Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 1, 1925, Page 1

a MAIN WANK, Weather Forecz Generaly fair in south portion ow probable in north portion to* ght and Friday. Warmer in so cast portions 2 CASPER, WYOMING, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1925 Or ands, 6 cents > 75 cents a month IRL WIDOW OF BANDIT CAPTURED “=: FOUR KILLINGS. [rs 82sen Pekan Arrest of Dead Bandit’s Wife SHER IN NEW ‘The recovered money is part of : s the loot taken by Wright from the Life of the Big | Frenchman Street Branch of the Ma- aoe rine Bank and Trust Company on Cities. the day before Christmas, according to the woman's story to the Jack- sonville pblice. Superintendent of 1.—Four fatal] Police Molony, indicated today that two arrests for] it was unlikely that any charge oth- dining} er than having stolen property In restaurants,/ ber possession would be placed private house/ against Mrs. Wright. parties heralded the New Year into sere be. Chicago. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Jan. 1— The loop district held several thou-|}(Ry The Associated Press).—Nellle sand persons on the streets far past| Wright, pretty 17 year old widow midnight, many unable to gain ad:/of William E. Wright, watched the ission to dance halls or dining| New Year in from behind bars in oams. the Jacksonville city jafl. Protibition agents reported the) Her prief period of wifehood: bare- sual distribution of ldquer, but/iy more than three weeks, came to those who drank did eo Looe an one, Tuesday, as tragic fas they said. . Promiscuous, 5) dramatic ts hasbeen har entire’ ers much in evidence as iD Pro! req career when her bene was ious years since the advent of pro-| stain in Mobile by officers after he ibition, the enforcement officers| naa injured two in a running fight. added. Nellie Wright, however, faced the Stray bullets belleved fired by pet-| 0. year and what {t may bring suns joining In the celebration were! with a smile, erased only by an orca- declared popcorn eras hor sional thought of her » husband, ’ tour men. ne Ww pass “Handsome Billy” Wright. on a sububran train. He died on The disposal of the $12,545 found . in. Another was shot to). her possession, worried her no ‘n hia homa when a bullet! ore than did the approach of New through a window; and two) Gieans authorities. She sald the Lyles were found dead of bullet! noney was a portion of the loot ounds on the streets. from the New Orleans bani sort holfup, in which Wright obtained NEW YORK, Jan. 1—Nineteen] g15 o00. undred twenty-fire was ushered in) 4 saweltoff shotgun, found in her 1d a hilarious welcome, unchecked /+i44k, was the weapon with which iy & cold wind. her husband intimidated employes F ; NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 1.—Chief of Detectives Healy left here early today for Jacksonville to bring back to New . Orleans, Nellie Wright, 17-year-old widow of William FE. 4 Wright, bank bandit, killed by detectives in Mobile Tues- day, and the $12,000 tucked away in the girl’s: baggage ! Hilarity Reigns in Cafe when she was arrested yesterday. of the bank, and shot down a pelice man in his dash for freedom, she admitted. She met Wright {n Das Motnes, PASADENA, Cal., Jan. 1.—The heart of football fandom beat wildly here today Iowa, last Sentember. There was ajthe undefeated, never-tied team of Notre Dame University faced Stanford University’s waseyelad Wie rt amps o ast oe than in 1924, according to a sum y of weather conditions just mpiled by George A. McKenzie an end yesterday Casper enjoyed the rare privilege of 243 absolute- Notre Dame and Stanford Clash in Rose Bowl Battle While) th seu. "Not ony wan there no Pennsylvania Lines Up Against California at oe Berkeley; Thousands Turned Away ation to mar the occasion e 243 days but no clouds interfered with the solar duties Of tha remaining days were marred by a cloud or two and 65 came fn the real cloudy category During the year the tempera ture ranged from 93 degrees above on July 31 and August 1 to 3' 8} below on December 18, enough of whirlwind courtship and then | unbeaten eleven in a Rose Bow] battle for east-west gridiron supremacy. | a variation to eatisfy the most Wright left the city. One of his daily leters discovered by her moth- jpproximately 50,000 fans held tickets to the game, and other thousands shut out| exsctins. er, brought an order to discontinue | by the stadium’s shortage of seats hoped to glimpse the intersectional clash from the| _ T%® tots! snowfall for the year month, Wright returned to Des the correspondence. Early last|edge of the arroyo, in which the field of battle nestles. Moines and they eloped. They were married December 5, in Kansas City. Though “Handsome Billy” Wright ‘was sought both on « warrant charg- ing abduction and as a fugitive from the Kansas prison, her honeymoon was happy, she said. Its trafl led through various southern cities. Their funds ran low, and upon ar- rival in New Orleans, Wright took Miss enwed-off shotgun and went forth to rob the hank. She awaited his return anxiously in their apart- ment, she said. He came home elated, and filled her handbag with gold and cutren- cy, adding that they llved tn the apartment until almost a week later when they decided te leave for Al- bany, Georgia. "Yen," she said, “I knew he had a ertminal record—that he had served $ time in ¢he Towa penitentiary, and | fered by the Blectrical that he had escaped from the Kan/| leasue of Casper are as terday afternoon. follows: officers philosophically County High school, juntor, $15. As the new year burst into exist: . Bree, a thunderous din mrose from housands of throats alons Broad fay amet ory whistles, and the musical peal f chimes. pf consequence was made during he early morning hours. Tiquors t— | OF THE NEW YEAR s Marked By “Year greeting Wedding Here both falling hours of 19 department r greeting that {fs members hop; not a valid nef what to expect during the The first alarm, at 1:17 4. m. mle from Fifth und Jack Mr, and Mrs, J. Ray Sehneta- | Wher the city ball f ‘ ; Midwest wishes for a happy |!ns thither y of ¥ were linked with their | Smoke 1 the ic © able licitations and hopes ‘for to detect no blaze. Afte xt min e lifetime of happiness. The : ute tu lL. E. Carter pronounced thn P is be couple man and wife just | lieved t : pet ainutes atter midnight this | passerby wi from ng. The bride formerly was | burnit D } fics Mildred M, Brown Atl ne a M nnd Mr hneider depart the box at Tent 1 Ch The ‘Thermoy on their wed. | David et f nded an¢ & trip: They will make their | quelled ar e in short mein Midwest order. There w as ®PERATIC STAR IS DEFENDANT HICAGO, Jan. 1.—The Chicago] would be a violation of ri ic Opera companyryeaterday filed | tone’s contract with tl pany petition asking that Feodor|®M4 also would tend to & allapin, noted operatic star, be + gue oe eet eal MMoined from making any public ig fearances in Washington, D.C lor to February 10, 1925. The} ally that he be| sta to appear inj thirty ‘bperas here th nington, Janunry r ! ccording to the peliiiva, this} pad $2,500 for |have gone aw ing of bells, and shrill otes from countless tin horns n orcemen ningled with more sonorous fac SSU e S e Although {t was estimated that 0,900 persons thronged the city’s e ore ra) i musement center. Only one raid on S Qi n “Rum Row” Holds Its Own Against| Federal Efforts and More Money Is Needed to Fight Traffic By ROBERT T. SMALL (Copyright, 1925, by the Casper Tribune) WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—The dawn of another new, | ington yearsfinds congress in very much of a quandary as to what shall be done about the problem of prohibition enforce-| . ment. It would seem that either the bootleggers and the} rum runners are to continue to hold high jinks all over the country, and especially along the seacoasts, or thera must be another big boost in they gress t 3 propriations for enforcement pur-| has pores. It Is 1 During the greater part of the| next J year congress is Inlled into the be- | doing. lief that prohibition is gaining the] which w upper hand in those lawless quar- | Septembe parte ters where enforcement has been ad- | fighting The + mittedly diff! The prohibition | vice he Fees agencies in the annual reports | of Jul flock of int ing pictures of the bead. | Mauor } ' lock Then congress gets a j t i am of ives. The head he | jations has learned from James | goncies appe the ji ‘aneintant: federal prohibi other story {a to Washington, where a special effort | ( Congress has learned anew that (Continued on Page Eleven) ‘Winners of prizes in the Home Lighting contest conducted locally by the Natrona Power company, in which one prize of $15,000 was dis- tributed and ten boys and girls re- ceived scholarships ranging from $300 to $1,200 were announced yes- The winners of the Casper prizes ducational sas prison—but that made no differ-| 1. Helen Blanton, 430 West Four. ence to:me. teenth street. age 18 years, McKin “He was gpod to me,” she added| ley school, eighth grado, $2 with a catch in her voice. And she} 2. Norman Hanson, 164 awaited the coming of New Orleans| Fenway, age 17 years, MANY CASPER PUPILS DRAW CAS! PRIZES IN CONTEST HELD BY POWER COMPANY 2. Velma B. Schedler, 1210 South Cottonwood, age 13 years, McKinley school, eighth grade, $15. Helen Beer, ington street, age 11 sixth grade, $10. 553 South Park, rona, County High 3. school, 8, Robert age 15 years, > school, 4. ““estnut, Sool, eiglith grade, 4 South 4 South Park school, $5. 6. Eleventh, ag eighth grade, $5 avenue High school ighth grade High sch: eunt (ce years, Willard Washington, Grant school, Durbin street Park school, seventh grade, $7.60. 4. CY avenue, County High school, junior, age 12 years . Parkgschoo! High school w" off the Je y and Long Island coasts which was to t Rum ill. It may disappear for but that sim The next week they are nt new recru ts. Selzures ar p ing made almost daily, but ae fast! DENVER, Jan. 1—Denver opened runners lose one b aa é New x arr: , s ready to take its place, | *” jw Vent With trag tt ommand of the skme cap.| culmination of a lover's quarrel rew After joyously celebrating the ad-| t Guard service which h task of burb, Hot and killed bis Kk igs & fil of inte F. Miss Ludwick, c Den 7 nited States, has admitted to con-jver, “after « quarrel, Uien fired a| found slashed to death in a street. the | chert of 1925, Charles Betner. Globe: | | against it, has not disappeared at week for new supplies ni . , slash’ Te was x ttampted to end “his own life} amounted to 81 inches. December, with a maximum of Both teams were in exo ellent con-| 57 degrees above on the fifteenth dition, both physical mentally,| and 32 below on the eighteenth though Coach Kr » talked fi nome rath r " pessimistically of effect of the} weather changes for y long rail journey on his Notre Dame| the country. players; and Glenn Warner, mentor| ‘There were 20 clear days, fiv of the Cardinal squad, spoke with partly cloudy and six cloudy and equal modest the almost hope-| the total precipitation was .95 lessly tough alloted go his men, The spectdtors, and among them —————- Were coaches: from Ohiq) Washing ton, Missourt, Oregon, Montana, Ne AWS vada, Arizona and Utah, as well as CHANGES IN GAME L football experts and writers from all parts, of the country—generally expected the hardest of tussles, how. ARE HI ever, widely they differed as to the inches. ultimate outcome of the game Stanford was conesde the edge tn welght and power; but Notre Dame's} CHEYENNE, Wyo. Jan. 1—The recompized speed and cleverness| legislative committee of the Wye were expected to reduce, if not eli:n-| ming state game and fish protective inate any advantages possessed by|association conferred with §& the westerners. mmissioner Frank relative to recom changes in the ste game laws. The committee will sub: ley and Layden—loomed men-|mit a proposed game and fish law (Continued on Page Bleven) to the slayire 849 Births in The Last Year Five Sets of Twins Included in Popula- tion Increase Credited to Stork; Deaths in 1924 Total 385 Game and Fish Seen from the point of view of|Smith Tuesday individual prowess, Rockne's “four | mendations horsemen,”—Stuhldrher, D. Miller, Cro | | ighted! idv Roosevelt could come back for a moment from at Beyond and see the 849 cradles that have been vigorously rocked in ‘‘this man’s’ county during 1924, that’s what he'd say. And no wonder In 1928 there were 560 babies born in Natrona count When the bells ra rt last night and banged to one.” tiny, slag, man: tho covers on 1924, the nur rom now hi 1 t re triple \ (CoOntiaued on. Page Seven.) din $49 mentioned abo five Instances of Mlegitimac Youcari't | begin «to. Imag’ rier in the night, @ negro was Tribune to the wealth and of this city was offered in the A boy babe 1 Shibe, born te U. Shibe and his wife Shige Ishigakt © 44, came into the werld| Goronano SPRINGS, Colo., Ja atthe home cf big parents x Car c¢. B. and Q. Railway. On th Fight'ng their wa |eame day Uttle Itguo Téukishima | snowstorm" borne on ‘th 1 : pened his eyes in’ Dr. Keith's hos-| gale, five intrepid mount limt pital ers scaled the acherous In three homes three br new | Pikes Peak late yesterday: to: uy jaughters were dedicated to “this| the tradition of the Adaman tlub, ar gr and wonderfuj state of organization which celebrates tt ming’ and were brar 1 OW coming of each new year by |a display of firework from the brow of the Arctic peak 4 EDITION CONTRACT F On EAPORT GAO {0 SIGNED AGAIN BY OTANDARD Refinery Operation at Top Speed Assured; Construction Should Reach Big Figure. Here’s to unequaled pros- Today the twelve months calendar are on the first in the field for consi¢d of the prospects for this new What about it? Provision for the rebuflding of 40 a sof ite great Batteries has been made by the Standard Of] compans of Indiana at its 50,000 bh This work will be started Again the Standard has renewed 100,000,000 gallons ains of tank care will ng this vast quantity of mo The recently built shops of the Un Car company 4 the “Midwest “PEAK IS SCALED oe IN SNOWSTORM