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The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL
 STARTS BATTLE IN SENATE

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The fifty six million dollar rivers and habors appropriation Dill ha sprovoked a bat tie royal in the senate where the measure is now being debated Sena tor King declared that both the sen ate and house committees had ignored the budget recommendations.
 The senate committee in reporting the bill recommended an amendmeM to the rivers and harbors appropria- tion increasing from $460,000 to one million the item for construction and maintenance of military and post roads in Alaska.
 The house committee increased the bill nearly twenty million over the budget estimate and this was followed by a further increase by the senate committee. A fight is expected on the floor of the house when the bill is taken up by that body.
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
DERMESTES VULTINUS DRUG
 ADDICT LIVES ON MORPHINE

NEW YORK, Feby 9-The queerest and fiercest looking drug addict, ever brought to police headquarters is a member of the family of Dermestes Vultinus. The captive is a battle-like bug, shipped five days ago to Special Deputy Commissioner Dr. Carlton M. Sinner head of the narcotic division
 Bronson McCarver, federal narcotic agent in Washington sent the bug with five others in box with nor phine. The others died. The survivor is about one third of an inch long. It is brown and green, has a head like a mouse, and two claws at the mouth.
 It is said to be the first of its kind brought to this country, which has survived. It eats only morphine, coh- suming about one grain a day. The bugs appeared in London some years ago and played havoc with fur stocks and in consequence $1o0.o00 reward was offered for their exteTinination.
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
SECRET MESSAGE Is
 PROMISED BY SWEDEN

STOCKHOLM, February 9-A remark sble machine which automatically ,,rns radio telegrams into secret code ar the sending station and transfers .1ese messages into straight text at ne receiving station, has been lnVena- ed and is being tried out in Sweden inns signalling another stride in the -apid advances made fin wireless com -1unication
 The new machine called crypto- graph in receiving the messages as or i-inally written by the sender ana en- riphering it mechanically, eliminates 7,a human factor of the code clerk, ,,bo is liable to error and avoids the aoces under the old systems One of delays which have been costly annoy The purposes of this machine IS to nake the message undecipherable by those for whom it was not originally meant if picked up while in the air. thus helping materially in the soiu1lon of the crucial problem of secrecy TOT radio messages.
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
MONK PREDICTS AN
 END TO THE WORLD

MEXICO CITY, February 9-Con- siderable anxiety is being shown by the Indian population of the village of Mircoac, near Mexico City, follow ing the recent declaration of Father Genaro Rivera, Carmelite monk re- siding there, that the end of the world will come on December 12, 1854.
 The monk bases his prediction on nightly complex astronomical observa- tions he has been conducting for years and he asserts that the millennium is a certainty on the date mentioned. Inas- much as he is a highly respected man of the village, his assertions have caused great excitement among the credulous Indians. Local newspapers have given much prominence to. the predictions.
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
MUST D|SARM WHEN HE
 GOES ID VISIT CHILDREN

SPOKANE, February 10-Herbert w. Hulme, of this city may still go to see his children, but he may not carry his gun along when he makes the vis- it, according to a ruling by Judge k. M. Webster in superior court here. The ruling was made in action for di- vorce brought against Hulme by his wife, Marie Hulme.
 During the hearing of the case 1t was revealed that Hulme had carried the weapon with him when he visited the children. Mrs Hulme's attorney contended that at future visits Hulme should be required to leave it at home.
 Hulme objected on the grounds that he was employed by the city in park and that part of his duty was to carry the weapon. He added that he was ylr- tually on duty all the time.
 The court, however, ruled against him.
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
WILL FIGHT PRE- VENT PACKS BEING DUMPED
 FOR ALLEGED UNFITNESS
TWO COMPANIES INVOLVED
Supreme Court May be Called Upon to Decide Rights of Government
 In Pure Food Laws

SEATTLE, February 9-Protests were filed today by number of pack ing companies against the methods Of several Seattle packers and condemn ed by inspectors as\being unfit for hu- man consumption.
 Following the institution of condem- nation suits against the pack Of two Seattle companies by United States Attorney Revelle the protestants, headed by Attorney E. s. McCord, are preparing briefs in the case or the United States vs. A. o. Anderson and Company, and will submit them to the Supreme Court of the United States.
 The government has been very strict in it's ruling against salmon i'm properly packed being sold for food, and has confiscated many hundred cases of alleged spoiled fish. The com panies are fighting the right of the government to take action in the mat ter.
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
N. N. Mine Explosion Takes 155 Lives
ALLEGED WIFE BEATER IS
 BRANDED BY kU kLUx KHAN

HAGERSTOWN, Md.-Officers here are making a rigid investigation of the attack made upon Edward Fisher, a railroad man who was kidnapped in Hagerstown Tuesday night by e1ght men wearing the regalia of the K. K. K, taken in an automobile to field outside of the city and branded on both cheeks and the forehead with a big letter ..K."
 Besides having the letters deeply scared in his flesh Fisher was beaten and left in the field, having to crawl to his home.
 It is said that his assailants told Fisher he was marked and beaten be cause he mistreated his wife. This Mrs. Fisher indignantly denies.
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
KING GEORGE SUES COMPANY FOR 64
 CASES BEEF
ENGLISH MONARCH REcOVERS FROM RAILWAY COMPANY
 ON NON-DELIVERY

FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 9.-A suit filed here last February by George Windsor, King of Great Brl- tain, Ireland and all British Domin ions beyond the seas" resulted ln judgment for $669 being returned for his royal majesty against the Chica- go, Rock Island & Gulf Railway.
 The suit arose over the loss of f4 cases of coiued beef, manufactured by a Fora Worth comra".' for the roy al household, and lost In transit. lt is the first ease on record of suit being instituted by ruler of foreign caur- try in the .Jnitel States courts
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
TURKEY SAYS CANNOT REVOKE ORDERS TQ
 ALLIED FLEET
MUST LEAVE SMYRNA BY TIME STATED OR WILL BE FIRED
 ON BY FORTS

LONDON, February 9-Turkey has informed the allied fleet commanders that it is impossible to revoke the ul- timatum ordering all allied warships to leave Smyrna harbor, dispatch from Constantinople states.
 Tine ultimatum was issued to allied representatives by Adnan Bey, in be- half of the Angora government, whd said that the forts would be compelled to fire on the allied fleet unless the demand was compiled with.
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
POLES TOPPLE AND HOUSES cRUMBLE WHEN
 BLACK DAMP iGNITEs
EVERY MAN IN SHIFT KILLED
Rescue Crew Unable to Reach En- tombed Men Before They
 Expired

DAWSON, N. M., February 9-Black camp today claimed 124 lives in the Plelps- Dodge No. 1 shaft. With blast that shook the earth for miles, top ping telephone poles and crumbling buildings, the gas ignited, and crumb- ling earth and rock sealed 124 men il their tomb.
 Three hours elapsed before rescue crews equipped with gas fighting ap- uaratus could arrive from Raton, 50 niles away, and by the time obstruc- ions were cleared away ever man at work on the shift had perished.
 Thousands of relatives of the em- ployes crowded around the mouth of he shaft and the scene beggars des- cription. Bodies are being hoisted to the surface as rapidly as possible, and every available coffin and undertaken in the towns of Dawson and Ra6on are ac work taking care of the bodies as fast as they are hoiSted to the surface. Many of the bodies are unrecognizable 90 great was the force of the explo- sion.
 Earth and rocks are falling in the nine making work of rescue extreme iy dangerous. It is one of the greatest nine catastrophes recorded in the his -ory Of mining, as every man pe-ished leaving no one to tell now the e%plo- ,;or occurred.
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
PARTICULARS
 HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED

DUBLIN, February 9-The execu- tions of all sentences of death on irr- regulars convicted of bearing arms against the Free State has been sus- pended it is officially onnounced pend ing the result of a new attempt by IT. regular leaders to arrange peace wi1h the Free State government. Nearly a dozen men are under death sentence for being caught with arms in their possession.
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
AL|M0NY 0F 80 900
 GIVEN TO D|vORcEE

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. r., February S-Supreme Court Justice Morsochau- ser handed down a decision today ~e- storing ailmony of $90,uoo a year to Mrs. Annie U. Stillman, who recently defended divorce action against her husband prominent banker. Mrs. Stillman was accused of improper re- lations with her Indian guide on for mer hunting expedition.
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
AMERICAN GETS SIX MONTH IN PRISON
 FUR FORGERY JOHN WANAMAkE.i SENTENCED FOR SECURING MONEY ON
 WORTHLESS CHECKS

POINT LENQUE. France, Feb. B. John Wanamaker, son of Rodman Wanamaker, of New Yo:k was today sentenced to six months impriscn- ment and to pay fine of fifty thou sand francs by the correctional court on a charge of having obtained 14.50O francs from the director of the Deu- vile casino by means of worthless checks.
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09

DUBLIN, February 9-Richard Null cahey, minister of defense, issued proclamation last night, granting ten days amnesty to all republicans to fla cilitate the surrender of the disaffect- ed
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
FRENCH BREAK UP
 GERMAN MOB RIOTERS

DUSSELDORF, Feb. 9-F-ench sol diers today, aided by war tanks, dis persed a demonstration of German workmen at Recklinhausen. Not shot was fired but the tanks plowed through the crowds back and forth until it broke and ran to points Of safety. Several were bruised by con- tact with the tanks.
 The situation in the Ruhr valley re- mains unchanged, the German resia- ance strengthening instead of weak ening
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
DANCE TOMORROW NIGHT

A dance will be given in A. B. hall tomorrow night, to which all are ln- vited. There will be many passen- gers in town from the Alameda and it is requested that our citizens see that they are invited. Admission sl.
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
NAMES OF STlLLMANS
 OMITTED FROM REGISTER

NEW YORK, February 9-The nam- es of MT. and Mrs. James Stillman, who recently staged sensational di- vorce suit, have been omitted from the 1923 social register of New York.
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
ALASKA GOVERNED BY USELESS BUREAUS
 SAYS NOME|TE HEAVYWEIGHT BUREAUS ARE IN TENT UPON WORKING THEIR
 INTERESTS

SEATTLE, February 9-Thirty- eight governmental boards with no CO., ordination, each intent on doing bus mess through maze of regulations oppress Alaska and make it impOssi- ble to get things done there in a busi- ness-like and efficient manner. said Judge George Schofield of Nome to- day.
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
FEDERAL BUILDINGS ASKED
 FOR TOTAL FIFTY MILLIONS

WASHINGTON Feb. 9.-Recom- mendations made today to congress for Federal buildings in nineteen cit ies will aggregate fifty million dol lars. Four million dollars is sought for a Federal building in Seattle:
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09

The Irorosal for. surrender c'.n'a'n- ed iu L.an Deasly's letter to Ie Va lrra, Liam Lynch and other leading ir- regulars cannot be considered, says al official communique issued by I,e- publican hcadsuarters on, behalf Of the Rerun:ican government and it's army Ccurci!
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
GERMANY PREPARING TO
 REPLENISH MONEY SUPPLY

BERLIN, February 9-Thirty-three printing plants and twelve large paper mills are busy supplying Germany with new currency, which is being is- sued at the rate of forty-five million marks per day.
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
ALAMEDA DUE TONIGHT

The steamship Alameda is due in port about o'clock tonight. She has over 400 tons of freight aboard includ-- ing the apparatus and fixtures for the Alaska Moving Pictures Corporation.
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
RUSSIAN HANCMAN
 PRACTICES oN SELF

LONDON, February 9-A telegram received here from Moscow states that the hangman Loukoff, who has been in the service of the political sec ret police for the last two years and is said to have hanged 1000 persons, has committed suicide by hanging him self in his room at Moscow
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
TOTAL DEAD 1855

DAWSON, N. M., Feb. 9.-The total dead in the mine disaster at two o'clock this afternoon is estimated at 155. Many bodies are being recovered nd hoisted to the surface as rapidly .S possible.
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
SIDE AT CURRY DELAYS TRAIN

The train crew on the local freight vhich arrived last night at IF m'' say that a huge slide near Curry hung up ,-anspoztation for about thirty hours' the train being a day behind schedule. 4 heavy load was pulled over the summit, principally coal.
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09

SCHOONER KING, AND VINCE r
 DENIED CANADIAN REGISTRY

VANCOUVER, B. C., February 9-The schooner King and Wnge purchased this week by two Seattle boot leggers former officers the Seattle police force has been denied Canadian registry.
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09

The dance tomorrow night is to be one of the best of the season All are invited.
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09

Mrs. J. H. Dietrich, a resident of Fairbanks, will be an outgoing passen- ger on the steamer Alameda
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
SCANDINAVlAN-AMERICAN
 BANK OFFICIALS CLEARED
ALL INDICTMENTS DISMISSED AND FORMER PRESIDENT CHILBERG OF SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK EXONERATED OF BLAME IN WRECKING INSTITUTION.

SEATTLE, February 9-On motion of Prosecutor Douglas Judge Brinker today dismissed the indictment charging Andrew C. Chiberg former president of the Scandinavian American Bank with unlawfuly borrowing $65, ,OOO from the bank.
 As a result Chberg exonerated from all three in dictments returned against him.
 An indictment charging J. F; Lane former cashier of also dismissed by Brinker Lane is also cleared of all indictments.
 BERLIN, February 9-Radica labor disturbances have broken at Muenichen Gabbach and Rhedt The aborers have formed council similar to that of Soviet Russia
The Seward gateway., 1923-02-09
NICARAGUAN INTEROCEAN CANAL ROUTE
 WASHINGTON n C Eeh,1lalu Q=A nrot0cQ ha

WASHINGTON, D. C., February 9-A protocol has been signed by the United States and Costa Rica emnat ing differences dating back many years and affecting the possible development of the Nicaraguan nteroceanc ca nal route.
, 1923-03-06
LEASE AWARD
ISPOSTPONED


a year and one-half 10 run and I'M
der its privileges the present lessee
could properly within their legal
rights go rush the operation there
Of Is to leave but little value ut the
end OF that time. also tho undeter
mined legal question as to the right
of renewal OF the original lease, we
do not deem IL advisable to present
tice TO you and other friends TO have
the bid hat 1 authorized. but in jus
the people of Wyoming understand
that our bid was fair and substan-
tial, l. have authorized its complete
publication.
Through you. senator. we want TO
express our sincere appreciation of
tho loyal and enthusiastic support OF
a multitude OF wyoming's good PEG
pie and to assure you that the rail
road VIII be built. asking only for
their continued cooperation. You
may assure them that our failure
to ecu this lease will not affect
our efforts to build tho railroad.
While promises of cooperation that
We have received are not as large
as we originally thought would be
fair and proper. we yielded TO your
argument and materially reduced our
original ideas. but we still stand
by what we finally told you we would
accept
In view OF the good reasons which
you presented for the reduction we
give no heed TO the uniformed crl-
tic who belongs to the class OF peo-
pie who talk first and think after
wards-if, indeed. they ever think at
all. All they will have to do to know
that the railroad is an assured prop
osltion Is to be patient for o few
months II It's location does not
please them, It will be their fault
and not ours"
, 1923-03-06
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS

You are hereby notified that q
special meeting of the stockholders
Of the Wyoming Building & Loan
Association, a Wyoming corpora
ton, will be held at the office Of
the company, Rialto theater build
ing, in the City of Casper. Natrona
county, Wyoming, on the second
day Of April, 1923, at the hour Of
s O'clock D. m. OF said day, for the
purpose OF voting to increase the
%capital stock Of said corporation
from One Million Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars (si,500,000.00)
to Two Million Five Hundred Thou
sand Dollars ($2,500,000.00l, each
share Of stock, when matured, to be
of the par value of One Hundred
Dollars (sf0o.0o), and for the
transaction of such other and fur
Their business as may properly come
before said meeting at that time.
W. d. ALLEY, Secretary.
Dated at Casper, Wyoming, this
sixth day of March, 1923.
Publish March 8, 10, 20 and 27.
, 1923-03-06
Livestock


CHICAGO. March Gu. 9. De
pertinent OF Agriculture Hogs re
csipts so. 900; s10c to. 15c lower: bulk
desirable $50 TO si5 pound average
:S.354s.40; few ss.45. top $3.50; bull;
22b to a25 pound butchers ss.I09s.J0,
raching sows around s7I597.35,
II edIum ss.154S.zO: light $3.50 a $50,
light light 81 T5TS.40; packing sows
smooth $7.15G750' packing sows
rough ss.9o@7.2o killing pigs $500
Sis.
Cattle receipts $4,000; very slow
killing quality plain: beef steers and
butcher she stock weak TO Csc lower,
mostly loo to Csc off; several hoads
beef steers and y~earlinss early $500
W9.25; some held higher: stockers ant
feeders steady to weak: lower cared
stockers lower In spots; other classes
generally steady: bulk desirable veal
calves early to packers $4,000
shippers hand picking upward to
s11,5o and above; bulk bologna bulls
s4.7594.S5i bulk stockers and feed.
ers s6.25@7.50.
Sheep receipts $4,000; opening fair,
iy active; killing classes generally
steady; top fat lambs s15.25 to city
butchers, 1910 to packers; clipped
lambs largely Si2.25h12.s5; heavies
at s1o.25: medium to good yearIlng
wethers s12.25@l2.s5; choics H.
pound ewes ts.T5; other desirable
lightweight $500 $3.50; one double
Ill pound clipped wethers s7.75.
, 1923-03-06

This assures the laying Of the six,
inch pipeline from that district to
Casper which was announced some
time ago and according to a state
ment OF President Weathers this line
will be in operation and delivering
crude by the middle Of July.
1t will also result in the carrying
out OF an extensive drilling campaign
by the Fargo interests. Well No. 20,
which was completed late in the year
Just passed has been fully equipped
and is now ready 4 produce from the
Tensleep where 172 feet OF saturated
sand was penetrated and it is stated
that his we'll viii produce all that
any pumping equipment can handle
Drilling started today on No. 81. the
derrick IS completed for No. % and
No. 20 is now under construction. II
is expected that seven wells will be
drilling by tho first week In April
and It is probable that others win be
started before tho summer is over.
, 1923-03-06
COLORADO Divine WILL
AID BUILDING PLANS OF
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

The Rov. Samuel Garvin D.. d, OF
Colorado Springs, viii arrive in the
city Thursday morning 10 assist in
the campaign for the building fund
OF tho First Presbyterian church. He
will speak TO the women of the
church in the church parlors at 2:So
p. m. Mrs. Burton Page will sing
at this service. At 6 o'clock Or. Gar
win will meet the officers OF the build
ing committee at a dinner at the
manso. At 1880 p. NJ. DIR. GarTtn viii
speak In the tabernacle to the entire
congregation. AT Don Thursday he
will be the speaker at the luncheon
OF the Kiwanis club at the Henning.
DR.. Gnrvin is the minister Of a church
OF about 1900 members and is an able
speaker. He recently returned from
Los Angeles, Cal. where he assisted
the Highland Park Presbyterian
church IN a campaign for a new build
ing
, 1923-03-06

An these wells win be drilled IN
proven territory and should greatly
augment the output OF the company
when completed. making several mil
lion barrels that "A be marketed
With tho pipeline completed and
this oil placed on tho market together
with tho present output of gas which
is being sold. the company will have
a large monthly income and should
go on n dividend paying basis by the
first OF next year.
In addition to its holdings in this
district the company also has a val
liable forty in Salt Creek which is be-
ing operated by Western States OIL &
Land company and at least two new
wells are scheduled for drilling on his
tract during the coming summer.
with the completion of It's present
proposed program the Fargo will be-
come one of the largest Independent
producers in this district.
, 1923-03-06
Petroleum Marketera Meet.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, March 6.-Dlscus
sion of various problems confronting
the independent oil companies was OF
the program OF II annual convention
of the National Petroleum Marketers'
association, which opened here today.
Among subjects TO be considered
are the report Of tho enate investi-
eating committee which charged that
the Standard companies conrol the oil
industry in tho United States and a
movement for independent oil jobbers
to display emblems showing they are
not connected with the Standard com
panios.
Moro than a thousand delegates are
attending the convention.
, 1923-03-06

AOAAO Nos
THE -extravagant statement Rttrib-
uted to Senator LaFoilette that the
public must DO prepared t pay at
least q dollar a gallon for gasoline is
obviously only n vehicle to achieve
prominence for his report. TO Justify
his investigation and to Brighten the
public into supporting Whatever fur
Their campaign against the oil indus
try he plans TO make. There is moth
Ing TO support the view. either in the
record OF the investigation or outside
it. Not in a has gasoline been as
cheap as it Is today on the Pacific
coast.
The present generation will never
see dollar gasoline bsFc. Cotton at n
dollar a pound or wheat at five dollars
per bushel is Just as likely. when
tho price of any commodity goes be-
yond tho point at which satisfactory
substitutes can DO purchased there
win he no buyers for it."
, 1923-03-06
United OIL PRODUCER Bonds.

on March / the Coal & Iron Ma
tional bank. trustee for the s per
cent guaranteed and participating
production bonds Of tho United OIL
Producers, redeemed for cancellation
through the sinking fund $50, 900 Of
said bonds. and have called for re-
emptlon on April 2 an additional
S45. 900. Monthly interest deposits
on these bonds now are running at
the rate OF 10 IA per cent per annum.
, 1923-03-06

OMAHA, Neb.. March e=Hogs-
Rcceips. 1880 head; packing grades
steady butcher hogs slow. 10000
lower; bulk packing sowa. S7.25; hulk
butcher hogs. ss.0c9s.10i top. $50.
Cattie-Receipts 1900 head; beef
steers slow, 1O925o lower; bulk fed
steers. s7.s5@s.50; top. $500; she
stock steady to ESQ lower; bulk can
ners and cutters. ss.oo94.00: COWS.
ss.25@ $500; other classes about
steady; bologna bulls. S4.25@4.5e; veal
top,<i1.2s: stockers and feeders. $500
oslo; ton, as-a0-
sheep-Receipts 1900 head lsnbH
steady to strong; early bulk. SLABS
1850; top. s14.6o; fed clipped lambs.
ss.75a11.ssi sheep. ioc higher eve
top. $3.50; feeders. steady.
DENVER. Colo. March Seattle
receipts sooi market steady; beet
steers sT.oo@3s.s5; cows and heifers
$3.50 q S7.25; calves s4.5o6 s1t.oo;
stockers and feeders s5.OoGss.oo.
Hogs receipts. 3,1Oo; market 10e to
15c lower; top ss.4O; hluk 1890 % ss.05
Sheep receipts $500; market steady
to weak; lambs tts.750t1s.sO; feeder
lambs s12.759ti4.oo; ewes s4.5o9
$3.50.