Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 12, 1920, Page 1

Sey SERS ST DEI IN EAST, BREAKS IN WEST : Defections in Chicago, Columbus and th | Central West Poi to enka o¢ In- ; PROSECUTION OF sent Forces While New Jersey Is Tied ; COUCERS UNDER Up pee Re inmen’s Sympathy Strike | U.S. CONTRACTS rom URGED ON HOUSE CHICAGO, April 12—Developments west of Pittsburgh in the Suits Advocated to PO saa e NESE oe WEATHER FORECAST Fair: tonight and Tuesday, warmer tonight. ‘ switchmen’s unauthorized strike were regarded today by railroad and brotherhood officials as pointing toward gradual dissolution of the in- surgent forces, but in the east, where the walkout was joined in sev- hale districts by trainmen, the situation has assumed a more serious as- : CASPER, wYo, MONDAY, ‘April 12, 1929 FIGHTERS CALLED TO COLORS INSONORA TO DEFEND THE BORDER (By United [MOTHER AND SON MEET DEATH COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 12.—With the son's arms embracing hin mother, the frozen’ bodies of Mrs. Johr Cox, age 40 years, and Harold Cox, age 16 years; were found today in 2 deep snowbank within a few miles of their Press.) Tn the central and far defections in the str @ report of the first important break at Columbus, Ohio, where 600 switchmen voted to return to work. senters. In the settlement offer, proffered by John Grunau, president of.the Yard- men’s Association, and who called the strike, at least one radical concession was made—abrogation of claims for back pay demanded by the older or- ganizations in their contracts with the Recover Millions Stolen and Wasted in Camp Building | At Chicago railroad officials today were presented “terms for a settlement” A spees Ph oe Inited Press) of the strike which included recogni (By U Hi AUTO OVERTAKEN BY STORM tion of the new union formea by dis-| WASHINGTON, April 12.— Criminal prosecutions by the de- partment of justice and suits to re- cover $78,000,000 alleged to have been fraudulently, wasteful- ly and extravagantly spent in build- ranch home, 20 miles east of here, where their motor car stalled. ' 1 ing cantonments on the cost plus plan, H ; f The pair had tried to battle their way home thru a blizzard, and a 60-mile }) 5°Y See enhitene ot Suleahie ot are demanded in a report to the house ; : gale. They became lost. Zero temperature made their plight more terrible. || gotars to the railroads, it was said, Le i AN ae ALR ant h ints es 1 M. ey |] What transpired in their last moments is only imaginable. The boy could }| Other clauses of the proposed settle- | 7, h Tececuceme rn, : | |The report is the result of years of FRE CHFORCES renches anned at Ag ua P. r leta After |] have saved himself had he continued on, but he accepted death in trying to EIdAl CARE TS ee serena ane soa | investigation. Reed 2 orp phim sties to ahh <3 B . R age a. his mother. orig! ray WCTORRS Called FOF: It recommends an amendment to the r ¥ shist ° strike announcement, to be effective | const pee Sp WILL WITHDRAW é eak with Gover nment; Politics Is Searchers led by John Cox, the husbapd and father, found the bodies || upon the return of the men to work, | war time tree end eeteering sh a 4 r frozen silff, Life had been extinct for: several hours. an eight-hour basis day, and time and ae : —_ Seen un Difficulty Below Border agit iP oa rs a halt fopeovertinies BuNGays SHURE Pe, Hit com Keble pacts. AFTER GERMANS, Associated Press.), LONDON, April | 12.—The " latest note on the subject of the French occupation «move. recefved - here. to day says that French troops in Frank- border. They have called to the i oi (By Unitea pens DOUGLAS, Ariz., April 12.—Following its break with the Car- ranza government, Sadie state officials are preparing to defend the colors all men between 18 and 60 years of age in Agua Prieta, across the‘border from here. This move LOCAL HERE 38 SWITCHMEN’S STRIKE 16 PURELY EMPLOYES QUIT days. BURLINGTON LIFTS EMBARGO AT. CHICAGO, (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Apr, 12.—The first break in the switchmen’s strike in the Chi- | cago district was recorded today when the Burlington’ Railroad lifted all ém- fort and other occupied cities willbe , is intended to oppose the possible entry of Carranza troops via Doug- bargo: orders,” After ; announcing . that withdrawn immediately upon thi ith- sufficient men had returned to work drawal. of. German’ troops from the las over. the United States ralroads. to keep all traffic moving. Conditions Ruhr region. It promises, it is stated, that no further independent action \ will be taken by France. - (By Associated Press.) PARIS, reaped. 12.—The Earl of. Der- by, British ambassador to. France, de- livered to Premier Millerand_at :one. Sonora ‘state troops are intrenched outside of ia Prieta. The state has. seized the ‘customs _ houses along the border. | Bonora leaders deny -seceding from. the Mexican republic and ‘that they State merely have broken with Carran- za because he insisted on sending ‘fed- ESCAPE, TRAIN 15 HAVE NARROW JOBS IN GASPER RAILROAD YARDS Fifty Percent Increase in Wages Asked by Casper Yard- on other roads weré improved, railroad and brotherhood officials said. | The Illinois Central during the last. twenty- four hours, handled 75 per cent of its normal movement. JERSEY CENTRAL SERVICE HALTS. BOVLERMAKEAS STRIKE TODAY AT TEFINERIES Failure to Secure Working Aree- ment with Midwest’ and Stan- S'clock this’ afternoon’ the Britislt re- |r"! tFoops into the state against’the}, ; (By Associated Press.) ply to the h prewier’s note of | “tes Protests. OFF LE ATE : 2 NEW YORK, Apr. 12.—The Central dard Leads to Walkout last ‘evening.-Siillerand. wotusea ap |, ADPATERLIF the dispute marks the be- EL men; Railroad Operations Three-Fourths Nor- | patios Xe'aS APE 22-5 The, Gonteat of 250 Men discuss: the ‘contents. of ‘the note with |S oS Se athor's friendliness toyard 4 f i Déeasite Sti Early Sund: passenger service at noon today, when segs newspaper” correspondents, gi Sedaka. an oe Dagar ee i auasids cca) mal Despite Strike Begun Early Sunday agents ‘were ordered to Atop. ‘selling | Nearly 250 nolicrmakers were not on : . pObremen, Whom Carranza {s opposing. NEW YORK, April 12.—Passengers_ tickets, ‘The road covers New Jersey | the job this morning at the Midwest and fae thi eamipeizn” sapinst’ ‘against Carranza. is ry z during the lockout. He said he did not| ers at about 100 from the Standard and Labor party issued ct er today to om wits PUTS MAN IN Tinted 2h) Dereeny: pt norma) SHOT TRYING T0 know whether they had access to the| about 150 from the Midwest refinery. deme Irel brotherhood funds. Today's walkout is the result of a 1 strike Niteapieee the Be titey tsteors tomor- UNION PACIFIC MEN 7: a long row as a protest against government treatment of political pelsoners. 14, STATE HAVE resgam REVOLT: With troops: guardtig. the state's bor- ders. Benioat possible. invasion by, Car- forces, clashes seem imminent. lers are enlisting the Yaquis 90 PER CENT OF ‘on art elevated: tral’ had remarkable escapes from death Lond today when Board were street, amidst of on “Ninth avenue’ “by & collision an- o¢her train and was demolished. Fifteen passengers sifted thru the debris to the street and about a dozen, were removed to hospitals. ~ WOOD ALCOHOL HOSPITAL HERE eal -insofar as, its demands are concern- ed, according té»Supt. C. T. Boone of the Northwestern, who stated that not- withstanding inconvenience caused by the walkout, operations today sapproxi- OUT AT CHEYENNE (Special to The Tribune.) CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 12.— Freight traffic at this division terminal Asking amincrease in wages of approximately 50 percent, 25 yard employes of the’ Chicago & Northwestern and ten from the Burling- ton: walked. ouf..at midnight Saturday, leaving the..railroads with a shortage of help to handle traffic thru the local terminals. The strike, while brot on by and in sympathy with the general strike of switchmen now in progress thruout the country, is purely lo- CORRESPONDENT ESCAPE PRISON and the suspension affects approximate- ly 5,000 commuters. Notice posted*at the Pennsylvania station announced that “several trains" scheduled to ar- rive would. not get. here “for varloys, ” rey ’ “ The Erie.and/ Lackawanna was com- pletely_tfed\ up on commuter. service. Other road# reported a slight improve- ment Over thé last two days. J. J. Mantell, representing the rail- road manager's organization, said that he had not been able to learn ‘how the strikers planned to maintain themselves NO PROBE OF STRIKE BY COMMERCE COMMITTEE, (By Associated Press.) Standard refineries as a result of their decision to walk out. Officials at both companies expected a walkout Monday following a conferenct with representa: -4tvesof the: boilermakers’ union Satur- day afternooii. “The understanding at the Midwest is that all the boilermakers want is a working agreement. Officials at the Midwest refinery do not intend to secure any other help for the present at least. There will not be tnuch delay in work at the refineries, according to a report made by officials. Estimates placed the number of strik- brewing threat of the boilermakers to stop work «t the refineries here. The question of wages was not involved in the present strike in any y, it was He SELEREAEKAREREREES W KAN AS MINERS Drinking wood alcohol came near | of the Union Pacific is tied up by, a WASHINGTON, Apr.12.—Thereé will | said at the refineries, E OOTTON TRIAL proving fatal for Jack Warren who }:strike of 60 union switchmen which | be no investigation of the strike by the E was found suffering from the effects | began at 11 o'clock last night. The (By United Press.) senate interstate commerce committee, & IS DELAYED BY OUT. ON STRIKE iso” in a room- | entire local switching force walked out} BERLIN, April 12.—Paul Demott,| Chairman Cummins announced today, : i he 4 orning. i thy with the Chicago strike.|American newspaperman alleged to/ after receiving assurances at the White 7 bikie cienerta apentie yd pee cra have been connected with the Com-| House that the railroad board would be = ‘ JUROR’S EXAM > o(By Associated Press.) TOMBSTONE, Apr. 12.—The trial of--Harry Es Wootton, charged- with kidnaping, was’ recessed today by Judge Pattee, president, to permit a medical examination into. the condi- tion of B. K. Riggs, juror. MINER'S ARM TORN OFF IN HOISTING MACHINERY; | CONDITION 1S CRITICAL (By Associated. Press.) .PITTSBURG, Kan., Apr. 12.— Ninety per cent of the coal miners in Kansas..are idle as_a demonstration of protest by the men against the im- prisonment of Alexander Howat, their | president,°and three other district! union officials, ——~———. - AVIATOR WHO. _ LEAPED FROM PLANE DIES (By Associated Press.) ploice answered a call to one of the rooming houses north of the court- house and found Warren in bed sutf- fering from something he had been drinking. He was taken to the Private hos- pital where he was reported to be getting along fairly *well today at noon and was expected to live. It is not known where Warren secured the mixture or whether he got it at a drug store or not. 21ST INFANTAY COLONEL AT RECRUITING STATION Col., Stanley Roslan of the Twenty- | of drinking this Passenger traffic'is moving through the terminal slowly through the efforts of energetic crews. The strikers expeét to confer with Superintendent A, W. McDuffie when he arrives from the west late this at- ternoon. The walkout extends to other points on the Wyoming division, a SOVIET REFUSES ‘TO MEET POLES (By. Associated Press,) WARSAW, Apr. 12.—The Russian Soviet government has definitely reject- ed Borisoy, on the Beresina River, be- tween Minsk and Smolensk, as a meet- ing place for Polish and Soviet peace delegates. munist movement in Germany, was shot and killed. while attempting to escape prison. Instructions from state department to save Demott, who was reported under sentence of death, arrived {po late at the American inis sion headquarters here. po ait Bo BOY SCOUTS CONQUER ONOW-FILLED. TRAILS ON PRE-SEASON HIKE Casper boy scouts took one of first! the| appointed within twenty-four hours. POSTAL SERVICE NOT | AFFECTED BY STRIKE. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Apr. 12.—Postal of- ficials announced today that so far as the moyement of mails is concerned, the strike of switchmen has developed no serious consequences. Chicago report- ed local conditions, ‘very good” and ) “railway companies are handling all mails promptly.” A report from New York said condi- tions had improved and a similar report came from St. Louis. Some delay in the mail is reported from several points where the men are striking. BROTHERHOOD TAKES UP SPRIKE IN K. C, MEETING. WHO FILLED KEGS WITH WATER 10 BE ARRAIGNED ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., Apr. 12.— Joo Sulenitch, who, with two others, is charged with swindling two local men out of $2,300 by selling them barrels supposed to contain whisky, but which were filled with water, is to be ar- \raigned for preliminary hearing April 14. The case, inyolving an illegal transaction, is attracting much atten- tion. Despite the publicity given the case in which Sulenitch is implicated, a similar swnidle was all but successful here a few days ago. A resident was VOR ES hikes this spring Friday and Saturday CAMDEN, N. J., Apr. 12.—Lieut. | first Infantry has been placed on de- PET pee *| CHICAGO, Apr. 12.—Railroad strikes es ‘ atatnan ROCK SPRINGS, W: Wyo. . Apr: 12.— Richard W. Wright of Cleveland died | tached service with the local recruiting " ghey Cakes noun alta, being the 9b-] continue to spread in’ the East tod a See Le Alen cin opineetat His right arm torn off at the elbow, | today of injuries received in his leap | station. He is recruiting for the Twen- sabe on tt pam a4 ea Neat — Only. Cleveland reported meti-resuming | Containing only water, when the au- and the stump dislocated at tho | Satu drom, a blazing postal air- | ty-first Infantry and the army, in gen- hy's church left early Friday night and| YO: £.. thorities got wind of the deal and. in- feet ral. : r roa shoulder, William Black, a miner, was | Phmne feet In the air stayed all night’in # cabin near the tup|, THe. Cleven_ railroad - brotherhoods, | ‘to rrerred found wandering in the darkness of the Megeath mine at Blairtown, en- deavoring to find his way to the sur- face. His injury occurred when his arm was drawn into the hoisting ma- chinery. His condition 1g critical. Rani Shc a client FOUR CHILDREN LEFT BY MOTHER WHO DIED HERE Sa Mrs. Louise’ Koch, aged 34, wife of Joseph Koch, 135 South Pine, died at [STOCKMAN SUFFERS BAD FRACTURES IN HEADON. AUTOMOBILE COLLISION ‘ . DANIEL, Wyo., Apr. 12,.—W. E. Enos, a wealthy stoeckman of this dis- trict, is in an Omaha hospital with fractures of three ribs and a triple fracture of one leg. He sustained his Applicants may be accepted for one year’s enlistment jn the air service of the army. Only qualified men are ac- cepted for this branch of the service, For further information see the re- cruiting sergeant. ILLINOIS COAL MINES FORCED TO SHUT DOWN (By Associated Press.) SPRINGFIELD, IL, Apr. 12.—Halt injuries when an unidentified. auto- of the coal mines of Illinois are idle and OPERATIONS OF FOREIGN SPIES THAU LEGISLATION . LONDON-{By. mail.)—The British government is taking steps to restrict the operations in England of spies from foreign countries. “The house of com- mons has just adopted anti-spy regu- lations at the; request of Sir Ernest Pollock, the solicitor general, who told the members of the house that infor- mation was now being collected here for foreign governments and that this ought to be stopped for the sake of the country’s safety. of the mouhtains. Their camp was about two miles aboye the falls where the snow had drifi#d in some places to a level of the tree tops, Supper and breakfast was cooked. Saturday morning a group of simi- lar scouts started for the mountains/| going partjof the route in motor car The returning scout band was | met about half-way up the mountain. Other trips are planned for this spring and during the summer months. The following boys went up to the mountains Friday night: Frank Pur- cell, Vance Lepor, John Sullivan, Peter Hageny and Thomas Kassis. Five who left Saturday morning are Barry Mahoney, Michael Purcell, George holding a joint convention in Kansas City, may decide whether the brother- hoods will continue to enforce agree- ments with the railroads pénding media- tion of wage increases or declare for one union of all railroad employes and indorse the present strike. Twenty thousand Youngstown steel workers are idle, due to a shutdown of the mills for lack of fuel. President Lee of the Trainmen’s Brotherhood and Samuel Gompers are still confident the strike will break up soon, The senate investigating committee will begin its probe of the strike here tomorrow. Department of justice offi- cials are examining é¢vidence collected GOWBOYS AND MINERS T0 CROSS STICKS MAY 8TH LARAMIRB, Wyo., Apr. 12.—The Unl- versity of Wyoming will open its base- ball’season in the Rocky Mountain con- ference with a game with the Colorado School of Mines, at Golden, Colo., May 8. .A return game will be played with the Mines on May 13. The only other scheduled conference game for the Cow- boy nine is that with Denver Univer- sity in Denver, May 14. the ‘Stare hospital at 3 o'clock Sat- neh : “Spies are ag active in this’ country |Shikany, Ralph’McDonald, and Edward] by department agents to det@rmine| "Y, pore a. ares rv aye n cep aeiga Sey just purchased and was learning to | switchmen, according: to President Far: the war offen, Mbeolal’ intelligenceat back on the team this spring, Wyoming ; Mrs, Koel is survived’ by four : ernoon, Rev. Philip’ K. ciating. FLOUR PRICE UP 25 CENTS, WHEAT Edwards offi- ADVANCE NEXT ringtoh of the Milinois miners, BAVARIA HEADS “COUNTER PLO T (By United Press.) » BERLIN, April 12.—(Delayed.)—Reports of a new reactionary plot and. ~ RECOVER $4400 TAKEN UST FILL FROM STAB “CORDOVA, Alaska (By Matl).—Two express packages, contafning $2,200 each, which disappeared /from a stage of the Brower line, én route from Chi- REVOLT BREAKS IN GUATEMALA (By United. Press.) WASHINGTON, April 12.—The long-threatened revo- lution in Guatemala against President Cabrera finally has roken out. Reports to the state department today said expects a real baseball nine this year. MIDWEST OPENS SEASON AT STERLING APRIL. 18 ‘A game with Sterling, Colo,, Sunday, April 18, is expected to be the first big contest of the season for the Midwest | Refining Company baseball team. The Perisierrriicie ee, LKEKKEKRKEK ERE . ame will be played in Sterling. Re- ; movement to declare # separation of apa cts Qoabes eo oe led by Bavaria con fo hes honed se iho ae iat opponents of the president had gained control of peent snowfalls here have prevented MINNEAPOLIS, “Ane 12\—-A. strong: |: Soe t0.Mevcurrent here. Baron General Von Luetiwits, Heefer of the Kapp | | Sound! Medan, 3s mip grineevané Guatemala City after street fighting. | practice on the local diamond during 8 whee fees gor ola eit ba insurrection, is proseted active in the new Tensioners sptrernecit culate hae nie oe vanbaae Lafee A marine guard from the cruiser Tacoma, and the sub- | fhe last two or three days, although a é ‘ = ‘ew days of spring weathe: 19" t today, Standard: quality. in ‘98-pound ‘The government has taken measures to prevent disorders, Socialist news | heen hidden in a leather pocket of the| marine tender Niagara was landed to protect the Ameri- squad to make ite first 1920 agpearance cotton sacks hold for $14.50 a barrel. papers here warned the people today of the impending indurrection. . sleigh. can legation. pos a local diamond,