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the few sober person who were wit
nesses.
Young Swope testified to the eff
been attracted by men quarreling
about 100 feet from their tent and
that they went out with the inten-
ton Of stopping the noise and espe-
cially the profane language which
could not help coming to the ears
Of women who were near the grad
ing camp. Cramblett is reported TO
have thrown a knife to Honeycutt
saying at the time You've got a
pal rof knives now. Use them" He
also kept urging the other man to
fight him. Honeycutt said he dent
want to fight. but Cramblett rejoin-
ed hat he had to fight"
Honeycutt threw his arms around
Cramblett ad stabbed him. Cram
blett knocked him to the ground
then beat him up.
Other witnesses testified to the
effect that Honeycutt had displayed
a knife when the truck load Of men
were in town during the evening.
II Is hdiu nat ms repuudtion was
that of a man who was quick to use
such a weapon.
DIR. NJ. ]. Nolan who pronounced
Honeycutt dead stated at the in
quest that his death evidently came
about from n fractured skull and
that he also possessed n broken Jaw.
several decorations of the face and
that his upper lip was badly chopped
up. Cramblett when examined was
suffering from shock. drinking and
a stab wound.
Although Crambiett was present
at the inquest this morning he re-
fused to testify, which was his priv
llege because of his conspicuous con
nection with the case.
The death of Honeycutt occurred
early on tho morning of September
6. The grading outfit Of e. A. Ar
nett, who is a contractor for the
Sprague and Nisely Construction
company. was being moved from n
point on tho Wyoming North and
South railroad TO Clayton, wyo.
While the camp was stopped for the
night east of Casper the men came
into town. and several OF them evi
Gently got tilt up" Honeycutt and
Cramblett were engaged in n quar-
rel which resulted in their fight.
swope. who was tho best witness.
was not a member OF this particu-
lar construction gang but was en-
camped near them together with his
father.
The coroner's Jury was composed
OF e. s. Troxel. G.. w. Cooley and
w. Z. King.
, 1923-09-10
Tragedy Crops
Out as Ships
Pile on Rocks

SANTA BARBARA, Cal. Sept.
1o.-A tragedy within a tragedy
was enacted aboard the destroyer
Delphy which wen ashore rs
miles north of Santa Barbara on
Saturday night with six other de-
stroyers OF the battle fleet.
This Tragedy resulted in the
death of Seaman Pearson. whose
given name and homo. naval Of
fices at the scene of the wreck
were unable to give.
As the Delphy crashed bow first
into the rugged rocks near Argu-
clio light. Pearson was thrown
down n ladder and both legs were
broken. His comrades went TO his
rescue and succeeded in taking
him on deck. There he was blinded
by oil from bursting fuel pipes.
Nearly crazed by pain and desper-
alton, he resisted tho efforts OF
shipmates to rig up a breeches
buoy to rescue him.
The vessel began to break up
and his comrades were forced to
lash him to n mast, in the hope
of returning later to take him off.
Others injured were taken ashore
and just as the last man, except
Pearson, vas safe on the main
land the Delphy broke in two and
slid beneath the I've with Pear
son crying piteously for help. To-
day. as parts Of tho wrecked de-
stroyer wer being dashed TO and
fro in the boiling surf. Peorson's
comrades said they could dlstin-
guish his haggard face through
the white and green OF the sea
, 1923-09-10

big Jim" Kramer. famous evan
gelist. threw down the gauntlet yes
terday in three powerful addresses
and challenged his hundreds OF
hearers to take an open stand for
Jesus Christ and the church. Forty
men and women. their souls glorl-
ously shining in their eyes. an
swered the challenge and took the
right hand of big Jim" in public
affirmation of their courageous de-
cision to walk tho rest of their days
in the ways of Righteousness.
The Riaito congregation was told
by Big Jim" that the world is bound
for hell at the rate of mile a minute
and the greatest evil of the present
day is hat I'VE are travelling too
fast" Comparison of the morals and
standards of contemporary living
and contemporary dying. too-was
made with the licentious, debauched
B~abylonians whom God brought
low in a single wrathy stroke
"Americanitus" is the iniquitous
disease from which we citizens of
this country are morally Hopping
into destruction and which scurries
US through life and into the dump
ing grounds of hell and damnation.
declared DIR. Kramer. This is the
epidemic of too-fast living and
quick dying.
, 1923-09-10
BARRAGE OF INVESTIGATION TO BE TURNED
ON ECLIPSE OF SUN which OCCURS TODAY,
lay OBSERVERS TO WATCH CELESTIAL DRAMA

Newspaper men stationed al stra-
tegic points along the path of
totality prepared to flash the path
of the eclipse to their readers from
its beginning u1:20 a. m on Santa
Catalina island to the final phase OF
observation shortly after two o'clock
cas- p. m. on Santa Catalina while
motion cameramen stood ready to
film the solar phenomenon for
cinema audiences the world over.
Highways leading to Santa Bar
bara. San Diego and other coastal
points within the totality belt and
steamers plying between the main
land and Santa Catalina Island were
crowded with eclipse excursionists.
an army of non-technical observers
carrying fragments of smoked glass
through which they hoped to view
every act of tho celestial drama, par.
ticularly the flaming glory of the
suns corona, a crown of leaping
color visible when the solar disc is
completely hidden by the moon.
Early today astronomers at Mount
Wilson observatory. near Pasadena.
trained their powerful instruments
on the sun for preliminary observa-
lions. results of which we're 10 be
telephoned to TX II j" the radio
broadcs sting station of the Los
Angeles Times, through which they
were to be broadcast to the various
, 1923-09-10
Thousands In
One Enclosure
Die In Flames

OSAKA. Sept. 1o.-Thirty thous-
and Japanese who had taken ref
g in the ten acre enclosure of
the Hongo military clothing Depot
in Toxic persisted in the flames
that swept the area early last
week. according to a man named
Kawashima, OF the few who
escaped. Crhere have been vary
ing reports rs to the number OF
refugees who met death in this
fire. but this is the largest estt
mate.
1T ran to a pool of water. in
which 1 spent the night with a
cushion over my head" Knka-
shima said. ION all sides the
groans Of the dying could be heard
and as the fires licked the brick
walls the enclosure was trans
formed into an oven in which the
thousands were roasted. In the
morning. when the fire had burn
ed out, troops came and rescued
thirty Of us from the pool. The
compound was covered with half
burned corpses."
, 1923-09-10
World Going To
He'll at RapidRate

A rapidly moving pen picture OF
the gorgeous city of the Babylon
ians and their sinful ways was
drawn by the evangelist who ended
the vivid portrayal by saying; "And
all this was done 10 please Bel
shazar's foolish. giddy parasite Of a
wife"
I'VE are repeating the sin OF
Babylon and Ii speed today Is
going TO w~ickedness as II did in that
city God destroyed. We carry our
terrific pace into all we do. We
meet today. are married 20
morrow. IND are separated on the
day following" Marriage in this
country is n theatrical affair and is
a bitter cartoon. a parody on our
womanhood and manhood. 1 plead
for the home and I say hat we
ministers are wrong when we do not
condemn the divorce from our pull.
pits.
The fast-moving Indictment of
fast living and consequent snap.up
dying was concluded with n plea TO
the people of this city to build up
their churches and their church
memberships. Said Kramer:
II want to help the churches OF
Casper-to see more members in
them. And I want to see zach OF
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
, 1923-09-10

astronomical expeditions awaiting
this data as a basis for final adjust.
ment Of their instruments.
Meanwhile at his observation pos,
on Santa Catalina Island. professor
A o. Leuchner, University of Cali
fornia astronomer, watched tha
coming of the eclipse near n tele-
phone connected directly with X II
] via the new Santa Catalina cable,
ready to be broadcast to his fellow
observers up and down the coast the
instant of second contract on the
island; that is. the instant the
period of totality commenced. On
Catalina Island this was expected tc
be 12:54.23 D. m. with the total
phase ending at 12:57.11 p. m.
Throughout the progress of the
eclipse in which the huge shadow OF
the moon. los. miles across. was rae
ing from a point in the Pacific neal
katchatka to its vanishing point ir
the Caribbean not far from Cuba
Professor Leuschner was perform
ing the double task of maintaining
liaison between the various astrono
mical camps and %picturing for radio
enthusiasts outside the path of tota'
eclipse the various phases of tn,
observation promptly as they oc
Cured. 1t vas a task. astronomer
said. never before attempted in tn,
field of radio.
, 1923-09-10
State FAIR To
OPEN TUESDAY
FOR FIVE DAYS
Amusement. and. In.
~struction Outlined for
P~rogram-Priz
List Large

The best of its kind, the
Wyoming State fair will
open tomorrow and will con-
tinue until the night of Sep
TENDER Ia. 1t will be an
event that take place among
the great things Of Wyoming. for 1t
yeflects as Ices nothing else the
eplendor. the development. and the
possibilities of the state.
Amusement and instruction alike
are provided by the fair. 1t is a
place for the farmer to show what
he has done and for the performer
to show what he al do. 1t is a
place for all of them to learn some.
thing.
Large prizes are being offered by
the management of the fair this
year to those taking part in tho wild
west events, and the premiums fot
stock exhibits are also to be gener
ously distributed.
The Kewah Serkus. an event in
itself hat is sponsored by the Xxi
wants club of Douglas. will be on
of the great things that make tho
Converse county seat attractive
during this week. 1t will include
automobile and other races.
Casperites should not forget that
Friday is Casper day and that
those who live in the hub of wy
umins are especially invited to at
tend the fair on this day. Friday
Il to be known as Boy Scout day
and Old Timers day. The Boy
Scouts of Casper will be represent
ed by a large delegation.
A feature OF the fair every year
Is the reduced railroad rates. The
fares are one and one third of the
reduced railroad rates. The fares
are one and one third Of the regular
rates, effective until September IA.
, 1923-09-10
Yellowstone Will
Be Widened North
OF Thermop o

THERMoPoLIs. wyo.. Sept. 10.
During the latter part of this
month work on graveling and
widening Yellowstone highway be-
tween a point three miles north OF
Thermopolis and Kirby will be
commenced. This will give a solid
stretch of gravel road almost the
entire distance from the foot OF
Birdseye pass to Yellowstone park.
about 200 miles.
In order TO secure federal and
state aid for this project 1t was
necessary that the right-of-way be
widened an additional IA feet Some
difficulty was encountered in secur-
ing this r~ight-of-way because many
Of the farmers along h line had
bitches. fences and trees on the pro-
posed road.
n. T. Olson, of Thermopolis. state
highway engineer. took the matter
in hand about n week ago and to-
day secured the last signature re-
CURED for widening the highway.
It ia expected that work will be
commenced ty September 70.
, 1923-09-10
MAN KILLS HIS.
half BROTHER

ALBUQUERQUE. N. M. Sept. 10
Bruce Beatty. 10. Estsncia, n. M.
lies dead and his half brother. WI
liam Beatty. surrendered himself TO
authorities as the confessed slayer
following q quarrel last night over
cattle.
When Bruce entered tho home OF
his older brother his body was ter.
ribly mangled with the full discharge
from a shotgun. William then
stepped up. he confessed. and dis
charged another load of shot into
the body. literally blowing It to
pieces.
The older brother told authorities
no fired in self defense when Bruce
came to get him"
Tho Beatty's were prominent cat
tlemen in their locality.
, 1923-09-10

LOS ANGELES. CALF, SEPT.
10.-when the sun rose over South
ern California this morning. It faced
a barrage OF scientific and popular
investigation unprecedented in as
Economical history.
Eclipse expeditions from every
quarter OF the globe awaited its ap-
pearance in the path of totality
marked out for today's eclipse. the
first total observation of the sun
visible in the United States since
1918 and the last until 1925. Batter
les of specially constructed cameras.
sprelecesscopes. interferomelers and
other astronomical instruments
were aimed at the heavens while
overhead circled a~irplanes of the
United States battle fleet engaged
In an historic attempt to photograph
the on rushing shadow of the moon
from vantage points miles above the
sea.
Radio. too. was playing its first
total eclipse by spreading an In
visible net of communications over
the predicted path of the moons
shadow. linking together the widely
separated camps established by
American and foreign observatories
on Santa Catalina and San Gle
rnente islands. off Los Angeles at
San Diego and at Ensenada and
other Mexican ports.
, 1923-09-10

Everyone is invited. Young and
old, large and small. sweethearts.
wives. and brothers. All will Join in
a day of Joy when the cares of the
past and future may be forgotten.
and only the rnptures OF the pres
ent contained in the mind. Mr..
Shedd. the owner OF the trucks that
will be fitted out for the excursion,
has established n flat rate OF 81 per
person for the round trip. which viii
aggregate than 100 miles.
Compared with the beauty Of ma
ture to be encountered on the trip,
and Tho thorough good fellowship
which is sure to prevail. the rate is
nominal, and far below standard
railrohd fare.
Sparky's combination trucking.
hiking and exploring excursion will
leave from in front of the Tribune
building at 0 A. m. Sunday Septem-
Der 16. Promptly at the time desig-
mated. the drivers will throw the
trucks in gear and the voyage will
be in full swing. You cannot afford
to be late. Remember that the trip
is open to everyone. and those pres
ent automatically become members
of the Tribune Hiking club, and arc
eligible to enjoy all its advantages.
Seats will be provided upon the
trucks and no more than thirty peo-
Pile will be placed upon one machine.
All who were present upon the Trib-
une's opening hike to Garden Creek
are asked to be on hand. and are
begged to bring their friends.
Date-sunday. September 10.
Time a. m. Y
P1ace-Tribune building.
Destination-Hell's Half Acre.
, 1923-09-10

SANTA BARBARA, CALF.
SEPT. 1o.-one dead: twenty two
missing. of whom nineteen are
thought dead: three adrift on a life
raft and possibly safe. and twelve
injured in the hospital here is the
record in human losses and serious
injuries resulting from tho disaster
in which seven United States De.
stroyers were piled on thu rocks rs
miles north OF this city Saturday
night.
All vessels are believed q total
loss. although a navy tug and a re-
pair ship are standing by just at
the edge of the tumbllng breakers
ready to render assistance II there
is n possible chance.
All the ships lie in close to the
beach except the Woodbury.. and
Fuller. but the water Is shallow and
the breakers cover a strip several
hundred yards wide. The Young 10
lying on her side. while fhs Delphy
is broken up. The bottoms Of all
tho others are torn on the Jagged
rocks and their plight like that of
the Young. is hopeless. The turf
has been heavy ever since the wreck
and hour by hour the hulks of the
warships have been driven further
UP into the sands.
The task of cutting through the
hull OF the Young to releass tho
bodies of nearly n score of men i'm
prisoned there was begun this
morning. All mystery rs to the
of the wreck rms ,.een clear-
cd away. in the opinion of the sur
vivors OF the wreck and senfaring
men here, by tho explanation that
the navy ships were thrown more
than ten miles off their course by n
confusion of radio signals.
Because of the wreck of the
Pacific Mail liner Cuba on San Nj
guel island. off the coast nearly op-
'posite the place where the d~estroyers
met their doom, the radio operators
on shore were trying to direct the
course Of tho destroyer Reno to her
assistance. The fog was 30 dense
that the radio was the only guide.
The operators OF the destroyer
squadron. speeding along in the fog
signals intended for the Reno. The
over a rough sea picked up the
AAiAoAhho was u4oCoNtItu anu
Arguello Light station corrected
the bearings for tho destroyer fleet.
Tho correction came about five
minutes before the wreck. The
ships changed their course but the
correction came too late.
A list of dead and missing in the
wreck of seven destroyers was com
piled hero today. 1t is lacking in
initials and other details because the
official records were on the Deiphy
which sank. The list follows:
Dead:
r. a. conroy, fireman on the D.
lphy;
Missing:
Kirby. Seaman second class.
Everett Grady. fireman second
class.
Vanschank. fireman, third class.
Taylor. Engine room. second
class.
Vanschnnk. fireman. third ciassL
Continued or Page Seven.
, 1923-09-10
GEORGE BEGG DIES HERE
OF PNEUMONIA AFTER AN
ILLNESS OF SIX YEARS

An old-time resident Of Natrona
County passed away last night when
George Begg, AZ years of age. died at
a local hospital of pneumonia An
Illness of six weeks preceded his
death. A widow and several chill
dren survive the deceased.
Mr.. Begg was owner of the Begg
dairy. The remains Ire now at the
Shaffer-Gay chapel.
, 1923-09-10
ESCAPE
FROM ~PENITENTIARY AT
RAWLINS DURING "

two and n half hours. and they
apparently made good their get
away. So far no trace OF them has
been found.
The two were James Martin. lin
termer from Sheridan and Albert J..
Barrett. convicted car thief. Mar
tin was doing time for murder. Bar.
rett last spring stole the automobiis
belonging TO DR.. A. b. Tonkin. then
state health officer, drove II to Mon.
tana, was captured there, escaped
from Sheriff George J.. Carroll of
Cheyenne after Carol had brought
him ms FAR south rs Casper. and wAs
later rc.captured.
, 1923-09-10
AM TOLD TO
TOXIC TYPHOID
There /. the deepest appreciation

There is the deepest appreciation
throughout Japan for the prompt
response from the United States and
other countries to tho distress of
thourands of refugees. Admiral
Anderson of the United States ASH
attic fleet is closely cooperating with
Admiral Takarabe. minister OF mar
Inc. in the work of relief. a num-
Der of British ships have already mr.
rived with food and medical supplies.
The efficiency OF the japanese mil.
ltnry control in enllstinE tho cooper.
alton OF the civil authorities. Is In.
CT ousingly evident. order has been
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
, 1923-09-10
Fireman Dies
In DeraiIment

ROANOKE. Va. Sept. 10. ]. p.
Tolley. fireman OF Roanoke. was
killed and seven persons were injur-
ed whom n Norfolk and Western
southbound freight train left the
tracks n few miles north of Roa-
noke, this morning and plunged into
n rock quarry. where a number Of
men were at work.
, 1923-09-10
RAILWAY BUILDER DIES.

OCEAN PARK. Cal. Sept. 10
Harry II. Cobb. whose work in elec-
trifying railways in washington,
Oregon and California gained him a
national reputation. died Mt his
home horo yesterday. Ho was 81
years old and is survived by a
widow.
, 1923-09-10
ITALIAN SHOT
TO DEATH BY
PUEBLO

PUEBLO. Colo. Sept. 1o-A man
identified as Charles Carlino. an
Italian. was shot to death by a gang
of ten men, who threw his body
into the Arkansas river east Of
Pueblo today, according to the po-
lice. The body was recovered.
Carlino is believed to have been a
resident of Model, Colo.
, 1923-09-10
SUMMARY OF
night News


ATHENS-Greece replies to the
note Of the council Of ambassadors
announcing her readiness to- con-
form to the decision Of the council
in regard to Italy's demands.
WASHINGT0N-Fire broke out In
the treasury building, causing about
$1,000 damage.
TOKI0-The Toldo police an.
pounced that up to Thursday the
coroner had directed inquests over
1864 corpses In the HOMO military
clothing warehouses and yards
alone.
SAN FRANCISCO-The revived
pony express. memorial Of the old
express of the SOS ended Its trip
from St. Joseph, Missouri. THE
country was crossed over the old
route in 1853 hours and eight min
utes. n distance OF 2,180 miles, beat
ing the record Of the express of 1850.
GENEVA-Ireiand was unanE
niously elected to membership in the
League OF Nations by the assembly
today.
wASHINGTON-An earthquake
Of moderate Intensity. estimated to
be conferred about 1900 or 2.400 miles
from Washington, was recorded on
the Georgetown University selsmo-
graph.
NEW YORK, Sept. 10-Babc Ruth
raped out his 35th home run In the
fourth inning Of today's game with
Boston.
, 1923-09-10
CURLING IRON IS USED
TO HALT HOUSE ROBBERS

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Sept. 10.
Mrs. $. LUllman surprised two
men who were ransacking her home
here last night. She hold them at
bay with n curling iron until police
arrived and arrested them.
, 1923-09-10
MAMSLAUGHTER CHARGE is FILED
". H. CrambIet Will Be Prosecuted for Death of Hugh Hon
eycutt in Drunken BrauI Which Took Place Thurs
day at Paradise Park

following an inquest in which tn copners jury brought back a verdict that Hugh
Honeycutt had m to his death s a result of a drunken fight with Crambetta nd
that Crambett be held fort further investigation
The cinching testimony today was delivered by Stephen Swope, 17yearold youth
wo was a witness to the greater part of the struggle AM who wase evidently one of
, 1923-09-10
ILLEGAL FISH CATCH
BRINGS FINE TO TWO

Two men giving their names as
Matthews were arrested this morn
ing by ]. A Crawford. deputy game
warden. for illegally catching fish
In Canyon creek.
They were fined SO and costs
each.
, 1923-09-10
Slip Behind Curtain, Climb Air Shaft
And Slide Down Rope -M Men Are
Not Missed for Two Hours

CHEYENNE Wyo, Sept. 10-After slipping behind the
scenes while a motion picture show was in progress, two
convicts. at the Wyoming penitentiary at Rawlins climbed
up an air shaft, slid down a rope and made their escape
late Saturday, said a special dispatch received by the
State TribuneLeader today. They were not missed for
, 1923-09-10
SAILORS DROWNED As scEESSTR0YERS GO ASHOR
BALL SCORES

National League
At Boston:
New York ----o2c $50 oos-1o 10 1
Boston 300 900 DO 8 1
misunderstanding, Barnes and
Gowdy; Fellingim, Mcnamara and
O'Neil
At Philadelphia
Brooklyn LOB 900 1907 10 .
Philadelphia = 200 900 01O-1 Z 3
han, Glazner and Henline.
At Cincinnati
Pittsburgh ..O02 600 o00-S 8
Cincinnati 200 900 O00-0 4 4
Observation-Disclosures and Schmidt;
American League
Al New York
Boston --..-A010 900 000-1 2 o
Batteries-Decatur and Taylor; Be-
New York ---010 200 14x-S 10 2
Donahue, Harris and Hargrave.
Batteries-Quinn, O'Doul and Pic.
mick; Jones and Schang.
All scheduled.
, 1923-09-10
Conditions Far From Sanitary = Work
of Rebuilding City Has Already
Begun = Order Is Restored

TOXIC, Sept. 1o.-Fear of typhoid and other epidemics
In Toxic has caused American physicians here to advise
their nationals to leave the city unless their business in
the capital is most urgent. While the water supply is
rapidly being brought back to normal by the efforts of the
Japanese government, conditions are still far from sanitary.
, 1923-09-10
SPANISH VETS
MEET

Lieutenant Caspar Collins Camp
No. Is U. s. w. v. viii meet in reg
ular session ut the Pythian hall. on
Tuesday evening, September IL. at
s D. m All comrades are requested
to be present.
Bring your wives who Will at.
tend a picture thaater and later Join
in the refreshments.
Arrangements will be made to In
stitute a lair Of tho Military Order
of Serpents at this meeting. All
comrades in good standing are ell
gible to this play ground of the
Spanish War Veterans. II you are
behind with your dues curne out and
get in line for this new military
order.
, 1923-09-10

WASHINGTON. Sept. TO- The
total world supply OF cotton on Au-
gust l was 27.5ss.o 900 bales as COM
pared with 2s.eo2. 900 bales on Au-
gust 1. 1922. according to a sur
vey made public tocay by the de-
partment of commerce..