Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 13, 1924, Page 1

The Weather Unsettled but mostly fair | tonight and Thursday; warmer in east portion to- night. ar libs ENO SRO. ee Fo ERE AGGE Dantes) [clone le aac of Audit Bureau of Circulation BRUTAL CRIME ONLY EVIDENCE OF DEFECTIONS Defense Testimony Is Combatted in Loeb- AGREEMENT ON 3 ES EVACUATION OF BAL Sees RUHR HELD UP LONDON, Aug. 13.—(By The Associated Press).— The conference held by French, Belgian and German rep resentatives in Downing street this forenoon in an effort to reach a settlement of the Ruhr evacuation problem, ended at 1:30 o’clock without arriving at a solution, ad- journeying till later in the afternoon. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Second Game, At Philadelphia— Detroit -. Philadelphia __.000 007 Batteries—Stoner, Wells, Johnson and Woodall; Baumgartner, Burns, Meeker and Perkins, Bru; At Washington— 00 Bat! Zachary and Ruel. In consequence the meeting of the] f the conference,” Dr. Marx, the Second Game, Ry id H 2 counell of fourteen, set for 4 p. m.,| German chancellor declared to the| At New York— ILE. Leopol earing. at which it was hoped the announce- | "¢wspaper correspondents this after- 6 0 ment of a settlement would be re-| noon just before going into the five C) o'clock confernce with Premier Her- riot of France and Premier Theunis of Belgium and their French and Belgium associates to resume their discusaion of the Ruhr evacuation. “I. go to the afternoon's confer- ence with a feeling of great respon- sibility as the questions to be con- sidered are so vital to Germany and ceived, was called off to enable the qutside conversations to be con- tinued. ’ It was announced that the next meeting of the. “Big Fourteen” would be held tomorrow morning. At .10:30 o'clock this morning, Prime Minister MacDonald turned over the big room at number 10 CHICAGO, Aug. 13.—(By The Associated Press).— The prosecution placed its first two mental pathologists on the witness stand at the Franks hearing this morning and both testified that Richard Fullerton, Quinn, Picinich. Si 7 the oth tries c 4,” 1 —_— Loch and Nathan ¥. Leopold. Jr] nowning Street to Premier Herriot |Coniinued. “But T go tilled. with Figg Game. Tinea Regent Brake aePed 24) of France, Premier ‘Theynis of Bel-| hope, and if we reach an agreement,| | At Bostonmy RALE. gium and the two leaders of the Ger- man delegation, Chancellor Marx and Prime Minister Stresemann: ‘The British Premier withdrew while the attempts wero leing made to hammer out a settlement of the problems of the Rubr and the pro- posed commercial treaties. The ne- gotiations dragged discouragingly. ‘oday i8 the most critical day 000 000 000—0 2 1 ~~ 100 300 20°—6 18 3 Boston ~. Batterieg = Faber. “Lyons and se; fe and O'Neill. I think the most important part of the conference will havé passed. Premiers Herriot and Theunis and Chancellor Marx left Downing street at 7:30 p. m. without having reach- ¢d an agreement on the Ruhr eva- cuation, but Premier Herriot sald that everything was going well. M. Herriot seid the premiers would meet again tomorrow, Dr. Hugh T. Patrick and Dr. Archibald -Charch of Chicago testi- fied that thelr examinations of the defendants led them to believe neith- er youth was suffering from a men- tal in set up bythe defense as its.plea for imprisonment than death for the kidnapper-mur- derers. They aleo testified in reply to long Hypothetical questions including all the points brought out in behalf of the defendants that @ man of such Personality and character would bet" ‘stute | sought a writ of att a ece Pinto court after i had ignored a subpoena. Se Patrick spent the afternoon session on. the witness stand “point- ing out conclusions set forth by. the defense alienists he regarded as erroneous, noting a score of points in the now famous “Bowman-Hul- bert” report he thought indicated sane, ‘normal youths. He added his own conclusions from examina- tions of Loeb and Leopold that they were “perfectly normal’ except that their crime was abnormal. Johnson and Bassler; Gray, Hasty, Burns and Perkins, Gibson. * REYKJAVIK; Iceland, Aug. 183.—(By The Associated Press).—After plans had been completed for the Ameri- can army world fliers to hop off for Greenland tomorrow, weather permitting, a disquieting report today from Naval Flight Commander Bruce G. Leighton, on board the Cruiser Raleigh, off the Greenland coast, caused a sudden change in the schedule, Rear Admiral Thomas P. Ma- gruder at once called a conference with Lieutenant Lowel! H. Smith, Batteries—! Snyder; Meadows and Smith, Gooch. a PRAIS.—Earrings toda} are longer than ever, the favorite being a@ big jowel on the end of a thin chain that reaches at least to the houlde! —(By the As- Hugh T. Pat- CHICAGO, Aug. 1 sociated Press).—Dr. rick, Chicago neurologist, was on the Major witness stand again this morning.to| te flight, commander and | Major testify in furtherance of the state's! CATeUCS Co 'hoard the cruiser effort to have Judge John R. Caver- ly sentence Nathan F. Leopold, Jr. and Richard Loeb to the death pen- alty rather than prison terms for kidnapping and murdering young Robert Franks. Dr. Patrick yesterday afternoon serted his conviction that Loeb was sane, but further testimony by him was cut off when the defense ob- jected to a hypothetical question aimed at a further analysis of Loéb. Dr, Patrick reaffirmed his conclu- sion that Loeb was sane, In reply to the hypothetical question asked by John Sbarbaro, assistant state's at- Richmond. Reports received from Angmag- salik after a reconnaissance from the Raleigh, stated ‘that the harbor ‘was too small and too nearly filled with floating ice to make it a suit- able or safe landing place for the fliers and that it would be imprac- ticable for them to hop off from it wit a load. It is probable that a new landing place will be selected. In Meeting at Headquarters ITALIAN AIRMAN ON HEELS OF AMERICANS. STROMNESS, ORKNEY ISLAND, NEW. YORK, Aug. 13.—John W-| morrow afternoon. CASPER, fk va ah ON ee a SAU GUST eR, WYO,, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST AUGUST 13, 1924. KILLED. ONE INJURED STATE ALIENISTS SAY SLAYERS SANE “Hope, 00,000 . IN CHINA FLOODS SWEEP VAST DISTRICT Millions Homeless in Devastation Wrought By Water; Refugees Pouring Into Peking. SHANGHAI, Aug. 13.— (By The Associated Press). —Millions have been ren- dered homeless and at least 50,000 persons have been drowned in destructive floods which are sweeping wide- spread areas of China, submerging tens of thousands of villages. Thou- sands of refugees are pouring into Peking. It is impossible to get even an approximate estimate of the fatA- ities, b 50,000 is said to be conser- vative estimate Unusually devastating floods with accompanying widespread destruc- tion of property have been reported ing the last few weeks. Late in July there were serious inundations in the provinces of Chihli and Hunan. On Saturday, further floods were re- ported from Kwangsi and Sinkiang but it was reported that the loss of life had been up until that time com- paratively small. BAYOON FUNERAL T0 ‘The funeral of the late William David Brydon, who lost his life Monday evening in an antomobile accident on the Salt Creek highway, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the First Presby- terlan church, corner of Sixth and David streets. The Rey. Roberts will conduct the services. Pall bearers will be Peter Holden, Alexander Marshall, Howard’ Baker, Dwight Woodruff, Robert Grieve and John Tucker. John W. Davis |Stars Promise Treat In Benefit to Be Staged Tomorrow at Grounds Here; Three Hours of Thrills Due Everything is in readiness for the benefit rodeo to- | bt | AUTO ACCIDENT Fighter Held ft For Murder ed ae from varioug sections of China dur- BE HELO THURSO athy Crime The circulation: of The Tribune is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper: gia] Ohe Casper D MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS a On Streets vr at Délivered by Ci Newstands, 6 cents rrier 75 cents a month Kid McCoy of shot to death. police surgeons who examined her body. McCoy later this morning, say Police records, attempted to rob a grocery store owned by Mr. and Mrs. Samp Shapp, but was foiled by a bystander who was shot in the scuffle, W. G. Ross, the wounded man, toid police he was in the Shapp stor@ when McCoy entered with a pistol and ordered) the proprietor to hand over his money and. disrobe. Ross says he knocked the revolver from the ex-pugilist’s hand after being shot and ‘then called the po- Mee. McCoy's arrest followed. Squads of police are scouring the eity and the surrounding territory for Albert. Moeré, wealthy antique dealer and divorced husband of the dead woman. Moers was first re- ported killed by McCoy but later rumors said he had been wounded. Moers had been charged with robbing Mrs. Moers place of business while a property settlement subse- quent to the divorce was under way, while the land lady of an apartment inent representatives of the Los Angeles ‘Arrested On Discovery of Body of Slain Woman With Whom He Had Been Living LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13.—Norman Selby, the prize ring as Kid McCoy was arrested today charged with suspicion of murder following the finding of Mrs. Theresa Moers, with whom he is‘said to have been living, known in The woman was killed about midnight according to house declared that McCoy and the woman have been living there as “Mr. and Mrs. N. Shields.” Last Monday when Moers appear- ed in court-his preliminary hearing was set for August 15 and his ball fixed at $62,000, which’ he furnished. McCoy and Mrs. Moers were absent from this hearing but had attended previous ones together. ‘Wild rumors swirled about central police headquarters as officers rush- Publication Offices: Tribune Bidg. 216 E. Secon@ Sts JM, HAMMOND, PIONEER, DIES IN CHASH NEAR LAVOVE TODAY Dan Becker in Serious Condition at Salt Creek Hospital From Accident Injuries. The second automobile fatality within two days on the Salt Creek highway occurred at 3:30 o’clock this morning when John M. Hammond, 53 years of age, a painting contractor here for 30 ars was killed, and Dan Becker was badly injured after their car td to different parts of the elty in|left the road at the Castle Creek Attempts to unravel. the, Moers. |®8dge south of Lavoye, turned over McCoy tangled triangle and others st plunged downass subjected the former fighter to a Duited" then ocorba ness & grilling examination, One alleged witness graphically] Mr. Becker was driving the ma- described the scene in which Me-|chine, a Studebaker touring car he Coy shot Moers to death’ after find-}had recontly purchased, He and ing Mrs. Meers slain in their apart- ment. But Moers ‘body could not be found and no trace of his val- uables could be discovered. pea sain a MELILLA, Morocco.—News of heavy fighting in the Spanish and French protectorates of Morocco was contained in dispatches. JUDGES WHO WILL NAME MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN NATRONA COUNTY NAMED BY TRIBUNE With about the keznest joy-job before them that ever fell into the hands of any men in this county, seven prom- oil industry here have been named asthe Tribune committee which will select the prettiest girl in Natrona county on’ August 26. For the next two weeks Boas Escape, Spread Terror On Board Ship NEW YORK, Aug. 13 even | Hammond had been at a meeting at Teapot and were going on to La- voye. As they neared the Castle Creek bridge Becker attempted to pass a car driven by M. F. Ryan. J. W. Miller, head of the local Moose lodge, and C. J. Vogler were with Ryan in the car. It is estimated that Mr. Becker's car was traveling at a speed of 45 or 50 miles per hour as he went by the driven by Mr. Ryan. As he swung back into the road he was unable fo steer the machine aeross the bridge and the car went over the bank just before reaching the structure. Both machines at this point were going down bill Mr. Ryan and his companions saw a cloud of dust and surmised that an accident had urred. When they reached the spot they found the Becker machine badly smashed oc and pointing In the opposite direc- tion from which it had been going. Mr. Hammond had been badly crushed by the accident and was dead when the party reached him. Both men had been hurled from the re ey were taken to the Mid- these seven lucky men will] west 1 “where it is reported put on a special play called “Watch-|that Mr. ker will recover . al- ful Waiting.’ Scores and scores of| though he has been badly bruised. girls are going to be nervous, for the| Ryan, Miller and Vogler had been seven, seekers of beauty will have|*t Snyder in the interests of the yes for only ono.thing, and that will | coming fon and were going to be the daily parade of feminine pul-|Lavoye wh céident happened. chritude. John M ond came to Cas Breathless thousands await. Aug-| Per from his home in-New York 30 ust 26 and the announcement which | ¥@rs ago. Ho has Ilved in Casper will give to the world the name of |/S°ntinuously since that time and ‘the prettiest girl in Natrona county. It will be she who, on September 9, is to be Miss Natrona at the Casper Tribune's gorgeous Wyoming Prin- cess Petrolia ball in this city. With 22 other county winners she will: be entered for the honor of represent- ing this state at Tulsa in October as Princess Petrolia of Wyoming. It is no wonder then that hun- dreds battled for the jobs of judges. Bloodshed’ was narrowly averted more than once, is now on daughters, Pearl, two both the Moose and the Eagles. has worked as a painting contractor. He Is survived by a former wife who Mrs. Bassett and who lives North Durbin street, three Babe, and Ida, and sons, Roy and Archie. Roy Hammond is now in Georgia. The others are in Casper. Mr. Hammond was a member of He was a director in the formgr organi- zation. torney. “Aside from the commission of the erime,“I see no evidence of mental disease,” replied Dr. Patrick. <a ALLEGED VIOLATOR (5 UNDER ARREST H. C. Hamdorf was arrested by the police about 6 o'clock last night at 1229 East Third street on oe charge of liquor violation. Six cases of beer and a bottle of moon. ehine were found.” Aug.'13.—{By The Associated Press) — Lieutenant Locate!li,-the Italian aviator, left here shortly after 11 o'clock this morning in continuance of his trans-Atlantic flight in the wake of the American army avia- tors. ‘Atacibelng| Gut-lacqil ban’ Jigar, Lieutenant «Locatelli returned to Stromness. He had found the fog conditions such as to make it inad visable to continue. REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 13.— (By The Associated Press.)—The American army world filers will con- (Continued on Page Seven) Davis arrived early today from Clarksburg, West Virginia, and went to his headquarters for con- ferences with those in charge of his campaign organization. Among those with whom Mr, Davis had engagements was Sen- ator’ Pittman of ‘Nevada of the speakers’ bureau, who has had as- sembied for him a large amount of data to be used in the preparation of addresses to be delivered later in the campaign. ‘The itinerary of the speaking tours which the candidate is to make now is blocked out, the information re- garding it is being withheld until final approval is give! DENVER MAYOR RETAINED RECALL DEMAND Is LOST Largest Plurality Ever Piled Up by Candidate for Munici- pal Office In Colorado Capital Given Man Whom Enemies Sought to Oust sn ro ne equ ef OML SUFFERS INJURY DENVER, Colo., Aug. 13.—Piling up’a plurality cf 31,322,' Mayor Ben ¥. Stapleton, yesterday was return- ed to office in special reca'l election as a climax to one of the most bit- ter municipal elections ever held in Denver. All previous records for largo yotes in the city were shat- tered when a total of 79.387 ballots Were marked. In addition Mayor Btapleton’s plurality uver the field Was the largest ever obtained by any candidate in the <bistory of the city. Stapleton’s total vote was 65,130 first choices, 143 second choice and 367. third* choice. Dewey C. Bailey's total first choice votes was 23,808, second choice 294 and third choic Frank Rice 'r 186 first choice votes, 842 second cheice and 328 third choice votes. Barney Haughey the fourth can- didate on the ballot received 263 first first choice, 143 second choice and choice, 636 second choice “and 317 In addition to: the overwhelming victory for Mayor Stapleton, , the yoters of the city vated 29,915 to 13,- minimum wage ordinance covering all Inborers of the city. A survey of the votes cast yester- day reveal that Stapleton carried avery one of the sixteen election dis- tricts of the elty and that the com: bined votes. of. Bailey, Haughey was 2,108 less than the number of names on the recall peti- tions calling for the special. recall e’ection. The recall petitions carried 362 names while the total vote ast for Mayor Stapleton'a oppon ents yesterday was 24,267 * go over with a bang. A parade will be held in the morn- ing with all the performers in line and probably the police and fire de- partments, the Boy Scouts and the auto poloists., Music has been do- nated by union musicians for both the parade and the performance. The show will start promptly at 2 o'clock and run three hours with everything that goes to make a real rodeo and roundup. All the boys, including several world's champions in thelr line, are en hand and ready to give, their best. Jack Kircher, Rice. and | yrs. H. world’s éhampion bulldogger, will bulldog two steers; Lee Robinson, world’s champion calf roper, will take on two animals and so it goes down the line. Everyone is anxious to give his best. The proceeds, handled by a citl- zens’ committee including Earl Bur- well, Barney Slack and Hdward Murane, will be distributed among the 40 cowboys and cowgirls who were left: high and dry when .the Casper-Mills rodeo failed to pay off. Something like $3,500 is missing from the $5,000 needed to settle with the performérs* bot it is expected that this will all be raised tomorrow afternoon. IN FALL FROM SWIN Sudie Cope, year-old daughter of E, ¢ Souris 831 Kast Third street, was knocked unconscious and received a severe gash in the head in a fall from « swing yesterday af- ternoon. Four stitches were taken in the cut, which ts not expected to prové serious. The litle girl was resting. well this morning, With an official half holiday declared by the mayor and the cowboys and cowgirls on their toes to give Casper the best performance it has ever witnessed the show should lic sehools,’* “ Strings w: prayers and petitions w 10-foot boa constrictors, which es- ped from their cages, kept thirty re. pull ed, re sent out. Out of the majee there has at last emerged the seven men who a » members of the crew, elght passengers and monkeys, machws and “screamers” on the steamsh!p ml Bolivar awake for four days dur- | nently qualified to use the Tribune's ing the voyage from Colombia, | 14 points of beauty and find the one Captain L. L. Long said today, girl. The Natrona county judges ‘The escape of the snakes became | are: known when the caged “scream- Former Governor B. B. Brooks, ers," tropical birds, objected to | chairman of the committee. Mr. the reptiles’ efforts to devour them. Their shrill warnings brought quick assistance. Five of the stakes were cap- tured easily, but two rolled them- selves up in an awning. A sailor discovered their hiding place when one fell at his feet. Brooks is president of the Rocky Mountain Gas and O11 association. He heads the Consolidated Royalty Oll corporation and has many other connections with the oll industry. E. L. Estabrook, president of the Wyoming Petroleum club and petro- (Continued on Page Sever.) PARK AT d:00 The Casper all-star aggregation Selected to represent Casper in the LONE BANDIT GETS $6,000 SAN FRA SCO, Cal, Aug. 13. —The Fort McDowell post exchange on Angel Island, in San Franciseo bay, robbed of $6,000 in cash and checks just before night by a fone escape from the re midnight last andit who made his island in a small boat. Pol 1 boats and federal craft w ling the bay early today in search of the bandit Denver tournament will be seen in action at Athletic park this after- noon with the fast Parco aggrega- tion, in Casper for two games. This afternoon's game will be called at 230 o'clock and the late hour should mit large attendanc ee TWO AMENDMENTS 10 BE SUBMITTED AT THE Sweetheart Who Replaced Slain Girl In As Lover Chokes Other to Death; YOUTH STRANGLES GIRL RIVAL AIDS IN TRAGEDY ‘Affections Looks On Confession of NOVEMBER ELECTION Crime Is Secured From Murderer fein BENTON. HARBOR, Mich., Aug. her, He told tho sheriff that he) “she spoke up and sald df you _ CHEYENNE, 13.—Florence ‘McKinney, 19-year-old] lured her into Benton Harbor on a| don't marry me entities Secretary of St aE prom to marry her, but instead mee ee has begun publ sweetheart of Emil Zupke, confessed bvecidet into: the sduntre add: cheat, Uae: ¢ thi ne confeasion by law, of cor itional amend-| murderer of Cora May Raber, has| eq her to death stated. “I put my right arm. under ments which are be submitted] confessed that she witn a the} An hour after he had conf djneath her chin and ainst. her to the Wyoming clectorate the| killinig of her rival for Zupke's af-|the sheriff stated, Miss McKinney | throat and held re for some November eluction. ‘There are two] fections, and helped hide the body,| voluntarily admitted that she was|time. When 1 thought sho was preposed amendments, No. 1 “au-|according ‘to Sheriff George Bridge-| with Zupke when the crime wan|dend, I carried her in the weeds end thorizing levy of a severence| man. Zupke and the girl occupled| committed: brush. Then I laid her down and license tax on © and mining| adjoining cells. in’ the county jail] ‘The Raber girl was about to have] knelt beside her, lit a match, felt of claims” and No. authorizing the ‘become a mother her puise and put my to her application of 33 1-3 per centum of upke, the sheriff. said, confessed| Zupke in his confession, said that| heart to see if she wa 4. Then royalties arising fr 1 of| that he choked Mixs Raber, his for- schoo} lands to the support of pub-| mer sweetheart, when sho refused’ to ~ Felease him roe &@ promise to marry, after driving into the country he told Miss Raber he though too much of hig other sweetheart to marry her, I drove to my girl's house ayd stay. ! wil three o'clock in the morn- Se we es