Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 19, 1924, Page 17

The Weather night. OL. VIII. NO. 255. PAIBUNE WILL BIVE RETURNS TO THE PUBLIC Heavy Vote Expected Before Closing of Polls Tonight. Casper voters went to the polls this morning and early afternoon to nominate can- didates for county and legis- lative officers and the steady increase in voting after the noon hour indicates one of the larg- est primary votes in the history of the city. The polls will be open until 9 o'clock tonight. Although dopestera were busy as us. ual in figuring out the probable re- turns they will not be known until compiled at the Tribune with the opening of the count at 9 o’cock tonight, The ‘Tribune will furnish the fastest returns possible through megaphone announcements and the operation of a steropticon to blaze he results on a screen to be hung on the postoffice, directly opposite. ‘The Tribune will also be prepared to answer all telephone queries with dispatch. Public interest in the election is divided between the races for nomi: nations for sheriff, county commis- sioner, county attorney and district judge. fs aaemcy State Intere&t centers in the three cornéred contest for the Democratic senatorial race between Judge Rob- ert R. Rose, Joseph C. O'Mahoney and Leroy B, Laird. Other candl- Gates for congressional nominations are unopposed. Convenience contributed. by the creation of many new precincts in Casper and other sections of the county had its disadvantagess. be- eause of confusion on the part of voters in finding thelr polling places. Public offices were beseiged for information, and many were turned away from gome polls to go tp others. The heaviest voting is anticipated in the late afternoon and evening, opening of polls at 9 o'clock having prevented hundreds from stopping dn thelr way to work. . NEGRO WHO TRIED TO SHOOT WIFE ARRESTED CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 19.—Ser- geant (name, not title) Taylor, ne- gro ex-soldier, is in the county jail, charged with thrice attempting to shoot his wife for some reason un- explained. He also faces the pros pect of prosecution for unauthorized Possession of government property, four thousand rounds of army am- munition and a quantity of army blankets and army shoes having been found at his home when he wan arrested on complaint of Mrs, Tay lor. Mrs. Taylor alleges Taylor pointed a revolver at her and thrice ineffectually pulled the trigger. Po- e say the gun failed to function because Taylor was attempting to Partly overcast tonight and Wed- nesday, probably showers in north portion; warmer in east portion to- Che Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation The circulation of The Tribune is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper. - Casper Dati oa MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED P CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1924. DAWES PACT {a B. OP. ANSWER White Colony Held Slaves By Africans LONDON, Aug. 19.—Out of the Sreat African interior by way of Capetown comes a pathetic story of group of white men. and women who are living in a state of subjection to blacks who exer- cise complete mastery over them. The tragic fate of these unfor- tunate whites has just been re- vealed in a report which officials of the South African government's locust expedition now in the in- terior of the great Kalahari desert have sent to Capetown. When they arrived at Molopolote, they found the native chief Sebele swell educated, and to speak Eng- lish fluently. The visitors discovered some fifty white men and women liv- ing near the chief's kraal where they act as servants. They are CHICAGO, A Robert Franks. When these two ampled progress from the time of the murder, with the machinery of justice working evenly at every turn. Yet the killers are unsen- tenced after three months. “This eb: ¥ example of the ways of justice in the modern age of new- fangled mental theories had its in- ception on May 21. Nearly 90 days These unfortunates have no power to own land and no privi- leges of any kind. ‘They are vir. y serfs to the natives, tilling the land of their black masters, who give them small quantities of grain ws wages. Thrill’ Candidate For Sheriff Shot Through Head CHILDRBSS, Tex; Aug. 19.—Met J. Dwight, anti-Klan candidate for sheriff of Childress county, who was found In his garage yesterday with « bullet hole through his head was still alive, although no hope was given for his recovery. The grand jury has been called to investigate. Officers are investigating. circum. stances that indicate attempted mur- der. Qjethe two dapper prodigies, Na- that Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb, with 19 years of life and university educations back of them, equipped themselves’ with a pair of field glasses and a cold chisel and started forth to find a victim for the thrill murder they had. plotted carefully for six months, They were sons. .of. miilioi fed up on all the various nychee in-life that money gould buy. But they felt that one more thrill was needed to round out their lives, This, they decided they could obtain by kidnapping and killing one of the neighborhood boys. Through their field glasses they spotted Robert Franks, 14-year-old son of Jacob (Continued un Page Eight) BANDIT TIPPED OFF HOLDUP OF HIS OWN GANG Bank Robbery Prevented When Bandit Turned Traitor, Testimony at Coast Inquest Reveals TOLT, Wash., Aug. 19.—A bandit—Ted Lawshe— turned traitor to his criminal associates on the eve of the robbery of the Snoqualmie State bank last Wednesday, informed the county sheriff, Matt Starwich, and retained his position in the bandit lineup at the sheriff’s request, it developed at an inquest here yesterday. When the bandit trio took their) pistol on Lawshe and shot him to Positions in front of the teller's win-| death, testimony at the inquest dow at the bank, Sheriff Stdrwich| showed. A deputy sheriff said he and his deputies arose from behind] saw Malone shoot Lawshe. the counter, An exchange of shots} Sheriff Starwich testified that between the officers and the bandit] Lawshe was introduced to deputy leader D. C. Malone, followed in} sheriffs the day before the holdup which Malone was killed. attempt so that deputies would Before he dropped though, Ma-| mistake him. A third member of lone, in his last moment, apparentiy| the ban@it trio ts in jail here, suspicious of his pal Lawshe, be-| Before he expired Lawshe told a uke automatic ammunition in a re- volver, not | Colorado boulevard, was thrown re- cause of his non-combative policy in| physician that he thought he was the exchange of shots, turned his| shot by a deputy sheriff. Two Dead, Property Loss in By O. L. SCOTT (Staff Correspondent of The Casper Tribune.) (Copyright, 1924, Consolidated Press Association.) 4 Aug. 19.—Dickie Loeb and “Babe” Leopold this week will get a new thrill, the experience of waiting while one man—Judge his mind whether they shall live or die at the end en th young millionaire thrill hunters retire from the glamour of the half million’ dollar trial they have provoked, to the dreary monotony of cell life while To cial to the nard, director of the pageants which will, feature the Interna- tional Petroleum Exposition to be held here October'2 to 11, has gone to Chicago on a purchasing exposition In-connection with the z ry. costumes. Robes, crovwng ‘sceptres. for King Pe- troleum and Queen Petrolia, lead- {nas fieueee in the exposition page- ants, will be ordered in Chicago. Flowers used jn, decorating the state folate which Mr. Bartacd has designed fo convey each of the twelve ofl state princesyes in the “Pageant of Princesses,” and the “Queen's Parade,” will be or- dered from Chicago manufactur- ers. The princesses’ floats will be decorated. in- the flower of - the state which each represents. Exact duplicates’ of the. state flow- ers in size, shape and color will be attempted. Present plans call for the use of flowers in decking the expos!- tion buildings and the arcades on the exposition grounds. Flower festoons interlaced above the aisles will be used. As the booths in the buildings and arcades are Father Follows His Daughter to Grave in Denver DENVER, Colo., Aug. 19.—Samuel A. Keene, pioneer Texas cattle man, died late yesterday in the beautiful home of Miss Emily L. Keene, his daughter, who was killed in a fall from a horse three weeks ago. Mr. Keene died without knowledge of the death of his daughter, he be- Meving to the last that she was away on a business trip. Five weeks ago Mr. Keene was stricken with paralysis and two weeks later his daughter, while rid- ing near the Home of the Good Shepherd at East Louisiana and ceiving injuries which caused her death a short time Igter. Because of the serious Sliness of her father, the news of her death was kept from the aged man. of a rope, for the murder of young FEATURED IN PAGEANT LANNED FOR TULSA TO J. W. DAVIS, GAYS WATSON Reparations Adjustment Marks Great Stride In World Affairs, Says Senator. CHICAGO, Aug. 19.— (By The Associated Press.) — Allied-German accept- ance of the Dawes plan was declared by Senator Watson of Indiana, in an address today before the Hamilton club of Chicago to be the Republican party’s answer to the inquiry of John W. John R. Caverly—makes up ho: i awaiting judgment, they will have Davis, Democratic presidential PRLGn BISONS Oh ao witnessed the full spectacle of nominee, as to what single contri- mi p=tish pacts Amexican justice working at top bution the present Republican ad- the interior, lost themselves in the | A™s rf RICH COSTUMES TO BE Perlis sta pe ps mii desert and flung themselves on |“ "here has -be ministration hadymase z tha. mshopene the vatteam as “been almost unex- of the world. “The arms conference and the Dawes plan represent the two lar est steps ever taken for the pacif!- cation of the world and the United States under a Republican admin- istration took both of them without belonging te the League of Nations or being in any way entangled in its political involvements,” Senator painted apple green and white, it ly Crihu is probable pink flowers will be selected. Robes for the two mounted out- riders, who will lend a picturesque touch to each state float, will be ordered by Mr. Barnard. These outriders will be dressed in cos- tumes harmonizing with the color sehgmes used on the float, they accompany. Trappings for the horses ridden by the outriders and for those drawing the floats, will likewise be ordered in colors cor- responding to each float. Special attention will -be given the selection-of the robes for King Watson asserted. ‘In very truth, if we had belonged we no longer could. have occupied the impartial position of umpire and could not have well exerted the powerful and conclusive influence that we did.” Senator Watson spoke at a lunch- eon of tho Hamilton club held as a preliminary to the notification cere- monies tonight for the Republican hparty’s vice’ presidential choice, Charles G.-Dawes. He paid high tribute to Mr. Dawes saying: “As Charles G. Dawes was big enough to head the first budget com- On Streets er at Newstands, 5 conts Delivered by Carrier 5 cents a month TOWNSITE APPLICATICN OF LAVOYE DENIED ELECTION DOPESTERS AT SE Slayers to Get New Judgement Life or Death Decision of Judge Caverly Should Hold Sensa- tion for Leoplod and Loeb, Facing Gallows for Brutal Murder of Robert Franks — BALL SCORES AMERICAN LEAGUE. First Game. At Washington— R. HE. Detroit _ -000 002 100-3 6 0 Washington ..-200 000 011—4 12 0 Batteries—S. Johnson and Bassler; Mogridge and Ruel. At Boston— R.H.E. St. Louis ___.000 100 220— 5 9 1 Boston ..__..-140 300 30°—11 12 0 Batteries—Danforth, Grant, Lyons, Pruett, “Kolp and Severeid; | Fuller- ton and Picinich. At Philadelphia— R. H. BE. Cleyelar -000 000 201-3 8 1 jadelphia -..020 020 01°—5 9 3) Batteries—Shaute, Messenger and Sewell; Baumgartner and Perkins, Second Game, At Washington— Detroit — Washington —_ NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Pittsburgh— R, H. E. Brooklyn —..--001 000 030—4 11 2 Pittsburgh —_.010 002 000—3 7 1 Batteries—Vance and Deberry; Cooper and Schmidt. Philadelphia and St. Louls game postponed, rain. At Cincinnati— R.H.E. New York 10 100 010—6 9 1 Cincinnati ~....010 000 001—2 11 0 Battories—MecQuillan and Snyder; Luque and H NEWS BRIEFS BUENOS ATRES, Aug. 19.—The Brazilian federal troops operating in the southwestern part of Sao Paulo state nehr the Parana border are continuing their pursuit of the rebels. The latter have been obliged to evacuate Piraju, according to of- ficial advices from La Nacton's cor- respondent at Santos Rrave. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Aug. 19.—According to the Uruguayan newspapers, frontier incidents be- tween” Brazilian troopers and Uru- guayan police are reported from the border. ‘The Brazilians are said to have fired upon the Uruguayan police, LONDON, Aug. 19.—Viscount JITION Publication Otfices ‘Tribune Bidg, 216 E Second St. OlL COMPANY'S LEASE RIGHTS ARE UPHELD IN LATE DECISION Thirty Days to File Appeal Is Granted Lavoye Association By Department WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. —(Special to The Tribune.) —Another phase of the war between the residents of La- voye, Wyo., and the Ohio Oil company has passed and once again the residents are losers in a legal battle for the possession oi the town. The Department of the Interior which recently heard arguments on a petition for the granting of n townsite nt Layoye, populous town of the Salt Creek field yesterday refused the petition. Thirty di: will now be given so that the applicants for such a town- site privilege may file an appeal from this decision, may employ ad- ditional counsel to prosecute their side of the case, and may, in short, make another attempt to win against the odds which are agalnst them. é In turning down the application of the Lavoye Townstite association the interior department took into con: sideration the value of the oil lease covering the property and the claims of the Ohio Ol! cumpany that drilk ing for oll and gas in close prox- dea to the buildings of the tows ‘extremely hazardous. The com- pany presented a proposition to ma sist in the removal of the bulldings. On the other hand counsel for the association maintained its claim to the surface rights for a townsite under a certificate of convenience and necessity, and set forth that drilling for oil and gas already mada within the confines of the townsite had not endangered lives prop Petroleum atid Queen Petrolia. mission and successfully launch that Manufacturing jewelers will be [craft on an uncharted sea and as consulted in the construction of [he was big enough to formulate the crowns and sceptres if Mr. Bar-.|plan. that has restored peace to nard is unable to find in stock arly |Europe and planted hope in t hearts of people around the world, surely he is big enough to be the next vice president of the United States. “crown jewels” suitable for use at the coronation of Queen Petrolia, which if one of the spectacular events of the exposition. Acquisition ‘Authorized by Council Con- cluded In Deal This Morning; Light- ing District Created Following action taken last night by the city council in approving the proposal of purchasing the site of old Fort Caspar so that it might be used for a city park, this purchase was made this morning for a consideration of $12,000. The property comprises 155 acres, a part of the estate of Antonia K. Feil, deceased, and was bought through the Wyoming Trust com-; city park, The land Hes along the pany, executors of the estate. Am-| Platte river southwest ct Casper brose Hemingway, city attorney act-|and south of the Standard refinery. ed as agent for the city. The council last night created a The tract originally included 160| lighting district extending from acres but the city recently purchas-| David street to Grant on Second ed five acres for the purpose of a (Continued on Page Seven) BEFORE THE POLLS CLOSE Is Large In Iowa Storm Eastern Section of State Swept By Ter- rific Rain; Rich Farm Lands Are Inundated by Water DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 19.—Two men lost their lives, many head of cattle were destroyed and property damaged at hundreds of thousands of dollars was done in a terrific rain storm that swept over eastern Iowa last night. Practically all of the the rain area were flooded and the Wapsipinicon, Cedar and Big Creck rivers overflowed thelr banks and submerged acres of | farm land. | J..M. Schley and Declaude Bar- tram, were drowned in the swollen! the storm area indicated that the damage to crops was severe. In a number of cases complete farms were submerged, some to a depth of several feet. Rivers in the east- ern part of the state were reported to have risen four feet in ome cases since midnight. In the Stigar Creck district neer Tipton entire fields of oats were washed away and the damage to the corn was extensive. Other sec- tions reported herds of cattle drown- ed and at Shellsburg many homes were flooded. Between five and seven’ inches of rain fell in. the Reinbeck Iowa ter- ritory and 6.23 inches fell at Iowa Falls last night, according to the state weather bureau. These wero the heaviest rain falls recorded. received here from Des Moines apparently was the cities and towns caught in Big creek while looking for strayed cattle and thelr bodies were carried miles below before they were re- covered at 2 o'clock this morning. Information outpost of the storm as a heavy rain fell here shortly after dawn. No chalige was reported in the city and it was believed the rain was not heavy enough to damage crops. The town of Olin; Iowa, near Craig Rapi@s, was reported under water with Walnut Creek rising-at the rate of an inch an hour and a heavy rain falling this morning. Reséué parties worked all night taking fam; ilies from thel? homes in. boats and wagons. Every home in the town was flooded. The streets aro |it- tered witb dead hogs and chickens, At Waterloo, Iowa, the heavy rain caused Black Hawk creek to over- flow its banks isolating @ number of houses in the northwest section of the city. The Cedar river is the highest known at this time of year (Continued on Page Seven.) As a last admonition to the voters in the remaining hours of the primary we would suggert that you do not be stampeded by lurid par- tisan and personal advertisements. Cling to your own g00d sense and g00d judgment, and cast your yote on the basis of what you actually know or have learned from reliable sources about the men and women whose names appear upon the ballot, Newspaper advertisements, circulars and hand bills Have been printed and circulated with the sole design of misleading you. You Would do we'l to disregard the whole appeal and exercise your cholce by guess. You would be as likely to secure good officers as though you followed the advice so freely offered by persons who have a selfish ¢é ulterior design back of securing your support. There is an effort on the part of groups and blocs to drag into the primary election many matters appealing to your prejudices. ‘The sole. object of the primary is to place in nomination the best quall-, fled and mpst efficient men and women to act as public servants in conducting your public. business. The. question of church affiliation, fraternal membership and other like matters have absolute!y no place in a primary election where qualification and ubility and honesty are the sole tests When the time’ arrives that you can put gasoline’ into your cat's tank and moonshine whiskey into your own tank, and successfully Grey of Fallodon has retired ‘from the Liberal leadership of the house of lords for personal reasons, it is erty. OLD FORT CASPAR SITE PURCHASED BY CITY FOR FUTURE PARK PURPOSES negotinte the traffic, it will then be the time when you can with sue cess mix all these foreign questions and matters with the straight conduct of public business. If you have not voted when you read these lines, drop whatever you are doing and go and vote. If you vote intelligently, with the pu' good in mind, instead of the se'fish advantage for some one person You may ‘have done a good day’s work in the space of u few minutes. Take the chance anyway. By all means go and vote. plain The interior department ruling in effect upholds the decision in fed: eral court at Cheyenrie of Judge T. Blake Kennedy who entered an or+ der last spring that the town be va- rated on the ground that the land needed by the Ohio Cll com: for proper development of ita announced today. He is ing his 63rd year. was pany ofl les Although formal notice of this ruling was served on some 60 residents of Laveye by United States {Dstrict Attorney under threat of arrest for contempt of court no arrests have yet been made. Attorney Walton in having the no- tices served, some weeks ago an- nounced that a reasonable length of time would be allowed to elapse be- fore further action was taken. According to reports as yet uncon- firmed there is a prospect of a com- promise being reached under which the town of Lavoye would be moved to a new location on land not being developed for oll. at tt Coolidge Host te Ford, Edison And Firestone PLYMOUTH, Vt 19.—Pres- TWO MEN DEAD ident Coolidge was host at his fath- er’s home to three fellow vacation ists—Henry Ford, ‘Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone, Word was last night that the visit here today and the president arranged for their re- ception at his father’s home The famous inventor and facturers have been traveling gether with their families on ings for seve year they are making vac quarters at the Wayside Inn, bury sachusetts, about miles from here, owned by Mr. Ford. recelved early party planned IN CAR CRASH SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 19.—Wil- liam S. Hayes, Hillyard, was killed and Charles L. Benson possibly fa tally injured early Monday when in automobile ve Bens son overturned on the highway near h ‘The cause of the accident ts not known. The car was new. The men are locomotive engineers, Fourth Bryan Ceremony in Lincoln Fete Campaign of Democratic Vice Presiden- tial Nominee Opens With No- tification Ceremony manu- to- LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 19.—Lincoln returned to nor« mal today after having last night witnéssed its fourth celebration attending the notification to members of the peaen family of their nomination by the Democratic party. William Jennings Bryan had been honored by middle (Continued om Page Four)