Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 28, 1924, Page 1

The Weather Generally fair tonight and Friday; warmer in east por- tion tonight. The Ca Member of Audit, Bureas :- of Clroulation ‘OL, VII. NO. 263. ATLANTIC H FLIERS HELD UP State fers SWEEPING ING SF AS Qualifying Reese for Women in Prog- . ress Today; Contenders for Men’s Liners Battered and Championship Are Arriving Have Narrow Escape In Crossings. At a meeting of the Country club tournament com- mittee this afternoon it was decided to limit the qualifying round in the Wyoming State golf championship tourna- ment to 18 holes. Qualifying rounds must be completed by tomorrow night, players being permitted’to make their own pairings for the qualifying rounds: Entries with entry fees must be turned in this evening to the secretary of the club to which the players belong. The women's qualifying rounds ‘were completed this morning with Mrs. W. F. .Ott and Miss Hattie Wyatt turning in the two lowest scores of 44 and 49 respectively. Their scores were as follows: Mrs. Ott _.--.874.4.4°6 45 3 7—46 Mise Wyatt-..84558 35 5 6—49 Mrs. George Campbell and Mrs. Franeis Brown-were ‘the only other ivdmen to qualify. Becayse of the difference {n the scores of the first two and the sec- ond (wo players, the cig) conceded ON BOARD U. S. S&. RICHMOND, AT ICE TICKLE, Labrador, Aug. 28. —(By The Associated Press) —A fringe of violent storm which has been traveling northward over the’ Atlantic for sev- eral days, and warnings of which caused further postponement of the American aviators’ flight here from Ivigtut. Greenland, struck ihe Labrador coast here yesterday. There were heavy winds, accom- panied by rain, throughout tne af- ternoon ahd evénine, but the local forecast pi red by an army mete- orologist indi€ates ing weather later Jn week, possibly in time to allow the aviators to carry out their Uesire of leaving Ivigtut_to- morrow morning, Rear Admiral Ma- ia’ opening mate! gruder, upon the approach (A ined Sree Vio twill storm: informed: the ves<e's..of the | naval patrol that the fight, set for boeing “cae at 9:30 ee Se ay 5 ff until ay ee Merry Mees off for ay place at tne the same time. With 12, golfers expected Arom Cheyerine, four»from Laramie,. and (Continued on Page Seven) EARTHQUAKE 18 RECORDED. LONDON, Aug. 28.— A_ violent earth tremor of ten seeonds dura- tion was felt in Iceland Tuesday eve- ning, ‘according to a news agency and Gonzales, Niebergall; Aldridge despatch from Copenhagen. The | 8d Hartnett. shock was especially strong at Ry- Second Game. kjavik and Hvuefn Hornafjord and} At Chicago— Louls -. followed by a tidal wave. petal sit 3 A Jacobs and O'Farrell. FA ANK F LUCAS IS NEW YORK, Aug. 28.—Five lin- . “) AMERICAN LEAGUE. First Game. bearing evidence of winning uggle against a hurricane which on Tuewlay lashed the western At- lantic, steamed into Harbor yester- day, several hours late, their pal- AGTING GOVERNGR atial fittings smashed and battered | porting, CHEYENNE, -Wyo., Aug. 28. — by the force of the Behe stent ‘ Pic! Secretary of State Frank B. Lucas Only one life was lost, the steamer Second Game. * ‘was acting governor of Wyoming Elisha Walker reporting that Cap- At Boston— R.H.E.| Wednesday and today during the ab- tain J. Madsen had been swept over- | sence from the state of Governor board’ from the Danish ~ steamer 1| Ross,-in Salt Lake to deliver‘an ad- Nordfarer. Captain Hickson of the Arabic, whose, vessel and passengets were the major victims, said the wind at times ‘attained an intensity of 120 miles an_hour. ‘The Arabic on numerous @ccasions leaned dangerously. close to the 45 degree angie. ‘The Munargo of the Munson line and the Orisabo of the Ward line suffered less than the other two ves- sels, he Arabic had an estimated cas- ualty list of more than 150, with 52 persons who required treatment Of these 33 were under“the care of surgeons when the vessel docked. eee dress at the!Utah Democratic state convention. APPEAL RIGHT IS GRANTED TO SINCLAIR WASHINGTON, | Aug. 28}—The District of Columbia court'ofappeals today allowed a motion by attorneys for Harry F. Sinclair, for a special ‘appeal from aw order by the district Boone hit homer last 8th. Batteries—Burns,- Meeker, i and Perkins; Winters, Ross O'Neill. First Game. At Cleveland— Chicago - 5 Cleveland or court overrtling Sinclair's DETROIT—Henry Ford, in a|Washington 00 supreme wireless despatch, denied statements| New York —~..010 athe 2.—* © ©! demurrer tv an Lectern charging credited to him by the Montreal Star| 2 contempt of the senate by. his re- which quoted him as saying the Ku Klux Klan was misunderstood. nock, Gaston, Jones and ‘MARGERY’ PUTS OVER POSITIVE PHENOMENA IN LATE PSYCHIC TEST of boxes. The oak ‘box {s the prop- erty of Harry Houdin!, the magt- cian, who is amember of the com: mittee. It 1s” understood, however, that the committee has not accept- ed thin. box as an official test, be- cause the committee as a whole has not had an opportunity to examine it. The second box is the commit- tee’s cabinet evolved for such tests. with the medium. under padlocked restriction, the bel's confined beyond ordinary reach, and safeguards !n- serted to prevent fraud. The tests were, understood to have developed:an uninterrupted ¢eries of the appearance of lights, whistling chairs moving across the f'oor and a pigeon whirrigg through a room in which, doors and windows were lecked until Houdini brought» his box. * 7 and Ruel; Pen-! fusal to answer quéstions of the Schang. committee, senate Committee of Scientists Conducting Probe in Consideration of Prize Award Is Given Thrill BOSTON, Aug. 28.—The latest series of tests to deter- mine whether Mrs. Le Roi G. Crandon, wife of a surgeon of this city who has been known as “Margery” to the world of psychic students, could induce phenomena that would warrant award to her of the Scientific American’s prizes for such genuine feats, ended last night with results said to be both positive and nega-|In another box somewhat similar, tive. but with more freedom, results were In a big Black box, fashioned out | positive, belly being rung and mes- of inch thick oaks in the manner of | sages transmitted, it was said. an old time pillory, the medium was ‘The tests still incomplete, have re- » eaid to bave failed to invoke proof. | solved into a trial of the two types er Dai MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS CASPER, WYO., THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1924. Beuverea'h The circulation of The Tribune is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper: thay Crihiuine er_at Newsstands, § cents by Carrier 75 cents & month LOEB AND LEOPOL=..WILL LEARN MURDER FATE ON SEPTEMBER 10 RICANE ‘REACHES LABRADO BEN H. PELTON] Watch the Tribune for Valuables. Tak Taken Dur- ing Absence From "Rassenes Here. Burglars thoroughly, ransacked the: home of B. H. Pe'ton, former mayor Uf Casper, at 833 South Beech street, sometime yesterday between 4 o'clock an the afternoon and 10 in the evening and carried away a int of valuables. @ in the loot was a dia- “stickpin two leather traveling , two shotguns, two sults Fpiballer articles, The entry was ‘through a basement window and the robbery was not discovered until’ this_ morning. Mr. Pelton and his tamily are liv- ing in their summer home on Casper Mountain and during their absence the house has been occupied by Stan- ley Griebel, The robbery was evidently com- ited by ng familiar with the Ree tna co Ppt not be” dis- Paes Mr.Pelton was today making an inventory of his belongings in an attempt to find out the complete lst ot articles stolen. of | @ fur’ lined overcoat and | BY Ble STORM) Launch Play|HOME ROBE} Pictures of Beauties BY BURGLARS)?0toerapnic seria Starting Tomorrow Will Parade Gal- lery of Candidates for Wyoming Princess Before Readers of The Tribune Our greutest serial starts tomorrow. Watch the Tribune. Each day from Friday until the grand climax on September 9, there will appear in} the Tribune the picture and story of a county beauty. You’ll be surprised, for the pictures now coming in show that Wyoming has a lot of good judges of perfectly stu: CHICAGO, Aug, 28.—The kidnap- ing and murder of Robert Franks, 14, came to light May 22, when his body was found under a railroad cul- vert on the southern limits of Chi- cago. The corpse was nude and bore marks of violent blows on the head and strangulation, Franks disappeared May 21. He was aA student-aten-private school and the son of Jacob Franks, Mil- lionaire president of a watch com- pany. Subsequent confession of the crime revealed that chance made him the victim, the perpetrators hav- ing planned. to kidnap a. different U.S. | ARSHIPS TO SHANGHAI Railroad Siezure by Tuchuns Causes Sailing fof Chinese Ports of British and American Forces SHANGHAI, Aug. 28.—(By The Associated Press.) —British and American war ships are proceeding here from Chefoo and Weihaiwei in connection with the seizure by the Tuchuns of the Chekiang and Kiangsu provinces of different sections of the Peking-Nanking railway. 2 The situation is unchanged today and no fighting occurred during the day between the forces of Chi Shieh-Yuan, military governor of Kiangsu and General Lu Yung-Hsiang, tuchun of Chekiang province. Communications with Peking have been restored’ but traffic is not nor- mal because of the troop movements. A censorship has been . established on all telegraph communications from Shanghai ‘to the ‘interior and ho code messages are allowed unless the keyg to the code are presented with the messages. Activities of buai- ness firms turbed. are considerably dis- PEKING, Aug. 28.—(By The Asso- clated Press.)—The diplomatic corps, through the British minister, Sir Ronald MacLeay, acting dean + of the corps, today sent a note to the Chinese foreign office declaring that the Chinese government would be held responsible for any injury to foreigners or their property as a re- sult of the conflict threatening in the vicinity of Shanghal. Senators Lead Yankees, 8 to 6 NEW. YORK, Aug. Washington Senators 28..— The with two of the. eighth inning of today’s series’ opener were leading the Yankees 8 to 6. Washington had just | scored +five runs in a bat- ting rally and came from behind to take..the lead. The Yankees opened the scoring in the second inning when Pipp tripled .to left center with one out. He scored. a moment later on Schang's sacrifice “fly to left. ‘The Senators tied the count in the first-half of the third when Harris and Rice singled’ in succession with one out, the former scoreing -on Goslin's grounder that was too tot for Pipp. Ruth~ sent the Yankees into the lead in’ the fourth’ inning with a DENVER TOURNAMENT. , DENVER, Colo., Aug. homer into the right field bleachers, |his forty first circuit clout of the down and one on base in the first | season. Ng one was on base. Bob Meuse], the next batter up, duplicated, Ruth's feat with a. ter- rific clout’ into the left field stands, giving the Yankees a two run lead. «Zachary was relieved by Russell. After’ Pipp had filed out, Schang and Ward singled in quick succes- sion. Russell stopped the rally by forcing Pipp to pop up and squelch- ing. an. attempted double steal’ by Ward and Schang, the latter belng cut down betweeft" third and home. Goslin's howe run to deép left center with Rice on second gave the Senators two more runs in the fifth to tie the score. The hit was within the park but the relay v too slow to stop the fleet Senntor outflelfer. The Yankees went: into the lead in thelr half of the fifth, Pennock walked, Witt filed out but Dugan doubled, sending Pennock to third. Ruth was intentionally passed on four pitched balls while the crowd hooed. With the -bases full, Bob Meusel sent Rice back to the outer (Continued on Page Seven) CHRONOLOGY OF THE FRANKS MURDER CASE, ENDED TODAY I nning girls. boy. Not being particular as to who the youth might be, provided his parents were wealthy, the as- sailants selected Franks and enticed him into an automobile, when their original choice slipped by them, May 25, Nathan Leopold, Jr., son of a wealthy paper box manufac- turer, whose home wis only a few blocks from the Franks residence, was questioned by the police be- cause of his Known frequent trips to One picture a day will keep you enthralled for an hour every evening for the |next two weeks. This morning a letter came from Mayor Ed Farlow of Lander, saying that Miss Constance Chatterton, 20: year-old daughter of Former Gover- nor Fenimore Ctatterton, has been named to represent Fremont county. Mayor Farlow says: “We had the big dance Tuesday night and we selected the girl to represent Fremont county at your Grand Ball and Beauty contest in Casper on September 9. The judges were without doubt the wisest men in the county, but we had so many pretty girls to choose from it took Us some time to decide. We hope to have the pleasure of presenting Miss Chatterton to you at your reception in Casper September 9.'t Following up his wire, Mayor W| 0. Gray fof Worland in a letter to the place where the body was found. He explained that his interest in the locality was. based upon its bird life, (Continued on Page Eight) RAIL SHOPS IN MEXICO ARE BURNED AGNAS CALIENTES, Mexico, Aug. 28.—The railway shops and Warehouses here, considered the most important in Mexico, were destroyed by fire last night. Many box cars were burned. De. loss is estimated _at_1,000,00 FOUR MISSING FROM VESSEL IN HURRICANE SYDNEY, N. 8., Aug. 28\—Cap. tain Devon and three, members of the crew of the schooner Julla FC are missing, since the craft was hit by a hurricane off the Bird Islands on Tuesday night. The schooner, with her jib torn away, her main sail gone at the heads and her ca- bin smashed, was last reported drag- ging her anchor 13 miles from Bird Island. monds on August 22, police thieves worth of jewels. The woman, Mrs. Dorothy Burns, the Tribtine ‘today, says in telling of the Washakie county beauty: “Miss Ina Hampton is 21 years of age, raised in Washakie county, a school téacher, and beautiful. We pulled off two big dances, one at Tensleep, the other at Worland ‘Dues- day night. ‘There was a large at- tendance and a lot of interest taken in the contest from the beginning.” The one thing everybody will look for in the Tribune tomorrow even- ing will be the first county winner to be presented to the readers of Wyoming Greatest Newspaper— The Casper Daily Tribune. KIDNAPED MAN GETS WARNING BISHOP, Caly Aug. 28—(By The Associated Press.)—Seven men seized L. C, Hall, local attorney, who had been employed by the city of Los Angeles in water rights casew and after a struggle disarmed him, bund- led him into an automobile last night and in the presence of some forty or fifty men took him out of Bishop and ordered him never to be Inyo county in. MAN 15 ARRESTED FOR een in ASSAULT UPON WIFE! | knows that it would be herald Albert Curtis, 1136 East B street, was arrested last night on a charge of drunkenness and of beating up his wife. He is being held for trial. Charles Bell who was arrested on West First street, Tuesday was fined $50 when he was arraigned before Judge John A. Murray on a charge Publicatie: Offlovs: Tribune Bldg, 216 E. Second St JUDGE GAVERLY QUDRES STATE COUNSEL UPON RECEWING CASE Closing Statement of Crowe Is Insult to Court, Judge Asserts; Arguments at End. CHICAGO, Aug. 28.— (By The Associated Press.) —After portions of the clos- ing argument of Robert E. Crowe, state’s attorney, had been stricken from the record by Judge John R. Caverl as a “cowardly, dastardly attack upon the integrity of this court and an attempt to intimidate it,” the court took under the penalty which for Nathan Leopold, Jr., « ard Loeb, confessed kldnapers and murderers of Rober The advisement toda he must court announce give his decision, fixing th for the double crime on September , at 9:30 a. m. one will be admitted to y, the court rul fendants, attorneys, court attaches and newspaper men, The remarks of the court on tho state's remarks came out of a clear sky and startled the crowded court room into a shocked silence. Mr. Crowe's jaw dropped and he blanched visibly under the judicial broadside. “Your honor, I had—," he began, but the judge interrupted him. “The state's attorney knety full well that his remarks would bo heralded far and wide,” said the court. “He knew too, the court would have no opportunity to reply or defend himself from criticisms except by the action he has The judge then read a statement and at its conclus nounced he would give his ¢ September 10, at 9:30 a. m., illness prevents.” The stenographic report concluding sc was as fo! Mr. Crowe. The court; ‘Before the state rests in the other case, the court will or- der stricken from the record the closing remarks of the state's at- torney as being a cowardly and das- tardly assault upon the integrity of this court.” ‘unless the Mr. Crowe: “Tt was not so In- tended, your honor.” The court: “And it could not be used for any other purpose except to Incite a mob and to try and in- timidate this court It will be stricken from the ord.” Mr. Crowe the state's honor please, ad no such attorney intention. The court: sd Mr, Crowe to | put my personal feelings plainly be fore the court. It was not the in- tention of the state’s attorney.” The court: ‘The state's attornes of violating the liquor ordinance. Robberies Involving Millions May Be Cleared Up in Seizure of Woman and Menin Feidenheimer Case NEW YORK, Aug. 28.—In the arrest early today of two men and a woman charged with the robbery of Alex ander Feldenheimer, of $1,000,000 worth of uncut dia- and private detectives repre- senting Lloyds of London, believe they first step in the disorganization of a clever band of gem and the clearing up of rob-) beries involving millions of dollars|lice $4,750 which she sald was the have taken the 22 years old, turned over to the no. remainder of the money obtained from the sale of the diamonds. The through this country and all over the world and he knows the court hasn't an opportunity except to do what he did not the proper thing to do.’ Mr. Crowe: “It was not the in- tention—.” The court: “This court will not be intimidated by anybody at any (Conti don PF Eight) RING OF GEM THIEVES BELIEVED BROKEN UP IN ARRESTS FOR BIG STEAL other prisoners, James J. Burns, a chauffeur the woman's husband, and Harry Char both » years old, denied ection with the cal any cor band of international g This band, he id, for the theft of more 000 worth of jewels during the past year im the wholesale jewelry dis- 1 thieves.” ponsiblo than $15,000 trict,