Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 15, 1925, Page 1

FMOONSHINER SLAIN IN GUN BATTLE {t WEATHER Mostly fair tonight and cept possibly showers in 1 portion. Not much ature. VOL. iX NO. 262 The Circulation of The Tribune Is Greater Than Any Other ye aa Newspaper er Daily MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS he Gasp CASPER, 2, WYOMING, SA KILLING MARKS COLORADO AAD LIQUOR SEIZED = Mountain Region Near; Cnpple Creek Is Battle Scene. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug. 15.—(By The Associated Press.) —One un- identified _moonshiner is dead, two of his companions are in jail at Cripple Creek, Colorado, and a third is held here as a result of a raid late last night by federal and county prohibition agents near Divide, Colorado. A fourth companion escaped. Officers seized 300 gallons of moonshine liquor, 1,500 gallons of mash and a large still at the moon- shiners’ retreat in an almost indc- cessible spot near the range peaks of the Rockies. The officers visited the {Illicit man- ufacturing plant early and took W. Williams into c He declared 4 other men were interest- ed jn the venture, and told officers they had gone to Denver with a truck load of whiskey, but would return during the evening. When the quartet returned with an empty truck, they opened fire on the officers. In the gun play that followed, one of the men was wounded fatally. The other three surrendered shortly af- terwards. One of them escaped into the darkness while being taken to Cripple Creek. ALLEGED ATTACK UPON MILLS MARSHAL LEADS TO ASSAULT CHARGE Gordon Weekly was arrested by the sheriff's office Friday afternoon and is charged with assault and battery. Chris -Bodervig, town marshal of Mills, is said to have been the victim of Week! ack FARMER KILLS WIFE, SUICIDES MO; (By ahi, ICELLO, Associated years old, ¢ Tho 49 d killed his wife w ars old, then kil k ht A coroner's de va ntoxicated he children heard t ts quar reling. When shots called the authorities en LONE HOLDUP GETS PAYROLL DENVER, Colo., Aug. ciated Press.)\—A lone, unmasked bandit ®hortly before noon today held up three employes of the Frank Kirchhoff Construction com- pany, and.after shooting one of the men, escaped with a payroll amount- ing to about $5,000. The wounded man 1s Earl Hershey. son of Man- ager of § Hershey of Denver. et pea Ee BALL SCORES: AMERICAN LEAGUE At Boston (Ist game}— RB. HE adelphia -..000 000 300—3 7 2 ton 000 000 010—1 6 1 Batteries: Harriss and Cochrane; hmke and Bischoff. —— 15.—(Asso WILLIAMSPORT, P: ly The Associated Press)—Thomas Dearty, Jr., Yale basketball coach id nationally known authority on 1 they | | (dutos) “tvieys: Peivig 1925 Oe oes Cri Delivered by Carrier 7 ents @ month On Stredts or at Newstands, 6 cants DOUBLE MURDER COMMITTED BY CHAPMAN’S PALS FOR REVENGE Tribune Bldg. ation 216 B Oftices: i cond St. 1 ——_—_—= SCRAPPING OF STATE’S | | LAST ELECTRIC LINE TO HINGE ON HEARING | Ride Wyo., Aug. 15.— of the application of the Sheridan Street Railway company for a certif ence e of public conveni- y, authorizing the and n n company's in- | t nent of line from Sheridan to Monarch, will be conducted by the Wyoming Public Service commis- sion on Septe: 3, it was an nounced Saturday The interurban line is the last electric line in the state, and Wyo ming will be entirely without elec tric car transportation application be granted. Two protests have been received the commission against the granting of the application, one KLAN HOME IS FIRED, $1,000 should the INDIANA, Pa., Aug. 15.—(By The ed Press}—Thomas Rob- inson, president of the Indiana Klan Home association today posted a re- ward of $1,000 for the arrest and conviction of any person responsible for the fire which restroyed the new 009 home of the Indiana coun' Ku Klux Klan Thursday night. Po- lice are’ investigating ¢he origin of the fire, which they believe was in- cendiary Norbeck Will Base Campaign MITCHELL, § The Associated Senator Peter Norbeck of South Dakota, in a statement {issued here today an- nounced that he would seek re-elec tion when his term expired on an agrarian platform wvhich would de- mand relief for the farmers of the northwest. Senator Norbeck also declared that he favored as goud a market for the farmer as for the manufacturer and that he was opposed to an income tax reduction program which would benefit the large taxpayers without proportionate benefit to smaller tax- payers. The all-mportant the Washington Senator Norbeck of expense problem facing administration, sald, is reduction ni ‘|\Jap Spinsters Leap to Death In Fire Crater | TOKYO, July 26.—(A.P. Corre sponde -When a young woman n Japan the marrlageable age without having acquired a bus passes i , it Is a tragedy. enuly three J ese women who believed they were on the verge of spinsterhood went to the Asama no an d bidding farewell to the world of unappreciative men, leap- ed to death in the flaming crater. They were Takefi Kobayashi years old; Shika & Maruyama, 23. Police investigation young women had bec ema, 24; and Kiyo disclosed the ome despond- s lives in ent at the prospect of lovel and had agreed to dle together REWARD IS UP, On Farm Relief | from the United America, and or Sugar compan The miners have no means from Sheridan to || Mine Workers of | from the Holly | | claim that they will of transportation the property the Hotchkiss. © ny if the | line is ndone e coal com pany does not provide housing | facilities for its employes. | The Holl: any stated in its | protest that there are about 1,600 tons of t s that be trans-| ported from the Wrench ranch, through which the inte n line runs, to their beet su; tory at Sheridan, and the company asks | that the line remain in operation, at least, until D 1, pie Yet etc "MOTHERS BLAMED BY POLICE JUDGE FOR JUVENILE DELINQUENCY Mothers were TULSA, Okla., Aug. 15 in Tulsa, Okla. med for the ~ | express in look aft thelr children better in the future and also told the boys to obey thelr parents. He: did not hold the defendants. The Casper City Golf tourn ment, sponsired again by the Cas- per Daily Trib and for which handsome prizes have been hung up in three flights, will get under morning at the Cas- intry club when scores will tee off in the qualifying round. All entrants must qualify to row, it has been decided by BEER 9 SEIZED, ONE ARRESTED eral eenaea) bottlin mash were confiscated F at Mountain View by C riday night . Peterson, started Monday, assistant state prohibition agent Predictions that the Casper Con and eral Agents S. KR. Owens, | munity club would present str Bert 8. Yohe and L, C. Hurtt.| competition for Country elub p! Arthur Wilson, 85 years old, a cook| ers is borne out by the fact th by trade with the more than have ente seore from the former ed to contest honors. A Was arrested in connection case, EDULED SUNDAY of these have been g during the week on the Coun- y club course in line with priy- extended to all entrants, a through Alex MeCaffei essional, who of the tourns Country club players will a out in force, the major por- | » entries having been | s Ma profes- | junity club players | eenien | mittee, AL Seanor will defend the city | championship title won last yea in the pending tournament and is | shooting a ball that promises stell- lar perforn © when he goes | against rivals for the,same honor. | l Fine Chariot —Royalty and virility are the outstanding characteristics of the splendid chariot on which King Petroleum will head the brilliant procession that will mark the opening of the third annual International Petroleum Exposition October 1 On a body of imposing length, and built to a dignified height, the king’s float will ymbolically the richness, the romance and the » splendor of atte history of the oil linquency of their children t $< industry. The king himself, Fred 12. John A. Murray when six boys were W aaa be dcievarrel. Pa rea sHORER hailed into polic urt Friday evo- s a fitting representative of the ning on charges that they stole parts n who have helped build the tn- of a ditch digging machine from C. | dustry through individual labor and T. Tnmany-contraetor. | courage Pop iety Ponilaren ‘atthe ta GOLF TOURNEY SPONSORED BY | pda rtets bel tan kab } and regal shade of red will form artistically draped valance aroun bottom of the float, held in plac a’ frieze of the official seals of oll producing nations of the w Herbert Bafnard, nd designer of the float, has ca detail of these intricate si in color and design, of the orig ‘The king's raised dais 1s in flash- ing silver, ornamented with con tional eer It is surmounted the great seal of the exposition, resenting in its four divisions producing, refining, transporting distributing divisions of the 11 try from which a golden eagle s und huge gold tassels are suspe by silver chains, The from ais to the orngmented spokes with a huge of which are between whicl fan, ve pageant director ch will be an exact replica, rear floor of the floa magnificent are gath (Continued on Page Three) l | the e by the orld. ught eal nal. ven- db rep- the and adus nded the at is the sil ASSURED IN DEMONSTRATION OF LIFE SAVING NEXT WEEK Casper is assured of interesting and entertaining pro- eras next week in public demonstrations of life-saving to be given here by Captain Cantwell of the Ameri Disappearance of Asked to! TAMPA, Fla., Aug. | Reports that a deputy sher |ly from the west coz alist and old homesteaders, Cross with headquarters at St. Louis. Cantwell is an ex- | (hrentened violence unies a pert swimmer and his demonstrations along this line should Governor Martin will be asked prove of exceptional interest in addition to the life-saving | Marco Tana aght Mee aah chia | work which he will perform in de-, given the Red C days. | of “lost land." | tail, Including methods of resuseita-| with no other allowed in| Armed wi I tion and respiration, No admission | the water while s are in pro-| 153 person host all the | will be charged, and two of these] gress in connection with the instruc-| voters of Collier county not the | demonstrations will be open to the| tion or organized units. Ample dress- | em nploy of Barron G. Collier, a dele | publi room space ip avaflable and idea! | ed rite Penttre’ uromrain. will: be cihe nitar¥ conditions will prevail mor comprehensive of its kind ever; Complete program for the thr given th the state, and the Red | days Is being prepared by Eme Cross feels indebted to Willlam Milis| lie Skarra, girls’ athletic instructor and Thos. McDonald for the use of| of the Casper High school and will the enti I Mills pool estricted | for announce ¢ plunge was! ¢ t OW Yeg Boro BURT, Iowa, Aug. 15. Press).—Bight bandits wrecked the safe of the First Nation early this morning and escaped with $15,000 in bonds and cash Elght explosions were required to ketball, died at the Williamsport Ospital this afternoon, wreck the safe. was damaged also, gs Blow Bank .—(Associated | I bank here |, The bank ees | | afe, With $15, 000 Before starting their work the rob- |} captured James t them in ank officials said the loss might h $20,000, but was covered by Insurance escaped In two automobiles, Several Uapsed before officers were ommence their sea | into the town haying been bers Foster, who | re nd ently fearin fere with thelr pla himself this morning hours mig He til rated | able to h, wire: vered, ‘Woman Ww Vier | Fatally Hurt | In Car Crash | | | ja LITTLE FAL N. J., Aug. 15.— ssociated Press).—Mrs. Maude He Jiena Davis Walker, well known | writer, and wife un nationally known cartoonist, ally injured at Erie station today when about to board a train for New York City to visit her husband, who is a patient in a hospital. She'died {n her home| shortly after the dent _ Walker, | was fa railroad M nd Mr laughter eridan relatives and old Jast night in this city it with spent » week's vi | friends, t section of the Everglades, feeling is tense between representatives of an an Red |t Rain FLORIDA OFFICER MISSING ENTERTAINING PROGRAM HERE Dispute Over ‘ ‘Lost Land” Marked by Deputy; State Is ntervene The Associated Press ad disappeared mysteric wh followed rumo: gation of homestead « Tallaha Pee today ants go to As soon as an pointme can be made to sce | ern¢ It, Maynard and his armed | d to be su | claims so that fc unaccounted for in ment surveys be ordered to} the Jand | Appeal to the ¢ r was de te ined on last night by W. G Williams, ow of the town t far and other homestead clatr ants, after County Judge G. W..Stor- of Collier county, told them he 4 no authority to intervene. stern capi- ) US- ere of | will Local Rains Forecast For Coming Week| WASHIN( ather lateau local rains middle of week; mal or tempe Thursday slightly and about fon NA REFUOES EQUIPMENT FOR INVENTION TEST Request Made of De- partment for Planes and Battleships. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—(By The Associated Press.)--The navy depart ment probably will not grant the re: quest of I 1K. Scott of San Fran: cisco for use of some of its equipment on which to demonstrate the effectiveness of a new destruc tive’ force he claims to have-dn vented. A letter was received at the depart ment toda asking the use of a de and one or it was said Kk of information ention the req’ two old t because of the tr concerning the could not be heeded. Several months ago the depart ment gave Sc letter to naval officers on the authoriz ing them tc at his dispo but the letter ated that the these credentials, Scott has been q way today indi presented ted as denying that his invention is a death ray but intimating it involved the use or infrared rays with force possible at a distance of several miles NONE INJURED IN WRECK OF LOADED TRAIN MARSHALL, Au The Associated Press) and the engine of a Cir dianapolis and Western train bound from Indianapoll he t = 5, 000 RIFFS SURRENDER. tire Tt n, which held th formidable and strategic Sars if land, The surrender is believed to have ended the Franco-Spanish mil itary problem in the region wt the two armies*have joined f The vic was celebrated by t yanish partic a Quench Fires WALLACE, Idal The As#ociated Pre now at Rain t ast 24 he have remo danger of forest ava district fires in the ¢ ene The fire in the (By and frequent Inter du d ur Salt ose district in complete inde isor EB. C, Pulaski o} her ared that and N h Fork f guishd, T inche in the high the forest serve the Pine or ave been exti of snow fell the district. MUNGIE COUPLE SHOT DOWN ON AOAD FOR PART IN CONVICTION One of Pair Accused by Dying Victim of Vengeance Crime Is Home. Captured at MUNCIE, Ind., (By F —Vengeance trailing those who testified against Gerald Chapman, notorious bandit condemned to die for the irder of a Connecticut police ck down Ben Ha here ye were shot to death on t Mune In a state ment Hance laid the c to the door of George (Duteh) Anderson, a pal of Chapman, and Charles (One Arm) Wolfe of Munel It wa home that Anderson lived after nta peniten- ttempted ing his arr he Tust what océur way before the fu dled Hance and hi heavy Mrs. Hance Ha gasp out an accusation a on and Wolfe A terrified farmer's wif Charles Cromer, standing tragedy. front pe She related coming down mall coupe, red nd The P almost in front of Hance car and stopy was the first t ght from the ma- ine. She w efooted. Her band stepped out a second late A few w hanged and t andits shot. © fell with a bullet t h her head A Ar » local offi ved in cor t dread ¢ t ler 1 man ha nce on H tore formatior t » It 1 to Hance ct Wve. ments of the Cha that he _ ested fi r wa taken ly by } Hee P { or) his 4 Siehe a2 1 for blood if PERISH IN SHIP SINKING «ine annel inder- captain per- of the crew, a boat man- in a pitiable clinging to the t aged to get t nditt Almost