Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1923, Page 1

R APARTM STATE IN GRIP OF COLD WAVE CASPER RECORD 4 BELOW HITS NEW LOW MARK All Marks of Weather Bureau For Last Nine Years Shattered The most severe cold wave in several years held all Wyoming in its grip last night, the thermometer go- ing up a few degrees during the day but still holding the the state In a frigidness that damp- ened even the-courageous spirit of the most radical fresh air fiend. Thirty-five degrees below was re- corded during the night by the thermometer at the court house, and George 8. McKenzie, weather man, reported that this was the coldest which has been recorded since he has been onthe job. Jn November, 1919 the mercury hit the low point of 32 degrees. Other records Were 1922, 17 degrees; 1921 17 degrees; 1918 23 degrees; 1915, 22 degrees and 1914 20 degrees. Mr, McKenzie has been recording the per, weather for nine years A weal service was maintained for two years before that time, but the records have been lost. About five inches of snow cover- ed the ground thig morning. _ The barometer mormal and did not indicate © snowfall. The ter was rising this moring snd at 10:30 it registered 25 below. Sunday's temperature was 14 dgerees below. All trains were reported to be running on schedule today with the exception of Chicago and North- western train No. 3 which was four! hours late out of Chadron, Neb. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 31— Twenty-eight degrees below was recorded here by the weather bur- eau early this morning. This is within two tenths of a degree of the coldest December weather re- corded here in the last 66 years. Much damage resulted from the freezing of automobile radiators and batteries. Train service was affected, some trains arriving sev- eral hours late because of inability to maintain steam pressure. SHERIDAN, Wyo., Dec. 31—The thermometer reached 32 degrees below zero early this morning. mak- ing today one of the coldest days of December on record here. Forty six degrees below was reported at Clearmont, 40 miles east of here. Five and eight tenths inches of snow is on the ground. All trains are several hours late. LARAMIE, Wyo., Dec. 31—With | the temperature ranging to 32 de- grees below zero and three inches of snow covering the ground, south- ern Wyoming is experiencing its first severe weather for this winter. The temperature at Laramie at six o'clock this morning was 24 below, while Rawlins registered 32 below. All transcontinental traffic over the Union Pacific railroad is badly delayed. Their overland passenger train number 22 from the Pacific | coast will arrive at Laramie three | hours late, There has been no suffering re- ported from stockmen, they having had 12 hours advance notice of the approaching cold wave. DENVER, Colo., Dec. 31—The year 1923 turned a cold shoulder to the Rocky Mountain region on Montana Struggles In Zero Weather Helena Records 30 Below and Billings With 36 Below Is Coldest Spot Of Any Weather Bureau HELENA, Mont., Dec. 31.—With 80 degrees below zero at 5 o’clock this morning, the minimum temperature in Helena during the cold wave which began Friday, was the lowest it has been here since January 29, 1916, when the mercury at the weather bureau dropped to 32. Prior to that and back to 1893 when on January 31 the station | record of 42 below was established, it had been as cold as 30 below only three times, January 10, 1909 Feb- ruary 12, 1905 and February 4. 1899. From 1880, when the Helena weather bureau record began, to 1893, extreme temperatures were more common than they have been since. In the early period it was 41 below on January 15, 1888, forty be- low on February 3, 1887, 30 below an January 7, 1886, 34 below on Jan- uary 18 and 19, 1883, and 40 below on December 30, 1880. Billings with 38 below at 6 o'c'ock this morning was the coldest place in North America from which daily weather bureau reports are receiv- ed, Helena’s 30 below was two de grees colder than Havre's tempera- ture, Miles City showed 24 below and Missoula 12 below. a Not bn 80 ‘cold toninity 14° prediction. ‘A minimum of 20 below is forecast. for Hetena. BUTTE, Dec. 31:—Ha the, second coldest point in M to- day with a temperature Of 86 below at 7 o'clock this méfming. ‘Other Montana temperatures reported by the Montana Power company sta- tions are: Butte, 23 below, Living- ston 24 below; Great Fulls, 24 below; East Helena 28 below. |Laramie Fireman Seriously Hurt | LARAMIE, Wyo., Dec. 31.—B. W. Bacon, of this city and a fireman on }the Union Pacific, was severely in- jjured at Parco, near Rawlins, while at work in the cab of an engine. A gale was blowing, the wind strip- ping the roof from a car of a train passing on another track at the time and Bacon was hit by a board, the timber rupturing the smaller in- testine in two placeq and so dam- aging the apendix that it was re- moyed at a hospital at Rawlins. Mr. Bacon has a wife and small child. ————__—_— —___ Five Buildings In Sioux Falls Are Destroyed SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Dec. 31.— Fire starting in the basement of the Geddes Pharmacy company at Geddes, S. D., yesterday, destroyed five buildings ‘with in estimated loss of! $100.000 according to a dispatch to the Argus Leader. | Dixmude Officer Is Given Honors PALERMO, Sicily, Dec. 31—The body of Lieutenant Grenadan, com- mander of the lost airship Dixmude, | Was brought to Palermo today, ac- companied by a guard of honor. It will be sent to France tomorrow. The coffin is covered with a French its last day, and the entire eastern slope of the mountains this morn- (Continued on Page Ten) flag and will be guarded continu- ously by detachments of marines, regular troops and militia. MISKE MAY DIE TODAY MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec.’ 31.— The condition of Billy Miske, heavy-| weight boxer, who is ill here, was| deserited tint as “weaker; very critical.” Announcement of his death may be expected at any time, it was said. Miske is suffering from Bright's disease. j CASPER, WYO., MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1923 ENT ‘ intr cry ae = wees ae a ¥ Ary unhanw FATAL TO TWO Another Year - as Another Grain of Sand —— Ld tarrerne(> = ‘MAN IS SOUGHT BY RELATIVES John C. (Jack) Barkley, 50 years of age, is being sought by W. E Barkley of Lincoln, Neb., who has communicated with the George W. ‘Vroman post of the American Le- gion. Mr. Barkley or anyone who knows anything regarding his whereabouts should call C. H. Ret merth, phone 767. CRUDE OIL PRICES UP| PITTSBURGH, Pa., Fifteen cents was add lot six grades of ofl | Five grades were unchanged Tho new prices are. Pennsyl- vania grade in New York Transit company lines and Bradford district oll in National Transit company lines, $3.25. Pennsylvania grade ofl in Nation- al Transit, southwest Pennsylvania, Eureka and Buckeye pipe lines, $3 —_—_—_—SeS—— Boy Prodigy Is Located at Gebo of cer today, THERMOPOLIS, Wryo., Dec. 31.— | A boy acrobat who prom to be a wonder has been discove' Ieho, a mining village 12 miles north of here. Vernal Woolman is the name | of the prodigy and he fs eight years old. | One of the thrillers he has been pulling during the recess minutes at | school is to slide down a long hill on a handsed, standing on his head. He makes the slide from top to bot- tom of the hill tn that position, with- out wavering, repeating the per- formance as often as he has an ap- preciative audience. 100 Columns Of News In Sunday Tribune Edition Yesterday’s edition of the Sun- day Tribune carried 100 columns devoted to news, editorial and t)- lustrations in addition to the comics and special cartoons. Much of the news was given over to annual ce- views, covering all the big markets, sports and forecasts for the new year by recognized authorities. Supplementing these were the world’s news and feature stories of interest to Casper people. Interesting as it was, however, yesterday's edition will not com- pare with the Tribune's annual In- dustrial edition which is now in course of preparation and has come to be recognized as an offi- cial record of Wyoming's progress from year to year. This edition will be published in January and will be available as usual in any quantity for mailing. Its issu- ance is deferred for the compiling of accurate and reliable figures on the outupt of Wyoming industries. teddy tS ea FAST -TRAIN IS DERAILED CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 31.—The Baltimore and Ohio fast express train from New York to Cincinnati, due*here at 8:05 a. m. was derailed 2% miles west of Zalisky, Ohio, to- day, according to a report to the railroad offices\here. Several hundred passengers were shaken up but no one was seriously injured, the report said. The locomotive tender, baggage and two coaches and four Pullmans were reported derailed. The derailment the report, said was due to the track being washed out by heavy rains. The train was proceeding at slow speed. Three Overcome by Monoxide Gas Fumes from a heater in.an apartment at Carlen monoxide gas esc: ed hh t Secotid street yesterday mn resulted in a near tras en three persons were over- y the fumes and narrowly es- caped suffocation. A neighbor calling at the apart- Ment found Mrs. A. Arbogast lying on the floor of the living room in an unconscious condition. Her nephew and niece Paul Files, 18 yearsof age. 22 and Burnie Files, 22 were also found unconscious in an adjoining room. The two young persons ‘were read- fly revived, but Mrs. Arbogast who is 74 years of age and who suffer- ed the most disastrous effects. of the fumes is still in a serious con- dition, She was unconscious for several hours, ness regaining conscious arly this morning. She was not abel to discuss the matter to any extent however. The pipe which forms a vent for the escaping gas after it has been burned had become disconnected from the stove which was in the living room, and there being no windows open, the poison gas was held in tho room, Chinese Vandals Raid Town, Take! Stores Will Be Woman and Wound Two American Representatives of Church PEKING, Dec. 31.—Followers of the notorious bandit leader La Yao-Jen captured an American missionary, Mrs. Julina Kilen, and wounded two other missionaries, Profes- sor Bernhard Hoff, and Mrs. of Tsaoyang in northern Hupeh province, near the border | Hoff, in raid upon the town town of Siangyangfu according to advices received here today. The American legation has taken active steps to bring about the cap- ture of the brigands and the libera- tion of Mrs. Kilen. The Chinese goy- ernment has offered a bounty for the capture, dead or alive, of the bandit leader. The three missionaries are repre- sentatives of the church of the Lu- theran Brethren of the United States and were conducting a mis: sion at Tsaoyang when the town was raided. Warned of activities of the bandits in the vicinity. by the tuchun, or military governor of the province, they had) vacated their station and embarked on river craft for safety, before the raid. Later, however, on receiving assurance from the tuchun that.the bandits had been suppressed, they returned to the mission. Mrs. Kilen is fifty years old and he> home is in Northfield Minn., Professor Hoff, 32, an& Mrs. Hoff, 25, were married here last August, and only recently had gone to Trno- yang, accompanied by Mrs. Kilen; to open the mission there. They for- merly resided in Grand Forks and Abercrombie, N. D, The Price of Your Money We are all familiar with the rapid fluctuations in the prices from time to time of the things we have to buy. . Since the great war we have had) many fMlustrations, owing to upset! world conditions, in changes in the] value of money. } Your money is property for sale} to the highest bidder. Look through the advertising and you will find merchants viewing with | each other as to who will offer tho! most and best for your money. Right} prices are easily spotted by com.| on. Study the advertising—know bot is bidding highest for your money.| Leading merchants constantly use the columns of The Tribune to bia for your money and intelligent com parison is profitable. Shop in the Tribune before shop- ping in the shops, Midwest Upheld By Verdict Of Appeals Court The circuit court of appeals at St. Louls, “speaking through Judge Stone, has affirmed Judge Kennedy's TURED BY BANDITS Open Tonight; Closed Tuesday Shoppers may obtain the things they will need for New Year's day up until 9 o'clock this evening. An agreement between union stores and the retail clerks’ union has provided for the stores re- maining open until that time. They will be closed all day tomorrow. The Tribune will not issue a Pape tomorrow, giving its em- ployes an opportunity to spend the New Year in any way they see fit. New Year's day is one of the holidays that no Issue of the paper is published, Its ob- servance has been cutomary since the establishment of The Tribune. prota Pies dds WEATHER MAN REFUSES TO CONFIRM 46 BELOW SHERIDAN, Wyo., Dec. 31.—WiIl |L. Wyland, government weather | observer here, refused to confirm the | Burlington raflroad report that the temper: ture at Clearmont had reach jed 46 degrees below zero this morn- | ing. \Escaped Bandit Is Mail Robber BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 31.—Lud- wig Schmidt, the German sailor who escaped from the Atlanta, Georgia Squash racquets originated at the| prison yesterday with three others famous Harrow School in England. was one of three bandits who robbed For many years it was one of those |a mail truck of $300,000 in negotiable |go-as-you-please games with no par- decree jn the so-called ‘Hard Winter [ticular rules or regulations. Davis” case. The Sussex Land & Livestock company, of which Davis was the chief owner, sued the Mid- west Refining company for $220 - 000 on. account of alleged oil damage to their ranch at the mouth of Salt Creek and also asked the court for an injunction against permitting any seepage to get into tho stream,! which, if granted would” have re. sulted in tying up operations in the Salt Creek field. ‘The lower court, after a trial lnst- | Paper at Niagara Falls, New York on April 19, 192: COLLEGE BOYS PUSH FORD CAR OVER BIRDSEYE PASS IN SNOW THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., Dec. 31.—_ attempted to negotiate the pass even Ralph Johnson, Edward Walsh,| oo pus ‘i ais “ Ei | he boys started from Laramie | °°! | Joseph McDonald, ‘Rajph Jones and! qyirsday afternoon at 5 o'clock, ing three weeks in “1921, denied the/ LaMar Jones, five Thermopolis boys) | drove by way of Cheyenne in a de- injunction and granted damages of attending the University of Wyom- | pendable flivver and made it over $70 a year, baned on rental value.) claimed by the plaintiff should not be granted under any recovery. The outcome is considered | March by all parties as a clean-cut victory | for the defendant. ing at Laramie, pulled a stunt that| Birdseye pass, The appelata court uphe!d the trial/only boys with the blood of the west/ o'clock court's decision and went even fur- could have accomplished in order to}only stops were to eat ther by holding that alleged profits | get home for the Christmas holidays. | Birdseye pass, ‘an old stage route| conditions, | over the mountain which is the only whether properly proved or nut. and| highway entrance to the Big Horn|one drove. jthat rental value cf the Iand de ‘aged was the only proper basis o arriving here at 4 afternoon. Their aad they pounded away all Thursday n‘:; t. Over Birdseye pass four of the boys pushed at the machine while In this way they munag- Friday asin country from the south and/ed to beat thru the high banks of | Which will be a thing of the past in| snow, the only auto that has been when Wind river highway is completed, has snowed up for weeks. canyon | over the pass for weeks and perhaps been | the only one that will get over again Nobady has| until next May. Protest on Arms Sale 1s Lodged by Mexicans WASHINGTON, De La Huerta faction in Mexico today filed with the state department « formal. protest against thé plan of the United States to sell her war materials to the Mexico City gov- ernment of General Obregon. The protest was signed by the De La Huerta confidential agent at New Yo. The Obregon author- ities alone are recognized by the —The De United States interests dealing with and there was no indica- what consideration the com- the Mexico, tion munication would recelye at state department. BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Dec. 31— Telephone reports today from Am- erican army officers at Fort Ring- gold brought reports of fighting be- tween troops G Mexican federa Camargo, nde, forty miles, a 1 and the a troops port were obtained, small di from on the results ot battle but n_ mill- tary officers state that the firing, which started before daylight, was very heavy. TEACHER JUMPS TO DEATH FROM WINDOW TRYING TOSAVE HER LIFE Occupants Flee In Night Clothes In 10 Below Zero Night; Two Oth- ers Seriously Injured DENVER, Colo., Dec. 31. —Two persons are dead and five are injured, some pos- sibly fatally, as the result of two apartment house fires here early today. Miss Beatrice Jones, 38%, a teach- in the Denver public schools, plunged to death trom a third story window fighting her way through 2 vell of smoke and flame in an ef- fort ta escape. er In the second biaze, Miss Eula Kramer, of Lovelan( Colo, was trapped in the burning building. Firemen found her char- red body. Miss Evelyn Louerman, a sales- woman, of O'Fallon, Il., is dying the resutt of injuries she sus tained when she plunged from her window to the icy sidewalk, where firemen found her. Earl Dusky “and his sister Beatrice, both of Love land, vas also were fatally in- jured, beloved when they bivared “to the ground. Miss Myrtle Wheelock, and Miss Mary Olsen, a seacher, were the other two injured. Miss Louerman and Miss Olsen were forced to jump when their bocies were seared by the flames. in the first blaze, H. G. White, owner of the apartment, Mrs. White and three other occupants of the building, escaped on receiving an early warning of the fire from a neighbor. DENVER, Colo., Dec. 31.—One wo- man was killed and two others ser- iously injured when they leaped from the third floor of a burning apart- ment house here early this morning. Other occupants were rescued by members of the fire department as the building was destroyed by the flames. Firemen arriving at the burning building with the temperature ten degrees below zero found Miss Bea- trice Jones, 38, a school teacher, ly- ing unconscious on the ground after jumping from the window of her smoke filled room. She died on the Way to a hospital. The injured are Miss Evelyn Larramore and Miss Mary Olson, both teachers. The fire started, according to au- thorities, from an overheated flue and spread rapidly through the apart- ment house, an old building at thir- tenth and Acoma streets, A neighbor, rising early to ten® his furnace, saw the flames licking up the side of the bullding and gave the alarm, Several occup«nts of the lower floors escaped into the zero air in their night clothes. A second woman was burned to death and three more were injured in a second apartment house fire which broke out shortly after- |ward. Both fires, according to apparently were caused | authorttles, rheated ft 8 due to the which swept Denver and ast night. The second fire, the three-story Ariel apartment in house at Twenty First and Tremont streets was a@ counterpart first. Miss Eula Kramer, 25, was trap- ped by the flames and burned to death, Earl Duskey, 30, slipped while attempting to escape over the {cy roof and fell to the ground. Bea- trice Duskey, his sister, and Myrtte Wheelock jumped to the ground. All three were rushed to a hospital where they were reported seriously injured. A Qe ee BOY 17 YEARS ‘ROBS COMPANY of the SHERIDAN, Wyo., Dec —Two he Scales Motor com- the last five weeks s totalied nearly $1 { up Sunday ybheries h over to county aa- ng tho finding of a said to have been stolen robbery of November. 24 $100 liberty bond and checks believed taken in the rob- bery. of December 24, ee | o~ Wy} ‘aan ret wma = & oO TT WI~ <—_ Trl»