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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-31
Laurence Team Praise

DECATUR, Ala, Oct. 30.--(Special Leased Wire. )-High praise for the sportsmanship displayed by members of the Lawrence County High school football team which suffered a 55 to 0 defeat at the hands of Central statement made public today by T. B Schrivner, principal of the local school. MT. Schrivner stated it was the spirit shown by schools like Moulton that made athletics have their great popular appeal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-31
BIC TEAMS FACE 4
 TUSSLE SATURDAY

NEW YORK, Oct. S0.-various con- tenders for the honor of being the best eleven of the east. face ellmina- tion next Saturday. One feature game will be at Hanover, where Dartmouth, undefeated. and trt- Cmphant over Harvard, hopes to dedicate it's new field with victory over Cornell, whose record to date is also unmarred.
 Penn State and Syracuse, both un- defeated, will furnish thrills at Syracuse. Both are handicapped by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-31
Gadsden Wants Team

GADSDEN, Ala, Oct. 30.-(Spe- cial~ Leased Wire. .)-Former college and high school football players met at a local theatre Tuesday night and organized to put out a football team to be known as the Independ- ents. It is expected to get the team
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-31
MATCH RA CE BETWEEN ZEV AND MY OWN AT
HERE IS THE ENsLEY YELLOW JACKETS who are slat

C top Manager AkM W1 ke i'm ByN % hL Captain Ly t
  EaI qua d Johnson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-31
Cubs tue Up Attempt

n CHICAGO, Oct. 30.-The Chicago
 Cubs will make no further attempts to arrange ad cal for Rogers Horns Sby, star second baseman of the St. Louis Cardinals, and 1923 batting President Veeck of the Cubs an- ncunced today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-31
Boat Race Is Held U1

HALIFAX. N. S., Oct. so.-HeavC fog and absence of wind prevented the Canadian defender Bluenose. and the American challenger, Co., lumbia, from railing the second race of the series for the interna- tional fishermen's trophy today. Bluenose, victor in the first race yes- terday, needs but one more win to keep the trophy for another year. Coach Robinson simply hasn'tI the kind of team that runs up score, but the truth is that the Mercetians were playing far from form last week and local experts generally con- cede Mercer's team to be someFhat stronger and more dangerous than the setto indicated.
 With what they believe to be 1.-the hardest game of the season fading them Saturday, the Baptists are don- sequently working more vigorously than they have at any time this fall, and whether they are able to htold Floridas greatest eleven, they areNat least determined to give these worth? ies e run for their money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-31

ADDITIONAL SPORTS ON PAGE 1s
, 1923-09-12
$500 on the nineteen head.

$1,000 on the nineteen head.
They will be unloaded at Saratoga
Springs, where they will receive pre-
liminary training and become accli-
mated, and they have all been enter
ed in the 1924 Hopeful Stakes and
F~uturity, and the 1925 Kentucky Der
by and Latonia Championships.
The nineteen head are estimated TO
be worth at least 100000 and are in
sured for $4,000 each.
Mr.. Robertson declares that they
are without doubt the finest bunch of
yearlings that have ever been shipped
from the Hoodoo, and that experience
has proven that western bred and
foaled thoroughbreds possess a GER
tain strength and stamina, with in
creased lung capacity that stand them
In good stead in the grueling contests
in which they compete, and that the
speed and nerve that are the heritage
Of the thoroughbred are unimpaired.
II is not too much TO predict that
from this bunch may develop one or
more champions whose names will
add to the lustre Of the Coe racing
colors.
, 1923-09-12
JAPS ARE FIRST
TO FEEL QUAKES
WARN FOREIGNERS BEFORE
SHAKES COME, SAYS MRS.
j. P. ALTBERGER WHO
o COUNTRY WELL

"The Japenese to have an in
stinct which warns them of the COM
ing of an earthquake before its ire
mors r felt by Others" said Mrs. j.
P. Altberger in discussing the recent
catastrophe which is called the worst
of its kind in history. Mrs. Altberger
has made three visits to Japan and is
very familiar with the country, its
people and their customs.
"All foreigners know this" she
continued, "and when a Japenese says
the word which "a "quake" they
all run for the street or, if there is
not time for that, get in a doorway
as the frame is some protection
against the falling roof or heavy OBJ
jects above.
Casually is it very sultry before an
earthquake, a great deal of humidity
and the air oppressive as the papers
state it was this time. / have been
through two of them, not serious, but
enough to make me realize what a
bad one might be. 1t gives one a sort
of "goneness" in the pit of the
stomach, such as one has when drop
ping rapidly in an elevator, and a
dreadful feeling that there is no place
of safety anywhere-as if the world
was sinking beneath your feet.
"The first earthquake | was in was
in Yokohama and / was standing on
the step of the door about to put my
finger on the door-bell when my rick
shaw how pnye n cry. ran uD the steps
and dragged me into the street Just
as the earth began to tremble. This
dentist, DIR. Smith, was kille din the
last one
81 wager that when the cities are
rebuilt it will be in the old style of
architecture, one story and never
more than two. The conservative
japanese have always been strongly
CONTINUED IN Page 4,
, 1923-09-12
NORTH FORKERS
ARRESTED ON
BOOZE CHARGES
RAIDING PARTY BRINGS IN
DRY HOLES-NO LIQUOR
FOUND ON SKULL
PREMISES

Early last Friday morning Sheriff
Loomis, Undersheriff Pulley, John
Nelson and Prosecuting Attorney
Goppert started out on an enforce
ment expedition that resulted in the
arrest of Carl Buckingham and Earl
Hayner on charges of possessing,
transporting and selling intoxicating
liquor.
The evidence upon which these men
were arrested is claimed to have been
secured by two prohibition officers
who posed as oil men and spent sever
al days at Holm Lodge and Pahaska.
Later Friday evening Vernon Spen-
Ger was arrested on the same charge,
upon evidence purportd to have been
secured by n stat prohibition officer.
Early Saturday morning Ralph Hurl-
bert was arrested by Dep. U. S. Mar
shall Ridgeway, and one of l.. C. Free
mans two ton White trucks was at
tached in connection with Hurlbert's
arrest.
The first stop made by the officers
on their trip up the North Fork was
at the Hardy Shull place, when at an
early hour Shull was aroused from his
slumbers and advised that a search
warrant had been issued for his pre-.
misses, and that the officers desired
to proceed with the search.
Shull was entirely willing, and the
entire premises were given a thorough
search by Sheriff Loomis and his as.
sistants, but nc contraband liquor was
found.
The Sheriff and his force then went
to Pahaska where Buckingham was
taken into custody, and Hayner was
found Mt the Richard Ranch and plac.
ed under arrest.
Buckingham and Hayner are still
in the custody of the Sheriff, Spencer
having been released on $1,000 bonds
Hurlbert was also released upor
bonds that will assure his appearance
when required. The Freeman truck
vas released from custody upon q
bond furnished by the owncr
All of the arrests were made quiet.
ly, and upon information purportet
to have been secured by prohibition
officers.
, 1923-09-12
STATE PROHIBITION officer
PUTSO ON drunken PARTIES
CAUSES ARR EST OF CODY BOY
Laramie S~tool-Pigeon, Buys And Drinks Liquor To
Obtain Evidence-Himself Intoxicated
Say Witnesses

Vernon Spencer was arrested last
Friday upon the charge of possessing
and selling liquor.
He had a hearing before Judge
Marston when he pleaded not guilty
and was held under $500 bond for
trial at the next term of the District
Court.
The evidence against him was fur
nished by Harry Steadman, a State
prohibition officer. The story of the
methods by which Steadman obtain
ed his alleged evidence as told by
those who are conversant with the
circumstances makes Spencer, eve
if guilty as charged, seem a decent,
respectable member of society as com
pared to this stool1pigeon sem here
by the prohibition enforcement bur-
eau.
The fellow Steadman came here
from Laramie where he was a candi-
date for Sheriff at the last election.
During the campaign Orion Neff,
who vas then living there, got out
and worked for him. When he was
defeated Steadman Joined the State
prohibition forces.
He was sent to Cody and when he
arrived, renewed his acquaintance
with Orion Neff who knew nothing
of his new position. He asked him
where he could buy whiskey-he said
he wanted to get acquainted and put
on a party.
Neff told him that he did not drink
so did not know where he could buy
Steadman made capital of his friend
ship with Orion Neff, who is liked and
respected by everybody, and so readi-
ly made acquaintance. He did "put
a party" here in Cody where, in
, 1923-09-12
W.R. GOES THOROUGHBRED
NURSERY SHIPS 10 HEAD OF
YEARL|NGS, VALUE 100000
Sired By Famous Studs, Much Expected OF Finest
Bunch of Colts Ever Sent East
From The Hoodoo Ranch

What was undoubtedly the most
valuable bunch of horseflesh that was
ever shipped from Cody left here on
Friday, September It'll, 1928 when
T.. V. Robertson, Manager of the Coe
Interests in Wyoming, loaded and
shipped nineteen head of thorough
bred yearlings, ten colts and nine
fillies.
These yearlings made n pretty
spectacle as they were led through
the streets on the way to the depot,
and many complimentary remarks
we're heard as to their wonderful ap-
~pearunce.
These yearlings were all sired by
the studs "Polymelian" and "Over
There two of the finest studs in the
country, owned by Mr.. Coe and kept
nj the Hoodoo Ranch exclusively for
breeding purposes. The dams were
all thoroughbred mares.
They were all foaled ut the Hoodoo
and have been carefully watched and
cared for by the trained corps Of
horsemen that Is maintained exclusive
~ for that purpose.
These yearlings were shipped by
express in two special steel horse cars,
and the express charges will be about
, 1923-09-12

company with two others, he was even
drunken than most people get in these
days of prohibition when they have
the opportunity.
He then went to Holm Lodge
where he drank moonshine so bad
that even the copper-lined North
Forkers are said to have refused it.
At the last dance at Pahaska he
hired a truck and took the help from
Holm Lodge and put on another
party of which he was the conspicu-
u center. Then he came back to
town and boosted to Orion Neff of
the time" he had had, and how
drunk he had been, with still no men
ton of the fact that he was a pro-
hibition officer.
1t is stated by Verne Spencer, and
can be verified by other witnesses,
that he not only invited Charlie Bret
ney to drink at Pahaska but forced
him to do so. Bretney, who was night
clerk, refused to dring explaining that
he had just got up and did not care
to drink before eating. He thenheld
Bretney, who is small and a hunch-
back, and poured the whiskey down
his throat.
Now, upon the evidence he furnish
es, Speneer-whom he urged to get
him whiskey, whom he invited to
drink at his parties, with whom he
got boiling, gloriously drunk-is ar
rested and to stand trial, while he,
the hired sneak and liar for the State
prohibition forces, equally guilty of
possessing liquor and int~oxication,
goes free and returns to draw his
salary for his work; reimbursed, no
doubt, for the money he spent buying
liquor-all paid by the taxpayers of
Wyoming.
, 1923-09-12
RUSSELL KIMBALL AND
FAMILY MOVE TO CASPER

Mr.. Russell Kimball has opened an
office in Casper which was made
necessary by his rapidly growing
business in that section. Mr.. and Mrs
Kimball and children left by motor
on Sunday, having shipped their
household goods last week, and viii
take up their residence in that city
Mr.. and Mrs. Kimball are highly
esteemed in the community and they
will be greatly missed by their friends
and neighbors who have known them
for so many years.
Mr.. Kimball is reckoned n OF the
best engineers in the state and Cody
has been fortunate in having the bene
III of his services so long. He Will re-
tain his office here.
, 1923-09-12
GAS FRANCHISE
GIVEN new co
CODY WILL BE USING GAS
THIS WINTER is PROMISE
OF PROMOTERS

That Cody will be supplied with gas
for use this winter is the specific
promise of Messrs. Taylor and Morris,
who were successful in securing a
franchise from the Town Council at
n Special Meeting held on Tuesday.
September II, 1928.
At a special meeting of the council
held on Monday evening, the matter
of the franchise that had been grant
ed to the Rocky Mountain Gas Com
pany was discussed at length, Mr.. A.
Baker of Casper appearing to repre-
sent the interests of the Rocky Noun
tain Gas Company. The net result Of
the meeting was that the franchise
of the Rocky Mountain Gas Company
was revoked for the reason that the
company had defaulted under the
terms Of the franchise, no attempt
having been made by them to furnish
gas under the time limit as set forth
in their franchise.
At the meeting on Tuesday the
Council, advised by City Attorney
| HOLSTER discussed the various phases
of the proposed franchise TO Mcssrs.
Taylor and Morris, and an agreement
was reached wherein the Town would
be fully protected under the franchise
and that the franchise can be revok-
ed by the Council upon the failure
Of Messrs. Taylor and Morris to fur
nish n reasonable and adequate supply
for the use Of the town.
Messrs. Taylor and Morris inform
ed the Council that they have already
ordered n rig shipped TO Cody with
which to clean out the gas well now
producing, and to drill another well
n ssoon as that was done.
The distributing mains will be of 4
or 6 inch pipe, and laid In the alleys
so that gas will be available toall who
wish il. Maps of the street and alleys
have been prepared, and the engineers
will at once consult with experts in
gas installation so that the distribut-
ing mains shall be installed in u thoro-
ughly scientific
Pipe for the main line from the
point of production and the distrihut-
ing mains has been ordered, and will
be rushed to Cody with all possible
/ speed, and the work OF installation
will be pushed forward as rapidly as
Is possible.
The price Of gas will be fixed by
tho State Utilities Board, and will
probably be soc per thousand cubic
feet.
, 1923-09-12
J. E. McElyain Opens
Law Office In Cody

Joseph f.. McElvain, of Red Lodge,
has opened n law. office in the Pho
neer Building and is now prepared to
practice in Wyoming courts. Mr.. Nc
Elvain, who has been associated with
Mr.. Tom Skinner in Red Lodge,
comes well recommended. He is re-
cognized rs an able and aggressive at
torney, well versed in the law and n
hard fighter in the interests Of his
clients.
Mrs. McElvain will join him rs
soon as arrangements r completed
for the removal Of their household
goods. A cordial welcome is extended
to the newcomers and everyone will
he glad that they have decided to cast
in their lot with Cody folk.
, 1923-09-12


E. E. Enterline of Denver and Cas-
per, who is recognized as n of the
ablest attorneys in the state and a
brilliant trial lawyer, represented Mr..
Simpson. He was assisted by C. H.
Earring, of Basin, Lin /. Noble, of
Thermopolis, and Messrs D. E. Hollis
ter and Paul Greever of Cody.
f. J. Goppert, county attorney,
fought hard to prevent the granting
of bail to the defendant, e~ndeavoring
to prove that he was unaffected by
the blow on the head given him by
Rains and entirely aware of what he
was doing. He was not supported in
his contention by the evidence of
either DR.. Howe or Whitlock, who
were Simpsons attending physicians
after the shooting.
DIR. Howe testified that one eye was
diverted, that he mumbled and then
again talked incoherently, S much so
hat he ceased attempting to carry on
any conversation with him.
DIR. Whitlock stated that it was i'm
possible to say how such a blow would
affect a person.; that there vas no
set condition following a conclusion
and the effect upon one person might
be entirely different from that, upon
another. The Powell physician and
surgeon who has an odd and attrac-
tive personality, made a most interest
ing witness and had the close atten-
ton of the Court and audience while
he was the stand.
F. M. Lane who was called by the
prosecuting attorney for some reason,
had little to offer in reply to ques-
tons except that she "didn't know"
d. A. Tinkcom testified emphati-
cally that he had met Rains who said
to him: 81 just knocked Simpsons
block off; I'll do it again; I'll do it
every time / meet him!"
Pearl Jones and Audrey Wilder who
were in the Western Drug Store also
testified that Rains had been in there
using bad language and had said the
same thing in their presence and be-
fore the marshal.
Other than this there was little
evidence which had not already been
brought out at the preliminary hea
ing.
Mr.. Simpson having secured bail
will return to the Powell Hospital for
a couple of weeks in order that DR..
Whitlock may keep HIM under obser-
walton. Mrs. Simpson is also i'll in
the hospital.
, 1923-09-12
yakima" Says He
Never Said 1t

PENDLETON, Ore, Sept. Ga
flat denial that he ever made n state
ment that he with 100 cowgrils and
cowboys signed an agreement to re-
cognize no other championship events
than those held at the New York
rodeo, is made by Yakima Canutt,
famous cowboy, who is a Pendleton
visitor Thursday.
News that Canutt had made the
statement caused a storm of protest
from all ove the country.
Canutt says that not only did he
v make such a statement but that
the cowgirls and cowboys had no
such offer.
, 1923-09-12
W. |. SIMPSON GRANTED BAIL
AMOUNT FIXED AT $1,000
DAVID DICKIE IS BONDSMAN
Judge Metz Declares After Hearing The Evidence
That If Jury Brought In Verdict of First
Degree Murder Would Set 1t Aside

w. L. Simpsons application for bail was granted by Judge Metz
"Wednesday morning after a hearing which lasted two and one half
days. The amount was fixed at $4,000 and was promptly furnished
by David Dickie, of Dickie, Wyoming.
- Alter argument n ;1 Of council ssac the Court held that he very much
the hearing would find the defendant guilty of murder in the frs.
degree: and If a jury did bring in such a verdict, he would unhesitat-
ingly set such a verdict aside.
Judge Metzs decision was based on the case of the State versus
Croker, decided by the Supreme Court of Wyo, in which ase the
rule was announced that bail should be allowed in all cases where
the Judge would not sustain a conviction of murder in the first
degree if pronounced by the jury upon the evidence adduced at the
, 1923-09-12
As FROM Thu WTERW WAGON
Hfz}s=az @mz1ame@ ckhayf a4a#
RNl ~ III NII1.

In these days when one experience
after another sometimes makes us
feel that keeping a promise as a mat
ter of principle is obsolete and that
people are only as honest as they have
to be, something or somebody comes
along and restores in a measure our
faith in human nature.
Such a thing happened to us last
week, a small thing comparatively,
but we are glad of the opportunity to
tell it.
When the colored boys at the Bur-
lington Inn formed a baseball team
this summer, they asked for the use
of the fairgrounds, leased by the
Stampede, to hold their games and
practice. Our experience the previous
year with the Cody team was not such
as to make us are to repeat it, but,
finally, we decided to take one more
chance and accept their promise hat
they would replace everything as they
found it.
Last week they kept their word
scrupulously, the whole colored crew
turning out to dig p~ost-holes, rebuild
the fence they had taken down, and
purchasing locks and chains for the
gates which had been broken by
others. A very marked contrast it
was to the Cody teams who have
shown no appreciation of the privi-
lege or regard for their word what
ever.
1t is bad enough to be told in calm,
dispassionate tones that you are Gin
the red" and it would be esteemed a
favor if you would hit the high places
getting to the bank to adjust the mat
ter, but what if Mr.. MCGEE should
take to writing US letters like the fol-
lowing, which was written by a Neb-
raska banker to a customer and pub
lished recently in the MOUNTAIN
STATES BANKER!
my Dear Sir:-I have gone to con-
siderable expense in getting in pro-
per shape to do a banking business.
l suppose l could take what money
/ have and loan it out privately and
make as much money as l can by hav-
ing a regular bank: however, / con-
Guided to build a vault, employ clerks,
invest in stationary, etc, my principal
object being to build up a deposit ac-
count. Now, my friend and unes-
teemed customer, whenever l look at
your account l am sorry to say in
stead of your depositing funds with
me, l am continually having my funds
deposited with you, and as you have
no vault, no clerk hire, etc, and would
not pay my check if drawn on you at
sight, / would be under many obi
cations if you would bring my money
back an deposit it to your credit, SO
that at least if you have no funds de-
posted with me, l may have the salts
faction of knowing l have none with
you"
, 1923-09-12

Tut Wilder says there is no truth at
all in the story that he was run out of
Texas. AS a matter of fact, Tut de-
clares, they followed him 800 miles to
get him to stay.
, 1923-09-12

When "Scotty" Sherrin was killed
and A. E. Carey, of Greybull, wound
ed by the court house janitor and A.
E. Carey shooting after them in the
dusk at so #. with high-power rifles,
the people of this section asked them
selves if this was the law, if these
amateur detectives were within their
rights in killing people for misdemea-
nors-for offenses in the same cata-
CORY with robbing hen roosts and
throwing stones through windows?
Was there no other way to apprehend
these law breakers than to stop them
with bullets?
A. E. Carey had his hearing last
week before Judge Marston. Accord
ing to the testimony he was well
known to the authorities of Park
County.
1t was known that he lived in Grey
bull with his family and drove a Nash
car with a Studebaker number. There
was 10 evidence to show that the in
tended leaving the country suddenly,
arrested at any time, easily.
Such being the facts the following
recent decisions of a District Court
in Georgia are of interest:
"An officer who kills. some. one
when shooting at a fleeing automobile
is faced with the necessity for show
ing hat there was no other. reason
able apparent method of ~effecting the
arrest or preventing the escape of a
fleeing felon, and that he has in other
respects performed his duty $780,.
in the cas- of a misdemeanor, it
is a general rule that an officer has
no right, except in self-defense,-. to
kill the offender to effect his arrest,
and the killing of a person fleeing I'm
der such circumstances amounts to
murder"
Speaking of Mr.. Gumpertz-There
we go again! For the life of us we
cannot seem to break ourself of mis-
calling Mr.. Goppert's name in this
fashion.
Gumpertz is such a familiar name
in certain quarters of New York and
Philadelphia, and once upon a time
we had a tailor-a genius for fitting
backs and shoulders-though he
would 'gyp' US on material-named
Levi Gumpertz which we suppose ac-
counts lin part, for our failing.
But returning to Mr.. Gump-Gop-
pert, we have a notion that one of the
hopes he cherished in bringing a libel
suit against us for 100000, was that
by so doing he would stop our blabb-
ing on him in our column. But we are
just that contrary that it has the OPP
posite effect upon us, and where we
once took only a mild interest in Nh.
Gump-Goppert and his doings we
now are really quite curious and en-
joy writing about him.
, 1923-09-12

Col. A.. w. Little is expected in this
week TO spend some time at his
South Fork Ranch. He will be ac-
companied by DR.. John Grimley Of
New York.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-01-31

Size q TO ~. Heavy
ribbed school stockings.
They will stand the hard
knocks. Regular 40c
values nn- Dair
Choice .-... EOO
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-01-31

Brown. Grey. Navy and
Black. all sizes "whoo-
pee" they are wonder
ful values 0E>
3 pairs for ...-. ZOO
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-01-31
Ladies' Fibre
Silk Hose

Black. brown and white.
Every pair or Armour
llh,s rla.e Bra Brand 45c pair
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-01-31
Ladies' Hi Grade
Bath Robes

Every one n decided bar
gnin. You'll say SO to
$500 values....$2.O each
$3.50 values $3.50 each
All sizes and Patterns.