Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 23, 1924, Page 1

The Weather Mostly fair tonight and Thursday except possibly scattered thunder- showers. Not much change in tem- perature, OLUME VIII. NUMBER 232. Member of PROBE OF ACCIDENT IS:OPENED CAMPAIGN FO PRESIDENT GUT SNORT AT START Notification Lacking in Big Parties; Third Still Lacks a Name. “Investigation into the motor- cycle accident in which an uni- dentified man lost his life last week Was started today by Am- brose Hemingway, city attérney. Officer W. A. Baker of the police force who drove the- motorcycle when the accident occurred was suspended by Chief of Police Bert Yohe yesterday in keeping with orders from the city council. Th suspension will continue until th investigation is completed. After the city attorney has gathered all the evidence he can he will make whatever recommendations he considers best to the city council. EDITOR MAGEE PARDONED BUT HELD IN JAIL Sheriff nace Order Of Governor. for Man’s Rel Release. SANTA FE, M., July 23.—The state supreme court early this after- noon granted a-writ of habaes cor- BY ROBERT T. SMALL, (Copyright, 1924, The Cas- per Tribune) WASHINGTON, July 23. The presidential cam- paign, scheduled to begin the second week in August, will be one of the shortest of modern political times, Of- ficially, thus far neither of the two old parties has a candidate for presi- dent or vice president. The LaFol- lette-Wheeler outfit is ahead of them there. Byt the latter com- Therefore, almost at the begin- ning of August, in a presidential year, the Democrats and Repub- Means have not notified their nomi- nees nor heard their acceptances, while the ipdependent outfit, which ds claiming jtholds the balance of power in the nation, has not been able to decide upon a name for itself. The tasks faced by the Democrats and Republicans are simple. The task ahead of the independents is difficult. They believe there is much in a name and are going to hold g sort of convention to séléct one. Up to this time, the independ- ents have called themselves a Con- ference for Progressive Political Action. The new name will be se- lected so as to convey a similar idea ih a fewer number of words. It is safe to assume that wher the name mally is chosen, the word Progres- sive will be in it somewhere. = Colonel Roosevelt, when he raf independently in 1912, chose the title “National Progressive Par’ and it is within the realms of possibility that Mr. LaFollette and his cohorts will go back to that name. Various elements have combined to shorten the campaign this year, but it is also believed they will serve to make the fight an unusually tense one. There really will be little more than two months of active campaigning. ‘The various political managers are making their plans but they can not go ahead until the candidate have been notified and have outlined their own platforms. The campaign this year is not to be a battle of party against party. The Democrats, in a way, wish it id be so arranged because they re against the Republican party record in congress and in various administrative affairs, they could wage a much more effective battle than will be possible against Presi- gado of San Miguel county to pro- duce Carl C. Magee in that court at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, but re- fused to admit Magee to bond in the meantime. LAS VEGAS, N. M., July 23- Carl C. Magee, Albuquerque editor spent last night in the San Miguel county jail and was still incarcerated in the prison this forenoon at 10 o'clock despite the fact that he was pardoned last evening by Governor the three charges of contempt of court for which he had been sen- tenced to serve three concurrent sen- tences of three months by Judge David J, Leahy of the fourth judi- cial district of the state. Sheriff Lorenzo Delgado refused to release the presoner, when the pardons for the three charges were served upon him by state adjutant general H. B. Skipwith. The necit move in the release of Magee, it is the general opinion of authorities here, rests upon the ac- tion of the state supreme court in regard to the habaes corpus proceed- ings. The Albuquerque editor was guarded during the night at the county jail by more than a score of deputy sheriffs and no untoward in- tite ‘san in-| 4 deat ee Coolidge » sa: = cident or demonstration by his" sup- dividual, Mr. Goolldge has heen admitted | Porters occurred. 5 by the Republicans to be their one big asset. ‘The would prefer that the-nation should do as the Repub- Nicans themselves did in their na- tional conyention—ignore the recent record of the so-called Republicans in congress. Without excuses of any sert, the G. O, P. managers are PARIS, July 23.—(By The Asso- ciated Press.)—Alphonse Gabriel Mourey today was sentenced to death, having’ been found gullty without extenuating circumstances on all of the twenty-two counts for which he was on trial, including frankly “building their campaign| charges that he participated in the around the character fof Calvin| robbery in 1922 of the home of Coolidge and, incidentally, around! Albert WR. Shattuck, New York (Continued on Page Twelve) banker. Lavoye Case Schedided For Early August Another of a-series of hearings on, be respective rights of the Ohio Oil mpany and the residents of La ye to the land which composes the voye townsite will take place in hington some time during the Pst 10 days of August, *the exact e not having been set. Major A. Beach, attorney for Louis Lavoye f the other residents of the town Lavoye, will leave for Washington ‘epresent his clients, and A. M. , atterney for the Ohio O11 com: vy, wil present the cause of the Major Beach will attempt to show that the 23 acres of land.on which the town is situated need in no way Interfere with the drilling for oll and that there is plenty of Jand to the north and west of the town for that purpose, He will also emphasize the old argument of prior right by rea son of Louis Lavoye’s, homestead fil- ing. The interior department pre- viously ruled against this claim, Three wells have been drilled in or directly adjacent to the town of Lavoye. Ol has been produced from (Continued on Page Twetve) James F’, Hinkle, of New Mexico for Che Casp Audit Bureau of Circulation STATE ASKS DEATH F er Bat MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS CASPER, WYO., WEDNESDAY, JULY 23,1924... JULY 23, 1924. Qn, Strent Streets or at Newstands, & cents ivered by Carrier 75 cents The circulation of The Tribune is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper. ly Crime EDITION month Publication Offices: Tribune Bldg. 216 E. Second SQ 62 LEOPOLD AND LOEB girl. flat. Mrs. Strickland tied in eight seconds slower than Mrs. Strick- land, but his performance vied with that of the woman for acclaim from the crowd. His steer, running mad- ly, leaped the arena fence in a blind charge toward the grandstand, but as it leaped Rude’s loop settled over {ts horns and an soem later it was “busted” with the fench inter- vening between it and. the roper. No college crack in running clothes ever made a prettier hurdle than that with which the chap-encumb- ered Rude cleared the barrier and his "le was acclaimed by a Aves dering roar of approval from the thrilled spectators, se Strickland, who earlier in the afternoon had brought tiie crowd to its feet with her. dashing ride.on.the vielous outlaw “Firewater,” was nct an eDtrant in theschampionship»rop- ing contest,arfact which the spec- tators deplored after she*had shown what she could do with the lariat. Her; roping was. ‘‘exhibiion.” Had there been more skill such as her in the contest it) would have been a vastly more worth-while feature. As it was, the championship pre- Mminarty was deci¢pdly common: pus requiring Sheriff Lorenzo Del-| Place aside from the performances of King, Rude and Buddie Sterling. The latter made himself “solid” with the Indian contingent by breaking the neck of his steer. The Indians got the steer. Few programs of the first day of a Frontier Days celebration were handled with such celerity os that of Tuesday and rarely has a Fron- (Continued on Page Twelve) BOY GANGS ARE TOPIC OF PROBE CHICAGO, July 23. Chicago more than 1,200 boy gangs with a total membership of upward of 50,000 boys and men ranging in age from 7 to 30 years, according to the~iindings made Public today of an investigator working upder the grant from the Laura Spellman Rockefeller mem- orlal at the University of Chi- cago. ‘Thé investigator who has made an exhaustive study of boys’ gangs with a view to writing’ a book on the sociological aspects of the gang, declared that he had come in personal contact with more than 500 of these gangs and has found that they influence the social, economic and political life of the city. MITCHELL TOURS CARS Pas THROUGH CITY ON TOUR OF THE-WEST ‘There are in D. A. Mitchil Tours Inc. recently with his of the Mitchell returned from the east business of nd won- His fleet of cars are now on their way traveling around the Park to Park highway. They arrived in Casper Monday left today. A good crowd is making the trip. Many inquiries have beeen revetved con- cerning the tour for next yeay® t on in connection a thous “tour ders. CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 23.—Ten ionship contest, on the opening day of the Frontier Days celebration here, Tuesday, and nine of them were beaten by a woman—Mabel Strickland, Only Cliff King, hog-tying‘within a couple of seconds of the world’s record, made better time-than the slender matron from Forth Worth, Texas. Ike Rude, whose performance was third best, was Murdered Consul and Wife POLITICAL DRIVE TO BE BRIEF MABEL STRICKLAND BEATS NINE OF TEN “TOP TANDS' IN OPENING DAY'S ROPING AT CHEYENNE Third Best Roper in Opening Day’s Contest at Frontier Days Show Is Eight Seconds Behind Champion Cowgirl But Crowd Gets Thrill In Hurdling of Arena Fence by Steer and Horse. BALL SCORES | AMERICAN raaeprict a At Philadelphia— St. Louis — 400 000 021—7 13 0 Philadelphia __.000 000 000—0 9 1 Batteries—Shocker and Severeid; Gray, Burns, Rommell and: Perkins. R.H.E. At New York— R.H.E. Detroit O01 100 010 O—* New York -..001 001 001 O—* * * Batteries—Collins and Bassler; Shawkey and Schang. At Boston— Cleveland 510 301 O11—I12 19 Boston 171 00°—16 20 1 Batteries —Coveleskie, Metevier, R.H.E. 3 Roy, Clark, Cheeves,” Brower and L. Sewell; Fuhr, Ferguson, Quinn, Ehmke and Hewin; “top hands” 30 flat. roped steers in the world’s champ- champion all-around’ cow- He tied in 23 seconds By NEA Airmail Service Here are Major Robert Imbrie, Teheran, Persia and his wife. other American, »was ‘severely and a half ago. Mrs. The consul attempted to take pictures of a religious ceremony. beaten, patches, witnessed her husband's death. Imbrie formerly was Katherine Gi murdered’ American vice consul at was slain by natives as he Melin Seymour, an- Mrs. Imbrie, according to dis- The Imbries were married a year lesple, New Rochelle, N. Y. Three Threatened for Murder of Young Girl In Robbery Prison for MOUND CITY, Ils., Jul Lodged In State Protection y 23.—Following a series of Narrow escapes from mobs which twice threatened their lives, three negroes rested today behind the safe walls of the Illinois state penitentiary by their experience. The three negroes, two of whom claim residence Memphis, ‘Tenn., and one Cairo, Ill., arrested early yesterday as suspects in connection with the slaying of Daisy Wilson, pretty 18-year-old Villa Ridge girl, taken to Menard as a last resort measure by were Sheriff I. J. Hudson of Pulaski county, after the jail at Mounds, ml nd later at Mound City, where at Menard, Ills., harrowed in they had been held, were surrounded by threatening mobs. As a result of these demonstra- tions, vernor Small of Illinois, ordered the immediate mobilization of company K, 130th Tilinois in- fantry to proceed here and aid county. authorities in restoring order. The negroes denied the crime. ““Moon’’ Added To Outpat of Teapot Dome ‘Teapot Dome may not be produc- tng much oll since the federal courts put it in the hands of receivers but been doing exceedingly well in heme br line. Yesterday oon when heriff's « surveyed the surrounding they found a nd exceeding! thodern. distillery comfortably housed three miles south of ‘the Mammoth Oll company’s camp and in the con fines of the famous dome ‘The distill was modern enough to have an eleyator to hoist the brew from the bottom of a draw where it was made, to the top of an adjoin- ing cliff where it was loaded into autorobiles for transportation. The elevator was roughly built on two by four runways and when loaded it } was hauled to the top by g line y|fastened to a car. As the car wan | dered off across the prairie it hoist ed the load tthe top of the im Drovised shaft. The plant was wall equippéd for a long hard winter. In the equipment Were 226 cases of empty bottles, 81 cases of full bottles, eight half bar (Continued on Page Twelve) At Washington— Chicago __- Washington --000 400 0**—* Batteries—Faber and Maberry and Ruel . Crouse; NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Cincinnati— R.H.E. New York - 100 000 0O1—3 10 1 Cincinnati --...000 001 000—1 3 2 Batteries—McQuillan and Snyder; Rixey and Hargrave. At Pittsburgh— Brooklyn -100 002 Pittsburgh -..100 002 Batteries—Doak, Taylor; Deberry, Cooper At Chicago— R.,H. E. Boston -000 001 100—2 11 1 Chicago --..---410 000 00° 5 9 0 Batteries—Barned and © O'Neil; Kaufmann, Cooney and Hartnett. R. ELE. 000 1-4 12 3 000 0—3 10 1 Decatur and nd Smith. At St. Louis— R.H.E, * Batteries—Carlson and Henline; Stuart, Sherdel and Gonzales. NEW YORK, July 23.—Battling Siki, sengalese pugilist, and Lillian ‘Werner, white, were married today in the Municipal building. ‘The box- er’s real name, Louls Fall, was sign- a to the marriage license. He gave his age as 23 years and the bride 30. She described herself as an artist. Siki also described himself as an “artist.” CHICAGO, July 23.—Chick Evans, defending champion won his way to the third round in the western golf championship at Hinsdale, by defeat ing Howard Schendorf, five and four. NEGROES SAVED FROM MOBS McCannFamily Picture Wins Prize of $100 The state prize for Wyoming of $100 ded in the $10,000 Life- buoy Mother and Children contest was won by Mrs. Irving Goff Me- Cann of Casper. prize is for $100 and is given im consideration of a photograph which Mrs, McCann submitted of herself and her chil- dren, The judges were Royal 8. Copeland, United States senator, Mrs. Oliver Marrima national president of the Camp Fire giris and Howard Chandler Christy, famous portrait painter. The picture was first choice as the most attractive, Ithiest and happiest group from Wyoming. Police Court Here Has Light Docket A light police court was held last night. F. E. Pippen, employe of a local hotel, was fined $5 for an attack on a fellow employe. Gus West, a negro and erstwhile fight promoter, was fined $10 for running his cabaret after midnight. Three suspicious characters were told to find work within 24 hours or to serve 30 days in juil Lodge To Attend Members of the Neighbors of Woodcraft will meet in a body at o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the L, 0: O. ¥. halt to attend the funeral eervices of the late elyn meson, ®& member of the lodge. The ser- vices will be held at the Shaffer-G chapel. Funeral In Body) \ | Confessed Slayers of Robert Franks Arraigned to Fix Penalty FATHER OF VICTIM PUT ON STAND Story of Boy’s Disappearance and His Murder Told by Jacob Franks as First Witness for the State BULLETIN. CHICAGO, (By the Associated Press)—Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb, both were pointed out i banking transactions in May, 1 <4, the month court today ag principals in of young Robert Franks’ kidnapping and murder, executed through a dummy account in the name of It was under this the name t Morton D. Ballard.” ! death car, in which the boy was murdered, was hired by Leopold and Loeb. CHICAGO, July 23.—(By The Associated Press).— Calmly, but with eyes moisted by tears, Jacob Frank, wealthy father of the 14-year-old victim of Nathan Leo- pold, Jr., and Richard Loeb, recited’ on the witness stand today the story of his boy’s disappearance. Called by the state as its Attorney Robert E. Crowe, in his opening statement, had demanded again the death penalty for thé two brilliant 19-year-old college youths, Franks answered in a firm voice the queries of the prosecutors and identi- fied the small remnants of clothing and other personal possessions found on or about the body. His» testimony was unfinished when the court recessed for lunch- eon, @he- morning gession was occuplet principally by the opening» state: ment of Robert B. Crowe, state's at- torney, whose. denunciation of the kddnapers and murderers of young Franks drew sharp objections from Clarence 8. Darrow, chief counsel for the defense. * “It. was the most cruel, cowardly, dastardly murder ever committed in the history of Ameriean. jurtspru- dence” exclaimed Mr. Crowe, “That is a ridiculous exaggera- tlon”’ rejoined Mr. Darrow. The defendants sat apparently un- moved through the state's attorney's oration and left the room almost jauntily when court adjourned for luncheon. They laughed audibly as they started back to their cells. MOTHER SO IT STORY ON iD | CHICAGO, July 23.—Mrs, Jacob] Franks, mother of young Robert, vi- tim of Leopold and Loeb, took the witness stand this afternoon. Clad in a modish attire of black, with simple white trimmings, white gloves 1 small black turbin hat, the grieved mother told in a broken voice of her son's last day at home, the circumstances of his disappear- ance anq of the feverish, almost dis- tracted efforts of herself and hus- band, to regain the custody of their boy. She sobbed, her voice quavered and her eyes filled with tears as she was handed the pieces of the lad’s clothing for identification Fingering the articles with tremu- | lous hands, and apparently choking | back her grief, the mother nodded her affirmation of the identity. of the articles. COMMERCIAL KILLING TOLD IN LETTER. CHICAGO, July 23.—(By the As sociated Press).—The kidnapping of 14-year old Robert Franks by N: than Leopold, Jr., and Rict Loeb, was strictly a commercial proposition, tha abGuctors! wrote in their first letter to the father of their victim. The letter was read today in the mening of the hearing befo Chief Justice John R. Caverly to determine the penalty the two (Continued on Page Hight) second witness, after State’s TOLL OF SHIP TRAGEDY STILL STANDS AT-FOUR Rejoicing Is Keen Over Escape of Hundreds In Collision. NEW YORK, July 23.—smiling faces of thankfulness that the for- tunes of the sea had been in thelr fa ‘favor were expressed by the sur- vivors of tha steamship Boston, rammed off Point Judith, R. 1, who were returned here yesterday. They came on steamers Priscilla and and Providence of the Fall River qually happy were the hosts of relatives met them—ex one elderly Tr bor passenger 11 640 names. and Priscilla are known to Were saved by taken to New st of the Boston The Providence rescued 526. Four be dead. The rest other vessels and England. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Silbert scan- ned the crowds taken from the two boats until the last passenger had been landed. As they return- ed to their home __ the learned through a telegram from Newport, R. L, that their daughte: Mrs. Os Green, a bride on her honey- moon, was one of the four crush- ed in her berth by the bow of the Swift Arrow it shattered the side of the ton, YOUTH KILLS OWN FATHER HUDSON, Wis his father “was aftound the house, ar old Wil- lard Kruger killed him ‘with an iron bar and hurled his body m an aban. doned hog pen, says ai formal con fession which authorities said he Ellison Heads Chamber Here For New Year Officers of the Casper Chamber, { Commerce for the ear were cted by the t i rectors of that orgar meeting held this noon, I son, vice president of the Midwe Refining company, was elected to| succeed Harry B. Durham as presi.| dent of the chamber. Mr. Ellison has been actively engaged in cham ber.of commerce work here over a r W. F. Wilker sa member of the year to fill out the of P, C. Nicolaysen, who resigned in order that he might have time to carry out his duties as chairman of the community service committee long period ang is considered one; which position he has yust accepted,