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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-05
LEAGUE

RESULTS
American League
Philadelphia, 7; New York,
Boston, z; Washington 6.
Chicago o; Detroit 6.
Cleveland 8; st. Louis, 1.
National League
Philadelphia, 10; Boston, 2.
Other clubs not scheduled.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-05

Style makers say mems winter
hats will be loud. We say a loud hat
speaks for itself.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-05

Blackmailers are after a Chicago
hotel man. They may know where
he gets his hotel steaks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-05
.R7H ANNOY NINE ON TOT 7ENN LE DIAMOND SUNDA
BRIEF BITS OF SPORTS
IN ALL FIELDS

Real interest is centered in the
baseball contest between the Mata-
van and Keyport High School mines
to be played on the Matawan grounds
next Tuesday afternoon. An inter
esting battle Is anticipated.
Wesley Wilson's st. Mary Speed
way basketball team is scheduled
to hold a workout on the st. Mary
Lyceum court this evening. This
team will start the season a week
from next Wednesday.
Many fans who have not witnessed
a baseball contest all season, are ex-
pected out for the Tottenville-Am-
boy tilt on the Aquehonga grounds,
this Sunday afternoon.
New Brunswick. Staten Island
and Carteret fans are showing in
terest in the National Sport Club, the
local boxing organization which
staged it's first show on Tuesday
night.
It Is not likely that Sam Jones
1dnhee HO-nlL pitcher, VIII DC uSeu
again until the first game of the big
series. The Yankee pilot is count
Ing on using Deacon Jones in the
opener.
The Perth Amboy High School
football team will open its season
at the county seat this afternoon
Coach Stauffer Is confident that his
warriors will return with the bacon.
There should be some interesting
soccer games in this county during
the next month or more. This city
has two soccer teams, Metuchen has
a representative outfit and the coun-
ty seat is represented by the two
clubs.
, 1923-09-12

or the oil trade. One OF these COM
panies has erected in the midst Of
the exhibits a small but perfect
standard drilling rig. This rig has
all the paraphernnlia required in
the actual drilling of an oil well.
Nothing has been omitted and an
experienced driller will have nj un-
favorable criticism to make when
lie watches the rig In operation. for
there is temper scrow. stem. real
Joints, bit. bull wheels, calf wheels,
bailer. etc. Just as would be re-
qulred for the real thing.
Perhaps the most skillfully pre-
pared exhibit is that arranged by
NJ. ]. Hopkins. Casper geologist.
who has made up n cross-section of
an ideal structure. Every forma-
ton and oil sand in this state has
been given its proper place in re
lAtion TO all tho others.
, 1923-09-12
MILLIONS MADE
AVAILABLE F 0 R
HELP
IN GREAT DRIVE
Horrors of Disaster Re-
peated as Surviving
Refugees Arrive at
Ports in Orient.

WASHINGTON, Sept. IL.
the five million dol
lar goal now exceeded in
contributions to the Japan
ese relief fund, the Ameri-
can Red Cross continued to-
day its campaign for funds as iats
advices on the extent of the COM
plete conirction on the part of the
officials of the organization that the
sum originally asked would be indie
quate for the relief needed.
A margin OF moro than one hun
dred thousand dollars above the five
millions asked was shown in the lat
est tabulation of the nations contrt-
buttons announced at Red Cross
headquarters here. Three divisions
of the organlzation-the Washing
ton, Central and New England dis
tricts-reported contributions ex-
ceedlng their assigned quotas.
A statement OF expenditures and
commitments issued by the Red
Cross last night included i,OO0,o 900
set aside yesterday In response to
the appeal OF Ambassador Woods at
Toxic. TO be placed at the immedi-
alto disposal OF the japanese emery
ency relief bureau. OF the balance
of the total subscription up to that
time OF s5,1os 400, expenditures for
food. clothing. medicines and build
ing materials amasnted to 81. 40i 900.
A further sum OF 1867. 500 had been
donated for the purchase OF relief
supplies in japan and the Philippine
Islands.
, 1923-09-12
NEW
CASPER TOTAL.
FOR JAP HELP

A total Of s471.45 had been donated
for japanese relief work to the Red
Cross in Casper up TO 3 o'clock this
afternoon. The mechanical depart
ment OF the C. b. & Q. railroad sub
scribed s15e,45 to the cause and fur
Their donations III yet to come from
employees OF this railroad. 1t is under.
stood. Ten Japanese working for the
Burlington each put in $40 while an
other gave IS. Those subscribing the
former amount we're: S. Asamto. G.
Nohomato, s. Kilano. NJ. Miyagis.
tuna, o. Kukumago. B. Okura,
George Nakumto. Harry walla. S.
FIyi. Y. Yoshimato. while U. shlba
donated SIS.
, 1923-09-12
TRIBUNE TO
GIVE FIGHT
News friday

Once more fans-another cham
pionship fight and n real one
when Jack Dempsey defends his
title Friday night against Luis
Firpo, the "Wild Bull of the Pam
pas"
The Tribune's service on this
fight will be unexcelled. Direct
from the ringside at New York the
Tribune's leased wire will carry
the news Of every round to the
Tribune wire room facing on Sec
ond street, thence through the
megaphone 1t will be relayed on
the dot to the Tribune family that
should pack the street.
The big fight starts Mt Z p. m.
Casper time The wire will be
open earlier TO get the prelhni-
uaries. Make arrangements 10
have your dinner early so you can
be on hand to hear all the dope.
, 1923-09-12

wyoming's greatest industry IL
the oil industry and It is this group
OF interests which is putting on n
of the biggest and most complete
exhibits at the 1928 State Fair at
Douglas this week. II is expected
that impartial judges Will promptly
award the petroleum products dis
play first place among all other ex-
hibits when final decision is made.
Through r. S. Ellison, vice presi.
dent OF the Midwest in Casper. a
high class and detailed collection
has been made, with additional ex-
hibits from Tulsa. Chicago. and
other eastern cities included.
All refined products from various
grades OF Wyoming crude oil are in
this display. This comprises every
grade and kind OF lubricating oils,
greases. and motor fuels. There are
also varied lines of road building
materials, wakes. tars. cokes. and
innumerable derivatives including
medicines. Candles-from the small
Christmas rec type to the large
polychrome ones-are a part of the
exhibits.
A small model field fitted out
with a standard derrick equipped
with a gas engine pumping outfit
is another interesting feature. This
well is pumped from the beam
but there are a dozen surrounding
wells which are being pumped by
an eccentric band wheel unit.
Special attraction is directed to this
miniature field with its several
wells pumping oil all of the time.
Casper oil well supply houses
have all contributed TO the display
and have presented various tools
and equipment which they handle
, 1923-09-12
Petroleum Exhibit Great
Feature Of the State Fair

Mr.. Wilson, OF Stewart & Com
pany. has done the painting of the
model. giving the formations their
real colors. In the background he
has added a renl Wyoming land
scape with a distant line of drilling
rigs in operation. Each sand bears
its name and carried into the mar
gin is the name of the field In
Wyoming in which the sand is com
mercialy productive. From a geo.
logical standpoint this exhibit is OF
great value, and has been we'll
placed together.
Mr.. Carpenter. of the Denver Of
flee of the Midwest Refining COM
pany, il due much credit for the
petroleum industry display since 1t
has been through his efforts that
the greater part OF the exhibits have
Continued on Page Eighty
, 1923-09-12

htbitS grace the various Dootns.
The Casper chamber of commerce
has an exhibit in Agricultural hall
showing a working model OF a mod
ern oil field with seven miniature
wells being operated by a central
station. Twenty Boy Scouts, under
the direction of H. Roe Bart,e. Scout
executive, came down from Casper
Monday evening and pitched a model
camp on the fair grounds The boys
are working in connection with the
first aid station and assisting in reg
ulating traffic.
Friday, Casper day." rs expected
to attract n big crowd Of visitors
from the oil metropolis, a special
train having been provided by the
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy rail-
road. The train will leave Casper
at $50 in the morning, arriving at
1880. The visitors will leave at
$3.50 in the evening on their return
trip.
The results of yesterdays auto
races and wild west events are as
follows:
Matched Ford Race-Cari lie Bar
first; Lawrence Smith. second. Dis
lance three miles; time 500. Purse
$50 side bet.
Chariot Race-Ed Lambert. first;
Lem Carmen. second. Distance one
half mile. Time 1:o1.
Ford Bug Race-George Carroll,
first; Floyd Rouse. second; Ed Lam
bert. third. Distance three miles.
Time $50.
Quarter Mre Cow Pony Race
Jay Miller. first; Harry Hart. sec
ond: Louis Cook, Jr., third. Time
rs.
Three Mile Stock Car Race-Asa
Reese. Cadillac. first; ]. ]. Morsch,
Buick. second. Time 4.06.
Roman Standing Race tone-half
mileHEd Lambert. first; McElhin-
ney, second. Time LOS.
Pie Eating Contest-George Frog
gat, first; Joe Warner. second; Pete
Hutchinson. third.
Calf Roping Ito qualify)-carl
H%ildebrand. As 3-5 seconds; Pete
Shaw, 81 2-5 seconds.
Quarter Mre KIDS Pony Race
Louis Cook Jr.. first; Harold Giles
PIE. second: Ralp Cook. third. Time
80 seconds.
Ford Free for All-Doo'en. first;
Good. second Distance three miles.
Time $40,
Mems Relay lone and one-half
milesEMlller. first: Shaw. second;
McElhinney, third. Time 1928.
GfoIra panal-T avn Cornaa- ffraf
Rhea Tillard. second. Joe Reynolds,
third.
Wild Horse Race Cone-half mlleN
, 1923-09-12
CASPER PHYSICIANS
AND SURGEONS CLUB
HOLDS FIRST Meeting

The Casper Physicians and Sur
seons' club organized by 10 Casper
doctors a week ago for "He scien-
tific discussion of medicine and
surgery held its first meeting at
the Henning grill room last night.
The organization plans to hold meet
ings bi-monthly.
The roster of the organization in
cludes Drs. Neil Charles Gels. II.
J.. Harvey. j. C. Kamp. NJ. C. Keith.
NJ. J. Nolan. Allan Mcclellan. N. e.
Morad. t. j. Riach. George C..
Smith. w. w. Yates. W. r. Wynne.
and a. p. Kimball.
The officers are DR.. NJ. c. Keith.
president; DIR. A. p. Kimball, vice
president, and DIR. Allan Mcclellan.
secretary and treasurer.
, 1923-09-12

WHITE PLAINS. N. Y. SEPT. IL.
Walter s. Ward. son OF George s.
Ward. n millionaire baker, became
the central figure in one OF the most
battling murder mysteries of years
when. on May 20, no walked into
Seeriff Werner's office In Westches
ter county courthouse here and con.
fessed he had killed Clarence Peters,
a former navy man.
The body of Peters, poorly clad.
with n bullet wound through tho
chest. was found lying about six feet
Off the road near Kensico reservoir
Early on tho morning OF May 16. n
week before Ward made his confes.
sion.
In the pockets OF the clothes were a
few pennies. part OF a pack OF playing
cards and nothing else. A navy
shirt gave the only clue. and by II.
aided with finger prints. Peters was
identified and the sheriff tried to
find his slayer.
The week passed with no results.
The body was sent TO Haverhil.
Mass. Peters home. for burial-the
case was practically dropped. And
then Ward came in, admitted he
killed Peters and was promptly freed
on 10000 bail.
The bakers son told a story OF
blackmnil-or part OF a story. He
, 1923-09-12

The Steel Seafarer left here last
night. She il a vessel OF s.47I net
tons and Is in command OF Captai4
Kilt.
Reports received here declare the
merchant ship has a large hole in
tho bow above the water line. but is
in no immediate danger.
The Texas was steaming south
with the battleships Maryland. Okla
homa, Arizona, New Mexico and
Pennsylvania.
The armada was travelling in coll
m formation and was proceeding
cautiously through a dense fog.
Messages received here indicated
the steel SoafureCr viii proceed uA~
Continued on Page Eighth
, 1923-09-12
ACCEPTANCE OF
FRENCH Terms
IS HELD LIKELY
Change Of Policy Will
Mark End Of Rests
lance in Ruhr

BERLIN, Sept. Icy
Tho Associated Press).-
Chancellor Stressemann's
address to the German edi-
tors was awaited with inter-
est today in view of the gov
ernment's admission that informal
sreconnoitering'' conversations on
~reparations are in progress with al
the powers including France aGd
the announcement that he might
throw further light on Germany's
position with regard to the Ruhr.
The newspapers concede that a
change in the situation is about to
take place; the nationalist press
being of the opinion that this will he
nothing short of capitulation.
The government itself is apparent
" determined to get the Ruhr valley
IN working order ono more. mas
much as the industrialists will be
needed in the negotiations hat even
tually settle the r~eparations deadlock.
PARIS, SEPT. 12.-By the AS
ISOLATED PressHHaving informed
Berlin that negotiations cannot be
opened in the r~eparations deadlock
while Germany's policy remains one
Of resistance. the French government
is waiting to see whether the rap
prochement rumor emanating from
Berlin are only trial balloons sent
up to attract a full expression OF
French opinion, or whether Germany
II ready to discuss n settlement that
will satisfy France. F
Acting on instructions from Pre-
mier Poincare. NJ. DeMargerie the
French ambassador to Germany, has
informed Chancellor Stresemann that
France adheres to her determination
to make abandonment Of passive re
sistance the first condition to an
opening of direct negotiations. The
premier has let II be known hat he
will consider IN a conciliatory spirit
n well-defined German proposal
that is made after obstructionist
tactics have ceased.
, 1923-09-12

campaign to put an end to mob &C
tivities and bring to Justice mem
bers OF flogging parties.
The question of withdrawal of
troops is expected to hinge upon the
governors personal observations
and the result OF conferences be-
tween him and representatives OF
the chamber Of m He also
expected to obtain the views of
Adjutant General b. II. Markham,
who has been conducting the mill
tary inquiry into whippings.
, 1923-09-12

nection with the death there in 1916
of Anna Dnnielson of Minneapolis.
Investigation had failed to CON
meet him with the Seattle case and
the authorities were about to release
him when they decided to give him
"one more thorough grilling." Con-
aiderably to their aston'shment, they
said. he then confessed that he had
been married seven times. declared
all seven women were still living but
admitted therefore that six of the
alleged ceremonies were Illegal.
His first marriage. as officers
quoted him. was to Emma L. Jones.
In Warren. Ohio. 81 years ago, and
his last six, all contracted in tho
CONTINUED on Page Eight
, 1923-09-12

in a church crowded almost beyond
capacity. big Jim" had an audience
that he swayed easily. His subject
was n which Interested every adult
member and had as its title "who
Was Gains Wife?"
There are but three solutions"
said the Rev. Kramer. Either Cain
married his sister or some other rela-
, 1923-09-12

said that a man known to him as
Charlie Ross" another known only
as Jack" and Peters had tried to
b,ackmail him. He said he drove
Peters to Kensico reservoir and that
there, covered with Peters gun he
was ordered to get put OF his ma
chine.
Ward said he grabbed Peters
hand turned It so he couldn't fire
and shot his own revolver. Then.
he said. Ross and Jack who had
followed him began to fire. One OF
them was wounded, Ward said. but
both escaped in a big red racing car
which Ross drove.
The story might have been accept
Continued on Page Eighty
, 1923-09-12
BANK BANDIT
NOW SUICIDE

MARSHALL. Tex, Sept. IA
cornered by Sheriff Sanders in the
rear of a lunch room here early to-
day. . young man. about rs years
old, believed by local officers to
have been the bandit who robbed
the bank of Mooringsport. La, of
approximately 5000. yesterday,
shot and killed himself today.
, 1923-09-12

Declaring that many n wife in
the home today is nothing but a ser
want. n convenience. a beggar to
whom her husband doles out a few
dimes the Rev. James w. Kramer
delivered n stirring Indictment OF
martial reintiona in another Of his
series Of evangelical addresses at the
Baptist church last night, Speaking
, 1923-09-12
MARITAL RELATIONS In MANY HOMES INDICTED
BY big JIM KRAMER In HIS SERMON LAST MIGHT

tive. or he married an animal OF the
field. or else there were ether human
creations on the ace OF tho world nj
that time. l incline to the third the
Dry"
Il cannot believe that Cain mar
ried n monkey or n tadpo'e or that
he was guilty OF Incest, he declared.
Continued On Page Eighty
, 1923-09-12
FROSTS REPORTED IN
SEVERAL STATES LAST NIGHT

Drops in temperature have oc-
CURED owe the trans-upper Mlssis.
slppi region as the cool high area
in the far northwest became more
extensive, with freezing tempera-
lures in the Canadian northwest
and the frontier sections to the
south. according to weather re-
ports.
, 1923-09-12

CHICAGO. Sept. 12.-Heavy to
killing frosts in Montana. North
Dakota and northern Wyoming
we're reported to the district weather
bureau here today. while grain
market reports told OF a light frost
az far south as Dekalb. Ill. The Of
flciai temperature at Rockford, Hi
nois, was 40 degrees.
, 1923-09-12
MILLIONAIRE BAKERS SON GOES
ON TRIAL FOR LIFE IN new YORK
Walter Ward, Freed of One CHARGE In
Peters Killing, ArYaigned Today
In White Plains Court

WHITE PLAINS. N. Y, Sept. 12.-Walter S. Ward,
wealthy bakers son, went on trial in the supreme court
today, charged with the murder of Clarence Peters, former
sailor whose body was found sixteen months ago on a
lonely road near here with a bullet through the heart.
The Indictment on which he is being tried is the second
, 1923-09-12
BATTLESHIP IN
CRASH AT SEA

SAN PEDRO, Calf, Sept. 1.-THE battleship Texas.
bound from San Francisco to San Pedro, colLided with the
steamer Steel Seafarer, of the Isthmian line, ID miles north
of Point Arguello at $50 a. m. today, according to word
reaching here. The collision occurred in the vicinity
where seven destroyers went on the rocks last Saturday.
, 1923-09-12

Ward has faced. A year & a grand
jury charged Ward with the death.
but when he maintained that no had
shot in self defense after Peters had
attempted to blackmail him. the in
dictment was dismissed.
, 1923-09-12
GERMANY TO YIELD ON PREPARATIONS
STATE FAIR HAS Big OPENING
TUESDAY; SPECIAL TRAIN WILL
RUN TO DOUGLAS CASPER day

DOUGLAS, Wyo, Wyomings nineteenth annual state
opened yesterday with an unusually attractive display
of Wyoming grown products and an entertainment pro-
gram of auto races and wild west events.
The cattle, hogs and agricultural exhibits are heavier
than last year and excellent poultry and horticultural ex-
, 1923-09-12
LAW
NEARING END

TULSA, Okla, Sept. 12.-Hopes of local business men
for the lifting of martial law in Tulsa county were raised
today when it was learned that Governor ]. C. Walton
was on his way here to make a survey of conditions.
1t will be the executives first visit since he placed the
county under military rule more than a month ago in his
, 1923-09-12
HAS
SEVEN WIVES

o ANGELES, Calf, Sept. 12.-The authorities
hoped today to receive replies to kilograms they sent yes
terday inquiring into the alleged matrimonial adventures
of Harry R. Roshon, who was arrested here last Friday
under the name of A. E. Woods, and suspected for a time
of being DR.. z. Y. Allen, wanted in Seattle, Wash, in con-
, 1923-09-12

The first service Of electric inter.
urban sleeping ars was started 20
years ago between indianapolis and
Columbus. Ohio.
, 1923-09-12

Forest Richardson. first; Carl Hide
brand. second; H. N. Tennyson,
third.
Day money in tho bucking con-
tests was won by Clarence Heavy"
O'Brien.
, 1923-09-12
BODIES ARE FOUND
IN PILES or SCORES.

TOXIC. Sept. 12.-(By The Asso-
ciated Pressl-Deaths from ths
earthquakes. fires and tidal waves
in and around Toxic were estimated
today to number 150. 900.
Groups OF 100 and more bodies
have been found In various spots.
pySantery is prevalent.
The government informed the
American embassy that the relief
personnel en- route would be we,-
come.
American marines have landed.
erecting a bakery and an automobile
repair shop at the American EN-.
bassy.
The duty on building material I'M
ports has been removed.
Reactionnl earthquakes have fall
en- in number to twenty daily.
, 1923-09-12
RED CROSS REACHES GOAL; RELIEF RUSHE
BALL SCORES
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Philadelphia II. II. Il.
Brooklyn 100 1O5 OO0-6 I3 o
Philadelphia 200 1Oe OO1-i 10 o
Batteries - Grimes and Taylor;
Ring and Wilson.
Cincinnati ---010 oil OOx-x x y
Chicago 900 900 OOx-x X \
Batteries-Rhey and Hargraye;
Alexander, Dumovich and O'Farrell.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At New York LIST game. II. II. Il.
Chicago -..O 900 100 000-1 6 0
New York --..-O0I 900 IOx-2 6 0
Batteries-Bobertson and Grouse;
Hoyt and Schang.
AT New York-2nd game. r.. ii. f.
Chicago ----000 ITO 1903 10 0
New York loo 900 22x-5 IL 2
Batteries-Cvengros and Schalk;
Pennock and Bengough, Schang.
At Washington Il. IT. Il.
Detroit 100 40x xxx-x X X
Washington al COX NIX X X
Batteries-Dauss and Bassler;s Mo.
bridge and Charity.
, 1923-09-12

SHANGHAI. Sept. 12.-tBy the
Associated PressGThe liner EN-
press OF Australia. which remained
in tho zon OF the japanese disaster
for nine days before she took 200
foreign refugees TO Kobe. was part
of n scene in Yokohama harbor that
might have Illustrated n canto from
Dante's inferno.
Passengers arriving in Shanghai
on the Empress of Canada are
describing the plight OF the other
liner.
A few hours after the first great
earthquake. the Yokohama water
front was n huge torch. Flaming
oil. and burning sampans had made
tho harbor a Dantean sea OF fire.
The steamship. lowering periiously
close TO the wharves, her officsrs
Continued or Page Seven.
, 1923-09-12
Weather Forecast

WYoMING-Partly cloudy tonight
and Thursday except unsettled ex-
IRENE south portion. Not much
change in temperature.
, 1923-01-12
Macdonald and
Tom Forman IN White Shoulders

Local admirers of Katherine Mac,
Donald, the American beauty will
find more than an ordinary degree
of interest when their favorite star
comes to the America theater for a
two-day run starting Sunday, as Vir
ginin Pitman, the heroine Of White
Shoulders a new First National at
traction.
In this photoplay Miss Macdonald
is seen to advantage in the role OF a
rarely beautiful young girl whose
mother has determined that she shall
marry only a rich man. and who pro
ceeds to bring up the girl with this
matrimonial goal constantly before
her. OF course this idea carries with
II tho necessity for an unusua
amount of expensive and elaborate
dressing and during the development
Of the story. Miss Macdonald is said
, 1923-01-12

Miss Ella Jordan, sister of Mrs. c.
A.. Sanford, returned to her home in
Spokane, Wash. Wednesday after
visiting with the latter here for some
time.
Miss Florence NJ. todd OF the Rial.
to theater returned to Casper yester.
day after spending a few days in
Cheyenne.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. p. Higgins return.
ed to Gienrocle yesterday after being
the overnight guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. NJ. Andrus.
Mrs. r. r. Hackley left Tuesday
for Phoenix, Ariz. Mrs. HackIey ex.
poets TO stop in Salt Lake City and
Angeles and to spend two
months or the coast visiting rela.
lives.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. e. Dennis ere
from Bonneville. wyo.. visiting
Casper for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. r. G.. Nelson Of Bur.
lnston. Wye. are shopping for a day
or two here.