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rescue workers, who plunged into the
smoke-nlled passage ways carly yes
terday. were hampered but little by
debris At entry Is It was necessary
to clear away a cavein. which had
buried sig mine cars, and beyond, at
entry II. the workers were forced to
relay stretches OF track torn up by
tho conclusion.
Charred timbers and moke.black-
ened cars found by rescusrs At flrst
led to the belief that ire was raging
in the workings after the explosion
but investigation later Ia said to have
revealed no other traces of con-
fiagration.
AZ news Of the explosion spread
quickly throughout Kemmerer and
Frontier yesterday. a crowd. esti-
mated to number 1000 persons. gath
cred at the portal Of the mine and
maintained a frantic fearful vigil
throughout the day and far into the
night Wives. mothers. sisters,
daughters. sweethearts and children
OF the entombed men pressed against
the rope barrier strung around the
shaft. and at times overwhelmed the
small force OF Kemmerer police nnd
volunteers as rescue crews emerged
from the underground tomb. Hys
terically. women wept for n husband
father. brother or lover as tho hours
passed. and only a few survivors
struggled from the mouth of the pit.
Children's walls mingled with the
heart-breaking cries of faithful watch
ers when It became apparent that no
more men remained alive in the mine
n rescue workers ceased their
search for the living and turned to
the task of bringing forth the dead.
The eyes of strong men were wet
with tears as they waited. hoping for
the appearance of comrades with
whom they had worked shoulder to
shoulder but who never came
On the streets of the town. grim.
visaged men and drawn. sad-faced
women wen about the sorrowful task
OF preparing for the last home-comlig
of those they loved
At tho temporary DOWN
town in Kemmerer. throngs of weep
ing relatives of men who had lost
their lives in the blast. passed slowly
along before tho long rows of forms.
many still unidentified, or stood in
small groups. assuaging the sorrow
Of those who had been bereft.
Tho first intimation of the disaster
yesterday was a long tongue OF
smoke which shot from the fans used
to ventilate the mine. The electric
alarm system had been destroyed by
the explosion. the pumps had beer
wrecked and tracks on which the
trip cart operated had been torn
up.
Relief crews were organized imme-
diately and under the direction OF
p. ]. Quealy. vice.president and gen.
eral manager OF the Kemmerer Coal
company. and T. C. Russell. superin.
tendent OF the Diamond Coal and
Coke company. mine rescue expert.
the work OF exploring the mine be.
gan. Russell entered the mine at
once. and as volunteers rushed TO the
mine from adjoining properties of
the company and from other mines
within n radius of Is miles of the
camp, more men were sent into the
slope unit more than 100 rescuers
were at work.
At entry is. the u wero de
lnyed until shortly after noon by the
task OF clearing the p~assageway OF
Continued on Page Eight.
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AAAaNt@1
Search for nearly a score Of per
soma reported missing since tho flood
struck was continued today by ma
tional guardsmen. ordered to duty in
the stricken area to aid tho flood
victims. At Willard last night. the
guardsmen started digging into great
heaps OF debris. believing that more
dead might be found buried there.
Tho rescue workers encountered
muck and mire nearly 80 feet deep.
while along the wide expanse of farm
lands north and south OF the little
town lay strewn for miles the wreck
age of hundreds OF farm buildings.
Huge boulders. some the size of
small houses. arc Uttered over north.
ern highways. An area two miles
wido north OF Pennington is covered
to n depth of nearly 20 feet with trees
and wTeckage. In n place rs tele-
graph and telephone poles were piled
in a heap.
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Wen Known Rotarian Dead

COUNCIL BLUFFS. Iowa. Aug. Is.
William Coppock. 81. prominent and
nationally known Rotarian and bus.
mess man OF Council Bluffs. died last
night. He had filled the office of
district governor OF the Rotsr ians
comprising several states. was an in
ternationnl vice president at the time
OF his death md was a candidate for
national president at the convention
held in Los Angeles last year.
, 1923-08-15

with the answer hat II was impos-
sible."
In her story. Miss Minter also told
OF differences which have arisen be.
tween her and her mother. Mrs. Char.
lotte Shelby. over an accounting OF
the actress earnings which, she as
serted. must be settled by attorneys
or the court"
II shs not see mother again" she
affirmed.
Mrs. Shelby is reported GONZALES.
Continued on Page Eighty
, 1923-08-15
CUNO TO BE
AMBASSADOR
TO THE U. S.

AMSTERDAM. Aug. Icy The
Associated PressHDispatches from
Berlin today say 1t is reliably report
ed that h name of former Chancei-
Wilhelm Cuno is being mentioned
as to DR.. Otto wiedfeldt.
German ambassador to United States.
who will sun his direction of the
Krupp works.
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utah FLOOD DEVASTATION
OF $1,5OO,OOO; TEN DEAL
Thousands of Acres Laid Waste In Fertile Valleys of Northern
Section and Portions of THO Towns Are Wrecked;
Debris Being Sc arched for Dead

floods which swept oer thousands ofa acres o f lane in the fertile valleys of norhenU Utah
night when 1.-The floods yates of the w sach range looed great torrents upon IN
farm settlement and. ommunfte nesting along teb border of the moutans
Ten persons were known to have pershed and the towns of Farming md Willard we're
, 1923-08-15
Sorrow and Desolation Grip Wyoming
Coal Camp as Bodies of Victims Are
Hoisted to Surface Throughout Long
Night; Relatives Crowd Portal sasNSs3

KEMMERER, Wye. Aug. 15-;By, The Associated
and the little coal camp suburb Frontier, one mile away,
where approximately 100 miners persisted yesterday In an
explosion in mine No. 1 Of the Kemmerer Coal company, to-
day set about the sad task Of preparing her dead for burial.
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by the Standard here in looping three
cents from It's posted prices. The new
fiburs of IT cents includes the wyo.
ming stats tax On gasoline OF one
cent a gallon.
, 1923-08-15
DEAD RECOVERED FROM MINE
BALL SCORES
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
AT New York: LIST gamee r.. II. Z.
Cincinnati --.----100 $50 O00-6 IL 1
New York 100 100 020I3 0 o
Batteries-Luque and Wingo; Nc
Quillan, ~Jonnnrd, Barnes and snyder.
At New York: End game r.. II. e.
Cincinnati loo 002 061-10 Is O
New York POO 600 120-5 I3 .
Batteries-Rixey and Hargrnye:
Ryan, Jonnard. Barnes, Scott and
Gowdy.
Chicago 100 600 300 Z 8
Boston ---------000 900 Ills IL 1
Battcries-Alexander and O'FarreII;
Vanguard, Fillingim and O'NenI, Glib.
son.
At Philadelphia r H.E,
Pittsburgh 100 oo3 o1oA 10 1
Philadelphia 200 Dol 000-3 10 1
Batteries-Cooper and Schmidt;
Bchan and Henline.
At Brooldyn- r. II. e.
st. Louis --.... 900 100 0oo-l o Q
Brooldyn ---.----212 200 oox-7 IL s
Battefies-Pfeffcr. Mort hand Ain
smith; Ruether and Deberry.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Chicago: LIST game r. H. e.
Washington ZOO 900 100 o0a-5 10 o
Chicago 900 900 001 000-1 S 1
Batteries-Mogridge and Charity;
Robertson and Schalk.
At Chicago: End game r. H. e.
Washington 1000 zee sss-s . .
Chicago ---104 zee sss-s . .
Batteries = Zahniser and RueI;
Faber and Graham.
At Detroit II. III. Il,
Philadelphia --.--0o3 o2o pee . .
Detroit ---300 1870 pee . .
BattcriesNHasty and Perkins; Cole,
Holloway, johnson and Bassler.
At Cleveland r. II. e
Boston --..---oa. 800 1..-. . !
Cleveland ------10O 101 2ss-s . I
Batteries-FuI1erton, Ferguson ant
DevormerS ~CoveIesldc, Morton, Bed
good and 0'Neil. Wyatt.
At st. Louis r.. II. e
New York 100 zee sss- . Z
st. Louis ---..OOs zee sss- . I
Batteries ii md Schang
Shocker and Severeid.
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Gasoline Price Cut
To II Gents Here

Seventeen cents a gallon is the filling station price of
gasoline in Casper today. This reduction of three cents in
retail and wholesale prices on motor fuel was initiated by
the Continental company, following a reduction in the whole
sale price by the Standard Oil Company of Indiana.
The Texas company Immediately met the reduction set
, 1923-08-15
DE VALERA BLAMED
FOR

DUBLIN. Aug. 15.-tBy Tho Asso-
ciated sPress)SThe publicity depart
ment of the Free State government
In a statement to the press this eve
ming fixes on canon Devnlera the
responsibility for the campaign of the
Irish irregulars and publishes oil his
captured correspondents in proof OF
this charge.
, 1923-08-15

DUBLIN. Aug. 10y Tho Associ.
eted Pressl-During the Free State
election meeting today at Kinvarra.
on the Clare-G Galway border. a fight
Is reported to have occurred in which
revolvers were used and eight persons
were wounded IND taken to hospitals.
, 1923-08-15

ENNIS. County Claire. ireland.
Aug. 15.-By The Associated Press
cannon De Valera made his prom.
80 appearance this afternoon at a
political meeting hero. The republi'
can leader drove up in an open car
u~ndisguised. He was given q wild
welcome by a crowd OF 1900 people
, 1923-08-15

NEW YORK. Aug. 1b.-tBy The As
soc.ated PressGThe gasoline price
cutting var under way for several
days In mid.western aad southern
states. where retail prices were re
Continued on Page Severn
, 1923-08-15

DUBLIN. Aug. 15.-Ry The Associ-
ated Press-Eamon De Valera came
into the open for the first time since
he has been ION the run" when he
addressed n meeting today at Ennis.
county Claire. He Is the republican
candidate for the C'aire seat in the
forthcoming elections aid the people
were speeulating ms to whether the
Free State government would arrest
him.
In some quarters It Is said that II
Continued on Page Eighth
, 1923-08-15
Chief OF IRISH
REPUBLICANS IS
OUT OF HIDING
First Appearance Since
Fugitive Days Marked
By Troop Seizure.

ENNIS COUNTY CLARE,
IRELAND, Aug. 15.-(By
The Associated Press).-
canon DeValera, the Repub-
lican leader, was arrested by
Free State troops here today
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-07-05
LIEUTENANT GOT THE WATCH
Under the Circumstances 1t Is Improb-
able That Anyone Will Appear
to Claim 1t.

Lieut.. William Cox, in charge of
one Of the booze squads at police
headquarters, is richer by one gold
watch, since raid on house at 226
West Wyoming street, where he ar
rested Samuel King and two others
at that address on sblind tiger
charges, relates the indianapolis
Star.
The lieutenant testified in city
court before Vincent H. Manifold,
judge pro tenn, that a man ran out
of the house when the squad APP
preached and broke half-pint bottle
containing white mule" whisky on
the sidewalk.
A gold watch was found near the
broken bottle. King said he was not
the man who broke the bottle. He
said he had lost his watch, however.
"Is that your watch ~ the court
asked King, and when he received a
negative reply, said:
eff no one claims the watch the
lieutenant may keep it."
Nobody claimed the watch.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-07-05
NEW EXPLORATIONS


A scheme is on foot to explore
British New Guinea, the interior of
the island never having been trav-
ersed by a white man. The aim Of
the expedition is to determine the
economic value of New Guinea to
the empire, and to add to the sum
Of scientific knowledge. 1t is hoped
to send out an advance party to Sc
lect a suitable harbor as a base OF
operations. For the main expedition
the, personnel will include experts in
entomology, botany, geology, min-
ing, engineering, anthropology,
chemistry, archaeology, tropical agri-
culture and Typographical surveying.
The nontechnical staff will number
eight, and so exacting are the con-
ditions that out Of ia applications,
only three have been found to COM
ply with them. The party viii num-
Der 80 all told, with a police protec-
ton Of 100.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-07-05
Notice of Hearing Petition For Decree
Determining Date of Death,
Heirs, and Descent of Real
rsstnfe


In the probate court of the county
of Lewis, state of Idaho. In the mat
ter of the estate of Robert r. Steven
son, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Thomas
f. Jacobs has filed in this court his
petition, duly verified, showing that
Robert Z. Stevenson died intestate on
or about the 9th day of July, 1914,
at Seattle, Washington, leaving an es.
tate or interest in real property in
Lewis and Idaho counties, state of
Idaho, described as follows, to wit:
West half of the southwest quarter
and the southeast quarter of the
southwest quarter of section 90; and
the northwest quarter of the north.
west quarter of section 32; all being
in Twp. SO N. r. E. B. NJ, contain
ing 100 acres.
That your petitioner is the owner
and holder of said property that said
petitioner prays the court that time
be fixed for hearing said petition;
that notice of the time and place of
such hearing be given to all persons
interested in said estate, both heirs
and creditors, as provided by law; and
for a judgment and decree of said
court, finding, adjudging and decree-
ing:
That Robert +. Stevenson died in
testate on or about the 9th day of
July, 1914, being at that time the
owner and holder of the above de-
serihed real estate; that more than
two years have elapsed since said de-
cease and that no application has been
for the administration of his estate;
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-07-05

Christian jacobson and Annie ia
eobson, his wife, plaintiffs, VS.. North
western Lumber Company, corpora
tlon, defendant.
The state of Idaho sends greetings
to Northwestern Lumber Company. a
corporation, defendant
I You are hereby notified that com
plant has been filed against you in
the district court of the tenth judicial
district Of the state of Idaho, in and
for Lewis county, by the above named
plaintiffs, and you are hereby direct
ed to appear and answer said comp
liant within twenty days of the ser
vice OF this summons. if served within
said Judicial district, and within forty
days if served elsewhere, and you are
further notified that unless you so ap-
pear and answer said complaint with
In the time herein specified, the plain.
tiffs win take judgment against yoa
as prayed for in said complaint.
The action is prosecuted to recover
from the defendant the sum of one
thousand dollars and interest on two
hundred dollars at the rate of seven
per cent per annum from August l4th,
1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, and 1922 70
spectively, to judgment, according to
covenant contained in a certain tim.
Der deed executed by the plaintiffs
herein to the defendant on August il.
1909, which deed is duly recorded in
book of deeds, at page 479, records
of Lewis county, Idahos wherein the
defendant covenanted aud agreed to
pay plaintiffs the sum of $4,000 am
nually in case said defendant failed
to remove the timber from the lands
described in said deed ON or before
August 14th, 1914.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said court, this 22nd day of juno,
1928. W. r. Emerson, Clerk.
court seal) SO
Ewing w. Stephens, attorney for
plaintiffs, residence Lewiston, Idaho.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-07-05
WHISPERS IN DEMAND

Say it with whiskersl
Whiskers in generous profusion
are in demand for Norma Tai
madge's new picture, "Ashes of Ven
geance," but not for any old kind of
vhiskers Oh, dear, no.
They had to be period wlliskers,
the kind affected by men-at-arms in
France in 1879, natty affairs, run
ming largely to points, and their cul-
tivation was a serious occupation for
large number of extras in Holly
wood, who, when they applied for
JOBS in the production, had to say it
with Whiskers.
Research work revealed the inter-
estlng fact that all the. prints in rare
books, which depicted the men of the
period of the story, showed that
boards were all the rage from
Charles X down to his lowly
gTooms.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-07-05
WHY THAT LAME BACK?

That morning. lameness - those
sharp pains when bending or lifting,
make work burden and rest impos-
sible. Don't be handicapped by a
bad back--look to your kidneys You
will make no mistake by following
this Lewiston residents example.
VIM. Jones, lis 9th ST., Lewiston.
Idaho, says: 81 have used Doan's
Kidney Pills off and on for several
years with excellent results and 1
know they are good remedy. In
the winter when / catch colds that
settle on my back and kidneys, or
when overwork, it causes my back
to ache and become lame. The kid
ney secretions become too free in
passage. A box or so Doan's Kidney
Pills never fail to rid me Of these
complaints and strengthen my kd.
neys to normal"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Jones had. Foster Milburn Co.
Mfrs, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-07-05

j That Mary L. Stevenson surviving
wife, of Long Beach, Cal, and the
following daughters of decedent;
Hettie Dittebrandts Cascade Locks,
Ore, Emma J. Eindis, Stevenson,
Wash, Anna A. Moran, Yakima,
Wash, Mary NJ. Willis, Pennington,
Mont, Orc Champion, Fairfield,
Mont, Lois Stevenson, Wilmington,
Cal, Were all of the heirs of decedenr;
that said described land was the com
munity property of decedent and his
surviving wife, Mary l.. Stevenson,
and that at the death of said dece
dent the right of descent in and 70
said land vested in said Mary l.,
Stevenson, and her heirs and assigns,
as hers by her community interest and
by inheritance from said decedent.
That all persons claiming an inter
est in said estate of the land herein
before described, either as heir at law
or as creditor of said Robert +. Stew
enson, deceased, adversely to said
Mary L. Stevenson, her heirs ana as
signs, be forever barred.
And for such other and further or
der decree and Judgment, as TO the
court may seem just and meet
Wherefore, pursuant to an order of
H. W. Niles, probate judge OF said
court, notice is hereby given that the
same will be heard on Saturday, the
9TH day of July, 1928, at 10 O'Clock
a. M, of said day, at the court room
of said court, in Nezperce, county or
Lewis, state of Idaho, at which time
all persons interested in said estate,
both heirs and creditors, may appear
and show cause why petitioner Is pray,
err should not be granted
Dated this 9th day of June, 1923.
2.5w H. w. Niles, Clerk.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-07-05
PUT BRAND ON LITTLE SON
armenian Mother Permanently marled
ns' two-fear-oid Boy, and So
Saved Him From the Turks.

IN June, 1915, during the deporta-
tlon OF Armenians TO the Arabian
desert where many were massacred
by the Turks, Mrs. B. Torosian had
ler two-year-old baby stolen from
her by a Turkish officer. The father
dled from priyations on the march.
put the mother escaped to this coun-
Try Before losing the child pre-
monitor had impelled her to brand
her baby son with a knife, series of
perpendicular cuts in two rows
across the boys shoulders. 1t took
: spartan mother to do it, but life
IN Armenia is grim, remarks Cap
per's Weekly. Later the mother be-
gan search for her child, aided by
the Near East workers who were
told OF the marks on his body. Miss
caroline McAfee, Kansas City, Mo,
now IN Syria, watched the throngs
OF refugee children as they passed
through her hands. Her patience
was rewarded. In the meantime the
brand put upon the boy by mother
love had saved his life from being
taken by his Turkish captors, for
they considered it an i'll cmen and
sold him for so cents to an Armeni-
an family. Next our immigration
officials accepted the brand as
proper Identification and this ten
year-old boy has now been reunited.
with the mother he does not remem-
Der, and they are beginning new
and happier existence in California. !
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-07-05
READING FOR THE NARROWED
~ Al Kinds '.'Is Of Literature, Cookbook
Would Seem to Be the
Last in Order.

One book we Shouldn't care for on
'he desert isle would be a cookbook
a fancIful pastime of late has been
the naming of the ten books ono
would prefer if cast away on Il
island of the sea, where all the read
ing one could expect would he The
salvaged books Of the ships library.
30 varied has been the choice that
II a considerable number of the.
ships passengers were maroonld op
desolate coast with the books each
one favored most, a very respectable
set OF book stacks would be needed
in which to install them.
But, as we have said, among all
OF them a cookbook would scarcely
be needed None would insist on
Dreamed eggs" and "chicken a Ia
Maryland
Cooking in the wilds becomes
primitive; it descends to the lilnita-
ton Of boiling or frying or to crude
roasting on a wooden spit.
Perhaps those on the desert island
who missed the groaning boards Of
civilization might find a moilrnfuI
JOY in perusing a book of recipes. 1t
would be a sort of "dream" book
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-07-05
Notice of Attachment.

In the district court of the tenth
judicial district Idaho, in ard for
Lewis county, Christian Jacobson and
Annie Jacobson, his wife, plaintiff,
versus Northwestern Lumber Com
pany, corporation, defendant.
To whom it may concern:
state of idaho, county Of Lewis, IS.
7. W. R. Emerson, clerk of the
above entitled court, do hereby certify
that 1 have issued writ of attach
ment in the above entitled cause.
against the property of said defend
ants in witness whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said court, this 22nd day of
June, A. D., 1923.
"a w. R. Emerson, Clerk.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-07-05
: ose TO THIRD CENTURY
and Honorable Artillery Com
Ane'' asnv Of Boston Has Held Its
p charter for 285 Years.

The Ancient and Honorable artil-
80 company Of Massachusetts, {Bos-
s., 4 the oldest military organiza-
' ''sn n America. 1t is 285 years
u. .y' Il is an offspring Of the Hon
0 ''able artillery Of London, the old
w. military organization in the
arid. The latter was Incorporated
y w. King Henry VIII in 1887.
When the American branch was
,,rouized it adopted not only the
ia" Il" and purpose Of its famous pro-
l.tvne but also many Of its customs.
vi i was founded in manner
ENTHUSIASTICALLY American. The
Att charter granted by the general
',nrt Of Massachusetts, was to "the
rornoration of Harvard College"
Tbp second, and the only other
granted for 100 years, was the char
ipr Of this Ancient and Honorable
artillery company.
From the first the company
trained men to be efficient officers in
IN branches of the military service.
a late as IT'S the officers wore only
knots Of ribbon of different colors as
insignia of their rank.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-07-05
MULTITUDE OF WAR STORES

Three billion dollars or more have
been collected by the British dis
posaIs board, and a surplus Of about
$10O,O00,0OO will be handed to the
government as a result. A year ago
the department employed 1900 peo-
pie, but there are now only about
700 engaged in dealing with rem
nants of war stores, estimated to be
worth $50,OO0,OO0.
These stores" have embraced
lands and factories, tanks, needles,
railways, armchairs, plows, beds,
horses, battleshipa and thousands OF
other items.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-07-05
LENGTHY FRENCH PLAY

! 4 new play put on at the Odeon,
u'e farls State theater, has broken
: record for length. It is a new YER
aOn OF "Ihe Tragedy of Tristan
ana lseult," by two modern French
p'ayWnghts. There are twenty-one
s.eles, and the performance lasts
y " Tour and half hours. After
i. .uV nfst matinee the artists had not
a @l'e % dine before starting the eve
llng Performance
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-07-05
JUDGMENT OF YOUTH

/ ran across the street with my
son to my neighbours house and
found her scrubbing her kitchen
floor. We stood in the doorway talk
ing to her, when my son made a
move as if to go in. l said, Willard,
don't YOU go in and track up Mrs
Smiths floor" to which my son re-
piled, ..Huh, her floor doesn't look
apv cleaner now than before you
scrub yours" Imagine the state OF
NV feelings. l call on my neighbors
alone Chicago Tribune.