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The Weather WYOMING: Generally fair to night and Tuesday, except probably wnow In extreme west portion. Not so cold. VOLUME vra. DENVER APARTMENT FS FATAL TO TWO STATE IN GRIP OF COLDWAVE CASPER RECORD 35 BELOW HITS NEW LOW MARK All Marks of Weather Bureau For Last Nine Years Shattered The most severe cold wave in several years held all Wyoming in its grip last night, the thermometer go ing up a few degrees during the day but still holding the the state In a frlgldness that damp ened even thexcourageous spirit of the moat radical fresh air fiend. Thirty-five degrees below was re corded during the night by the thermometer nt the court house, and George 8. McKenzie, weather man. reported that this was the coldest which has been recorded since he has been on the job. In November. 1919 the mercury hit the low point of 32 degrees. Other records were 1922, 17 degrees: 1921 17 defrees; 1918 23 degrees; 1915. 22 degrees and 1914 20 degrees. Mr. McKenzie has been recording the Casper, weather for nine years A weather service was maintained for two years before that time, but the records have been lost. About five inches of snow cover ed the ground this morning. Tho liarometer was normal and did not Indicate another snowfall. The thermometer was rising this mortng and at 10:30 it registered 25 below. Sunday's temperature was 14 dgerees below. All trains were reported to be running on schedule today with the exception of Chicago and North western train No. 3 which was four hours late out of Chadron. Neb. i CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Dec. 31 — I Twenty-eight degrees below was I recorded here by the weather bur eau early this morning. This Is . within two tenths of a degree of { the coldest December weather re corded here In the last 56 years. I Much damage resulted from the j freezing of automobile radiators and batteries. Train service was affected, some trains arriving sev eral hours late because of inability to maintain steam pressure. SHERIDAN. Wyo.. Dec. 31—The thermometer reached 32 degrees below zero early this morning, mak ing today one of the coldest days of December on record here. Forty six degrees below was reported at Clearmont. 40 miles east of here. Five and eight tenths inches of snow Is on the ground. All trains are several hours late. LARAMIE. Wyo., Dec. 31—With i the temperature ranging to 32 de grees below zero and three inches of snow covering the ground, south ern Wyoming Is experiencing Its first severe weather for this winter. The temperature at Laramie at six o'clock this morning was 24 below, while Rawlins registered 32 below. All transcontinental traffic over the Union Pacific railroad Is badly delayed. Their overland passenger train number 22 from the Pacific ; coast will arrive at Laramie three hours late. There lias been no suffering re- I ported from stockmen, they having had 12 hours advance notice of the I approaching cold wave. DENVER. Colo., Dec. 31—The year 1923 turned a cold shoulder . to the Rocky Mountain region on Its last day, and the entire eastern slope of the mountains this morn-1 (Continued on Page Ten) Three Overcome by Monoxide Gas Fumes Carl-’e monoxide gas esc: ping from a heater in .an apartment at 12ii East Second street yesterdav cfterr.oon resulted in a near trag edy when three persons were over come by the fumes and narrowly es caped suffocation. a neighbor calling at the apart ment found Mrs. A. Arbogast lyinx on the floor of the living room In an unconscious condition. Her < Newspaper for All the Family, Clean, Unbiased, and a Booster for City, County and State (Jlir (Jasper Dathi (LriLntitr Montana Struggles In Zero Weather Helena Records 30 Below and Billings With 36 Below Is Coldest Spot Os Any Weather Bureau HELENA, Mont., Dec. 31.—With 30 degrees below zero at 5 o’clock this morning, the minimum temperature ' in Helena during the cold wave which began Friday, was the lowest it has been here since January 29, 1916, when the mercury at the weather bureau dropped to 32. Prior to that and back to 1893 when on January 31 the station record of 42 below was established, it had been as cold as 30 below only three times, January 10. 1909 Feb ruary 13, 1905 and February 4. 1899. From 1880. when the Helena weather bureau record began, to 1893, extreme temperatures were more common than they have been since. In the early period it was 41 below on January 15, 1888. forty be low on February 3, 1887, 30 below on January 7. 1886. 34 below on Jan uary 18 and 19. 1883, and 40 below on December 30, 1880. Billings with 38 below at 6 o'c'ock this morning was the coldest place in North America from which daily weather bureau reports are receiv ed. Helena’s 30 below was two de grees colcjer than Havre’s tempera ture. Mlles City showed 24 below and Missoula 12 below. Not quite so cold tonlß*. Is The prediction. A minimum of 20 below Is forecast for the flight in-Helena. BUTTE. Dec. 31.—Havre Iwas the second coldest point in Montana to day with a temperature of 36 be’ow at 7 o’clock this mdbnlng. Other Montana temperatures reported by the Montana Power company sta tions are: Butte, 23 below. Living ston 24 below; Great Falls, 24 below; East Helena 28 below. i Laramie Fireman Seriously Hurt | LARAMIE. Wyo.. Dec. 31.—8. W. Bacon, of this city and a fireman on ' the Union Pacific, was severely in ijured at Parco, near Rawlins, while at work in the cab of an engine. A gale was blowing, the wind strip ping the roof from a car of a train passing on another track at the time and Bacon was hit by a board, the timber rupturing the smaller in testine in two placeq and so dam aging the apendix that It was re moved at a hospital at Rawlins. Mr. Bacon has a wife and small child. Five Buildings In Sioux Falls Are Destroyed SIOUX FALLS. S. D., Dec. 31. Fire starting in the basement of the Geddes Pharmacy company at Geddes, S. D.» yesterday, destroyed five buildings with <in estimated loss of $106,000 according to a dispatch to the Argus Leader. Dixmude Officer Is Given Honors PALERMO, Sicily. Dec. 31—The I body of Lieutenant Grenadan, com mander of the lost airship Dixmude. was brought to Palermo today, ac companied by a guard of honor. It . will be sent to France tomorrow. The coffin is covered with a French flag and will be guarded contlnu | ously by detachments of marines, regular troops and militia. r nephew and niece. Paul Files. 18 ‘ yearsof age. and Bumle Files. 22 were also found unconscious In an adjoining room. The two young persons were read ily revived, but Mrs. Arbogast who • is 74 years of age and who suffer ; ed the most disastrous effects of i the fumes is still tn a serious con ■ dltlon. She was unconscious for MISKE MAY DIE TODAY MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., Dec.*3l The condition of Blllv Miske. heavy ■ weight boxer, who is ill here, was described today as “weaker; very critical.'' Announcement of his death may be expected at any time, ' it was said. Miske is suffering from Bright's disease. MISSIONARY CAPTURED BY BANDITS 100 Columns Os News In Sunday Tribune Edition Yesterday's edition of the Sun day Tribune carried 100 columns devoted to news, editorial and il lustrations in addition to the comics and special cartoons. Much of the news was given over to annual re views, covering all the big markets, sports and forecasts for the new year by recognized authorities. Supplementing these were the world's news and feature stories of, interest to Casper people. Interesting as it was, however, yesterday's edition will not com pare with the Tribune's annual In dustrial edition which is now in course of preparation and has come to be recognized as an offi cial record of Wyoming’s progress from year to year. This edition will be published in January and will be available as usual in any quantity for mailing. Its Issu ance is deferred for the compiling of accurate and reliable figures on tho outupt of Wyoming Industries. FAST .TRAIN IS DERAILED CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 31.—The Baltimore and Ohio fast express train from New York to Cincinnati, due - here at 8:05 a. m. was derailed 2’4 miles west of Zallsky, Ohio, to day, according to a report to the railroad off ices, here. Several hundred passengers were shaken up but no one was seriously injured, the report, said. The locomotive tender, baggage and two coaches and four Pullmans were reported derailed. The derailment the report, said was due to the track being washed out by heavy rains. The train was proceeding at slow speed. ? several hours, regaining conscious • ness early this morning. She was x not nbel to discuss tho matter to any extent however. The pipe which forms a vent for - the escaping gas after it has been > burned had become disconnected - from the stove which was In the f living room, and there being no - windows open, the poison gas was r hejd In tho room. CASPER. WYO., MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1923 Another Year Another Grain of Sand to/ Slßlifc jL"'t'-* Chinese Vandals Raid Town, Take Woman and Wound Two American Representatives of Church PEKING, Dec. 31.—Followers of the notorious bandit leader La Yao-Jen captured an American missionary, Mrs. Julina Kilen, and wounded two other missionaries, Profes sor Bernhard Hoff, and Mrs. Hoff, in raid upon the town of Tsaoyang in northern Hupeh province, near the border town of Siangyangfu according to advices received here today. — 1 The American legation has taken active steps to bring about the cap ture of the brigands and the libera tion of Mrs. Klien. Tho Chinese gov ernment has offered a bounty for the capture, dead or alive, of the bandit leader. Tho three missionaries are repre sentatives of tho church of the Lu theran Brethren of the United States and were conducting a mis sion at Tsaoyang when the town was raided. Warned of activities of the bandits In the vicinity, by the tuchun, or military governor of the province, they had) vacated their station and embarked on river craft for safety, before the raid. Later, however, on receiving assurance fretn the tuchun that • the bandits had been suppressed, they returned to the mission. Mrs. Kilen is fifty years old and her home is In Northfield Minn., Professor Hoff. 32, anA Mrs. Hoff, 25. were married here last August, and only recently had gone to Trno yang. accompanied by Mrs. Kilen. to open the mission there. They for merly resided In Grand Forks and Abercrombie, N. D. Be Price of Yowr Momcy We are all familiar with the rapid fluctuations in the prices from time to time of the things we have to buy. • Since the great war we have had many Illustrations, owing to upset world conditions, in changes In the value of money. Your money is property for sale to the highest bidder. Look through the advertising and you will find merchants viewing with each other os to who will offer tho most and best for your money. Right prices are easily spotted by com parison. Study tho advertising—know who is bidding highest for your money. | Leading merchants constantly use tho columns of The Tribune to bid, for your money and intelligent com parison is profitable. Shop in the Tribune before shop-l pine la the shops. Midwest Upheld By Verdict Os Appeals Court The circuit court of appeals at St. Louis, speaking through Judgo Stone, has affirmed Judge Kennedy’s, decree jn the so-called ' Hard. Winter j Davis” case. The Sussex Land & ' Livestock company, of which Davis l was the chief owner, sued the Mid- ■ west Refining company for 3220 - ■ 000 on account of alleged oil damage to their ranch at the mouth of Salt ' Creek and also asked the court for an Injunction against perpiitting any seepage to get Into tho stream.' which, if granted would have re-1 suited in tying up operations in the ’ Salt Creek field. The lower court, after a trial last ing three weeks in 1921, denied the Injunction and granted damages of 370 a year, baned on rental value. The appelate court uphold the trial court’s decision and went even fur ther by holding 1 that alleged profits claimed by the plaintiff should not i be granted under any conditions. 1 whether properly proved or not. end that rental value of the land dam-' aged was the only proper basis of, recovery. The outcome is considered by all parties ns a cloaai cut victory I for the defendant. Protest on Arms Sale Is Lodged by Mexicans WASHINGTON, Dec. 31—The De La Huerta faction in Mexico today filed with tho state department a formal protest against the plan of the United States to sell her wnr materials to the Mexico City gov ernment of General Obregon. The protest was signed by the De La Huerta confidential agent at New York. Tho Obregon author ities alone aro recognized by tho Stores Will Be Open Tonight; Closed Tuesday Shoppers may obtain the things they will need for New Year's day up until 9 o'clock this evening. An agreement between union stores and the retail clerks* union lias provided for the stores re maining open until that time. They will be closed all day tomorrow. The Tribune will not Issue a pape tomorrow, giving its em ployes an opportunity to spend the New Year In any way they see fit. New Year's day is one of the holidays that no issue of the paper is published. Its ob servance has been cutomary since the establishment of Tho Tribune. Squash racquets originated at the famous Harrow School in England. For many years It was one of those I go-as-you-please games with no par | tlcular rules or regulations. COLLEGE BOYS PUSH FORD CAR OVER BIRDSEYE PASS IN SNOW J THERMOPOLIS. Wyo.. Dec. 31. Ilalph Johnson, Edward Walsh J Joseph McDonald, Ralph Jones and . LaMar Jones, five Thermopolis boys ( attending the University of Wyom-, ■ Ing at Laramie, pulled a stunt that' 1 only boys with the blood of tho west - could have accomplished In order tn i get home for the Christmas holidays, t Birdseye pass, an old stage route . I over the mountain which is the only I i highway entrance to the Big Horn ■ basin country from the south and ’, which will be a thing of the past in I March when Wind river canyon ■highway is completed, has been I snowed up for weeks. Nobady has i United States interests dealing with Mexico, and there was no indica tion what consideration the com munication would receive at the state department. BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Dec. 31— Telephone reports today from Am erican army officers at Fort King -1 gold brought reports of fighting be- MAN IS SOUGHT DY RELATIVES John C. (Jack) Barkley. 50 years of age, is being sought by W. E Barkley of Lincoln, Neb., who has communicated with tho George W. Vroman post of the American Le gion. Mr. Barkley or anyone who knows anything regarding h!s whereabouts should call C. H. Rel merth. phone 767. CRUDE OIL PRICES UP\ PITTSBURGH, Pa.. De-*. 31. Fifteen cents was added to the price of six grades of crude oil today. Five grades were unchanged. The new prices are. Pennsyl vania grade in New York Transit company lines and Bradford district oil In National Transit company lines. 33.25. Pennsylvania grade oil In Nation al Transit, southwest Pennsylvania, Eureka and Buckeye pipe lines, >3. Boy Prodigy Is Located at Gebo THERMOPOLIS. Wyo.. Dec. 31. A boy acrobat who promises to be a wonder has been discovered at C'bo, a mining village 12 miles north of here. Vernal Wool man is the nninn of the prodigy and he Is eight years old. j One of the thrillers he has been pulling during the recess minutes nt ' school Is to slide down a long hill lon a handsed. standing on his head. He makes the slide from top to bot tom of the hill In that position, wlth i out wavering, repeating the per formance as often as he has an ap- 1 preciative audience. WEATHER MAN REFUSES TO CONFIRM 40 BELOW SHERIDAN, Wyo.. Dec. 31.—Will L. Wyland, government weather observer here, refused to confirm the Burlington railroad report that the temper* ture at Clearmont had reach ed 46 degrees below zero this morn ing. Escaped Bandit Is Mail Robber BUFFALO. N. Y.. Dec. 31.—Lud wig Schmidt, tho German sailor who escaped from tho Atlanta, Georgia prison yesterday with three others was one of three bandits who robbed a mail truck of 3300.000 in negotiable paper at Niagara Falls, New York on April 19. 1921. - attempted to negotiate the pass even , I with horses. . | The boys started from Laramio | Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock, • j drove byway of Cheyenne in a de- • I pendable flivver and made It over ! I Birdseye pass, arriving here at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon. Tbcir • j only stops were to eat a.id they . pounded away all Thursday nur t. Over Birdseye pass four of the ■ boys pushed at the machine while i one drove. In this way they mnnag- I ed to beat thru the high banks of i snow, the only auto that has been i over the pass for weeks and perhaps i the only one that will get over again i until next May. tween Mexican federal and robot troops at Camargo, on the Rio Grande, forty mllca above Mata moros. Tho town is garrisoned by a small detachment of royalist troops from Matamoros. No re port on the results of the battle were obtained, but American mili tary officers state that tho firing, which started before daylight, was very heavy. EDITION NUMBER 58 TEACHER JUMPS TO DEATH FROM WINDOW TRYING = TOMLIFE Occupants Flee In Night Clothes In 10 Below ' Zero Night; Two Oth ers Seriously Injured DENVER, Colo., Dec. 31. —Two persons are dead and [ five are injured, some pos sibly fatally, as the result of two apartment house fires here early today. Miss Beatrice Jones, 18. a teach er in the Denver publie schools. Plunged to death from a third story window fighting her way through / a veil of smoke and flame in an es- / fort to escape. In the second b.aze. Miss Eula Kramer, of Lovelanl v Colo-, was trapped In the burning building. Firemen found her char red body. Miss Evelyn Louerman, a sales woman, of O’Fallon. 111., is dying iia the result of Injuries she eue talned when she plunged from her window to the Icy sidewalk, where firemen found her. Earl Dusky and his sister Beatrice, both of Love land. Colo., also were fatally In jured, plunged to the ground. Miss Myrtle Wheelock, and Miss Mary Olsen, a teacher, were the other two injured. Mina Ix>uerman and Miss Olsen were forced to jump when their bot'ies were seared by the f ames. In the first blaze. H. G. White, owner of the apartment. Mrs. White and three oilier occupants of the building, escaped on receiving an early warning of tbo fire from a neighbor. DENVER. Colo.. Dee. 81.—One wo man was killed and two others ser iously injured when they leaped from the third floor of a burning apart ment house here early this morning. Other occupants were rescued by meml>ers of the fire department as the building was destroyed by tho flames. Firemen arriving at the burning building with the temperature ten degrees below zero found Mias Bea trice Jones, 38, a school teacher, ly ing unconscious on the ground after jumping from the window of her smoko filled room. She died on tho way to a hospital. The injured aro Miss Evelyn Larramore and Mixa Mary Olson, both teachers. The fire started, according to au thorities, from an overheated flue and spread rapidly through the apart ment house, an old building at thir tenth and Acoma streets. A neighbor, rising early to tend his furnace, saw the flames licking up the side of the building and gave the alarm. Several occupants of the lower floors escaped Into the zero nir in their night clothes. A second woman was burned to death and three more persons were injured in a second apartment house tire which broke out shortly after ward. Both fires, according to authorities, apparently were caused by overheated furnaces due to the cold wave which swept Denver and tho west last night. The second fire, in the three-story Ariel apartment house at Twenty First and Tremont streets was a counterpart of the first. Miss Eula Kromer, 25. was trap ped by the flames and burned to death. Earl Duskey, 30, slipped while attempting to escape over the ley roof and fell to the ground. Bea trice Duskey, his sister, and Myrtle Wheelock jumped to the ground. AH three were rushed to a hospital where they were reported seriously Injured. BOY 17 YEARS ROBSCOMPANY SHERIDAN. Wyo., Dvr 31 —Two robberies of the Scales Motor com pany hero within the last five weeks In which losses totalled nearly 81 • 000 was cleared up here Sunday with the arrest by police of Forreet Fugett, 17 year old Sheridan youth. Ho was turned over to county au thorities following tho finding of a |2OO check said to have been stolen in tho first robbery of November 24 and tho 8100 liberty bond and checks believed taken in Die rob bery of December 24.