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(tin' Casper (Trtlnutc VOLUME 33. JAPAN PLEADS REMOVAL DE DISCRIMINATION KILLED 'FOR FUN' YOUTHS SAY SPEED! TRIAL FOR SLATERS IF JDBERTFRAIIKSJOREDEMMniED Sons of Millionaires Who Confessed Slaying Os Innocent Lad Present Problem for Alienists in Mental Complex. By EDWARD C. DERR (United Press Staff Correspondent.) CHICAGO, May 31.—Cringing, fear stricken, in their cell at an outlying police station, broken and haggard by the ordeal of the last 24 hours, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, who admitted, killing Robert Franks, 14-year-old school boy, “just for the fun of it,” tonight faced trial for first degree murder. BUILDING HERE HITS $135,801! Seventy-One Permits Issued; $17,000 Is The Largest. Building permits for the month of May totaled 1135.500; 71 permits were issued, the largest being for a >17.000 residence which is being erected by C. V. Norris. That the various departments of the city in respect to new work in connection with building are sup porting themselves is shown by tho . report issued yesterday. Tho fees in nearly every Instance showed that a particular department was being run at a profit. Fifty-nine water meters were sold netting >BB3. »Thlrty-Beven - new water services As, ere installed bringing in >1.469. jr.’ees for electrical permits amount ed to >339.20 and gas plumbing and sewer permits amounted to >431.25 in fees. A total of 450 water meters were taken out, repaired and re installed. The service department is installing new water service in all the new paving districts besides laying new water mains In the new >10,000,000-gallon reservoir. CABINET NOT YET FORMED IN GERMANY BERLIN. May 31.—Efforts to re organize the cabinet following the recent parliamentary elections con tinued to meet with delays today, as conferences between Chancellor Marx and the party lenders con tinued their conversations. Chan cellor Marx probably will not be < able to attend the funeral of his Monday In Cologne because of confused political situation it was said. HOME BURNED, WOMAN DEAD Ore.. May 31 -Par alyzed and unable to call for aid. Mrs. Susie Cowan. 72, wns burned to death in her Uttle cottage here today. 125 CARPENTERS TO SPEED WORK AT CAMP CAREY An increase in the number of carpenters scheduled to .go to Camp Carey today to erect 10 cabins for the Boy Kcouts of the Casper council was noted last night and it Kas expected that fully 125 men and their families will Kave early this morning from the Union Labor temple Rf cars can be found to carry them. Several carpenters went out Fri carry water to them and will act as day to cut the lumber in such size that It might be easily put together. The building of tho cabins will be featured by a contest, the men being divided into tenms. They should make short Work of the matter. Ufflciuia Os too Casper council will MAIN NEWS SECTION "They killed an innocent child’ for the fun of it —they’ll be brought to justice as rapidly as the wheels of the courts can be turned," was the word that went out from the office of States Attorney Robert E. Crowe. A coronor’s inquest over the slain youth’s body will be held Monday at 11 a. m. Charges of murder will be given to the country grand jury, which convenes Tuesday. Indict ments, Crowe said, should be re turned by Wednesday. The trial will follow as soon as the law per mits. The two confessed murderers, both 19 and both sons of Chicago's * first families," were torn by terror as they sat In their cell AH the bravado, the defiance, the per verted sense of pride displayed when they described the murder to police were gone. "Please, please tell me that this Is all a horrible nightmare," Leo pold pleaded with jail guards as he wrung his hands and wailed. "We didn't know what we were doing—we wer 8 just plumb damned fools." Loeb was too exhausted to speak. Soon after the confession he broke down and collapsed. He was taken to a hospital and revived; then forced to accompany Leopold and a party of officers on a trip over the scene of the murder, reenacting tho crime in all its revolting de tails. Tonight he was crumpled in a corner of the cell, limp and mo tionless, save for incessant wring ing of his hands. While attaches of the state's at torneys office were preparing the case against the two youths, at torneys for their wealthy parents were hastily getting up a defense. Benjamin Bachrach, counsel for Leopold's father, was temporarily heading the defense. No definite course of action in behalf of the two boys has yet been decided upon, Bachrach said. Expert alienists throughout the city, meanwhile, were studying the strange case to formulate profes sional opinions. All withheld their views .however, lest they be called as expert witnesses during the course of the trial. Why two boys, sons of millionaire families, profound students, clear thnkera and worldly wise, should carry out a plot of mtlrder, "just for the fun of it?’ Is the problem perplexing the alienists. It maj lead, one of them admitted, to the writing of a new chapter In the textbooks of crimonology, tho ca’se Is unparrnlled. Leopold, son of tho president of tho Morris Paper Box company, holder of a degree of bachelor of jMilosophy from the university of Chicago, and for many years a stu dent of all forms of perversion, ad mitted it was he who plotted the kidnapping and murder. Just be fore confessing, young Leopold won discussing philosophy and religion with his examiners. He professed to be an atheist. Loeb, son of Albert H. Loeb, vice president of Rears Roebuck mail order firm, was accom plice. Loeb is known ns tho young (Continued on Page Two.) , general roustabouts. At noon n whole beef will i-e served in true barbecue style. Thfs beef was donated by Robert D. Carey, ex-governor of the state, who also donated the 40 acres to the scouts tor a permanent summer CAUDPk CONVICTED BISHOP TO GIVE FIGHT Ur * W * Sz BISHOP BROWN CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 31.—“1 will knock at every door in the land to get jus tice. I am not through'. This will be the last heresy trial.” Bishop William Montgomery Brown of Galion, Ohio, retired bishop of Arkansas, tonight hurled thitf defianqp to "fundamentalists" in the church. Brown waa found guilty of heresy by a tribunal of his peers in Trinity cathedral here. GIANT GASSER IS UNCORKED Headquarters for Health Demonstration Work Is Held Possible for City Possibility of Casper becoming the headquarters for the Pacific and Rocky Mountain states in Na tional Health demonstration work waa expressed yesterday by Dr. Ralph J. Malott, director of the SIX GIRLS IN STATE HOME ARE INJURED LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 31. Six inmates of the Hope Develop ment school for feeble minded girls at Playa Del Hey, near Venice, were injured and 19 were reported missing when fire of unknown origin de stroyed the building tonight. I*atest reports from the Venice police department do not confirm whether tho missing young women were trapped by the flames or if some of them wandered away in the darkness In night attire. Sixty girls were residents in the building. min mlm 551 FOR DISTURBANCE Charged with being drunk and creating a disturbance in a local resta drant Albert L. Landers and his wife Myrtle Landers were each fined >25 by Judge John A. Murray yesterday afternoon. Several minor cases including charges of Intoxication and of traf fic violation were settled. Nomination of Hunt Accepted WARRINGTON, Muy 81.—The senate today confirmed the nomine* tlon of Charles W. Hunt of Des Moines, lowa, to be a member of Lhe federul cuiumleglon, CASPER, WYO., SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1924. GRADUATES TO HEAR SERMON THIS MORNING Rev. L. E. Carter Will Address Seniors of Natrona High. Commencement week exercises for the 1924 graduating class of Natrona county high school will start at 11 o’clock this morning when Rev. L. E. Carter of the Methodist Episcopal church preaches the baccalaureate sermon at the high school auditorium. The graduation exercises will be held Thursday evening at the high school and owing to the limited seating capacity, admission will be limited to those who have reserved seat tickets. The complete program for this morning’s exercises Is as follows. Processional. Invocation, Rev. L. E. Carter. Chorus, "The Lord is Great" from Mendelssohn’s Athalio. Scripture reading. Reverend L. E. Carter. Prayer, Reverend R. R. Hilde brand. Sextette, "God is Love." Shelley. Sermon, Reverend L. E. Carter. America. Audience. Benediction, Reverend R. IL Hildebrand. Weather Forecast Unsettled Sunday, probably local showers, somewhat warmer; Mon day generally fair. Natrona County Health unit. There are at present only three places in the United States where the work is being carried on. Casper would be the fourth. The members of the National Health Demonstration board are trustees of an endowment fund left for the purpose of carrying on health work throughout the United States. They choose one city be tween 20,000 and 75,000 popula tion an<l use it as a center for demonstration for five years with the understanding that tho local people co-operate and that they carry on tho work after tho na tional board ceases to function. The work would be carried on in schools and throughout the city as a whole. Tho Natrona County Health unit has received an invitation to apply for the health demon stration here. The Casper Cham 'ber of Commerce will also get I jack of tho proposition, it Is understood. There are at present only three such centers In the United States, Fargo.i N. D., for the middle west, Athens, (la., for the southern section, end Ruther ford county. Tenn., rural center for the southern section. BOARD CHOSEN BY RED CROSS; REPORT HEARD Featuring the annual meeting last night of the officers of the local Red Cross organization was the election of a new board of directors and the reading of the year's report by M. A. Becklinger. In his statement Mr. Beck linger pointed out the excellent financial standing of the Casper branch of tho Red Cross, covering in detail the work of tha past thro years by a general review of activities. Those seeded to comprise the ' 1924-35 board of directors were Mrs. B. B. Brooks, Mre. George Campl Mt*!, Mrs. R. C. Cat her. Emmet Fuller, i George James, L. A. Reed, J. H. i Mechllng and M. A. Beckllngei', At (.endijig tha jueeQug Lq sxpliUa the DRIVING IT HOME Reading Between Lincs in the Day's News of Casper. Asphalt versus concrete. Last night there was no quorum at tho city hall to decide whether or not paving district No. 43 should have one or tho other or nothing at ail. Use of asphalt means utilization of black oil, means employment for workers here, moans development of Wyoming’s many practically dor mant black oil fields. Asphalt-has a remarkably outlay of advantages and seems to bo favored by many for No. 43 district. Not to be irrelevant—-but in what convenient place In Casper has a certain councilman stayed in order that twice during the past week no action be taken in selecting No. 43 district’s paving material? You wonder what the bride of a few weeks thought when her hus band, Frank Simpson, deserted her and skipped from impending pen alty at Worland the other day. In the midst of their honeymoon the Simpsons were arrested in Casper not long ago. They were being re turned to Cody where Simpson was charged with fraudulently obtaining the car in which the couple had been traveling. Having first dis graced his bride ho next abandoned her. She may well consider his dis appearance good riddance. Compared with April, last month was a dull one for the police depart ment. There were only 181 arrests in May, or about half those recorded for the preceding month. Give credit to the department for enforcing the law. But even so. when summer cornea crime lessens. Winter is th' dark time of the year, it io rigorous and drives oft-times to desperation. Not so with sum mer, for then comes revival of hope and tempered winds. (Continued on Page Eleven.) Twenty-Five Million Foot Flow Struck at 1,080 Feet in Crook's Gap by the Southwestern Again a wildcat bit has thundered its way into pay sand and added another producing Held to the already immense area of earth-bound wealth that is tributary to Casper. Blowing away at the rate of 25,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily from a depth of only 1,080 feet, the South- western Exploration company’s test well of Crooks Oap structure has put the big operators on the qui vivo. Starting last year through a sandy overburden that practically obscured tho structure, the South western pushed its test to a depth of about 1.000 feet, then shut down for the winter, Resumption of drilling came several weeks ago. At 1,040 feet, a 10,000.000-foot flow of gas was run Into. Then came the sensational outbreak of 25,000,000 cubic feet nt 1,080. The Frontier series is tho source of this big gas* ser. Last year at the very shallow depth of 445 feet, 2,000,000 feet were set loose. One hundred eleven miles from Casper, via tly) Lost Soldier field. Crooks Gap field In Fremont county finds this city the logical place for consumption of its output. Exten sion of the Mahoney Dome gas line for a distance of 25 miles will pro vide transportation of hs gas pro duction to Casper. work being sponsored by the nat ional organization, was Tommy Temple, field representative of the lied Cross frqm Chicago, During the week tho directors will meet to elect a chairman, vice chair man, secretory and treasurer. At tl>e name time a board member to LCoutlauea cm Page JfiigbU A LEGION AUXILIARY OF CASPER TO ENTERTAIN NATIONAL PRESIDENT | HI I - t ( t ( I I I 1 I ' I MRS. FRANKLIN LEE BISHOP Mrs. Franklin Lee Bishop of Leicester, Mass., national president of the American Legion auxiliary, will be the gtfest of honor of the Wyoming department, American Legion auxiliary, in Casper, June 5. A banquet in the evening at the Henning hotel with representation from all the ex-service organizations, the city of Casper, and all Present drilling l« running an i eight-inch hole. 10-lnch casing hav ing been previously set and cement ed at 1.000 feet to shut off th® first flow of gas at 445 feet. Geologists believe that the Dakota series of sands are to l>e picked up within the next 700 or 800 feet. 1 Deeper drilling will therefore test 1 the Muddy. Dakota and Lakota sands and leave the holo than nt a depth around 1,700 to 1,800 feet. Whether the Southwestern will ' deepen its present well by casing off the 25.000,000-foot flow and con ’ tlnue the test for oil, is not yet ' known. The possibilities of oil be ’ ing found in the Dakota series are 1 excellent, and in consideration of the comparatively negligible depth i requiring penetration, it is not nt all improbable the well will be ’ deepened. DRUNKS HEM LIST OF 181 ARRESTS MADE BY POLICE DURING MONTH One hundred elghty-one arrests were jnade by the police depart | ment during the month of May. ' Drunks headed the list, there being 61 persons charged with this mis demeanor. There were only about half as many arrests made in May 1 as In April. _ ‘ WIND fiWN HIGHWAY OPEN TODAY f » A report received by the district highway department here from 1 Thermopolis Is to the effect that • the road along Wind River will be t open and passable today. > There Is n two-foot rulse in ibid .Water pear DvnnevUlo. • ac 0 MAIN NEWS SECTION civic and -patriotic organizations, is the principal -feature planned in honor of this distinguished visitor. Auxiliary* units and Legion posts 1 in surrounding towns are Invited to send representatives and a largo at tendance Is expected. Mrs. Bishop will deliver an address which will give an inspiring insight into the re sults and possibilities of the Aux illarlc’s plans regarding hospital • work, child welfare, civic activities, ’ educational co-operation and co ordinated efforts with civic organ izations. The local unit of the American Legion Auxiliary has charge of the plans for Mrs. Bishop’s visit to Cas per. Mrs. Bishop Is- a Quaker woman who;.o men folk served on the fir ing line in every war this country lias fought since 1776. Her hus band and two brothers were in the late World war. Mrs. Bishop was born in Mt. Cnrmel, Pa., and edu cated In Philadelphia, where she wns a nurse when she met and . married Dr. Franklin L. Bishop in . 1904. They have one daughter, Frances, now 19 years old. An independent service unit to do > welfare work among soldiers and > sailors stationed near Boston was organized by Mrs. Bishop soon after tho declaration of war. From June, 1917 until August. 1919, she was In , charge of the hostess house of the Y. W. C. A. at Camp Devens. When there wns no longer the ’ necessity for such service, Mrs. ' Bishop turned her interests to the patients in the Veterans Bureau hospitals, where she saw the need of some sort of an organization to carry on the work of tho wartime 1 organizations. The pioneer work of organizing ■ the Auxiliary in the Department of Massachusetts wns conducted by Mrs. Bishop and the early develop rnent of tho organization in that state was tho result of her efforts. (Continued on Page Eight) GLOBE FLYERS CROSS TOKIO IN RESUMING TRIP r 1 TOKIO, May 31.—America’s attempt to circle tho ' earth by air was resumed at 2:10 a. m. today when tho three Douglas air cruisers hopped off from Kasumigura, flying field, 40 miles north of here and winged their way over Tokio toward Nagasaki, 410 miles to the south west. ’ Led by the plane flown by Lieut. | Lowell If. Smith. who assumed com mand when Major Frederick K. Martin abandoned tho flight be t cause of repeated accidents, the i three planes swooped over Tokio In t V formation, roaring toward tho » China sea. The ji'anes landed at Kasuniigura 1 a week ago after a dangerous flight .cross the uoflh I'acKio irom Atta NUMBER 45. EXCLUSION ACT PROTEST GIVEN TO SEG. HUGHES AT WASHINGTON Position of Japanese Government Is Out lined in Statement on Immigration Act. By A. L. BRADFORD (United Press Staff Corre spondent.) WASHINGTON, May 31. —ln a bitter protest against the new immigration law excluding her subjects from the United States, Japan to day requested the American government "to take all psssihle and suitable measures for the re mo val of such discrimination.** The protest was'made in a note, presented to Secretary of State Hughes today by Japanese Ambos sador Hanlhara and was made pub lie tonight by the state department without comment. A complete * statement of the po sition of the Japanese government of the exclusion law is contained in the * memorandum" which makes these salient points: 1. —Any sort of international dis crimination is utterly opposed; to tho policy of the "open door” so ar dently championed by the United States. 2. —Still more objectionable Is rac ial discrimination, strongly con demned in the past by the United States. B.—Japanese are not Incapable of assimilation* sh the United States, but are victims of circumstances that have prevented their assimil ation. 4.—The exclusion law "is in en tire disregard of tiie spirit and cir cumstances'* of tho treaty of com (Continued on Page Two) BOOSTER TOUR POSTPONED ON ACCOUNT ROADS Chamber of Commerce Forced to Give Up Plans for Trip. The Casper Chamber of Com merce booster tour which was to be taken through the south eastern part of Wyoming and western por tion of Nebraska this week has been postponed and will not be carried out until early In July. Postpone ment of tho trip comes ns a disap pointment to those who had intend ed taking it but has been mado necessary by reason of the bad roads existing from the recent rains ;«g<l the probable mclemency of tire weather during the next few days. The towns nil along the Una which have prepared a welcome for tho boosters were wired Saturday by Charles B. Stafford, secretary of the Casper Chamber of Commerce. These towns while they were all ready to receive tho trade trip pers with open arms will undoubted ly be just ns enthusiastic when tho trip Is finally made. When taken i probably on July 7, it will be tho third annual booster tour of the Casper Chamber of Commerce. . Island via the Kuriles and northern ■ Japan. Early yesterday repair work and the business of overhauling was - pronounced completed, and the i planes ready. i At the firet favorable moment, i the little fleet took the air. i OSAKA, June I.—TJhe thred t T ’”*.ted States planes which left Ka tUontlnued otj Page Bight) ♦