Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 22, 1924, Page 1

“~~, VOLUME VIII. The Weather Unsettled tonight and Wednesday, probably local showers; cooler Wednesday. NUMBER 231. ty; B Mee ae ene pe urea er Daily CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1924. HUNDREDS NEAR DEATH iis LONG HEARING IN a MOTHER’ JAMESON, RESIDENT 0 CASPER FOR 36 YEARS, 15 DEAD Passing Today of Woman Who Came Here When Casper Was Tent City Strikes Grief to Friends and Acquaintances, / By ALFRED J. MOKLER. This morning at 6 o’clock thre passed from our midst to the unknown beyond, a woman who came to Casper when it was but a tent town, located about three fourths of a mile eastsfrom the Natrona county courthouse cover- ing a strip of ground not two blocks in length, whose* thirty-six years of residence in this city and in Natrona county has blessed a multitude of > —————_ people. Mrs. Evalyn Constance Jameson, for more than a third of a century lovingly called by her intimate friends as “Mother Jameson,” was rfeh in the graces of splendid wo- iianhood, and in the early days she Was never too busy, too proud or too poor to be helpful to the unfortunate and she was never without resources to ald man, woman or child who was in demise started in January of this year through a severe eold she con- tracted and althpugh. her cond: became weaker and weaker she was always in good spirit’. She came from the ranch two weks ago and was at the Woman's and Children’s the best medical attention and nur: ing that was possible to give her, but it was God's will that she should come to her everlasting home to dwell with her departed loved ones, and at dawn this morning she closed her eyes in everlasting peace, Services will be held at the Shaf- fer-Gay chapel at 2:30 Thursday af- ternoon, and M. P. Wheeler, W. 8. Kimball, A. J. Mokler, P, .C.-Nicolay- sen, 5. W. Conwell and W. 0. Wil son.will act as pallbearers. "The-re- maths will be interred in-Highland cemetery beside her husband and their daughter, Bessie: where there is a realm where the rainbow. never fades. RAILROAD MEN GATHERING FOR WAGE PARLEY Negotiations to Open dent of trouble always stirred her to helpful action, and she will be miss- ed and mourned as ever are those who love their fellowmen.* ‘ Mr..and Mrs. Frank Jameson and their twe children, Bessie and Laur~ ance, efme to Casper in October; 1888, from Nebraska, where they had lived for, a year after moving away from their eastern home at Pem- broke, Maine, and rney, ‘with the other pioneers, endUred the many In- conveniences and hardships incident to the building up of a frontier town, but her influence. was always for good and her aim and constant thought was:to‘make people happier. Their daughter, Bessie, who was the frst graduate from Casper’s high school, died on» December, 11, 1898, at the age of 20 years, and two sons died in infancy at Cornish, Maine. Mr. Jameson, who was police judge and justice of the peace in Casper for eight years, until the family moved to tNeir ranch at Ervay In 1904, died six years ago, and there now survives, two brothers, qne of whom is living in Vermont and a other In’ Maine, her son Laurance and his wife little son, Whose home js on a ranch 4 miles west from for nearly 20 yea On Thursday With Miss. Lurchin was born a Labor Board. CHICAGO, July 22.—(By The Ae: sociated Press.)—Officers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- neers and the Brotherhood of Loco- motive. Firemén and Enginemen who had indicated they would disre- gard a formal subpoena to submit che wage controversy involving some ninety western railroads'to the Unit- ed States railroad labor Dourd arriv- ed today to begin preliminary nego- tations with the board for the open- ing of the case ‘on Thursday. Pembroke, Maine, on November 2 1856, and was married to Mr. Frank Jameson in 1876. They were both kind hearted, public spirited and honorable citizens and. were always willing and anxious to extend a help- ing hand to one in need or in sor- row, and each of them are deserving of a great deal of credit in the up- building of Casper In the early days. Mrs. Jameson made the uniforms of Casper's first volunteer fire de- partment an@ her handiwork was al ways in evidence at the masquer- ade balls or society events. She was a member of the D. A. R dies of Wooderaft and the Rebecca lodge, and was also an honored member L. G, Gritfing, grand chief engi- of the Natrona County Pioneer as-| heer of the engineers and David B. dent ‘of the firemen nce at the labor a tentative program for ring of the controversy. Vir- y very road west of Chicago, in- cluding all class “A” carriers are olved. sociation, and always attended the| Robertson, pre: annual reunions until a, few years ago, when the distance from her home, the inclement weather in the fall of, the year and her advanced age precluded her from attendance. he sickness which resulted in her hospital under the constant care of: Demand De Defense of Leopold and Loeb to Fight for Life Sentence While State Will ath Penalty “CHICAGO, July 22.—D penitentiary term of not less by Nathan Leopold, Jr. Branks, have swept aside ca fenses and thrown them on Caverly. Only evidence tending to mitigate their punishment can be submitted without a jury at a judicial hearing beginning tomorrow. The prosecu- tion, which demands the gallows for for the two university graduate students, who sold they killed for experiments, plans to examine a hundred witnesses. The defense, hoping for a life sentence, expects to submit testimony of allenists re- garding the mental responsibility of the youths. More than three weeks are ex- pected to be consumed for the hear- ing. State's Ajtorney Crowe in- tends to present all evidence collect- ed by the state and his opening statement is expected’to occupy all day tomorrow. The parents of the two boys, es- timated to have resources of more than $10,000,000, do not want them to have their freedom. Neither did they desire that their incarceration be in an asylum, as might have re- sulted shad the insanity théory been pursued. Consequently the corps of allenists who made minute exemi- nafons and prepared voluminous re- ports will make only brief state- ments on the stand in the effort to gain leniency. BE FIRST WITNESS, “CHICAGO, Tuly.22.—Jacob Franke; father of te 13-year old vict!m of Nathan -Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb, confessed. slayers, will be the first witness for the state when pre- sentation of evidence begins before Chief Justice John R. Caverly in the Judici: hearing destined to fix’ the pugishment of the youthful intel. lectuale. State's attorney Robert E. Crowe who is in personal command of the commpnwealth’s case, will make a Immigrants to United States Being Delayed VANCOUVER, B. C., July 22.— Several hundred applications for ad- mission to the United States have been held up in this city because of failure to apply tothe nearest vice consul, said a statement,given out hero by Augustus E, Ingram, American consul general. “Many of the applicants came from the prairies, failed to_ follow instructions, spent what little "fhoney they had and are stranded,” said Consul Ingram. “An extra quota may be authorized and relieve the ator a tS eR IR a MAMMOTH CRAIN ‘SALES CORPORATION IS BEING ORCANIZED TO FUNCTION Election of Permanent Board and Many Other Problems are Taken Up by Directors of Big Combine CHICAGO, July 22.—Directors of the recently. orgair- ied grain sales corporation, which it is hoped will take Over for eventual producer control the grain marketing facilities of five large marketing houses in Chicago and Kansas City, met today to consider the problems of organi- zation, the adoption of b to laws and the election of a the Dakotas, Montana, Minnesota, the permanent board replace tentative board appointed last week |and great primary market plants, to when the corporation came into|the American Farm Bureau federa- being under the Illinois co-operative] tion which was the organization ugh which the Chicago and Kan- s. City firms tendered thelr busi- ness fr farmer purchase. News of the Minneapolis bffer having reach- ed farm bureau officers only yes- terday, it was considered dmprob- marketing act, Another proposition scheduled to come ‘before the meetisg is the of- for yesterday of independent north west grain interests to sell wide spread’ marketing faollities through able that. any definite action on of the offer would be taken today. It was believed, however, that no- tice of the offer would be at least informally served upon the directors of the Illinois corporation. Leaders in the present mave to have the new corporation take over control of the marketing facilities; point out that undef the charter of the organization additional. proper: ties may be taken over at will—or more properly, when they can be fi. nanced by the co-operatives, With only $4,000,000 now available in the corporation's coffers, in the view of the directors, it is doubtful if new obligations can be success. fully undertaken at this time. The value of the properties included in the original Chicago offer is esti- mated in the neighborhood of $12,- 000,000 or $15,000,000, exclusive of a number of country elevators includ- ed in the tentative plan, but not’ owuled by the interests offering their properties. 4 eath, th life imprisonment or a an fourteen years are faced and Richard Loeb, millionaires’ } sons, whose pleas of,guilty to kidnaping and killing Robert refully prepared insanity de- the mercy of Judge John R. brief opening statement, setting forth the aims of the prosecution, and suggesting the pun!shment— death—demanded by the state. After the opening statement the father of Robert Franks, the victim of the kidnapping escapade of the stand, ‘The hearing is~ purely in the na ture of an advisory conference, ih which the opposing counsel will pre- sent arguments and evidence in sup- port of the respective pleas for pun- isliment. Having yesterday entered formal pleas of guilty to the charges of mur- der dnd kidnapping, Leopold and Loeb face @ certain sentence with Continued or “ore Seven, ps LAST APPEAL IS LAUNCHED FOR SLAYER SAN FRANCISCO, July 22.—with urse exhausted, cept that of appeal to the supreme court of the United States, to save the life of Isaac Wolfgang, applica- tion for a writ of error was enroute to Washington today by air mail, in an effort to reach the national capital in time for~ action before sentence of death can be carried out at Sar Quentin, California peniten- tiary Thursday, Wolfgang was convicted in Los Angeles of killing a policeman who arrested him for stealing a bottle of milk. ACCIDENT PROBE IS 0 young college students will take the COURT BAN ON FRANKS CASE SEEN Will LOWERED AS HEARING IN CHICAGO LOOMS Trial Broadcasting Is Held Unlikely in Any - Court as Result of Judge’s Ruling, By MARGARET DALE. (Special Correspondent of*The Cas- per Tribune.) 1924, Consolidated Press Association.) CHICAGO, July 22,— Courts are one domain that radios are Wastl: never to enter. The decisive answer of judges to the proposal of a local powerful broadcasting station to carry the Leopold-Loeb ‘murder hearing to the four corners of this untry, seems to justify that con- sion. © closed sanctity of the court- room in which killers are called to answer for their crimes, jurists say, must never be violated. Radio, would turn the grim battle for life of the two young slayers of 14-year-old Réb- ert Franks into a great entertaining show. This imaginary spectacle it- self has brought denunciation from Chicago judges. ; To “listen in’ on the greatest murder hearing of the country. What could be more thrilling? Noth- ing could better satisfy morb{q cur- josity; nothing could appeal more to the deep-seated interestdn any kind of a fight for life. So argued those proposing that radio be galled in to broadcast this court battle. Only 200 persons ure going to be able to crowd into the courtroom itself when the trial is under way; the rest will be clamor- ing for some way of listening in. tadio was the solution proposed for the problem. Here, however, those who are to control the courts asserted them- selves. They showed that the IIll- (Continued on Page Seven) (Copyright, The circulation of The Tribune is. orenter than any other Wyoming newspaper: Che Casp Crilniutwe ss) oe oe On Streets or at Newstands, 5 cents Delivered by Carrier 75 cents a month EDITION Publication Otfices: Trifune Bidg. 216 E. ‘Second =x “SHIP COLLISION FLIERS TO AWAIT ‘GO’ Resum ption of Flight by World Aviators May Begin Tomorrow But Word Is Awaited From Washington BROUGH, England, July 22.(By The Associated Press.)—The American aviators will be re eady to resume their whirl round-the-world tomorroy but will wait in this’ tiny village by the Humber until Washington says the word ‘‘go”’. The process of converting their three > planes from the overland type into sea-going ‘ships Will ‘be completed tomorrow when the landing gear will be removed ahd pontoons plaeed under the fuselages.. This will be the last lubor of the six days of hard work which the fliers have put in since their arrival in Great Britain, The workers in the airplane plant At Chicago— R.H.E. where the machines are undergoing | pros, eel he repairs, consider the industry of the Ghieago vad or ea 11 ; Americans in working ‘from early ‘, Sata one Side morning until dusk each day, re-| ppostterles—McNamara and O'Nefi; Hartnett and O'Farell, Second Game. At Chicago— markable, but the filers themsel say it has been the softest job they have had in many a week—mere Bo looting by comparison with tbe Goes 401 20° ** physical and mental strain they eS “amr kad 7 . underwent daily in the progress of Picacho Sear 5 and Gibson; their trip from Tokio to Paris, a] “48° pcs aces flight in which they bettered by a us a s day and a half the time made by|,Ateiwbureh— | RHE. Captain Pelletier Dersey of the} pittghurgh’ ~ AT Ee French army. = i iin The first thing the American alr- Roe pgs resbioph re lea bed men did after arriving was to. move!" (Ganed’ ralr) Hi the engines which had roared their way from Tokio to England, re- placing them with. Liberties. This job finished in less than one day. despite the airmen's weariness from At Cincinnati— New York — Cincinuati — Batteries—Barnes and Snyder; Soe piste and from their Londori Donohue, Sheehan and Hargrave, eption. Wingo. ’ Me At St. Louis— Woman Dies at | rnitsacipnin 10 ov St. Lovjs —_.+.001 0** Batteries—Oeschger and Henline; Dickerman and Gonzales. (SA ae caer AMERICAN LEAGUE. First Game. At Washington— Chicago 100 003 000—4 8 Washington __.000 000 000—0 5 1 Batterjes—Thurston and Schalk; Mogridge and Ruel, Speece. Second At Washington— Chicago __-.. .000 *** Washington ~-_000 * Age 109 Years NEWTON, Conn., July Nora Bradley Kane is dead } the age of 109 years. “Work hard and con&tantly leave all the rest to God” was her motto. She made the claim that ‘she had never summoned a physician or suf- fered illness until a week before her death. Councilman Sylvester F. relative of the man who died from injuries suffered when Ke was struck by a motorcycle which Baker was driving might appear and might sue the city was given as the reason for the suspension. At an early hour today Baker was still on the police force. who was in of the motorcycle when the fatal accident occurred, in an interview, this morning defended Baker from any culpability in con nection with it. Captain James Farris, the sidecar No blame had been placed last week when the inquest held and County Attorney . Foster afterwards stated that he intended tion since the accident seemed to have been unavoidable. Considerable routine business was gone through with at the session last night. ‘The assessment rolls covering grading districts No. 6 and No. 8 were confirmed and also one cuvering.sewer istrict No. 2. An ordinance was passed authorizing the issuance of $172,000 worth of bonds to pay for the work done on the storm sewer district. This dis- trie covers a large amount of terri-4 fory.in the southwest part of town. About $6,000 worth of bonds will be issued to cover the assessment roll on; grading district No. 8 which in- cludes territory in the vicinity of Bonnie Brae, East Fourteenth, Fif- teenth and Sixteenth. ——s NEW YORK.—A new variety of catch-all bag is here. Of horizon blue homespun*it has in-cross stitch, ja demure Iady in frilled skirts and pantletts as ornament on the front of 't. The lady has a, sun bonnet of ruffled rfbbon, from - beneath which hangs a litle braid of real air. City Council Authorizes Suspension of Officer Baker Pending Action of Death of Man Hit'by Motorcycle A motion to suspend Qfficer W. A. Baker of the police department during an investigation of an accident in which an old and unidentified man was killed last Friday was passéd at the meeting of the city council last night. Pelton made the motion which was seconded by Councilman J. W. Tucker. That some COMMUNITY SERVICE EXPERT RETURNS T0 FORM ORGANIZATION A. J. Parkin, who was in Casper several weeks ago in the interests of community service, has returned for an indefinite st: 0 work out with the Casper Chamber of Commercé committee plans for putting the proposition befure the public. The committee, of which P. C. olaysen {8-chairman, will meet with Mr. Parkin within a day or two to make plans for a permanent organization. —>——_— LATE SPORTS NEW YORK, July 22.—Luis Angel Firpo, Argentine heavyweight, whose arrival in the United States was complicated by a six-hour de- tention by the immigration authori- ties, is scheduled to confer with Tex Rickard today, in regard to his forthcoming battle with Harry Wills, negro challenger. He spent last night at Astoria, L. I, following nis release from Ellis Island. Fiypo was given a hearing there by a special board of Inquiry on the charge ef having an “insuf. ficient vise’ on his passport. He Batteries—Mangum and Crouse; Ogden and Ruel. At Boston— Cleveland -..020 000 100 00—3% Boston --000 001 002 01—4 Batteries—Smith and Myatt; DERED RIVER SHIPS GO'AGROUND lerton and Picinich At Philadelphia— R.H.E, ‘t.. Louis -000 410 000—5 6 0 Philadelphia --%00 000 000—3 8 1 Batteries—Vangilder, Lyons and Severeid; Hasty, Harris, Meeker and Perkins. R. H. E. — ‘At New York CINCINNATI, July 22.—At least Detroit -------000 030 000-3 7 0 five river steamers are aground ang] New York ..---000 000 010—1 9 0 innumerable house boats are strand-| _ Batteries—Wells and — Woodall; ed as the rosult of anunprecedentea | Pennock and Hoffmann, drop of 10 feet in the Ohfo river] port NIAGARA, July 22 within the last 24 hours. The drop} —tjeutenant H. B jets, of Sco was caused by the dden raising of| field Barracks, Hawaii, shooting 2 out of a pogsible 300, took the lea above Cinein- wickets in the dams nati. It is expected that the situation will be righted within five hours as the dam at Fernbank,; below Cincin- nati is being raised. The inflow of water will again float the grounded today in the United States infantr tryouts for the army natic match rifle teams with a total sco of 1,968 Lieutenant L. V. Jones of Fort Benning, national rifle champion, pressed Lieutenant Sheets, closely, equaling his score LLIFEBOATS ARE PICKED UP IN HEAWY FOG OFF RHODE ISLAND Only Three Perish as Tanker Rams the New Steamship Boston in Midnight Cruise. (By Associated Press.) ° Eight hundred and seven- ty-two lives were saved early today by a rescue fleet that hastened to pick up life- boats from a sinking steamer during a Long Island Sound fog. Of those saved 692 were pas- sengers. A few hours after the new soun@ steamer Boston had been rammed by the tanker Swiftarrow off Point, Judith, R. L, four sound steamerd and the tanker had gathered up the passengers, awakened from thelr sleep, and sailed for New York, Full River, Mass., and Newport, R. I. Three passengers were killed in thd crash and an injured passenger Hdied later in a Newport hospital. The Boston was beached off New: port but the tanker escaped serious injury. NEWPORT, R.1., July 22.—Th first injured passenger brought ashore from the steamer Boston wag C. Copeland of Brookline, Mass, He was suffering from a fractured left leg, fractured shoulder blade and. internal injuries. Officers of the coast guard. cutted Acushnet sald that they had seen the bodies of two passengers on the Boston which it had been impossoble to extricate from the wreckage. It was reported that one’man jumped overboard and was drowned after his wife had been killed in the colli- sion with the Swiftarrow. FALL RIVER, Mass., July 2% Mrs. Oscar Green of Brooklyn, New York, was killed in her berth on the steamer, Boston, in the collision with the Swiftarrow last night. Thies was learned when her husband ar- rived today on one of the rescue steamers, DN IN U ‘ NEWPOR R 1, July 22.—(By Press).—Struggling fox with the the Associated back after collision 1 oll tanker Swiftarrow, the coast wise passenger liner Boston was be- ing towed here today, a stricken ship, whilo sone of her 600 to 900 passengers were lost in the murk in lifeboats. It was reported, but not confirmed that four passengers were killed in the crash. Most of the passengers were aboard the Fall ver liner Priscilla, bound for New The Boston, only two month from her builder’s hands on the Bos- ton-New York was off Point Judith shortly sht, poke » fox on her way td York, n the Swittarrow sunk her nose in the Boston's side, The whale boats were lowered and passengers turned loose from the supposedly sinking lner, only her captain and radio officer standing by. The quiet waters, shrouded in for the day and bringing his total to 1,966. and stranded river craft and restore the Ohio river to its usual depth. (Continued from Page Seve 3,000 CIVILIANS SLAIN AND WOUNDED IN RECENT FIGHTING AT SAO PAULO Siege of Coffee Capital by the Federal Forces Takes Heavy Toll; No Americans in Casualties WASHINGTON, July 22.—Three thousand civilians are reported to have been killed and injured in fighting at Sao Paulo between Brazilian federal and revolutionary forces. Reports received today by the state department said, however, that no Americans were included among the casualties. The heaviest fighting» American Trade Commiastoffer Con- of the revolt, the message said, took | nell were reported “well and saf ‘ The food support of Sao Paulo lace during the night of July 20 pl icing A er iy was declared to be adequate but but the result did not mate: many thgusands of residents had change the situation, left the cit Americans in Sao ‘The rebel forces, it was said, ap. pear to be well equipped with arms, ammunition and food. Their strength was estimated at 10,000 or more. Haulo are housed in the district de- seribed being “most adequately protected. The Brazilian forces at Sao Paulo was finally admitted to the country as a ‘visitor.’ are beirig furthér strengthened by reinforcements sent by the govern- ment from various points, The Paulo, American consul at Arminius T, Hdeberle, 3 Sao the BODY OF DRILLER WHO DIED OF INJURIES I SHIPPED 10 - DENVER ea, 45 years old, a drill- employ of the Wind River Refining company at Hudson Dome, near Lander, died Sunday- night at Lander from injuries he received a fe ys previously when a fly 1 flew to ple He was clean- out a well at the time and 1 just rted the engine when the accident occurred Mr. Rhea had been in Wyoming for the last eight years and was well known in lo oil fields. His home was originally in Bartlesville, Okle. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. The remains were taken last night lo Denver for interment.