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, 1923-05-07
Seven Fine Automobiles awarded Winners
In Tribune Election; Final Votes Tabulated
Counting Began at
ZIP. NJ. Saturday,,
Ended Sunday

The sealed ballot box in the
Tribune's gift prize campaign
was opened promptly at IL
o'clock Saturday night when
the judges locked the doors
and declared the election
closed.
The Judges were: ]. A. Virgins.
C.. H. Herstman and w. J.. Kimball.
During the week scores of envel-
opes were placed in the ballot box.
Eager workers continued c~anvnssing
until the last moment and just before
the campaign was formally declared
closed all envelopes from the post
onice were placed in the ballot box.
Eager workers continued c~anvassing
until the last moment and just before
the campaign was formally declared
closed all envelopes from the post.
office were placed in the ballot box.
Results Early Sunday.
The Judges began their work at IL
o'clock and finished only after n long
period OF strenuous work. They
found hundreds OF subscriptions and
thousands of coupons collected by
candidates. Every receipt. checis.
money order, bill or coin was care
fully checked m results were tabu-
lated. 1t was not until early Sundny
morning that tho count was com
pletcd n winners determined.
II was a smiling. cheerful. but
hard-fought battle. this Tribune cam
paign. All honor TO the hustling con
testants who worked hard to obtain
the rich prizes.
1t was a truly wonderful race. The
number of votes cast for the various
candidates ran into the millions and
1t was only after the judges worked
strenuously into Sunday morning
that the grand totals were made and
the results announced. The utmost
accuracy was observed by the Judges
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, 1923-05-07

and Will be remembered by many
local people. HIS popularity in and
around Denveris unquestioned as ne
has n clear. powerful voice with a
big range. In addition he does a
whist,ing act that has been meeting
with great favor.
Klotz will use a half dozen num-
beers including Tomorrow, when
You Learn How to Cry. "Hbmes.ck"
and Honolulu Girl.
Dorothy Hays. Jr., who has been
entertaining at all of the well known
cabarets in Chicago this winter. is a
jazz singer whose reputation for put
ting across blues numbers has pre-
coded her from the east. In the last
few months in Chicago she has been
on bills at the Green Mill, Terrace
Gardens, Midnight Frolics the Rain.
bow Gardens n Colisimo's. ON the
list OF songs she will use here is
"Lovin' Sam, He Loves IT.. "Ag-
gravating Papa. "Scme OF These
Days" and He May Be Your Man
But He Comes to See Me Sometimes. "
Irene Prior. Denishawn dancer and
a pupil OF Ruth st. Denis and TED
, 1923-05-07
DEATH THREATS
MADE AG A|NST
MEL SEIZED ON
LINE
Sister-in-Law Of John
D. Rockefeller, Jr., Is
Among Women Re-
leased by Bandit Army

May Thy
The Associated Press.)-One
Britisher was killed by the
bandits who held up the
Shanghai-Pek ing express train
near the Shantung border and
arried off the $50 passengers early
esterday. according to a ness ga
rom Linchbeng. but all the women
eantives, including Miss LUCY AID
ich, sister-in-law OF John d. Rocks-
eller Jr., have been released. The
len still held. are said to be in rrava
anger.
The message said the banSfts had
oAtied The authorities hat all tho
Zen among tho foreign captives
souid be killed unless troops were
Miss MacFadden and Miss corarlI
were released with Miss Aldrich. the
eport added.
Troops are pressing the bandits on
9th sides. firing. at last advfces.
he kidnapping plot is believed to have
riginated in Shanghai. when It be-
biil "a dIEe DATLV WAS
eaving to attend the ceremony Incl.
en. 20 the completion of the Kunr-
hnpa Dyke at Tsinan.
Miss Lucy Aldrich, ister-fn.law Of
John D.. Rockefeller. Jr.. and daugh-
ter of the late United States senator
Nelson w. Aldrich of Rhode Island.
was reported today in a message from
Lincheng, to have been released by
the bandits who early Yesterday took
her captive with tho other passenges
on tho Shanghai-Pe Picking expess train.
The report said all the women cap
uvts had been freed. apd that Miss
MacFadden and Miss CorailI were re-
leased with Miss Aldrich.
The men among the foreigners WERE
said, however. to be In grave danger
since the bandits a Notified the auf,
that the male prisoners all
would be killed unless troops were
withdrawn.
AT last accounts the troops were
pressing the bandits on both sides
with rifle fire.
The kidnapping plot is believed to
have been Matched in Shanghai when
II became known that a large party
was leaving on the Picking express to
attend the ceremony incident to the
OF the Kungchapa Dyke Mt
Tsinanfu. Miss Aldrich is reported
from her experiences. The Miss
MacFadden referred to in the dis
patch is Miss A1drich's maid. The
Aldrich party, homeward bound from
a tour. reached Shanghai ten days
ago. Mss Coralli Is secretary 70 G.
d. Muse. n prominent Italian attor-
ney who was among the captives.
According to an ufconfirmed re-
port from a japanese news agency.
X. Mngai. governor general of the
Japanese colony on the island of SAX
halin. and another prominent Japa-
nese. the president OF the Hakodato
chamber OF commerce. were captured
by the bandits. They were supposed
to have left Marking for Picking yes.
terday. but messages addressed 10
them at Marking brought no re-
plies.
, 1923-05-07

SnaWns VIII DO a series OF Specia
dances. Miss Prior has been with
Mr.. Shawn in New York all winter
and recently refused his offer to go
on tour in Europe. She has been on
Orpheum and Keith time and is rec
ognized as one of the country's
premier dance artists.
In addition to the special entertain
ment there will be the popular
Tommy Watkins orchestra and zeta
Middlevitch and Doug Isitt. the
Arkeon's regular entertainers.
The show itself will be a unique
attraction Inc viii equal in interest
the large shows OF this kind that are
held in the big cities. Every line of
business that contributes TO the home
viii be represented.
The brick industry. the lumber IN.
dustry. furniture stores. hardware
stores. plumbing shows, banks. loan
associations, and Dc 1ens of others
will have EXHIBITS a. tho show.
The admission is merely nominal
with the privilege OF staying at the
show as long as one desires. Plenty
OF floor space has been arranged so
the various displays and the
entertainers can all be seen with the
greatest amount OF convenience.
The following firms will have ex-
hibits at the Realtors Own Your
Home show: Richards and Cunning
ham, Provident Building and Loan
association. Grover Gorsuch. CAN'T
and company. Lumber Dealers. Nor
man Black Building Speciality com
pany. Chamberlin Furniture company.
Asbestos Chimney company, Pluchain
Contracting company. Charles -.
Wells Music company. r. T. Kemp
Insurance company. City OF Casper.
Dobbins Brick company. Natrona
County Abstract company. Commu.
nifty Park Extension corporation. Gas.
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freely giving permission to search
the place. the proprietor became en-
gagged In conversation with Les Srow
on tho general topic OF old times.
while the other officers searched the
ranch without results.
Working n few miles sorth, the
party Of still-hunters were destined
once again to run upon n dry hoe
when they drove down upon another
ranch. Through what may have
been an exaggerated story. II was the
understanding that his was the
scene OF one OF the largest m~oonshIne
factories OF moonsh'ne I'm the state.
n factory guarded at all times.
One does not search for a hidden
enemy with any degree OF certainly
that the searcher viii not be discov.
cred first, and the stll hunt contin
ued TO wear an aspect OF entertain.
ment until 1t took on one OF dlsap.
pc ntment After scouting for five
miles roun the ranch and after de-
termining at last that Damo Rumor
was wrong In the head again, the
party retired and made Their way
back TO Lavoye.
, 1923-05-07
TROOPS may Re USED AGAINST CHIMES
WOMEN TAKEN IN TRAIN RAID FREE
Relations Between
u S. and China to
Be J~eopardized by
Seizure, Belief

WASHINGTON, May 1.-The
possibility OF action by American
troops TO relieve the Americans
held captive by bandits in Shsntung
province, China. was discussed to-
day at n conference between Secre-
tary Hughes and Acting Secretary
Davis Of the war department.
Afterward MI. Davis announced
that the war department stood
ready TO back up with armed forces
any decision reached by the state
department N by the council Of
foreign ambassadors in Picking.
II was announced that n deter
minaiion on the part of the Picking
council contemplating concerted ac-
ton by the foreign powers against
the bandits would cause no sur
prise here.
WASHINGTON, May T.
(By The Associated Press.)-
A situation apparently re-
garded as seriously menacine
good relations between the
United States and the Picking
government in China was described
today sby American Minister Schur
man IN the first official report tC
reach the state department regardins
the capture of American citizens by
bandits neal the Shantung border.
The American minister is under
stood already to have made officis,
approximations OF his own response
bllity, and it is expected that he viii
be instructed by the government her
to pursue the most vigorous course t,
secure the release of the prisoners
unframed.
The report was prepared by MI
Schurman on the basis of informa
ton furiiiahs1 him by an American
citizen who was on the spot whel
the bandits attacked the tourist trail
on which many Americans were rid
ing. It was Indicated that so far n
known none of those taken prisone
had been harmed. and the ministe
apparently was hopeful that they nj
would be released.
Minister Schurman's report WA
dated midnight May Q at Tsinau F;
and described the situation as 'verJ
serious.
A paraphrase made public by tn
said: IAN express trair
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
PARMALEE is
OUT ON BOND

MEXICO CITY, May 7-charles
Parmalee, formerly OF Los Angeles,
is at liberty under bond after having
been questioned at police %headquar-
tiers Saturday night with regard TO
the charge that he kidnapped his 1--WE
year old son from a children's homo
In a suburb. Parmalee was allowed
his freedom under az Indefinite writ
Of amparo obtained by his counsel.
The whereabouts of the child, who
was being cared for at the home I'M
der the charge of the courts pending
judicial proceedings to determine his
custody. nave not been learned. al
though It is believed he has been sent
to the United States.
, 1923-05-07

which Is going into the Snlt creek
field to be consumed by hundreds Of
workers there.
Some of this liquor Is undoubtedly
going out IRON Casper and vicinity.
but by far the larger amount Is com
ing down from hiding places in
johnson county, the vast territory OF
which permits stills to be operated
with little likelihood OF discovery.
Tales of 1.-THE giant stil,' That is the
major source of this moon" thrill
ing stor.er of b~ootieggers who had
made their boasts hat they would
not be taken alive, men who guard
kept a lookout posted continuously
with orders to fire on the first off
Ger that might approach, resulted in
n trip to the vicinity OF Salt Creek
Saturday. S. r. Owens. law en-
forcement agent. Bill Irving and
"spec' Bailey. deputies from Sheriff
Morris office. from Casper. and Sher-
IN Woodside and Enforcement Agent
Hodge from Johnson county.
Following the four raids in Teapot
in which Sheriff Morris and Deputies
Hihbard and Miller also took part,
and after the episode OF the iron bot
tie" hat refused TO break even with
the repeated efforts Of a young lady
TO empty the contents over the loot
OF n brass bedstead. Owens. Irving
and party went into Lavoye TO be
Joined by e. II. Vance, who Is EN-.
ployed by the business men OF this
city to keep law and order. Les
Snow. employed by the Midwest to
do the same tn ng in Salt Creek. was
Joined at that place. The party was
also met here by the men Of johnson
county.
The first objective was a cattle
ranch located in johnson county
Just a few miles north Of the line.
, 1923-05-07

escape across the International boun-
dairy. Six of the Italians were killed
almost instantly and the seventh was
wounded.
viavano Lerraro. the lone survivor.
made his way to Columbia. state of
Nuevo Leon. where he notified au-
thoritles of the shooting. He told the
Mexican authorities there hat the
Mexican policeman had promised to
smugg'e them across the border and
, 1923-05-07

Prices on the New York Stock
Exchange were sent tumblinq
today by the reaction from
heavy buying started on a
flood of orders which it was
disclosed were hacked by worthless
checks drawn on several Pennsyl.
vania banks.
More than a score of worthless
checks were received by Wall Street
houses over the week end.
One Of the checks was for SIS 600
drawn on the Keystone National bank
of Reading. Pa. to cover buying or.
ders in Westinghouse. Reading. and
American Car and Foundry. Others
accompanied orders to buy New York
Central stock.
Reports from Philadelphia and
Boston said brokers in those cities
had received similar bogus orders.
The checks in almost every case
bore forged Qualifications. which
trickcd some of the brokers into exc
cptng buying orders for large blocks
N stock. Selling operations started
when the fraud was discovered. sent
prices down. practically the entire LIST
being carried to low levels.
Tho protective department OF the
American Bankers association. set Is
Investigators at work tracing down
the worthless paper. while h Phil
adelphia stock exchange sent put a
warning.
, 1923-05-07
STORY is
TOLD BY

TIENTsIN. May 7.-By The Asso.
ciated Prcss.EA relief train arrived
here this morning n party of foreish-
ers who escaped when the Shanghai
Peklng express was held up yester.
day by a large force OF bandits at
Lincheng.
In the party were Mrs. Robert
Allen and Mrs. Pinger and the lat
ter's younger son
The women stated that their hns-
bands. who arc majors in the Ameri-
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, 1923-05-07

the problem.
BERLIN. May 7.@By Tho Associ-
ated Press.EDespite the acrimonious
tenor OF the French reply to the Ger
man reparations note. the foreign Of.
flee Is not Inclined to interpret it ms
wholly bnFricading tho t%th to nego-
t!aticnB.
, 1923-05-07
GERMANS URGED.
AMEND OFFER.

LONDON. May 10y The Associ-
Hted Press.HGreat Britain will dis
patch r. note to Germany within SO
hours expressing disapprovai OF the
latest German %reparntions proposals
fnd urging Germany 10 prescott q
more practical and l,terai solution Of
, 1923-05-07

has been sought by the authorities
since n skeleton, partly identified as
that OF Mount. was found a week ago.
has been located by the Akron. Ohio.
police, according to a message re.
ceived here today.
, 1923-05-07
HAZER
FOUND IN AKRON

CHICAGO. May 7.-tBy. The Asso-
ciated Press.6J. Allen Mills. a fresh.
mar at Northwestern University in
September, 1921, when leighton
Mount. also a first year man. dlsap.
peared after a class fight. and who
, 1923-05-07
NC CRUDE
PRICES REDUCED

The Midwest Refining and the
Ohio OIL companies today announced
a reduction OF 10 cents In the posted
prices OF an grades OF Wyoming and
Montana crude oils purchased at the
wells. The new prices follow; Cat
Geek CiontJ, S1.s5; Lance Creek.
, 1923-05-07
BIG SHOW
READY FOR OPENING
Entertainment and Exhibits at"Ovn Your Own Home Show'
to Hold Interest for Thou sands of Casper People;
Doors Will Open at $50 This Evening

The reaft0s' "Own Your Home Show" will open at 1870 o'clock tomghta at the Arkeon
dancing academy INT will be in progress for three consecutive daysw with every variety of
amusement being offered fort the entertainment of those III attend
Heme K1otz soGst whit the Denver Municipal band heads 1.-THE list of pecale netan
who arrived hsm ormngf from the Colorado apta for the three DAYS If he how Mr.
Ktz sang in Casper in the days when the Henning ad Rhno cabarets we're aourbino
, 1923-05-07

osage. Grass Creek. Torchlight and
Elk Basin. $50: Salt Creek. Big
Muddy and Hamilton. st.35; Mule
Creek. &l.O5; Rock Creek. $i.45; sun
~CNlontl. so cents. The reduc-
ton is the third made in the last e9o
, 1923-05-07
KILL Ed IN
CUBAN WRECK

HAvANA, Cuba, May 7:-Meager details received today
regarding the wreck yesterday of two trains at Chucho Des-
quite, on the Hershey Electric railway, placed the number of
dead at more than fifty, with more than that number seri-
ously injured. Only two Americans were on the trains, both
escaping with slight injuries.
, 1923-05-07
italian IMMIGRANTS SLAIN BY
Mexican POLICE Who Agreed
TO SMUGGLE THEM into u. S.

LAREDO, Texas, May %7--seven Italian immigrants anx-
iously looking upon the land marking the border of the
United States, were shot on the Mexican side of the Rio
Grande. Saturday night by. Mexicans, who, the lone survivor
declares, betrayed them after they had paid money to the
leader. a Nnevo Leon policeman, to assist them in their
, 1923-05-07
GIANT STILL
SEARCH FAILS
Ranch Districts North of Teapot Are
Searched by Officers for Moonshine
Plant Said to Supply Oil Fields

Raids Saturday morning by Sheriff Perry A. Morris and
his deputies working with S. r. Owens, state law enforce
ment agent, which resulted in the apprehension of II women
in Teapot, five of whom were found in possession of liquor,
featured the first steps in a concerted effort by the state and
county departments here to shut off the stream of moonshine
, 1923-05-07
Cars Are Won by Nat Baker, Halle Ellis,
Helen Gardner, Leila Logan, Mrs.
Manbeck and Gladys Johnson
JUDGES,

We, the undersigned members of the executive committee
appointed to have supervision of the free gift distribution
campaign of the Casper Daily Tribune, concluded this date,
and who have been selected to act as counting judges and
auditors, certify and state that we have this date made a
careful count and check of the ballots cast in this election
and find results to be as follows:
1t is our belief that the campaign has been conducted in
a fair and impartial manner to everyone interested and con-
cerned and we commend the Casper Daily Tribune, Mr.. c..
w. Barton, president, and the campaign management for the
business-like methods employed in conducting the election.
We further find that the contestants whose names are
hereby given received the number of votes given opposite
their names and are declared the winners in their respective
position:
(Signed) j. A. VIRGINS,
c. H. HORSTMAN,
"t w G KTNTDAJT
, 1923-05-07

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Pittsburgh X. II. Il.
st. Louis 900 oil 11O-4I3 2
Pittsburgh ----030 oil 4ex-I1 20 2
Batteries-SherdeI, Wright. North,
Wigginton, Barfoot and Ainsmith;
McCurdy, Adams and Gooch.
AT Philadelphia r.. Ii. E.
New York -----603 Ill 200A-i3 I6 O
Enthusiastically and Snyder.
Battcries-e8ntrey and Snyder,
Meadows. Weinert. Bishop and Hen.
line, O'Brien.
At Boston tiled In sth)- n. II. Il.
Brooklyn ------061 01O 10 . .
Boston ---...----00 COS O33-s . >
Batteries = Dickerman, Mamaux,
Decature. Smith, Vance and DeBerry;
Watson. Genewich. Beton. Oeschger,
Marquard and O'Neill. Gibson.
, 1923-05-07
PRICES TUMBLE
ON EXCHANGE AS
RESULT BOGUS.
BUYING ORDERS.
Market Is Flooded With
Worthless Checks in
Many Cities; Fraud to
Be Investigated.

NEW YORK, May 7.-Postoffice
inspectors this afternoon went on
trial OF n band Of check forgers who
sent out over the week end carly
100 checks. aggregating more than
a million dollars. accompanied by
letters to stock brokers In New
York, Philadelphia. Boston and Chi.
caEo ordering large purchases Of
stocks.
, 1923-05-07

In China a man may wear the
same garments for a lifetime without
being out Of style. so little does the
fashion change.
, 1923-05-07

where they were shot.
escorted them to the lonely spot
Mexican authorities at Neuvo La
REDO have arrested two Mexicans.
, 1923-05-07
RELATIVELY
"SPAT" ENDS
IN BATTLE

SAN FRANCISCO. May Elm
STEMS theory was reported today to
have been the of a battle with
butcher knives between a cook and
n dishwasher In a restaurant here
yesterday. Steve Chesto. the cook.
in unfolding Ensteln relatively. suf-
fered severe lncerations and was re-
moved TO a hospital. while Iames
Riley. the dlshwhsher. insisting on
the soundness OF Newton's doctrine OF
gravitation. was in the county jail
today charged with assault with a
deadly weapon.
, 1923-05-07
Weather Forecast

wYoMING-GeneraIly fair tonight
and Tuesday. Not much change ii
temperature.
, 1923-05-07
BALL SCORES

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
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broad minded business and profes-
sional men. Its membership 10
formed by the careful and discrim-
mating selection Of the most repre-.
sentative men in their particular
calling-men. who by virtue Of their
God given talents can be relied up
on to cheerfully cooperate with
their fellow members in actively
supporting the ,Kiwanis movement
in its steady, unfaltering march
toward the attainment Of its high
ideals.
Kiwanis Is the practical applica-
ton Of the principle Of the Golden
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AR STOLEN
| FROM ROAD
bandOned Because of En-.
CINE Trouble, 1t Is Taken

The Ford touring car of Roy Eli
in was stolen early Sunday while
WAS standing on the road, six
les southwest of Baldwin, where
had been forced to abandon il
:urday night because Of engine
.uble.
When he returned TO the spot,
+ mile from his uncle's farm, Sun
/ afternoon the car was gone. A
lie spread search has been institu'
for it.
l Ford car. with a big house-body
it, slipped off the grade about
miles east of here Sunday, one
bel being smashed. The driver sac
name was James johnson and
1 he, with two others, were en-
he from north of Williston to tn:
my south. Repairs were made ant
car continued on it's journey.
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majestic course toward the beard
ocean, 20 does the Kiwanian expand
In his capacity for rendering service
to his fellow man. The further We
rSoceed In our Kiwanian activities
the more devoted we become to the
great cause in which We have en-
listed. A we cast our eyes about Us,
we witaess the metamorpho Of .
once self.sufficient. smugly salts
fled professional man into On ard
ent and unselfish worker In child
welfare campaigns; the evolution Of
an unsympathetie and apparently
hardened man Of affairs into . gen
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ule to our modern everyday life. The
participation in its activities has .
prounced effect upon each and every
one of its members from the time
they are first initiated. It pene-
trates the veneer and branches down
into the real inner nature of the
man. 1t appeals to. his noblest i'm
pulses. It inspires self.ccnfidence
and reliance in ones ability to bat
tie courageously and successfully in
the cause Of worldwide moral up
lift. 1t developes the latent talents
by its stirri)g appeal for efficiency.
It harnesses the FESTIVE streams Of
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nervous energy, directing this
mighty force into useful and far
reaching channels.
Through fellowship. acquaintance
ship developes into mutual under.
standing and esteem. Through
friendship and association with =
vast clearing house Of ideas, plans
and projects, is formed. From this
melting pot Of diversified energy,
brains and experience, there pours
molten metal Of the purest gold,
which flows freely where II 10 need.
ed. e<a
As a mighty river rolls on In ii
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vinely democratic and tirslsss toll.
ef IN benevolent and charitable pro
jscts. and the tfansformation Of =
solitary snd non-communicative
scientist into . radiant personality
Of contagioua good cheer and fellow
ship. Il brings home 80 40, what
the spirit Of Kiwanis means to this
busy world Of today. As the years
glide by we can see her circle Of
Potentially constantly expanding.
and her achievements pyramiding
far aloft into the deep blue heavens.
81 c. Pinkney Jones.
Scranton, Pa.