Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 18, 1923, Page 2

PAGE TWO. REDUCED TO ASHES IN ONE CITY (Continued From Page One) cities, and yolunteers who fought vainly to extinguish them. Dynamite, with which the fire fighters ripped away a fire break on the northeast, served to check the spread of the conflagration in that direction, but {t was not until the wind subsided into @ gentle breeze shortly efter 7 o'clock that the rapid advance of the fire was checked and the danger of further destruction averted. Nearly a dozen persons were treated at hospitals and infirmaries in Berkeley for minor injuries and burns, resulting from their attempts to rescue household goods from homes menaced by the flames, but none of the cases was considered serious. 2 In a statement issued at midnight mayor Frank D. Stringham declared that a proper water service and supply probably would have avarted the disaster. The catastrophe had been long feared by the city, he said, owing to inadequate watar mains. “We shall meet the situation,” he declared. “We will give relief where it is necded and begin the slow process of reconstruction with courage. Definite steps have al- ready been taken to obtain unbiased and expert advise looking to the solution of the water question with respect to the better fire pretection.” Every religf facility in Beikeley, Oakland, Richmond, Piednont, Em- eryville, Alameda, Albany and San Francisco, needed in the emergency created by the conflagration at Ber- Deley last night was mobilized with. in the brief space of a few hours after the full extent of the disaster which had wrought havoc in the city became known. ‘With the city hall as headquarters Police Chief C. D. Lee immediately mobilized a force of several hun- dred deputies, including hundreds of University of California students who assisted in policing the devas tated zone, removing household goods, and fighting at least two small fires which were reported to have broken out after the large conflagration was placed under control. Patrolmen from Oakland and sur- rounding bay cities were rushed to Berkeley, 100 soldiers from Fort Scott were entrained immediately and arrived at the scene of the fire at 8 o'clock, and several hundred volunteers were assigned to posts around the edge of the fire zone. At the same time the Red Cross, the Salvation Army and other relief organizations flocked to the assist- ance of the victims of the fire. Quart. ers were provided for the homeless so quickly that scores who offered their homes were told that all the victims had been housed. ‘Women of Berkeley rushed to the city hall and to the fire zone with steaming pots of coffee and sand- wiches and cared for the fire fighters and the men who were directing the constant stream pf traffic which ewarmed along the roads in the vicinity. When darkness fen Berkeley virtually was an armed eamp, with 700 soldiers of the reg- ular army and the national guard on duty. A solid cordon of armed men surrounded the burned area with orders to shoot to kill any looters. Only a fow scattered instances of looting were reported, police firing at suspects in one instance, although No one was struck by the shots, far as is known. Scenes of tho wildest confusion followed the first destructive blast which swept through the fire zone. In a frenzy of terror women seized such personal belongings as they could carry and fled from their homes down streets which, in some instances, already had been convert- ed into blazing lanos by the flying sparks which had set fire to the waving eucalyptus trees which lined both sides of almost every street in the vicinity, Hurried calle went out for automobile trucks, as residents of the district. saw the flames creep closer to their homes, and great van loads of © furnity through the already congested atrects to places of safety. Others, less for- tunate and unable to obtain convey- piled thelr household goods in the street or on the spacious lawns, hoping to be able to move them before the flames reached them. Lato last night, smouldering heaps in the roadways bore mute testimony of how vain their hope was. Hundreds of home owners climbed to the roofs of their homes with warden hose and sprinkled the WOMEN! DYE last night shingles to prevent them catching fire from clouds of sparks which were flying everywhere. Many re- mained until driven away by the flames themselves. As the flames advanced through the thick growth of trees on the northeast slope of the ridge and top- Ped the crest, they struck a south- eastward course down the slope through the residential district. Here and there they skipped a residence or turned sharply at right angles, leaving one side of a street in flam- ing ruin, while houses of the opposite side of the street stood intact. At the very gates to the grounds of the University of California the fire was checked and none «of the structures of the institution was harmed. The University grounds marked the eastern extremity of the conflagration, only one residence being destroyed on the east side of Hearst Avenue. At its southern extremity the fire was bottled in a narrow strip between two huge concrete structures which formed an effectual barrier to its progress and aided fire fighters, who found it an easy task to extinguish the narrow tongue of flames which extended southeastward to Hearst and Shattuck Avenues. On the southwest and northwest sides it followed a diagonal course, cutting southeastward from the crest of the hill to Shattuck Avenue. The anxiety caused by the fire held the entire city of Berkeley in its grip throughout the afternoon and early hours of tha evening. Great crowds gathered at points of vantage to watch its progress and house- holders for many blocks outside the burned zone moved out their persona! belongings and in many cases their furniture in the fear that flames might not be checked or that a sud- den shift in the wind would send the fire in their direction. Falling transmission lines created a tangle of wires on the streets in the fire area. When the giant trees lining the streets burst into flames from flying sparks, many crashed to the pavement and formed impas- sable barriers to automobiles carry: ing fire fighters and relief workers. Burning cinders were sprayed about by the wind as house after house was eaten away by the roaring flames and this hampered the work of those struggling to prevent the spread of the fire. BERKELEY, CALIF., Sept. 18.—A tabulation at 10:45 o'clock this morn. ing lists 25 persons injured as a re- sult of yesterday's fire, few serious ly and 26 missing. Many of the later are children and are beligvea merely to have become separ: from their friends. Reports of per- sons burned to death or killed in col- lapse of buildings persist but there was no confirmation of them at that hour, —) $10,000 APPROPRIATED FOR RELIEF WORK WASHINGTON, Sept. 18—~The emergency committee of the Amer- foan Red Cross today paused long enough in its ministration of Japa- nese earthquake relief to give atten- ton to a catastrophe nearer home. A preliminary allotment of $10,000 was madg from the regular Red disaster fund to the Red ss organization at Berkeley Cal- la for relief work as the result of the fire there. MUSKOGEE HIT BY NEW ORDER (Continued From Page One) the annual state fairs at Muskogee and Oklahoma City in order prop- erly to enforce military rule. Pub- Me gatherings of such scope would entail a violation of military regu- lations under which the cities are Eove A which et be allowed the governor said. A move is said to be on foot among business men of the city to attempt to persuade the governor to refrain from promulgating an order suspending the faire A report said today that records of the klan have been spirited out of the state but this found no con- firmation. Meanwhile, troops of the Oklahoma National guard con- tinue to command affairs, although the civil authorities and courts are rot being interferred with. Reg: ulations commanding all traffic and pedestrians to be off the streets be- tween midnight and 6 a. m. and guards stationed at the state cap- {tol here are the only outward signs of military occupation. ANY GARMENT 0h DRAPERY Kimonos Dresses Sweaters Waist Skirts Coats Draperies Ginghams Stockings Diamond Dyes > mond almple any old if she stores ment. Any w h nell orn, faded thing never all Drug colors.— Advert Machine guns which were trained on the city hall and the county court house were struck down late yesterday when the military re- turned jurisdiction over the pollee department to the constituted etvil thorities on demand of Mayor Cargill, But few soldiers, and these th inconspicuous side arms, have been seen on the streets. Strict censorship of all news con- cerning troop movement has been ordered bere by the commanding officer enbreseenentiiletet tars During recent tests of high grade uutomobiles in New York and Chi- cago the new Chandler powered by the Pikes Peak motor was proven the best automobile. Dr. L. L. Wade OSTEOPATHY Phone 1125R Over Frantz Shop ~ @he Casper Daily Cribune = 2,500 HOMELESS IN FIRE WHICH SWEEPS COLLEGE CITY J) BLOCKS OF RESIDENCES ARE OR DAMAGED BY FOREST FIRES) STREETS CHARGED RAGING IN MANY DISTRICTS) TO FAULTY PARKING SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18.—(By The Associated Press) Forest, brush and grass fires, fanned by strong north winds and fed by un- dergrowth baked to a tender by tho prolonged summer, raged in nearly every county in Northern California yesterday. Several resorts and small towns were severely damaged or destroyed by the flames which sprang into be- ing in several instances almost with- out warning and quickly spread be- yond the control of national fore- sters, state fire wardens and hun- dreds of volunteer fire fighters. Counties in which the fires were re- ported, according to the state fire warden’s office in Sacramento, in- ude Fresno, Eldorado, Placers, veda, Sacramento, Solano, Yolo. ‘apa, Shasta, Trinity, Glenn, Lake, Mendocino, Butte, Tehama, Colus: Sonoma, Martin and Alameda, Eldorado, a sma!l mining town in Bldorado county, was virtually des- troyed and the 150 persons residing there were forced to flee. The inhab- itants of Colfax, in Placer county. also prepared to flee when their town was threatened . A fire in Sonoma, valley destroyed the Boyes Springs hotel and swept on toward Fetters Springs and Bl- Verano. It was reported last night that the Casino, a large amusement park, had been destroyed also but when communication, interrupted by the fire, was re-established, it was found that this report was not true. In the southern part of the state, forest supervisor Chester A. Jordan called for reinforcements for the fire fighters in the Santa Ynez river district in the Santa Barbara Na- tional Forest. It was sald that the situation there was the most seri- ous since the fire started on Septem- ber 1, More fire fighters were sent from Los Angeles. After burning over nearly 30 Square miles, a forest fire in the vicinity of Bolinas ridge (Mount ‘Tamalpats) was reported ‘under con- trol late last night. Much pine and red wood timber on Bolinas ridge was destroyed. Dozens of brush fires continued to burn in that vicin ity, but danger of these spreading nimized when the wind di- ned and the alr became cool and damp. Woodacre, a picturesque little vil- lage ten milles from SanRafael, was reported almost destroyed by a for- est fire which swept though Lucas Valley. One hundred sailors and marines were sent from Mare Island navy yard to fight a forest fire that was threatening the little town of Corde- —_ ee MURDER CASE [NEAR JURY (Continued from Page One,) terfield, John Kelley, C. D. Hemry and EB, L. Holles. When the trial began Prosecut ing Attorney BE, H. Foster declared the stete would prove that Alberta Yoakum went to Izora Allen's house on or about the 22nd of July look: ing for her husband, or so called husband, Alonzo Yoakum, and ex- peeting to find him there; that she went to the back door of the Allen house, which was locked, and that in answer to her knock Mrs, Allen came to the back screen door and when she saw who was there re turned to her room, got an ordinar 32 caliber revolver and shot 5 sho t Alberta Yoakum, Killing her al {most instantly. The prosecution stated to the jury that it was not asking for conviction of Mrs. Allen on the basis of inflicting the death penalty. ‘The testimony of Officers Sherman Rees and. Floyd G. Wolfe, whe went to the scene of the killing soon after it happened, was practically the hame as tie’ givsn by Carters Alberta's common law husband Alonzo Yoakum, was called to the stand next. He declared that he was near the negro club when he saw his mistress hot-footing it for the Allen house, He sald that he followed her and moet her trying to pull the screen door open. He was attempting to drag her from the back steps when the shooting began. The shirt he wore that night showed up as exhibit C and the shoulder the right arm showed a black powder discoloration. Alonzo tes- tified that the first shot went by him the second hit his “wife'’—and then he went, end the two shots were the only ones he heard. Ho admitted that Alberta had threat- ened to whip the Allen woman tho first time she saw her, charging her with having trifled with her Nubian Don Juan, Other witnesses who were present at the time of the shooting or soon morning included Arthur Harper, a roomer at the Allen house; Lew Gay, county coroner; May Ferguson of 258 West A. street, who was vie iting Mra. Allen; Dr, Allan McLellan the attending physician; Margaret Jolson, a roomer. The defendant wts the first wit- ness called for the defense and she testified concerning the quarrel the women had that led up to the shoot- ing, She stated that she shot be cause she thought her life was in danger, Ma, 20 miles from the navy yard, yesterdaf, was saved from destruction when a Guerneville, on the Russian river, forest fire was almost back at the western edge of the town last night. So far known none of the sum- mer resort towns in that vicinity were burned, Central Camp, headquarters of the Sugar Pine Lumber company. 40 miles northeast of Fresno, was threatened by a forest fire last night that already had damaged property in that vicinity to the extent of a quarter of a million dollars, An en- gine on the Minarets and Western railroad was trapped by the fire yes- terday but the crew reached safety by driving thelr engine through the flames. The various fires have burned over thousands of acres of grazing and timber lands and hundreds of men are participating in the fight against the flames. NEWSPAPERS IN N.Y. SUSPENDED (Continued From Page One) for the publishers’ Association, an- nounced that Berry had ordered tele- grams sent to Pressmen’s locals in a score of cities, calling for volunteers to come here and help the suspended papers resume publication. Prof ing to express the attitude of publishers affected by the Jones sai “We shall make no attempt negotiate with the local. We have not been infurmed why the strike was called and are not going to try to find out. We are leaving every- thing to the officers of the interna tional union.” CHICAGO, Sept. 18+-An extra ‘ea tion of the Christian Science Mont: tor was issued in Boston today : 5,000 copies were being rushed by airplane to New York City ‘where newspapers failed to appear tocay because of the pressmen the strike, to ls J. Abbott, editor of the Monitor after receiving a telegram from the Boston offices of his paper. This | the first timo, it is belleved, the alr plane has been used to supply the public with papers In connection with a newspaper strike, NEW YORK, Sept. 18—Publish- ers of newspapers here affected by a strike of pressmen decided today to pool resources and get out an edition of 6 to 8 pages bearing the names of gll the papers affected by the strike. Ihe edition will be run off at 3:30 o'clock. Red 1s to the Moslem the color of joy, and is much used in the decora tlons and costumes for festivities, es- atly those connected with mar. All Tresses Gives f6 your hair & Scorious, sparkling Beauty, just glowing with the vivid luster of health and clean- liness, exquisitely per- fumed with a distinctive odor that lingers daintily in your hair, WRA UD: MRS. R. B. LEGGETT TEACHER OF SINGING Pupil of Chas. W. Clark and Helen Fouts Cahoon of Chicago. Studio 429 EB. Eleventh Phone 2143W, A. L. Corder OT. Akers CASPER ELECTRIC APPLIANCE Co, Mazda Lamps Appliance Repairing 231 Kast First Stroet “Acres from Central School" Phone 1992W Free Delivery Tastes Better—Goes Farther—Always Good Pigeon’s Fresh Roasted Coffee 228 East Second St. Phone 623 _ By SPARK PLUG It is safe to say that 75 per cent of the minor accidents on the streets of Casper occur as a result of faulty arking. Casper is no longer a ‘main street” village. It ig a bona \ ride city, and it is high time steps were taken to solve the many prob- lems which eonfront any speedily growing community. It is certain that among these problems, none is |moré pronounced than the proper |control of automobile parking in the downtown section. In passing up Second-street from Center to Wolcott not long ago, be- tween the hours of four and five in the evening, the writer of this edl- torial was witness to htree different accidents within a period of two minutes. Can this sort of thing go on in a ¢ity which in so many other ways 1s far in advance of other com- munities of a like size? Has not Casper enough municipal prtde, we might say, to take steps to see that the city ordnances are obeyed? On the books of the city of Casper is an ordnance which requires all ve- hicles operating in the downtown district of this city to be parkea elong the curb at an angle of forty- five degrees. This ordnance was p'aced on the statute books to enable motor cars to back out into the street on as pronounced a slant as possible, thus reducing the da: jt backing directly into the path of another ear which may be proceeding down the center of the thoroughfare. Do the Casper motorists make any pretense of obeying this positive city ordnance- No. All insist upon park- ing at an angle of eixty degrees, and many of them go so far to ap- Proach the ninety degree position which leaves the car at right angles with the curb and forces a driver to back directly across the right of way to extricate himself from the ma- chines which may be parked on elther side. Parking in Casper In the downtown S TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1923, | ‘SEVERAL VILLAGES DESTROYED MANY ACCIDENTS ON .|MUTINEERS IN MINE FLOGCED BIRMINGHAMA, Ala., Sept. 18— The whipping strap, abolished two years ago by Governor Thomas B. Kilby, has been reintroduced in one coal mine camp In Alabama where leased state convicts are worked. ‘This became known as a result of ROTARY HEARS REPORT ON ESTES PARK MEET FROM M. P. WHEELER section must be placed on a lawful forty-five degre angle basis, and through future editorials, the Tri- bune will attempt to put before the public an altogether feasible plan by which this may be accomplished. It is impossible for the police depart- ment to enforce a law of this kind as long as motorists make no pre- tense of obedience. It may not be wilful negligence but only ignorance of the law, which fs in itself inex- cusable. The Tribune and the police depart- ment will work together tn this cam- paign and with the support of the motoring public, parking in Casper’s downtown section should soon “be again on a solid basis, Tribune Want Ads brin; yults. 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