Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 8, 1923, Page 1

TAKE GhY OF r Weather Forecast Wryoming—Unsettled tonight an Tuesday rain probable; except rai; cr snow on mountain: in temperature. ‘ VOLUME VII wANY HURT BY LONDON QUAKE People Flee Market an Trample Each Other In Mad Scramble LONDON, Oct. 8.—Shouts of “earthquake! earth- quake!” in a crowded street market in the east end yes- terday caused a stampede in which a number of people ‘were trample hundreds of caged animals destroyed and miscellaneous property ruined or stolen. "The scene of the disaster was the narrow Solater street, Bethnal Green, a noted center for the sale of animals for domestic pets. Local traders say that an auction was in progress in the open street when a band df toughs rushed into the thro: of marketers and spectators and yelled “earthquake.” The crowd fled screaming, while the stal's were overthrown. The caged birds and animals, and other property that fell in the path of the mob suffered severe'y, many of the creatures belng trampled to death and many of the people fall- ing among them to be trample: themselves. The Dally Malf“says sixty per. sons were injured, 2,000 small caged virds were either killed or eseaped and 100 dogs and cats and scores of poultry were killed. at EE OE BANK THEFTS » BRING LONG PRISON TERM HAMPTON, Iowa, Oct., 8.—C. J. alley and C, C. Storck of Shef. . lowa, appeared unexpectedly in ict court shortly before noon to- rges of fraudulent banking and) sentenced to ten years imprison-| ment at Fort Madison by District Judge B. C. Thompson. | Levattey and Storck were started on their way to Fort Madison a few hours after sentence had been pass- ed. Levalley was chashier and Storck was assistant cashier of the defunct Farmers and Merchants bank of Sheffield. Levalley was a former representative in the lower house of the Iowa legislature. Storck is a former mayor of Hampton. Both are indicted in connection with the failure of the bank in which @epositors were said to have lost a large sum. Several business houses also closed thelr doors as a result of the bank crash and the entire loss has been estimated at $300,000. The pleas of guilty came as a sur- prise to the county attorney who had prepared for an extended trial. in the first flight for the Trib of the championship flight, match) play, is to be finished by Wednesday | night, the matches to be played at| the convenience of the players. | The drawing of the first round, made by the committee this morning resulted as follows: IF. F. Hamt!!ton| ys. J. S. Brown; Ralph Schulte vs.| BI Sutherland; Gien Littlefield ve. | A. M, Garbutt; A. C. Riker vs. C. Baird. The drawings for the consolation Night and thelr handicups are ag fol Little change jangel of the ‘church, her |Rev. Bail Stetsuk as he knelt before her to receive, by a ‘special concession, a Sunday nd entered pleas of guilty to| ty Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, And a Booster for City, County and State. 1d in SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., Oct, 8—State Trooper Roy Donovan stationed at the Troy barracks, was Killed today when a bullet fired by motorists believed to be rum run- ners, pierced his heart. .--- - | NEW YORK, Oct. 8—Rev. Pat- rick J. McGivney, pastor of St. Charles Borromeo parish, bridgeport Conn., was re-elected supreme chap- lain of the Knights of Columbus by {the directors, today. MOSCOW, Oct. 8—The Soviet gov- ernment is encouraging cotton ex- |port by a subsidy. It has an. ‘nounced that four kopeks gold stan- |dard (about two cents) per archin ‘(28 inches) will be returned to ex- {porters of cotton goods to Persia.. | Soe | CHICAGO, Oct., 8.—A number of ‘persons were injured when two crowded trains crashed in a rear end collision on the Aurora, Elgin and | Chicago and electric railway, the | third rail route, at the Waif Road | crossing west of Oak Park.. ‘The in- jured were taken to a hospital. i ) CASPER, WYO., MONDAY, CCTOBER IX KILLED IN COLORADO M CANTLIN ON TRIAL AT DOUGLAS on her automobile at the command of Cantlin. The July 1 last several miles east of Following the shooting the daugh- ter stated that she thought her car was being held up by highwaymen, and speeded up the machine. When the girl failed to stop Cantlin is sald to ve stepped out of his car and fired several shots at the back of the Newcomb car. One hit Mrs. Newcombe in the pody and she died two days later. W. BE. “Dusty? Miler, son of a wealthy Casper pioneer and at one time a member of a theatrical stock company in Denver, was with Cant- lin at the time of the shooting. He is to be tried on the same charge later this month in Casper. Cant- PRIEST | KILLED ! Woman Fires Shot Which. Hits Head of Church in Mouth as He Receives Confessions in Church Sacnisty CHICAGO, Oct. 8.—Mrs. Emma Strutynsky, kneeling in the sacristy of the little ch head bowed as wanted to make because she was very {ll and was going to a hospital. | Her scream “cheat,” the explo- |sion and tiny spurt of flame of a pistol shot struck terror to the |hearts of the parishioners bowed |reverently in the pews. The first |bullet struck the priest full in the just as he knelt and sald. |My daughter, what it is?” ‘Two women seized Mrs. Strutyn- sky as she followed the reeling priest from the vestry and fired four more shots at him, two into the back and two which merely passed through his gown. She was saved by police- men from an angry. crowd which jauickly gathered. Half a dozen excuses dropped from her nervous lips as she sought to justify her act. “My husband was sent away from this church,” Mrs. Strutynsky told the police. ‘My husband built the great church of St. Michael. He gave his life to it. And then he was dismissed. The wonderful church of Michael was turned over to Father Stetsuk. He was wasting the money of the parish. Father Stetsuk cheated my people He was a cheat and a hypocrite. I had to kiil him,” The police and representatives of Today by Officials At the conclusion of some of the best golf that has mver been exhibited on the Casper Country club links, the qualifying rounds in the city championship found F. F. Hamilton, Ralph Schulte, Glen Littlefield, A. C. Riker, J. B. Sutherland, A. M. Garbutt, C. E. Baird and J. S. Brown une trophy. The first round lows, the winner of the consolation to be awarded the suede golf suit. A. A. Schulte, 9 vs. M. E. Robert- son, 16. W. B, Maxwell, 18 ve. D. G. Fox,24. W. I. Christian, 15 vs. Francis Brown, 22 Leo Dunn, 16 vs. P. C. Nicolaysen, 16. W. R. Finney, 16 vs. 8. M. Young, Duke Wheeler, 20, bye. R. A. Rowlands, 17 va. Guy Gay,16, urch of St. Michael the Arch- Ukranian branch of the Greek Orthodox if in prayer, shot and killed confession that she said she the state’s attorney's they believed Mrs. Strutynsky mentally deranged. She sald she set out fve weeks ago to kill the priest. The Rév. Strutynsky !n Ramey, Penn., last night told the police that he had no intimation of his wife's intentions. He “telegraphed her he was coming here to aid her. The Rev. Strutynsky is under in- dictment charged with embezzlement of $50,000 or more which fs sald to have gone into the building of the beautiful St. Michael church here. An inquest wil! be held today and Crowe, state's attorney, cide whether to have Mrs. Strut?nsky held for murder or com- mitted as insane. Despite her reiterations that she a'one was responsible, the police are searching for a man who had been heard to sa omething is going to happen in this church,” Father Stetsuk was 44 years old. He wa secretary to Bishop Soter Ortynsky of Philadelphia of the Ukranian church in America when summoned to Chicago. He leaves a widow and two children, His parishioners declared . there as no basis for Mrs. Strutynsky's ih fons of financial discrepan- w DRAWINGS MADEFOR TRIBUNE GOLF PLAY F. F. Hamilton Low Qualifying Medalist—Leather Golf Suit For Consolation Round--Handicaps Announced Carnie Peterson, 17 vs. J. W. John- son, 18. R. S. Webb, 11 vs. W. F. Ott, 19. Paul Ingram, 19 vs. H. C, Chap- pell Knittle, 9 vs. Frank England, J. 8. O'Connor, 16 vs. Geno Grit: fith, Catterall, ok 16, Slater, 17, bye. H. M, Brant, 16 vs. M. A. Beck- Unger, 25. Don Phillips, 16 v: 16. First round to be dnesday, night ¥. F, Hamilton ontinued on 19 vs. T. C. Ton- kin, R. ¥. Barton, P'ayed off by Ww the low quall- ge Eight) « | | | | | AT CONFESSION | office said $2 | | | | | Former Undersheriff of Natrona County Faces Murder Charge—Case to Be Concluded Shortly DOUGLAS, Wyo., Oct. 8.—In a court room crowded with spectators the majority of whom were women, Errol J. Cantlin, former undersheriff of Natrona county, went on trial for first degree murder this morning. He is being tried for having shot and killed Mrs. J. D. Newcombe, a Casper woman, when her daughter failed to dim the lights n'8 attorney took a ghange of incident happened| venue to the court here, The trial is expected to be con- Casper on the Yellowstone highway.|cluded in two days with a night ses- (Continued on Page Bight) | Che Casper Daily Cribune Raising Ante Costs Money While conducting a search for the two bandits who last night robbed the North ‘asper Drug store of about $250, sheriff's at taches cropped into a nearby pool hall and there, under the ab‘e in- of taking direction cf Johnny Carey, heard the ante in a round of poker with raised, doubled and tripled, the result that the deputie. the ante so high that called and had to show his hand, and in consequence thereof was calaboosed in the county jafl for the night. TRIBUNE BASEBALL FANS WILL HAVE SCORE BOARD AND FULL WIRE SERVICE From the Polo grounds the Giants and the Yankees will start doing their 1923 pennant-grabbing stuff for the baseball fans of Cas- per when the world’s series this coming Wednesday will be the big baseball board in front of the Cas- per Tribune that will elimate 2,000 miles of distance, and put every en- thusiast right in the bleachers without costing him a cent. Every play, every hit, error, run, foul, will be shown here a second after it has happened in the east. A number. of tmprovements. have been made on the Tribune's worl seriés diamond and it is more cap- able than ever of showing all. ac- In tual playing. indicated play direct from’ pr be further BANDITS ROB DRUG STORE A getaway with something 1! 50 from the safe and cash regis ter of the North Casper Drug Store Was made last night at 8:30 o'clock by two unmasked@ bandits. Obviously previous observation had shown the two that the rmacy was compar atively deserted at that hour. Within fifteen minutes after the robbery members of both the police and sheriff's forces were at the drug store, which’ {s located in the 900 block gn North Durbin street. By that time the bandits had escaped and search during the night and to: day has failed to uncover them. De- scriptions of both men were given the authorities by the proprietor of the store who was the only person in the building when it was entered addition tothe ased wire Coal M iners Go on Strike SCRANTON, Pa., Oct., 8.—Fifteen thousand anthracite mine workers employed by the Hudson Coal com pany were on strike today, accord to claims of the general grieva committee representing the worke The employes voted to strike at a mass meeting Saturday and the gen eral grievance committee issued : call for 22,000 workers to quit at the 22 collieries of the company between Carbondale and Nanticoke. Failure of the company to adjust numerous grievances was the cause of the walk The Great University Many students of history and world affairs have to delve into the times of Caesar and Hannibal and Charlemagne. The greatest period of history is the history of the Twentieth Century—particularly the year 1923. 'The dally newspaper Is the uni- versity of the masses—the teach- er of the history of now. The advertising columns of the daily newspaper are the great teachers of present-day history of the world of business. The advertising columns are for your education in the develop- ment of manufacturing and mer- chandising; in the best things to buy, where, and the fair price, These arnouncements are for your guidance. and protectio As previously remarked, shop in the Tri the shops, une before shopping in given the fans amplifier. Be in front of the Tribune Wed- nesday if you want to see the 1923 world’s series. You won't miss one thing that will happen in New York. You can razz the umpire here just as well as at the Yankee stadium and can see the little, old pill s d over the fence by Babe Ruth almost first hand. through a new ,|on an inspection trip. BIT Onn | Bodies Mangled and Burned—One Man Able to Crawl on Hands and Knees to Safety Three Quarters of Mile Away. Dead Are Recovered ND JUNCTION, Colo., Oct. 8—The bodies of Robert P. Scott and W. B. Keyes, two of six who covered last night. closed and or, The mine ts n charge of An inquest into t aspect disaster » killed in an explosion at the | will be started as soon a James Midwest mine at Palisades yester- | Benda, the only survivor of the day, were recovered by mine res- | explosion is able to testify, accord © workers today. ing to offici A coroner's Jury The other four bodies were re will be impaneled this evening. GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., Oct. 8.—An explosion in the Midwest Coal mine, two miles from Palisades, Colo., just before noon yesterday killed < of the seven men in the mine at the time. The seventh, terribly burned, was able to crawl on hands and knees three-quarters of a mile through the gassed and smokey workings to safety. The deal! are: Robert P. Scott,})'y burned and some of them man. essee and manager; J. K, Keys, fore-| Bled |man, and his three sons, Harvey] A government mine rescue crew |Keys, W. B. Keys and Robert T.|Teentered the wrecked Midwest cou Keys: and George McKee. James|™ine, two miles from Palisades, ¢ Benda escaped alive and is in a hos-|4t 8 o'clock this morning to t pital at Grand Junction, where phy-|°Ut the bodies of Robert P. and W. B. Keys, two of the six men killed in an explosion shortly before noon yesterday. siclans say he will live. A government mine rescue crew that had been fighting fires in the The rescuers pls Avance Bock Cliff mine near Palfsades, ar-| ,Xh® Tescuers planned to advan rived at the Midwest mine within an|*0W!Y On account of the danger re “3 from which overcame three hour and began the work of recov- ering the boc crew working yester ; Et et had alae hey announced that they ex. covered all of the bodies except those gee nner PaneLLtHe tht eas of Robert P. Scott and W. B. Keys. | Posed f0 he les out by They had been located, but gas was so bad that three of the rescue crew Phe bodies of Scott and Keys were ated yesterday when tho other were overcome and had to be helped] soir dead were removed from the from the workings, mine, The seventh man in the It was decided to defer further ef- forts until today when it was hoped that some of the gas would have cleared out of the mine. The usual,force at tne mine ts for- ty men but only a cleanup crew was in yesterday, and Manager Scott was mine at the time of the explosion, James Benda, escaped by three quarters of a mile and badly burned will survive, jans sald today. awling hough physi NOBLEMEN IN The bodies recovered were horr!. RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL Armed Men Stage Daring Holdup— Charley Chaplin First Outsider to Learn of NEW YORK, Oct. 8.—Three armed men early today | held up the night manager and several othe the fashionable Ritz-Carlton hotel and robbed a jewelry store in the lobby of $5,000 worth of gems, | The robbery occurred at who entered the hotel lobby fled, was the first outsider to learn it. Not until five hours later, after the hotel employes had tried to trail the robbers and failed, was the holdup reported to the police. Entering the hotel at the main concourse the bandits, well dressed and armed, called for the night man- ager, and ordered his hands up. A porter, bell man and elevator oper ator were herded into an elevator cage and kept prisoners there by twe of the invaders, walle the third smashed the show cuse of the ad joining gem shop and scooped out jewels. When a spectal policeman appear ed the bandits fled, leaving $45,000 worth of Jewels in the smashed case. Gems Stolen In Miles City Are Found In East ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 8.—Jewelry nd uncut glass gems valued at ap- proximately $5,000 and believed to be part of a loot from a Miles City, Montana, jewelry store robbery were found in possession of Robert Living- stone here today when he was arrest 4 whilé attempting to dispose of two uncut rubles. Virtually every pocket of Living stone’s clothing yielded Iry and precious stones, which according to un alleged confession he Frank Sommer, chief of police, were stolen when the Miles City store was robbed October 2. Livingstone said he came to St, Paul last week in charge of three cartoads of cattle w' were sold at the south St. Paul stockyards, His finger prints compared with a single print left on ono of the dfs- play cares at the Montana store, A sopy of the print was forwarded from Montana and when Living stone was confronted with it he con- fessed, chief Sommers said. Included in the jewelry found on Livingstone were 34 unmounted sapphires, 12 expensive watch watch and a small with unmounted g unmounted rubies, 36 old charn a Ket case ns. Livingstone will wa Chief Somm extradition, made to| THE TOILS AS COKE SELLERS By JOHN O'BRIE (United Pi ff Correspondent) PARIS, Oct., {United Press) When Count Jean de Compo Santo, 4s he called himself, had been seon for the third or fourth time in the night resorts of Montmarte, bestow ing hundred-franc bills with a lavish hand on the Parisian nautch girls the word went around by the special Wireless in use in all communities more or less outside the law that the newcomer was a Rumanian mer. chant who wanted to lay in a large supply of cocaine for habitues of the nirvana powder atong the shores of the beautiful Danube. N ROBBED Robbery r employes of | 2:80 a.m. Charles Chaplin, 15 minutes after the bandits The bandit trio drove up to the en- trance in a large automobile and sauntered into the Ritz-Carlton, | They had al! the appearance of bona | fide guests until they whipped out pay the price and find himself in the stuff. But the Count waited. He bided his time until the Vicomte Ber. mont de Vachers and his fidus Ac hates, the Vicomte Arnaut de Roc quefeullle, e nt frequenters of the pistols. swellest “dancings” of Paris-after = dark, came to offer C - When Chaplin strolled in, the tm-|Chanaise He ort prot ged leased by the hotol’s special officer, | trey came, with three henchen Who became aware that something | ye “tent wre it ec necnmen : ike edo de ap 1e deal was put through quickly yan) See reer from an upr On his heturn from a_ telephone floor be heard the sound of crashing | nooth, to which Bement de Vor , to which Bermont de Vachers glass but received no reply when he had accompaniec Salen hnnee 1 accompanied m to hand over nates the Geak. to. learn the| the “astute and receive the price, the | |Count Jean de npO Santo called Chaplin joined tho officer and the | to two unobtrusive citizens sitting in night ma r in following a trail table and introduced them of spilled jewels to the hotel door. insy of the cocaine They learned that the doorman, be-; squad. I an In: or Douard of the eving the bandits to be guests start. | same,” ng off on an early morning adven- » two young scoins of nobility ture, helped them through the re. under twenty—had been volving doors and into the automo-| watched for months while eng bile which drove up as they em-| in selling cocaine to the memb rged. their own set. FINAL ;EDITION | "NUMBER 309 INE EXPLOSION ADVANGE GUARD F LEBION MEN REACH FRISCO Elaborate Plans for En- tertainment of Vets Near Completion N FRANCISCO, Oct. 8. —The advance guard of the posts expected here Oct. 15 to attend the annual national conclave of the American Legion already is commenc- 1 elaborate plans and entertainment men are nearing ng to the rece the ex pletion. rive on ice Preparations for an aerial exhtbi- tion which will be one of the out- tanding en tainment features of © gathering of veterans include the bombing of a toy fort, sham bat- Ues between land and air forces sky-to-land communications, acroba- ties and combat demonstrations at high altitudes, a re-fueling in mid-air and formation conte: ‘s for precision. . The air progr mented by a daily exhibits tion materials. mn milit of ord’ will be supple- ry review and nee and avia- A combined army and navy squad- ron of planes, said to be the largest ever to participate in an inter-city ht will come here from San Diego this wi One of the early arrivals for the conclave here was Anthony R. Broom 25 year ol ran of Cincinnati, Ohio, who has hiked to every conven. tion of the n since 1920, He has trekked continously since Au gust, 1 , wher he started for the New Orle ns convention. He arrived FOOD PRICES SHOW ADVANCE “Merchants” from all over the| quarter flocked around him. I soon had only to pick and choc possession of pounds and pounds of | WASHINGTON, Oct. §__A max- imum tncreawe of four percent in the retail! cost of food in the month end- ng September 15 was shown in completed compilations announced today for twenty cities out of 61 for which the bureat: of !abor stat: tics receives reports. An ine rted souls, utte, se of four per cent was L Angeles and St change wv shown at for No Montana. For the year ending last Decem- ber 15, increqsea in the twenty cities ranged from 10 per cent for Indian. polls to four per cent for Butte, Houston and New Orle: T-Bone Slim Is Tough Customer Among two or three picked up by the police yesterday for being drunk creating. dis! or acting 5 pic an individual ho at his own request was vaguely ted on tho registed ds “T-Bone it with being v disturbance, tir his wife—qnite a ralgnment af one ensive an appela- Lim. | PITTSBURG NURSE Failure to Pay Voodoo Doctor for Curing | “Love Ills” Leads to Death of Girl by Negro PITTSBURGH, Oct, 8.—Miss Elsie Barthel, 28-year-old nurse was kille dby Alonzo Savage, negro voodoo doctor when she refused to give him > for “curing her love ills” according to a confession which city detectiv said the negro made early today. The confess ion, according to Captain of Detectives Louis Leff, was made after Savage was taken to the scone of the crir and then dropped a seven shortly after midnight. und block of marble on her head | Under the glare of eho fell, Miss Barthel erted: ‘I'll it to | A automobile jheadlights Captain Left aid, Sav |fiV0 ff 10 you we is sald to age re sted movements when | "ve told ey date stives, but the r he met the nurse beneath the por Pe ingen 9 LA gical le e and pushed the loose marble from the negro confessed, Captain I f a, that he stru urse in th D of the face when shoe the monoy | pub! Ca uf out of his hand; felled her with @|Miss Barthel met were employ siclan, the woman as a nurse and the negro as a butler. The nurse learned of Savage's ability as a “for. tune teller’ and approached him when she had difficulties with her etheart. Savage gave her six cards, held together by a black pin and told her th harm’ would if she returned the cards to n and paid him $39 Saturday night | met under the portico late t ht s Barthel handed t a and an envelope >» mone ed that cure” had ybed the om hy on follow- ling. Savage picked up the n tho haste he dropped rds.-It was the nurse gr these to arrest said they with six miss ear the body Captain Left de In his home, t ared.