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The Washington times., 1923-09-28
By International News Service.

DENVER Col, Sept 28.-Ihe Casper wreck
o. the Chicago, BurIinston and Quincy Railroad
has been greatly exagserated !" according q i.
O. Mcbride, assistant superintendent of thst road,
with headquarters here, no decIated = 10 cseIoc
today tlsat lie inf li6n places IL dead $ cl
III excesss 0f twenty pefsons.
The statement was IN direct conflict with rep0rts
from IaiillO. enployes = Casper and Glen Rock.
CASPER WYE Sept 2s.-At Ieast seventy-seven psr-
believed Be drowned the wreck of The Chi
cago, Burlngton and Quincy passenger train No. 80,
which plunged off bridge Gold creek, Locket
fifteen miles east Of Casper late last night.
At o'clock this morning officials Of the Chicago,
BurIington and Quincy railroad estimated that between
I15 and 30 passengers the train when i left
Casper at 1856 last night
Twenty-esht occupants Of the Denver sleeper which
remained upright and only II about three feet Of waiter
rescued; other rescued and taken
GlenrocL; and at least eight survivors known to
have been brought TO this city.
WORK TO REMOVE BODIES
Al that believed all The remaining pa6-
sengers in the partially submerged droyns
and scores of workers were making effort g
move the dead bodies
Engine, tender baggage express, and three chair ears
plunged into the flOodawollen waters of the river wen
the weakened supports Of the bridge gave way. ,
Eight survivors Of the ifatea train been brought
to Casper for treatment
CAR TOPS BARELY VISIBLE.
complete check Of the dead cannot be made until &
later, the torrents sweeping the river make rsscue
work difficult.
The tops of containing the dead were barely
visible in the darkness large crowd Of and
railroad workers gathered on the bank.
cloudburst early last night converted the usuaIy
shallow river into relentless torrent which swept
walls of water twenty feet high down the rivers
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First and Second Honors Non
From French and British
Cowes
81 1nternaaIonai news service.

COWES, England, Sept. 2s
America today van the Schneider
cup in the international race Of
navy seaplanes. England and
France competed against America.
Blow To British.
Lieutenant Rittenhouse pllcted
the successful American plane. His
machine attained the speed Of 1T
miles an hour. His total time for
the course was / hour Is minutes
Is as seconds.
America took second place az wei
a. first, Lieutenant Irvine plotting
the second machine. Great Britain
was third.
The American victory created 4
new record for Schneider Cup
races. Irving was less than two
minutes behind Rittenhouse at ths
finish.
Irvine's time was 1 hour IL min.
utes 1-5 seconds. His average
speed was 173 miles an hour.
The time OF the British machine
was hour II minutes 46 seconds,
an average of l57 miles per hour.
The American victory was a blow
to the British as they were conf.
dent that the superior strength OF
their machines would enable them
to win.
The British seaplans Sea Lion had
crossed the finish line IN full flight
instead OF taxing as provided for in
the regulations.
French Engines Fail.
The victory over the French was
technical, as the two French planes
were prevented from starting by en-
CINE trouble.
The Americans got off at the very
start with a burst Of speed. Their
plane circled the first lap at 172
miles an hour.
One Of the damaged American sea-
planes had been repaired after yes
terday's accident, making 1t possible
for the two to start. The total dis
lance Of the race was 1e5 miles.
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ATIE hPTS
WINDOW
EAP


CHICAGO, Sept Is Confront.
ID with evidence which linked his
name with seyefal others IN an
alleged conspiracy to defannc the
name Of Mrs. Helen Elwood
Stokes, Robert Lee, 3 former
negro deputy sheriff and one Of
the principal witnesses in the
grand jury Investigation Of the
plot, attempted to leap to his
death from the fifth floor Of the
county building here today.
Now Locked Up.
Sergt. John Murphy, of the
States attorney staff, caught Lee
M he made . lunge and drew him
hack after he was partly through
the window. The negro was then
taken to a police station and locked
Lees attempt at suicide was
made after B. e. Ferse, a former
alleged habitue OF the old Beaux
Arts Club, testified that Lee and
another man had offered him 81, SOC
TO sign an affidavit defaming the
character OF Mrs. Stokes. This
was TO be followed, Ferse testified
BY compensation Of SO day dur
ing the divorce trial at New York
ut which he was to offer perjured
testimony.
Leaps For Window.
Ferse declared these offers wer,
refused. It was at this period o
tcontinued on Page .. Column 81
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Winners In SeapIane
Race Are Attached
To AnacOstia Station

Lieut.. David Rittenhouse, u. S
NJ, and Lieut.. Rutledge Irvine
u. s. N, who won first and SEQ.
ond place in the international sea.
plane race, winning the Schneider
cup for the United States, at Cowes
England, are both attached to the
naval air station at Anacostia, d. c
Lieutenant Rittenhouse, twenty.
nine years old, entered into the Uni.
versity Of Minnesota, In the class Of
'1S but left school February, 1917,
to enter the Norton Harris Amtu-
lance Corps in France.
Discharged from the French army
September 80, 1917, he sailed Tor
the United States and enlisted No
venber s, 1917, at Dunwoody Insti.
tute, Minneapolis, in ground school
work for aviation. In May, 1918,
he took an examination and was
sent to Key West, Fla, for flight
training. After completing si,.
weeks training there he was sent
to Miami, Fla. and then to Pensa-
cola. Fla.
Commissioned Ensign.
He was commissioned ensigA Sep.
tember 6, 1918, and was assigned "a
gunnery pilot May 10, 1919. He
was ordered to Langley Field, Va.
for training In landplanes, for the
Continued on Page 2. Column 81
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Stokes Witness Tries Suicide
GOVERNORS TO DECIDE
ON CONFERENCE HERE

President Coolidge today put il
up to the governors Of the several
States to decide for themselves
when they win come to washing
ton Tor conference on prohibition
and other law enforcement prob
lens.
The President sent a telegram to
Miles Riley, secretary OF the State
Governors Conference. at Madison,
Wis. asking him to state what date
would be suitable for the meeting
here. The governors meet IN West
Baden, Ind, on October IL.
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CT the eight survIVOf8
brought to Casper shortly
after 4 a. m. on . relief
train, none was injured 90
The Washington times., 1923-09-28
KAN FOES RAID
100 PER CENT. STORES

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. zS.-
Broken glass and smashed and
paint besmeared show wiifdOwa were
left in the trail Of raiders here to.
day who made q round OF the
business districts Of the city, at
lacking stores which either adver.
tised 100 per cent Americanisrn'
or were thought 10 be In sympathy
with the Ku KltIx Khan
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ANOTHER MOVE
MADE TOOUST
WAL TON
Opponents Sesk to Place Petit
ton or Special Election
!, galIot.
by JAMES Il. KILGALLEN.
/ ,sernatinnsai News Service.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Sept.
IS A Aew offensive against the
military rule of Oklahoma by
Gov i, &. Iron Jack) Walton
was act Ia motion today,
Forces opposed to the spectac-
uiar governor were bending every
energy to- bring about e special
elaetion next Tuesday which
wound decide the States out
standing political question;
Shall the Legislature meet for
the purpose Of impeaching the
governor e.
The sudden new activity followed
Continued On Page 2. Column g.
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WARD CASE PUT
NNT0HANDS
OF JURY
Judge Spends Entire Morning
Instructing TaIismen on
Legal Considerations.
BY JACKSON CARBERRY.
international News Service.

WHITE PLAINS, NJ. Y, Sept.
2S.--The fate of Walter S. Ward
heir to the Ward millions, who
ls charged with numbering Clar-
ence M. Peters, an ex-sailor, Was
given to the jury shortly after noon
today.
Judge Wagner used all of the
morning session in instructing the
Jury.
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LLOYD GEORGE COMING TO
u. S. TO STUDY PROBLEMS

LONDON, Sept. e2S.-"I go to
America neither as missionary or
as a boot1egger, but simply to see
how America is handling her prob
lens," said exPremier Lloyd George
today. in addressing the American
Society, at q luncheon.
His talk concerned his forth
coming visit to the States.
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Quezon IN in Hospital.

Z MANILA, Sept. ga meeting
OF the independence commission
scheduled for tomorrow, probably
VIII not be held. Manuel Quczon
leader, entered the general hospital
today suffering from a severe case
of bronchitis.
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VIE PROBE
SWANSON
PL0
Suit Against BIackmaiI Band
Seen n California Attok
llsy's Action.
BY WILLIAM RI ER.
Conepoi1lan News service.

! NCOpyElGhE. W. Dy GOaTnuD0EEtNn
News service.l
The Washington times., 1923-09-28
Wall Street Brokers Fail.

NEW YORK, Sept 2S--Failure of
the brokerage firm of Robert r.
Marshall & Co., was announced from
the rostrum of the New York Stock
Exchange today. The firm was or
sanized in 1919.
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seriously - 10 require Hos
pital treatment. All were ssaf-
fering from nervous ahock
from their experienee and
found difficulty in telling !
coherent story Of the dis
aster.
Their accounts agreed ON
these detaiIs:
FALLS ON CHAIR CAR.
The engine, tender and
baggage car Of the train, one
Of the most heavily Travelled
into Denver from the North
west, had crossed the bridge
when the structure col
lapsed, The express car and
three chair cars fell into the
flood dragging the engine
and tender back into the
river.
The first Pullman On the
81. a < ! : s. s
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News service.1
HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Sept. 28.
The strange series Of events
which have recently marked the
life Of Gloria Swanson, sometimes
known as the stmost beautiful
woman on the screen, and her
mother, Mrs. Adelina Burns, Wers
expected today to be solved As 4
result Of the investigation BY
District Attorney Asa Reyes, Of
Los Angeles county. The first
person Intercepted BY the dis
trict attorney was Marshall Nei-
Ian, the noted film director.
young Man Sought.
While these mystifying incidents
had been generally discussed In thu
film colony for some time, the fac
that legal action had been taken be
came known only today when tht
Los Angeles Examiner printed al
exclusive and copyrighted story t
that effect.
The specific nature of the district
attorneys inquiry III to determine
| whether bIackmail threats have
been made against either Miss
Swanson, her mother OF. Neilan on
threats to reveal circumstances
| which might be. construed by the
| public az detrimental to the char
acter of Miss Swanson and Mellon
If he can be found u former EN-
ploye OF Mrs. Burns. = young man
lsNwySa NSaG y q
the district attorneys office today
for questioning. This man, ac
cording to the district attorney, was
to have been appointed administra.
tor Of the estate which Mathew p.
Burns left to his wife, Miss Swan,
sons mother. When this was not
done, and he was released from the
employ OF Mrs. Burns, lie was said
to have threatened to diVulga in
formation he said he had gathered
while In Mrs. Burns employ.
The district attorneys inquiry
followed only a few days after nn
attempt was made TO rob The mousse
OF Mrs. Burns. While this was
thought at first to have been the
work OF burglars, Investigation by
g Los Angeles detActive agency in
| dlcated whoever broke into the
house sought papers and other
documents.
MARSHALL Neilan arrived in Los
Angeles this week from New York
where he had beeh for some time.
Miss Swanson Is working at u
studio on Long Island and has not
beeIl West for a number of months.
Miss Swanson was divorced a
short time ago by Herbert X. som
born, Los Angeles, and New York
film producer, on the grounds of
desertion. Nellan Ii the husband
Of Blanche Sweet, one Of the
screens we'll known actresses
Fear Organized Band.
The principal evidences In the pos.
session OF the District attorney was
reported to be a number OF letters
which were written from Hollywood
to Mrs. Burns in New York and at
the time Miss Swanson was under
going an operation for appendicitis
in a New York hospital.
Mrs. Burns has made her home in
Los Angeles In North Edmonton
street In Hollywood, while Miss
Swanson, when tn Los Angeles lived
at her own magnificent home. form
erly tha King Gillette sion In
tho Beverly Hills iiatrfot.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-07-05
ODD MATERIAL FOR SCULPTOR
How canova, One Of the Worlds
Great Masters, Started on the
Road to Fame.

Antonio Canova, famous Venetian
sculptor, first attracted attention by
modelling lion in butter. When nine
years old he was placed in the house
hold of nobleman. His grandfather,
stonecutter, had taught him the
rudiments Of carving.
One day the nobleman was giving a
state dinner. The chief ornament for
the table failed to arrive. The host
was in despair. The boy set to work
on huge piece Of butter and when
the nobleman beheld a nodded lion he
was well pleased The result was that
Antonio was sent 10 take lessons In
sculpture.
For four years he worked ut his art
In cell underneath monastery. At
last he produced q statue which sent
the art critics wondering. The Vene-
tian senate sent linn to Rome to study
when he was twenty-three years old.
He hit upon new and daring style
and for time every one in Rome
scOrned il. He worked for 10 years
In extreme poverty but at last his
work came to be recognized as that Of
a master
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-07-05

Most people know that piano
should never stand In u draught: but
Il IL not always possible 70 place the
instrument In an Ideal position. A
plano IL frequently regarded ~ u
piece OF furniture. Instead Of II some.
what delicate arrangement Of fine
wire and hammers which are very
susceptible 10 changes Of temperature.
Damp ls the greatest enemy that con.
fronts the plano. but II the lid Is
raised frequently and allowed TO re-.
main open for time "A current Of air
can circulate inside. Damp also causes
the hammers 10 swell. which. In turn,
makes the keys hard 10 depress. II "
never advisable to have n valuable
piano In u cold room In winter for
more than day or two Ut u time !:
and II possible Il small oil stove should
be placed near TO II FOR hn hour or No
each day, II It Ia not desirable to light
q IRE occasionally.
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GaribaIdi's Love Of Animals.

George Macaulny Trevelyun, author
Of an old book about the Italian pa.
triot, tells this story roout his love Of
animals:
THE tenderest Of the brave, he took
thought not only for men and women,
but for the joys and sui1erings Of an
finals. Ever since the day when, rs u
child, he had cried over the wound
Ell grasshopper, he was brother to ev.
cry living thing. He could not endure
that bird should be Gagged, nor allow
an animal 10 be struck in his presence.
1t palned him even 10 see flowers
plucked, or u bough wantonly broken.
During his dictatorship In Naples
In 1880. he spent, In trying to remedy
the condition OF the cab horses, much
time which others thought he should
have given to tasks Of government In
time Of crisis; and In the following
year, when he was the most famous
man in Europe. he thought II natural
to 60 out ut night In the rain to seek
. strayed lamb among the rocks and
brushwood Of Caprera."
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-07-05
ARE UNTOLD CENTURIES OLD
Interesting Speculation a. to What
Really Are the Most Ancient
Things on Earth.

Writing of the oldest thing In the
world, an English antiquarian says: II
would say that from geological point
OF view the igneous or fre-fused rocks
composing the mountain ranges Of
Norway and Scotland easily hold the
first place, as being among the oldest
matter on the surface Of the globe. dat.
ing considerably before the rock
masses which went to build up the
lofty mountain chains Of the Alps,
Andes and Himalnyas. Specimens Of
such rocks may be seen In the excel
lent museum OF minernlogy In Jermyn
street. From biological standpoint
the remains OF primitive senweeds and
shelltish, preserved as fossils In the
early strati'ied rocks. represent the
most ancient forms OF life on earth.
These are 10 he seen In the British
museum. Lastly, the most venerable
remains of human agency are repre-.
scented by the stone implements OF pre-.
historic man, first discovered and rec.
ognized MS such by the famous French
savant, Boucher de Perthes. In the
river-drifts and gravels OF the Somme
Specimens Of these rude weapons and
tools are on view In almost every
museum"
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PUT STUART IN FIRST PLACE
AZ Portrait Painter, Critics Accord
Him Highest Rank In the List Of
American Artists,

First among American portrait paint.
ers, Gilbert Stuart holds q secure
place In the history Of our native art !;
his fame Is assured, notwithstanding
the wave OF ultramodernism sweep
Ing the land. The radicals may come
and 60 ind have their vogue, hut Gil
bert Stuart gave grace and dignity to
American art and. like the Sphinx. re-
mains impassive. He fills certain
niche In the realm Of art, and his por.
traits OF early Americans are not only
admirable for their character and
beauty, but historic. Nearly all Of the
large art museums Of America, state
capitols and other public institutions
possess portraits by Stuart Through
out New England. here and there In
the quaint old homesteads among the
hills are portraits OF our forefathers
painted by this masters facile brush.
They are cherished heirlooms Of
colonial days, when America was striv.
ing for liberty under the guidance Of
George Washington.
Gilbert Stuart was the historic
painter Of this period. and to have a
portrait painted by him was consid-
cred high distinction. Almost everyone
kno~s that Stuart was by birth New
Englander. but II may not be generally
known that his birthplace exists today
In a picturesque nook Of Rhode Island
near the summer colonies OF Newport
and Narragnnsett Pier.-From Arts
and Decoration.
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CATCHING FISH WITH POISON
Natives Of Borneo Have Peculiar
Method Of levyino Toll on the
Finny Tribe.

Along the tributary streams Of the
heJang river, in the independent state
" sarawak, on the island OF Borneo,
the native Sedowans and Dyaks have
unique method of taking fish. and
one much superior to dynamiting. Near
the mouth OF creek a barrier Of Int.
uce"ork Is erected. In this space Is
ie1t an opening wide enough to permit
me canoes to pass through After the
boats 80 up the stream net is placed
across the opening. From 20 to 80
canoes engage In fishing. When the
point Is reached where operations are
10 begin. two small dugouts, which
have been towed, are emptied OF their
liquid contents. This muddy.looking
concoction Is tuba poison. from the
plant coculus lndlcus. The poison is
made by pounding the root TO shreds
and then mixing with water in certain
proportions known to the fishermen,
Quick results are obtained. In about
f1ve minutes stupefied fish begin com.
Ing to the surface gasping for breath.
The numbers Increase with every pass
Ing minute. Standing up In their ca.
noes the natives spear the helpless fish
with great rapidity. In half an hour
the boats are generally filled to ca
pncity. How potent the tuba poison
Is may be realized by the fact that
within half an hour after a few gallons
have been poured In a good-slzed
creek, fish mile and half down.
stream are brought to the surface in
considerable numbers. Where the
tuba poison method Is good Is that the
poison does not kill the flsh-only
stupeties them temporarily. Thus all
not taken for food soon are normal
again.
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Apes Show Ingenuity.

lndlscriminate feeding Is bad for
apes. and In South Africa specimens are
kept behind double bars AS much out
Of harms way MS possible. But people
Insist on trying to feed them, and II
iarg" number of nuts fall in front of
the cages, apparently out Of reach of
the animals. one day n chimpanz"e
passed his blanket through the bars.
threw II on the nuts and dragged them
in. The blanket wax taken away from
him. and stick given, with which also
he got the nuts by sweeping them to.
ward the cage.
one ornng- outang went "A step fur
ther than this. There were palms in
the ape-house. and the orang-outnng
used n strip Of blanket to get these
leaves. When the pal'ns were put far
ther away. the ape tore the strip Of
blanket down the middle-nlmost. but
not quite In two-so that II was near
ly twice az long. With this he could
reach the palm leaves again.
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Queer Usos for Gold.

To the ordinary uses to which gold
Is put the natives Of India add q mum.
Der that arr curioua According to
II bullion report Of Messrs Samuel
MontnEu and company. gold In the
form Of thin leaf IL swAllO *ed In India
for medicinal purposes.
A frequent form Of piety II to 70.
Gid the dOines Of religious buildings,
and such operations can easily absorb
5000 or more. SovoSeigns With Z
shield on the diverse s1de are In con.
s'nnt request.
An inquiry A. to the ultimate uss
Of some Thousands If pounds revealed
the curious fact TINT rajsh Of queer
,ns'es had Imported them to form a
center to each pune In the windows
Of his.pnlace.
As q contrast 10 the savings of
France. which nre utilized to promote
the trade Of the world. those Of Indin
are buried Or honrded.-IOn1oh Tit.
Bits.
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iRack to Farm Move
Falls Flat in Colorado
HEAVY MARKET CAUSE OF
LOW PRICES FOR WHEAT

Stable markets for crops will come
only when farmers organize and
market their own products, George
c. Jewett, general manager Of the
American Wheat Growers, associat.
ed, declared in an address to farmers
at Julesburg, Colo, Monday.
"Prices slump when the markets
are glutted in the first three months
after harvest" said levitt. Farm
ers rush to sell their crops and dis
pose of three-fourths of it in nine.y
days.
"The break in prices that results
continues throughout the year. That
is why wheat sells far below what
the growers are entitled to-"
Gov. William E. Sweet also ad-
dressed the meeting, urging coop
erative marketing as a means of sta
bilizing prices and bring higher re-
turns to the farmers.
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Artistic Masterpieces

he last Judgment" IN q superb
Aesco PAINTING by Mlchslsnyslo (l476-
$500, On the wall opposite the entrance
to the slstins chapel Ia the Vatican 1t
Rome. II u % feet high and 10 fest
wide. ant was completed 10 iS4I. after
labor II eight years. The painting
contains Yearly 800 figures, and pre-
SCENTS ~ confused mass Of naked
bodies In the FnYst violent attitudes
and most \ ifnired disorder. and exceIs
ch!edy In e,ergy Of expression" Tho
Last judgment has been much In
jured by dnnpness. but more especially
by the smoke from the incense and nj
tar candles.
Fra Angeli'o, Andren OrcngnA,
Fra Ehrto!om'ieo. and Peter Paul
KubeHs, ninGng others. have Ieft mus
teruleces on hl. same subject.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-07-05

The burenu Of standards In collect.
Ing Information from the army, navy.
the biological survey, the public
health service, and manufacturers Of
biological products concerning the re-
auirssnents Of glass for this purpose
and the deslrabIlity of preparing
standard specifications covering the
snn.. The bureau has already assist.
ed manufacturers OF biological prod.
ucts In obtaining GLASS suitable for
their use. but the requests hhv. indi.
Gated a possible value for more com.
plete spe"!S"s.lgDs ..S~iayt!ts Aner.
can.