Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 1, 1924, Page 1

| ae The Weather urday partly cloudy. VOLUME VII. NUMBER 240. Vit. DEFENSE ALIENISTS TESTIFY FOR SLAYERS Local thunderstorms probable this afternoon or tonight; somewhat cool- er in southwest portion tonight; Sat- NUMBER 240. Member of Audit Bureau of Cireulation rr Bat MEMBER. OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ly Tribune CASPER, WYO. FRIDAY, AUGUST rms, > ‘On ne The circulation of The Tribune is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper. The Casp Streets or at, Newstands, 5 cents Delivered by C: rier 75 cents a month ALLIED AGREEMENT IS PENDIN HIFFERENGESON Federation ftolffIWEATHER RECORD GOTO JN CRASA (CVeNnce lO GUARANTEES TO. Decide Issue BE WIPED OUT Complete Accord Near} LONDON, Aug. 1.—(By The Associated Press).— The experts of the inter-al- lied reparation conference indicated: early this after- noon that they expected to settle all the outstanding problems of the conference up to them for solution before the. afternoon over, ’ The experts, who did not leave Downing street until 2:15" o'clock this morning, returned to their task &t 11 o'clock and during a two hour “weession adopted. the French pro- Posals for the modification of the was Dawes plan. \They then adjourned to rea iter in the afternoon. oo ager ® ym of transfers allotted 200 delegat@isfer commission under tions of pian, is still causing If the experts are unable produced, was. entho ! left the foreign office. “We'll finish up this afternoon,” he said. If the experts conclude thelr work this afternon, their report will be submitted to a plenary session of the conference tomorrow. ‘The Americans believe the invita- tion. to Germany, will be dispatched tonight. PARIS, Aug. 1—(By The. Asso- ciated Press.)—An inter-allied agree- ment at the London conference will be reached not later than tomorrow, according to French foreign offiee spokesmen just returned from Eng- land. They consider the only danger point is the question of the Ger- mans’ attitude when they are finally -brought into the conference. It would be to Germany’s interest, they maintain, to show herself as con- cillatory. ‘Therefore they are hoping for the vest. MAS. LOUISE THOMPSON, FORMERLY OF CASPER, ONES AT THERMOPOLIS Mrs. Louise Thompson, wife of Lewis, Thompson, an‘engineer on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail- road, and a resident of Casper for ine years previous to going to rmopolis to make her home about a year ago, died at 2:30 this morning at the hospital in Gebo a cording: to information recetved by friends here this afternoon. Mrs. Thompson is survived by her husband and one brother and one sister, ‘The funeral services will be held at 2:30 Monday afternoon at the Shaffer-Gay chapel. Official Support of Labor Unions For LaFollette-Wheeler Ticket Hangs On Executive Council Fight - ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. 1—(By The Associated ).—Whether the American Federation of Labor is to in the big four rail brotherhood in supporting the LaFol- lette-Wheeler ticket, will be decided by the executive council of the American Federation of Labor during the annual organization conference of program and _ policy BANKERS ARE FINED $1,500; SENT TO JAIL CHEYENNE, Wyo. Wyo, Aug. 1— Fifteen hundred dollars fine each, and five hours in jail each, was the sentence imposed-by Judge T. B. Kennedy, in federal court here, Thursday, on D. A. Randall, presi- dent, and C. D. Zimmerman, presijent, respectively, of the failed First National’ bank of Doziglas, Wyo., who were convicted recently of violation of the federal banking laws. : vice |* opening here today. As the council, presided over by Samuel Gompers, went into session behind closed doors, reports were current that the LaFollette matter would be first on the program. Three alternatives lay before the council in drafting its policy toward tho political question. It may pledge LaFollette active support of his candidacy; it may go on record with merely an expression of ap- proval of ‘he platform and candi dates of the Conference for Prog sive Political Action; or it may as Mr, Gompers declares it will do— refrain from stating preference for any of the presidential tickets. Mr. Gompers made it plain that he wants the vast, group of crgan- ized workers which he dominates to adhere to the hands off policy. Hig attitude toward rhe question (Continued on Page Ten.) Maximum temperature records In Casper {n 1924 were broken yester- day when the official thermometer jat the courthouse showed 93 degrees | above in the late hours of the after: noon. Several times this. summer |the mercury has climbed -to 92 de- grees but not above that mark, The high point in the summer of 1923 was 94 degrees above according to eorge 8. McKenzie, weather ob- server. OMAGH THURSDAY AT do MARK The month of July showed 28 clear days, three partly cloudy and not one cloudy. On only three days of the month was there a pre- cipitation of .01 inches or more and the total precipitation for the month was only 0.37 inches. This ts very light compared with more than two inches that fell last July. ‘The temperature range was from 43 degrees on July 9 to 93 degrees yesterday. tempting the last three days with- out ‘Ruccess to obtain some infor- relative to John Kelly who qwas arrested a week ago last night charged with insanity. Sincé his ar- rest Kelly has refused to talk, has eaten and slept very little and sev- eral times has torn up his c’othes. Three hours quectioning by a doc- tor called to examine the man elicit- ed only his name. Beyond that he re- fused to talk and so,far the author- ities have been unable to ascertain AUTHORITIES LEARN NAME BUT NOTHING MORE OF INSANE MAN County authorities have been at- where he came from or who he has been working for. ‘A jury will be calted today to pass on the man’s case and if he is de- clared insane he will be sent to the state institution at Evanston. “Kelly is about 30 years old, five feet six inches in height, weighs 130 pounds, has dark brown hair and has the appearante of a laborer. He was apprehended when tenants of one of the fashionable south side apartment huuses complained to the police that He was s'eeping’ in the hall. EDITIO Publication, Oifices Tribune Bldg. 218 E. Second St FOUR HURT (lit AGAINST ON TRAINS WOMiSSi0N OF Regular and Extra Freights on North- western Meet In Collision Four Miles East of Orin Today Four were injured and two locomotives hurled from the track when Chicago & Northwestern freight train No. 687 and an extra freight crashed head-on near Fisher station, four and one-half miles east of Orin Junction at 12:10 this afternoon, according to early reports reaching division headquarters here. The injured, all of whom were taken to the Douglas hospital, none in a serious condition, include En- sineer T. D. King, Brakeman Swan- GIRL DYING AS SUICIDE DENVER, Colo., Aug. 1—Miss Hazel Gogel, 26 years old, was re moved to the general hospital front her home early today, suffering from poison believed to have been taken with suicidal intent. According to attending physicians little hope is held out for her recovery. According to her. mother, she re- turned home rather late last night from a visit downtown. She ap- peared to be very agitated upon her return, but refused to inform her parents of the cause of her anxiety. A short time after her return she retired. Defense Plans See Big Change Mobilization of Future to Discard Big Cantonments In Favor of Small Units Nearer Home Waeibial detenes! wade Gubler Gating: bar Maier: Homers! Andre W. Brewster, commanding the first corps area, provide for a return to revolutionary methods of mobiliza- tion, Instead of troops being sent to a central cantonment,, they will be gathered locally, trained near their homes, fed and sheltered there, and replacements will come from fellow citizens. “Never again will men be herded into huge cantonments, erected at enormous expense, far’ from home. and friends," General Brewster said, “Instead men will collect them- selves together naturally, much as our forefathers did in the American revolution, and each town and state will be largely responsible for its own'troops. There is no question of the economy of such a plan or of its equitable distribution of the burden, but it is so highly decentralized that its success depends upon each com- munity understanding and gently performing its duties.’ General Brewster's statement, making public “certain features of the war department plans for na- tional defense which have hereto- fore been classified as secret,” re- peated the plans to call out troops of the regular army and the na- tional gudrd first, in the event of an emergency, adding that “‘as goon as these troops had mobilized, ex- panded to war strength and left their areag, the organized reserves would commence thelr mobilization, using the shelter and other facili- tes In thelr comm.urities used pre- viously by preceding troops.” intelll- | Non-Partisan Alienist Commission Needed in Franks Murder Trial BY O. L, SCOTT, (Staff Correspendent of The Casper Tribune). Copyright, 1924, Consolidated Press Assn. CHICAGO, Aug. 1.—The futility of méntal examinations by partisan psychiatrists is once more shown by the diametrically opposed theories spun about the minds of Chi- cago’s notorious killers, Dick Loeb and “Babe” Leopold, alienists, local barristers assert. Judge Caverly, by. determining to admit testimony of mental experts, has opened the way for the airing of colorful, tenuous findings of phantasies, day dreams and ap- paritions that defense allenists argue made these boy slayers irresponsible and alienists for the prosecution claim to be mere bunk. Here is a clear-cut case, members partisan allenist commission might function to give a competent: unbl- ased report, where now the findings would seem to show that they were drawn particularly to uphold conten- of the local bar say, where a non+| tions of one side or another, by prosecution and defense, Nearly all alienists retained by the defense are going before the court to tell of perverted, twisted mental- ities that made these boys intellec- tual wizards and Irresponsible degen- (Continued ¥ Page Five.) Warren Construction Company Award- ed Contract for Asphalt Paving to Extend to V-Bar-V Ranch The contract for lowstone highway from the 2.9 miles of paving on the East Yel- Casper city limits to the V-Bar-V ranch was let in Cheyenne this week to the Warren Construction company at a figure of $79,947. The only other bid was submitted b ythe Levy Construc- tion company for $98,747. The Warren company will lay an asphaltic type of pavement with three-inch black base and two-Inch bituminous top. A price of $2.2 per square yard was made which does not include grading and gravel- ing of a sub-base, The new pavement should be in place and ready for travel within a period of 60 days. It will embrace territory. on the highway that is much traveled and’ will form a con- necting link between Casper and the town of Evansville. There will still remain half a mile of street unpayed within the city limits of Casper from the east end of the pavement on the avenue to tife city limits. The pavement will be 20 fect in width. BUILDING TOTAL HITS $192,250 Bullding permits in Casper during the month of July amounted to $139,250. There were 45 permits !s- sued. The largest structures to be built were the addition to the County hospital at a‘cost of $47,000 and the Community Park school at a cost of $43,000. Winter Goes To Powell to Join Dr. Mead Congressman Ch: s BE. Win ter has gone to Powell, Wyo. to join Dr. Elwood Mead, recla mation service director, in. an inspection of the Shoshone pro- ject there. The two men will be in Casper about August 4 and Dr. Mend will address a gather- ing of local citizens on the Cas- per-Alcovya irrigation project here, 102 ARRESTED BY OnERIFF IN MONTH OF JULY heavy rald In the t cr field last month made July a busy 31 days for the sheriff's office, the arrests totalling 102. This 1s the largest month in total incarcerations since early spring. The liquor vio- lation cases, as usual, lead all the charges. The tabulation for the month as follows: Liquor violations Robber For; Fugitive: Investigation Grand larceny Auto theft -. Concealed weapons -. Narcotics -.. ambling Trespassing - Removal of mortgaged property Witness Violating parole Non-support ~ Assoult Murder. .. is Laird Takes Leave To ree Candidacy 1 com stat high who. is a candidate for Democratic nomination for ited States senator, has begun a three weeks’ leave of absence dur- ing ‘which he will push his primary campaign. Accompanied by Sena tor J. T. Jones.of Worland, he de- parted Thursday night ‘on a swing through the state, the. Uni ACT IS LET FOR iG TO EVANSVILLE Driver Tries To Beat Train, Strikes Gates The first railroad crossing accl- dent since the safety gates were recently installed by the Chicago & Northwestern railroad was re- ported last night at 9:15 when a Ford touring car, trying to beat the closing of the gates at the Wolcott street crossing, broke off an arm on one of the gates, and smashed the windshield of the car. The machine had passed un- der the first arm just as it descended and crashed | through the second. ‘The one man in the machine was evidently uninjured as he did not stop. Spectators reported the machine to be carrying the license number 30,590. This is one of the recently issued license tags and local of- ficials haye no information on the owner of the car. Stolen Automobile Found Abandoned CHEYENNE, Wyo.,. Aug. 1.— An automobile belonging to, Frank Yager, air mail pilot, stolen here, was recovered at Chugwater, 40 miles north, where it was abandoned by a man and a woman. son of Chadron, and two men who were beating their way on one of the trains. They gave the names of Dogman and Tapman to the rail- road authorities. Detailed reports on the men’s injuries could not be obtained from the Douglas hospital early this afternoon as complete ex- aminations had not been made. The cause of the collision has not been learned here, | BALL SCORES | NATIONAL LEAGUE. Brooklyn — 000 000 22°—4 7 Batteries—Aldridge, Milstead and berry. Hartnett; Vance and Del R. H.E. Smith; Barnes and Snyder. At Boston— RHE. Cincin’ti 000 020 000 000 o—* Boston ..000 100 100 000 o—* Batteries—Rixey and Hargrave; Benton and 0’Nell. je a ie eas AMERICAN LEAGUE. At_ Chicago— R.H.E. Boston - -000 001 000—1 3 3 Chicago -010 000 10*—2 1 Batteries—Ferguson and O'Neill Faber. and Schall. At St. Louls— New York 010 or* * St. Louis 001 OF% © Batteries — Bush and Shocker and Severeid. At Detroit— Washington -..122 002 00*. Detroit -030 000 00° Batteries — Johnson and Wells, Dauss and Bassler. R.H.E, Ruel; At Cleveland— R.H. E, Philadelphia --.002 000 02°—* * Cleveland - -000 201 007—* * * Batterles—Rommel and Brug; Coveleskic and Myatt. a ace ~ acre LATE SPORTS 1.—The 15- between NEW YORK, round decision bout weight champion, and “Mickey Walker, terweight champion, will be held in the Yankee stadium on the night of August 20, the pro- moters announced today. Walker's title will be at stake. rete WASHINGTON—The department of agriculture said American wheat growers may get from $100,000,000 to $200,000,000 more for their wheat this year than last. oe Aug, DETROIT—Henry Ford may enter the race for the republican nominaw tion for United States senator, a Lansing dispatch to the Detroit Free Press said. BY THE STATE “Intellectual Feat” Is Way First Alienist Explains Killing by Leopold and Loeb. CHICAGO, Aug. 1.—(By The Associated Press.) — The kidnaping and murder of Robert Franks was planned as “an intellectual feat” on the part of Richard Loeb, according to testimony given ¢ today in the hearing which is to de- ide punishment for him and Nathan Leopold, Jr., for that crime. This revelation of Loeb’s motive came right at the end of the morn- ng session today from Dr. William A. White, first witness for the de- fense, whose testimony was started after Judge Caverly had definitely overruled objections by the state directed against all evidence as to the mentality of the defendantg. This ruling disposed of a question which had been argued for two days and which attorneys agreed con- stituted a precedent in Illinois for receiving evidence in mitigation of punishment. There were six points which Loeb told Dr. White were objectives in the crime, the witness said, “hey were,” said Dr, White, “first, the joy.in.planning; second, the thrill of cotitemplation; third, thé anticipation of getting $10,000; fourth, the publicity; fifth, his own discussion of the erlme with others and last and least the money itself." Loeb also told Dr. White he be Neved he had gotten all out of life that it contained. Dr. White's testimony transformed the companion of Leopold from ard Loeb, defendant in this 8 Nickie” a child beset .with phantastic dreams of becoming elth- er the ld's greatest detective or a “master mind” ‘dominating organ- ized enemies of society. The witness called him “Dickie” nd Judge Caverly, in ruling on the dmissibility of evidence about the ‘foolish govern the to de diminutive mse Dr. White testified that Loeb had lost the capacity to distinguish. be- tween truth and falsehood, just as he had lost ability differentiate phantastic imaginings from actual realizations in his. life. A desire to excell led Nathan Leopold, Jr., co-defendant with Loeb to early habits of smoking and drinking, said Dr. White. Early, the doctor said, Leopold began troy emotion and feeling and his actions on a “phylosophy of mechanism in which there was no God." drove used twice { HOLDS IT DUTY AR AL ISTS. IAGO, Aug. 1.—(By Press).—Judge The John As- R. Cayerly today by the state offered in mit ment by the Leopold Jr., Tho resutt than two 3 a decided nse as it testimony over-ruled objections to allenist testimony yn ag to punish- orneys for Nathan und Richard Loeb. which came after more of argument for the de- ed the right’ to mental disease Lot as a de- mitigation of punish- atic f giv ‘on short of le4al insanity but in fense ment.” The de ann: ion was legal Is of this actly similar found t (Continued on P. momentous in tate as no ¢x- could be her side Nine.) situation orney World Flyers Delayed By Fog in Scheduled Departure for Iceland KIRKWALL, Scotland, Aug. 1.—(By The Associated Press) around the world fliers were unable to hop off today for Hornafjord, reporting a heavy fog off Iceland. said to be hanging off the entire southeas the track of the landing harbor at Hoefn Hornafjornd. |tions may cause the aviators of patrollers A heavy fog was rly morning reports from the destroyer He'd, patrolling between the Faroe Islands and Iceland and from the cruiser Raleigh at Hoefn Hornafjord warned of a continued unfavorable fog with a visibility of only two tntlgs. Later messages in- The American army Iceland, because coast of Iceland hiding The uhfavorable weather condi- to extend their stay here over the week-end. dicated that the visibility ped to half a mile. Lieutenant Lowell H reluctant to abandon the idea of starting on the second Atlantic lap today, but was forced to do by the had Grop- danger of facing such unfavorable Smith was | conditions, He was distinctly dis. turbed to learn from detailed obser: vations made on board the Reid that the fog could not be expected to be |dispelied without a strong wind for at least a day or two. Observers on (Continued on Page Ten.)