Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 19, 1925, Page 1

The Gr eatest Service Ever Offered by an American Newspaper---Tribune Accident Policy---Is Open to Tribune Readers WEATHER Fair tonight and Friday. in northeast portion tonight. VOL. X NO.31 CAPTAIN FOLEY ~ Che Cay Mo. Nt.) TE ea aeRO eRe. OT yct oo. eee 0? Circulation MEMBER OF ASS( nF pr Bail ¥ CIATED PRE CASPER, , WYOMING, EME NOVEMBER 15 19, 1925 “SLAYER OF CHAPMAN W MIB! IGNOREL BY JURORS I WOLF VERDICT First Degree Murder | Verdict: Climaxes | Muncie Trial. MUNCIE, Ind., Nov. 19.— (#)—Judge Clarence Dearth Jast night intoned solemnly the words of the verdict of a jury which found Charles “One-Arm” Wolfe guilty of fhurder in the first degree, spelling one of the closing chapters in a swift drama that has been a tregedy for all who held leading rol Despite an alibi set up by the de- fense the jury adjudged Wolfe guilty of the murder of Ben Hance. a farmer on August 14, and fixed his “sentence at’ Ufe imprisonment Two companions of Wolfe's in his| s of spectacular criminal exploits have been Worse fates. Gerald Chapman, daring mail rob- Yer, and alleged murderer, ts aw: ing execution of a death sentence im posed upon Kim for the murder of a New Britain, Conn., policeman. The other, George “Dutch” Anderson, met death at Muskegon. Michigan, retently when he engaged tn a duel witha detective who.bad-caught pif while he tried to pass: counterfeit , money. Hance and his wife were slain last August when they were beset on a country road near here. Before he died Hance identified Wolfe and An derson as his assailants. It was as- sumed at the time that thelr mo: tives was to retaliate against Hance for information he was alleged to have given the authorities which led to the arrest of Chapman in Muncie earlier in the year. When Judge Dearth looked sharp. ly at the defendant last night as his eye scanned the verdict Wolfe paled perceptibly and when the veteran jurist slowly spoke the words that mean-life In a six by nine cell for Wolfe, the latter broke down, His | head found his hands, while his elbows rested on his knees and he said to his mother seated beside him: “Mother, I'm not guilty.” sok A tie eS Liberty Bell. Will Ring In j jealt alre: dealt | The New Year ||: over the radio from Indepen Hall at midnight, December usher in the year, were announced today by Mayor Kendrick of this elty. Mrs. Kendrick, according to the plans, will sound the heroic chime with a rubber mallet, se- lected after a series of tests showed ringing of the bell to be practte- able provided a proper mallet was used. Kidnaped Girl Released After Being Robbed JACKSONVILLE, F ov, 19. (@- Wednaped. relieved $85 and a wrist watch and then thrown from her own automobile by two uniden tified white men, was the experi @fice last night of Mrs. Sar mon, 30 years old, formerly Moines, Iowa, she told police today. is the LIBEL CASE AT TORRINCTON IS GIVEN TO JURY TORRINGTON, Wyo., Novy, 19. to the Tribune)—The of Max M. Levand and Sam of the Casper Herald, tried for criminal libel for’editorial criticism TORRINGTON, Wyo., Nov Levand, publisher, and Sam the Casper Herald, had failed to substantiate charges of jury tampering which form the bas case for which they are on trial here, the prosecution began its final argument this morning. case would reach the jury this afternoon. | [ABERNACLE 16 “NLARGED FOR EVAL CROWD Postal Employes Are Special Guests Last Night. It was decided at last night's meet- ing at the big tabernacle that the “shed” was not big enough. With two or three important gatherings in Casper at other places, the big taber- nacle was well filled, indicating that it would not be blg enough from now on to accommodate the crowds wish- ing to hear the Fairfield, Iowa man cuss the vital themes he is bring- ch evening. This morning yol- unteer workmen again brought ham- mer and saw into play and another section was added to the big shed. This is not an uncommon thing—in fact most everywhere Mr. Harper and his team go, the building has to larged. Last night the postal yes of Casper were at the tab- nacle in full force and stood for the rousing cheer of, welcome from the “These aret he fel!ows,” said Harper, “who wait on you folks days in the year, and to whom you never say ‘thank you,’ and they are the ones you imagine are “keep- ing out’ your mail, and the ones you growl at if you don't get a letter, as though you thought th could manufacture letters for you Mr. Mr. Welch sang very effectively You Forgetting God eclal bi Ledbe ga at the of the Mr. Harper spoke on the theme “The Touch of Jerus,” taking the story of the woman who touched His garment as a background for his remarks Turning from the story Itself, the evangelist devoted most of his discourse to the thought of “malice toward none and charity for all," making a strong plea for understanding the other fellow and appreciating his viewpoint. and worth. The freehearted forgiveness f Abraham Lincoln was used by the speaker as the true example of what a really big man should be Uke. sald the speaker street and in the walk of life. Everywhere,” “I see men on th shop, in fact In every Weighted di by the burdens of their Ives. They are out of touch with God, and {ft is that touch th: they need to relieve their burdens Often in sue of great distress it touct the loved one t th A mother went int cam during the ind her stricken boy: Ur he was, he opened his lessens clous as eyes (Continued on Page Seven) ONE HAREM QUEEN BOBS HAIR BUT WIFE OF K ING ALI DEMURS 19,—(#). have brought LONDON, Nov. Pilgrim ages to barbers dugens from the seciusion of their desert harems to Jerusalem, They the wives of Museein of Hedjaz, and Abdullah, of ‘Transjordania. Tie Emir's. wife sn distpa to the Daily Express tiirn to her husband two King Emir are Al, with bobbed, soon will re | nd porhajs shingled hair., The queen of Hedjaz has undergone treatment by the same beauty spe cialist, but has not submitted to having her hair bobbed. The dispatch says Abdullah's wife was motivated by a desire, to look our d more benptiful because rival of her ment hported he p by a most re Ince COL. COOLI DGE Crilnue & month Newstands, 6 cents i925. Delivered by Carrier 18 conte « Str 1925 On Btraate or at Publication Offices Tribune Bidg. 6 B Second St st 'NIES CHARGES OF WIDOW ESSES CONVICTED ONLY TRIED TO OME HER FROM SCORES” SOME IMPROVEMENT BUT CONDITION IS SERIOUS | { { of a Douglas jury verdict, went to | the jury at 3:08 o'clock this after- | noon The judge's instructions to the jury were lengthy. Ther> was no indication as to whether carly verdict would be reac . 19.—Declaring that M, M. H, Day, managing editor, of is of the criminal libel It was anticipated that the | The defenre rested at 10 o'clock his morning and a recess was taken before the final arguments began, . testimony occupied most of afternoon, was the stellar defense witness. While on the stand he managed to get into the record a repetition of charges sontained in the Herald editorial re!- utivé to the Cantlin murder trial of 3. and gave further testimony port of the Herald's conten m that Cantl'n we quitted by jury of klansmen. Mr. Day accepted full responsibil ty for the editorial. He recalled the nees surrounding the Cant nd declared that B Foster, then atrona county prose. cutor, had refused to {ssue a mur- Jer warrant against Cantlin follow ing the fatal shooting of Mrs. New: comb and had later testitiéd at Cant: IM's\ trial to affirm the goqd repu- cation, of the defendant, Former Sheriff A. W. Peyton of Converse county asserted on the stand that Cantlin had idmttted that be knew Mrs. Newcomb's identity when he fired on her. One of the jurors in the murder trial, Mackle n of Douglas, testified that he had suffered no injury as a re- sult of the Herald editoris Col. UTH, “vt., Improvement in the condition ohn C, ‘ool! , father was noted today by his Albett M. fter | PLY: Some of Col, the pres physician, novirit at his ‘pi 1 ing more than hour and a half Dr. Cram tacks suffered during been less severe than vious day and expresse hat the complete rest whlch he Noy. 19.—@)— ident Dr Crom, E. H. Foster, former county at torney, said this morning that sev- eral statements made in defense testi- mony at the Levand-Day Mbel tris in Torrington were manifestly erroneous. According to dispatches (Continued On Fars: Ten) he light had | the pre-| hope | had} Coolidge and his physician; Dr. A.M. Cram. ordered wou change fo condition, t he said in a, material The pattent’s , Temains s result » better, vever ous, PLYMOUTI Col. Ic x at: | pre fig " bladder trouble Dr. Albert M. Cr (Continued on am, who last ni Page Seven) SAYS HE NEVER IRVING BERLIN (INFISION AT KNEW Necress!lliil nLMhiNt Song Writer Follows Al Jolson in His| sh Denving Denial; Rhinelander Insists He Effort infldente Didwi Know Bride Was Colored Air Flight Testimony. 5 Naval Court in to WASHINGTON, Noy he Sh NEW YORK, Noy. 19.—(#)—Iving Berlin, song writer, today followed Al Jolson, blackface comedian, in de INg| toda that he had ever met Alice Beatrice Jones, negro wife of | of the ; t Mrs Leonard Kip Rhinelander, who is suing her for annulment| Lansdowne and will of their marriage.. Berlin, returning to New York from | Opinion’ reg them tomaxrow. Boston, said today that he was in E urope at the ‘time the | mare epoabe baal Pateys girl wrote young Rhinelander that 2 peed by the widow of the Shen she had met him gt a summer camp. ine their rea Jolson, who was mentioned in one INF p A l p A AM ‘nb ithe oA oe Ee ife pi te ap ae that’ fae being tele WASHINGTON, Noy Hisense: Week Is Ob- | ~(P)—Denying that he served at Elks Mar announce aret its of trying to sway took th > Plains T' he had ev any ion that Commander Lans. downe took the Senandoah on her fatal western flight when he } lieved her in jeopardy the weather —(#)—After two and a half days of xamination, lth young ard Kip Rhinelanc stands on one point in his from ment He ha statements fl ed that were contained in ticulars when his: suit 1. He said yes when his wife that ant Come I, senior surviving torney asked if he. were’the pursu mony, Mrs. ‘Margaret Honkem aokniglleises that hevasd jLansdowne gave before the thé girl decetved her mother when 4 they went on a tour of New. Mne- land ‘together before-their marriage. He admits that he departed trom hiy code of a gentleman. But he still-con- tends that he did not know until | after his marriage last year to Alice Beatrice Jones, juadroon servant that she had negro blood. terday's session was mar by the introduction of a 4,496-word ove letter, written by Rhineland from Panama. «In another letter Rhinelander spoke of being disgusted with. society in and’denied Then it listened to # statement A dirigible |souglit to influence the te Auditorium, | Shenandoah court c that fast month, Capt fied today before statement sent he hing that Mrs, Lar said fo me in’ the Briet be ldreeses on appropriate top- °s were given Wednesday night at the Elks’ auditorium by Casper citi ens who offered their services In carrying out a program for Amert can Education week. Although the | spenkers handicapped by the fact that the audience was a small | one, tlie program through | with ag planned, two subst! jist ons being made unable to “our ofa talk of 4 Mr witne The we one for Cor Court was rec day because of t under cross-examin: Ogiibee astitutjon witness’ fon. and of th s Utution ts stalls of a hotel | wark of democracy and (Continued on Page Five.) ine declared, explaint war to| at his, TWO ARRESTED Ili LATE RAIDS rages har state nd raids | ning and two familiar names Were inscribed on the roster of the county lockup. J, R. Arbogast and B J. Powers spent the night behind the bars after efforts to arrange ball had failed. The invasion the Arbogast ce at 215 West B street,, disclosed of the neatest liquor caches ever arthed by Casper law enforce ment officers. A wire inserted in “ wha peared an ordinary nall-h ipreme’ cc f 5 in wajl unlatched swung double panel. Snugly ensconced within were two gallons of moonshine and an assort ment of quarts, pints and halt-pints CONTRIBUTORS’ NAMES IN CHEST DRIVE 10 | BE PUBLISHED HERE unt icers two mad last ev th ing re out driver te known dence inve They meet Powe enforce and I reriff's force CHEST TOTAL NEAR $23, 000 TRUCK- LOAD OF DRINKS SEIZED siete Sot Gifts and Subscriptions of | hool Teachers~Help Swell Fund for Charity Work Sc 3,000 of ta had campaign asper's ubscribed at 2 as originally shove the total of pledges nearer the goal will be continued | best of its kind 1 th United States longer unde form mont than any contempagar Judge Rt. R. Rose spoke ing “Public Duty." “The bility {s ours," said the jud measure of our responsibility f measure of the power which we hav Some people believe that pro has a special interest in and that whatever we do | win make it rightL t th t haa sta re power tt 1 things whi sition ncern * pre $38,800 Community the last Efforts to}! noon toda scheduled. over the week-end and further reports made at a luncheon | our Tuesday noon. The turn: ef by The tot “ MOWEST 10 EXHIBIT The names of ¢ ntributors to the | Chest Community fund, togethe | with the amount donated by each | will be published In local newspaper | at the conclusion of the 1925 cam paign, Henry E. Perkins, manager {of the drive, announced this morn Ing. This was decided last evening at a joint meeting of the ways and means committee, the prelimina gifts committee, and the campalg committee. In the event of possible omissions or errors, the chest management re quests that each contributor chee! over the list and make sure that hie |name fs included with the proper amount A nilstakes will be promp' r ified “so that no one! Iwill be deprived of due credit, 4 THINK OF IT! ONLY 29 SHOPPING DAY UNTIL XMAS | forts’ Winte aign workers . will » concer henceforth on gathering ends and visiting potential do: 's who have not hitherto bee Henr rkins Announced tie | direction of Miss tor of mt can sued. re ~ ALFALFA WEEVIL NOT SERIOUS MENACE HERE ty ED POLICE AND FIREMEN ATTEND LAST RITES FOR GEORGE F, MADDEN = ~ coms: os BUTLER SHOT AS SOCIETY AT LAKE FOREST GOES HUNTING tate ts r D. Faville culture. to of ag: The ft tasper police when his while he 1d er going thi: n f was fter tt m the § ndia, I f the Mem} ae Andi fire ytor rt! parents dead man a sof the Cas tepartments tur tribute to the ficlated, Hanr mmanuel Bap