Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 10, 1924, Page 1

COWGIRL HURT IN ATTEMPT 10 CONQUER STEER ‘Midge’ Roberts Leaves Hospital Here After Brief Sojourn Ruby. “Midge’’ Roberts of Tulsa, Okla., the smallest cowgirl who, has ever appeared in a Casper rodeo, went to the county hospital Friday afternoon after a wild steer which sbe was attempting to ride had fallen on top cf her. Preliminary ex- aminations indicated that Ruby had been injured internally but later de- yelopments proved this was erron- eous. Ruby left the hospital yester- day afternoon with a few bruises and burng but with the same old pep that has put many @ rodeo over the top. ‘I may be down but I’m never out”, was Ruby's comment as she slipped out of the front entrance of the hospital into a waiting taxicab. At last reports Ruby was: hold- ing: a heated argument with her physicjan on whether or. not -she. should enter this afternoon's show. If you see a ‘girl.with white rid- ing breeches, a white silk shirt, a red walatband and fm pair of silk socks inside “her riding boots, get a bet down on Ruby. Mt peda cs Es CHIEF YELLOW CALF KILLED BISON WHERE HOLDUP WAS STAGED Chief Yellow Calf of the Arapa- hoes is always doing the surprising. Yesterday he took the afternoon off from his functions at the rodeo grounds and went to Lavoye for the purpose of seeing where two white men had held up four other white men. Asking questions, he him- self was the center of an interesting crowd. On the return trip he ‘tapped a. companion on the shoulder. “See there,” he said while he pointed to the rolling plains west of the Salt Creck highway. ‘Forty Years ago I killed three bison over there.”” And for a moment the pavement, the high powered automobile, the _treachery of white men, and the rush of the oll industry were for- gotten while the fancy of Yellow Calf settled back to those days when herds of buffalo were more numerous than herds of sheep. BIRTHDAY FETE PLANS ARE LAID AT RIVERTON RIVERTON, ‘Wyo, Aug. 9.— Great preparations are being made .by Riverton for the celebration of its eighteenth birthday. For three days—August 14,°15 and 16—this town will provide “a wild time for tame people.” MAIN: NEWS SECTION TRIBUNE TO CROWN STATE QUEEN FOR COMPETITION AT TULSA FETE Spotlights Trained on Every Corner of State for Mobilization Here on Sep- tember Ninth of Most Beautiful Girls from Every Wyoming County By ARNOLD Most beautiful of Wyoming’s fair daughters— The Casper Tribune is looking for you! , With an eye for beauty that makes a millién-candle- ower searchlight look. like a lost sunbeam, the Tribune is starting its sweep of the state for the one girl who will be more beautiful than all the others. She is going to be a charming crea- ture of surpassing loveliness, « per- fectly alluring and fascinating. The Tribune knows all this in advance, for all its plans are laid so that just that kind of girl will be found. On September 9 thousands will gather exultantly: in this city to be at her coronation, there! to proclaim her Princess Petrolia of; Wyoming. But no magic wand les within the hand of the Tribune to wave ma- Jestically across the state, so to find a Cinderella. Just as effectiv though, will be the means devised 4 Wyoming's leading newspaper to find Wyoming‘s leading beauty. Al- ready the plans ar® in operation. ~ One thing, and that ts: There will be no voting, coupons or subscrip- tion ‘getting. So, ‘here's how the Tribune will find Princess Petrolia who will go from this state to the International Petroleum Exposition and Pageant Petroleumr at Tulsa, Okla:, Octo: r 2 to 11, ag gest of that city: fe ek “of the 23 counties in Wyom- e-Wil have its bgeie of it 8, made~ up. .of ef mayor as’ chalr- others to of the county sedt’ man who will select bservé with him. | When’ ‘Tuesdag, August 26, rolls around €jege boards of judgés will announce ‘their seleg- tions. In other words, tiere will be 23 pretty girls named on that day as the choicest bits of femininity in the 23 counties. The first stroke of the greatest beauty search in the history of any state will have then béen accom- plished. What will follow is to be like the spectacular coming of Halley's comet. B. LARSON - With their round-trip railroad and: Pullman fares paid for by the Trl- bune the *23 county charmers will come to Casper September 9 for a 2- day stay here as guests of the Tri- bune. They are all going to have the best time of their lives, Nothing will be" too good for them. Sociajly, they will be the center of a brilliant dis- play. And the Tribune will see to it that they are nicely treated and well chaperoned at all times. Gorgeous and sparkling _ with splendor will be the main affair of the two days. The magnificent Wy- oming Princess Petroleum ball, dur- ing the evening of September 9. It will” be an ineomparable event to ‘ F . CASPER, WYO., SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1924. READ STORY OF PROJECT ON PAGE 8 Vast today is the oasis which fer the past six years has stead- fly pushed.out into the sage- Brush and cactus desert of the lower Wind river valley. Silver streamlets trickle {in in- numerable threads from the foun- tainhead across that domain, of 100,000 verdent acres, Pushing back the desert with a paradijse—man-made on faith and skill, built with never tiring en- ergy: On page eight of the second section of tod: Tribune the story will be found. It Is the gtory of the great Riverton project, how it started, what it will do for Fremont,coun- ty and all Wyoming. Iilystrating the feature are five excellent pictures tak en bythe Tribune's staff photographer only a week ago On page eight of the second which multitudes will press (Continued on Page Three) FRENCH CABINET! GIVES APPROVAL EVACUATION their | section—read the story. » -By WEBB MILLER (United Press Staff Correspondent) PARIS, Aug. 9.—The French cabinet today approved Premier Herriot’s declarations regarding the international conference at London and adjourned at 1:30 a.m. A communique was issued at the Elysee where the cabinet was meeting with President Dougemrie. It stated that Herriot in agreement with Gen. Nolle gave a detailed ac- FLIERS TO CONTINUE ; s Obstacles and Perils to Be Disregarded ' by World Aviators in Finishing ’ Globe Circling Journey, Report REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 9.—(United Press).— Whatever the obstacles or perils, the American world fliers are going on, probably late next week. If the ice packs along the eastern Greenland coast re- pel a landing the en will open sea. The only, thing impossible is abandonment of the flight. “No conference was called to can- sider calling off the flight," Rear Admiral Thomas Magruder told the United Press. The filght has reached the first serious obstacle en- countered, that fs all. Lieut: Lowell Smith, commanding the expedition, is determined obstac- come down and refuel in the les shall be overcome. Indefinite postponement is impractical, be- cause the ice will grow more for- bidding as the year wanes, Lieut. Smith and Eric Nelson have been here since Sunday, unable to go on to Angmagsalik, Greenland, use pack ice has caught and count of all problems discussed at the London conference. Marshal Foch was present, but left the Elysee at 11 p. m. and was taken as an indication that the mill. tary problems involved in the pro- posed evacuation of the Ruhr had not proved troublesome, A later communique from the Evysee said, "the president of the couneli of ministers, Premier Her- riot, and his collaborators, possers- ing the different clements of all problems posed at the London con- ference, have informed the eabinet council ¢f the conditions under which negotiations are continuing. the councif gave them full approval and Premier Herriot and Minister Clemental and General Nollet are re. turning to London Sunday to take. up the negotiations. Before the, cabinet meeting for (Continued on.Dage Two) Douglas Suicide Lives Several Days DOUGLAS, Wyo.—Aug. 9.—Liv- ing for several days with a self-in- flicted bullet in his brain, D. J. Smith, ‘Northwestern station agent at Lost Spring, died here this week. Though conscious most of the time until death, Smith made no state- (Continued from Page Seven.) ment as the causes which prompted his attempt at suicide. PROSECUTION WILL FORCE ISSUE IN MURDER HEARING Crowe to Force Sanity Recognition and - Death Penalty or Demand Jury Trial in Franks Case By EDWARD C. DERR ‘ "3 i i (United Press Staff Correspondent) # — CHICAGO, Aug. 9.—A smashing assault will Be direct- ed next week against the structure of “irresponsibility” so carefully reared around Nathan Leopold, Jr. and Richard Loeb, to save them from the gallows for killing Robert Franks. State’s Attorney Robt. E. Crowe tonight completed plans for the return fire of state| former: sweethearts of Leopold, to afienists. he would call anywhere up to 50 In addition, he announced | show the millionaire youths are nor mal in nearly every respect. The Jay, witnesses including two girl, lay, witnesses are to offsct the testl- mony of defense witnesses who tes- tified {the prisoners were “irra- tional.” ‘ Crowe hopes to accornplish one of two things and prove the boys legally sane and therefore fully) re- sponsibie, or—that they are legally insane, and force a jury trial on their mental status. If Crowe can prove them sane, he feels Justice John R. Caverly, sit- ting’ as judge and jury, will have no recourse than to order them hanged. If he can show they are insane and have them so adjudged by a jury the* youths will be ordered confined to an asylum for the criminal insane. . Clarence Darrow, chief attorney for the defense, is concentrating his fight to have the boys sentenced to life imprisonment. He and the par ents. of the youths are fighting ag 4 hard to’keep them from the insane asylum.as they.are for saving them fromthe gallows. : Crowe's rebuttal. is expected to get under. way. Monday. afternoon or Tuesday. Dr. Harold. 8. Hul bert, the Inst of the defense alien ists, will finish the medical case for the defense Monday. Crowe an- nounced he would put four alienists on the stand—Drs. H. Douglas Sing- er, Willlam 0. “Krohn, Archibald Church and Hugh Patrick — the same number the defense produced The state alienists will seek to show that Leopold and Loeb aye ab solutely sane. . Crowe will insist, there is'a0 middle ground—that dis: ease of the mind and legal insanity are one and the same. All of the defense alienists have agreed that the youths have diseased minds. Crowe will argue that if the court (Continued on Page Three) (day clusive Holdup Pictures Ex LOWER. LEFT—J. C. Mundell, captured bandit who was one of two who staged the bold daylight robbery Saturday noon of the Bank of Salt Creek. LOWER RIGHT—L. B, Corey, assistant cashier, who fired at the bandits as they fled after the robbery and led a possee which cap- tured. Mundell in a. tent at the edge of Lavoye. .UPPER—The old truck under which money carried by Mundell was thrown and’where it was re- covered after his capture.—Photos by Bert Bell, Tribune Staff Photographer By ROSS M. GRANT has ever seen at a Casper rodeo. - Backing up these two tophand audience takes on a healthy tan and been a coating of gumbo dust but who cares when the “East {s East’? and “West is West id never th€| cowboys were 50 some othér experts twain shall meet. in either line in riding the bucking Lee Robinson, who has been bull-|prones, calf “roping, bulldogging dogging and roping at ro¢ and | trick and fancy riding, trick roping, roundups for oad years in the|chariot racing, Roma standing western country and who claims|racing, relay ‘racin nd kindred Kingman, Ari his native baill-| sports. wick; broke the world’s record in| y+ was a hot show yesterday steer bulldogging when he twist¢d|myen the auto poloists added ex his animal down in 6 1-5 bid as, thrills to the afternoon. One ma- Several men “have turned.in cl chine smashed a wheel to splinters, of faster time but they have all t nother: broketite’etearing = made: in exhibitions in trials and only time made i competition af an author if officially recognized. , Up to y terday three.men pointly claimed the record with 6 2-5 but Robinson was nis crashing through the infield’ fence and a third tossed its rider in a loop through the air when it took a’ sud- den curvature of the spine. © There were four blowouts during the ‘af. ternoon. caught by the three timers watches of rough ‘riders. Brida at 6 1-5, 6 1-5 and 6 flat The or girl, showed the boys timers were x Hastings, who has ills when she took on had years qf experience in clocking) «sresitation” and rode him to a cowboy sports; Tom Cook, superin-| standstill. Brida was among those tendént of'the local refinery of 'the/apsent the opening day, but since Standard Oil company and George! her arrival she “has enthused the Boyle... ‘Tho latter two men havel show every time she has appeared worked as timers at local rodeos for|meq Barnes Lucas and Marie Gib. the Iast two years and thelr exper-| eon, otherwise. known as addl jer quatifies, them as acceptable| Blanket Lin also turned in nice judges | rides, Not to be outdone | uking |. Among. the .boys.the best rides of records, Bobi Crosby of Okla ontributed by Frank Studnick homa’s leading ropers and a native Jack Johnson"; Perry Ivey on son of Pawhuska when the round agon”; Leonard Ward on ups are out of se tied the Toes” and Jay Miller on “Bill world’s calf roping rec elt." Ray Bell, “The Shiek of seconds. Crosby is the after he has thrown hig calf that - * drew “Sweet Mama” yes- enne,” RODEO STARS “SET RECORDS World’s Bulldogging and Calf Roping Records Go to Smash In Stellar Performance Saturday Afternoon; Roundup Thrills to Close Today One world’s record in bulldogging broken, one world’s record in calf roping tied, half a hundred cowboys and cowgirls in typical western sports, a thrill per minute. That’s the Casper-Mills rodeo as it looked yesterday afternoon. the boys and girls on their toes for the finals the show should be even better. The calves are toutth, the steers are tougher, the broncs are sky climbing higher every day and speed is the middle namé of the afternoon’s program. Everyone in the r Suwmay Tribune MAIN NEWS SECTION NUMBER 3, : RE + 0 V FE R 3 D MONEY HURLED UNDER TRUCK DURING CHASE Bandit Mundell Captured in Tent by Citizens. Posse After Bold Robbery Of Lavoye Bank, Declares Partner in Crime Forced Him to Aid Holdup By GENE MARTIN John Clifford Mundell, who changed his trade of car- penter yesterday for a bandit rolé in a bold daylight rob- bery of the Bank of Salt Creek at Lavoye, is in jail; Mun- dell’s partner in crime is a fugitive, evidently in hiding; and most of the lott-taken by the robbers, amounting to about $1,000, is safe in the bank’s vault. Something more than $100 is thought still to be in| time, having dropped it while crawl- the possession of the fugitive for] ing over a wire fence in an. effort whom officers are combing the Salt to get away from his pursuer. A Creek district. posse of men had’ surrounded the Briefly recited, such is the story | tent stdbped up to it of wild excitement which shortly |an1 ¢ anded the to come after noon Saturday gripped La-|out, which he d ithout further voye, the oll field town that is still fighting for a place on the map and whose datelines have carried. more than one story punctuated by gun- shots and tragedy. The money which Mundell. car- ried from the bank was found under a dilapidated truck where he dis; carded it in a.dash for sdfety after & posse had joined the chase. It was a bax of dimes amounting to abovt $900, and the remainder of the loot, according to.C. R. Roe- del, cashier Of the bank, will amount to less than $150, which is jcovered by_ insurance. “He made fie do: it,”- Mundell first. declared when grilled regard- ing hig: part inthe robbery, and proceeded to tell how his accom- plice, whose name last night he had not yet divulged, had made him jom in the holdup under threat of death. ‘This story has been dis. unted by the authorities who be- eve Mundell will weaken under further questidning. Mundell, a man of about 25 years of age, was induced to come out of the tent to which he had fled after having b fired at six times by LB. ¢ assistant cashier of the bank. had no gun at the persuasion, According to Afell, the other individual whose y he refuses to reveal had oom led him at the point of a gun te assist him in Staging the holdup, “but .the. au- thorities are slow to believe this version of the affair, C. R..Roedel, cashier; Frank Me-+ Ginnis, bookkeeper; Vale Lightner, assistant bookkeeper, and Corey, were at work in the bank when two men. entered from the rear door. This" @oor had been opened and held in place for the purpose of ventilating the small room. Jokes are often perpetrated at Lavoyé and when the men came in with guns in thelr hands and bandanna handkerchiefs over their faces Roe- del, who sat facing them, asked them what particular piece of com- edy they were intending to exe- cute at this moment. ‘Their. reply was, “Stick ‘em up!” If any fun had been intended, it was evident that the comedians had changed their plans, and the bank employes complied with their request, They were all marshalled into the northeast corner of the room and were ‘forced to stand with their hands up and facing the wall. One of the intruders ran quickly to the front door, locked it, and pulled down the blinds. The back door was closed also. Mundell took He a sack of dimes from an open safe in the southeast corner. The other bandit took the loose currency that was at the tell- ers' windows. A revolver was ly- ing on a shelf just below one of tha windows but it was untochued: by the robbers who made a hurried exit. Roedet grabbed this gun instantly after the men had gone out the door. He handed it to Corey. and Corey fired six-times at Mundell, who had fled from the rear door across the street to a garage and was trying to get into the garage through a window. <A Ford road- ster stood in front and when Corey opened fire upon Mundell, the latter dodged behind this. Corey exhaust- ed the ammunition of the gun and discovered that the door had slams med shut and had become locked, No one was in the bank at that time and Roedel kicked the glass out of the door to get more cart- ridges. The shooting had attracted at+ tention and the efforts of the citi zens were centered upon the flee- ing Mundelt since his partner had gone another route and had ‘been lost track of. Mundell carried tho (Continued on Page Two.) FORT COLLINS GUSHER RATED 5,000 BARRELS Northern Colorado Region Rises to Real Oil Excitement as Great Well Reaches Sands This afternoon, with finished gyrating Ray was picking himself out of a cloud of dust. The horses were bucking just as hard as ever yesterday but the:boys were (Continued on Page Seven) FORT COLLINS, Colo., Aug. 9.—Capable of produc- jing 5,000 barrels of oil daily, according to company esti- |mate, the Whitaker, well of the Union Oil company of California three miles from here on Fort Collins dome, re- mains capped in, awaiting preparataions for an actual test of its possibilities. terday and when “Sweet Mamma” }new well, It will probably be the middle of Closely watched, the Whitaker week before connections are| test topped the sand last Thursday and storage tanks are p night. Oll started to flow by heads to care for the flow of the|ne gas broke loose and inte tae (Continued on Page Seven) 4 ss