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WEATHER ‘ Rain or snow probable north por- tion, partly overcast south portion toriight and Wednesday. Cooler to- night; freezing temperature. VOL. [X. NO. 294 294 FIRST BODIES P Chr Canp Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation EAN NVIVOLSIy (dWO9) QEVL Y S cL pr Hail MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS CASPER, WYOMING, T TUESDAY, S SEPTEMBER 29, 1925 29, 1925 ERED On Dellverea Streb ita or by Carrier 75 cents a month at Newstands. 6 cente COL. MITCHELL TURNS GUNS ON AIR POLICIES AS WITNESS U6, SLOW AND INEFFICIENT IN DEVELOPING AR GRAFT, HE SVS Navy Surface Vessels Powerless Against Bombing From Air, Is} Claim of Officer. WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 —(By the Associated Press) —Col. William Mitchell, who precipitated the air- craft: row, today poured an- other avalanche of criticism on the heads of those ch d with administering the nation’s serv ice. Testifying before the alr board lie assailed the army gen- eval staff, declared it incom nt to draft air policies and placed upop its officers the blame for what he declared as an impoverished and in- adequate air defense. The colonel also dropped verbal bombs on the navy, charging its ranking officials with looking upon aviation as a subordinate cdjunct-of defense. He advocated pushing the fleet to sea to fight “where it be- longs.” Colonel Mitchell, Lieut. Col. Benamin D. Foylois mandant of Mitchell Field, L, T., testified, reiterated his demand for a department of national defense, which he declared should be estab- Ushed by the next congress. The department of natlonal de: fense, Colonel Mitchell said, should have sub-heads for the navy, army, and air, This would effect a gre: economy of force as well as financ he said, and & great economy wou also be effected {f all questions per- taining to the nation’s defense were handled by one committee in each branch of our congress, that is a committee of national defense In the senate and 2 committee of national defense in the house of representa- tives. president's Ned after Widow Called To Testify In Naval Inquiry LAKEHURST, N, J., Sept. 29.— (Assoc s.)—Mrs. Margaret Ross Lansdowne, widow of the late Commander Zachary Lansdowne, captain of the Shenandoah, ac- cepted today the invitation of the naval court of inquiry to appear and make a statement, Mrs. Lansdowne's telegram to the court suggested no date for her appearance other than it be made at the latest possible time. It may be she will not appear here but in Washington if it is finally decided to transfer the inquiry to that city. Mrs, Lansdowne now is in W; shinatoy, As to the Shenandoah’s, wreck Mrs. Lansdowne was quoted as daying said that Commander Lansdowne was reluctant to make | the midwestern trip because of the danger of thunderstorms and {t | was for that reason that she was invited to appear as a witness. ‘The calling of a woman fn an in- + quiry into the loss of an airship is believed by many Officers to be without precedent. BALE SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE, At Philadelphia— RK. Brooklyn ~~ 000 110—* * Philadelphia 404 200—" © © Batteries: Grimes and Taylor; Pearce and Heuline. Hylan Refuses To Enter Race As Independent NEW YORK, Sept, 29.—(Assoctat- ed Press)—Mayor John F. Hylan today mace a matter of formal rec- ord his intention to retire. to private life at the end of his present term and thus virtually eliminated the possibility of an independent ticket in the November mayorality election. See at Mob Threatens Montreal Police Draped in blankets. and sadly in need of new outfits. Left to right they are D. ¢ S. Lira, of St. Louis, fireman first class, and, Alfred Goic clad underneath only in their underwear or pajamas, the three sailors who were rescued from the submarine 8:51 when it sank after being rammed by the steamer City of Rome were landed at Boston and taken at once to the Chelsea naval hospital, little the worse for their experiences but Kile, of Peorla, Miss., engineman first class; of New Bedford, MERIDEN, Conn., is believed, Golony Inn In the recent trial in the da from Jack Quinn, wound, proprietor BULLETIN WASHINGTON, Sept. sociated settlement of F dollar debt to the initial pos M. Maés., electricians mate second |t!ement for the Frenc Sept. made today for an unidentified gunman who last to take the Iife of Louls A. here and one MAYOR ELECTED 10 | BAND BOARD IN PLANG FOR REORGANIZATION of band to get general support of the to ¢ Ifforts the Casper municipal desire public rry ou future were giv for the added impetus Monday night when 1 May¢ board of directors including tended the meeting were enthusiastic about the prospects of t tion The Greatest Service Ever Offered by an American Newspuaper---Tribune Accident Policy---Is Open to Tribune Readers ’ 14 Crilnute 7 0M SUNKEN SUB K. Loy and W. F. Wilkerson was chosen. Other members of the board are W. B. Schilling, director of he band; C. J. Bullack, manager jand Julius Muller, s and | treasurer. 'The meeting eld in the] Mountain States company's hall which has been donated for re hearsals of the band. to be held ever Monday night. Tr » who at ITIO ~~ publication Orrte Iribune Bldg. 18 B. Second St. DIVERS BRING UP VICTIMG OF GAASH, NO ROPE NING MEN Air Kept Pumped Into Closed Compartments of Undersea Tomb but Hope Has Dwindled. ON BOARD U WITKESS AGAINST CHAPMAN IS GURMAN’S TARGET; ONE SHOT of a 29.—(Associated Press) the principal witnes: Gerald Chapman, notorious bandit The shot, which missed Kubeck by a narro ambush in the rear of the inn. bowling Search was being night attempted, it . Proprietor of the Old s for the state Kul mar Kube: recelved in, was fired companion ight flesh ok a alley, Optimism Felt In Debt Parley 29.—(As- Press)—Negotiators of a rance’s four billic: United State postponed their scheduled session WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.—(By The Associated Press.) | —Indication of a slight retreat on both sides from their tions appeared to sustain the optimism of most of the French and American negotiators today as they pur- sued their efforts to find a mutually acceptable basis of set- h debt. French and American Commissions Both Yield Ground in Effort to Arrive at Basis for Negotiations for late today 1 plans to get together early tomorrow, Under Seeretary Winston of the treasury said the French were not ready with certain calculations which they desired to present. | B. BATTERY qrras #unk rr DEN OFF BLOCK ISLAND, Sept. 29.—(By The Associ- ated Pres -~(By Wireless to The ated Press.) — A bugler called attention and blew taps today the blanket wrapped bodies of two victims of the 8-51 which went down last week were lifted tender over the s of the U.S amden, flight ship of the rescue fleet which is working to recover the ho sank with their ship. The first body that of John L. bre Gil 1d of William Oregon, and the secc Teschemacher of Ban Pa, a twin Whose brother also mmong the missing. Both the bodies dition, du sunken submarine cold of depth at 1 were nd t he inter > WITH WRECKAGE SUBMARID Press) batter 1, which 4 collis Rome, room iday with the steame filled with wreck to the command base today. m subm) The divers were unable to p through the door of the con which. was- open because of the In | terference of their heavy cumber- some suits with the ship's structure. Rear lH. H, Christy, com mander of the rescuo force, in a message to the submarine base said sible to Mona would be impo: rricks of the attach the tury to the submarine as it would be dar ause of the 7 veather setting cranes. The mess: r given to attach the d¢ nesday if th anther w This wo! n th ations was th s fore noon wher a vietim was bro! Apparently divers other bddies in their searc NEW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 29 —In the air and und he v workedtoday in their bodies of victims of the went down Friday \ rammed by the ste Rome, 14 miles off Bloc The first body recovere that of John L. Gibson, engir class, of Amity, Or found the t I , 1 med itions th | I of seaplan: could heard overhead as lators flew low over the sur rounding waters the haye In bodies of thre washed suryly City it was a sear un effort to find believed to rboard with s who were picked of Rome life boat h for be h for of the was Pag men been the three up by the Today Last night it was Little hope that a crew could be a (Continued or ies L seare men 33 in the ld out by Two) The ‘navy, he sald, works with the class—more pictures, always first in the Tribune, on page two. Both commissions ye suggested roan Biene of Cnt, which in naval committee with the battleship —— their respective «pinions offer some dominant. The army works directly| MONTREAL, Sept, 29.—(Assocla- concesslon to the views of the othe with the military committee with {n-|ted Press) — Police reserves were After the French, at the first of fantry dominant, and the alr serv.ce | calld out today to protect two con- two plenary sessions ye: rday, had committee is in a very difficult con-| stables from a threatening mob suggested terms which they regard dition with all these. which closed in on the men after Jed as going further than their first To the click ¢ meras and flash-| their automobile had crashed into ' otter calling for a $25,000,000 first ing of photogr: apparatus, the | another car standing in Craig street, | i yment, at the nd session coun: former assistant chief of the army | seriously injuring a young woman, tered with a prpoosal of terms de: ir service began his testime » | Miss McGinnis, I scribed as perhaps more favorable asl that he be rn. He than those extended to Great had spread before him a 1} map British Vessel nh ; ; Nee aN Eis eae of the world and two aldes carried sit 5 tercepted Db: own, however, who | trail of crime was left behin¢ e| Although her plenar voluminous documentary exhibits \ Desperado Moe and | and Cameied itt GUM} drew two cuns and torced the man| was finally apprehended near Med | ot tho apap 7 1 7 . i » the hut where he was also | cine € er a gun bat for te tod: ppare The board declined place him R d Af ‘ates . t pr andar. tm d assured him his chained up. After telling the man | vith a posse, in which he tions had re where Senile Sac ga eeauaed ins, eporte re; Battle at Medicine-BowsKilled at | | \c'was going. to dig tia” grave,| was seriously “wousded. Ho, wen| the greatest importance and t ‘ Nha ors Bro’ leparted and during hia ab-| brought back to Omaha on a stretch | of progress attached to the more Sr Colonel Mitchell had nine pape . ‘“ ” rown he deuired to.rend, all instructive" | LONDON, Sept. 20.——-(Aasoctated | Lincoln on Eve of “Break nee the man managed to free hitn- |= and placed in the county jail.| formal discussion of the problem by except one which was “destructive” eport to Lloyd's shipping If and notified officers, Several days later he was given a | indiy is and groups within the und which he sald he would not read from St. Catherines point, ee he officers arrived, but in the ntence in the prison for kid two bod! 3 rn le > Inde retary Winston if the board objected. : mpton, said that the : 7 q agit Soe rieantime Brown had’ fled: in. the n ; ; ThtAmerica thei development of| British cargo*steamer London Mar: - LINCOLN, Nebr., Sept. 29.—(By e Associated man's automobile wh had been Brown did not ha American commission secretary, aircraft has been “slow and ineffi-|{ner which sailed from New York|Press.)—Joe Dunn, Omaha gunman, agd Roy Smith, | parkea near the field, nee of 1 gunman, He] arranged today his conversations cient,” he said. September 19, for London, is afire |Omaha bank robber and burglar, will be chtged with mur-| .The fugitive fled from town to y five feet tall and| With @ group of five of the French “No surface vessel can exist so Onglish channel and ts ask- der in connection with the riot at the Nebraska state prison tewn “and everywhe he went a hed less than 120 pounds. ap rts ener calc tions we {Continiied)on' Fase. Blgnt) ing font anelaiaps in which Fred Brown, Omaha kidnaper and desperado, and Wane [nnatixts natthha lo aren with Clarence E. Morse, a prison guard, were killed. them last night in an effort to show e hd Prison. officials mado this .an-| wounded in the shoulder, necessitat them where their calculations of} . i fk re | % » (Continued on Page Two) nouncement today following a night » amputation of his arm, A | — of investigation of the attempted de j wn's unlawful operations be struction and blowup of the prison.; san early in life. At the age of 16] © 1 Smith, who was wounded in the] lie was convicted and sentenced to |! 66R, e r 6 t | oO nN Oo S gun battle-between conyicts and] an indeterminate term in the state |; 6 Faith in the American people means faith in | san £4 as er . a| venitentiary for the murder of an |} BA ait A aentan * i dscns ae ! | clderly couple in Dundee county their ability to form sound judgment, when once . pind < é cs oe ae $3 ‘ = i ct) al He was pardoned after serying | the facts have been presented to them clearly pital. He was shot in the arm and] seven years, 4 ea iA A . side, His physician last night am-| After. becoming free Brown wert | and without prejudice. It is this educational Verdict on Candidacy of “Young Bob”) vristca nis acm in an attempt to Up for Final Determination MILWAUKEE, elated Press,)—Vot wide eléction today will decide whether Robert M. Lafollette, Jr. is to succeed his father as United States senator, or whether one of the four other candidates will be elevated to this national position. The others are Edward Dith- mar, William George Bruce, John M. Work and George Bauman, LaVollette is the Republican nomi nee, but has announced himself. as endorsing the platform of Lalollert¢ and Wheeler in 1924 and has ut tucked the Coolidge administration Dithmar has confined his cam Sept. cast in a state —(Amko- save his life. | LINCOLN, Nebr., Sept. 29.—(By | ee The Associated Press)—With the killing late yesterday uf . Fred paign principles to general endorse- nt of the Coolidge administration, practically endorsing the economic situation, Dithmar is running on an independent tleket with the backing of the anti-Lalollette clan, Bruce was the Democrat candi- date in the primary but did not re- celye Sufficiené votes to,go on to- day's ballot under the party banner. srown, life-termer at the state peni- tentiary here, finis was written on fn career of crime which probably had few parallela in the country. Brown was shot down by a’ guard during an attempted prison break which he and Smith, rpother. pris- oner, were preparing to make more secure with the ald of explosives. He filed however, ag an independent. | ‘The ynen were fired upon just as Work, the Socialist: nominee, en-| they" were fixing to se* off several |dorsed the Cleyeland 1924 Lafol-| charges of nitr8glycering. Clarence | lette Wheeler Platform and has! B. Morse, mail clerk at the prison od Lalollette of being insincere ndorsement of the platform. was also killed during the fustiade of shots and Smith Js in the prison hospital where his chances for re- covery are sald to be slight, He was Bauman ts. the Soclalist-Labor nominee but has madewo campaign. to Iowa and embarked upon a series of etimes ranging from burglary of houses to automobile theft, which! kept him im and out of the state! prison there for a number of yearr. In 1922 he went to Omaha and | was arrested and. plead guilty to} grand larceny. He received a sen-| tence of from onegto ten years in| the state prison ongthia charge, but he was paroled, Probably chapter in the . most sensational the man's career of crime was enacted at Omaha in May, 1922, when after enticing two young women Into an automobile he drove them to his hut on the out skirts of ‘the elty and, kept them ned up.for two days. On the | second, day the women managed. to atruet the attention of a man who! was weiking tn a field adjacent to} the hut. and the man started, to the! vabin to rescue them, ! He was in! work, national in its scope, that The Associated Press performs, and upon its integrity and fair- depends in large mensure the of public opinion in the United States. This work is done without any tinge of personal or political opinion. A very practical need exists, and it is met by a very practical service. It is individual’ in its nature. It is a personal service for each of us, making its appeal entirely to the intelligence of the individual, and recognizing fully the Ameri- can ideal of intellectual independence. the address of Catvin Coolidge, President of the United States, at the annual luncheon of The Associated Press, in New York City, April 22,1924, 99 Snooks, 54 Fame | ye age ee at a hospital in Lavoye enrly this afternoon from Injuries he re | colvéd when “he fell from teat bere ing automobile on a road in the J oll fleld carly this morning. accord | ‘eports rece 1 f the id 2 According to Information recelve t riff Alex McPherson, Snooks | the Victim Pushed From Car Dies Coroner Called to Lavoye to Investigate Fatal Accident to James Snooks had been pushed from car by his compan Depiity rift Wil Ham Whitt AS sent to the scene lt arrest t € ma name ed ¢ Jack awrence, Snooks suffered a badly The ¢ e sald Lew M. C went to La afte of Snookn toda