon of league officials, would decife|claring that if Greece does not unhestitatingly that the league had| meet his terms soon for the evacua- suthority. tion of the island of Corfu, these The impression prevails at Geneva/ terms will be made more severe. that the crisis between Italy and| Rome reports that a “grave in- Greece is less strained. ternal situation” prevails in Greece, Stephen E. Lowe of St. Louis, a| with a counter revolutionary repub- Ican movement gaining ground but Near Hast Relief worker at Corfu, has arrived at Athens, with firat| this is, denied by the Greek ‘legation hand information concerning the |!" London. bombardment of that city. He said| An Italian spokesman in Geneva that 20 refugees, including sixteen| declares that Italy has never offi- children, were killed by the Italian| cially repudiated the competency of gun fire. The children were orphans|the League of Nations to pass on under the care of the American Red|the dispute. Cross, and were showered with| The Ambassadors’ council in Paris shrapnel while bathing. Mr. Lowe| has recelved Greece's reply to the said he estimated the number of| council's protest over the assassi- wounded at perhaps fifty. nation of Gen. Tellini's houndary | The British government still holds|™ssion and will consider the mu that the situation is one for adjust-|%t the earliest opportunity. ment by the league of nations, It is said in London that in case the} LONDON, Sept. 4.—(By The As- league council does not intervene the| sociated Press)\—An Exchange Tele- Robert Burke of the New York| Scandinavian countries have decided| graph dispatch from Rome today on y has returned from the|to withdraw their representatives.| says that Premier Mussolini told the Yellowstone National park and|Great Britain does not believe the| cabinet that if the council of the Bou!der where he has been spending| prospects of an early settlement| league of nations asserts its compet- @ two weeks’ pleasure trip. have improved. ency to deal with the Greco-Itallan COURT DOCKET IS READ; MURDER TRIALS ARE SET who made a successful jail break two weeks ago. None of them have been recaptured. This afternoon at 2 o’clock Judge Rose began arraigning the prisoners and setting the dates for their re- the panel tomorrow. Judge Rose has instructed those drawn to ap- pear for jury duty Monday, Sep- tember 17, The first reading of the criminal docket, consisting of 206 cases, oc- cupied the attention for the entire ‘The fall term of the eighth dis- trict court was opened at 10 o’clock this morning with Judge R. R. Rose on the bench. The jtdge faces a long docket of both criminal and civil actions and the probability Is Greco-Italian Relations Considered Less Strained But Set- the other months is accceztea tor) tLement of Controversy Not Yet In Sight; Mussolini Threatens More Drastic Terms have the permanent court of international justice pass on the competence of the league | were crowded in the morning with At Chicago— R. H. E.| since many could not get out to the St. Louis 200 000 00—x x x/ other events of the day » | Chicago 000 000 30—x x x} Headed by tWo motorcycle police ARE TENDERED WASHINGTO! Sept. 4——Presi-| and supplies in Colorado, New Mex- dent Coolidge was said at the White/ico, Nebraska and Wyoming from House today to be determined that| Japanese residehts, although contri- the United States government Continued on Page Seven. | Labor had its gala day in Casper Reports of for the occasion that has yet been ‘The streets controversy, Italy will withdraw) persons engaged in watching the from the league. | parade of the different unions that |are organized here, while hundreds of Casperites were the guests of the| Casper Trades and Labor Assembly at a barbecue, speech-making, | athletic festival held at Paradise park after the parade and throughé out the afternoon, Labor's problems which are so} losely connected with those of the| nation formed the subject of fascl- Boston nating and enlightening oratory that! Batteries — Zahniser and Ruel;! was all of too brief duration. The Fullerton, O'Neil and Picinich. Rev. C, M, Thompson Jr. was the =aak principal speaker. The Rev. Thomp-| R. H. EB. | 89M delivered a profound and inspir- ing speech that was encompassed in ‘a period of less than half an hour. It centered around the patriotism of {age and brought forth the neces- BALL SCORES American League. At Philadelphia — New York - Philaelphia — Batteries — Jones and Hoffman; Hasty and Perkins. sity of good citizenship both for the industrial and the moral redemp-| tion of the world. The Rey, B. J. Minort of Torring. Batteries — Gillenwater, Cyengros ‘©? also took up the puzzles and en- flrs coining Gola ‘ana Basar tanglements of the laboring world, od | handling them with a freshness and @ broadness that was pleasing / . H. EB. i. ae Gaveland R. The introductory speech was giv- pS en by Ed Moore, of the Casper “ Trades and Labor assembly, Mr. Batteries — Danforth, Van Gilder Mr ° and Collins; Shaute and O'Neill | Moore reviewed the progress of in- At Detroit— Chicago -. Detroit dustrial unionism in the United i | States during the last year. National League. | Thirty-one athletio events were At Pittsburgh — run off. A great deal of interest/ Cincinnatt —. was shown in these events and the Pittsburgh -. contestants were numerous. The Batteries — Rixey and Hargrave;| winners showed much pleasure in Cooper an Gooch. their triumphs but little less pleas- ure was experienced by all who took At New Yorw— R. H. E.| part, since the idea in most cases Boston -... 1) was to have all the fun possible. New York -. 6 0) The parade which started at 10 Batteries — Cooney and O'Neill; Scott and Snyder. o’clock from the city hall was the most important thing in the minds jot the majority of Casper’s citizens Batteries—Doak, Sherdel and Me-|men and by Alexander Hamilton that the term will last well into|morning. Several of the spective trials October. were dismissed. It is expected] The civil docket om which th The jury was drawn this morn:|that the only es in which defi-| are more than 1,250 cases, many of| ing by Hazel Conwell, clerk of the] nite action will be postponed em held over from former terms gourt and service will be made on!those of the half dozen prisoners Continued on Page Seven, Curd, Aldridge, Kaufmann and| marshal of the da Japanese people.! baa joesemibir. the parade} RELIEF TO BEL. 6. EMBAiY RUSHED, REDITAT ESCAPES INJURY, REPORT Five-Million-Dollar Program Will Be| American Consul Is Dead at Yokohama Message Says WASHINGTON, Sept. 4—Ambas- sador Woods advised the state de- partment today in the first mes: sage received from him since the earthquake that none of the em- bassy staff at Tokio was injured, although all embassy buildings were destroyed. * The Ambassador said the food situation was very acute and asked that rations be sent at once from | the Philippines, The message was sent from the Iweki wireless station and was un- dated. It follows: “All embassy buildings totally de- stroyed but no one in embassy in | jurea. Food situation very acute. Send rations at once from Phili- ppinet The state department also re ceived a dispatch from American Consul Davis at Shanghai saying that Tokio, Yokohama and Yoko- suka had been “completely wiped out.” Casualties among foreigners he said, had been “very numerous.” Consul Davis confirmed that Max D. Kirjassoff, American consul at Yokohama and his wife are dead. ITALY MAY DEFY LEAGUE, REPORT Labor Day Celebrated with Great Parade as Feature’ As the council of the League of Nations considered the Greco-Italian dispute, Pre- mier Mussolini ye otf let it be a GH he is ready to recall the Italian delegates from Geneva in case the league does not share Italy’s opinion that the controversy, affecting | ,.. 7 directly the honor and dignity of Italy, is between Rome and Athens only. rar ira blgee BOC spec the Italian position reaching Geneva also contain the information that Italy is willing to | known “in the city 7 ing east when it reached the court house. A band which was formed from union musicians of various or chestras and bands of the city fol lowed the marshal. After this come the fire trucks which preceded autos carrying the speakers of the ¢ The city and county officials also rode at this point in the parade, as well as officers of the Casper Trades Several unique and beautiful floats were seen {n the parade and these did credit to the artistic abil ities of those who conceived them. HALF MILLION MAY BE DEAD First Direct News From Center of Ter- rible Catastrophe Magnify Early Re- ports; Starvation Facing Survivors In Tokio Region, Said PEKING, Sept. 4.—(By The As- sociated Press).—A Mitsul wireless message received here today from Japan estimated the total casual- ties at Tokio at 500,000 and said the property loss was incalculable. The message sald the American embassy had burned. The imper- jal hotel was little damaged, it J, and had been assigned as a refuge for foreign sufferers. (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS). Virtual destruction of Tokio and Yokohama are re- ported in the first direct communication received from Tokio by the outside world since an earhquake and tidal wave, followed in places by fire, laid waste an important section of Hondo, chief island of Japan, last Saturday. The communication was from an Associated Press staff correspondent. mates place the dead in Yokohama The first,.comprehensive view of | #t 100,000; virtual destrucion of Na- the havoc wrought. was received in|£0va, a town of 620,000, is reported cable advices from Osaka, and Yakosuka, a town of 70,000 is It appears from these that the dis-| Said to have been wiped out by the aster 4s greater than previous re- | Successive 8 of earthquake, ti ports have indicated. The ministry | al wave and fire. of marine estimates the dead in To- Grave damage has been done in kio alone at 150,000; the best esti-/the summer resort sections about Hakone and on the Izu Peninsula, Monetary loss in Tokio alone is plac- ed at five billion yen. Martial law is effective in the stricken cities; none may enter with- out the most urgent reasons or with catrying their own food sup- re than 3,500,000 bushels of rice are being rushed from southern Ja- panese por 1 from Korea to the icken regions, where thousands are reported straving and in Tokio uffering from thirst because the rthquake wrecked the water sup- ply system. Water is being doled out tl the same relief work- ers who are distributing the inade quate supplies of food the govern- nt has been able to transport ther. The death or injury of severad members of the royal houses is fear- ed though the emperor, empress and The organizations paraded as fol prince regent are safe. lo’ Sheet metal workers, No, 429; Reports that the new premier, teamsters and chauffeurs No. 506;| ,, aivimante carpenters No. 1564; painters No.370;| Count Yamamoto, has been assasel- ¢ 4 motion picture op- | 220" St 7 eratora to; S203) ke 7 ts NO.) ment than that he was attacked and oO aed rt rossere No. 112;| th? attackers’ aim fruatra The ors, cleaners and pr 3 +! attack en made at oll workers 43; web pressmenr where form ja m al 2 >. 735; mu . 2 numbe undry workers No.!i,¢ the new cabinet. The floor col- barbers No. + railroad carmen | jaysed and the premier was injured, 818; railroad machinists No-| Hut the meeting was continued in an railroad boilermakers No. 683;) ,ajoining building and its business cksmiths and helpers No, 171, and] Compieted. itv aatianiel tag retail clerks No. 102 ) others are reported to have been CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. (Special to The Tribune)—Major H. C. Dagley of Cheyenne Monday aft- ernoon won the Wyoming amateur golf championship in the state tour- nament here by defeating G. A. Layman of Laramie in the final round. The preceding day Mrs. W. F. Ott of Casper won the woman's xtate championship by defeating Mrs. Claude Draper of Cheyenne. Glenn Littlofield of Casper de- feated A, C. Riker of Casper in the playoff of the tie for the low qual fying score, each having hung up CASPER GOLFERS WIN HONORS: killed while attending a party meet- eral islands, including Eno- noted beauty spot and one the Benin group, on which the an 81 in the qualifying round of the| end of a trans-Pacific cable line, are tournament. reported to have disappeared below BE. J. Schulte of Casper won the the surface of the sea but there has pioneer flight, with George Forbes of een no confirmation of this. Cheyenne runnerup. George Camp-| Communications are at a stand- bell of Casper took the tenderfoot It 1s expected that it will be flight. John Guthrie of Laramie was east a month before the Tokaido second, ning trom Tokio to Kobe, The Wyoming State Golf Associa in operation again. This ts tion Monday afternoon elected W. which apparently suffered H. Andrews, Chey m Airplanes are being used to John Guthrie of Laramie, e iclal messages from Osaka ident; Glenn Little s to. secretary-treasurer, Two of the ships in Yakohama Casper was selected as fhe place| harbor when the tidal wave struck for the 1924 tournament. Continued om Page Seven. With an enrollment estimated to be considerably over 5,000 Casper’s public schools opened thelr doors this morning under the most auspic- ous circumstances that seem to pres- sage a year of growth and develop- ment that has not been equalled at any time in the past FEivery bulldi re O'Farrell, J etarted north on Center street turn- of getting back to a term of study OVER 5,000 PUPILS ARE ENROLLED ON FIRST DAY Figures| present Nort schoo! f the student population after the summer vacation. on the actual enrollment were not! tal obtainable this afternoon, since it|in that community until the other will take somo time to make out| is finished the records. thé surrounding , All the schools are open toda , View scho 2 with the exception of the addition on| t f < ane The I 1 under the direction of quired to wait a few d while the! (Continued on Page Seven.)