Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 3, 1924, Page 1

— The Weather Mostly fair tonight - and Thursday cooler. NO. "VOL, VIIL CHINESE ‘POP’ GEERS INJURED ON RACE TRACK “WHEELING, w. » Sept. 3.— FIRST BATTLE To UNDER WAY NEAR SHANGHAI of “Pop” Geers, race tal track veteran, ry) was seriously in- r jured here this afternoon when the horse he was driving on the state fair track fell, throwing the sulky and Geers in-a heap. When American Warships in Harbor Reinforced For Emergency. SHANGHAI, Sept. 3.— (By The Associated Press) —Fighting between the two My ye rival provincial governors, | Spt which is reported to be in i progress, is said to be occur-| - ring at Hwangtu, 15 miles west of this city on the Shanghai-Nanking railway, . Although a large number of troops are engaged in the conflict, veports received here from Chekiang Say that no material advantage has ‘been gained by either side. It 4s said that the engagement today is preliminary to a major battle at “Nansiang tomorrow, 12 miles from Shanghal, Accor({ng to information given out from Lungwha military head- quarters, the first shots were fired at Hwangtu by the northern troop: after Chi Shieh-Yuan had moved)“ large reinforcements to Hwangtui ie rt to the nr tertones says that Dr, Sun Yat-Sen, rival of Chang. Tso-Lin, military director of Menchurla, is planning a northern expedition with his Hunan, Kiangs! and Kwangtung troops. Reports from Mukden province to the same news agency say that’ two Manchurian armies are moving to- wards the Great Wall from two di- rections. The eastern column is reported to be proceeding along the Liac river| with Changtehfu, a city 110 miles northeast of Peking, as its Second Game. immediate objective, while the west- At Philadelphia— ern column is moving towards/ Brooklyn _---230 000 200—7 9 1 Chinchow. Philadelphia -—-000 000 000—0 2 0 Batteries—Doak and Taylor; Hub- bell, Couch, Lewis and Henline. ——————_— AMERICAN LEAGUE. First Game. At Chicago— R.H.E. Detroit _---__..013 000 020—6 11. 2 My Lady Guy, NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Pittsburgh— rell; Sheehan, May, Dibut and Har-; grave, Bloot. ~—R.H.E. REFU an ee POUR WANGHAS, Sept. 3. — (By The Associated Press.)—Actual . fighting between the forces of two riva! prov- incial military. governors was re- ported in progress, today in this dis- trict with Shanghai and the extreme eastern portion of Kiangsu province as the prize. Although reports which ‘filtered into Shanghai yesterday from points along the line of the Peking Nanking railway. indicated the op- posing armies of Lu-Hsiang and Chi Shieh-Yuan had c'ashed, official confirmation of the beginning of hos- tilities came taflay from General Ho Tenghailin, defense commissioner | of Shanghai. Lu Yung-Hslang, ruler of the con- tested section of Kiangsu Province is defending his territory against the aggressive forces of Chi Shieh- Yuan, ruler of the uncontested sec- tion of the province. Before train. service was declared suspended yesterday on the Shang: hal-Nanking railway, more than 100,000 refugees poured into Shang- hai, the objective city in the con- fect from the Chinese military viewpoint, and today, under the pro- tection of foreign governments, they awaited the outcome of civil war- fare. A messenger who reached Shang- hai today from Quinsan told of hear- ing sporadic firing in the vicinity of Quinsan the point .where the forces of the rival Tuchuns were (Continued on Page Eight) Cleveland -....-101 002 200—6 13. 0 St. Louis 000 032 O11—7 12 0 Batteries—Shaute, Metevier and L. Sewell; Wingard and Severeid. Second Game. At Chicago— R. H. E. -200 02x xxx—x x x ago O10 00x. xxx—x "x x Bateries—Whitehill and Bassler; Blankenship and Grabowski. At New York— Cleveland xx XXX AXX—X xX Xx St. Louis ---.0xx xxx xxx—x x x Batteries—Coveleskie and Myatt; Vangilder and Rego. To keep herself and her volce at their best, Madame Tetrazzini, the world-famous soprano, only partakes of dry foods. SUCCESSOR TO STRAUSS MAY NOT BE NAMED CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 3. — United States District Judge T. Blake Kennedy declared this morn- ing that he may not appoint a re- appointed by the court at the re- quest of counsel for the government and for Harry Sinclair. Admiral Strauss represented the’ government. Press of official duties with the cane has been set for October 7, and it will be -heard at that time, Judge: Kennedy declared. The fact that there tight be only one receiver will not affect the legal aspect of the ease nor will it retard the hear- ing, he sgid. the fact that the bureau of mines was on the ground at Teapot Dome and was competent and capable of handling the goveramant’s interest in the recetfvership. Strauss md Albert E. Watts were Member of Andit Bureau Cireulation ARMIES | Evidence Lacking at Inquest Here In that would throw any light on the murder of Paul Taber, who was shot and killed at Lavoye Saturday night the jur; this mq that “Tiber came to his death at the hands of an unknown person. = Ft - The only theory the officials have Fs cents per Square yard for for furnishing 1,800 feet of deeply sensible and appreciative of John W. Davis Davis, Deford going to Omaha, will deliver an address on agricul- ture next Saturday. the nominee would deliver an ad- drew at Des Momes on September ii, Daily “MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED MMz2y jo deg - New Record Set Dur- ing August by the Department. AT LAVOYE IS STILL MYSTERY The month of August was the biggest one in the history of the Casper police department from the standpoint of fines collected. The tocal fines collected amounted to $4,253. Two hundred forty-one ar- rests were made during the month. Drunks headed the li The fol- lowing report was submitted to the council last night by the chief of police: a Violation of drug ordinance...._ Killing of Paul Taber, Found Slain Saturday Night . ‘With a complete lack of evidence pebmpany, was killed by someone with.whom he quarreled or who held grudge against him. As Taber was @ quiet individual with few acquaint- ances. The authorities are making slow headway in tracing anything definite in the-crime. Taber had been in this part of at the coroner's inquest ing brought in a verdict a the” country only~a~ few mionths,| Held for out town---------.---. 3 ‘There were only three witnesses | having come here, from Chotepa,| violation of parole-_--..--..-... 1 including Dick Costello, deputy sher-| Kan. His family home {s thought j 4 iff’ who took: charge of the body:|to have been in’ Oklahoma. Assault and carrying conceal Joseph Stevens, who folind the man| A sister of the dead man, living | W®4PONS -----~-----------en-— 1 lying dead on the grqund and the/| at Pitcher, Oxla.,.and a brother liv- | Held as witness--.--_-.--..--— 19 ing in \_Daghver have. been communt-} Operating gambling joint. 4 cated with but have sent no instruc. 2 to work on is that Taber, a teamster | tions aid “the disposal of the 3 employed by_the. Midwest. Refining body, / " TIT 23 Investigation “ and — suspicious character --—--—:--<s——~. 1s: aes tsa disturbance__....... 3 9 * 10 CITY COUNCIL: MORE SIDEWALK . Petty larceny -.-.----------__._ 3 Accident. --_--___ 9 1 Iabertectini ess officer__.. accident. -. PETITIONS | PRESENTED HERE, D i test 5 Bight. ae here basis of} ‘tee fe the ontrapt]| 3 1 t 4 (Continued‘on Page Pwo). Baie penton The Casper Supply. company, Held for federal_. Drunk driving car---.-.. 3 1 2 2 1 4 1 1 Assault and battery 1 CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1924. POLICE COURT) m2 Cribune 7 On, Streete Newstands, § conte rat ivered by Carrier 75.cents a month GLOBE FLIERS NEAR HOME IN WORLD FLIGH J5SFINES |Platte County NMA SCOTIA IG CLASH IN BATTLE (lllttiil ) Has C itidaie GOAL TODAY IN LATE MURDER MISS DOROTHY HOUSER OF GUERNSEY WHEATLAND, WyYo., Sept. 4 .— (Special to The Trib- une)—Miss Dorothy Houser, Platte county’s choice for the Casper Tribune’s beauty contest, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs..G>O2Houser of Guernsey. Her father is:editor and publisher of the Guernsey Gazette: Following her high school work, Miss Houser who will GUN DISCHARGED; BOY DEAD PRINCESS NAMED FOR NATRONA WITHDRAWS FROM STATE CONTEST The beauty contest took a new slant this morning by the with- drawal of Miss Jeannette McOmie, winner of the Nationa county con- test. Miss McOmie takes a very broad view of the matter and her letter speaks for itself: Accidental discharge of the high honor conferted upon me by the board of judges in the re- cent beauty contest, I do not feel that in fairness I should retain the title and continue to enjoy the prestige; more especially since I am but a recent comer to Natrona county and there are hundreds of beautiful girls more properly to be considered residents of the county and more representation of the cou o’clock this afternoon. rabbits at the city dump gro: 120th Birthday Celebrated by Coast Pioneer LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 3.— Senora Maria Antonia Lonjuna Masino Verdugo De Chavoya, wha was born in Los Angeles when ‘Casper, Wyo., Sept. 3, 1924. “Editor Tribune:—“While I am 1 Prank the board of judges for salbotinig me out of so large a group of girls, and all concerned for the many courtesies extended to me. and-I now desire to with- draw as the representation of Na- trona county, “JEANTETTE McOMIE.” Temperature Range Here Is 53 Degrees Out of deference to the judges, who acted in the recent contest With temperature ranges ‘of | and the impracticability at this | the place was still known by its from 40 degrees above cn the | time, of recovering them, the : gic: waaea 22nd to 93 above on the 29th, the | place of Natrona county occupiea | '!surely name of El Pueblo de month of August gave a variety | by Miss. McOmie will remain | Nuestra Senora Santa Maria La of climate that should have suited almost everyone. The total precipitation for the month was ‘slightly more than a half inch, to be exact 0.52 inches, the greatest in any 24 hours being 0.40 inches on the 15th. There.were 25 clear five partly cloudy days and only one cloudy day in the month. ‘The foregoing statistics were fur- nished by George 8S. McKenzie, lo- cal weather observer. vacant. We will proceed with the Program and the twenty-two beau ties representing the other. counties of the state and from that number select the queen who will represent the state at the Tulsa exposition. Reina de Los Angeles, and who has not been out of Los Angeles + county in more than a century, celebrated her 120th birthday anni- ve y at her old adobe home in the Verdugo hills, near here yes- terday, FAMOUS RACING DRIVER KILLED IN AUTO CRASH BROOKLANDS, England, Sept. 3. —(By the Associated Press).—Dario Resta, famous automobile racing driver, was killed today while at- tempting to establish a new world’s In. Conference With Leaders CHICAGO, NEW YORK, Sept. 3.—Dario Resta, racing automobile driver, | killed today at Brooklands, England, {came to America in 1913 and in 1916 Sept. Democratic 3.—John W. presidential n nominee continued conferences to-| record. |won the Vanderbilt cup and the to replace” Hear “Admiral | naval budget committee was given | gay with Democratic leadera of. I!-| He was killed instantly when his nd Prix at the San Francisco ex tenia Teeerieds ” Sven [hy Strauss (as the reason ifort rs1 (note, etic Indians, began yesteraay| racer. plunged) through. the tron |positiod. “In 1916 he weer ike ce though applications may be handed | signing. snortly after his arrival in Chicago.| fence bordering the track here. His | dianapoile 500-mi eda? taba him for a new appointment. This The hearing of the Teapot Dome | Fe plans to remain here three days| mechanician escaped with minor in-| He finished ond to Ralph De action, re declared, was in view of where he| juries. The car plunged from the track on the straight away during the second lap. The wreckage caught / parents in England, won his reputa Palma in ‘the Indianapolis race 1915. Resta, who eas born of Italian in It was announced last might that Charles Specht, 13, Accident This Afternoon While | Clubbing Bush with Rifle cause of the’death of Charles Specht, 13-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs. George Specht, 886 Craig street, at 1:30 He and Franklin Peterson, newsboy, were hunting |BODIES FOUND be 16 years old on her next birthday hopes to complete a business edu- cation. She knows no other than the outdoor life of Wyoming and one of her assets to beauty 1s an un- spoiled and pleasant disposition, which gives her the-most cherished wealth—many friends among. old and young. PLANE FALL FALLS, Victim of Tragic| DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 3.—Lieuten- ant Alex Pearson, one of the fliers entered in the Pulitzer race of the international air races to be held here in October, was killed at Wil- his .22 calibre rifle was the bur Wright field here yesterday when his plane collapsed in mid- unds when the Specht lad er the field. grabbed the muzzle of his rifle and utenant Pearson was making started to beat‘a clump of brush flight with the speedy waich he thought concealed a rabbit rtis racer in p aration for @he trigger was snapped and a| the race , and at the tin of the acci. bullet penetrated the boy’s abdomen, was flying 400 feet from the ranging . upward. Death followed| ground at an estimated speed of within 2 few moments. Just before| more than.200 miles an hour. he fell he said to his pal: “I'm —_ gone.” The Peterson tad ran to a nearby | JIVE pendents house with the stc of the t and Coroner Lew M. Gay was Sere Map Program Surviving Charles are his fath and mother, sisters Leona Esther, and brother William. and TI body is at the Shaffer-c WASHINGTON, Sept. 8—A meet- The tragedy marked the second | ing of the committee which ts direct- accident of its kind within a space|ing the La Follette-Wheeler cam- ofa few days. The victim of the|Ppaign has ben called here tomorrow other accident, a young lady, is re-|tO canvass the political situation covering at a local hospital from a} and PD out proceedure. wound received same manner.| | John H. Nelson, campaign mana- 5 1 chairman of the committee, is not ¢ cted to attend but re. ports on various phases of campaign activi forwarded from his Chi cago headquarters, will be in the | Hawkes Bay. FLIER KILLED committee's hands. NAL HOME RETURNING OU Of FAR NORTH Only One More Jump In Prospect Before World Airmen Land At Boston Field. PICTOS, Sept. 3.—(By the As sociated? Press)—The American round the world fliers arrived at Pictoux, Nova Hawkes Bay, shortly after 4:30 o'clock this af. ternoon, The exact time of the ar- rival was 4:39 o'clock ¢astern standard time, thus making the time for the hop from Newfound- land, six hours, minutes. HAWKES BAY, N. F., Sept. 3.—(By The Associat- ed Press)—The American army airplanes on their world flight left here for Pictou, N. S. at 12:40 p. m., Newfoundland daylight saving time, It was raining and a southwest wind was blowing thirty miles an hour when the fliers hopped of. The clouds were less than one thou- sand feet from the surface and the machines kept at a low altitude, flying ‘Just over the tips of the waves. . At 12:05 o'clock eastern stands time the airmen passed over wo. cruiser Milwaukee, stationed approx- Bay. imately 100 miles from. Hawkes With a slight breeze behind them the airmen following the western coast of Newfoundland and flying approximately thirty miles off shore were rapidly approaching Cape Ray at the southern tip of Newfoundland at one o'clock. At 10:20 o'clock the radio advices reported the airmen had disappéar- ed from the view of those on board the destroyer Charles Ausburn, near PICTOU, N. S., Sept. 3.—Although the weather was unfavorable early today it began to clear before 10 o'clock and the destroyer Barry, in direct communication fram her dock here with the Charles Ausburn ‘at Hawkes Bay, N. F., sent word to the latter that conditions at this end were favorable for continuation of the world flight. The Barry was advised in reply that the world filers were preparing to hop off. The aviators’ route lay from Cape Ray across Cabot Strait to St. Paul and thence across Nosthumberland Strait to the entrance to Pictou har- bor. The fers passed the vicinity of the destroyer MacFarland, the sec- ond stationship, ara were lost to sight at 12:46 p. m. eastern standard time, continuing their southerly flight. Tho airmen passed Inverness, N, about 30 miles south of Chet camp, at 345 o'clock eastern Stan- dard time, according to a message from that town. They were flying quite close to the coast, one above the other. Prince Rides In Drag Hunt SYOSETT, N. Y., Sept. 3.—Twa hundred guests from the Long Island society colony appeared &t the Meadowbrook club at 5 o'clock this morning to follow the Prince of Wales in a drag hunt arranged by the Drag association of the club, IN BURNING MINE SHAFT BUTTE, Mont-, Sept. 3—Artbur King and Monte Allen, trapped on the 175-foot level of the Seymour lease in\ West Butte last night by a fire which destr d the shaft house and the engine were found unconscious” by. rescuers 2:45 this morning. Effdrts to revive them failed. room, fire and the car was destroyed. tioh as a racer im Europe before he Resta only reveuiiy arrived. from |eame to this country, He had been America, racing almost 20 years. ? John King, who had been working By OWEN L. SCOTT with the other two fought his way | (Staff Correspondent of The to safety through the shaft at the Tribune.) expense of some burns. (Copyright, 1924, Consolidated Press ‘o Kings had } Association.) In the lease with P. HERRIN, Il pt. —Closea While anks of n-| coal m nd ¢ nt uncer zine of | tainty tell of Williamson gs in conty | count law ges of the past kerosene Surface two year were dest! and shatt From the Herrin ms took fire forcing Arthur Kt to the slaying of last § Allen back into the shaft when they|the undercurrent of attempted to escepe. The blaze in| hxtred on hand the shaft was extinguished but too ble new outbreaks, late to saye the trapped men. me story—miners out procluding there is the si KILLINGS NOT ONLY TRACEDY OF HERRIN RIOT Casper) and finally killings. of work, meetings of Idlers, agitation So often has this course run thrit to this conclusion that the cycle is scarce iced. I has placed murder in He % plane with petty larceny. Both bring a de- mand for bond of $1,000 tunes r d,, without eve sight for with in the first de As a result, only pe n the charged re y pall today les over the entire strict. He & is a city of fear, Citizens are afraid to tall of their plight, fow are willing even (Continued on Page Eighy issu cell murder those