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Dinner to Honor Miss Parsons

AS prenupta compliment to Miss Miss Hazel
entertaining dinner Saturday evening home Lake
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Recitals at Cornish

on February 18Th. the Cornish
School will present in evening re-
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Parties POstDOned
Al1n11oe Luncheon SATURDAY. A Afternoon
Orthopedic Tea Shop Service

Mrs H. p King will be hostess auxiliary Friday M tbe or,ho
redc Tea Shop assisted by Mrs George Hannah oyard Hook M
~ r. Holt Mrs Cyrus Briggs,
Mrs G. r. coa Ashley Mrs Charles fsa
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What arc your favorite
chocolatesT swored,
"Thornley's." by those who
know them.
Fraser Paterson Co. repro.
sent Thornley's exclusively.
First Floor
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VAN ASSELT PIT. A.
Van ASSET PIT, A. meets Friday.
February Is. at . p m. Miss Isaas
b. Msrrick. supervisor OF physical
education in tho primary grades. will
speak on Physical Development
Thru Play" Special music has been
arranged and refreshments viii be
served.
, 1923-09-06
LEAGUE SESSION
is POSTPONED.

GENEVA. Sept. 6.-By The Asso.
ciated Press.)GThe efforts of the
League of Nations council to reach
nome agreement on the Greco
italian situation constituted the rea-
sol for the sudden decision to hold
no session of the assembly today.
Lord Robert Cecil and other men,
bers of the council desire to go be-
fore tho assembly with something
definite. for they realize that IL the
world nations met together as n
forum before any tangible results
are obtained there would doubtless
be a forensic explosion on the floor.
, 1923-09-06
S125, 125 DAMAGE SUIT
OF POSVAR OCCUPIE
OF COURT

The first OF numerous damage
suits instituted by George W. X.
Posvar on the present docket of the
eighth district court. in which the
defendant asks for $125.125 naming
as defendants Patrick Royce. former
sheriff of Natrona county: H. L.
Seidel, former undersheriff: Hazel C.
Conwell. present clerk of the court
and F. NJ. Brown. was brought to
the attention OF the court Wednes-
day afternoon.
Tho damages r asked in con-
nection with tho performance of a
writ of execution upon the plaintiff
during the terms of office of Royce
and Seidei. 1t is alleged that in
serving the writ that automobile ac'
cessories belonging TO the plaintiff
and his friends and customers and
a safe containing valuable papers
and S125 in currency were seized.
The former were sold at public auc-
ton and the latter so 1t is asserted.
were disposed of by the county Off
cers to their own interests. The
incidents took place in 1918.
, 1923-09-06
FIRE and ZEAL OF Youth NEEDED in CHURCH
big JIM KRAMER OUTLINES ITS OBLIGATIONS

1.-The average church in this coun-
try is dead and doesn't know it." In
these words the Rev. James W.
Kramer of California struck the key
note in his second revival address in
the First Baptist church at Fifth and
Beech streets last night. Stating
that the church must have go-power
or It will go out " business the
noted revivalist made n plea for pro
gressiveness that could not fail to
find an attentive audience.
1.-THE church is changing in spite OF
what you want and It is going to
change in spite of what you believe.
1 am speaking of the gospel. We do
not need a new gospel any more than
we need a new sun to shine OF a new
, 1923-09-06

pOn w. II. Srhi1pist, hCcofu'
ing to the reports received. Honey
/ cult had taken a pocket knife from
his trousers. and opening the little
blade, had inflicted n wound in the
chest of Crambliet which probably
pierced the lung. He still clenched
the knife in his hand when he was
picked up prior to being brought
into Casper.
Pay day and tho first visit to town
for a lengthy period Is given as the
reason for the drunken condition of
several of the men in the grading
outfit of z. A. Arnett, contractor.
The outfit was being transported
from a point on the Wyoming North
and South railroad to Clayton. A
truck load Of men came into town
during the evening and had Just re-
turned to their camp when Cramb-
liet and Honeycutt got into a quar-
rel.
The fight took place Just in the
rear of the Arnett tent. It 81 en-
cited Mrs. Arnett. wife OF tho con-
tractor, that she was seized with a
fit and had to be taken to the hos
pital.
1t is said that after Crambliet had
struck his opponent several times.
the latter fell down and Crambliet
continued to strike him with terrible
force. The more successful contest
ant received a scratch OF some ma
ture over the nose besides the
wound he received In tho chest. DR..
Allan Mcclellan. who is attending
tho injured man. stated this morn
ing that the seriousness of his con
dition could hardly be ascertained as
yet but that he had good chances
for recovery.
Crambliet zorro q ring the symbol
/ ism of the Elk's lodge upon 1t which
s considered responsible for a cash
across tho cheek of the dead man.
The cash would scarcely have been
inflicted with the naked fist.
j.. F. Jones. H T. walker and e.
A. Arnett brought the wounded mar
into town after tho serious fracas.
This morning Z. A Arnett and COM
pany proceeded on its way to Clay
ton prepared to answer n call to be
present at the inquest, the time OF
which has not beer set
Regarding the connections OF the
dead man nothing is known. He
wa about 35 years OF ~ Crambliet
has a wife in Casper who is residing
ut the Wyatt hotel. He is also about
IS years of age
, 1923-09-06
IT,. 6. INTERVENTION TO AID
PREPARATIONS ROW URGED

was asked by the late President
Harding to give him his impression
of the European situation. The
president died before he returned.
Mr.. Upham is going to Washing
ton next week and expects to see
President Coolidge. who. It is ex-
pected. will receive Mr.. Upham's i'm
pressions FIRST hand
Without asking permission OF
France. the United States, in Mr..
Upham's opinion. should make an
inquiry into Germany's ability to
pay and France then should be in
formed the figure arrived at should
be followed by n demand upon
France to pay Mt once the debt she
owes tho United States. according
to Mr.. Upham's plan.
, 1923-09-06

THE European nations seem DOW
erless to bring order out of chaos.
Without any regard to leagues OF
nations. world courts or any otanr
tribunal that may be advocated by
weL meaning Americans. tho time
has come for a business-settlement
of the whole problem.
THAT a commission OF American
business men would be fair to both
Germany and France o e without
saying, and in my judgment we
should not ask Frances permission
to take this step"
Mr.. Upham announced that un-
less President Coolidge vetoed the
present plans OF the national com-
mittee. the republican national con.
vention II 1924. Will be held in Chi
cegu.
, 1923-09-06

merry her attorney.
Roth charges the princess engaged
him to bring suit against the prince
for a divorce and entered into a con-
tract with the attorney to har
Jointly and equally with him the
property award expected as alimony
settlement. While the action was
pending. the World war broke out
The prince Joined the Turkish forces
end was killed. The British govern
ment turned over his entire estate,
said to have been valued at $4,000
900. to his widow. Then. according
to Roth, she married Captain Broad
wood and failed to comply with her
alleged agreement with the attorney.
The princess has entered a denial
of Roth's allegations, saying no d.
vorce was obtained. and asked the
court for the surrender of the al
legged contract.
, 1923-09-06

mother to comfort u.s." Tho speaker
illustrated the great change found
in the church by pointing to the
piano. the Sunday school. the B. Y.
p. u. convention as signs OF 1t.
"If tho church of God is to hit
the bulls eye." he remarked. at
must be a young peoples church..
God bless the old people who have
held up tho banners SO long. but we
need the fire and zeal Of youth"
He scathingly denounced the
church that is a prison to youth and
tho old time ministers that made
themselves orges to children. saying
at the same time he did not blame
some boys and girls for not wanting
to go to church.
, 1923-09-06
CONVICT DISGUISED
AS WOMAN

view. the warden was startled by
seeing the tell.tale growth OF beard
under n liberal veneer of face
powder and rouge Immediately
several guards quietly guided "her"
out OF the crowd.
Cole was sentenced to life i'm
prisonment from Omaha April Il.
1922. for the alleged murder OF an
Omaha pawnbroker following a
quarrel over a watch. Cole was
known to Omaha police as Immune
Eddie English Of Chicago" because
OF his ability to evade arrest.
The feminine clothing OF his dis.
guise had been designed and made
by himself from various remnants
obtained from prison stock. his
brown silk hose being the sleeves
OF a discarded silk Jersey.
, 1923-09-06
CIVIL CASE HEARD IN
DISTRICT COURT HERE

The attention Of Judge r. r. Rose
IN district court this morning was
Tiven to a motion in a ! case In
which tho defendants. Anita n
Robert whitmore of this city, seek
to dismiss an attachment taken on
their local property by the Metropoli-
tan Bank Of Denver.
The attachment follows a failure to
meet certain promissory notes given
In connection with a real estate
transaction in Denver. The defend
ants assert that the real estate which
they purchased was not as described
NJ. e. Enterline and Henry Per-
kins appeared for the defendants
and C. D. Irwin Of the firm of Irwin
q Friend of Denver. assisted by W.
@. Perkins OF the firm Of Purcell.
Casey and Perkins.
, 1923-09-06

I'm hell there 10 surely no music.
no laughter. no children" he con-
tinued. "If there is harm in dane
ing. and I believe there is. II there
is harm in card playing. and I be.
lieve there is: the church hat takes
these things away without subsitut-
Ing something better is committing
as great a sin. I would rather that
the walls of the church were scratch
ed than that characters should be
scratched. The church OF God is
not a bachelors spotless apartment
or an old maids paradise.
THE church OF God must be an
organized church." he said offering
as proof of this that 'hell' was or
Continued OF Page Seven.
, 1923-09-06
ISLAND NATION
FACES BIG TASK
IN CARING FOR
ITS SURVIVORS
Yokohama Worst Hit Of
Nippon Cities; Toxic
Death Toll Reduced to
10000 in Estimates.
(By The Associated Press).

(by Inc Associated Prcss).
The Japanese nation,
stricken by what is probably
the greatest disaster of the
modern era, turns bravely to
the tremendous tasks ahead.
marshalling her shattered
to succor the hundreds OF
thousands who suffer from injury
and from hunger. and laying her
plans for the rebuilding of her
ruined cities.
While the rest of the world
hurries its ships Of war and com.
merce. deep laden with relief sun.
plies. to japanese waters, Premier
Yamamoto broadcast a message to
his people urging them to unite in
the trying hours through which
they are passing, and appealing to
them to make a supreme effort to
relieve tho suffering and expedite
the work of reconstruction.
Tho cables say that already orders
for building materials have been re-
ceived in England, while leading
construction engineers and archi-
tects In New York have proffered
their assistance in making q new
Japan.
The terrible sweep of the earth.
quake is being disclosed in direct
cable and wireless dispatches now
coming from Iwali. the radio sta
ton connected with Toxic, and from
Nagasaki and other points con-
tinguous to the devastated region.
Yokohama has been literally en-.
quilted. the area of destruction cover
ing not only the city itself. but q
zone more than a hundred miles
square. including Toxic and four
other large cities. This is ono of
the most densely populated sections
of Japan. with some seven million
people within the stricken area.
A direct message from the Iwaki
station, with which Toxic has estab-
lished courier connections. says tho
Japanese home office
$1,000 dead at Toxic. 100, 900 injured
and $4,000 homeless.
Osaka cables that the great com
mercial port OF Yokohama is totally
NNoAApSth ut bihb OUly Ouo IOuTtn
of the capital city of Toxic remains.
1t estimates that seventy per sent
of the cities and towns within a
radius OF a hundred miles OF Yoko-
hama and Toxic are destroyed.
Order has been restored in Toxic,
where thousands of homeless people
are encamped in parks and other
open spaces. The government Is
feeding them scanty rations.
Yokohama is a city o. d~esolation,
far more severely smltten than is
the capital. Toxic. Tho city's
streets and canals are filled with
dead: n dispatch says that only
three or four houses have been
spared. The harbor is practically OF
no value to tho relief ships. for the
floor has been raised. the break
waters torn asunder. and tho many
lighthouses. with only two sxoep-
lions. demolished.
Five hundred foreigners are said
to have been killed in Yokohama.
Included in this number. according
to the various reports. are the fol.
lowing Americans:
Captain Macdonald. OF the Grand
hotel; Mrs. Roland Son: Max Kir-
.Jassoff. the American consul; Chief
Continued on Page Nine.l
, 1923-09-06
Fight Is Made
In Turkey to
Restore Hdrem

AN0oRA. Sept. 6-Persistent d
prts are being made In Turkey 70
restore the harem as n national IN.
~utttution. Polygamy wns abolished
more than a year ago by resolution
PASSED in the national assembly. but
since then several unsuccessful eff
forts have been made to restore 1t
10 a legal status.
At the head of tho current attempt
In put through the assembly a resolu-
tion recognizing h harem as a ma
tional economic necessity. is Salib
Hodja. a teacher. Tho old guard
In and out of the assembly Is rally
ting to his support
, 1923-09-06
PONY EXPRESS
Rider SPEEDS
0 v E R Nevada

wENDovER. Utah. Sept. GA
Nevada horseman early today was
hurrying over the barren. sparsely
settled region OF his native state with
h pony express mail which was
brought here late last night by the
last Of the Utah riders. after a hard
five hour ride over the Great Salt
Lake desert.
VIII McCallister. riding from a sta
ton in the desert where he relieved
n OF the seven riders who took
part in the ride over that area,
tossed the mail bag to the Nevadan
theat 11.3o D. m. A few moments
later the dash to the Golden Gate
was on in the fifth state since the
mall left st. Joseph. Missouri.
, 1923-09-06
BY SPARK PLUG.

What man or woman doesn't
toss uneasily and awaken to utter
or Mt least think n curse or two
when n heavy truck rolls by the
house at midnight with popping
exhaust wide open. and no SEM
blance OF a muffler? The statute
books of Wyoming contain n def.
mite law against operating a motor
vehicle within the limits Of an
Incorporated city without a muf-
fer closed. The law is there, but
sad to say It Is not enforced, and
In many ase Is not even known
There Is q remedy for every
owl, and the cure for the roar of
an open exhaust Is n simple one.
just a little stricter enforcement.
a few martyred examples, and
mufflers would undoubtedly begin
to appear upon the trucks that
now run rampant through Cas-
per's residence sections Mt all
hours Of the day and night. leav-
ing restfulness farthest from the
thoughts of the people Of that
particular neighborhood.
, 1923-09-06
MANS NECK BROKEN IN FIGHT
NO CHANGE In
M N < STRIKE;
HOPE IS HELD

HARRISBURG. Pa. Sept Coy
Tho Associated PresseAnthracite
mine operators and officials of the
miners union. who today resumed
conferences with Governor Pinchot
for discussion of possible terms of
settlement OF the differences which
caused suspension Of operations in
the hard coal fields September /,
adjourned at 1880 until 2:3o this
afternoon. Leaders of both sides
reported little change in the situa-
ton.
After the meeting adjourned Civ
ernor Pinchot made this statement:
1--WE continued discussion ove the
individual points proposed for settle
ment with each side. in the effort
to bring the demand closer to agree
ment."
, 1923-09-06
AUTO DRIVER FINED FOR
OF GOOD BRAKES

l.. p. Banse was fined $40 in DO
lice court by Judge Murray wednes.
day on the charge of allowing his
car TO be driven with insufficient
brakes. The charge arose out OF a
collision between u coupe owned by
w. ]. Lindsay OF the Golden Rule
department store and the Mills taxi
driven by A. r. Thompson and
owned by MI. Banse. The police
concluded that the accident had
occurred because OF poor brakes on
the taxi.
, 1923-09-06

in HOTEL FIRE
NARRANoANsET PIER, r. l..

NARRANoANsET PIER, R l..
Sept. e.-The Imperial hotel here
was destroyed by fire early today.
40 guests escaping scantily clad
The loss was $780, oo. Tho Hotel
nrassasoit also caught fire.
Private houses nearby were dam
aged.
The fire started In the attic OF the
nve story wooden Imperial hotel.
Narrangansett Pier is an exclusive
resort rivalling Newport as a New
England summer place Tor the
wealthy.
, 1923-09-06
MRS.. |. S. JOHNSON dies
At HOSPITAL; BODY TO
Be TAKEN TO ILLINOIS

Mrs. Mary johnson, rs years Of
age. died at a local hospital at 1890
o'clock last night. She is survived
by her husband. l.. s. Johnson. who
is service manager for tho r. N.
Van SAINT Motor company. Other
relatives survive the deceased in
Oak Park. ILL.,. where she leaves n
brother and sister. Her father re-
sides in Hollywood. Cal.
The remains were taken are of
by the Muck funeral home and were
shipped this afternoon to Hindale.
ILL.,. where burial will be made
Mr.. and Mrs. johnson formerly
lived in Peoria. Ill. coming to Cas-
per n short time ago.
, 1923-09-06
Use Of Mnt7ers
Required by Law

Passenger cars are no exception.
A heavy, powerful touring car
can cause the same complaint to
arise among the residents OF a
ne~ighborhood. Cars nowadays are
built without cut-outs, SO that
temptation will not be thrown In
the path Of the exuberant motor
list. However, many III have
cut-outs installed in them, and
their use at the wrong time i'm the
wrong place should be prohibited.
Scores Of letters have poured
into Spark Plugs office request
ing that something be done to
eliminate the open muffler evil in
Casper. This can be done positive
ly only through the authorities.
The law is there. Let's S 1t.
, 1923-09-06

Judge Rose yesterday listened to
arguments on a demurrer filed by
the plaintiff against the answer OF
the defendants. At the conclusion
of the hearing he overruled the de-
murrer and gave the plaintiff until
September 20 to file a reply to the
defendants answer.
The defendants were represented
by A. e. STREET of the firm of
Nichols and STREET.
, 1923-09-06
CORFU EOPL MUST
GIVE UP ARMS.

CORFU. Sept. 10y The Asso
ciated Press.SThe Italian occupa
ton authorities have ordered the
~confscation OF tho arms OF all ma.
tionaiities resident here. including
members Of tho italian colony.
The city is quiet and orderly.
, 1923-09-06

confirm the news that the Greek
government is on the track of tho
assassins of the Italian mission.
Many suspects have been arrested
at Janina and also along the Greco
Albanian frontier, and among them
are two of the assassins. The au-
thorities are hunting the others and
hope shortly to arrest them"
, 1923-09-06
Sunday School
Record Perfect
For 10 Years

OMAHA, Nebr.. Sept. Shine
hundred and eighty-eight times con.
secutively in Sunday school attend
ance during 10 years is the record
claimed by Joe Bird. recently APP
pointed SECRETARY Of the Boys Dt-
vision of the local Y. NJ. C. A.
Bird comes from Enid. Oklahoma
where he graduated from Phillips
University this year.
, 1923-09-06

Three Islands Northwest of Corfu Occu-
pied by Inpaders, Says Dispatch;
Greece Marks Time In Crisis

LONDON. Sept. e.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press.eA Central News dis
patch from Rome says hat reports
are current there that italian forces
have occupied the islands of Mer-
lera. Fano and Mathraki. northwest
OF Corfu.
, 1923-09-06
President
Considered for
the Nobel Prize

COPENHAGEN. Sept. e-rhe late
President Harding is included in a
list Of 80 persons who are being pro-
posed as recipients of the Nobel
Peace Prize. say the Christians Az
tenposten.
Others in the newspapers list In
clude Miss Jane Adams and Secre-
tary Hughes.
, 1923-09-06

TRAIN CRASH

BERLIN. Sept, 6.-By The Asso-
ciated Press6Ten persons were kill.
ed and Is injured in n collision to-
day between a Beriin-Amsterdam ex-
press train and a DISADVANTAGES
dam express near Hanover. Two
coaches of the latter train were de-
molished.
, 1923-09-06
ONE DEADANDA WOUNDED
SERIOUSLY IN DRUNKEN BRAWL
Grading Camp Northeast Of Casper Is Scene
Of Tragedy When Both Principals in
Bloody Fight Come to Grief.

One man is dead and another man lies in a critical con-
dition at the county hospital as a result of a drunken brawl
shortly after midnight last night about half a mile east
Of the pest house at a camp of the Arnett Grading Com
pany. Hugh Honeycutt, the dead man, had been pound
I'D SO much about the head that his neck was broken by his
, 1923-09-06
Otto Cole, Life-Termer at Nebraska
State Prison, Joins Visitors In
Bold Attempt to Escape

LINCOLN, Neb, Sept. 6.-Faultlessly dressed in femin-
inc garb, Otto Cole, lifer at the Nebraska state peniten-
tiary, attempted to escape yesterday afternoon by casually
walking out with a large crowd of state fair visitors who
had been permitted to inspect that institution. So clever
was the convicts masquerade that he passed several
, 1923-09-06

ESSEN-worif was resumed in
all mines In Essen without tho in
tervention Of the government and
in most of tho others in the Ruhr
men II returning to work. having
accepted the employers terms of
rine million marks per week with
weekly readJustments for fiuctua-
tions in the marks's value.
, 1923-09-06
JAPAN MARSHALS FORCES TO
SAVE SUI rEvlNG multitude
Fights
fiction

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Sept. 6.-Prncess Ola Humph-
Irey Hassan Broadwood, formerly an actress, the widow of
Prince Hassan of Cairo, Egypt, and now the wife of Cap
tain Broadwood of the British army, was expected to ap-
pear in the superior court here today to defend a suit for
So. $50, 900 brought against her by Herman L. Roth, for
, 1923-09-06
GREEK FORCES ON
ASSASSINS' TRAIL.

MILAN. Sept. e.-tBy The Asso
ciated Press.SThe Popolo Italia,
organ OF Premier Mussolini. has re-
ceived n dispatch from Trieste say
ing:
kilograms from various sources
, 1923-09-06

guards before being detected by
Deputy Warden Kavanaugh, who
was stationed near the outer gate.
As the visitors were leaving the
prison confines. Warden Kava-
, 1923-09-06

fly to appoint n commission Of Am
erican business men to determine
Qriet1y what separations Germany
uhou'd pay. It's largely a business
, 1923-09-06
Fred w. Upham Treasurer of RepubH-
can National Committee, to Place
Recommendation Before Coolidge

CHICAGO, Sept: e.-(By The Associated Press);E
American Intervention with a firm hand to break the
deadlock between France and Germany on PREPARATIONS
was advocated by Fred W.. Upham, treasurer of the Re
publican National Committee today. He expressed the
belief that congress should give President Coolidge author
, 1923-09-06

~ tEE~V IT. PtNgNU bVFNE 7
naugh's attention was attracted TO
n woman" member whose actions
he thought strange and who he
could not recall MS having entered.
Edging closer, TO obtain a better
, 1923-09-06
Weather Forecast

WYOMING: Generally
fair tonight and Friday.
Cooler in east and south por-
tions tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-15
RICHARD READY TO STAGE TITLE BOUT
 AGAIN NEXT YEAR

RINGSIDE, POLO GROUNDS, NEW YORK, Sept. 14.-(By Associated Press .)-TeX Rickard, who pro noted the Dempsey Firpo bout, to- night announced at the close of the drama that he was ready to stage another bout between the champion and his Argentine challenger next summer and a bout between Firpo and Harry Wills. American negro.
 Of tonight's contest, Rickard said; Tt was one of the greatest fights in the history of the ring It gave me the thrill of my life.
 "Firpo is one of the best fighters I ever have seen. It was touch and go and the lucky man won.
 "Firpo is not done for yet. He will be heard from again. He is a big. young fellow, and a terrific fighter.
 T stand quite ready to match Firpo and Dempsey in another year. would be quite prepared to stage such a bout next summer.
 Moreover, am quite ready to match the South American against Harry Wills tomorrow. if Firpo will fight Wills and Wills will fight Firpo"
 Rickard announced tonight's at tendance at S5,S00, and the gate as S1 25O 000