Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 4, 1921, Page 1

SHIPPING BOARD ‘REEKING WITH GRA RAIL TRAFFIC UP Carried Away A cloudburst which cen’ tered east of Douglas about o'clock last night and carried out railroad and highway bridges, and the washout of approximately 1,500 feet of roadbed on the Colorado & Southern, about 100 miles north of Cheyenne, held up train service into Casper from the east for 12 hours last night and today on beth the Burlington and the Northwestern. The Yellowstone high- way bridge, one-mile east of Douglas, was swept away but a detour was made which, permitted traffic going over the road today. The road ex- tended as far a Parkerton and the highway is not in the best condition for travel today. Information was also received at the district Office of the state high- way department here today stating that a bridge had been washed out near Alkali gulch, 14 miles west of Douglas on the Yellowstone highway, which necessitates another detour by motorists. Bridge crews worked throughout the night on new bridges for both the Burlington and Northwestern at a point two miles east of Douglas. Six- teen feet of crade on the Northwest- ern was carried out, necessitating the construction of a mew pile bridge, and it was estimated this. morning that trains would be operating over the new structure at 3 o'clock this) aft- ernocn. This wil! delay the arrival “qi the westkound train inte Casper ap- proximately an hour and a half. A section of sidetrack near Glenrock was also the Colorado & Southern section. All trains into Casper over this road were $ to 12 hours late. Train No. 31, due Completion of rushed €ast as emergency track was cone! the Colorado the railroad. Northbound trains were held at Cheyenne last night, No. 29 leaving there this morning, while No. 30, which left Casper for Denver last night, was held at Douglas until bridge repairs had been completed. EMPLOYERURT S| Frank Peden ‘Suffers. Shotk:aind OLUME V Crihiune a ? D Officer Strips Naked and Swims Chan- CHEYENNE, Wyo. North Platte river, pursuit by under the :nenace of guns ac the capture of Abraham Saul. cans, who were brought to th day xight, charged with com BY EXPLOSION Death in Blast at Weld- ing Works- Frank Peden, an employe of the Casper “Velding works, - narrowly missed death or serious injury when an oil tank belonging to the Oil Well Supply company, which he was re- pairing exploded, demolishing the tank. Peden was hurled violently to the ground and suffered a ‘severe shock and minor bruises.) +. He has rushed to the Private hos- pital where first aid treatment was given, An examinatibn showed that he ‘was not seriously injuréd so he was removed to his home on South Chestnut. The force of the explosion, in which Peden miraculously missed injury was heard for blocks, 1t occurred while Peden was welding a patch on the tank. Although the tank was empty, gas formed in the vessel from the extreme heat of the wolding ‘torch and the explosion it is though was due to the fact that the manhole cover had not been removed from the tank. LEGION CAST TO HAVE USE ‘OF TEMPLE Announcement was made today that tonight's ‘rehearsal for the American Legion show would be held at the Masonic temple’ and that meetings of the cast hereafter would be held there, permission having been ex- tended by the lodge. Last ‘night's meeting of thé cast was held at the Mullin club, RUTH CRACKS OUT HIS 16TH NEW YORK, June 3, — “Babe” Ruth knocked out his sixteenth homerun of the ssason today in the sixth inning of the game with St. Louis. Davis was pitching for St. Louis, 4 LOSING FIGHT dune 3.—A lone man's unsuccessful fight for life in an open aory at sea with little food or water ‘The body was found inthe bottom of a dory that was riding the waves as right and tight as if under a fish- a bamboo pole with a piece of red attached to it, a.marker of distress. The body was badly emanciated. By KNOX, Ind., June 3.—The jury in the case of Cecil court today “when. it, reported vat” 9 e’clock {hat it was unable to arrive at a verdict. _Tho jury had been out 18 hours. | No information concerning the nam | REVEALED IN DISCOVERY OF BODY IN OPEN BOAT — ; CHESS WIZARD SCORES AGA BUTTE, Mont., June 3.—Samuel Rzeschewski, 9-year-old Polish chess wizard, defeated 12 Montana chess: players in about 1 hour and 45 min- utes here last night. Among his op- ponents was former Lieut. Gov. W. W. McDowell. FOR. LIFE ides were the bones of several plucked clean. . Clifford Hopkins of the tham said the extent of eman- indicated that suffering from hunger must have been and that it was days before finally delivered the man troubles. his The fish that he caught apparent- were his only food and he had water. The man was wel! dressed and to be about 45 years of ' apparently did not realize just what ft, He had maintained throughout his trial, which began last Tuesday, that ho did not shoot nel to Drive Alleged Slayers From Brush and Both Are Arrested (Special to The Tribune.) ‘ June 3.—A plunge int othe swollen naked officer and surrender the river were incidents of o and Felipe Gomez, Mexi- county jail here late Thurs- icity in the murder of Joe rdova in this city on May 4. They Were caught near Bridgeport, Neb., late Wednesday by a posse headed by Sheriff George Carrol of this county after further flight had been cut off by @ posse led by Sheriff Newman of Morrill, Neb. Baulsito and Gomez fled from Chey- enfe immediately after the murder of Cordova, who was slain, it is charged because his unexpected. return to Cheyenne had interrupted a liaison be tween Sauisito and Mrs. Cordova. ‘They were traced to. Morrill county Kens _senr... horp when Sheriff Carroll, Sheriff Newsman, Undergheriff! Gien Schultz dnd Depity Sheriff Clyde Martin approachéd the bunkhouse; five miles southeast. of Bridgeport. in Which they were living, they fied mile to the North Platte, swam a 26: yard channel and took refuge in thick brush on an island. Sheriff Newman returned to Bridgeport and organized @ posse which took station: on the other sits of the river ta prevent the escape of the fugitives in that direc: tion, Carroll and his assistants mean- while ‘keeping the island and river covered with their rifles and to dis- courage an attempt by the Mexicans to reach the farther side. When Newman's posse reached the river Schultz stripped and stark naked, swam to the istand, carrying a six-shooter in ne hand began search- ing the brush. He drove the fugi- tives to where Carroll and Martin brink end held up his hands in token of surrender. He was informed that he would be shot unless Saulsito also came into the open and surrendered. After much pleading by Gomez and the firing of shots tn his direction by the officers, Saulsito came out and under the compelling influence of lev- eled rifles the two swam back to the main land and were taken into cus- tody. Three otners are in jail here in con- nection with the murder of. Cordova. Rafael Eliserra is charged with com- plicity in the crime and Mrs. Cruze Cordova, widow of the slain maa, and Francico Herrera sre held 2s mate- rial witnesses. ANTI-REDS IN VLADIVOSTOK ARE DEFEATED STOCKHOLM. June 3.—Anti-Bol- shevik forces at Viadivostox have been annihilated by soviet troops, it is asserted in a dispatch sent out by the Russian official telegraph agency. The dispatch asserts the anti-Bolshe- viki were aided by the Japanese gov- ernment, General Budenny, the Bolsheviki cavalry leader, who played a promt- nent part in the campaign against the Poles and against General Wrangel, has reported that Ukrainian troops which were threatening to attack the Bolshviki in southern Russia, have been scattered. URDER TRIAL OF BOY RESULTS IN HUNG JURY the Slavin boy at Ora last Thanks- giving day, and that the rifle, which been leaning against a post, must have been accidentally dis- charged. i The case was the first in Indiana which so young a defendant was tried on a murder charge. Most of children rang- Ls ES SWEPT OUT ON RAILROADS Che Casper Daily NIGHT MAT CASPER, WYO., SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1921 TWO FUGITIVES [ever wore mstrureo RIVER CROSSE BEHALF OF NEGRO VICTIMS OF RIOTS, THOUSANDS HOMELESS TULSA, Okla., June 3—Definite plans for building homes for the heusands of negroes rendered desti- tute by the burning of the negro | quarter here in the race war of Tuesday night and Wednesday were being carried out today by a civil- ian committee of relief. Businessmen of pledged to erect as many houses as needed in the shortest time possible and only the details remain to be worked out. Red Cross representa- tives distributed clothing from vari- ous churches. The number of known dead re~ ma'‘ned at 30 today. The list may be increased slightly by deaths of a few of the several hundred wounded. Martial law, greatly modified, re- ma‘ned in effect today but the 300 niin left on guard had little to do. About 1,000 negroes, who had not been released from slept ASOAILANTS OF SHERIFF GIVEN Pair Arrésted’in Corinettion With Alleged Illegal! Fransporta- tion of Liquor Are Ar taigned Frank Hill and) W. R. Hyland, the city were | NUMBER 202 | last night at the fair grounds. Hun- | dreds of others | wearing badges | marked “Police Protection,” were Sten on the streets. There was no indication of racial feeling. |PELLAGERS ADD | TO TROUBLES TULSA, Okia., June 3.—Pillagers |Who have been carrying on a system jatic campaign of thievery in the {burned negro district. following | Wednesday's race war, are giving the authorities a new problem to con- tend with, it became known. today Martial law, which had been allowed fo slacken, was tightened today and restrictions rigidly enforced. | Revised estimates today placed the | total number of dead in Wednesday's fighting at 33 and the number of in. jured at about 300 persons. lier Teperts were inaccurate, due to the checking system of the authorities. A secret negro cult known as “Blood Brothers” is believed to be re- [sponsible for the ‘nciting of the riot. n effort will be made to remove yor Evais and charges will be by the state against city . it was indicated today, as in SPATE PROBE ORDERED OKLAHOMA CITY, Okja,, June 3.— jorough and complete investigation the Tulsg race r: 4.8. P. Free- ence Sacred by Gov. J. B.A. Robertson today. Free- ling #8 authorized to proceed tq at ofce and preserve all evidence which will be submitted to the grand jury. f TULSA, OX), June 3,—The cham- ber of commerce today unanimously adopted a resolution urging Brig. Gen. ‘Tharles F. Barrett, commanding ni ‘ulsa charged with assaulting. Sheriff Lee| tional guardsmen here, not to per- Martin ashe attempted to put them| it removal of the troops for at least under arrest on a charge of bootleg-|* week. ging a week ago, are being given a hearing in justice court this after: noon, The case is the outgrowth of an assault upon Martin which re- sulted in a charge of assault with in tent to commit murder being launched against the two men. Martin suffered injuries which necessitated the at- tention of a physician. The assault occurted after Martin had shot another man in the hand while attempting to stop a car which Hyland was driving from which whis- key had been thrown when the sher- iff’s car entered the chase. Sengational charges that Sheriff Martin had been the instigator of the fight which resulted in the assault had not been heard in the case at a ara icc late hour this afternoon. s Hailstorm in WASHINGTON, June 3.—A general inquiry into the race riots at Tulsa, Okla., has been ordered by Attorney General Daugherty, it was an: nounced today at the department of justice. The purpose of the investigation, officials said, is to determine whether the disorders were in violation of fed eral laws. Preliminary reports, it was added, show that the situation is purely local STANDARD 0. K. ON PLANS TO Pueblo Region Is Damaging PUEBLO, Colo... June 3.—A severe haflstorm followed, by heavy rahi vis ited Pueblo and vicinity late yester. day afternoon. Truck farmers and green house owners were severvly hit, the green housemen reporting thou- sands of dollars damage through broken glass, but say it will be im possible to estimate damage to ecerly | garden produce for from ten days to two weeks. Heavy rains north and west of P eblo caused the Arkansas river to ri: rapidly early this morning, but at § o'clock the water had receded below the danger point. The Fountain creek was not unusually affected. Mexican Shot Five Times In Police Battle PUEBLO, Colo.,. June 3.—Cevero Rodriguez, 35 years of age, a Mexi- can, was shot five times last night before he was captured by the po- lice. Officers had been searching for him all day on a statutory charge. Rodriguez was finally 1lo- cated about 8 o'clock last evening in his home where he had érected a barricade. As Rodriguez made a dash for liberty’ through a rear window he fired point-blank at a detective but aq few feet away, After a‘ policeman passing the house in a) motor car took up the chase and wounded Rod- riguez twice. Roriguez wax finally run down and disarmed when it was learned he had been wounded four times in the left leg and once in the right BUY MIDWEST of the Stancard Oil company of In- diana today autherized an of the Standard Oil Company of In- 000 to $140,0000,000. ~The increase is partly to finance the purchase of the Midwest Oil and Refining com- pany. | In Guinea, when a native is stung by a bee, he proceeds to eatch as many,| of the insects as he can and devour them in revenge: i Senate Responds by Voting Increase in Appropriation | for Operations WASHINGTON, June 3.— United States shipping board salary lists and expense ac- counts are “reeking with | graft,” Senator Kenyon of |lowa charged in a speech froni thes enate floor today |declared that an immediate investi- }wation: should be miade to ‘learn how governm: nt money had been used and bring about the punishment of certain persons. He, declared that an “assistant” pald $7,500 a year was in reality a chaffeur to the head of a division into the record a ! aries which he termed ‘ of nal- $50,000,000 ADDI | BY AMENDMEN i | WASHINGTON, June —Commit tee amendments to the deficiency bill granting appropriations o $75,000, | 000 the shipping board were ap- | proved today by the senate after Sen ator Kenyon, Republican, Iowa, and Jothers had charged the board with Bross extravagance, waste and inef- ficiency. | The senate, in approving the appro- Pesdaals roe an increase of $50,000,000 | over that granted by the house, added an amendment by Senator Lenroot, Republican, Wisconsin, directing the shipping board to sell all wooden ships by next October 1 Charging that funds were used for private purposes, Senator Kenyon read a series of telegrams which he said had been sent by board employes at government expense One telegram related to an engage-! ment to a girl in Virrinia, another to the obtaining of tickets to"a Yale football game and stil another, evi- to being | dently from a husband to his wife, read: “Leave the door open. Will be home about midnight.” | “These gentlemen.” added Senator | Kenyon, “also are interested in keep: | ing open the door to the federal | treasury.” Senator Kenyon estimated that the government was losing from $500,000 to $1,000,000 a day through the ship- ping board. Abolition of the board was proposed by Senator Poindexter, Republican, Washington, who said he favored ap- Pointrnent of a director and “let him | liquidate this whole business.” | HOUSE UNITES ON. DISARMAMENT PLAN. WASHINGTON, June 3.—Republi- cans and. Democrats of the house have’ united to “extend the scope of the Borah disarmament amendment to [ithe naval ‘appropriation bill. Demo- cratic Leader Garrett served notice today that he would endeavor to have a motion passed instructing the house conferees to insist on broadening the proposal to include other nations be- sides Great Britain, Japan and the United States and include the disarm- ament of land forces as well as sea forces. Floor Leader Mondell of Wyoming told the house today that he believed a majority of Republicans favored su¢h an extension. Colorado Will Ask Bids on 15 Road Projects DENVER, June 3.—Bids for 15 road projects to be carried out by the state highway department with federal aid and involving an expenditure of nearly $1,000,000 are about to be advertised lby L. D. Blauvelt. state highway en- |gineer. The prijects constitute part jof the program laid out by the old highway commission. The projects cover the construction of a little over Actual construction work is not expected to begin before July 1. FRISCO EDITOR NAMED. SAN FRANCISCO, June 3.—Arthu> L. Clarke has been appointed editor-in- chief of the San Francisco Chronicle to succeed the late John P. Young. | Up to the time of his engagement by |the Chronicle. Mr. Clarke was assis jtant managing editor of the New | York Evening World. Mr. Clarke was managing ecitor of the Los Angeles Examiner from 1903 to 1907, inclu- sive. 53 miles of road. CITY OVERRUN Casper is again being besie | commerce. During the last week many ing their families, have arrived here from all sections of the country. Many cf these people are without means of livelihood after they arrive and are taxing to capacity the agencies which ar» endeavoring to function for their relief. ‘The Red Cross chapter here has been besieged for assistance beyond its ca pacity and is overrun with requests for assistance. Many of the cases are worthy, but so many have proven the opposite that it is necessary to conduct an investigation before assis tance ts given. This results in hard- ships at times but is a nec cedure. ‘The chamber of commerce is trying o devise ways and means of adver ¢ the fact that Casper’s conditions e become acute as a result of the ver-supply of labor here. Agencies UNEMPLOYED SITUATION SERIOUS | which the local market is unable to assimilate, according to the reports from industrial institutions and from a commit- \tee which is investigating conditions here for the chamber of WITH ARRIVALS ged by an oversupply of labor laborers, some of them bring- | which are responsible for sending men |to Casper have been notified to stop |the practice and legal advice is being sought to determine whether or not the guilty parties can be prosecuted. He New York ___--000001003—4 Pittsburgh BALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE | R. H. E. 6 4 At Pittsburgh— 1 010000000—1 1 Batteries—Toney and Snyder; Hamilton and Schmidt. At Cincinnati— Cincinnati 000 Boston ___.--.__2 0 0 1 Batteries—Oeschger and O’Neil; and Hargrave. pie 000 001 bt At Chicago— R. H. E. Brooklyn ______ 001101000—83 12 1 Chicazo -40001030*—8 4 1 er ee and Taylor; Freeman and Daly. At St. Louis— R. H. E. Philadelphia ___.110012100—-6 11 1 St. Louis _.102110000—5 12 2 Batteries—Hubbel, Smith and Bruggy; Per- tica and Dilhoefer. AMERICAN LEAGUE At Boston— R. H. E. Cleveland __--_- 0003010116 15 3 Boston __------ 202001101—7 14 0 Batteries—Coveleskie, Morton, .Uhle and Thomas; Russell, Pennock and Walters. At New York— : R. H.E, St. Louis__-_._.._000700110—9 14 2 New York _---.001102202—8 13 1 Batteries—Davis and Severeid; Hoyt, Collins, Sheehan, Quinn and Schang. At Philadelphia— R. H. E. Detroit _ 111210201—9 18 2 ‘Philadelphia _-_.50101422*—15 15 2 Batteries—Leonard and Bassler; Naylor, Har- ris and Perkins. At Washington— Chicago _ 00200 Washington 00300 Batteries — Faber and and Gharrity. Old Solto Be | MARINE STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS | FAIL, REPORT June 3.—Recent solar | R. H. E. 2004-8 11 2 000-3 9 3 0 Yaryan; Mogridgé Brighter For Rest of Year LONDON, } eruptions, which caused brilliant auroras and disorganized cable and WASHINGTON, June 3.—Negotia- |tions between Marine engineers and telegraph service throughout the | the shipping board for a settlement «! world, may result in the earth re- |the dispute on wages and working celving an increased quota of sun- jconditions have been broken off, W. shine throughout the rr r of |S. Brown, president ° Marine En- the year, says Sir Oliver Lodge, the | pepe eT chatty gs oS gineer's Beneficial association, de- Roted scientist. who declares it is |Ciared today probable that the monsoon will be ‘The ‘failure: to- reach im. settlement, strengthened and that in conse- | Brown said, was cue to the refusal of quence the Indian harvest will be |the shipowners and the shipping Place thats ine Moetizitina ssartiled board to include a clause previding ORIN tO : 383 ie for the reinstateme: \- thrown off by the sun during the | ir oore Mee mete et disturbance, may assist in the de {> ¥e beg ? “We could not sij an a eme velopment of vegetation and reduc? |tnat would force our men 10, work the amount of dust held suspended | with the strikebreakers who had in, the atmosphere. taken the jobs of union men,’’ he said, Sir Oliver says the magnetic dis- —— ~ turbances that. attended the solar G Ww t ruption were due to a torrent of (TeCQL Western electrified particles which consti- | tuted a gigantic electric current. | C. ts h 1 I This opinion also js held by Camille u W otesate Flammarion, the veteran French as- tronomer, who has expressed sur- P q iS i> Seaporlivbeahly piles sinecekiann rice of Sugar lence occurring at. this time. .M Flammarion has pointed out that --—- the sun is at a period of diminishing VER, C June 3. — The activity, the eruptions on th» sur- Western Sugar company, the face of the ninary recurring at t producer of beet sugar in this intervals of 11 years. today announcéd a’ cut of —— 35 cents a hundred in the price of its Henry Lord of Denver is sponding | product. The new basic price for beét the day here attending to businss mat-! sugar is $615 a hundred pounds, New ters and’ visiting with friends, Orleans basis. house’ foreign affairs committee, with Democratic members dissent- ing, voted today to report the Por- ter resolution for termination of the state of war between United States and Germany Austro- Hungary. the and 1 WASHINGTON, dune a | SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION ON PEACE BEFORE HOUSE to the house next week diate consideration. Republican memyers voted sold- for imme- ly to adopt the Porter measure as i ity. A minorit a substitute for the Knox resolution port will be filed by assed by the senate repealing the | Democrats. declaration of war. The Democrats House leaders informed Chairman merely voted present. Porter that the resolution would. be Chairman Porter announced that | given the rizht of way when pre the resolution would be presented sented. FT’. KENYON SAYS © . st