Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 25, 1924, Page 1

Weather Forecast Partly overcast tonight and Wednesday probably snow in extreme north por- tion. Colder Wednesday. VOL. EX.- FAHY AN WORKERS BUaY IN CITY SINCE FRIDAY REPORT Renting Thousands Must Be Made Up of Small Amounts. The Community Chest fund climbed over the week- end to a total of $38,011.65, reports at the noon rally today showed. There re- mained slightly less than $7,000 to collect. Despite the inter- vention of the Thanksgiving holiday, solicitation will continue tomorrow and Friday, and the canvassers will gather once more Friday noon to submit reports.. Eight: teams did not report today. That the city's $45,000 quota, will be reached by Saturday night was the hope confidently expressed by M. A. Becklinger today, although he udmitted’ that the final thousands probably would be the most difficult to garner and would have ‘to be Hich. pledges of $1,089. Lee Doud’s team, litherto unchallenged leaders, had to be conten with second place on a thowing of $840 paid or promised. The Natrona Power © company | joined the ranks of 100 per cent con- tributors today. Every one of the employes signed up and the aver- age contribution per man was $5.84: ‘This 1s exclusive of the firm's own pledge. A house-to-house evening canvass will be made by volunteer workers in the hope of finding many indi- viduals ‘or families which hitherto have not been reached. Solicitation is forbidden in certain industrial plants and these employes will have to be reached at their homes. pasciste Len Seatac BANKER FOUND SHOT TO DEATH ALHAMBRA, Calif., Nov. 25.— . The body of William R. Fee, presi- dent of two banks here, was found with a bullet in the head, according \o a telephoned report from a search- ing party ix the San Bernardino mountains. Fee was last seen alive Katurday night, when he ‘left a “tmp in the San Bernardino moun- tains, The banker's body was found in Lyttle Creek canyon, above Glenn Ranch, about 20 feet from the road 11 40 feet from the cabin of Miss Mary F. Watkinsan employe at one “ee's banks. It was in this-cabin that searchers yesterday found a tult of Fee's clothing. BLOOD IS. NO. 41 Menten S RADIO HEARD ACROSS SEAS BY AMATEUR NEW YORK, Nov. 25.—Numer- ous amateurs in the eastern states today reported haying heard the radio programs which wete broad. cast from Europe last night in the international _ broadcasting _ tests. London, - Paris, Rome and Brussels were reported heard. Reception was not perfect gna in many cases the listeners un. able to identify the sending stations. Interference, attributed to the tun- ing in of thousands of regenerative sets, was the principal difficulty. The effort to send American pro- grams to Europe apparently were less successful although full reports had not been received today. LONDON, Nov. 25.—The first at- tempt_on a large scale at reciprocal broadcasting by American and Brit- ish and continental stations, made during the night was only partially successful, the sole American sta. tion picked up being KDKA, Pitts” burgh, which was distinctly heard in London.and_ re-transmitted to America. Up to noon today. no ama- teurs. had reported besaas an American n Siar Gr HOLDUP DRAWS 25-YEAR TERM AQMAHA, Neb., Nov: 25,—Joy Gra- cil Bluffe Sunday night, was: cap- tured an hour later,‘and yesterday pleaded ide of and was sentenced to 25 years in the) state penitentiary. FRAUD CASE NEAR JURY INDIANAPOLIS, In Ind., Nov. 25.— been in progress here for the past two weeks is expected to reach the jury late today. Final arguments are expected to be completed short- ly after noon. of Girguiation Audit Bureau CA MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS SPER, ree TUESDAY, N OVEMBER 25, 1924 ribune & or at Newstands, & cents Deitverea't by Carrier 75 cents a menth THRILLING ADVENTURES OF ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIERS Introducing Erik N elson, Another Orne | svi an ce the Re of Yank Magellans of Air, Who (Copyright, 1924, By Chicago ‘Trib: McClure New: Erik Netson, pilot of the “Silent’”’ Smith, comes of romantic pioneer stock. Startled World With Flight me) News pers Syn rid eritiner: New Orleans, like While sos Syndicate and The Smith got his sixth sense of direction and bump of location from Daniel Boone, Erik inherited hisdove of adventure from the boldest navigators charted seas. Born on a smiall island in the Baltic, just off the mainland of Scandinavia, through Erik Nelson's veins courses the red blood of the vikings and the cool traditions of | fjords and sagas. Erik is a lneal} lescendant of Erik the Red, Leif ne Lucky, and all of those fierce eld Norse sea rovers with their two iorned helmets, their weather beaten faces, and their long red beards, who sailed the North Atlantic and’ dis- covered Iceland, Greenland and the mainland of North America zong cen- turies before the voyages of Colum- bus, Amerigo Vespucci, and the Cabots. Every one of America’s Magellans of the air is different from his com- Panions, and Erik is just a little bit miore different than any of’ the others. The only one of the six who) was not born in this country, he Sombipes the qualities of virile ca with the potne-and tradition of the old world. ; Not only has he all the polish of a well bred Euro- pean. gentleman of good family, byt he has inherited many of the quali- tes of the vikings. Chivalrous and gentle, he can use a-marlin spike, a pistol, or his two fists if necessary. He has been in more than one mutiny at sea. Daring as you would expect him ‘to be, he also has two other particu- larly desirable qualities: dogged de- termination ard a full share of horse sense. One can’t be both a great pilot and a famous engineer all at the same time without this com- bination. He also has an imagination as who ever set out across un- Erik, once a stowaway, covering a! vivid as Krik the Red, for whom he was named. But along with it all he has the ability to dream and make his dreams come true, for it was Erik who was one of the first to think of attempt to fly around the world. It was Erik who super- vised the construction of the world cruisers. And Erik was one of the two pilots who! actually completed the circumnavigation of the globe. —we might just as well call him Erik, because every one does— like his famous Norse ancestor, Erik the Red, first arrived tn the new world as a sailor before the mast. That was in the days when he was nother of a younger age, who was left, something of particular interest in Paris, As Morsamnts Son He Has Stayed on Trail of Thrills an able seaman—in the days.during which destiny was fitting him to be the commander of one of the three first great aerial cruisers to circum- navigate the world. Few-of the old vikings themselves had a more romantic history than Erik the world filer. Born on the 12th of June, 1888, on the island of Stockholm, he was the son of Erik Nelson, a Swedish engineer. Like “Silent Smith, he, too, in- herited his mechanical genius from his father. Even as-a youngster he Was) unusually ambitious and not satisfied with eight hours a day in the Stockholm public schools. For several years he worked right oh amto the night study mechanical en- gineering in a private technica! in- #Utute. When summer came he gave free rein to the other side of his nature—the viking side—-and put the same amount of enthusiasm into swimming, sailing boats, and climb- ing about ie rigging of sailing ships. Trained by His Fatlier. His father took him for long hikes about Stockholm island. They were pals and together hunted wild fi meni ‘pressed them: Tal classified them “according ‘to thet Jatin nomenclature. Sprinkled in with this practical botany, Erik senior told his son much about the practical side of enginéering and gave him the foundation which ulti- mately resulted in his being selected as chief engineering officer on the first round the world flight. + “But it isn't so much ‘what you do. It's how you do it,”” admonished his father, And that has been Erik’s motto ever since. After completing his public school training young Erik spent a summer boxing the compass, furling, bend- ing, and patching sails, splicing rope, and learning to unravel the mys- (Continued on Page Six) Chas: Chaplin Is Married In Mexico; Claim NOGALES, Ariz, Nov. 25.— Charles Chaplin, screen actor, and Lita Grey, his leading lady were married at Empalme at 6:30 a. m., according to a dispatch from Guaymas today. The wedding took place in the presence of a small circle of friends, including the bride's mother and grandmother, the dis- patch seid. Francisco Esque and Paul Ra- mierez were witnesses for the bridegroom, and Angel Murillo of Guaymas and Francisco Monge of Empalmo acted as witness for the bride, who is otherwise known as Lillita Loulse Murray. Judge An- tonio Paro performed the cere- mony, the dispatch said. The bride and her mother returned to Guaymas after the wedding and were joined there by Mr. Chaplin. The wedding party is expected to arrive by train in Nogales tomor- row, enroute for Hollywood, where it is understood the newlyweds will make their home, PLANE BURKS, TWO PERISH . JUNCTION CITY, Kans., Nov. 25. —Captain D. W. Bedinger and Ser- geant Irving Astol were burned to death on the Fort Riley military reservation today when their plane burst into flames after they took off from Marshall Field, the Fort Riley fying fiel FROM AUTO INJURIES CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 25,—A R. Smith, deputy in charge of the dairy, food and oil division of the state department of agriculture, has returned to his home here from Mid- west, Wyo.,|' where he was in a hospital for nearly a month as the result of an accident in Lavoye, where he was struck by an automo- bile and sustained a fracture of the leg. Several weeks more will elapse before he js able to walk without crutches. GOMPERS RE-ELECTED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE PNEUMONIA IS FATAL - TO RAIL EMPLOYE Henry Wenzel, 40 years old, died last night of pneumonia at his room, 243 West Twelfth street. He was a mahcinist employed here by the Northwestern railway and had been in Casper for some foyr months. A brother, Harry, ving in Fond- du-Lac,. Wis., is expected to arrive here tomorrow noon and funeral] ar- rangements are incomplete) pending word from him. Meanwhile the body is being held at the beeispaic Gay chapel. Hog Gets a Bite While Butcher Is Getting His Meal “WHEATLAND, Wyo., Nov. 25.— The last act of a hog that was about to be butchered near here several days ago, was to bite off the index finger on George Richardson's right hand. After stunning the porker with a’ axe Richardson started toyoll it over in order to complete the “passing out” operation. .The animal came too long enough to nip off his slay- er’s valuable first finger abovd the first joint. Rattler Heard By Radio Fans Is Found Dead STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Nov. 25. —With his-fangs piercing his own body, “Kelly,” the big rattlesnake thet won fame last spring through broadcasting his rattle from the Penn State College radio station, was found dead in his cage today by Professor George R. Green, his owner, and head of the College Nature Study department. It was not a case of suicide, ac cording to Professor Green, who said that its own yenom would not kill a rattler. FOUND IN SHEATSLEY HOUSE Murder Theory in Furnace Cremation Is Strengthened by Discovery of Stains on Many Articles COLUMBUS, Ohio., Nov. 2 5.—Prosecutor John R/ King is convinced that Mrs. Clarence V. Sheatsley, wife of the Pastor of Christ Evangelical Lutheran church, whose prac- tically cremated body was found in the furnace of the I 4nd cast into the furnace or th (8s placed there by some one who lsMt to cover up the act. Just w ‘rsonage in Bexley, November 17, was either murdered at she committed suicide and lead him today was not disclosed. He_ announced he would interview « door -in the cellgr also were. dis: here these theories would| woman at Lithopolis, who, the prose- coyeued, eutor said, had lunch with the Sheataley family on the day of the tragedy. Minute search of the Sheatsley home by investigators yesterday brought forth what Mr. King termed as “important discoveries,” tending to show, he said, that the pastor's wife was a victim of murder. Brownish crimson stains, which may prove to be human blood, Mr. King said, were found on a number of articles. It also was found directly above the furnace door. / Another find which Mr, King sald he considered significant, was a fruit Jar containing about half an ounce of crimson fluld, which chemists said closely resembles human blood. Red finger prints on a clothes chute The Rev. Mr. Sheatsley, who with his four children, is at Paris, Ohio, visiting relatives, in a telephone con- versation said the stains were “prob- ably rabbit blood," he having shot several while hunting on Saturday before the tragedy. COLUMBUS,, Ohio, Noy. 25.—The body of Mra. C. V. Sheatsley may be exhumed it was indicated here fol- lowing a conference last night be- tween county authorities and Edwin Abbott, an uridertalker who removed Mrs. Sheatsley's remains from the furnace, Mr. Abbott told County Prosecit John R, King that a portion of/Mra. Sheatsley’s skull was broken, He indicated, however, that this might hive been caused ‘by the. jntense heat of the furnace, power by the judiciary. selves that th, | increasing assumption of power and camps are ‘operated in practice for re-elected to the presidency imously re-elected. The federation’s forty-fourth an- nual convention concluded its busi- ness in a two hour morning session today. The session reaffirmed the stand of the federation for American ad- herence ‘to the world court ahd recommended appointment of a spe- cial joint committee of congress to Investigate alleged irregularities in the recent general elections in Porto Rico. SanTiago Inglestas, delegate from Porto Rico, submitted a statement charging violence in the election. Declaring” against “relations be- tween the United States and Russia, the convention yesterday approved @ committee report rejecting a reso- lution in favor of trade agreements with the soviet regime. Continued fight against the use of injunotion in labor disputes will be made. “The attacks of the courts on the American system of government,” the report sald, “have gone so far as to be levelled against the con- stitution itself.. The im nee of in- Junctions in labor. disputes is a com- plete repudiation of the doctrine that the rights and liberties of our peo- ple cannot be limited through other than legisiative or . constitutional methods, “Injunctions as now issued destroy those very articles and amendments the cynstitution which’ are of greatest Importance to. the people. ‘In spite of the three fold division of our government, there has de- veloped an increasing assumption of The steadily for the coming year: authority by ‘the courts violates and transgresses this most fundamental of all Anierican constitutional prin- ciples. “We recommend that congress re- define the equity powers of the courts.” ‘The political activity of the federa- tion will continue along lines of strict hon-partisanship, the conven: tion decided in rejecting yesterday two resolutions for participation in @ new political party. Authority for a “conference of in. ternational officera to consider the initiation of a national labor-owned insurance enterprise was approved. “Your committee is favorably im- pressed with the proposal that or- ganized labor should engage in a joint insurance enterprise owned and controlled by organized labor,” the committee reported. “Pacifism in any form is obnoxious to your committee,” the report sald in recommending the course accept- ed by the convention. “The com- mittee is in agreement with the pur- pose of amply and fully safeguarding our nation and its people and domes- tic institutions against any and all in ions. It too believes that every effort should be made and every op- portunity should be available that will develop the physica] and mental well being and stimulate the spirit of the youth of our land. “It 1s the conviction of your com- mittee, that however meritous the purposes embraced may be, it is of first importance that=we assure our- military training All Officers Chosen To Serve Another Year By American Federation of Labor in Adjourning at El Paso to Meet Next Year at Atlantic City EL PASO, Tex., Nov. 25. — (By The Associated Press) Samuel Gompers, leader of the American Federation of labor since its organization in 1881, today was unanimously There were no other nominations. - All officers, including eight vice presidents, secretary and treasurer, also were unan- Atlantic City, New Jersey, was unanimously selected for the 1925 convention. the upbuilding of the mind and body of our young men and that those camps are not so conducted (Continued on Page Nine.) Fuslicaton Otte aribune Bldg., 216 E. URRAY CONVICTED OF AIL ROBBERY BY FEDERAL JURY INSPECTOR AND POLITICIAN TO REMAIN IN JAIL FOR SENTENCES Penalties for “Brains” Of Rondout Holdup To Be Pronounced on Saturday by Court. CHICAGO, Nov. 25—Ver- dicts of guilty were returned early today by a jury in the United States district court against William J. Fahy, for- mer postal inspector, and James Murray, politician, on five charges of robbing the mails with a gun, five charges of mail robber: and one charge of consptrac: 'y to rob the mails, each in connection with the $2,000,000 Rondout, IL, mati train holdup, June 12. Judge Adam C. Cliffe said he would fix the punishment next Sat- urday morning, when, he indicated, he also would hear motions of de fense attorneys for a new trial. Meanwhile Fahy and Murray will be held in jail. ‘The jury deliberated over five hours before reac! hing a verdict. Walter McComb, chauffeur for Murray, in whose home Willie New ten, wounded robber was found, was acquitted. Six men,” said “to havevbeen. the fictual” robbers, pleaded guilty and part testified for the prosecution against Faby, Murray and McComb. In the closing atguments, govern- ment prosecutors pictured Fahy ax a Judas, who accepted pay from the federal government to run down tho robbers aud kept them posted of* op- erations against them. Defense counsel attacked the: cred- ibility of the government's witness The robbery was one of the me daring in recent years. A Mib ukee and St. Paul mail tr carrying currency, bonds and se ities valued at millions of do‘lars was stopped at Rondout, Ill., which is 35 miles from Chicago, as it sped toward St. Paul. The holdup men subdued the train crew and drove the mall from the cars containing the re tered mail with gas bombs. ‘They selected more than fifty pouches of registered mail and foreed clerks to load them into two automobiles in which they had driven to the scene. A postal employe testified that Fahy had ordered him to furnish a t of registered currency leaving Chicago a few weeks before the rob- bery. Most of the loot was recovered by federal agents, the greater part of {t during the last three weeks. QUAKE FELT IN IDAHO POCATELLO, Idah Nov. 25,—~ What is described as an earthquake shock of about 12 minutes’ duration as felt in the vicinity of Montpelier, Idaho, about 12 o'clock according to word recelyed here. damage is reported. COOLIDCE PLEA . IS OBSERVED IN BUDCET LIMIT Reduction in Bonus Fund Made Possible By Failure of Insurance Total, to Reach Former Estimate WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—Despite last minute addi- tions to meet the wishes of cabinet officials the national budget for the next fiscal year as completed today at a conference between President Coolidge and Budget Di- rector Lord limits the ordinary expenditures of the govern- ment to a figure well under the $1,800,000, 000 ) total fixed by President June Coolidge in his to government fiscal talk of Lord declined to reveal the Precise total or discuss details of the budget but he sald previous expecta- tions of the governmental economies possible had more than realized. For one thing the original esti- mate of the cost of r bonus law had proved tc iat 1@ small number of applicat s for the in surance ‘bonus permitted a reduction in the annual fund allowed for amortization purposes while addi- tional cuts were made in the est! mated cost of adngnistration of the bonus law, bi