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Newspaper
Casper Daily Tribune
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1920
Page
1
The horse that beat Sir Barton in a mile and a quarter race yesterday will not race again. Owner Samuel Ridge says the great racer will be used for breeding. Man o War has earned $200000 to date, the largest sum for any race horse.
Soviet troops attack barricaded workers in Moscow streets as Polish Russian peace treaty takes effect. Disorganized crowds protest anti Bolshevik demonstrations as the armistice with Poland becomes effective at midnight.
Report from Shanghai on October 13 mentions General Chang Ta Lio and Feng Tien denying a coup in Peking while rumors spread of a possible restoration of the throne for Emperor Tung. General Lishun, tied to Kiang-Su and Kiang-Si politics, reportedly died by his own hand amid upheaval and famine relief funding.
New Castle Wyoming October 13 1920 Judge Harry P Isley ordered judgment for Mrs Pred Walker in a $100000 damages suit against Fréel Bros and Walter Sim for the death of her husband an oil field worker said to have been mortally wounded at Sim's instigation. Freel Bros officers remain at large while bond of 5000 for each was posted and they are sought as accessories to the killing.
Philadelphia authorities disclosed a confession by August Pasquale in the Blakely Coughlin kidnapping and murder case. The arrest widens to charges against Pasquale as the county grand jury prepares to be presented.
Attorney General Palmer telegraphed Don Simms of Indianapolis stating reasons for resigning as special assistant to prosecute mining issues. The message appears amid tensions with coal operators and a Federal Judge named Anderson.
Rexall straw vote shows Harding ahead with 78 percent in a divided tally. The results list 924 men and 2.22 percent women among a total 8 142, with Cox noted in the outcome.
Governor Coolidge refused to proclaim October 24 as League Day, saying using the governor’s office would distribute political propaganda. The United Press report from Boston notes the opposition led by President Lowell and the remnant league committee.
Washington reports that farmers face imminent ruin from the price crisis and the federal reserve system. A committee’s unanimous findings fault policy steps including credit restrictions and war finance withdrawal, urging frank action and fair conduct by authorities to restore producer prices above cost of production.
Floyd Wick, a neighbor, confessed to shooting Clyde Patterson a wealthy Bassett rancher after Patterson's body was found in the cellarway of the Patterson home. Wick said the killing occurred in self defense per a Bennett dispatch.
Tey O Mehan senior Catholic curate of Castlebar Mayo was arrested in the presbytery of his church on alleged connections with raids in the parish.
A Texas cotton gin warehouse fire, begun by night riders’ warnings, caused massive losses totaling about 61.25 million dollars in cotton, gins, and related equipment. Separate account notes a Cotton Company gin at Pine Bluff, Arkansas burned for about 84,000 dollars.
Farmers in Hession adopt a report urging government help to stave off general bankruptcy as prices fall. They will present demands to Governor Harding of the Federal Reserve Board and Secretary Houston at a conference this afternoon, calling for lower rediscount rates and expanded credit.
Mrs. Ag net Williamson Wilson wife of Secretary of Labor Wilson died in Washington after ten years of invalidism. The funeral was planned for tomorrow. Mrs. Wilson was born in Scotland.
The Weather Bureau warned of another cold snap affecting northern and central regions within a few days. A special bulletin said a prolonged spell of fine weather in the middle west and western states would end as disturbances along the Alaskan coast move toward Washington, bringing heavy rains within hours.
Three men are to be hanged tomorrow and placed in death cells this afternoon unless court or executive action intervenes. Two others will be hanged Friday. A telegram indicates Major Ormaby and his family have reached New Orleans.
Charles A. Lindsey of Los Angeles substituted for Major Alfred H. Beach at a Young Men’s Republican club event in Newcastle. Lindsey spoke on campaign issues, predicted a solid West for Harding, and noted strong Republican sentiment in Kansas and potential in Texas. He urged increased Americanization work, loyal government support, and a high protective tariff to protect American interests and products.
A large Columbus Day celebration in Casper featured the conferral of the fourth degree on seventy nine candidates from Wyoming Nebraska and Colorado. M W Purcell led the exemplification at Odd Fellows hall with speakers Father Lappin and J B McGouran. A banquet at Henning room followed with a toastmaster J A Leary and Shembeck's orchestra providing music and dancing to close the evening.
United Press report from Lansing Michigan describes Roop, a farmer who confessed killing his two children after saying he lacked funds to feed his family through winter. He claimed the babies would be better off dead and attempted to use chloroform, but failed. He buried them alive along the riverbank.
The Associated Press reports Bolsheviks reoccupy Mariupol and Berdyansk on the Sea of Azov, with confirmation from Constantinople dated October 12. The advance signals shifting control in the region.
British novelist H G Wella, visiting Russia, told a Petrograd Soviet that he and supporters share the same ideal as the Communists. The Dispatch Herald says the aim is a universal realm of social equity serving every citizen according to needs.
United States Marines and Haitian gendarmerie killed about 3250 armed Haitians during roughly five and a half years of occupation. Brigadier General Barnett, former Marine commandant, releases a report via Secretary Daniels detailing alleged indiscriminate killings and calls for a thorough inquiry. A confidential letter from Major General Gurol Barnett expresses shock at such conditions and criticizes Marines’ performance.
Crazed with fear, H. A. Sadler the government's chief witness in Chicago booze traffic investigation collapsed mentally after his testimony and was sent to a sanitarium in Illinois. The stress of the proceedings led to his breakdown.
New York October 13. Frank Hoyd supervising prohibition enforcement agent orders investigation into reports of a curb market for contraband liquor on the Bowery. Authorities seek to verify existence and scope of the operation and identify involved parties.
Mrs A J Cunningham joined Governor Carey and party including Lucas Beaman Mrs Carey’s brother Sir Thomas Ramond of London England and W T Judking state game warden for a ten day elk hunting trip in Jackson Hole They faced heavy snow and mud making three day 60 mile trek from Dublin Weather then cleared and hunting proved difficult with game still in mountains The party retrieved a fine elk head mounted for preservation at Cunningham home
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