Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 12, 1921, Page 1

Weather Forecast Tuesday, warmer in portion tonight. STRIKE N IN GREAT IN REGUL Partly cloudy tonight ana southeast TIATIONS CONTINUED >= TAIN, BUT OPTIMISM MEETING S LAGKING _dditional Walkouts. Scheduled Be Resumed at 4 O’Clock Today; Fiidawental Differences Acute ~ LONDON, April,11.—(By The Associated Press.)—Brit- ish mine owners and their striking employes conferred for an hour at the board of trade this morning on a possible settle- ment of the controversy which led to the miners’ walkout Doorn, the present home of the former emperor of Germany, after her long residence at Amerongen, that she was stricken with what at the time was belleved to be a fatal attack. That was on April 11, 1929. For a few days there were reports.tha* her death was momentarily expected, but sii2 rallied and accompanied her husband to Doorn on May 165, last. Attacks of her fatal malady ” re- curred at frequent intervals, each sapping her vitality and npllifying the i Claims Ex-Kaiserin Augusta Vic- ‘a Just One Year to a Day After ge oe Stricken With Malady DOORN, Holland, April 11.—(By The Associated Press.) —Former Empress Augusta Victoria of Germany died at 6 o’clock this morning in her sixty-third year. coincidence the end came just one year after she suffered her first serious attack of heart disease. It was while she was:preparing to enter the house of CASPER, WYO., TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1921 By a strange BROTHERS AR BOUND OVER ON last week. ‘The conference adjourned at noon until 4 o’clock this afternoon. Robert S. Horn, chancellor of the exchequer, CONFESSION 0 ELWELL CRI IS REPUDIATE BUFFALO, April 11.—Roy. Harris, held by the police on his confession that he was concerned in the murder of Joseph B. Elwell in New York yes- terday confessed his story is not true. After questioning for two hours by District Attorney Moore he admited his original declaration was all false. ee eal Baby Falls Into Tub of Hot Suds, Scalds to Death COLORADO SPRINGS, April 11,— Joseph Jr., 15-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Steffan, of Colorado Springs, fell into a tub of ‘hot~wa- ter and lost his life today. ‘The youngster was playing -about while the family washing was being done. oS BRANCH BANK CLOSED; NEW YORK, April 11.—The state banking department announced today presided. The London Times today warned its readers against expectation tht .the negotiatians would proceed smoothly, or that work would be immediately re- as the foundamental differ- sumed, ences between the parties still ro- mained acute, Estimates of the cost of the miners’ dispute to the country, including the breading Foy of unmined coal, unpaid wages, creased railway traffic and tho cost of emergency measures place the bill which the country is paying because of the strike at neéarly © 16,000,000 pounds per week. ‘Leaders of. the “triple alliance” of labor viewed the situation today as jbeing considerably improved, John Robert Clynes, chairman of the par- liamentary party being quoted as say- ing he was satisfied a solution of the problem could be found. The Daily, Herald, organ of labor, declared ‘the first round has been won by labor," adding that reports ‘of rail grossly exaggerated. Inf ition has reached the Oo" ‘Miehé, ‘says “the London ‘Ttimes, tl everywhere but in Fifeshire the min- ers: are observing instructions from their officials not to interfere’ with safety measures and pumping, which have already been pegun in south ‘Wales and elsewhere. Premier Lioyd George suggested during the conference today that the owners give a full presentation of their case, stating the reasons why they considered the wage reductions justi- fied, after which the miners’ counter claims should ‘be fully, presented. He proposed that the miners then delegate closing of the Bank of Cuba in New’ York, a branch of the National Bank of Cuba in Havana, which closed Sat- urday. six representatives w meet six repre- sentatives of the mine owners, with or without government representa- (Continued on Pago 10) GILLETTE SLAYER FOUND GUILTY FRANK WILKINSON TO GET LIFE pe opposing the strike were untrue see @vith Professor measures taken by specialists’ to re- store her health. When her son, former Prince Joachim committed sui- cide in Berlin last July, she was in such serious condition that the news of death was kept from her for a long time, and it is said she never learned her son killed himself. Late last autumn, the former em- press’ condition gradually became worse, and on several occasions her children were called to Doorn, but her strength was such that she railied bravely when the end was believed imminent. Since the first of this year, it had been known that she was grad- jually sinking. Former Emperor am and Prince Adelbert were at the bedside when the former empress died. They had been called by Doctor Haesner, who attended the’ former empress throughout her residence in Holland. The death came 4s a shock to the dwellers in Doorn casite, as during the last week the patient's condition had seemed ‘less serious. Nevertheless, Saturday, Dr. Haesner, after consulta- Hymans, the Dutch heart specialist, thought it ad- visable to send a message to Princess ‘Victoria*Louise; the: only datghter of; the former emperor and empress, call- tng"her to Doorn, The princess, who then was in “Vienna had not reached Doorn when her mother -died. Last! night the patient was only, semi-conscious. | She was kept’ from suffering by frequent hypodermic in- dections, but her breathirtg appeared to become hourly more difficult: As the day broke breathing became still more, difficult. for the failing patient, and-her- pulse grew. weaker. It then was evident to the physicians that the end was near, and Dr. Haes- ner warned forme? Emperor William and Prince Adelbert of its approach The ex-empress became unconscious and her breathing became fainter and fainter, until at 6 o'clock, lfe left ther body. The ex-emveror stood at the hed side with bent head as death came to his consort, and he remained in the *|room for some titie’ afterward, (Special to The Tribune) HLLETT 'E, Wyo. April 11— Found eulby. of the crime which caused jon throughout northern “Wyoming in 1919, Frank Wilkinson is now facing life impris- onment, following conv‘ction in dis- trict court here Saturday night. The crime with which Wilkinson was charged was the murder of. J. F. Carlton, alleged to have been committed June 8, 1919. Trial of the case has been delayed from one | term of court to another until this term, HAYWOOD LOSES FIGHT FOR RELEASE ON COURT RULING Case of Radical Leader and 79 Other I. W. W. One of Those Affected by Important Decisions Today WASHINGTON, April 11—(By The Associated Press.) —The supr. fight to save Haywood and his asso- ciates from prison. Onty a presiden- tal pardon can now prevent their en- tering upon thé sentences imposed. Petition for review was based on the contention that the federal agents in conducting raids on the homes and offices of officials of the I. W. W. on September 5, 1917, acted without search warrants and that the evi- dence thus obtained was illegal, un- der recent rulings of the supreme court. Specifically, Haywood and his as- sociates were charged with. obstruct- ing the war draft and violation of the espionage act, ‘eme court refused to review the William D. Haywood and more than 79 other members of the I. W. W. on wchetwee of having conspired to obstruct the Refusal of the supreme court to interfere closes the long war actviities of the government. ‘The case went to the jury at 10 o'clock Saturday night and after de- liberating Jess. than an hour a ver- of guilty of first degree mur- was that the jury's verdict was returned 22 months fater, almost to the hour, that the crime js said to have been delayed by Judgo Harry P. Isley, who heard the case, so that @sfcuze attcraeys can pre- pare a brief for a new trial. Wilkin- son’s only statement was to persist that he was innocent. conviction of RAILROAD GRANT TS CANCELLED, WASHINGTON, April 11.—Tempo- rary cancellation of a patent granted to the Northern Pacific railroad ‘covy- ering 6,680 acres of land in Gallatin: county, Montana, was ordered today by the supreme court. The road was given the right, however, to produce further evidence to support its claim to the patent. The case came to the court on an appeal from a decision of _ lower courts upholding the road's claim. The government contended that be- fore the road's claim was. filed tho Jand had been withdrawn pending de- termination of the adyisability of in- 1 The quiet little vnmge of Doorn was greatly ‘affected by the news of th lex-empress’ death, whidh spread rap- idly early in the day as the artisans were going to work. As the death bells tolled, the streets filled with little groups of villagers © discussing the event Since her attack in November last, when it was expected she would dic, the former empress~had not left her room. Dr. Haesner declared’ today that the end would have come sooner but ‘for the devoted care of her nurse and two old friends, Countess’ Von Rantzau and Countess Von Keller. Augusta Vistoria had expressed a longing to die since she learned of the death of Prince Joachim. She fre quently suffered spells of profound (Continued on Page 10) cluding them in a@ national forest re- serve. \Through some inadvertence, however, a patent was issued by the land office. STATE DRUG LAWS MAY BE ENFORCED. WASHINGTON, April 11.—State laws dealing with illegal traffic in drugs are enforceable even in. .con- flict with the federal narcotic act, the supreme court held today. Decrees of the supreme court of Minnesota re- fusing to release a violator of the state statutes because the offense with which he was convicted was not cov- ered by the federal law, was affirmed. WASHINGTON, April 11,—Injune- tions obtained by the city of Fairfield, Iowa, in lower courts restraining the Towa Electric company from Iincreas- ing its rates above those set ‘1 its franchise, were set aside today by the supreme court, which reversed the lower courts, BRIEF IS FILED IN CABLE CASE. WASHINGTON, April 11.—Permit for the operation and mairitenance of the Western Union cable between Key West, Fia., and Cojimar, Cuba, was revoked by President Wilson affer re. porta that ‘the Western Union would THEFT GHARGES Preliminary examination of three brothers, John, Charles and Pete Kremer, who are charged with steal- ing 270 head of sheep from the Manx Sheep company resulted in Judge W. BE. Tubbs remanding ther: to the custody of Sheriff Lee Martin to be held for trialtn district court. The defendants were bound over at the culmination of a hearing which was held Saturday. Evidence which was introduced during the trial is said to have given a tip to the county authorities which resulted in a search of the property owned by the three brothers and the finding of quantities of merchasdise, and household goods which are said to have been stolen from ranchers and homesteaders for miles around the ‘place where the brothers were opercting their sheep camp, According to the statement of the authorities none of the material has been identified by persons satel to have lost material of this kind. In- formation received at the. sheriff's of fice from. time fo time. ‘past told of ‘missing stuff which is pelleved to have been recovered as a result of searching the Kremer brothers’ home: vache Cas Babies with dark eyes at birth are very rare, most newly-born infants haying blue eyes. One Killed and Several Wounded When Sinn Fein Besiege Auxiliaries in DUBLIN, April 11,—A battle raged this morning around} the Northwest hotel, in the North Wall section here, when| civilians armed with bombs and firearms fiercely attacked! the hotel, where government auxiliaries are quartered. One jeincts, after which rifles and revoly- ers were used freely from three sides. The auxiliaries, taken by surprise, sprang to points of vantage, some of| them in pajamas and engaged in ‘al two of them seriously. A number of the auxiliaries are be- lieved to have been wounded during the fighting. The attackers began their onslaught [brisk 20-minute béttio’ until reinforce: as the dock workers were proceeding) ments arrived. The .attackers’ then to their places of employment. Bombs,| withdrew. leaving quantity of poison gas missiles and bottles of De- hombs, ¥ trol were hurled into the hotel pr Bi | |TWo CONSTABLES SHOT TO DEATH. CORK, April 11—Two constables! ‘were shot at daylight yesterday’| morn:| ing while walking along a. street in the village of Kildorrey, near here. Both of them died later ‘in’ the day. HUKS TO FIGHT FOR SILESIA PARIS, April 11— Dispatches | re-| |celved from, the allied commission in Upper Silésia which supervised. the | recent plebiscite there, declare-a.com-} use this line to connect the Barbadoes- South America cable to American shores, it was disclosed today by a government brief filea in the supreme court. WASHINGTON, April 11.—Conviec- tion of the Missouri Pacific Railroad) company for violating the Missour!| Peslehth clase inasen ew. Wee eUe jplete German military. organigation | Hotel; More Bloodshed in Cork | | of the assaulting party was killed and several were wounded, | DUBLIN Warei SCENE OF MORNING BATTLE Deer Sits at Wheel, Rear of Car Is Torn Off PROVO, Utah, April 11.—Joseph Loveridge, a jitney driver, declares he “cheated death by a half a car,” When a Denver & Rio Grande east- bound passenger train struck his automobile. Loveridge was piloting his car across the railroad tracks | when the engine died. The fore part of the machine was clear of the tracks and the rear part was stuck in the railroad right of. way. Before he could leap Loveridge said | the train bore down upon him, tak- | ing the rear part of the car and carrying it for 60 yards. Loveridge remained at the steering gear and escaped injury. KMAILER 1S CAUGHT Jail for Threat; Against Life of A.J. Cunningham| Jack Miller, 37 years of age, |an employe of the governrnent reclamation service and two- time convict, is under arrest at the county jail charged with threatening the life of A. J, Cunningham, president of the Casper National bank, after Mr. Cun- ningham had refused to obvy the or- ders contained in a blackband letter mailed to him in February. The first blackmail letter was re- ceived by Mr. Cunningham in Feb ruary demanding tho immediate pa’ ment of $5,000 with death as the other! extreme if he did not cbey the order forthwith or if he notified the po- lice, The second letter followed in March ‘and summarily notified Mr. Cunningham that hiv Ufe would pay the penalty for refusing to place the | $5,000 at a point neu. Pathfinder dam designated in the first letter. meantime the county offi- cials were notified and every means was taken to provect Mr. Cunningham from the assassin, because the im- pression had formed that Mr. Cun- ningham was being victimized by a| man who meant business and who en- tored the desl as a cold-blooded busi-| ness proposition. Sheriff ee Martin {mmediately} took up the case and efforts were made in ¢0-operation with local police to run the criminal to the ground be- fore he would have a chance to carry out his/threat. The aid of the Pink erton detective agency, one of the} nationally-known detective organiza- tion, was then invoked and officials | In the ‘fhe investigation was handled slow- ly/ and piece by piece, and the evi- dence pointed to Miller until he was definitely charged with the crime: The original clue was. established by securing samples of, the paper on which the letters were written. With this minute bit of evidence local and national offitials co-operated until a case had been worked up against Miller. With alleged positive evidence that Miller was the man wanted a formal loharge 6f blackmailing was lodged against him in district court April 2. It was on that date that The Tribune first. secured the story but after a conference with local officials the news was suppressed pending a con- clusion of the investigation by the sheriff's office and the Pinkerton agent. From day to day during the past week the story has been held until Officials thought the time was ripe] and were satisfied that the man had no confederates that could carry out the threat against Mr. Cunningham after it became knawn that Miller| had been arrested. Tho story was released this :norning by Michael W, Purcell, county attorney, who has, worked in the case ever since he took office April 1. Miller, the man charged wjth send- ing the blackhand letter, has served | two sentences of 18 months each in| the penitentiary at Deer Lodge, Mont., on a charge of forgery and other con- fidence operations. About pevirs| months ago he came to Casper and secured a post with the government lamation service as one of the} caretakers at the Pathfinder dam. He had been at the dam about six months and had made many business visits to Casper ts purchase supplies during the time he was employed by the government. It was during these trips to Casper and his visits to the Richards & Cunningham store that tt is believed he formed the design to blackmail Mr. Cunningham, Miller is said to be a criminal of vindictive nature and that he entered | into the blackmailing scheme as cold-blooded business proposition and fully intended to carry out tho text of his threats. He has a strong crim-| (Continued on Page 10) By Authorities, ores epaee) JPYiikpe, SOPSee | Pout numbering 20 battalions, with a| ealtood the Meas ose full complement of machine guns and | Beye |for action in case the German claims |for Upper Silesta are ‘rejected by the, allied supreme o6unci FIVE-CENT FARE IS DEFEATED. WASHINGTON, April 11.—The s preme court today affirmed a decree of the Texas district court enjoining the.city of Scn Antonio from enfore- ing @ five-cent fare under a franchise with universal transfers, over the lines of the San Antonio: Public Serv- fee company. MINES LITIGATI TO BE REOPENED. ‘WASHINGTON, April 11—The su- preme court today granted a limited rehearing in the Silver King-Conkling Mines case. The rehearing will cover CHICAGO, April 11—James Carey, | the 19-year-old bank) cashier, of Ot tawa, Ill, whose theft of about $96,- 000 last November was followed by widespread criticism of Judge Landis only the question of how much ore|when the latter permitted, the youth- wwas actually taken by the Silver King |ful culprit to return home pending) sentence, was today sentenced by (Continued on Page. 10) (Judge © Landis* to ‘serve ‘one’ year * in’) No Opposition From Cork Mayor Expecte but Counsel for Irishman Indicates Fight Former Convict in| | particularly froyn all sides co-operated in the case. | | Clearly NUMBER 156 AMERICA SEEKS. CONFERENCE ON PEACE QUESTION lo JAP OPINION Hughes’ Note’ Is Given Prominence; Cut In Naval Plan Is Fa- vored Overseas TOKIO, April 11.— (By The Associated Press,)— Newspapers here have given | great prominence to the note from Charles E. Hughes, American secretary of state, to the allies relative to mandates and that over the Island of Yap. There hey been no official com- ment, but in respdnsible unofficial circles, the cpinion is held that the American note virtually implies an- other peace conference. Statements made by Vice Admiral Tomosaburo Kato, minister of marine, last month, relative to the Japanese naval policy, are regarded here as !n- |tended to answer charges that Japan is incurably militaristic, and is in- jsisting upon naval expansion. These statements, which were made to The | Associated Press, are also looked upon as paving the way for an international |discussion of naval policies. Repre- sentative Japanese declared that if the naval race between Great Britain and |the United States continues, Japan must be obliged eventually to drop out because of financial -considera- tions, Yakio Ozaki, former minister. of justice and one of the Jeader& in the movement for a curtailment of naval expenditures, delivered, lectures to ‘Breat' crowds in fifteen cities recently, and he announced that 96 per cent of the people who heard him expressed themselves in favor of armament re- ductions. Publishing Vico Admiral Kato's statements to The Associated Press, the newspaper Nichi Nichi Shimbun, of this city, quoted naval officials as saying that the minister of marine explained Japan's position. ‘They were of the opinion that Py dent Harding would call a naval con- ference, but emphasized the fact that the real difficulty would come in find- ng a formula for carrying out a re- duction of naval programs. The Yomi-Uri Shimbun of this etty declares it is convinced that M. Kato consulted the cabinet before making his statements, and, therefore, they can be interpreted as embodying the Sahat one of the government. The tha., considering the ence before the diet upon his project for an eight battle- ship,cight battle cruiser project, his new declaration was surprisingly in- consistent and liable to confuse People. ag to its real significance. —>—___—_— SESSION LAWS OUT. CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 11.—The Wyoming Session Laws, 1921, con- taining all acts, resolutions, and mem- orlals "4 by the recent legisla- ture, will be published this week. hereafter copies may be obtained at the office of the secretary of state. _ — — CIGARET BILL SIGNED. DES MOINES, April 11.—Governor Kendall toduy signed the bill which permits the sale of cigarets in Iowa to adults. O’CALLAGHAN MUST LEAVE BEFORE JUNE Cork, would comply with “the logic of the situation,” and reship foreign es an alien seaman within 60 days from the date of the state department rul- ing that he was not entitled to asylum in the United States as a political refugee. WILL RETURN WHEN HE 1GETS READY, IS CLAIM. WASHINGTON, April 11.—(By The Associated Press.) CASHIER FAVORED BY LANDIS IS GIVEN YEAR Ik THE STATE PEN }the national training school for boys at Washington, D. C. The cayes were tried béfore Fed: eral Judge Landis in Chicago, and nten ranging {rom one to 20 years ro, impos Most of ‘the men’ w given their liberty/on bal bonds aggregating $500,000, pending tho" oGicome of the appeals. com/othen arms and munitions, {8 ready|__Under orders issued’ today by Secretary Davis, Donal J. O'Callaghan, lord mayor of Cork, who arrived in this coun: | try as a stowaway last January 4, may be deported by im: The Irish official is given 60 days to leavo the country from the dat of the decision of the state depart-| ment holding \that he was not entl- |tled to asylum an a political refugee. | This decision, it was disclosed, was | handed down April 6. | Secretary Davis said he accepted the ruling of his predecessor that} O'Callaghan was a seaman and as sucn was entitled to a re mable time in which to rv O'WALL. TO OB WASHINGTON, April 11.—Seer: tary Davis in a formal statement t day said he had “no doubt" that Donal O'Callaghan, lord mayor of | the | earthquake district report | great landslides have dammed up the PHILADELPHIA, April 11—“O’Cal- laghan will remain in this country un- til he considers it safe to return to Ireland,” said Michael Francis Boyle, attorney for the lord mayor of Cork, here teday. “Notice was served on the depart- ment of labor,” he said, “that a writ of habeas corpus would be immedi- ately applied for if any effort’ were made to deport the lord, mayor.” QUAKES COMMON IN CHINA. SHANGHAT, rthquakes hay: pre rific tremor on, z vestigators who April occurred vince of Kansu since the ter- 11. — Minor daily in ember 16 last. In- have visited the that 16 Tsingning river, and that there is danger of floods unless, work of exp cavatioi# is immediately begun.