Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 3, 1925, Page 1

ju “UME $4 MAIN NEWS SECTION CASPER, WYOMING, SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1925 FTAA sper Sunday Crime MAIN NEWS SECTION NO. 40 RAIL TWO STILL UP AT MIDNIGHT; OTHERS DOWN Disqualifications of Vet-| eran Aeronaut Held Possible. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May 2. —Officials of the National Aeronautical association de- clared late tonight that Capt. H. E. Honeywell, pilot of the St. Joseph Optimist club entry in the national elimination contest, has not been definitely dis- qualified for failure to leave the field on scheduled time bere yester- day. Honeywell, the commander, re- fused to inflate his bag yesterday in time to take off on the scheduled time, declaring the wind too high. Lambert said tonight that there was “no excuse” for Honeywell not taking off at the scheduled time. The bag piloted by Captain Honey- well and the Goodyear III, piloted W. T. Van Orman were the only two of the six entered to be aloft ate tonight. Efforts have been made to keep in close touch with the pilots at headquarters here and officials said they believed the two bags to be in the air, a The last of the balloons to come down was the pilot bag commanded by Major Maurice Smith, Kansas City. He was forced to the ground at Crimpshaw, Miss., about 60 miles south of Memphis, Tenn, The.winner in the elimination con- test will be the American entrant in international balloon races to be held in Belgium, The two balloons believed to be in the air have not been sighted for many hours. A gray bag wag sight- ed at Helena, Ark., at 5 o'clock but it was too high to identity, With a moderate breeze the two balloons remaining in the contest are thought to be drifting southeast- ward by officials here, The Detroit, piloted by H. BEB. Thaden, was forced down because of leaky fabric, Thaden reported. Thaden and hig aide, William C, Naylor, landed unharmed. The bal- loon was shipped to Detroit and ‘Thaden and Naylor left for Detroit late today, Naylor, who was over- come by gas while the Detroit was being inflated yesterday and who in- sisted on making the flight, suffered | no ill effects, he said 8T, JOSEPH, Mo., May 2.—Two balloons, the Goodyear III, pilote! by W. T. Van Orman, and the St. Joseph Optimist club entry, manded by H. E. Honeywell, were still up at 11 o'clock tonight so far as could be learned at headquarters hére. balloon, commanded by rice Smith, ca 1 miles Miss., 60 miles ent 14 came! do Batesville Page Seven) WEATHER Partly overcast Sunday and Mon ; coolor in east and south por- tions Sunday. 8 morning )Continued on Justice i BALLOONS IN FINISH RACE ene “AANCHMIAN SUES AR SLAYER SENTEr at Douglas When Reeves Pleads EIGHT PERISH Speeded a (dies) uenoyeipT oye ON LAKE * Still in Air | Henry A. Johnson, rancher, has brought suit in district court against. the county commissioners to recover | $750 in damages which he alleges | incurred when the commission- ers changed the route of the Yellow- highway and ran it across h property. 0 asks for the rynway | stone a court order to joners to build @ his cattle at the and to preserve tion ditches, complaint explains that after | the commissioners had decided in February, 1924, to change the course of the highway appraisers were ap- pointed to determine damages and benefits. The appraisers, he says, did not appraise all of his land but in a statement of award specified POLA NEGRI ‘SMUGGLER’ ‘OF LIQUOR YORK, 3 2,—(United ress.—Pola Negri, film actress, appear before the collector of » port Monday morning to explain she had sixteen bottles of liquor in her possession when she arrived from Europe this week. Customs s said this was aitogether too much forbidden stuff, even for any one as famous as Pola. ‘There was also a inatter of 300,000 francs ($15,000) worth of undeclared gems, the customs officials said. Miss Negri ‘said her changed status —she recently took out first citizen- ship papers—was responsible tor an error. commiss for The The St. Joseph Optimist club en try, piloted by the veteran balloonist, | PHILADELPHIA, May H. E. Honeywell (upper) and Goodyear III, piloted by War record for sustained flight in Van Orman, were still in the air Schildhauer, with Lieut. midnight last night in the nat elimination balloon race wh started Friday from St. Joseph, Two Suspects {aay morning until 2 Under Arrest com: | | Alibi of Man Identified as Holdup of| Jacob Miller Investigated by Sheriff McPherson Two suspects are under arrest and lodged in the county | jail for investigation in connection wi the holdup and |robbery of jewelry.and money valued at $1,861 from Jacob | Miller at Mills Friday night. Both men were arrested Sat- lurday morning but deny all complicity in the holdup. | Sheriff Alex McPherson stated last nizht that Miller had | identified cae of the suspects, This was not conasiidered sufficient evi a e to file a charge of robber WAR ON CANINES © 1 ib! which the sheriff's officers ¢ investigating ROUSES CAPITAL } ler, one masked bandit b him up nd poked a nt ribs while second bandit ‘elle him of hile ole d cual one of the Public Midi tiation Pirie High at € enne as Slaughter Continues ian ‘ot the a spay ii Streets an private preniise: in en BS yy Sp Bends <i and Mayor Allis has aroused a Storm of protest here. The proclama ons authorize the destruction of all dogs except those whose owners keep them restrained by chains be- yond the reach of trafffe or confined tn bulldings and days police officers for been using shot 1! dogs found under other than thooe lewelry Chey-| ¢, has registered a for } protest again:( further killing of | An automotil belonging to dogs on streets or private premises, | Thomas Mille of the Mills Construe- urging that the quarantine regula | tion company was, stolen Friday pcb and practices be mcdified suffi night while parked {mn front of the © provide for the impound: | Henning hotel and recovered by po | dox4 found under 1m | Hee Saturday moining abandoned in. violation of 't r the C. B& Q freight louse oy 1 my Pate ‘ acanianiokt HENRY JOHNSON $ PLAINTIFF ment Lieut. C. H. Schildhauer, as he stepped off the navy seaplane PN :58 this afternoon, remaining in the air . The record they established is just short of double th previous one “Sand Sucker” Stea COUNTY BOARD CLEVELAND, members of the Ohio, crew of the s that the commissioners should erect four-wire fence on each side of the road through’ his property, that they should: provide a runway for his cattle near the bridge and that over on its side and sank at Officials of the Kelly Is sla they should pay him damages total-| pany, owners of the vessel, rep: ing $100. the accident. They were at Johnson claims this award Was) certain as to how many live grossly inadequate and unfair. He is the owner of the south half of} Were lost and the cause aink the south half of section 2 and the| ing. The vessel was 155 feet long and was built at Lorain in 1924 north half of the northeast half of section 11, township 35 north, range 83 west of the ‘Sixth Principal paghagpla as Sata es tates SANDUSKY, Oh! (Unit Press.}—A 0, Uni ted 8 Sinks in Lake Erie; Exact Loss of Life Still Unknown May ported drowned when the boat, a west of Cleveland, this afternoon. SHIP: mer Rolls Over and | 2.—(United Press.) —Bight eamer Kelly Island were re- “sand sucke rolled 40 miles north- Pelee Island, nd Lime and Transport com- t guard cutter has been dis- i hed to Point Pelee, on the Cana Jdian shore across the lake from Kelly this are here the steamer rted to have su of to fternoon, Nine ng, according word to the Marblehead coast guard station. The coast guard cutter was sufficient to give assistance in the search for bodies, it was said the cre se jh iF REGKS HOU | A gas explosion in the kitchen of a two-room house at 831 North Grant street about 9 o'clock last night while the -.occupants While the murky shadows of dark- were | ness enveloped the city and all local away from home, wrecked the in-| residents were snoring contente: side of the house and caused a fire|{n thelr downy beds, the stiline which resulted in considerable dam-|and quiet shortly be » «twilig! age before the fire department|this morning was broken by the reached the scene. sound of the exhaust of three puls- According to the fire department | ing high powered machines which records, Ly W. Lewis ives in the}roared away from The Tribune house but he was not present when | building {n different directions the tive-department arrived ‘and Skd| vying the Tribune to the readers not returned by the time that the | who live at Shoshon!, Riverton, Hud fire was extinguished. The fiames|son, Lander, Douglas, Glenrock, shot up to a considerable height and] Parkerton and évery camp in the could be seen in the downtown dis-| Salt Creek oli field towns and In- trict, It is said. termediate points. i Neighbors” who turned in. the The Casper Daily Tribune, adding alarm to No. 2 fire station said that|to the reputatiun which the news- Lewis “was attetnding services at} paper has earned by unequalled ser- the Salvation Army citadel. vice as the leading daily of Wyo- 2.—(United Press.) —‘‘We thought she would never run out of gas,’ -9 this afternoon, after hanging up a new world’s a seaplane, 5 J. R. Kyle, navigated the seaplane over the coutse ot Bian dh 4 28 hours and 36 minutes for seap ane . GAS EXPLOSION SUNDAY TRIBUNE READ AT BREAKFAST HOUR IN ALL CENTRAL WYOMING ‘Idle Gossip’ Is Answer To Office Change business in Colorado and <ico is conducted through al offices at Denver, and this business {s constantly ex- panding, and{t requires main- tenance of offices in the Colorado pital “Besides that fact we would not have available office space here for the move. I don't believe there is any truth In the r In the talk regarding it was pointed out tha principal offices in Chic Casper an effective conce of employes and officers would be accomplished, with the e: office. in the Illinois metrepolis and the operating departments here. ——— PITCHER DEAD ming, has inaugurated an automo bile delivery service to subscribers in ll the towns within a radius of 150 miles of Casper. The minute that the presses start runni ces bundle the papers, address them to their destination and rush them to three sturdy touring stand wa at ning, all night to bring The Tribune home to its readers miles and miles away when they arise on Sunday morning. The first car to be’ loaded »with its burden of Tribunes {8 the new Studebaker which makes the run to (Continued on Page Three.) GIANT SEAPLANE STAYS IN AIR FOR 28 HOURS AND 36 MINUTES was the only com- f the Delaware river from 10:22 Fri- 14 hours and 58 minutes, 42 made last July by Lieu- tenants ¥. W. Reed and J. B. Price at Washington, D. C. L, M. Wolson, clvidan aeronautical expert, and Machinist's Mate Charles Sutton were the mechanics of the PN-9. Every drop of the 1,300 gallons of gasoline taken aloft was used, and she only glided to the water this seconds, afternoon at the navy yard when the motors stopped for lack of fuel. The PN.9 was being tested for fuel and structural endurance pre- paratory to a flight she schedule 3 make between San Fre isco & a ° ens , > , Ail ' Court in Pointing Out Menace to Attitude; Attor- é att neys Asked to Join Forces ile: a hi ive _ —— — | fight predicted she would be forced WASHINGTON, May 2.—(United Pre r fie descend about noon toda ing nation of the civilized world, Justice Harlan F, dackjof fue], but she: remainet court declared tonight in an address at a banquet of the A See ee HOOEE (Te The country’s disrespect for law menaces its future, , up! | An ge pped by the pitots|legal profession to take the lead in laying bare the roots of the evil and prescribing the 4 this morning remedy. # functioning ly, “One of t ‘ wi ts Soe estimated gasoline re-|be under e Am 11 18 from ~ obedience expected to ullght about | ple, sa archi j It night the ce of the] the re li traced | « white | us th biding ple ver or ind green glimmer of her navigat the civil i ing lights, “What I t is for ¢ esion “MOFFAT CRUDE. IS COMING HERE . | Up Operations at Its Casper Plant lof the Texas Production; Cold., where {t will be loaded In tank from the Moffat oll field | cars and shipped to Cusper in northwestern Colorado will be re: The inst shipment of thik crude o the Producers @ Refiners plant fined at ‘the Casper plant of tHe / Rt mateo, Wyo. under the: Prairie’s us company, necording to {n+} contract wa made on April 23, Ship rmution given out following the| ment of thin erude to Casper will xpiration of the re OU & Gas| mean the eding up of operntions oF 1y’s option on the production. ; at the Texas plant lere, which ha The crude wil be ruy. through o time ‘ Texas Company Will Have Oil to Speed || dette with pe others s, expert circulation employ cars which in the rear of The j Leibune building; with expert drivers the wheel and the motors run- ready to roar into the 3.) —The United States is the le Stone of the United States Supreme | Stone WHEN HIT BY BATTED BALL PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 2.— (United Press)--James ‘Bud Brad- ley, a pitcher for the Philadelphia Pros baseball team, was killed this It afternoon when a batted ball struck him in the stomech. He stopped a line drive from the bat,of Art Fleck, catcher on Lit Brothers, the opposing team, which knocked him down. "to complete the play to first base and then collapsed in the box. Bradley was a star pitcher on amateur nines here for a number cf | « years and one season was given a trial by Conn! Mack with the Ath- letics but failed to make good, ——_—-—>—___- CASE OF PARK COUNTY SHERIFF TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT FOR TIME CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 2.—Gov- ernor Nellie T, Ross returned today from Cody, where she presided at a hearing on charges of misconduct and malfeasance brought against Sheriff W. A. Loomis of Park county, The governor has the Loomis case under advisement. American Disrespect Of Law Leads World iSo Says Justice Harlan F. Stone of United States Supreme t law-abid n Law Institute. calling upon the meri said, He was able cD TO LIFE TERM NGL uilty AST CHAPTER fo WHITTEN IN BRUTAL GRIME REVEALED HERE Murderer of Harnsen Grabs at Chance to Escape Possibility of Gallows Death. Walter Preston Reeves pleaded guilty to the murder of Andrew Harrison yester- day afternoon before Judge C. O. Brown in the district court of Converse county at and was sentenced to life in the state pentten- Doug’ Ha willbe kept in the county jail at Douglas for a few days until the warden the penal institution a¢ Rawlins arrives for him. Before he was taken from Casper yesterday by Sheriff Albert Peyton, Deputy Matt Berg and Paul Showe alter, prosecuting attorney of Cone verse county, Reeves told the offte cers that he desired to plead guilty, and take life imprisonment. rathes than stand trial and take the risi¢ of conviction and hanging. was explained by Showalter that he couldupot be hanged in ti state on api gullty without on roborating witnesses and that in thig case no such witnesses could be obs tained, Showalter said he desired to russ proceediigs with “all” possible speed but when he left here he doubted tf the prisoner could be brought up for hearing before Monday. It was feared that if the case were delayed Reéves might for the second time re- pudiate his confession and thus cause & long drawnout trial before convic- tion. When he was brought into the ét fice of Sheriff Alexander McPherson to) be given in -custody of Sheriff Peyton «the prisoner continued to maintain his calm demeanor. He even joked with Frank Lee, spectal agent of the Burlington rall- road and laughed at the joke ‘he played on hig fellow jail prisoners in making them think he was going to commit suicide Friday night. “You made them think you were going to hang your: with @ pay rope and, then they thought you were choking yourself to death with paper, didn’t you?” Lee asked, Reeves grinned broadly and then sald in his soft southern draw!: “Yes, I sho’ had them ol’ boys skeered, As he stood cers to take 23 old, the hardened his confession. waiting for the oftt- him, the young man, did not appear to be err indicated’ by His face was practi cally expressionless when he was not smiling. The only ind{cation of mental anxiety was a barely pre ceptible tightness of the corners of put his mi inted he f would have man's t aac ng hose It mer 1 r, that “COUNTY LODGE IS MADE READY | Opening of Bucknum Lodge as Home for Aged and Destitute Due Monday e k who 4 the famous in-| Lo streets, the city-cou jsfaction ¢ t work n atrik-| for 4 and destitute pe |< ab be eutadion Ewe donen of t of ind be opened tomorrow morni Dye Ae in the: nosed vy criminal Jaw Mr. and Mrs. W. A. McAt | oft I provide a ¢oal property. He plac: charge, For several weeks the Asso- | ‘omfort place where the olf me on the legal ciated Charities workers, co-operat- | People may while away the time on ng they started In the ing, with the county commisstc neve tor GRys Ong) evaning. ‘TIRES | # of great corporate *x-| have been making improvements at | #80 % ving room large enough to Hee ue Wie staesat to ie kee the home and laying plans desig: ned | oa e tarane pip y omething 4 Sain of toa Roeakariant: create home-like, comfortable and | °° 9 Sam's cheerful environment in the p } The furniture \ n declar the country! With this goal in view, spaces for | Not elaborat ther for anarchy oF] tower and vegetable gardens, and a| !* : zation of power re-l onicxen yard e been reserved | poa ‘ yutine nd tt io anticipated that the inmator G vere