Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 24, 1921, Page 1

MATE, DEAD "feaermesst PACKING HOUS or tong thes TIEUP AVERTED gazes ss-BY COMPROMISE primate. of- the -American Catholic hierarchy, the Arch Episcopal boo A day after a prolonged illness. which mainly affected his heart. He was in his 87th year. The end came peace- fully at 1133 o'clock. Cardinal Gibbons had been uncon- scious and in‘a dying condition for the last 24 hours.’ A slight hope was ‘raised among his friends and associa- tes last evening \when his pulse grew stronger, that death might be deferred, but. this rally was only temporary and’ was merely an evidence of the Communists’ Disorders on the Increase a ‘perceptly “reaker hla } ‘ : he would pot live the day ou In Central Germany Following Pa cant teinants er foes Bloodshed at Hamburg iGhe Casper Daily El weer] Cal at laaee CITY ~ DRAFTING OF INDIVIDUAL RAIL AGREEMENTS WOULD . COST MILLIONS—-JEWELL EDITION Wage Reduction Accepted by Workers In Return for Packers’. Concession To Extend Arbitration Agreement WASHINGTON, March 24,—(By Associated Press.) Expressions of gretification were genera] today in adminis- tration circles over the successful settlement brought about through mediation by Secretary Davis of the aispr.te between! the five big packers and their union employes, the first major labor controversy to come up for adjustment under the new. VITAL MEASURES == After a successful paign in. which The used its news columns exclusively in waging: sonal drive for volunt A touching incident tn connection with the last hours of the. cardinal was the bestowa] of the Pope's bene- diction upon him, which had just been Representatives of both sides who signed the settlement agreement yes- terday, had been invited to meet Lene el of Gea We bri ere President Harding at the White aoe all team t = — - $4 ras House today, when it was understood eae on CHICAGO, March \24.—(By Associated Prers.)—Nego- spect to the cardinal's memory wher efforts and good intentions with those of baseball fans here in general, the purpose being. ‘to close up the cam- paign with a enappy drive to swell the present purse of better than $2,300\in more ‘satisfactory proportions, LONDON, March 24. — Communist disorders in central Germany are increasing and large sections of industrial reg- ions are actually in the hands of the insurgents, says an Exchange Telegraph company dispatch from Amsterdam, the president desired to express his thanks for the spirit of co-operation displayed in the three days of confer: ences which led to the agreement. Compromises by both ‘the packers word of his death was sent to Mayor Broening. Holy Thursday services were progress- ing at the cathedral when the cardinal breathed his last. Tho great auditor- tiating rules:‘and, working agree on each individual rail- pel ahaa by the railway, executives, would cost the railre workérs more than $6,000,000 and require the'serv- ices ofjmore than 5,000 men, it was stated before the railroad ARE SLATED FOR ‘The voluntary interest and support already manifested by fans came in for praise and appreciation at‘an open ¥ jot. , in presenting: meeting of fans yesterday but {t was | the labor side of the controversy over the opinion that Casper as a whole:had | nationat*rules and -agreentents. not responded as it should, attributed “If the request of the conference in many instances’ to neglect’ more than anything clee. It was cited: how Sterling, Colo,, had raised $10,000 after | gran’ only a few hours work and how it had an amount equally as large’ pledged How Scottsbluff raised a cool $15,000 and pledged as much more. in ¢cdse it} < ‘was needed. How Greybull jumped in the band wagon with $5,000 and Laramie the’ same amount. /As One enthusiastic fan very voci- ferously expressed himself: “If those: Spud towns down in Colorado and Nebraska can go out and raise ten to fifteen thousand dollars aplece, why Casper ought to raise three times as ™mUch and not even try.” % Four captains, eacw in charge of one-quarter of the town and with us many assistants as ho fecls the need : of, Will:lead the drive to by! put o management and here. The’ funds raised’ will go~ consump- ward sharing part: of the’ $6,( tion of -valuable. time of the highly pense in putting up the fence o1 skilled’ and (gesentlal railroad. grounds, and to assist in meeting an : expense of $5,000 per month, the cost of maintaining the jocal team during the -fiv : Bi 4 ting in) the feld to — other agencies to put» the driye across in Casper with a spurt, ‘The benefits of. baseball was brought before, the Kiwanis club at its: meet+ ing this noon by L. A. Reed, “Wal- lace Tepviteans also by Mr. Wyland. TREASURER OF WOOD IS SUED FOR $110,000 CHICAGO, March 24.—Colaonel WiJ- Nam C,. Procter, manager of Major General Leonard ‘Wood's ciimpaigr: for the Republican presidential nomi- nation and contributor of $500,000 to the campaign expenses, today filed suit to recover $100,000 froin Major Albert A. Sprague of Chicago, treas- urer of the Wood campaign. ' The $119,000 was said to represent Major Sprague’s liability for ‘money borrowed by him and by Colonel Procter for ¢campaiyn expenses: Old German Flag Is Hoisted. Over raployes’ Department of the- con Federation of Labor, mn Of, the board, remanding the subject matter of rules and. working conditions to the respecive railroads the ing per cent of*the, 495,776 railorad shop employes. of class ose. carriers, are members of their’ ) craft or- ganization, and declared that since 1911, when the rdlroad employes" de- 0 occupy/severai days in its presenta- tion tothe labor board, following which the labor aide will present nu- méroas exhibits on the various rules ‘nd principles of the national agree- ment. CONEY TO HOP OFF TONIGHT JACKSONYILLS, Fia., March 24, Lieut, W. v. \Coney, 91st’ Acro Squadron, said today if weather con- ditions tonight along the route were tayorable he would leave Pablo Beach shortly after midnight -in an attempt to ‘make ‘a one-stop flight to San Diego, Cal). He had. prepared to start shortly. before 4 o'clock _yesterday mofning but the flight was: postponed because of adverse weather conditions along the mid-Gulf sectio1 labor beard today by B. Pabn vi bye president of the railway BERCDOLL CASE ‘IS REVIEWED BY WAR SECRETARY |Request for Surrender by the Germans i acacia Mave o Foti Must Come From WASHINGTON, artment transmitted TV AGHINST = TURKISH FORCES Campaign to Drive Turkish 'Na- tionalists From Asia Minor Territory’ Waged on Large Scale BULLETIN CONSTANTINOPLE, March 24.— (By The Associated Press—An :ad- vance of twenty miles was made by the Greeks on both the Smyrna arid Brussa fronts during the first day of their offensive against the Turks. The Turks, who are fighting hard, declare they will not retreat until every means of defense have been exhausted. ATHENS, Maren’ 24.—Greek troops numbering 120,000 are participating in she Greek offensive against the Turk- ish Nationalist forces in Asia Minor, it is reported here. The ‘Turkish nationalists are belicv- ed to have about 90,000 effectives in the field, but have smaller supplics upon which to draw. The most careful preparations were mado by the Greeks in connection JAIL DELIVERY OF SINN FEIN ‘1S FRUSTRATED (By. Associated Press) CORK, March 24.—Members of the Irish- Republican: army) made’ a care- fully-p! attempt last night to break into jail here and release prisoners’ under’ death: sentence. The attempt ‘failed, however, owing to ex- traordinary precautions taken by tho authorities. BELFAST, March (24.—Sir “Wilfred Peek was among those killed during the fight yesterday morning between a party of lancers and a force of Sinn 'Feiners, between Stokestown and Longford. di He was captain of the: royal first Devon. Yeomanry and was born Oc- ‘tober 9, 1884. “He recelved the Dis- ished Service Order Vienna Chamber VIENNA) March 23.—Allied official circles are aroused over the hoisting of the'old imperial German flag over the chamber of commerce in celebra- tion of the Silesian plebiscite result. The chamber of commerce is’ nearly opposite the quarters occupied by the lions. commission. ‘When the officials telephoned for an explanation the’ reply was receiv- ed that few Austrians would recognize the new German ensign. LARRY M’LEAN tingu! decoration for exploits during the Great War. His wife was formerly Miss Edwine ‘Thornburgh of St, Louis, Mo., who with one son, survives him. James J. Connor, the bartender, pend- ing investigation. % with the offensives, which began yes- terday, und it is anticipated here that. the Greeks will win important posi- tions with their first drive. Apprenhension is felt here that the advance of Greek forces east of the Smyrna Hinterland will throw the ‘Turks into the arms of the Russian soviet government of Moscow. The objective.of the offensive is the railway. It is affirmed that British, French and Italian. armies in the Near East will not participate in the campaign. INCOME, EXCESS PROFITS TAX TO HIT THREE BILLIONS 6t business ‘March: 22," $650,000,000 had actually. been, deposited from the: collections, Mr. Mellon added. - ‘Mr. Melion estimated ov this ba- sis that total revenue from income WASHINGTON, March 24.—In- come and profits tax collections’ for the March 15 installment were esti- mated by Secretary Mellon today to aggregate $675,000,000, To the close and profits taxes for the fiscal year ending June 30 would aggregate $5,050,000,000. This amount, he sald, was fully up to the treasury expectations. » relating to the case oe, a parlegety sia es may be ocsidanca which quotes telegraphic advices from Berlin during the Great Britain, No Demand From United States March 24.'— All papers in the war, SIXTEEN KILLED of Grover Cleveland Berg- Bnns2t (aeeeretary saidhe had made fai nendy ofthe cate. that United /States).and’ Ge: Mr. Weeks said, but he added that y, were. 2 and:found inated and. to, any” formal ordered crowd) to\ dispense, roe” Heturn sof’ “Bersdotl ‘nat and-when this arden War igure ‘the SUP ina, aecwar “govern: officers opened fit8 and threw r war ‘statis between the i y had‘ natural effect on diplomatic relations, night. n Reports from \Saxony ‘state ‘that more buildings have beon damaged by dynamite in various towns, and that at Mansfeld, prisons have been opened and their inmates liberated. Complete anarchy is declared to reign at Hostadt where all banks have been fraided and from which the popula- tion ts fleeing in @ pantie. An account of the troubles at Ham- burg, telegraphed by the Berlin cor- Frespondent of the Central News, says that more than fifty communists and engeist field, in the Altona section of Haruburg. The message adds that fighting is continuing in Hamburg. where the police were defeated at Steinwarder Island, in the free har- bor: territory, after 4 fierce battle. <N HAMBURG RIOTS. HAMBURG, March’ 24.—Firteen civ- sillans and ox police officer were kill- ed, and, six 3 were wounded in Tigte: hereislate: Nesuerday afternoon. The mab attem) to break. the: po- ico, cordon . about the Vulcan ship- the police. srénades. into, the mob. don gy The Biohm and. Voss: shipyards about which there was. consiflerable fighting yesterday, Lave been closed Bergdoll had violated 2 British pass-,bY the management. port, obtains Great Brit was at peace’ with Ger- in Ganada, and that as Communist leaders tried to hold a “demonstration in ‘Helligéengeist many, it Would be possible for her to; Field, 37) the Altona section of the ask for deljvery of persons who had violated passport laws. There was ‘no intimation, however, that the United States would suggest that Great Britain co-operate in an effort to-get Bergdoll. back to this country. > mitting thé papers to the state de- partment he had asked only that he be advised of the result of a study of the case from an international view- point. . POLES ATTACK LITHUANIARS LONDON, March 24,—Fighting has broken out again between Lithuan- fan forces 2nd. Polish “irregular” troops commanded General Zell- gouski, siys a Copenhagen dispatch to, the Exchange Telegraph company. The Polish “irregulars’ crossed the boundary line.near Vilna on Satur- intal, in the neutral zone established by the allles, says the dispatch, which quotes an announcement. by the Lith- uanian press agency at Copenhagen. Members ‘of a Lithuanian military commission sent to investigate the situation were taken prisoners and executed, it is declared. Polish regular troops, opened artt!- lery fire against thé Lithuanian posi- tions at Druskienski on Sunday, the SECOND ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH CRONKHITE KILLING MADE jan soldiers were wounded. podshitababeS"\ datasacr-ni ‘Thirty thousana years was the total of the ages of 410 people entered at a dinner in London recently. —<—<$_ CIGAR WORKERS STRIKE MANILA, P. 1, March, 24.— More than ten thousand cigar makers struck here today as a protest against a twenty per cent rediiction in wages which was put into effect. three factories were affected. Secretar; Weeks said that in trans. day and attacked the town of Schirv-} dispatch states, and several Lithuan-- Twenty-| jcity, but» were unable to obtain pos- session’ of the field, as the police had erected’ barbed wire entanglement and stationed armored cars at Strategic points. The crowd, foiled in its attempt to hold a meeting, stoned the armored cars, Street car serv- ice was virtually suspended and some streets have been barred. ‘The communist Volks Zeitung of jthis city has called upon workers to arm, themselves. Reports of serious rioting at Hisle- ben, Prussian Saxony, has been re- jeeived here. Communists there at- tacked the security police, forcing them to retire. ‘The police headquar- ‘ters were attacked and several. per- sons were killed and wounded. BANKS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS TARGETS. BERUIN, March 24.—Great erty damage and the loss of upwards of a score of lives marked commun- ist disorders in various cities and towns in’ Prussian Saxony, and in Hamburg yesterday. The trouble in Prussian Saxony seemed to. center about tho Mansfeld district.. Leaders of the movement seemed to center their attention on banks and public |buildings, many of their edifices be- ing shattered by high explosives. Stories of violence, robbery and vir- tual anarchy continued to arrive last night from this region. Town halls at Plauen and Rodewisch were de- stroyed and county buildings at Leip- sic and Freiburg were damaged, one person being injured at Freiburg. A party of armed men, riding in a motor lorry, attacked two sayings vanks in Mansfeld yesterday morning and obtaived about 200,000 marks from the institution, The sayings bank at Wielbra also was robbed dur- ing the day, and strikers in that town compelled the Helbra Anzeiger to sus- pend publication. A: large crowd surrounded the po- lice barracks at Heststedt and de- manded the surrender of arms stored there, COMMUNIST REVOLT 18 SPREADING. LONDON, March 24.—The commun- ist revolt) in Germany financed, itis declared, by soviet gold, is spreading thruout the industrial districts of mid- die Germany, threatening the great ammonia, potash, anthracite and cop- per works, says a Central News dis- patch from Berlin today. Strong po- lice forces have been dispatched to the centers where trouble has grown out of the recent demand of the lead- ers for © general strike and t! ing of the proletariat—Dresden, ben, ,» Téipsic, Talle, Mans- field and other towns, the message re- ports. i Disle- Efforts of the authorities adds the dispatch, have only resulted in the communists strengthening their posi- tions, ——__—.— De Valera,“the self-styled president of the Irish. republic, has a Spanish name, and has Spanish blood jn bis veins, Geena he vind jum of the old, building so closely associated with the cardinal’s career, was packed to overflowing. When Bishop Corrigan,. who was presiding simply but in a broken voice, announo- ed that the end had come, the devout sank to thelr knees, and with tears streaming down. the faces of many, said prayer for the dead. REQUIEM MASS TO BE CELEBRATED THURSDAY The chief features of the arrange- ments for the cardinal’s funeral were announced at the Archespiscopal resi- gence this afternoon. The requiem mas will be. celebrated next ‘Thursday at.T0 a. m. at which Monsignor John Bonzano, apostolic. delegate at Wash- ington will officiate. The interment will be in the crypt under the high altar, where ‘rests six of the eight archbishops and bishops who pre- ceded Cardinal Gibbons as the head of the Baltimore diocese. Cardinal. Gibbons, who had been showing pronounced signs of, improve- ment in health ever since, his return home about January 1 last from Union Mills, Md.,. where be was taken ser- veh 18° Adopted. church inthis country. Although. not of robust build; the cardinal . enjoyed | remarkable * good health and ,his close ‘associates: often marveled at His sity for work, ‘hig tireless " industry’ and recuperative’ powers. But about six months ago a change began to -be noticeable, He grew:a little thinner, he became less active in his; movements and other signs indicative of a breaking up ap- peared, As a member of his household expressed it, ‘His Eminence seemed to grow old suddenly.” Nevertheless the cardinal continued his usual daily routine, interrupted only by visits away from home to church functions, the most notable of these being the pan-American Mass at Washington on Thanksgiving day. Twice during his stay at Union Mijls in December he collapsed and so grave was the crisis that the (last sacraments were administered during the first spell. While preaching at Havre de Grace on Sunday, last November, after hav- ing confirmed 150 children, he sud- denly became faint but was able to continue his discourse in a féw mom- ents. These seizures became more frequent as time went on and usually followed some over exertion in the line of ‘his diocesan duties. ‘The cardinal's mental faculties were no wise impaired by. his physical in- {irmities, on the contrary his mind seemed to become keener as his body grew weaker. He realized that his end was approaching and prepared for it fearlessly. HIGH. TRIBUTE PAID CARDINAL BY TAFT. ‘Active service for more than half a century in the interests of his country as well as his church is closed by the death of James Carflinal Gibbons. At the celebration in 1911 of the twenty- fifth anniversary of his elevation to the cardinalate, his eminence, out of all the tributes paid him, expressed himself as most affected by that from William Howard Taft, his intimate friend, and then president, who said; “Through his long and useful life Cardinal Gibbons has spared no ef- fort-in the cause of good citizenshi and the uplifting of his fellowmén. “You have portrayed your subject, not, I fear, as he is, but a# he should be,” responded the cardinal. “One merit only can I claim, and that is an ardent love for my native coun- (Continued » Page 4.) APRIL SESSION Tariff, Revenue and Appropria- tion Bills to Be Considered Congress Called by : President WASHINGTON, March. 24.—Some of the important bills that will come up in the house during the extra ses- sion beginning April 11, include: Emergency tariff; anti-dumping; American valuation as a basis of cu: toms duties on imported produots; permanent tariff; tax revision; army appropriation bill; naval appropria- tion bill; budget; immigration restric: tion. ‘There will be few investigations, ac- cording to house leaders, who believe the record was reached in the last session, when the search-light was turned in every direction. Some effort to amend. the Voistead Jaw in the hope of making it tig: is looked for. Primary Repeal Colorado House Pa DENVER, March 24.—The mesas- ure providing abolition of the pres- ent direct primary law and re-estab- lishment of the convention system of selecting party candidates. for election, was passed by the Colorado house of ves on second reading yesterday. The measure contained a proviso for holding a primary election on petition of 20 per cent of the party voters. The vote was 32 to 23. ‘The bill providing reapportion- ment of state congressional districts was virtually killed in the senate when by a vote of 19 to 15, an ad- verse report on the measure was adopted. 4 House bills were to be considered by the senate today. ——— STRIKE ORDER ON TOW BOATS NEW YORK, March 24.—Immediate strike orders to engineers on ocean- going tow boats whose owners have cut wages were being sent out to- day by Thomas B. Healey, general manager of he Marine Engineers Ben. eficial association. Mr. Healey said about 2,400 mor are affected. Cc. G. Hannah, president of the At- lantic Coast Towboat Owners’ associa- tion, said he, did not expect difficulty in replacing ‘the strikers. Quarantine tor Sheep Scabies In Tex. Raised WASHINGTON, March 24.—The en- tire state of Texas was released trom quarantine for sheep scabies tdéday by the Department of Agriculture, the order becoming effective April 15. The quarantine continues, however, in ten counties in California and in parts of Louisiana. eet VOLCANO ACTIVE. HILO, T. H., March —Two lava cloud tornadoes arose today from the volcano Kilauea, thelr funnels extend ing hundreds of feet in the air. They ‘Were accompanied by severe, earth- quakes, presumably due to vacuum, caused by heat, and their employes made possible a settlement of the dispute. Representa- tives of the latter agreed to accept the wage reduction of eight cents an hour and 12% per cent for piecework, while the packers met the demand of the workers for extension of the war-time arbitration agreement for six months, or until next September 15. The other major provision of the agreement waa the retention of the basic eight-hour day and over-time rates as provided im a previous arbitration ruling. : Although he announced the em- ployes would be urged to accept the Agreement at mass meetings to be held, in Chicago, and other centers next Sunday, Redmond 8. Brennan, one of their representatives at the conference, declared in a statement that the agreement was “but a trace for us to prepare for war,” and addvi {f at the expiration of the arbitration Period, the packers “maintain the ats. titude they have shown in the past,‘r there would be a “serious industrial strike.” Representatives of the packers de clared after signing the agreement that its provision fixing a definite date arbi- 1e the irs to complete the plans already announced to adjust between them- selvés and their employes all matters of mutual interest.’* ‘CONFERENCE PRAISE OF HARDING WASHINGTON, March 24.—Rep- resentatives of the packing indus- try snd its employes, _ who reached agreement here gratulated today by President Hard. ing on the amicable settlement of the first big labor problem faced by the new administration. ‘The packers and employes’ commit- tees. were accompanied to the White House by Secretaries Davis, Wallace and Hoover, who acted with them in the negotiations and by Samuel Gom- pers, president of the American Fed- eration of Labor. The president thanked the entire delegation for their work, declaring that they rendered a Great public service by coming to an agreement. Mr. Gompers declared himself much pleased with the settlement and with the statement of congratulations made ‘by the president. “I have asked you in solely for my own satisfaction. I have learned that President Harding sati: Addressing the joint committee, you have found a way to avoid a sus pension of activities in the packing industry and I wanted in the presencg of the cabinet representatives whe have joined you in this matter, to ex- Press the appreciation of the execu- tive. “T want to say In regard to the con- troversy that this administration has nearest to its heart at all times any righteous helpfulness that it can give in avoiding ‘a suspension of industrial activities in this country. I have said publicly, and I want to say it to you, we can bring our civilization to a point where we can meet around the table in advance and adjust our differences righteously, we have made a long step toward tranquility. “Please know, those of you who speak for labor, and those of you who spéak for management, that the ad- ministration does not want to intrude unduly on any occasion, but we al- ways want to be helpful in the cause of justice and the harmonizing of these two elements of American activ- ity. Please go away aasured of the appreciation of the executive that you have brought about a solution of the controversy in the great packing ing dustry. I am grateful to you for my- self and I know the American people will be pleased.” After leaving the White House, Sec- retary Davis issued a statement in which he declared that the reduction of the wages of the packing house employes ‘was the inevitable logic of the situation.” Mr. Davis. expressed surprise at a statement attributed to Redmond 8. Brennan, attorney for the (Continued on Page 4) SUIT TO TEST AUTHORITY OF RAILWAY BOARD FILED COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 24.—A test sult to determine what author. ity the federal rallway labor board may have in backing up its ruling that raflroads..may not reduce wages until after conference with employes was filed in’ federal: dis- ies bas 5 RAN AED TSU RI VR WR taboo) trict court here today by Attorneys W. Walton and W. 8. Pealer, representing 1,200 employes of four subsidiary lines of the New York Central railroad. Tho action ts brought by Cecll E. Jewell, a member of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes of the Todelo & Ohio Central railway, and is sald to be the first attempt made in the country to get the court’s interpre: tation of the powers of the labor board, i