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LEGISLATION ON
IS THROWN OUT
Indefinitely House
Considering Gas Tax
Today.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb.
9.-The 1925 biennial cpl
sode of the Wyoming legis-
lative serial "chiropractic'
faded out this morning when
the house, upon motion of
the author Of the measure. indefin-
itely postponed house 81. a bill to
create a state board of chlropractic
examiners and to establish stan
dards for chiropractic practitioners.
Previously the house had adopted
by a vote of 80 to 20 amendment
providing that a chiropractor. before
being licensed TO practice. should
pass an examination in anatomy
before the state medical examining
board. The author OF the bill, NJ. l..
Bishop. stating that It would be use
less to pass the asu in the
amended form. thereupon moved its
indefinite postponement. The bill
was one of a series that have been
introduced. each without ucces in
Wyoming legislatures during the
last decade.
The house this morninE upon re.
consideration passed a bill which It
previously had rejected. house so,
increasing the salary OF the clerk
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, 1925-02-09
INDICATE COLLINS IS alive
Ex-Kaiser Excited
Over Agreement Of
Japan and Soviets

LONDON. Feb. e.-The Daily
Telegraph quotes recent visitors to
Doom. Holland. as declaring that
the former German emperor was e1-
traordinarily excited by the news
that an agreement had been reached
between japan and Soviet Russia
This treaty portends a tremend-
GUS change in the worlds outlook"
he is reported to have said. The
peril, which I. alone. among the
rulers of Europe. predicted a quar-
ter of a century ago. now has ma
terialized.
"The percussions of this event
will shortly be felt in the relations
OF all the European states. and 1t is
bound Il cause deep thinking and
heart searching in Germany, and
among the allies. France is back
ing the black races. Russia is back
ing the yellow, and America and
England are backing the white.
Where will Germany stand? Where
should she stand7"
, 1925-02-09
BANK TO BE
RE0RGANIZED

That the defunct Bank of Salt
Creek will be recognized and re-
opened before long. is indicated by
tho preparation of petitions soon to
be circulated among depositors for
their signatures.
Provisions of the petitions stipu-
late that the plan for re-organiza-
ton shall allow depositors stock for
20 per cent of their funds in the
old bank. the balance Of the account
remaining in a reserve fund to DO
returned as rapidly rs collections
are made.
Depositors have been informed
that w. l.. Mcclure, receiver OF the
Bank Of Salt Creek. IS ready to give
them full particulars concerning the
reorganization. Statements OF &C
counts ars in tho process OF prepar-
alton.
, 1925-02-09
FOOD PRICES
ON INCREASE

WASHINGTON. Feb. e.-contlnu.
ed increase in retail food prices dur.
ing the month ending January 10
was shown in 20 out OF 22 cities for
which figures were announced today
by tho bureau OF labor statistics OF
the department OF labor.
Tho maximum increase OF four
Kansas City and Savannah. A three
per cent increase was shown at
Butte. Montana, Little Rock Arkan.
sas, Louisville. Kentucky. Omaha
and Peoria. Illinois. and two per
cent at Atlanta, Baltimore. Buffalo,
Detroit. Indianapolis. Norfolk. Port
land. Maine. and Springfield. iii.
nois.
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MAN bORROWS
GUN FROM SON.;
SENDS BULLET
THROUGH HEAD
Trouble Over Financial
Matters Said to Be
Cause Of Tragedy;
Body Found by Wife.

Believed to have been
driven to distraction BY
financial worries, William,
Hummer, go years old, thi,
morning sent a bullet into
ms right temple shortly
aiter he had gone to his Croo.rv
store at sos North Grant STRAIT
tie died at the Natrona General hos.
pital at 1880 o'clock.
Leniency in requiring payn.r+ -,
a number of his account. In ws,ss
ne haa oeen more than generous in
srantins and extending credit. 40
mat ne was without funds TO ms.t
ms own obligations. is said by mem
oers of the family to be the cau..
or RUNNERS suicide.
Leaving HIS home at 800 G,sr.-
street at 1880 o'clock. Kummer w.rt
~ open his store. He awakened hi,
son. Leonard. 19.year old high scboo,
student who was sleeping in . 49,
Ts en, room. asking him for his Gun.
me poy' suspecting nothing, turnea
the revolver. n 22.20 calibre polic.
special over to his father. returned
TO bed and again slept.
An hour later Mrs. Hummer ,o,.
10 tho store and found her
iyins unconscious on the floor. nj,
mead immersed in blood. offic.-
Hny Plummer answered IN. cau
and sent TO the police station bv n
Birdsell and reported the cass
oounty Lew NJ. Gay. Kun.
mer was rushed to the hospital. DIV.
ing TWO hours afterwards.
The shot was not heard bv III.
hummer lad. SO the exact tins ~
the suicide is not known. That m.
owner OF the Hummer store wa, a..
spondent because OF tho fn,i.t.,.
demands Of his creditors, Is tho dec.
iaration of neighbors.
for tho past five or six years tbs
hummer family has resided In nj.
CITY The Ideal Grocery on M,di.
son street was originally owned hv
hlr. Hummer who sold the pIao, ,nd
moved to Colorado. He I,+sr 10
.-insu ano resumed business at sos
North Grant street.
Surviving him arc his wife an,
and daughter Elsie. ana
several step-children.
William Hummer was horn q,
Switzerland. coming to THU, corn'
try ~ years & and lived in nsn-
yer for some years.
Funeral arrangements ar, hahn,
deferred. pending word from rs,.'
ives IN Denver. 1t is Improbable
that an inquest will be held.
, 1925-02-09

this n she prepared with ant paste
and sulphuric acid. 1t. was poison
enough TO kin the whole family.
Luckily its taste was forewarning.
Fooled. the child flew into a rage
of fury, found a razor and tried to
slash the baby OF the family. Max
Inc Platts, 5.
So the police were called.
II guess-I did It because I am SO
mean." Alsa explained with childish
frankness. But that was not all.
There were tho Thompson twins
who died two years ago in Manitoba,
Canada.
IL fed them ground glass;" Alsa
confessed. And she told OF having
caused the death Of a Mrs. Price,
and of having tried to poison eight
other people.
What is to be done with the child
is not yet determined. Alsa. a very
keen child mentally, may be closely
guarded for several years in IN at.
tempt to destroy her homicidal ten.
denotes.
The child's parents are separated.
, 1925-02-09
Laid
Before Committee

WASHINGTON. Feb. e-Nomina.
ton Of William E.. Humphrey to be
a member OF the federal trade COM
mission. and of Thomas #. woodiock
to h interstate m commits
sion were up for consideration again
today by the senate interstate com.
merce committee.
AT tho suggestion of a sub-com.
mittee which questioned Mr.. Hum.
phrey on Saturday, he was asked to
appear today before the full com.
mittee.
Members OF the subcommittee ex.
pressed satisfaction with tho result
OF their talk with Mr.. Humphrey but
the nature Of the inquiry was not
disclosed.
, 1925-02-09
THREE ARTISTS
To BE HEARD IN
HERE
Cherniavsky THO Con-
cert to Be Given at
America Tonight.

The brothers Cherniavsky,
renowned instrumentalists,
playing piano, cello and vio-
lin in trio, will appear here
at the America theater this
evening, opening their con-
cert at S:15 o'clock.
OF the Cherniavskys d well known
New York critic says:
They are three young priests from
tho Temple Of tho MUSES.. who have
been projected into the earth-world
to bring cosnfoit to he hearts, OF
tens of thousands. Their music
brings with It a message of hope and
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, 1925-02-09

feli into three classes. that the i'm
prisonment Of Collins by a rock slide
on his leg is a publicity hoax. that
enemies finding him trapped caused
the walls of the cave to collapse so
he could not be rescued alive or
possibly caused the slide which trap
ped him; and. the most generally ac-
cepted theory-Collins' own story in
the early day of the rescue work
that the really was accidentally trap
ped after discovering a cavern more
beautiful than any yet found in the
region.
One OF the more active rumors OF
, 1925-02-09

Sunday night was that Circuit Judge
Basil Richardson OF Glasgow would
call a grand jury to investigate the
probability OF a publicity hoax.
Judge Richardson said he had
never thought OF such a thing and
didn't believe 1t was a hoax.
County Attorney j. Lewis VII
liams. however, said he would pre-
sent the Collins case to the March
grand jury but had no ~affidavits or
sworn information of any kind which
would indicate a crime.
Lieutenant Robert A. Burden of
the Louisville fire department and
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, 1925-02-09

OF WHICH Blk porsons have died In
Nome in an epidemic reported Jan.
Yry ~ and with which thirty per.
sons were reported suffering there
yesterday.
Tho distance from here to Nome
was put at about e2o miles.
Everything looks fine was the
final word of Roy 8. Darling. agent
OF tho department OF Justice here
and an e1-navy aviator. pilot for the
rip to Nome. He and Ralph p,
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used
There is no telling at the moment
what havoc the aircraft storm will
wreck before the stars arc shining
again. To Mr.. Mitchell. tho only
smiling skies arc those which show
%airplanes. He likes to SEQ tho sun
in perpetual eclipse, hidden from all
earthly view by swarms of flying
machines. thicker than mosquitoes In
a Jersey march.
The navy says that after an air
plane has dropped ~ big bor< Il
, 1925-02-09

is useless until It can fly back to Its
base and get another. having the en-
gine overhauled meantime. Cen
eral Mitchell seems to have defied
all the natural laws of aviation. He
is dropping ono bomb after another
and never seems to have to ny any.
where except to the capitol to start
new ructions.
Washington seriously is concern
ed as TO what is to happen to the
general. That It will be something
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TWO DEAD AND
MANY INJURED;
HARB0R TIED UP
Fog Is General Over
Whole Seaboard Area
And Traffic Suffers.

NEW o R Feb. o.
Two men were killed and
more than 80 persons were
hurt in a series of collisions
on New York's transit lines
today, while one of the heav-
Test fogs Of recent years enveloped
the city.
Harbor and river traffic was vir-
tually paralyzed. The fog was re-
ported general. extending along
most of tho Atlantic seaboard n
affecting traffic on land and sea
over a wide area
Early reports indicated that the
most seriou. of the series Of acci-
dents of the ctty's transit lines 90
Cured in tho Bronx h an eie-
waited train smashed into n rear
of a subway train on the
structure. Two were known TO
have been killed. while the estimate
Of injured ran well above forty.
There were two accidents in Brook
lyn suburbs. Two trains OF n
Observation-Disclosures Rapid TRANSIT
of the Fulton Street line
came together In a rcar-end COLL
sion. tnfiictins injuries to a dozen
men and ONE On the Corona
line near Long Island City. a steel
train of the Interborough Rapid
Transit company smashed into a
rear Of q wooden train In the Brook
Mathematician Transit company, IN
turing half a dozen persons. 1t Is
estimated that these two wreck az
fected fully 10000 commuters, as
traffic on both lines was tied up Tor
hours.
Several women were reported to
have been knocked to the floor n
trampled when panic seized n
crowd in a car of the forward train
In the Corona line collision This
was believed due to a report That
the car had caught afire. Train
guards quickly succeeded in sitting
the fears OF the crowds.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. s-Rail-
road, streetcar and river traffic was
demarolized early today by n OF
the densest fogs in a long time.
There were two street a collisions
in which several persons were In
5ured.
NORFOLK. Va. Feb. s.-Eish hit
persons were injured today when h
naval ferry boat Rocket and h
Norfolk Portsmouth ferry Rockaway
collided in mid.stream during a
heavy fog. Both vessels made their
piers in safety.
More than two hundred naval Of
ficers- and employees of the Ports
mouth navy yard. including many
women were aboard the Rocket.
A deaf and dumb person who is
, 1925-02-09
OIL PRICE
is s.

ENID. okla. Fob. 9.-Ths price
OF Tonkawa OIL was Increased to
s2.fo a barrel today by tho Cham
pien Refining company and the
Boleno Refining company. both OF
Enid. Decreased production was
given a. the treason.
, 1925-02-09
Appropriation For
Embassy Made

WASHINGTON. Feb. s-Ann-o.
priation OF s1.2oo,o 900 for n nov
american embassy at Toxic to re.
place h one destroyed in the earth.
quake was approved today by the
senate foreign relations committee
over the opposition OF both Chair.
man Borah and Senator Swanson OF
virginia, the ranking Democrats.
, 1925-02-09
CHILD With HOMICIDE
TENDENCIES SAYS She KILLED
Two BY USING GROUND GLASS

LOS ANGELES Feb. 9.-In school she has attained the
unusual dstinctionof being the smartest girl in the eighth
grade. although she is yet 7.
AT home she is feared because of fendish plotting.
And in Jail, this little girl, Alsa Thompson, is looked
upon as the youngest homicidal MANIAC ever observed by
, 1925-02-09

Mackic. an employe Of the Alaska
railroad at Anchorage. mechanism
for the trip to Nome, spent yester.
day tuning up machine. an old ono,
brought to Alaska three years ago.
Everything looks fine" agreed
Maokie. although the prevailing
temperature Of 35 degrees below
zero has made things very difficult.
| froze my hands this afternoon
while sitting in the cockpit OF thu
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, 1925-02-09
VESSEL
is ScUTTLED
BY JAPANESE

TOXIC. Feb. Soy Tho Asso-
ciated PressSThe b%attleship Tosa
was scuttled today in Bungo Straits
in accordance with tho terms of the
Washington arms conference treaty.
, 1925-02-09
Dogs and PLane
Rush Antitoxin
Two Allotments of Medicine Made at
Fairbanks; One Sent by Air, Other by
Sleigh to Nome;; Distance 92O Miles

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 9.-(By The Associated
Press)@A race between an airplane and RELAYS of doc
teams to Nome, Alaska, was starting today.
The dogs left Nenana, fifty miles west of here. yester-
day. The plane was ready to take off early TODAY
The burden of each journey is anti-toxin for diphtheria.
, 1925-02-09

wire. was satisfied he had heard
Floyd's heart bearing At the rate Of
twenty times a minute.
Lane said Floyd was breathing
and his heart beating IS to II times
a minute.
while we were In the cave we at
tempted to compare the breathing of
Homer Collins with that of his i'm
prisoned brother but We couldn't do
this successfully because Homer Col
Inns was SO excited" Lane added.
Tho test was made on the wire
which had been placed around Col.
Inns chest last week by rescuers.
Many people on the outside would
not believe our test proved Collins
was alive" Lane said, adding that
a statement would be given out lat
err. proving that Collins was alive"
CAVE CITY. Ky. Feb. 9.-By The
Afsbciated Press)E Mother Nature
today had added another obstacle to
the efforts OF man TO rescue Floyd
Collins from the grip Of a boulder
trap in the depths of Sand Cave.
sending torrents Of rain last night
with a promise OF more today.
Despite precautions to keep the
water out OF the perpendicular shaft
aimed at Collins prison, seepage
crept into the bottom OF the shaft
and added heavily to the burden of
the volunteer diggers. They kept
doggedly at 1t with some slight In
rease in hourly progress as the
tenth day of Collins imprisonment
ended at 10 o'clock this morning.
The shaft then was less than half
way to Collins, 60 or 10 feet below
the surface.
When rock slides blocked tho nat
ural tunnel OF Sand Cave Thursday.
the use of pungent but harmless gas
was seized upon as a means OF find
ing tho back end OF Collins latest
cave. but the experiment. tried last
night with banana oil was unsuccess.
full. Despite a strong down draft OF
air into Sand Cave, no trace of tho
odor could be located in n near
by cave.
With most of.the spectacular. fren-
lied striving to free Collins a closed
chapter, and all efforts centered on
the monotonous toll of digging and
hoistins. new theories began to de-
velop about the situation until they
were almost as thick as the out
standing Incidents in the drama
Tho principal groups Of theories
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Twenty-eight nations have lined up
with the American point of view.
Great Britain and nine others are
opposed. The Britsh have India as
their great obstacle to an agreement
with America. For tho sake of
India. the British are fighting
Continued on Page Eight
, 1925-02-09

deh CooIIdBe IN ~hpproVInB Inc
recommendation of Stephen G.
Porter. head OF the American dele
CATION. that the United States with
draw. The step has long been In
evitabie. the only question being
what form OF protest would be most
effective.
The opium problem IL complicated.
, 1925-02-09
Voice Amplifers Attached to Wire Supplying Current to
Bulb at Entombed Mans Head Shop His Heart Is
!. Beating; Heavy Rains Hamper Workers

wit Invoice anphfers today have convinced H. T. Carmichael in charge of the
Floyd Collins rescue work at San Cave, that Collins is still av afe 10 DAYS imprison-
ment.
II: Lane, Munfmdvle, operating the lighting syaem,w which supplies current for
bulb left at Collins head, said Homer Collins after Listening twenty minutes IN the
, 1925-02-09
YORK FOG BRINGS TRAIN ACCIDENTS
UNDER II
DOME
By COL w. H. HUNTLEY

CHEYENNE, Wyo, Feb. 9.-To complete the week Of
social festivities William P. Larkin Of Golfers Weekly pre-
sented to the state of Wyoming a bronze spread eagle
mounted upon a sphere of silver, as a trophy of good record
in having cast the greatest percentage of increase in presi-
dental vote, in November of any state in the union. over
, 1925-02-09

local SCIENTISTS
Precocious. cooperative, tho child
often helped her guardian. Mrs. Inez
Platts. OF Hollywood, to prepare
meals. Creative. too. she loved to
%concoct, now and then a desert dish;
, 1925-02-09
Storm Breaks
In Air Probe
Mitchell Precipitates Trouble That May
Result in His Der1otion; GeneraIin
Bad With Military Officials
By ROBERT T. SMALL

Copyright, 1875, by Casper Tribune)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Old John W. Ajax, defying
an extremely powerful natural element in nine letters, has
absolutely nothing on one William Mitchell, temporarily
a brigadier general in the United States army. The word
Temporarily is used advisedly. There is a striking
unanimity of opinion that Mr.: MitchePs prefix is correctly
, 1925-02-09

oo eeohoo IA pohci games - NiitiiS
the purposes of law enforcement
then these birds have performed
v~arliantly.
Here we have the record OF an
agent named N. N. Geer. who had
a strong stomach for moon and gin
and a stronger stomach for ladies'
with stage names. Read his ex-
pense account and shed a silent tear
for the poor rancher who furnished
the money for Mr.. Gears butterfly
life:
Ney N. Geer. Agent Warrant
, 1925-02-09

the vote cast in November. 1920.
The award was the occasion of a
joint session OF the two houses, tho
presence OF state officers and a
gathering of citizensi The session
was presided owe by Senator Daley.
with President Brown of the senate.
Speaker Underwood of the house.
supreme court and state officers
attending.
Mr.. Larldn made the presentation
and tho gift was accepted by the
governor.
The affair took up the major por-
ton Of the afternoon to the entire
exclusion of legislative business.
If.the legislature is to complete
any sort of a program within the
40-day period fixed by The constitu-
ton. there will have to be more
actual work and less OF festivities
within the remaining two weeks.
More than likely the people of the
state arc surfeited with the abomi-
nable record of the law enforcement
department. People who live under
the shadow of the capitol were
totally Of the extent to
which this department had carried
its vile work, while tho people over
the state had nc conception of what
was being done but rather looked
upon it as a force for good. It has
been anything else but a power for
reform.
II using taxpayers money for tho
purchase of liquor for the men EN-
ployed and using more of the money
, 1925-02-09
Withdrawal OF
At Opium
Meet Logical
Americans Hope to Arouse People of
World Against MaterialiSm Which
Blocks Attempt to Control EpH
By DAVID

lCopyright, 1926, by Casper Tribune)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-America's withdrawal from
the opium conference is a dramatic effort to arouse the
public opinion of the world against the materialism which
permits the trade and revenue made out of the opium pro-
duction to block a humanitarian movement.
There was nothing sudden about the decision of Pres;.
, 1925-02-09

A deaf and dumb person who is
fairly expert at finger-languago can
speak about forty-thres words a min
ute.
, 1925-02-09
Weather Forecast

wyoming-Pariiy cloudy to cloudy
tonight and Tuesday. Colder tonight
In east and south portions.
, 1925-02-09

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. s-Rail
road, streetcar and river traffic wa.
demarolized early today by n oil
the densest fogs in a long time
There were two street ear collisions
in which several persons were In
5ured.
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misses be effected, the Democrats
would vote against the resolution and
defeat it.
II am satisfied" Senator Lenroot
said, that there are at least rs SEN
ators who will vote for ratification of
the protocol with the Hughes Hard
ing Coolidge reservations if they
have an opportunity, and the only
danger lies in compromises upon
reservations that may defeat it."
Chairman Borah of the foreign rela-
lions committee has already an
nounced his determination to insist
upon additional reservations and has
advocated a new draft of international
laws before the United States enters
the World Court.
Senator Lenroot held that both
political parties were committed by
their last national platforms to sup
port adhesion to the World Court and
pointed out that % Senators were
delegates to the Republican conven-
ton which adopted this pledge and
that nine of them were members of
the resolutions committee which
drafted it.
Under this pledge no additional
reservations other than clarifying
ones can honestly be made by a ma
jority of the Senate" he declared.
If any other course be pursued, then
there is no such thing as party re-
sponsibility. While this is not a
partisan question, because both
parties, are in accord upon it, / hope
and believe that a majority of the
Republican Senators will support the
party platform in the making of
reservations and in the final action,
but if they should not a sufficient
RpnlIhlira will inir Will },
the Democrats, who are in accord
with the pledge, in determining what
the reservations shall be-
Not one of these % Senators op-
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said. 1T may happen, and does hap
pen, that foreign competitor may
actually produce commodities at high
Ell costs than in this country and still
be dumping in this country because
of large unmarketable stocks in his
hands.
The uneasiness under the flexible
tariff provision interferes materially
with the program of cooperative
marketing. We prefer the compare
tive stability which existed prior to
the passage of the flexible tariff pro-
vision. Congress is the only body to
determine tariff rates and Congress
should not permit any agent to tinker
with them. We have been surprised
to find that the farmer tariffs are
the only important tariffs subjected
to investigation under this provision.
We believe that the tariff commission
should be continued as a body, but
all powers of recommendation as 10
rate changing should be taken from
them and returned to the Congress
where this power is properly lodged.
Until the recent appointment by
the President, Mr.. Holman asserted
that the commission itself has been
split with dissension and at cross
purposes and this dissension has
shattered the morale of the workers
of the staff