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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-29
Charles n. Casweil

The death of Charles H. Caswell
occurred in the hospital here Sunday
night. He was born in Lynn, Dec. %.
1886. He enlisted in Co. c. 3, U. S.
Inf, at Boston, Aug. %, 1857 and was
discharged in the field, Aug. %, 1862.
He came to the Home from Lynn,
March 20, 1908. He is survived by d
sister, Miss Addie Caswell Of Lynn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-29
Gard Of Thanks

We wish to thank the friends. Odd
Fellows, Masons. members Of the o. E.
S. and Grange who so kindly remem-
bered our loved one with cards, fruit
and flowers during his illness, also for
sympathy and assistance in our great
bereavement and for the beautiful
floral tributes.
MRS. HAZEL HOWES,
MR.. and MRS. CHARLES n. HOWES,
MR.. and MRS. CHARLES BARTLETT.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-29

Fred Latlip was at his home in
Waterville over Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-29

Specie Bank, faced with tns ~ e
situation, is said to be clos'ns
counts. n g.
If the government persists , y
acting this percentage. Viaa s.rtif,
will be without foreign
facilities.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-29
VIadivostok Bank. Nav Clos.

Vladivostok, May ga. p. Mafl)
The Soviet government in its en-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-29
SIDNEY
Herbert A. Howes

The community was saddened by
the death Of Herbert A. Howes. which
occurred at his late home on the Mid
die road at 10 p. NJ. Wednesday, May
23rd, after an illness Of several weeks
He was the son Of Charles H. and
Lizzie Ryder Howes and was born in
Patten Nov. 9. 1889. He came to Sid
ney in 1897. was educated in the town
schools and became a successful farm
err. On March q. 1917. he married
Miss Hazel Knowles of Augusta.
He was member Of Anon Lodge.
I. o. o. F., Of Oakland: the Rural
Lodge. L. and A. NJ, No. So. White
Rose Chapter, o. E. S. and Grange of
Sidney. He is survived by his wife.
his parents and sister. Mrs. Charles
Bartlett Of Oakland. Mr.. Halves will
be greatly missed by his many friends
in Sidney. Oakland and Augusta.
Funeral services were held at his
late home on Saturday at $50 p. NJ.
with Rev. w. p. Holman Of the Meth
odist church Of Oakland officiating.
There was a large attendance of
friends and the floral tributes were
many and beautiful. The interment
was in the Coombs Mill cemetery at
Augusta with Masonic services at the
grave. The bearers were George NJ.
Ellis. Glenn Bailey. Bigelow Barnard
and Walter Haskell
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-29
YKENNEBEC JOURNAL
Telephone l35
Tuesday, May 20, 1923.
AUGUSTA LOCALS

- Miss Myrtle Burns visited friends
In Waterville, Saturday.
, 1923-09-30

Tracy Shaw charge OF inc
scout headquarters and Scoutmaster
Stone, Assistant Sooutmaster West
fall ana Deputy Commissioner Tay'
lor handled tho work at tho rein.
cry and bridges.
It was also shown that in case Of
need. the scouts officials to tho
number of 20 grown men could be
turned out in any a - requiring ex-
perienced men to handle critical sit
uations.
The State Highway department
reported last night that the road be
tween Casper and Douglas was al
right and that the Salt Creek road
was open ne far as Lavoye, Reports
received from Lander r to tho cf-
feet thai the highway Is passable all
the way from lander to Powder
River.
The Salt Creek field last night
was shaking some OF the water off
II which had gathered during the
past several hours Of steady rain
fall. Very little information could be
obtained from the field because Of
the absence OF general telephone
communication, though there was
one private telephone line stu open.
Repairs were being made yester-
day in pipe lines, and every effort
, 1923-09-30
IL; IL; FOR bodies
S0I0mS AGAIN Blocked by Walton
CASUALTY LIST

Mrs. G. A. MuDock, Thermopoifs.
Wyo.
NJ. Morwitz. address not known.
George Evenson. Casper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Beck, Du-
bols, Wyo.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". r. Mcclure.
California.
d.. J. banker. Brooldlnc, Mass.
Mrs. C. Tweed. Lander.
Tod Powell, 1901 Washington
street. San Francisco.
Mn. Raleigh Brown and two chill
dren. formerly of Casper en- route
10 Ogden, Utah.
j. w. Melatr, sis Elattl street,
Denver.
Mrs. Nicholas schmetr, Douglas.
Wyo.
Gene Carson, address unknown.
ii. NJ. Gallagher, $40 Chamber Of
Commerce Building, Denver.
w. r. Douglas, Prior Hot com
pany, Denver.
Miss Eva Boyer. Glenrock or
Douglas, Wyo,
John S~purgin. Carter Gas Plant,
Salt Creek. Wye.
Gus G. Phillips, Barber, Okla.
John Christie, Parkerton. Wyo.
w. A.. Robinson, Salida, Colo,
j.. #. B~lodgctt. state superintend-
emit OF Baptist missions, Casper.
Mr.. and Mrs. ii. r. Bubb, Casper.
II, ID. Bcllrose, Denver.
Mrs. l.. A. Nord. Rivcrton, Wyo.
, 1923-09-30
son STRIVES
TO GET BODY
OF HIS DAD

To no man who has asSistod in the
grueiing, grewsome, and fevcrish
task OF recovering the bodies Of those
lost in Cole Creek Thursday night
when Burlington train No. so prac.
tically obliterated itself In tho seeth-
ing surge Of water toward the Platte
river. is more credit due than to NJ.
NJ. Gray, who lives IN Casper at ga
South Durbin street. Since 5 o'clock
Friday morning young Gray has
been tirelessly alert In the most
dangerous places. He has not
stopped to sleep. scarcely to ca for
there is one buried under the sands
that Is dear to him-his father T. D.
Gray.
1t is In the smoking car that lies
crushed and shattered beneath both
express and chair cars hat this son
Is expecting TO see once more in
this word the kindly face of his be-
loved dad.
Knowing that the smoking car
will be the last and most difficult
passenger coach to dig out, young
Gray stays on the scene, plunging
into the chilling and filthy water
after those in other more accessible
cars. Though no one knows 1t seems
that he fights on with n prayer-a
prayer. perhaps that he will finally
find his dad in the same peaceful
posture that Willard J.. Nourse was
found yesterday morning. Nourse
was reclining restfully in his seat
with his head back and his hands
folded in his lap over a pipe.
To the other men around him he
is an inspiration. an example OF
splendid and p~hilosophic courage.
All during the bleak. stormy hours
of Friday morning he and several
others were on the east
bank of the creek after having
braved the swift current in order to
carry cables from the opposite side
and save the living from the chair
car.
Can Gray be persuaded to leave
Cole creek crossing after all these
miserable and %torturing hours? No,
He will not let up and though he
goes on and on with the freshest
men he bears in his countenance no
sign OF maddening grlef-for surely
there is in his soul tho love for dad
that doe not die with dying.
, 1923-09-30
REVOLT
is

MUNICH. Sept. 29-United Press
Danger OF a Bavarian revolt
against the German Reich appeared
to have passed here tonight.
Tho Facisti monaco. in the opinion
of most observers was more APP
parent than real while even the fol.
lowers of Lieutenant Hitler. the Fa.
cista leader. were beginning to look
upon him as a man of words rather
than action.
Ex.Premler von Kahr. state direc-
tor. seemed firmly in control of af.
fairs and guiding Bavaria carefully
between what the population con-
sidered as the joint dangers of a
monarchist break or over submis-
sion to the Reich.
The Rossbach organizations of
monarchist plotters still were active
however and holding numerous sec.
; ret meetings in which they cursed
Chancellor Stresemann in Berlin and
, 1923-09-30
REVIVAL NEARS
END; SUCCESS IS
WRITTEN HE R
Big Jim Day VIII Be
Celebrated Monday
Under Big Top.

The great revival will end
at the big tent tomorrow.
The rain has interfered for
the last few days but the In
terest has gone on. Perhaps
never before In the history
OF the city has such interest been
manifested in o religious gathering.
Many declare that not any event
has attracted such crowds as have
come TO the big ten night after
night.
Four weeks aro "Big Jim" Kramer
was an entire stranger In this city
but his name Is a household word,
Several OF the ministers say the re-
vivnl will leave no bad taste In the
mouths OF the peop'e, For the
first time In years Kramer has been
able to get people OF all ereeds and
no oreeds, business and professional
men back II him, lie has had del.
Continued on Page Four)
, 1923-09-30

Hurled INTO the heiiish Asa ~
murky flood waters madtS smashing
down Cpls Creek gulch To the tNFha
lent Platte river and carrying wan
them hundreds Of tons 81 saviRs
hanks. the Victims Of the iRferRa.
bound burlington train Ma, "a az
last Thursday night were, with the
exception of the first three bodies
recovered, round saturday ia he tn
TERED In ears solidly packed with
shifting. saturated sand and tangled
grasses,
The Cole Creek torrent had sub,
sided sufficiently SATURDAY morning
to permit rescue workers 10 net Ia
tho wrecked cars, The FIRST body
found was that or Brakeman 10, J,
Klove OF Boulder. Colo. crushed ana
pinned I'm by the front Veatibula stoer
Of tho chair eur, He was utterly
broken and limp, and Il IA believed
every major bona In hin body was
snapped when tho blind harEaEo
was telosooped.
Sitting back IN n comfortable po-
sltion on n seat In the underpinned
smoking car. hanCs folded peaceful
over a pipe. and head resting N the
hack Of tho chnir. was the body OF
Willard ]. Nourso, OF Gunnison,
Colo. An overhead steel beam was
lying over his face. Death had prob
ably been instantaneous, NQurse Is
survived by a brother, Judge e. NJ.
Nourse OF G%unnlson. and his son,
Continued on Page Two.)
, 1923-09-30

The r~eassuring word came from
the State Highway department last
night that an investigation of the
settled pier Of the Casper Creek
britge would be made today and
perhaps It would be possible to re-
pair the bridge so hat 1t would bear
traffic by tonight or at least within
a day or two.
The bridge over Casper Creek
went out on the east approach FRI
day night and at 4o'clock Saturday
morning state Highway Engineer
Bowman asked help from the Stand
ard of Indiana. The big oil firm re-
sponded with all its at
once Engineer VIM. II. Tolburst
took charge OF the Standard forces
and Mr.. Andrus also was on hand
together with other officials.
The work was bothered n great
deal by travel ana slghtseers and q
call was placed fer the scouts to
handle this phase. The whistle call
ing the scouts sounded at . o'clock
and over 200 responded. OF this
number the largest boys were select
ed for duty and under Deputy Com
missioner Taylor and Scoutmaster
Stone. the lads were made into pa
trolls that acted in conjunction with
the plant police and stopped all traf'
fic across the bridge over the river
and also the Yellowstone highway.
Traffic north was sem out over
the tank farm via the Standards
private bridge and a patrol Of scouts
turned all inbound traffic from the
north into the tank farm ut h top
OF the hill. The bridge across the
Platte was pronounced safe for traf'
fic about noon and the guards were
then called off and taken to town
where they were given a lunch and
hot coffee and rent home.
The promptness OF the scouts In
turning out on the call was a sur
prise to many who witnessed 1t ana
is n good example OF how the city
can depend upon these older boys in
cases OF emergency. Scoutmaster
, 1923-09-30
RIG BUILDER
DIES IN CAR

white. employees
The deceased is survived by a
widow in Long Beach. Cal. and a
brother in Lavoye. Wyo. The adj
dress of the Morrisons in Casper Is
1876 West Tenth street.
The accident last night occurred
when the car skidded on the slip.
perry road and went off n bank. turn.
ing owe as 1t went. Beyond minor
bruises. the other passengers in the
a escaped without injuries. Mr..
Morrison was driving and received
the full impact OF the steering wheel
against his chest na well ms prob.
ably suffering a fractured skull.
, 1923-09-30
STORM TOLL
IS NCR

The city was placed under mill
tary control tonight. Three compan-
les OF national guardsmen were call
ed out by Mayor General Matthew
FINLEY and r p~atroliinE the flood
district.
Tho troops, most OF whom served
In the world war as members OF the
Rainbow division. are under com
mhnd OF Major Percy Lainson.
Their principal duty will be TO pre-
vent loOting. They viii also aid the
Red Cross in relief work.
The rain ceased falling at 3 o'clock
Forecasts are for continued rain to-
night and Sunday.
Bcluted reports from out state to-
night brought tho death tool in Fri.
Continued on ppEe FourJ
, 1923-09-30
PHLADELPHANs ARE DRY

PHILADELPHIA, UNITED Pressl-
Little good liquor can now be found
in Philadelphia according to william
]. Mcclure. supervising prohibition
agent for Eastern Pennsylvania. In
a series OF raids lasting thirty days,
so gallons of liquor were seized by
dry agents here. Twenty gallons
that were seized was inferior liquor
but not "denth-dcaling hooch whre
, gallons were 20 s0nous.
, 1923-09-30
CHAIR CAR WILL.
GIVE Up NEXT
DEAD IN WRECK
COLE CREEK
Recovery Of More VIC
tins Of Disaster Is
Expected Early Today
At Scene Of Wreck.

Out OF midnight blaekness
the headlight of the wreekN
ing train engine stared last
night into the holocaust at
Cole creek, its eyclopie eye
casting an intense and pene-
trating CLEAN into the hower end ef
the chair car,
silhouettes and shadows sna aia
outlines autvered In tina patsertn&
rain, A pump manned by several
worked constantly at eteestas tha
water from the lower end Vt the
chair ear,
Sqush, sqush. sqush boots went
back and forth over the hanks Of
sand that lie above those below
The dead are there bot the sAeyels
siush through the muck and py
FOR eorpses,
An work IN resoutnE hoANS fsosa
the buried Pullman was abandoned
when the water pump suadeafy
went out. Windows OF this coach
are dimly seen IN the dark night
and banks Of sand tine each siae at
the car
Inside OF tho CHAIR ear tAere are
six men digging AID Ncdatns into
the depths OF the sand, II Is mob
able that all lost nasssAseEs IN this
coach win be recovered by moFRiRE
There had been 20 bodies recovered
early this morning, the ten af
known dead remaining unchanged
since early saturday,
Assistance IN the work fsem q
wreoktng crew rushed froIa Alliance
Nebr, must await compilation Of .
bridge over sand Creek, eas, VI tha
wreck, where another washaut 90
Cured, 1t win require ~ hsNss Va
build this span, whom the work Of
recovery will be able " PFeesed
from both banks, A, j, Biiaskte -
IN charge of the IS men IN this
wreektng crew,
, 1923-09-30

the state house and Hooked to Judge
Clark's court room.
Oklahoma city's rigid martial
law zone was being rapidly demili-
tarized tonight.
Military headquarters at the
Huckins hotel resembled a war Of
flee breaking camp. Scores OF
guardsmen were discharged and sew
eral officers released from duty.
Additional troops. however, were
moved into Payne and Murray coun-
ties where investigation of alleged
lawlessness by the X. *. X. was
ordered by Walton.
All guards were removed from tho
state house and only those militia
men required for post duty and
night patrol were retained.
Unless he is legally entitled TO
issue ballots without the authority
OF the board Of affairs there will be
no election. McAllister told the
United Press.
In this event, the five other meas.
ures including the s55. 600. 900 soldier
bonus bill would not come to a vote
on Tuesday.
at will be necessary to print the
ballots tonight or at the latest to-
morrow" McAllister said. "All
ether printed matter for the cleo.
tons has gone out to the various
counties. The ballots will have to
ti(Continued on Page FOUR
, 1923-09-30
ARMADA SPAN
Washed OUT
BY TORRENT

A late report received last night
was to the effect that the Burllng-
ton span at Arvada between sherl-
dan and Gillette had been wiped out
by n heavy food down Powder river.
Tho destruction Of this bridge para.
lyzes tho Burlington system In the
northern part of the state. Train
service will have to DO maintained
over lines running through Mon
tana and down to Sheridan until
this structure can be repaired.
, 1923-09-30

A H o M A CITY,
Okla. Sept. 29.-Governor
J. c. Walton tonight had ap-
parently successfully met
another threat of impeach-
ment as a result of his mill
taristic campaign against the Ku
klux Khan.
The election ordered for Tuesday
at which voters of the state were
expected to ballot on an initiated
law proyiding that the legislature
might onven without call from
the governor had become entangled
in such a mass of legal contro-
versies that It was extremely doubt
full II the ballots could be prepared
and the voting arranged for on
scheduled time even II IT should be
declared regular.
Following action Of the state SUI
prone court in refusing a writ of
mandamus which would have com
PEELED the election board to include
this measure on the ballot, 1t was
Announced by Ben Lafayette. chair
man of the board of affairs. that no
ballots for Tuesdays election would
be printed.
Eleven Walton opponents who
had steadtastly maintained hat the
election would be held despite the
supreme court decision. agreed that
there would be no election IL the
board of affairs failed to order the
ballots printed.
Following LaFayette's declaration.
w. c. McAlllster. chairman of the
election board conferred with Attor-
ney General Short as to the legality
of printing the election ballots with
out the authority of the board of
affairs.
II the attorney general holds such
cactton as this would be illegal, re-
2 sponsibility for an election Tuesday
will be left to the board of affairs,
McAllister said.
An opinion from Short will be
made public tonight. it was an
nounced.
Meanwhile District Judge o. L.
Price, a Walton appolntee. issued a
temporary restraining order which
forbade McAllister to have any bal
lots issued without authority of the
state board OF affairs.
. simultaneously. District Judge
George w. Clark issued a peremp-
tory writ ordering McAllister into
court tonight to show reason why
he should not nave the ballots put
out.
Action Of the supreme court in
refusing TO order the legislative bill
on the special ballots was a surprise
to both enemies and supporter of
Governor Walton. 1t threw the en-
tire question Of tho election into
legal confusion.
Walton supporters. prior to the
Continued on Page Four.)
, 1923-09-30
KNOWN DEAD:

DEAD:
ID. f. Schultz, baggagemnn and
expressman. Casper.
Nicholas Schmetz. Douglas, Wye.
drowned.
f. J. Klove. brakeman, Casper.
w. j.. Nource. Gunnison. Colo.
Albert Hill, colored, Dodge City.
Kan.
AMONG THE MISSING:
Charles \. Guenther. Douglas.
wyo.
NJ. ID. Montgomery, Denver
G. u. Neia. Denver.
o. +, Ganks. Denver
ii. Watkins, negro porter. Casper
j. w. Golf, conductor, Casper.
E. j. Spangier. engineer. Casper.
w. T.. Hendricks, mailman.
Ole Mallon. fireman.
Guy Griswold. Casper
Mrs. Minnie Owens, Casper.
w. Martin, Casper.
Il. !. Glcrhart, Denver.
w. S. Wilson, international Or
ganirer for Painters Union, Denver.
KNOWN SURVIVORS.
l.. Krews. brakeman. Cheyenne.
John Downs. Littieton. Colo.
J. NJ. Shipley, Customs Building.
Denver.
w. NJ. Buckley, Lincoln, Neb.
Ernest p. Kipp, 1415 Waurcc.
street, Denver.
Mrs. Don Sullivan. Casper
Genevieve May, Salida, Colo.
Henry Wyatt. Casper
Mrs. Lewis, Denver.
j. j.. Giblin, Denver
Dan J.. McQuaid, Denver.
G. Davis, s7e7 West saith ST., Den
yer.
, 1923-09-30
INJURED MAN
IS SUMMONED

Following injuries received on the
Salt Creek highway last week
when the a he was driving turned
over an embankment, James H.
Sunderland, died at a local hospital.
His death did not come as a sur-
prise since no hope was held for
him by the doctors who attended
him.
The body Of the deceased is being
held at the Muck funeral home
pending further arrangements.
, 1923-09-30
POstOffice to
Be Open TUo
Hours, I to 3

General delivery windows Mt the
Casper postoffice will be open
from 1 until 3 o'clock this after
noon for the accommodation CT
the public. Mails arriving Satur-
day after interruption in service
for IS hours will be distributed
and awaiting claimants.
Opening of the postoffice for
two hours today was authorized
by Postmaster Edwin Bean when
1t became apparent that it would
relieve both patrons and conges-
ton OF the office to distribute
mail.
, 1923-09-30

was being made to prevent further
damage than that already done.
Work In the way OF production Is
practically at II stnndstlll, with
leases shutdown temporarily, and
gas plants stopped while tho main
pumping plant was made n complete
wreck by the storm.
, 1923-09-30

a fact that caused Herr Smeets and
his republican followers to tone down
their propaganda.
Sheets and his principal lieuten-
ants could not be found today and all
well informed officials scoffed at the
possibility Of n break from the Reich
and declaration Of a Rhine republic
tomorrow.
, 1923-09-30

stood on the west side Of the creek,
Practically every trunk and bag was
wateriogged, \ great rift OF debris
vas torn away from beneath the
flooring of the express car IN an at.
tempt to locate other bodies but this
work was stopped after II was real
lied that IT would be necessary TO
lift UP the wreck Of the express car
In order to determine who was un-
derneath,
OBSTACLES MET
IN BUILDING DAM
More than fifty men were all day
filling and placing sandhags tn a
dam Gro the west side Of the
creek, The main current wal dt-
verted around the EAST side of the
wreckage. thus leaving intervening
ground uncovered by water and max.
ing II easier to proceed with the dts
nterment OF both coaches and vic
TINS, fhe stream had lost much
of its force and volume by late has,
night,
Soon after / O'Clock IN tho after,
loon acetyiene torches were rushed
to the scene and the smoking com
partment end of the scarcely vtsibis
Pullman No, 10 IN which four lost
their lives. vas uncovered and It's
window partition eaten away by tn,
intense flame Of the torch, Mer
stood by with axes and picks ant
Continued on Page Pour)
, 1923-09-30
Gigantic Task Faces Workers Striving
Against Odds to Reach Bodies Buried
In Sand; Great Crew Carries on by
Light of Big Torches
BY ARNOLD B. LARSON

Under sunen skies that would not part for the sun
which several times tried to force a rift through the rain
clouds, struggling through swirling waters, staggering
over the slipping quicksands, going to find death out, were
several hundred men at the Cole creek crossing Of the Bur-
lington Yesterday.
, 1923-09-30
Flood Descends. on Council Bluffs for
Second Time, Death Toll In Ne
braSka NoW Placed at %

OMAHA, Neb, Sept. 29.-(United Press Relief
workers cleaning up the debris caused by last nights
~cloudburst in Council Bluffs were dsheartened tonight
when another cloudburst again sent Indian creek out of
its banks.
Broadway main street of the town was again a roaring
orient. fhrco feet OF water rush Easements that had Just ben partly
Ing down the street and noonng pumped out
, 1923-09-30
BRIDGE SAVED
BY REFINERY FORCES
Crossing from Casper West and North Is Made Secure by
Prompt Response of Standard to Appeal for Aid; High
pays Open; Salt Creek Is Recovering

dy afternoon ad las might, ad with the repairing of the Platte bridge by employees
the Sandar under William H. Tohust so thai it was safe for traffic, Casper resi-
dents we're able to breathea sigh of relief ter several hourso anxiety during which 1t
was feared that if 1.-THE Platte bridge did not 70 the river would at least rise to such a
height hat it would greatly ndanger roper in 1.-THE lower portions OF tho city.
, 1923-09-30
PUBLIC VOTE ON
t
DEFEATED, SAID
Retaliation Looms in
Plan to Prevent Big
Election.

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla, Sept.
29.5United Press.-A maze of
legal entanglements still sur
round the possibility Of holding a
special election here October 2, II
was evident as counsel for both
factions went to bed early Sun
day morning.
After a day Of litigation In
which the status OF the case was
changed several times, petitions
for two writs which kept progress
of the election at n standstill
throughout Saturday agreed to
Withdraw their petitions.