Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 9, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER Wyoming—Unsettled and tonight. probably -snow. partly overcast; colder colder Tuesday southeast The circulation of The Tribune is greater than any other Wyoming newspaper The Casper Daily portion, Fresh to strong shifting | winas. “VOL. IX. NO. 128 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation CASPER, WYOMING, MONDAY, SSHHd AALVIOOSSY AO HAA WAW Crilinve duo (duos) G MARCH 9, On Streets or at Newstands, & cents Delivered by Cartier 75 cents a month | Publication Offices: Tribune Bidg.. 218 BE. Second st. STEWART DODGES TEAPOT ANNULMENT TRIAL DRY AGENT SHOOTS SELF GUN EXPLODED “IFTERDROPPING. QUT OF HOLSTER C.W. Easley Recovering From Bullet Wound In Leg and Arm. ° C. W. Easley, state law en- forcement officer, is on the rapid road to recovery at Lincoln Hospital today, -fol- lowing an agcidental shoot- | ing in one of the local hotels at noon yesterday when he dropped his Colt 44 from its holster to tbe floor, causing the hammer of the gun to explode the weapon and wounding him. The bullet venetrated the fleshy part of the left limb above th® knee. passing through the leg and ceeding upward until it struck 1 ley's left arm sbove the elbow lodged there. Easley and Lee Craft, also a state law enforcement officer occupied connecting rooms in hotel and when Craft hi d the shot he rushed through the connecting (Continued on Page Bight) the} ALUM ALINNER ON PACIFIC GOAST fo CALLED HEROD Captain Ventures Inside 12 Mile Limit to Rescue Men in Small Boat. By SARAH MARKHAM. (Copyright, 1925, Consolidated Press Association.) PORTLAND, Ore., March 9.—When is a rum runner not a rum runner? This is a question over which authorities at Wash- ington are now puzzling. But the answer comes ringing cl and strong from the sun-kis slopes of the Pacific: “When he’s a hero, by gum!" Neither do they stop with wo: They hang inscribed with the words “True Sailor” wround the neck of the rum runner in question. For, take it from the nine ship wrecked sailors of the ill-fated 1um ber boat, Cx aptain Robert Pamphlet, accused of being inside the United States boundaries with his cargo of rum, looked not hero to them, he loo! angel when he hau of the icy ¥ of the Pa they. ha sed around f in an « t Bedrage the nine smile and a grog taken from Captain Pamph own cargo, with which he says was on his way to Mexico when he sighted the shipwrecked men, But Playing good Samaritan cost Captain Pamphlet dea nd tt th ac greeted w steaming hot were he Just as the shipwrecked nine had|the t (Continued on Page Eight) beautiful gold watch | | | HOME SWEET HOME UITE ATTRACTIVE TWO GIRLS DECIDE PLEBISCHTE [g ET TO SETTLt CHILE DoPUTE South American People To Vote to Determine Property Di Dispute. WASHINGTON, March 9. —A plebiscite to determine | the question of sovereignty Camping Out in Boxcar Proves Effective Cure for Wanderlust of South Wol- cott Street Girls By CONKLING FITCH Vera Hazel Lacy, 14 years old, and Thelma Florine Lacy, 12 years old, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Lacy | of 933 South Wolcott street, returned to the parental domi- cile at 2 o’clock today, sadly disillusioned over the joys of camping out and happy to be home again after ‘a 24-hour absence. The frantic mother and police officers had | combed the city in an effort to lo- Casper. Mrs. Lacy was notified and vate the girls whom it had been | went to the place where she learned feared might have been kidnaped or|that her daughters had slept in a met with foul play. box car last night. Vera Hazel, attractive brunette Later today Lieut. Plummer found girl with straight black bobbed tres-} the girls downtown and told them es, who could be taken for 16 years|to go home. ‘They told the officer € Bes old and her younger sister, Thelma | that they were enroute home. The|over Tacna-Arica was or- Florine, with lght ‘own bobbed | girls had tired of their argosy and|dered in an award handed air and hazel grey eyes, kissed their and food ther goodby after dinner Sunday afternoon and at o'clock started were glad to seek shelter under the parental roof. While a Tribune down today by President Coolidge in the controversy over the territory between Chile and Peru. reporter was out for a walk. Mrs. Lacy expected | present in the Lacy home talking to] The award was handed the Per- | her daughters back by 6 o'clock but|xfrs, Lacy, she was called to thelyyian and Chilean ambassadors at they did not put in an appearance} telephons and informed by Lieut.| the White House today by the presi- last night. The girls were both snl ture. red 1 ove! Plummer that the girls were safe and on their way home. A second; later, the telephone rang again, and the mother was informed by a friend of the family that the girls had been seen walking up Wolcott street toward their home. dent. Condition: be in aceordar of the plebiscite will © with some of the contentions of each of the nations party to. ite 4Phe decislop would pro: vide a fair election to represent the people's wishes. A brief semi-official summary attired in kers and decided to taste adven- y. ‘Time went by and Mrs, La that ‘mistiap of some kind aken her daughters. AS a t hope she called the police last night and gave the authorities a de- of 4 Mrs. Lacy and the reporter started] the dectsion follows: scription of the two girls. The po-} gown town and the mother met her opinion and award Is not ice kept the information confiden- | gaughters walking north on Wolcott} avorable to either party, but | tial but immediately instituted a city wide search. They had never fore without their of their toward home. Mrs. Lacy embraced her daughters and took them home where the grime and dirt was re- moved and the girls sat down to a real home cooked meal, the first it is in no sense a compromise. It is a clean cut decision on the merits | of each of the three questions sub- mitted to the arbitrators The first question, plebiscite or no been absent be- mother knowing vhereabouts. Lieut. Plummer this morning | substantial food they had eaten since plebiscite is decided in favor of heard that two girls answering the| their disappearance. Chile’s contentions that the ultimate description had been seen in the| Vera Hazel and Thelma Florine| gisposition of ‘Tacna and Arica vicinity of a briekyard in North (Continued on Page Eight) shold be determined by popular vote. The second quesfion, namely, the conditions of the plebiscite, involve the determination of a number of important matters such as the qual- Ifications of voters and the super- vision of the plebiscite. Some of these measures are ¢ ded in ac- cordance with contentions made at one time or another by Peru. All ar decided in the interest of a free and fair election, which wili truly represent the will of the people of Tacna and Arica. Wales’ Wardrobe| Cramped on Tour To South Africa} BOY’S THIGH IS BROKEN IN EXPLOSION Wesley Walker, Six Years Old, Injured in Wreck of Stahl Cleaning and Press- LATE SPORTS LARAMIE, Wyo., March 9.—The | eighth annu high school weels opened this morning with 553 official sts representing 49 schools, a 20} per cent larger atendance than ever | before. In basketball, 43 registered. Following teams listed in class A, = schools (heavier class) in. order of their weights: Guernsey, Casp Wheatland, Yo- der, Loyell, Kemmerer, Cheyenne, Worland, Sundance, Cody croft, Buffalo, Fort Laram lins, Upton, ert, Douglas, Basin, Riverton, can, Cokeyille Greybull, | Sheri- | Newcastle, | Saratoga, WEEK-END RAID TOLL IS HEAVY Dry Law Vistiiors Hard Hit; Pair of Runaways from Douglas Caught; Driver Who Smashed Post Sought | STANDARD HEAD TAKES TRIP TO SUUTH AMERICA, TRIAL LAUNCHED Police were busy over the week-end in an atte mpt to put the fear of the law into alleged proprietors of liquor joints | and drinkers of alleged contrabar nd intoxicants varying | from “home-brewed beer” to “jagkass moonshine.” Sev-| eral raids were conducted by the officers between midnight Pomerene Charges Con- Midwest, Glendo, Rock Springs,| Saturday and this morning. sp] 1 b3 Bir s, River, Mountain} Robert W. wick, 1 1 d @ expe to Spiracy In Fall Deal; view, Lar: » Glenrock, Lusi, La} and Clifford Gitthus sVGbera te S) “ . “ Graney Pins Thiatra: Glieeies eile, | one, curtort iets, 1 n Casper today anc tae the| Sinclair Exercises With dale, Rozet, Lingle Lyman, Sunrise. | °°" of Doug : Poet eae ere | MAY Ik i Games in first series alternate be-| °Cleck Sunday morn stody by Officers Clark a In Cheyenne. tween class, A and B, in following | Grand Central hotel and t | : orde | police headquarters. 1 police} G. O. Basin vs. Yoder; Pine Bluffs vs.| were adi two young | coin yo., March 9.— Hillsdale; Guernsey vs. Kemmerer;| men had run awe s home. After | y, » chairman of the Lingle vs. + ; Sheridan vs.! their arrest, the local authorities |?” Teut- deen tors of the Standard (Continy n Page Eight) wired the parents of the young me of Indiana, who has interesting trip to the Haw former Governor I enlightening discourse on the in a community nd two: musical Smith, ac companied by Mrs, Fis and Mrs. anworthy, made up a very taining program before th meeting of the Rh unt of his re- lin islands b Brooks, numbe » at the | Henning today. Gov inter: » trom rooks hu 1 Angeles, City of Los enjoyed a They left on the S. for Honolulu ver enter: | weekly | been sought throughout the oun- as & government witness in the pot Dome trial in progress ROTARIANS ENTERTAINED WITH ia AN ACCOUNT OF BY FORMER GOVERNOR BROOKS rompanies controlling oil produc voted to the th » in those territories, an industry mous propo: wing of pinea raided was ed her rele at Negotiations 3 with respect to those matters are now under way The arrest occurred | D .Hurley was arvested yester- | weeks, it ee by Offic Baker and ¢ Was announced here today by John nanc ey was rele | Standard’ Oit of 2 5 Mr, Claris 1 nnounce- W est Tenth street ment in this statement A charge of being drunk gvas several weeks R. W. Stew: ex sa Flor le hairman of the board of the colored, following her ‘ d Oil company of Indiana i s been examining oil fields and the balance b ing mac up of} by I ry} erties in Mextes and mixed races, principally ve Ha- heade | 1 in an effort to. se- walldneaind Sapa ty has | n « r-| n upon whieh the American cit F é t th | mine whether 2 cs x Fe lesa: Ae aa pt a proposal that it do) ae "aA AES ae tee ee aaa ‘| make a substantial investment land and s usands of re | bee The McAlister woman put up | Wilt sobveras ie certel miepstane | | y delightful voyage, the sea being calm a all : the {i Honolulu he declared . beautiful, modern city of 100,000. population, the Ameri- 1 until concluded no further a | lite as a gov- at Fae aii ae inicael ict nt withess in the » de- Bin ind aincearcen thera tas ee li | clined to add to the stat nt othe of two Casper men at dele s to} « Tie thes cay rues the national convention of the Na-| kor ation With Mr. Stewart. He de- nal Federation. of Music clubs in| Othe lexedfrequer clined to divulge his present ad- Portland this year, She emphastz-| Gnuwer aio. te dress and said that he would not eantinusd dpe Be Sevens (Contindad?on eturn until he had completed his business mission. Auto Show Opening Set For Tonig oe to Thrill Casper terpiece of gai so leave th ning of the 19% 5 Casper Automobile keon will be pushed: open by courteous ticket snatche a lively tune, and local salesmen will chant th automobile anual song | ing Establishment This Morning eas. 2 tee pink cei i] ch %.—The Re dete bituiareralaas Repulse for the | Wesley Walker, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs, C. W.| Prince of Wales! trin to South ar | Walker of 931 West Ninth street, had his right thigh | \n ait ; It problem, the Daily Mall | broken at 11:45 o’clock this morning when a gasoline ex-| says. In addition to the usual con plosion demolished the interior of the H. Stahl Cleaning | plement of 1,250 mer m has in and Pressing establishment at 631 West Ninth street. He | be found for the prince's stilt aut also received first degree burns which are not considered | ang the fact that so many occasions, which is sure to briag the desired Marshall Neilan | | Starts Riot In | Culver City Cafe i 1c Keith hospit where both he| climates and conditions must be p 1 W is playing L; ad treat vided f essitates space for an around the inside of the place when | ent. tonight immense amount of ba total CULVER CITY, Calif., Marcl : | Harry Young, Casper high school | ing about 200 trunks, 200 chests and | Culver ¢ police early this morn | She ohana nae" ofewhicn t . ed into building imme | other cases, ing were called to a boulevard cafe} |has not been a ned, occurred. | diately after the explosion and car-| One difficulty, the paper says is| here to quell a urbance said by| He was thrown violently across the] ried the Walker boy outside. {that the Repulse is not equipped | witnesses to have started between| room and the fall caused the injury] The interior was demolished by|with a laundry and that therefore} Marshall Nellan, motion picture di to his hip. the explosion and blaze which was|a great stock of laundered things tor, and an unidentified man who i. the proprietor, the only | extinguished quickly after the ar-|must be taki us none can be as dancing with Blanche Sweet, | other’ o¢ nt of the building at) rival of the fire department. The/| freshened until Capetown is reached, | film actress and Neilan's wife recelved minor burns and|shop is a small wooden structure! Sime of the preparations have to According to witnesses the fight} is expected to be discharged from attached to the Stahl residence. do with the entertainments at which | started when the stranger struck} the prince will be host aboard ship eilan after the director object- . upon his arrival at various ports. | ed to the manner In which he accom Twenty one cooks, stewards. and | panied Miss Sweet over the dance \ walters will accompany the party | floor. The excitement spread and = and sufficient tableware will be | the police were called. No arrests taken to serve 990 guest were made DOORS: ROB Bbc dl | | O Cos L J EW E LR Thef automobile interests of Casper have gone to great NEW YORK $50,000 after beating M wealthy cotton broke The robbers chopped down the doors of the apartment in making their entrance. They are believed by the police to have be 2n members of the same gang that robbed the apartments of several women well known on Broadway, includin Loulse Lawson and Dorothy Kee nan, who were murdered, After choking Mrs. ‘Perkins and biting rings from her fingers and ta ing bracelets and necklaces from he the robbers beat her with butts until she revealed the of all her Jewelry Mrs. Perkins wo rev location ly 8 a frequenter of March 9.—Three masked men broke into the Mrs. Fay Perkins in West 58th street early today and escaped with jewelry valued at Perkins and binding and gagging her escort, Milton Abbott, benefit and education the m the city. It is a fine exhibition. trouble of a visit to the Arkeo: studio apartment of The interest in automobiles generally, self is one of the nation’s produ the most rapidly of them all. When the fact that every Broadway cabarets, as were the vic tims in the other apartment robber- federate knocked floor with a kick. her prone All to the three then les, She is separated from her hus-| went to a dressing table and emptied} ‘river of a car of sume deseript band, Benjamin Perkins, who {s the | a jewel casket, The robbers then tied| ow universal the public intere wealthy proprietor of a cafe. a pillow over Mrs. Perkins’ {ace ana} t¢2t automobile knowledge has extended, The bandits prepared to torture | escaped. The woman's clothing was | Almost every car of reputi Mrs. Perkins by fire when she re- ‘ mobile world is represented a torn to shreds and her face and head | fused to tell where the jewelry was hidden, she told the police. One rob-| Were covered with blood when police ber struck a match and then a con-| arrived. 4 sults of the highest mechanic skill in the world, is on disply (Continued pains and expense to display in minute de ny ei display is being held for ensuing holds the attention of everybod 1 engineeri: 1 for the public's rs and trucks that are sold in , entirely worthy the time and n dancing academy, where the especially, and transportation The industry it and has grown ucing activit the owner and adily reckone and to what ex ixth person jon, it may be x st has become, tion and standing in the auto nd sold in this city. The re- vid mann fetaris ny at the exhibition, [t is on Page Two) all Owen J. Roberts of the govern- ment oil counsel has had a per- sonal agent trailing Stewart for some time in an effort to serve hint with a subpoena to appear as a witness present trial. CHEYENNE, March Edward C. Finney, assistant Secretary of the interior and the first witness called by the government at the open- ing today in fefleral court of Motor Owners display is on its toes, the entertainment |the opening ensemble, dealers have exploited their f waiting on safety pins and victrola needles for the result. suit to annul the le: granted © Mammoth Oil company, testi- By SPARK PLUG fied that he was not informed by y of ning of the 1 days‘after finished tuning up and is set for of th favorites to the sky and are now until se The Arkeon presents a mas in effect. Previou he e supper dishes this evening and attend the opening eve-| 4 testified that under the custom hov Promptly at 7:30 p. m. the doors of the Ar-| OER TIRE tae Peet aes hea ey ore shestra will sound L off w vith pproval. shekels into the bmitted to him for family coffers. RT: cays! 4 4 | said*that ad isements rio of dely known you j for com itive bic 1 the Teapot male arrived this morr «| another tae lease had not iheanimatios from v ra they nder examination Owen J. part in entertaining the dealers | ays ae | Roberts, special go: ment cd ihicehatlt company ban.) Death Said to Be Bernas he ak covseel quet wv 1 th Fall t an aulbiat Swi | Much Exaggerated | remorandum requesting em- apotlig public f 1 Ca ' « , I 1 : aie cx waniane ; tised 1 ken befor T. Bla nedy by i er Ir, ¥ r nae in keon floor showing 1 r ' cf 1 « Page lotted the lers Ing the | space number, It will be-well to tak this ever Tribune with you | the show for it may serve as an and the cars the contain. There hav been no. dis Many r i's lear cal dealers scar dared ‘hoy have come through unharmed to thelr charm to the first night On Wednesd th motive whi announced Benet of th Plans Talked Wven in of tt ir d __ The comb r t and peas *| Kentucky Lad, Apparently Dame Lies in Ing of the t ng eee | Stupor With Concussion of Brain While rot prominent ane Relatives Arrange His Interment , « > for 3 o aa thelr time may rmit ae bore factory men who have} MADISONVILLE, Ky,, March 9,—Rosc ‘oe Qualls, 9, hanks of the Oldamohile Motor Co..| lying helplessly in his bed unable to move sard his pa AvM. Platte of: the Platte E ‘ ents give him up for dead and plan the ae ral arrange- Pipe Gonmpany of De Sf 1 -Giments. Today he is recovering after hours of thc ughts of aot, Ma terdion ae eh , | being buried alive, factory representative of the Roscoe fell while skating on a pond on his father’s farm. dler Motor Car compatiy I set In and the pl { ement and the boy ap- J, Peterson, with tt tlona th t nd. Bu 1 | shortly after the doc Ha ester tole of ne enn. of he t He t ft. Parents and relatives then his year, Instead of ;lucing th 4 ept alive seve the ¢ Loscor va he Continued’ on Page Seven) by liq food. This falled t he Lr ‘ all, ; “ oe